I'm delighted to be Guest Designer over at AAA Birthday, and this month's challenge is a nice easy one ...
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Wednesday 1 May 2024
Guest Designing at AAA Birthday
Sunday 28 April 2024
Floral kitty
Hi all. I was very lucky to win a Simon Says Stamp challenge recently and this cutie from Purple Onion Designs was one of the goodies I chose. I wanted to use some spotty paper but didn't have any so just used some plain yellow paper (not sure why it looks darker in the photo as its definitely bright yellow), my falling snow stencil and a white gel pen. I haven't decided yet what sentiment to use on this, I might just keep it in my stash for whenever it's needed.
My pink wellies and spotty yellow theme came from the current challenge over at Inspired By #286
As You Like It - clean or fussy. I always love the look of cards with lots of layers and bits and bobs on them but find them impossible to make myself! It took me many years when I was starting to make cards to figure this out and I now know what bits and bobs to buy that I will actually use!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Addicted to Stamps - 466 - make your mark
We've had a lovely run of dry-ish weather this past week, spring has most definitely sprung! So nice as well not to have to dry Molly's wee short mucky legs after every walk LOL. No photo of Molly this week, but here's one of the pretty primroses in our local park, there was loads of wild garlic too.
Sunday 14 April 2024
Floral sympathy
Hi all! I always like to have a few sympathy cards in my stash but don't have any at the minute, so I'm aiming to get a few made. For this one I've used this lovely floral stamp from Penny Black. Not sure where that background die was from. Image coloured with polychromos and popped up on foam pads.
Floral/colour theme from The Card Concept #206
Layout from Inspired By #IB284
Word Art Wednesday #643/644 - anything goes
Snippets Playground #478 - the little bit of blue card leftover from my diecut was just the perfect size for my sentiment
I love this time of year with the brighter evenings and plants all springing to life, but our weather has been absolute pants! It feels like it has rained almost every single day since September. The bright side of not being able to tackle the garden is that I've been having a good clear out! My craft stashed is all sorted and tidied and this morning I raided out the crockery cupboard - next on my hit list is the good old junk drawer!
Sunday 7 April 2024
Leaving card for Ryan
Hi all. I'm here this windy old evening to share a card for a work mate who has a new job with a company who makes films for the farming community. I don't think I have any farmer stamps in my stash but figured these critters from an old MFT set would be perfect...
As You Like It - cute or floral. Looking through my stash I do have quite a few floral stamps, but they're definitely well outnumbered by my cutest ones!
Allsorts #775 - for the love of animals
Miss Molly is fast asleep on the sofa as I type here. So in her usual fashion of looking not one bit comfortable (and very unladylike LOL)....
Sunday 31 March 2024
Happy Easter
A very happy Easter to you all! We've had the most glorious sunny spring day, and I'm delighted that the clocks moved forward today too! You definitely feel more like getting up and doing stuff when it's brighter outside!
My Easter cards were all a variation of this one, not a stamp or ounce of colouring in sight! My cute bunny die was a purchase from Creative Depot (I think) a while back. These were all cut with shiny silver card and then I added loads of chunky glitter to their sweet bunny tails. The background embossing folder is from an old Simon Says Stamp kit.
Simon Says Stamp Monday - emboss it
Papercraft #104 - Easter
CAS on. Friday - dies only
I haven't shared a photo of Molly lately, so here's a silly one of her sitting on the stairs. She perches her butt on one step and then her feet are on the one below. Doesn't look one bit comfortable! Daftie.
Thursday 21 March 2024
Mother's Day card
Sunday 3 March 2024
Cards for John, David and Gertie
Hi all! A few spring Thank You cards to share this evening. These were for a couple of volunteers in work just to mark their long service. They've always volunteered in the same team together and I wanted to make them both the same but different, so out came my Lili of the Valley daffodil stamps.
