Seasons Tweetings Christmas Card

Good afternoon.

I have a card to share today that was inspired by the Tim Holtz Sizzix Remix Youtube live to use dies that are not officially Christmas/Holiday.

For my card I have used the following die sets:

665861 Sizzix Silhouette Birds

664752 Sizzix Winter Critters (the woolly hat)

665673 Robins in Hats (the scarf)

120621h Stamps by Me Perfect Pinecones

The background has been lightly splattered with white acrylic paint

The sentiment is from the Altenew Seasons Tweetings stamp set

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  Happy Christmas. 

Crafty Calendar December Challenge - Lawn Fawn Ready Set Snow Christmas Card

Good afternoon and I hope you are well today.  I've just got back from a day trip to Donna Nook in Lincolnshire, our annual trip to see the seals and their new pups so I'm a bit late posting today.

It's the first Saturday in December and over at Crafty Calendar we have our final monthly challenge for this year.  And the theme is 'ANYTHING GOES'.

I decided on a shaker card for this month and have used non-traditional colours.

For my card I have used:

Lawn Fawn stamp set 'Ready Set, Snow' coloured with copics.

The snow globe shaker was cut with my Cricut and then coloured with copics.  I cut eight layers of the snow globe and glued them all together to create the shaker so I didn't need to use any 3d foam.

I stamped snowflakes on the pink background using the MFT 'Snowflake Flurry' stamp set.

The pink candy cane stripe frame is an old digital paper from 'Pink Petticoat/The Lovely Studio' called Raspberry Coulis Candy Cane Stripe which I printed and then cut a frame on my Cricut. 

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Lawn Fawn

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your creations in this month's challenge and also check out the gorgeous creations from the DT.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  See you soon x

Crafty Calendar November Challenge - Sweet Rudolph Christmas Card

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  I've just had a week off work and we were out and about with tickets for a Snooker tournament in Bolton that Martyn had for his birthday and then back to Birmingham for the Creative Craft Show at the NEC so today has been spent catching up with jobs around the house and emails, etc.

As it is the first Saturday in November we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

'ANYTHING GOES'

For my card I have used:

Sweet Rudolph from Mirtillamente coloured with copics.

Papers are from the Echo Park A Lumberjack Christmas digital paper pack.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Mirtillamente

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join in this month's Anything Goes challenge and to check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this month's sponsor Mirtillamente

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog

See you soon x

Mr Bones Glow in the Dark Halloween Card

Good morning, Happy Halloween.  I have another Halloween card today and it's another glow in the dark one.

For this card I have used:

Mr Bones die set from Sizzix cut from glow in the dark card.

The background is ink blended using distress oxides in Black Soot, Villainous Potion, Faded Jeans and Blueprint Sketch and then a light spray of Empty Tomb distress mica stain.

The sentiment is from the Sizzix Bold Text Halloween die set.

(Glow in the dark effect)

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you later x

Simon Says Stamp Glow in the Dark Spooky Eyes Halloween Card

Good morning, I hope you are safe and well.  I have a Halloween card to share today.  I had to wait until today after the card had been delivered to the recipient.

For this card I have used:

Spooky Eyes stamp from Simon Says Stamp.

This was stamped onto glow in the dark card, which was challenging, the glow in the dark card has a coating which is like trying to stamp on sandpaper.  I ended up stamping and then coating with black embossing powder to try to get even coverage.

The sentiment is from the Sizzix Bold Text die set

(Glow in the dark effect)

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar October Challenge - Halloween Grave Yard Card

Good afternoon.  I hope you are safe and well.  A bit late posting today due working this morning and I then had an appointment to get my Covid autumn booster jab and when I get back home, I realised I had forgot to schedule my post.

We are now in October and the weather has started to turn colder.  After going on holiday and having hot weather in Paris and at Disneyland at the start of the month I have definitely noticed the change in temperature since I got back.  I had resisted switching on my heating but when I was sitting at my desk working and started to contemplate whether to get a blanket and fill a hot water bottle, I decided it was time to switch the heating on.

Today is the first Saturday in October so over at Crafty Calendar we have a new challenge and the theme this month is:

HALLOWEEN

For my card I have used:

Grave and Bone Yard Scene digital stamp from Oddball Art.  The graveyard and bones scene image has been coloured with copics.

For the sky I have used one of the Stampers Anonymous Layering Moon Masks by Tim Holtz and blended distress oxide inks over it in Black Soot, Villainous Potion and Lucky Clover.

The bats are from the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz stamp set CMS451 The Scarecrow embossed in black.

The sentiment is from the Sizzix Bold Text Halloween die set by Tim Holtz.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Oddball Art

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to share your spooky projects in our October Halloween challenge and check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this month's sponsor Oddball Art.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

I'll see you soon x

Crafty Calendar September Challenge - Sheepski Designs Snowboardin Snowman Card

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  Wow can you believe it is September already.    I'm off to Paris for a few days tomorrow so I'm hoping the weather doesn't turn too cold or rainy.

