Bold Tidings Joy to the World Snowman Christmas Card

 Good morning, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  Here in the UK today snow has arrived.  In my family they joke that I only have to look at ice and snow and I fall over and true to form I slipped over on the ice yesterday so today I'm nursing a grazed knee and a few aches and pains but luckily nothing major.

I have been doing bit of batch card making so I have four cards to share today with the same design only different colours

For these cards I have used:

• Tim Holtz Bold Tidings #2 by Stampers Anonymous CMS419 stamped on black card and heat embossed in white.  I masked out the O from joy and replaced it with the snowman from the My Favorite Things Christmas Cuteness stamp set
• The backgrounds are ink blended using Distress Oxides and then I have stamped snowflakes on it which were then heat embossed in silver.

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All Dressed Up Christmas Penguins Christmas Card - Crafty Calendar December Challenge

Good morning, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  It's the first Saturday in December so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is

'CHRISTMAS'

For my card I have used:

• Christmas Penguins digital stamp from All Dressed Up coloured with copics.
• The background is ink blended distress oxides in Cracked Pistachio and Salvaged Patina and then I stencilled some snowflakes over it using Distress Sparkle Texture Paste.
• The red striped background is Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink through the MFT Diagonal Stripes stencil.

For this challenge we are sponsored by:

All Dressed Up

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Christmas challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT creations using other images from this months sponsor All Dressed Up.

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

Sizzix Toil and Trouble Halloween Card

Good morning I hope you are keeping safe and well and not suffering too much with the heat.  Here in the UK it is very warm at the moment and here I am doing blog posts with Halloween cards, at least it's not Christmas cards lol.

For todays card I have gone with witchy vibes.

For my card I have used:

Background: Tim Holtz Shattered stamp (CMS466) from Stampers Anonymous stamped with versamark and heat embossed with gold and then ink blended with distress oxides in Villainous Potion and Carved Pumpkin.

Frame: Vellum and then a purple frame both cut using the Spellbinders Notched Corner Frame die set.

The witch, cauldron, mouse and cat have been cut using the Sizzix Die Set Toil & Trouble by Tim Holtz, 665561.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

I'll 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 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

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

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

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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Valentine's Day Card using Sizzix Lovestruck Colorise Die Set

Good morning, Happy Valentine's Day.  I have a Valentine's card to share, I had to wait to post this until today just in case it got spotted.

After watching the Tim Holtz Live Sizzix release I received an early Valentine's gift from Martyn (the subliminal messages must have worked) and I have used them to create this card.

For this card I have used:

Backround : Distress Oxide blended background (Candied Apple, Worn Lipstick and Broken China)

and over this I placed a piece of white card with a number of heart apertures cut out of it so that the blended background showed through (Heart apertures cut using the Sizzix Stacked Hearts Tiles die set).

The red hearts and arrow were cut using the Sizzix Lovestruck Colorise Die Set by Tim Holtz and a little bit of Black Soot distress ink applied to the edges.

The sentiment has been created using my Dymo label machine and mounted onto black card.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

#staysafe

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - Beehive Birthday card

Good afternoon I hope everyone is keeping safe and well.  Can you believe it's July already...

It's the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme is 'ANYTHING GOES'

For my card I have used:

Honey Bees stamp set from Jan's Digi Stamps coloured with copics and distress oxides.

The honeycomb card blank I printed on Pro Card using an image from the Bees digital paper set from MyCuteLobsterDesigns over on etsy.

The sentiment I created and printed myself.

We are spnsored this month by:

Jan's Digi Stamps

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join us in this months ANYTHING GOES challenge and also 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

Wally the Walrus Birthday Card Using Sizzix Under the Sea 2

Morning all.  Today have a card to share that was inspired by a trip to Tenby last week.

Currently in Tenby a Walrus has set up residence in the bay which is quite a distance from somewhere in the Arctic where he should be living.  I think it is something like only the 10th record of Walrus ever recorded in the UK so when lockdown eased we headed to Tenby to try to catch a glimpse of Wally the walrus.  We did manage to see him, he spent all of the time in the water while we were there.

So this card features Wally the Walrus.

For my card I have used:

Walrus and Crab are from the Sizzix Under the Sea 2 Die Set - Colorize by Tim Holtz.

Hugs is cut from blue card using the Sizzix Alphanumeric Shadow Upper Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz and covered with Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

Distress Oxide blended background.

Stamped sentiment is made up from a mix of three stamps.

Here's a couple of images of Wally in the waters at Tenby.

