Wedding or Anniversary for MAWTT

Good morning.  It's time for a new challenge at MAWTT and there are also some changes.  Wendy, who has been our blog administrator and team leader for the past four years, has decided to step down due to a change in her circumstances. Fortunately for us she will be staying on the design team.

Today's challenge theme was chosen by Caz and she wants to see wedding or anniversary cards.

My Card

Recipe

A5 base card

backing  paper- Craftwork Cards (ancient stash)

Spellbinders dies

ribbon and lace from stash

Wild Orchid Crafts roses

punched leaves

I came across this paper when I was clearing out some boxes.  I always loved this set which was gold embossing on a mixture of dusky pinks, ivory and this one.  Beautiful! There were a few more scraps fortunately so I will make use of them at some stage.

Why not hop on over to the blog and check out the cards from the rest of Team B and maybe you will decide to join us.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Orange and Black for IAAS

Good morning.  This should have been posted yesterday!  When I got home late yesterday afternoon I discovered that although I scheduled the post it had failed to show. So much for my three posts in a row. Ugh!!!

Hi, this my third post in as many days. Wow!

Today it is time for International Art and Soul and the theme is to use  Orange and Black, as chosen by Chriss.  Unfortunately I really do not like orange and have no orange papers or anything.  I hope Chriss does not mind that I "watered down" her challenge and used a much paler version in my CAS card.

My Card

 

Recipe

6"square base card

digi  paper  from  my file (unknown origin)

Hello die - Creative Expressions

daisy - Woodware punch

black flowersoft for centres

black spotted ribbon - from stash

I am really getting  to quite like  CAS cards on occasion. I'm certainly not unhappy with this.

Why not pop over to the blog and see what my DT sisters have come up with for this challenge?

By the time you read this I will be on the way to Leicester to visit the Richard 111 Visitor Centre with our WI group.  This time husbands are coming so I'm sure we will all have a great day.

Hope you all enjoy your day too.

Take care.

 

Trees For Mawtt

Good morning and I hope this finds you warm and well.  I was quite surprised when I got up early this morning - no frost!  I came in at half past nine last night and the temperature was already down to 1degree so I was expecting a really hard frost like the last couple of mornings.  Obviously it got warmer during the night thankfully.

This morning my card is for MAWTT.  The theme was chosen by Jackie, who asked to see trees.

My Card

 

 

Recipe

7" x 5" kraft card base - Hobbycraft

image - Greeting Card Factory

bronze pearlescent cardstock - Crafters Companion

white cardstock - Ryman

maple leaf punch - Woodware

stitched pennant - Creative Expressions

sentiment - computer generated

 

I love to see reflections in the water so when I remembered this image (which I had downloaded a long time ago from my Greeting Card Factory programme but never actually used) it was the perfect choice - water, reflections, trees.

 

Quick and easy card which I think will probably be added to my pack of cards for males.

 

Please pop over to the blog and see the offerings from my team mates.  perhaps you will be inspired to join us in our challenge.

 

Take care and enjoy your day. 

 

 

 

 

 



Recycling

Good morning. Yes I'm back again - three days in a row.  This time it's my DT card for International Art and Soul.  We are a "Just For Fun" challenge, but we do have some lovely badges for the winner and the Top 3. The challenge this time was to recycle. Every year after Christmas I put to one side those cards which are just too nice to just dump and I vow I will do something with them yet rarely do.  Anyway, this time I have! The large snowflake with it's little metal charm dangling in the centre came up trumps!

My Card

Recipe

7" square basecard - Anna Marie Designs

silver card - from stash

Snowflake Lattice e/f - Sue Wilson

snowflake punch - Woodware

I decided to keep it CAS and it worked well. I managed to stop myself adding things!  It's so easy to think I'll just put this on, then something else and on it goes....!  The snowflake is so sparkly that I punched the snowflakes from silver glitter card.

Please pop over to the blog to see what the rest of the DT have come up with and maybe you will be inspired to join in.

Take care and enjoy what remains of the weekend!

