HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.....

Just popped in to wish everyone A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR..

 I would also like to thank you all for taking the time to stop by and leave your lovely comments over the past year,  I really appreciate every single one of them.  Hope 2014 brings you everything you wish for...

Anne

Say it with Flowers....

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas it always seems so much preparation then its all over in a flash.  Hopefully you all had some lovely crafting presents.

A quick card to show you today but the light wasn't good when  took the photograph, we have had so many dark a wet days lately which makes taking photos of cards difficult.

The image is one of the Floral Art Pad designs...papers are from Dovercraft Garden Party..trellis is from Anna Marie Designs, Cheery Lynn leaf die and the sentiment is also LOTV.

Anne..

Christmas Wishes....

This will be my last post before Christmas.... but I will be around to pop over to your blogs...

For my card I have used the Die-sire Embossalicious 8 x 8 Star embossing folder for the background, Heartfelt Creations Holly Berry stamp set and matching dies, Spellinders Heirloom Ornament dies, Spellbinders Fancy Lattice and a Spellbinders Label for the sentiment.

I would like to wish you a your families A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS 

Anne

Despicable Me......

Our youngest grandson who is only 3 just loves the Descpicable Me films and he watches them so much he knows most of the dialogue!

I came across a lovely tutorial for these great little Minions using the Stampin Up owl punch and they were so quick to make......for those of you who don't know the film characters Dave has two eyes and Stuart has one....the letters on the card are straight is my lousy photograph! Cuttlebug embossing folders and the lovely sparkly snowflakes were from my lovely blogging friend Loll I was lucky enough to win more of her gorgeous candy....so thank you Loll.

Wont be blogging now until next week as two of  our grandchildren arrive tonight for the weekend.

Hope you are all managing to get all those little jobs and shopping done ready for the big day?

Have a great weekend....

Anne

I'm back......

What a frustrating week....we lost our internet as you know then it came back then went again...hopefully we've had 1 day where its stayed on so fingers crossed.

I'm busy trying to finish all my Christmas cards but I have had commissions for a tote bag and more of my little mars snowmen so at least I've been busy while off line...

This is one of my quickie Christmas cards it's  a pre-coloured image by Sylvia Zet from the 'let it snow' range....just added a little bit of glitter to the image a Memory box fence and Marianne tree's....

I will catch up on all your blogs as soon as I can.....its just nice to be back...

Have a great weekend

Anne

No Internet.....

We have no Internet connection at the moment so cannot blog....we could be off for another 3 days....we had a problem with our phone line  which BT fixed but somehow they managed to disconnect our Internet....just popped over to my daughters to use the net but I will be back hopefully later in the week blogging.

Anne

Birthday Shoe....

Sorry for the poor photograph but it was taken on a dark day...

This is a card that I made for one of our ladies in club for her birthday, the shoe stamp is by Anna Marie designs....

I stamped the shoe then masked it, stamped the script over the top then paper pieced some of the flowers also stamping extra  to pop on the  Marianne swirl..  

Backing papers are from LOTV  petal fresh pad and the lace border is from Cheery Lynn....to finish off the flowers I just popped a pearl in the centre.  ..sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Anne

Christmas JOY.....

Its been just over a week since my last post but we've been away with friends on the Isle of Wight for a week on  pre-Christmas break which was fabulous.

My Christmas cards this year are going to be very quick and easy and also like a lot of people I am cutting down on hand crafted cards purely because of the postal charges..

I've made this card using paper from my stash...dotty Embossing folder and Memory Box Alphabet letters and for the 'O' I've used one of baubles from the Stampin Up 'Christmas Collectables' set and SU border punch.

I will get around to your blogs to see what you've been up to but I'm afraid the washing and ironing has to come first..lOl..lOl...

Anne

Black and White Birthday....

Excuse the awful photo it was taken very quickly on my iPad... 

I was asked to make a black and white 60th Birthday card and this is what I came up with.