Sunday 25 February 2024
Retirement cards for Gareth, Gerard & Marlene
Hi all! Well it finally feels like Spring is almost here! We finally got out to our back garden which has been sodden for months to get bushes pruned, dead stuff pulled out, grass cut and some lovely bright primroses planted up in my hanging baskets! It is so good to see the evenings on the stretch, I absolutely hate the long dark days of winter 😁
Anyway, just wanted to share some retirement cards for some ex-workmates of Mum. The first two are for brothers so I kept the same vibe for them both. So first up is this one using a Penny Black stamp...
Just Us Girls #715 - anything goes stencil weekI was hunting for a different hot air balloon stamp for this one but of course it was nowhere to be found, but luckily came across this unknown oldie instead. The house border is an old MFT die
Allsorts #769 - things that flyAnd finally, a nice bright spring card using one of my favourite Lili of the Valley stamps (I still have this one out to make a thank you card so you'll be seeing it again very soon!). I added some clear gloss to the daffs to make them pop a bit.
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Greg's Valentine
Hi all, here this grey evening to share Greg's Valentine's card... in my PJs, Molly pretending to sleep on my lap and a big box of choccies and a cuppa by my side! Molly's nose twitches hopefully every time the box is opened, I think she's disgusted with us that we're not sharing the goodies.
I've used this oldie stamp from Gummiapan and paper pieced his outfit - I am amazed that this scrap lasted this long as it was the circular cut out from this card from 2021!! For my background I used a heart diecut as my stencil. Clear gloss added to the eyes and teeth and lots of glitter to the balloon. Inside it just reads 'ME' and a big diecut heart.
Colour theme from CAS Colours & sketches #530
Saturday 10 February 2024
Alexandra's birthday card
Hi all, here this lovely spring day with a birthday card for my niece - I can hardly believe she is 14 already, it's absolutely no time since she was a wee tot!
She's a St Valentine's Day baby, so this old Penny Black stamp with the heart balloons was just perfect. Silver and blue metallic splatters added to the stencilled background.
Layout inspired by Atlantic Hearts Sketch #563
Simon Says Stamp Monday - fun with stencils
AAA Birthday #58 - hearts
Seize the Birthday #277 - splatter
When I was 14 on the 14th the Falklands War ended, that's a long time ago now! I wonder will Alex remember in 40 years time what happened on her double-14 day!
Sunday 4 February 2024
Some fishy cards for David & Greg
Hi all, here this blustery evening with a few fish themed cards. This first one is for my brother - he keeps tropical fish so I thought these dudes from Simply Graphic would do the trick. I stencilled in some bubbles using my snow stencil and added some metallic silver splatters too.
Sunday 21 January 2024
Marlene's birthday card
Hi all! Bit of a wild night here, we have Storm Isha visiting and it's blowing an absolute hooley out there! Definitely not an evening for walkies! The noise from the wind is frightening and our lights are flickering away here, hopefully the power stays on! Molly is fed up with the weather too as we're just getting over our first taste of snow and ice but thankfully it only hung about for a few days.
Anyway, I've I card for a friend of mum's to share this evening. I've used an oldie Penny Black stamp and some of my new flower dies from Creative Depot. Some background splatters with metallic paints and the little flower gems have been in my stash forever so I'm glad to use them! MFT striped paper.
As You Like It - favourite paper brand - I don't buy a lot of designer papers but have always loved any My Favourite Things pads that I've bought, they're great quality and always nice colours.
Penny Black Saturday January - anything goes
Snippets Playground #472 - unfortunately I missed playing in Di's 12th anniversary challenge so I'm making sure to play along this week! My snippets on this card are my flowers cut from the leftover bit of the circle
My Time to Craft #525 - new stash (my flowers)
Saturday 6 January 2024
Baby boy and birthday card for Catherine
Hi all, and a Happy New Year! It's hard to believe that's the holiday over already, but in some ways it's nice to get back to a bit of normality. And I do love to get the tree and deccies down and my house tidied!
I've been playing with my new bunny stamp from Creative-Depot and I love how this turned out! The blue card has a bit of sparkle in it and I also added clear gloss to the balloon and then popped him up on foam pads.