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Millie With Flowers

Good morning. A quick post today with a very simple card.  I am hoping to go up north to see my sister soon, although I'm not at all sure when.  I usually make some cards to take up with me so that she always has a stash handy.  So this one is for Jeanie's collection.

My Card

Recipe

6" square card base - from Papermania card stock

image - digi kit Pink Gem Designs 

blue card for matting - Duo-tone card from Penniesworth

blue gingham card - Anna Marie Designs

daisis - Woodware punch

butterflies- punch

pearls from stash

This image is from a digi kit meant to make an 8" card but I have made it smaller and used it just like any other topper.  These are so versatile and great to make cards if needed in a hurry. There is also an image to use as an insert but I forgot to take the picture. I then just punched some daisies using matching card stock to fnish.  Simple but effective.

Well, I hope this finds you all well and I hope you have been having a good weekend.

OSAAT # 244 Anything Goes ....... With Four Legged Friends

Good day to you and thanks for dropping by. Hope you are all well.

 I think my card today stretches the boundaries a bit since it is not the four legged friend that you can actually walk on a lead ... lol!  But some people love bees  - and we really need to save the bees!  As you can see this is the challenge for One Stitch At A Time.  I am using Bumblebrella from Stitchy Stamps which you can find here.

My Card

Ingredients

6" easel card base - cream cardstock from Rymans

Backing papers - ancient magazine freebies 

Large daisy - Britannia rose die

Oval dies - JustRite Vintage Labels 4

Smaller daisies and leaves - Woodware punches

Promarkers to colour

Pearls - Hobby House

I was having a clear out about six weeks ago and these papers were about to become a casualty but at the last minute I changed my mind.  As soon as I saw the Bumblebrella image I knew these were the perfect addition. The Bees Knees sentiment was also part of the set and I just cut it down and then used the JustRite dies to cut the striped and the cream matting layers.  I fussy cut the butterfly and the two bees from the papers.  Some Flax glitter for the bees wings and daisy flower centres and job done.

We would love to join us in the challenge and this is the prize you could win.

Take care.

Crafty Time Challenge - Movie, Book or Song

Good morning. It's time for another challenge at Crafty Time Challenges .  This month our sponsor is Rick St Dennis  and the theme is "Movie, Book or Song".  This was a great challenge!  I am using the image "Joanie, The Flower Child" which you can find here.

As soon as I saw this image I climbed aboard the Tardis and was transported back to 1967, "The Summer of Love", and I was 17 again.  Now these are colours which you don't usually see me use, I am more a pastels girl - or purple!  But if you knew me back in 1967 you would have seen me wearing all these colours - mostly at the same time!!!  People needed to wear sunglasses when my very dear friend Hilary and I were out together.  And my hair was the same length but minus the fringe.  Ah, those were the days my friend!  (Cue another song by Mary Hopkin but a couple of years later!)

My Card

Ingredients

7" x 7" card by Anne-Marie Designs

other card stock from my stash

Labels 10 - Spellbinders 

Dainty Dots e/f - Spellbinders

Britannia dies - Flourish Leaf Strip

Punched daisies - Woodware punches.

Pearls from stash
Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Promarkers

Two songs sprang to my mind instantly; "Lets Go To San Francisco" by the English group The Flowerpot Men and "San Francisco" by the American singer Scott McKenzie. Oh to be young again but to have a little more fashion sense - but I really loved the bell bottom hipster trousers we used to wear!

Anyway I reluctantly traveled forward in time and I'm  back in 2015 again.  We would love you to join in our challenge and we look forward to seeing what inspired your project. The prize is two digis from Rick's shop.

Hope you are all well.  Take care.

Crafting at The Weekend - Mid-Month Remider

Good morning to you all - although it's actually pretty bleak here.  Hope it's a bit better where you are.  I was lucky enough to be asked to be part of the Design Team on this fabulous Challenge Blog - "Crafting At The Weekend",  and this is for the mid-month reminder.  Please pop across  and see what my talented teamies have come up with for this "Anything Goes" challenge, and we would love you to join in with us HERE.