It is the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

'ANYTHING GOES'.

As it is September I felt it was sort of acceptable to do a Christmas themed card.  I don't normally start Christmas cards this early but I have made a couple already..

For my card I have used:

Snowboardin' digi stamp from Sheepski Designs coloured with copics.

The background is ink blended using Distress Oxides in Uncharted Mariner, Broken China and Salvaged Patina.

I then foiled the background using the Spellbinders Celestial Star Background hot foil plate

I'm not sure what you would call the card shape.  I've used this layout previously to create pop-up cards but have just used it as a card base this time and added my snowman snowboarding down the front snowy hill pop out section.

The sentiment is a piece of card coloured with copics so that it colour matched the snowman and I then added a hot foil greeting using one of the plates from the Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments Series 2 Set.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Sheepski Designs

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your creations in this months 'Anything Goes' challenge and check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Sheepski Designs.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

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Crafty Calendar August Challenge using Rebel Hero from Paper Nest Dolls

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well.   Currently here in Birmingham we are hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games and I was lucky enough to get tickets to some of the events so I have been busy travelling around the region to watch hockey, cricket and swimming.

Today is the first Saturday in August so we have a new challenge over at

Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

Anything Goes.

For my card I have used:

Rebel Hero from Paper Nest Dolls coloured with copics.  I then printed the image again on Frisket masking film and masked off the image so that I could do a distress oxide blended background.

I am a bit or a geek (well maybe a lot of a geek) and I love sci fi and especially Star Wars.  Those of you who aren't as geeky as me you might wonder why there are two suns in the sky.  I have blended my background to give the appearance that my rebel hero is on the Star Wars planet of Tatooine.  It is a sandy desolate planet that orbits a pair of stars...so it has two suns, I told you  I was geeky...

The sentiment was printed using a Star Wars font.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Paper Nest Dolls.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your creations in this months

ANYTHING GOES challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT creations using other images from this months sponsor Paper Nest Dolls.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar July Challenge Card - HettyClare The Hamster Vase

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  Can you believe that it is July already.  I'm hoping the weather is going to improve a bit, it's a bit changeable at the moment.  I would ideally like nice weather on the days that I have got booked off from work during July, August and September but I suppose if it's raining on those days I could always do some crafting.....

It's the first Saturday in July so we have a new challenge for you over at

Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is
ADD A RIBBON.

For my card I have used:

• The Hamster Flower digi stamp from HettyClare coloured with copics.
• I printed out a second image and I cut out the vase to create a stencil and then I applied Translucent Distress Texture Paste over the vase through the stencil... it gave it a lovely glossy finish you can just about see the shine on the vase where it has a layer of the paste
• Happy is cut using the Lawn Fawn Scripty Happy Die (cut three from white card and one from a piece of card coloured with pink copics and then layered together)
• A couple of pieces of ribbon banners in the corner.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

HettyClare

Crafty Ribbons

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your makes in this month ADD A RIBBON challenge and check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, see you soon x

Sewing Themed Birthday Card

Good morning.  I hope you are well today.  I have a card to share that I made for my sister-in-law   It was her birthday yesterday so it's safe to share this now.

She loves sewing and needlework so that was the theme for this card.

I have used:

Distress oxide blended background using Faded Jeans, Salvaged Patina and Kitsch Flamingo.

I have sewn a piece of acetate on top to create a pocket.  I don't think I have ever sewn as straight as that...

 I have put sequins, paper cotton reels and paper buttons inside the acetate pocket.  

With my cricut I have print and cut a sewing machine (sewing machine, cotton reels and buttons are part of a sewing clipart collection from AnneIllustration over on Etsy)

I created and cut the word birthday three times out of white card using my cricut and then glued the cuts together. I also created an offset of birthday, cut this from vellum and layered this underneath.

The white embossed 'Wishing you a Happy' is from the Woodware Birthday Strips stamp set.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Entered in the following challenges:

Alphabet challenge blog - E for embossing

Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create -Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar June Challenge - All Dressed Up Summer Bird Card

Good morning and a happy jubilee weekend to you if you are in the UK.   I'm enjoying the long weekend, we've had some nice weather the last couple of days but it's a bit overcast at the moment, hopefully it will brighten up soon for any jubilee celebrations that are happening today.

It is the first Saturday in June so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

'ANYTHING GOES'.

When my computer told me on the 31 May that it was World Parrot Day (didn't even know that that was a thing) I felt a parrot themed card was in order.

For my card I have used:

Summer Bird by All Dressed Up Stamps coloured with copics and polychromos pencils.

I die-cut some flowers and coloured those with copics and added them to the image with some clear crystal dewdrop embellishments.

The background is two toner sheets from the Gina K Designs Vibrant Vines foil-mates pack that have been foiled with Deco Foil Lime Green and Summer Rainbow.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

All Dressed Up Stamps

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Anything Goes Challenge and check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor All Dressed Up Stamps.

