What a Hoot....

A card for an Owl lover but I didn't find this Indio Blu image easy to colour as its quite a dense stamp and perhaps I should have done it in softer colours.
Coloured with pencils and I've added a little bit of Glossy accents to his beak.

Backing paper is from my stash, Tim Holtz wood effect embossing folder, Memory Box leaf punch...

Hope you are all having a lovely Easter and not eating too much chocolate!

Anne

Easter Gifts.....

My friend Val very kindly cut some of the Stamp UP milk cartons  out for me and I made two little bird houses from them as little Easter gifts for my granddaughters teachers.

For the roof I cut out a piece of Chocolate Chip  card 4" x 2" then punched out a few rows of scallops using the S.U. scallop punches and glued them on.
Using the 1" circle punch punched a hole in the, I should really have used the larger 1 3/4" punch to give a bigger opening.  The SU bird really is a little bit big but my Granddaughter thought they were brilliant particularly as I popped some acetate inside to cover the opening and filled the little houses with Cadburys Chocolate eggs....yum yum... I attached the roof by punching a hole with my Crop-a-dial and then threading through some ribbon.

Grace made her own Easter Cards to go with the bird houses using the S.U. Good Egg set but unfortunately I forgot to ask Mummy to take a picture of them....

Anne...

Sympathy....

We are having problems with our internet at the moment Orange are telling us they are doing work to the lines...so one minute we are on and the next off sooo frustrating, we've just come back on again after being off since late last night.. So I apologise if I dont get around to your blogs to leave comments.

Anyway for my card today I have used another of my new Stampin Up stamp sets and this one is called 'Serene Silhouettes'.....  Using duster brushed and a couple of colour I created a little background the stamped the image with little birds on the branch on it.
Cutting out 2 separate aperture circles, slightly different sizes and them stamped on the top one using another stamp from the set.  
The little birds are from Memory box....sentiment is an old Stamps Unlimited one.

Entering this card into Brenda's stamping competition over at Floral Fantasies

Anne

Field of Flowers...

This is the first card I have made for a few days as I have had a stinking cold and not felt like crafting.. I still dont feel 100% and my mojo seems to have gone on holiday but this is what I came up with today, again the photograph's not brilliant as its so dark and dull...where is Spring?

I've used some of my new Stampin Up goodies....firstly the stamp set which is called 'Field of Flowers'...I've used Island Indigo and Baja Blue card and ink pads,  I also used a couple of stamps from the 'French Foiliage' set for the background, these two stamps are so useful for making backgrounds.

I've placed the image inside the S.U Framed Tulips embossing folder.  Backing papers are  called 'Sycamore Street'. also the Itty Bitty Banner stamps were also from the -Sale-A-Bration.

Just added a butterfly from the Papillion Potpourri set and a small punched butterfly that also goes with this set....

The weather is certainly crazy at the moment...I hope those of you with snow are keeping warm, and those who have floods keeping safe...

Anne....

Boy Racer....

I picked up these some Kenny K  Pre-coloured images at Farnborough and this one is one a sheet called Street Kids.

Backing papers are from Echo Park called 'Boys Life'..Memory box Cloud die and Simple Banner die. Cogs punched using the Stampin Up now retired cog punch.

Anne

Thanks a ton.....

We woke up this morning to a snow which was a huge surprise when we drew back the curtains...thankfully it stopped around 8am and slowly melted away..this afternoon we've had lovely sunshine....really strange weather at the moment...
Not a lot of time to craft today but managed to make a small 'thank you' card using one of the stamps from the Patterned Occasions set that was in the Stampin UP Sale-A-Bration catalogue.
Papers are also from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue, SU embossing folder, I've used the small leaves from the Memory Box Fabulous Phlox dies for the leaves, Quickutz corners sadly now retired.

Just off to attack another basket of ironing.....

Anne

New bag and club night samples....

 This is my lastest bag...again its totally made from  scraps of fabric, its so quick to make it actually took less than a day to put together and I just love the colours...it .just need a gentle press and  its ready to use.

