Happy Christmas

Just popped in to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year....this year seems to have gone so quickly..

Hoping you all have a lovely Christmas..

I will be back in the craft room in the New Year ..  Thank you all for visiting and leaving your lovely comments which are greatly appreciated... 

 

Anne

 

Baby Giraffe...

 

I did very well at my craft fair last week and had quite a few card orders which was nice....just finished them all.   One request was for this giraffe baby card so this lovely Marianne die for perfect..  

We are so lucky not to have snow here but today we have got lots of floods so the best place to be is in the craft room.

Thanks for stopping by

Anne

 

 

 

 

  

Christmas choir...

While sorting out my bits for my craft fair tomorrow I found a few images that hadn't been made up into cards this being one of them..  quick bit of colouring, some layering up and hey presto a small 4x4 Christmas card...

Can't remember who stamp this was but I know I don't have it anymore.. 

Anne 

Another 'fractured' card....

Another fractured Christmas card, this time I've used a little image I find in my box...I will put a name on it later.

I'm busy getting ready for my craft fair which is a week on Saturday, I only do one a year and its in our village Playgroup...  I have also managed to just finish all my own 'special' Christmas  cards and luckily I can hand deliver them all by hand apart from two...with the postage quite high now I think like a lot of people we've cut down...

Its a horrible wet and dark morning down here in Somerset but nice and cosy in my craft room..

Have a good day whatever you are doing

Anne

 

 

Fractured card technique

Yesterday  it was our Coffee  and card morning and we made a card using the factured card technique..we stamped the background then added  the red square then going clockwise around the red square added the strips of green card...instead of putting a sentiment on the white centre piece I decided to add a poinsettia that I had already had made up in  my 'bit box'....so popped that in the centre then added the sentiment on the card.... I don't make 6 x 4 cards so I've  layered it up on a 5 x 7 card...A great technique for using up patterned  papers and it doesn't have to be Christmas DSP....hope you will give it a go its so easy.. 

 

Thanks for stopping by its very  much appreciated...

Anne

Cutie card and recyling....

Its been a rough 7 days having caught the dreaded Covid...8 days positive!  Still feeling very tired..  needed to do something so put together this card... It was part of a kit  I had bought a very very long time ago from The Hobby House... so just  layered it up and added some embellishments. 

This is a card I received a while ago and it was one I was definitely going to re-recycle....just mounted up and added the paw ribbon I had in my stash..We have cat lovers in our family so it will go to one of them....

I have a craft fair early next month so I really must get on and make a few more cards and.

Its  certainly got colder the last couple of days and we have had our heating on in the evening...

Anne

Be Bold blooms

We've just had another lovely week away with friends...managed to find enough 'flowers' in my bit box to put together another birthday card using the Be Bold Blooms dies..I've made several cards using this lovely die set...flower dies are always useful to have and are useful for so many occasions.

I will try and catch with all your blogs at some stage...

Thanks as always for stopping by it's very much appreciated..

Anne

 

SU Beary Christmas...

Firstly thank to to those people who emailed and text to see if I was ok....Yes thank you I am...we've been away on holiday and of course the garden has needed  a lot of attention preparing for the Winter....  my craft room faces south which means its far to hot to craft in the extreme heat..I hope that I can get back into the swing of things soon...my mojo also has gone on holiday!

This card is one we made at our last Coffee and card morning...its the SU Beary Christmas...

I need to get things done for my Yearly craft fair which is in November so lots to do for that... 

I'll catch up with all your posts soon..

 

Anne

Coffee and card morning...

Its quite a while since my last post...have been doing other projects rather than cards...its always nice to have other crafts to fall back on particularly when you loose your mojo at times....  anyway...yesterday was our monthly coffee and card morning, once again we had a choice of cards to make and I chose this one...dies and stamps from the 'Paper Florist' set...loved the delicate embossing folder...

I've also made a start on my Christmas cards which is very early for me but bought a lovely SU stamp set which was in their sale and when it came I couldn't wait to use it..  

Wouldn't it be lovely to have some sunshine they do say next weekend will be warmer...we will see..

 

thanks for stopping by I do really appreciate it...

Anne

Two tone flora...

Just love the SU Two Tone flora stamp set.... the  background die is so pretty and delicate... the flowers are so easy to line up for double stamping...

 My mojo has left me at the moment, not sure if it's because of the humid weather or what....hopefully once I get some stamps and inks out some inspiration will come to me...

Anne 

Coffee and cards...

Yesterday was our monthly Stampin Up Coffee and card meeting...this month we made cards using some of the SU kits and we could make two cards each, I chose to make two of the above cards, the photograph doesn't do the colours justice.

This was the card which I made at the June meeting... I just added the border   the little trellis die and my own sentiment...

Its a little cooler today which makes my craft room nice and cool which is lovely,

Enjoy the rest of your weekend whatever you are doing...

Anne x 

Butterfly & flowers

Phew... my craftoon has  been like a hot house but managed to find 1/2hr early yesterday morning when it was a bit cooler to make a quick card for a poorly friend...