I've used one of the Kanban pryamage images  and added a little bit of bling and sparkle which doesn't show up....the backing papers I got from a local craft shop, lace from my stash, Marianne Swirl die, and the sparkly brads are from Artoz ... 

We are on babysitting duties as from lunchtime today...so no crafting today..

Hope you all have great weekend

Anne

Art Deco Christmas...

Its been a few days since I posted but I was busy getting things ready for my craft fair which I did yesterday.  I did really well and also came on with  commissions orders which is lovely, so I am going to be busy this week.

I'm must also start thinking  about Christmas now so this morning I have all the fruit for my Christmas cakes soaking in Brandy.

A quick Christmas card to show you....The image and backing papers on this card are from a Making Cards magazine...I 3D the image, added a few dies, the Memory Box elegant scroll, Spellbinders poinsettia dies and Memory Box Star...the backing papers are from the magazine and the sentiment is from Stampin Up 'Greetings of the Season' set....



Anne

Christmas Goose....

Just wanted to show you my Christmas card using the 'Goose' from the Wetlands set, it made a really quick and simple card.

Just added a little bit of colour and glitter to my image...the backing paper was from a pad I won from Brenda over at Floral Fantasies, I've used a Sizzix snow embossing folder,   the little Holly brads were also amongst my win from Brenda..  sentiment  is from the Wetlands set...

Entering.. my card into the Vintage Stamping challenge
 http://www.flonzcraft.com/vsc/


Anne

One man and his dog......

What a strange day weather wise...heavy rain then sunshine....then more rain, its also getting quite windy again...I dont mind as I'm in my craft room.. 

I've been topping up cards ready for my craft fair next Sunday I needed some cards for boys so I've used one of the images from a LOTV pad but I have added more colour...darkened his overalls, put in a little bit of sky and also grass. 
Backing paper is SU, dies I've used are, Cheery Lynn Chicken Wire and Marianne icicle/grass and Elizabeth Design Ladybugs....sentiment is from Stampin Up Itty Bitty Banners and also used the dies that go with the set.

Anne

More Wetlands....

Still playing around with the Stampin Up Wetlands set this time I've done a night scene...I drew some little birds across the moon and just highlighted the grasses with a white gel pen....
I've used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background and a small piece of Stampin Up ribbon....the sentiment also comes from the Wetlands set...I'm still playing with the set but wont post any more cards until end of next week, dont want to bore you....

 I need to start thinking about making more Christmas cards but cant seem to get into Christmas mode at the moment.

Another weekend is almost upmost us...have a great weekend whatever you do..

Anne

By the water...,,,

Just love this Wetlands set from Stampin Up thought it would be a very versatile little stamp set.

I've added some pale blue ink to create the sky and water and then some So Saffron for the beach..I have 3d the large bird....I've used Sue Wilsons Basket Weave embossing folder for the background, a little bit of twine and a button...
the sentiment has come out a little dark in the photo but the sentiment is also from the Wetlands set...

Anne

The 3 bears...

Seem to be on a bit of a bear theme at the moment!   These little bear images came from Making Cards magazine....its always nice to have some pre-coloured imaged for quick cards......

I've made this one into an Anniversary card...the papers are also from Making Cards...Martha Stewart heart border punch and the little lips are an old Quickutz die...My lovely friend Val sent me the some bow die cuts.....sentiment is Stampin Up...

 Backing papers again from Making cards, I've also used Doo Hickey swirl, the daisies are a Joy die cut...Crafts too Daisy embossing folder, Whimsy corner die, Craftwork card sentiment....

This was a really quick card...backing paper from my stash..you cant see much of the embossing folder along the centre...craftwork card sentiment....

Looks like we are in for a windy weekend so we wont be going far...have a great weekend...

Anne

Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree...

Most of my Christmas cards this year and going to be simple and quite flat so they can go 2nd class post so when I saw this little 'Freebie' Christmas Tree die on a craft magazine I thought it would be nice to use on one of my cards.

