Must Use Stars - Get Creative Challenge # 19

Good morning.  Here I am for the third time in a row.  If you have ever waited ages for a bus and then two or three come together you will know why I liken my posts to buses!!  This is my DT post for Get Creative Challenges. Our sponsor is  Cute As A Button  and my fabulous image can be found here

My Card

Ingredients

6" x 6" card - made from cream card stock

Backing papers - all from Father Knows Best  by Lili of The Valley

Star brads - ancient stash

Sentiment - computer generated

Promarkers to colour

I have so many brads which have never seen the light of day for years so I decided to correct that with my last few cards.  Actually I haev removed the legs and attached them with a hot glue gun.

Well that's it from me for now.  Hope you are all okay.

OSAAT DT Challenge 241 Anything Goes ... With Chillaxing

Good afternoon to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  This is my project for One Stitch At A Time "Chillaxing".  Just think of something nice and calming for you, or a relaxing hobby.  I'm sure you get the idea.

I have a few ways of chilling out and one of them is reading.  I'm not a television watcher - except for the cycling and of course it is Tour De France at the moment.  Brilliant!!  I am using papers from Panda Bear Designs  called "A Journey Through Reading" which you can find here.  I decided to make a corner bookmark using the papers and made a topper by shrinking down one of the papers.

My Project

The back of the bookmark using another of the papers - rather busy but it is not really seen.

No ingredient list for this because apart from the papers all I did was add some

pearls from my stash. Oh, I nearly forgot that I used a Fiskars punch along the bottom edge. I think it is called Threading Water. Oh, and a scrap of brown pearlescent card to cut the SB Label 16.  Guess I sould have done an ingredients list after all!! The colours make this a very masculine bookmark I think so I shall probably give it to my brother in law. He has always been an avid reader but since his stroke he gets through books at the speed of light because he is unable to go and work in the garden, or go for a walk etc.

Hope all is well with you.

Take care.

Christmas Card Club # 14 Christmas Trees

Good morning and thank you for dropping by today.  I am posting my card for the Christmas Card Club a day early because I have a DT card for tomorrow.  I don't post often enough to have two in one day.  I can't believe how long it has been since I lst posted.  So sorry, but so much is going on here.

The theme of Christmas trees was chosen by GranMargaret.  I have only one main tree image on my card but I hope the two Christmas tree brads will count ... lol!

My Card

Ingredients

6" x 6" base card

burgundy card stock - my stash

striped paper - Handmade Holiday from Simple Stories

Christmas tree topper Lili of the Valley

gree glitter  paper - stash

Christmas trees brads - ancient stash!!

A really simple card today and very flat, so ideal for posting!

Hope this finds you all well and enjoying some good weather.  If you are feeling a little unwell then I hope you are soon felling tickety boo - as Mrs Duck is wont to say!!

Take care.

Crafty Time Again

Good morning to all my blogging friends and any visitors who might find there way here.  Sorry my blogging and commenting is a bit spotty.  Life is getting in the way rather but I get here when I can.

This month for Crafty Time Challenges our remit is to use punches or dies. Now I ask you - what could be easier than that?  We would love to see all your projects incorporating punches and dies.  Our sponsor  is Sherry Baldy

First Place - 3 digi images
Second Place - 2 digi images
Third Place - 1 digi image

My Card

Ingredients

Image - Olivia from Sherry Baldy

5" x 7" card base made from Papermania cardstock

Backing papers - Meg from Making Memories - absolutely ancient stash!!!

Aqua pearlescent cardstock - Jellybean Crafts

Spellbinders - Labels 10

Bow die - Creative Expressions

Pearl flowers - from stash

Promarkers to colour

This is such a sweet image and I once again reverted to my favourite colours of lilacs and turquoise.  (But I did avoid pink! )  I just can't help myself!! I have had this Making Memories pad for years and years and  is one of my favourites. I'm dreading it running out.

Well that's all from me for today.  Hope everybody is well.

OSAAT Anything Goes .... With Red, White and Blue

Good afternoon to you all.  Another challenge at One Stitch At A Time . The theme is Anything Goes .. With Red, White and Blue. Our sponsor, as always, is Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp Outlet.  I have used Running Triceratops Dinosaur from the designer Ken Benner which you can find HERE.  This is a real fun image.

My Card

Ingredients

7" square card base from Anne Marie Designs

All card stock from my stash

Argyle Embossing Folder - Embossalicious

Star die cuts - Spellbinders Pierced Stars

Sentiment - Freebie from TLC Creations

Blue star brad - stash

Promarkers to colour

I have had this free digi sentiment from TLC Creations for a while and this image was the ideal one with which to use it.  I just added the coloured stars digitally so that it tied in with the pierced stars in the  rest of the design.  I like the primary colours which is something very different for me.

We would love you to join us this time and here is the prize you could win.

June Prize Pack

Well that's it from today.  I hope you have been having the lovely summer weather that we have had here, but I know it is very different in some parts of the country. A typical British summer I guess.

Take care.

Heartfelt Sympathy

Good morning to all my friends in Blogland and if you arrived here by chance I hope you like what you see.  I would love it if you were to leave a comment and then I can visit you in return.

On Sunday we had some very sad news. John has very little family and he is very close to the two cousins he has.  Sadly his cousin's husband died very suddenly on Saturday.  It has come as such a shock to us all and John is very upset for his cousin and her family.   John asked me to make a nice card for Pauline - as if I would make any other; but I know what he means.

My Card

Ingredients

7 x 5" tentfold card made from ivory pearlescent card

Ivory and taupe pearlescent card - Jellybean Crafts

M-Bossabilities Garden Lattice e/f - Spellbinders

French Collection Auvergne die - Sue Wilson

Wreath Strip - Cheery Lynn

Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts

Cala lilies - very old (ancient!) stash

Ribbon and pearls - stash

Sentiment - computer generated

It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to do because my mind was a complete blank.  However,  I got there in the end.  I really love these French Collection dies from Sue Wilson.  I would love more but it can start to get silly if you're not careful. We end up with so many dies and rarely use many of them.  I'm trying to be a bit more discerning now.

Hope everybody is fit and well.  Take care.

Christmas Card Club # 13 - Pink and White

Good morning; it's  Christmas Card Club again.  These two weeks whizz round so quickly - and it also means we are halfway through the year.  I'm sure I only took my Christmas tree down six weeks ago, not six months .... lol!  Karen is our hostess this time and she asked us to make a card in pink and white, but we could also add a smidgen of silver, gold or black.  I actually managed to keep to pink and white.

My Card

Ingredients

6 x6" card base

raspberry pearlescent cardstock - my stash

Memory Box - Grand Merry Christmas

Marianne Dies - Poinsettia

Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots embossing folder

Spellbinders - Foliage

A CAS card this time - or pretty much CAS..  I just brushed a little burgundy ink over the raised parts of the poinsettias and then sprinkled some Diamond Dust over them.  Doesn't show up well in the picture but in real life they are quite sparkly. 

Sorry my blogging and commenting is a bit spotty at the moment but I have a lot going on.  I will be around to visit as soon as I can, I promise.