My Card

As I said in my previous post I have a number of male birthdays coming up so this is another male card although I don't think it is gender specific. The sentiment makes it useful for a birthday but can also be used for other occasions. All in all quite a useful set.

Recipe

Stamp - "Kims's Coppice" from Woodware

Sentiment - Same stamp set as above.

Papers - from my Snippets box ( very old stuff)

Leaves - Punches from Woodware
Pearls - The Hobby House

Well this is just a quick post but I hope it finds you all well. Unfortunately my sore throat is no better, but I certainly shouldn't grumble about it.  Take care.

OSAAT Challenge # 221

Good day to you all. This is my DT card for the new OSAAT challenge - Anything Goes ..... With Orange. 

My Card

I am using the image Spring Flowers by Alipeeps Designs which is available from our sponsor  Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.   Now I am not an orange person by any stretch of the imagination, but I did manage to find some orange pearlescent card in my stash which I used for matting and also for the die cut.

Recipe

 Clear Dollar Stamps (now closed) - Daisy backing paper

Clear Dollar Stamps - Sentiment 

Woodware Large Daisy Punch

Spellbinders - Lacy Circles

Spellbinders- Dainty Dots Embossing Folder

Promarkers

Orange brads - from stash

We would love to have you join us in the challenge when one person could win the October Prize Pack, but the DT will also be choosing the Top Three - so what are you waiting for?

Keep On Climbing

Hello my friends. Yesterday was a beautiful day and so John and I decided to have a day out. We really just wandered around the Cotswold villages, stopping when we felt like it and having a walk round, had lunch and then ended up in Cheltenham - where I just had to pop into Hobbycrafts and the Range. Well, it would have been rude not to!! However, I didn't really see anything I couldn't do without so I just bought a few necessities. I thought I would have a trip out to a "real" craft shop next week where I'm sure I will be able to lighten my wallet. Lol!

My Card

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This is the second card for my nephew to choose from. I did a similar one last year but have changed the sentiments and the dies, although the layout is pretty much the same. The sentiments and the mountain stamp are from Our Daily Bread Designs "Keep Climbing" set. I love this set and use it a lot. The main sentiment is very apt because it is from the book "Kilimanjaro And Beyond" by Barry Finlay. I used SB Resplendent Rectangles and Radiant Rectangles to frame the main sentiment quote. I'm not too happy about the punched leaves in the bottom corner so I think I'll be taking them off and just popping a pearl in the corner. What do you think? The flower and leaf stamps at the top and bottom are Stampendous "Wildflower Sprigs." If  this is the one he chooses I have found a few more quotes about climbing, so I thought he could then choose one to put inside the card.

Now I just have to rack my brains to come up with one more card. Considering making male cards is not my favourite thing I don't think I've done too badly so far.

Well that's all from me today. I hope you all have a good day.

Love and hugs from Christine xx

Very Last Minute Gift

Hi everybody. Yesterday we were invited to lunch by our friends. Being a good guest  I bought a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates for our host and hostess. About half an hour before we were ready to go I got out my gifts. At least I got out the bottle of wine - but the chocolates were nowhere to be found!  The only thing I can think is that they were left on the supermarket conveyor belt. Panic!! Now what can I do?

My Project

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I searched through my stuff and found this mini pizza box which I made as a trial a couple of months ago.  I grabbed a few WOC flowers and some leaves from the little drawer where I keep my odd die cuts, together with a die cut oval from the same drawer. I hurriedly stuck them on and slipped five tea lights into the box and Bingo! One little gift in super quick time. I'm not sure the glue was dry though so I had to be careful to hold it level as we drove there so nothing slipped, and just hoped that Sue didn't realise it was still wet!!

I almost didn't post this because it is very slap dash, but it does show that stuff that we think is not much good can be rescued in double quick time. 

Hope you all had a good weekend and are ready to face the week ahead.

Love and hugs from Christine xx