Using a large butterfly die and two images from the old LOTV floral pads my card was quick and easy.

Ironing done early this morning before the it gets hotter, I know we shouldn't complain but I think I've had enough of this heat now...

Thanks for stopping by

Anne

Happy Gardening....

I'm Back!  Just spent an lovely week in Newcastle...we went up particularly to go to Beamish Living museum which if you have never been its a fabulous place....you can't see it all in a day and even having spent two days there didn't see it all..  Its our 4th visit and we were lucky enough to see the opening of their 1950's town...it really is like being in another world and brings back so many memories especially if you of are a certain 'age'...  The weather wasn't brilliant and not very warm but no rain, luckily we did have sunshine on our last day.

This is a card I made for my brothers birthday in May...again using two LOTV images and a lattice die, also papers from an old Craftwork card paper pad...

Hope to get back to some stamping now which I have neglected over the past few months... need to to do 'holiday washing' first...

I will catch up with your blogs in the next few days...

Anne

Be bold Blooms...

It been a while since I've been in my craft room, having been away on holiday, spending time in the  garden and also other things that needed doing.

This is a card I made for a friend a while ago, its a lovely die set by Spellbinders Etched Dies - Be bold Blooms...

I shall be making the most of this beautiful sunshine in the garden but hopefully finding a little time to craft.

Hope you all have a great weekend whatever you have planned.

Thanks for popping by

Anne

 

Special day....

I don't think I ever post this card which I made a very long time ago...Using a lovely Creative Expressions embossing folder, and odd flower a couple of leaves mounted onto a couple of die cut ovals...a very simple card to make..

Its a beautiful sunny day down here in Somerset lots of lovely sunshine, makes you feel so different seeing the sun.

Have a good day whatever your are doing..

Thanks for stopping by

Anne

With love ...

I knit baby blankets for our local hospital SCUBU baby unit.  I always like to pop in a little card in when I deliver them.....used this sweet image...two images the same but sliced the top one and put some of the stips back on top, doesn't really show up well on the is card, thank you Ann Melvin for the inspiration..

Enjoy what is left of the weekend...we did a little walk this morming before the rain arrives..  

Thanks for looking

Anne

Birthday snippets ....

I am still going through my 'bit box' and manage to put another card together using odd dies and a stamped and coloured image..  Embossed background is Creaative Expressions...not sure who's the border die it is but I think that the image and die cut are Stampin Up... 

Anne 

Easter Bunny...

Yes I know its 'that' rabbit again....I only send one Easter card a year and this is it...again I've used SU DSP floral papers and made the little rabbit a swing..the rabbit is now safely tucked away in a box....

We've got April showers today but hoping for some sunshine over the Easter weekend...

Have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing

Thanks for taking to time to stop by your comments are really appreciated

Anne

Floral lattice....

This is another lattice card this time using some SU Floral DSP...such an easy technique and a brilliant way of using up bits of  DSP....the backing papers ae SU and the little butterfly and old SU die...

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Anne

Thinking of you...

Gosh two posts in a week...

Another little card using that cute little rabbit....for the background I used one of the SU backgrounds papers... the little rabbit is only a little die but he is just so cute and so useful...

sorry the photograph isn't straight... 

Enjoy the weekend whatever you are doing

Anne

Lattice Lavinia..

Well I got side tracked again this morning....so many of these lattice card techniques around at the moment so I thought I'd have a play... 

The first card was using Noof...this beautiful cat from Lavinia.. 

My second card was using Lupin....No sentiments on either of these cards but I do have two people in mind to send them to. 

I've also made some floral cards using this technique will post them later in the week...  

Thank for stopping by..

Anne

Rabbit With Love....

I haven't been in my craft room this week as we've been quite busy....

This little rabbit die by Alexadra Renke is so cute, he also comes with his own little stool which I haven't used on this card. I think he's quite a useful little die.

Still being good and using scraps of card and DSP I managed to make this little wreath card...

Fed up with the rain now and just wish we had more sunshine it feels to me like the winter has been a long one..

Enjoy rest of our weekend whatever you are up to..

Thanks for visiting I really appreciate it..

Anne

Coffee and Card....

It was our Coffee and card meeting on Saturday with the lovely Jill Lackford..as always we had a choice of stamp set to use and I chose this lovely little set called 'Petal Park'... the fold on the card is called a 'Book-binding' fold  which I thought was a bit different...I added a ribbon, a few little clear dots and my own pre printed sentiment....

Just hoping we don't get the dreaded snow they are talking about...we are normally quite lucky down here in Somerset so fingers crossed we miss it..

Enjoy your week

Anne

Playing in the Rain

I loved the sweet images from SU Playing in the rain DSP so decided I would buy the Class in the post stamp  from the very talented Jenny Moors... the cards I make are normally 6 x 6 or 5 x 7 so I used the elements from Jenny's class and added some of my own papers/card.....

Its always good to keep a few 'Get well' cards in your card stash, just added backing paper and a 5 x 7 card.... 

Thanks for stopping by.

Anne