Thanks for visiting my blog, see you soon. x

Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Sheepski Designs Floral Heart Birthday Card

Good afternoon.   I have just got back from a weeks holiday in Dorset so my post is a little later than planned.  Lots of delays on the motorway added time to the journey.

We have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this week is 

'ANYTHING GOES'

For my card I have used:

Floral Heart digital stamp from Sheepski Designs printed in pink on pink paper and then coloured with a combination of copics and polychromos pencils.

I cut a heart from the centre of the image and then layered another three hearts from white card behind it to raise it up.

Added a stamped and embossed sentiment on the heart and a die cut birthday sentiment (3 layers of white card glued together to give it some dimension)

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Sheepski Designs

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months 'Anything Goes' challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations using other images from this months sponsor.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. See you soon x

Easter Basket Pop-Up Card

Good afternoon. I hope you are safe and well and are having a nice Easter Sunday.  

Todays post has an Easter card that I made using a project design available on Cricut Design Space.

Easter Basket Pop-Up Card design from Cricut Design Space.

Bunny and sentiment on the front of the card are from the Some Bunny stamp set by Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. I'll see you soon.

#staysafe x

Sizzix Easter Cards with Oliver and Papercut Chicks

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well today.  Are you ready for Easter?  I did a bit of last minute batch card making so I have a couple of  Easter cards to share with you today using Sizzix colorize dies and distress oxides.

For this card I have used:

Sizzix Oliver Colorize Die Set by Tim Holtz.

Distress oxide blended background using Speckled Egg, Salvaged Patina and Peeled Paint

I created the Easter sentiment using my cricut.

For this card I have used:

Sizzix Papercut Chicks Colorize Die Set by Tim Holtz.

Distress oxide blended background using Speckled Egg, Salvaged Patina and Peeled Paint

I created the Easter sentiment using my cricut.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, I'll see you soon.

#staysafe

Oddball Art Hippie Flower Peace Van Birthday Card - Crafty Calendar April Challenge

Good afternoon.  I hope you are keeping safe and well.  It's April already and as it's the first Saturday of the month we have a new challenge

 over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is

'ANYTHING BUT SQUARE'

For my card I have used:

Hippie Flower Power Peace Van from Oddball Art.  I stamped daisies on the van and also one on each of the wheels and then coloured the image with copics.   My colours were inspired by the worlds greatest van: the mystery machine from Scooby Doo.

I created a shaped card base to match the van in Cricut canvas and cut out using my Cricut Maker.

I then added the sentiments and clear gems in the centre of each flower

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Oddball Art

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge which runs until the 28th April and also check out the other gorgeous DT cards using images from this months sponsor Oddball Art.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

Stay safe and I'll see you soon x

#staysafe

Crafty Calendar March Challenge - Easter card with Digi Doodle Studios

 Good morning.  I hope you are well.  I have a card to share today for our new monthly challenge over at Crafty Calendar.    It feels weird to be sharing a card with everything that's going on in the world at the moment.  Prayers and thoughts are with the people of Ukraine.

Our monthly challenge over at Crafty Calendar this month is Easter with Dots and Stripes.

For my card I have used:

Peyton's Painted Eggs digi stamp from Digi Doodle Studios coloured with copics.

The paint spots are from the My Favorite Things Distressed Patterns Stamp set

The spotty and stripe papers are from my stash.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Digi Doodle Studios

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Digi Doodle Studios

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog x

All Dressed Up Feed The Birds Birthday Card

Good morning.  I hope you are safe and well today after Storm Eunice yesterday.  I have a card to share today made using an discontinued digital stamp but couldn't resist using it.

The digital stamp is Feed the Birds from All Dressed Up layered on top of a birch tree background png file (not sure where the birch tree png was from) and then coloured with copics.

The sentiment is from the Spellbinders Tweet Sentiments stamp set

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  I'll see you soon.

#staysafe

Sizzix Gladys the Flamingo Home Décor Project

Good morning.  Hope you are well.  I have a home décor project to share today.  

Flamingos are one of my favourite birds so when I saw Gladys on the Tim Holtz Sizzix release I couldn't resist her.

I have previously created a flamingo home décor piece using the popular flamingo/pigeons quotation so I went for something different this time.

I created the quotation in Word and printed it using my laser printer.  I ink blended the paper using distress oxides Kitsch Flamingo and Salvaged Patina and sprayed this with water.  After this I sprayed it with Winterberry Distress Mica Stain.

Once I'd finished all the inking I used my Minc machine to foil the laser printed quote in gold. 

I stamped a couple of layers of the Altenew Leaf Medallion stamp set and embossed with distress embossing glazes in Kitsch Flamingo and Salvaged Patina

The flamingo is cut using the Sizzix Gladys Colorise Die Set.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

I'll see you soon

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