It was our club meeting last night and this is what the girls made an Origami box...these were the samples that I made..if you want to have a go you can find the instructions here .

Thanks for taking the time to look..

Anne

Relax on your Birthday.....

I've been quite busy yesterday making birthday cards but this is the only card I can post....Its a lovely image from Digi Boutigue called 'Relaxing Alyssa' . Sentiment also comes with the image...

Coloured with copic pens...papers used are from LOTV paper pad 'Promises' which is gorgeous.  Corner dies are from Whimsy...

 Today  I am getting my sewing machine out as I have another bag to make and need to do some stitching before going off to Patchwork on Weds... its also our club night again  on Weds so need to get things ready for that...

Hope you are all keeping warm in the really cold weather.

Anne

S U Extravaganza Day.....

What a fabulous day we all had yesterday..We were given the S.U. 'Papillion Potpourri'  stamp set and this is what we produced..  

  A fabulous Memo board with a laminated middle so we can write on it and then wipe off...also the bottom as you can see is magnetic...a very handy note pad that we can use to write down our 'Wish List'..lOl...lOl.

We also made four cards, mine aren't perfect but will use them as 'samples' as we do work to a time table and don't always have time to get perfection!

The little tub we also decorated but being pastel colours and a dull and dark day today my camera doesn't like it....we also decorated the lid which I forgot to photograph...

Everyone went home very happy and I think a little tired as we do work very hard....Jenny always has fabulous cards and projects samples to show us so our wish lists are always growing.....needless to say I am looking forward to seeing the UPS delivery man this week armed with lots of new goodies......

Anne

Some Bunny loves you.....

Another rabbit I'm afraid..   this was the other 'freebie' stamp with the magazine...little Miss Rabbit...
coloured with copics, papers are from Dovecraft called 'Garden Party'.
Memory box Meridian Border die across the centre, corner dies from Whimsy and the leaves and stem on the daisies are from the Fabulous Phlox die...sentiment computer generated.

Tomorrow is our Stampin UP Extravaganza day with Jenny Moors from Stamping moments so lots of very excited ladies including me...  Will post what we make tomorrow night...

 Have a great weekend everyone...

Anne

Freebie....

I dont usually by craft magazines but while out with friends on Monday we popped into Smith's and I spotted a couple of really cute little rabbit stamps 'free' with a magazine so I did buy it just for the stamps...

This is the little boy rabbit, coloured with copics pens and mounted onto nesties.
Backing papers are from Echo Park Country Drive paper pad...Crats Too spotty embossing folder, and SU punches for the sentiment. Little leaves are from the Fabulous Phlox die.
Will post the little 'girl' rabbit at the weekend she sitting on my desk waiting to be coloured.
Lots of H...work to be done today....would much rather craft..lOl..lOl.

Anne

Yee Haa...

Had a great day yesterday with friends at the Farnborough Craft show...not as   many stall holders this year but still had plenty to send our pennies on!

One of my purchases was a couple of the PRE coloured LOTV toppers sheets and this is one of them called 'Yee Haa'.....these gorgeous images are great for quick cards.  Backing papers are from Paper Cellar called 'Squares'...Memory Box Picket Fence and a little bit of twine and card candy...SU star punch.

I didn't buy anything exciting apart from a couple more Memory Box dies and a new Spellbinders Fancy Lattice die, card blanks, card, glue and a small paper trimmer.

I am going AWOL for a few of days as I have a really busy week  ahead and no time to craft....

Anne

Blanche.....

Had a play with one of my new Saturated Canary stamps called 'Blanche'...not very happy with how it turned out as I'm not sure about the solid colour background..also I could do with a few more blending colours in my Copics that I could have used on her dress...I would have been better using my pencils...
 Backing papers is from Stampin Up...Memory Box 'Fauntleroy Crest' die and   added a few added pearls.

I am off to the craft show at Farnborough tomorrow with 4 crafty friends and although  I have my little list you always come home with other things!!!  

Hope you all have a great weekend....

Anne