The card it only 5 x 5 so the Mexican Tile die fitted nicely, just used a back mat behind the die, cut out my Christmas tree in glitter card and put on a black mat,  added a few red pearls and that was my card finished...very quick and simple....

Anne

Teddy with robin....

Its been such a dark and miserable day down here in Somerset, the rain has been lashing down and its windy, its was also impossible to get a good photograph of my card.

Managed to make another Christmas card using another of the LOTV images called 'Teddy with Robin...coloured him with Primsa Pencils....Backing paper is from Dovecraft called 'Fancy Christmas'..the tree and house die is from Memory Box, so it the Star.... The little snow flake charm was from my stash..

Thanks for dropping by..

Anne

Stampin Up Extravaganza day.....

We had a fabulous day yesterday yesterday with Jenny and made lots of lovely things...

 Loved this big box we decorated and also loved the colours that Jenny has chosen...

 We made 3 little cards to go into the little sqaure box that we decorated.
The band around the box actually slides off so you can open the box.

We had a choice of making the gift box like this or we could stand it on end and punch a hole through the top and this actually takes a small bottle of wine which is such a lovely idea....I will be making more of these.

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My lovely daughter Sally made us some beautiful cup cakes....and if you look closely at the ones with the mauve tops she has put the name of our craft group 'Crafty Bunch' on the icing, needless to say these didn't stay on the table for long...thank Sally they were delicious....

Its a miserable morning here in Somerset, we've had some heavy rain and its windy...so think I will craft again today...not that I need an excuse....

Anne

James Bear......

Love this little bear image from LOTV he is called James....
Coloured with Copics, backing papers are from my stash but cant remember where I bought them from...
Pine branch die is from Marianne...Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder used as part of the background, Cuttlebug snowflake die... sentiment is also from LOTV.... 

We have a Stampin Up craft day tomorrow with the lovely Jenny Moors...so really looking forward to it...all I know is its a Christmas theme...will let you know what we make...
Have a great weekend...

Anne

Vintage birds....

I was lucky enough to win some blog candy from Marianne and amongst the candy was this lovely stamp from Inkylicious called Vintage Birds.

I've made this card with a man in mind  so no added flowers or ribbons.  The backing paper is from Crate Paper which I have had for a long time...the reverse is a plain colour so was able to using it for layering.
Leaves are Memory Box Fresh Foiliage..bird cage and birds also from Memory Box...
I always have problems using silicone, hence the little bird sat on the leaf on the top left hand corner...dropped my cocktail stick with silicone on it...still at least he matches the two little birds in the cage..... just noticed that my photo is  wonkey as well...hey ho....

 Anne....

Walker baby girl....

My daughter asked me for a card for her friends little girl who will be 1 soon so I used this lovely image from Mo Manning called 'Walker'.
Coloured the image with copic pens, mounted onto Nesties, just added some pink and white gathered ribbon around the the circles.
Backing papers are from my stash and were odd sheets so I am afraid I can't tell you where they came from.  The border punch is one from Cheery Lynn called 'Carnivale'...corners are Quickuz which unfortunately are now discountinued.

It was raining had this morning but this afternoon has been lovely and it quite warm..

Enjoy your weekedn whatever you are doing

Anne

Club night...Playing with paperbacks...

Tonight we did something different  in our craft club instead of making cards  we made angels and Christmas trees from old paper backs...and some used old Magazines...

    For these projects all need it 150 pages and if you have a thicker paperback you should be able to make both an Angel and a Christmas Tree.

First the ladies painted the polystrene balls in either white or gold...I actually sprayed mine after giving it coat of white Acrylic paint, if you spray straight onto the ball then a lot of spray paints actually eat into the polystyrene ball so you need a coat of Acrylic paint first.

After folding the pages I then used a glitter spray straight onto the the paper back pages...I just added a small ruff around the neck of my angels, one I used a page from the book the other I gathered a piece of ribbon.

If you would like to have a go here is the link for the instructions Paperback Angels

 Anne