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

#staysafe

Crafty Calendar December Challenge - Happy Christmouse

Good afternoon.  Hope you are having a good day and keeping safe and well.  There was a small dusting of snow when I woke up this morning, It's all gone now but it felt a bit Christmassy for a time.  For the first time I think I'm ready for Christmas, there still some baking to do closer to the day but the decorations are up, the presents are wrapped, the majority of cards are done so I can sort of relax and enjoy the next few weeks.

It's the first Saturday in December so we have a new challenge

over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is

CHRISTMAS

For my card I have used

Christmouse Decoration digi stamp from this months sponsor Lili of the Valley

I coloured the image with copics and then fussy cut it out and mounted it onto a distress oxide blended background.

We are sponsored for this challenge by

Lili of the Valley

Crafty Ribbons

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge with your Christmas themed creations and check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Lili of the Valley.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon

#staysafe

Crafty Calendar October Challenge - Oddball Art Halloween Cards & Jewellery

Good morning, I hope you are keeping well.    I'm think I'm probably going to get rather wet and windswept today.  Somehow I was "persuaded" to go away for the weekend on a birdwatching trip to Spurn in Yorkshire, not sure why I agreed to this, but the weather forecast is not looking too good.

Well we are in October and it's the first Saturday in the month  so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is

HALLOWEEN

For my projects I have gone shrink plastic mad and have made some Halloween jewellery and mounted them on decorated gift cards.

My first card has some witch hat earrings made using black Sizzix shrink plastic.

The image is Witchy Legs, Skirt and Broom from Oddball Art coloured with copics.

The background is blended distress oxides spritzed with water.

The design paper is from the Trick Or Treat Halloween digital paper pack from ErinBradleyDesigns over on Etsy.

The sentiment is from the MFT Frightfully Sweet stamp set.

The second card has some little bat earrings made using black Sizzix shrink plastic.

The image is Bats Creepy Cute Chronicles from Oddball Art.  

The background is blended distress oxides spritzed with water and then the image was drawn on top of this with my Scan N Cut and a Ranger embossing pen and then embossed with black embossing powder.

The design paper is from the Trick Or Treat Halloween digital paper pack from ErinBradleyDesigns over on Etsy.

The sentiment is from the Tis the Season Creepy Cute Chronicles stamp set by Oddball Art.

The third card has some little ghost earrings and also a cute ghost pendant made using white Sizzix shrink plastic.

The image is I'm Here For The Boos! from Oddball Art coloured with copics.

The background is blended distress oxides spritzed with water.

The design paper is from the Trick Or Treat Halloween digital paper pack from ErinBradleyDesigns over on Etsy.

The sentiment and little headstone are from the MFT Fab-Boo-Lous stamp set.

The final card has some little pumpkin earrings and matching pendant made using translucent Sizzix shrink plastic which I coloured with polychromos pencils.

The image is Tis the Season Creepy Cute Chronicles from Oddball Art coloured with copics.

The background is blended distress oxides spritzed with water.

The design paper is from the Trick Or Treat Halloween digital paper pack from ErinBradleyDesigns over on Etsy.

The sentiment is from the MFT Spooky Sweets stamp set.

For this months challenge we are sponsored by

Oddball Art

Gosh I think that was my biggest blog post ever.....

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Halloween challenge and check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Oddball Art.

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

#staysafe

One Stencil, Two Cards featuring Imagination Crafts and Distress Oxides

Good morning all.  I have a couple of cards to share today using one Imagination Crafts stencil and three distress oxide ink pads.

For this card I have inked through the stencil using distress oxides in Wilted Violet, Twisted Citroen and Picked Raspberry.

The sentiment is the Lawn Fawn Scripty Happy die cut out three times from black card and layered together.

The birthday sentiment is from the Concord and 9th Say Hello stamp set embossed in black.

For the second card the stencil had ink left on it from stenciling the previous card so I have just spritzed the stencil with water and  pressed a piece of paper on it for a reverse impression.  Just added a greeting and a few Nuvo Dream Drops for the finished card.

 Loving the muted watercolour effect.

Thanks for taking the time stop ny blog, and I'll see you soon. 

Crafty Calendar December Challenge - Grumpy penguin Christmas Card

Good afternoon to all.   So here we are at the 1st of December and my Christmas decorations all went up today so I'm starting to feel a little bit Christmassy.  Today is also the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme for this month is

'It's Christmas'

For my card I have used:

 Katzelkraft Grumpy Penguins rubber stamp

The background is blended Distress Oxides

The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Joyous Christmas Sentiments stamp set embossed in white

We are sponsored for this challenge by

Lawn Fawn

who are offering one lucky winner a $25 gift voucher to spend in their store.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your Christmas Creations and check out the gorgeous cards from the DT.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and I'll be back tomorrow with day two of my Christmas Creations Advent