Bird Ballad Birthday ....

My last card for 2020...I loved using the Stamp up Bird Ballad DSP and have  made quite a lot of cards using it....just enjoyed sitting down and fussy cutting out the little flowers and birds...

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and visits to my blog I really do appreciate it...the internet has been a life line during these difficult times and 2020 has certainly been a challenging year for us all...

Wishing you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year.....

stay safe everyone.

Anne

Wishing you all a Very Happy Christmas

Just popped to wish you all a very Happy Christmas enjoy the Christmas holiday and keep safe 

Anne 

For a cat lover...

Just realized I hadn't posted for a week...this is one of the last Christmas cards I've made its for a cat loving family......  this was an unbranded image I found on the internet.

 

Like a lot of you with the new government restrictions we will be on our own for Christmas but it's the safest thing to do....we will miss seeing the grandchildren opening up their presents but keeping safe is far more important.

We had a lovely walk around the village this morning in the sunshine, we stopped off at the village 'library' which is in the bus shelter and has been great since we've been in lockdown and always has a large selection of books....

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Anne

Back on line....

It's been a frustrating week so far...we lost our internet and our telephone lines Sunday lunchtime and today is the first day an Engineer was able to come out....  

We've had a problem before with rats eating through the cables and wires and its happened again, depsite putting some armored cabling down...so fingers crossed it will take them a while to nibble through that....its just one of the drawback of living in the country....  

My card.... the lovely snowflake die frame was a gift from a friend last year...it hasn't got a name unfortunately but it made a lovely card just using non shed glitter behind it ...the poinsettia I already had from years ago.. not sure who's make the fern die is.... it's so nice to back on line ...I will try and catch up with your blogs at some point..

Anne

 

Baubles...

Last week I was suffering with awful toothache and one night I didn't even go to bed so sat in my craft room making Christmas cards trying to take my mind off the pain...thankfully with antibiotics and pain killers I'm fine now... 

I've used Marianne Creatable large bauble die for both cards..

 

The image in this bauble was sent to me by my lovely blogging friend Anneke ...

Hope you are all keeping busy making your Christmas cards.

Take care and stay safe everyone

 

Anne

Christmas continues...

 

Being in lockdown again hasn't bothered me as I'm still making Christmas cards for the grandchildren...its been a bit like a factory in my craft room making batches of cards...... 

Didn't realized I haven't posted for so long...  also had an order for 6  more gnome cards.   Giraffe stamp is unbranded off the interest.

My grandson really loved the post box designed cards and I've managed to put the names of some of his friends on the letter being posted.... the post box die was from The Works....thank you Jules for pointing me in that direction...

I need to think about my own Christmas cards now so hopefully I can make a start on those this week...

Hope you are all keeping safe and busy during these very difficult times especially as Christmas is only a few weeks ahead...

Anne

More Christmas cards...

Still making Christmas card for the grandchildren to give to their friends...I've done a few same design but different colours...   I've used my new Stampin UP Snowflake embossing folder for the background on my little snowman...embossed it on vellum which gives you white snowflakes so no stamping....the little snowman has come from a set of Penny Black called 'Jolly Friends'. Sentiment is from Inkylicious.

Just love the  'Simon Says' gnome die, again I've done several of these cards in different designs and colour ways...also I've used up a lot of my paper and card snippets..

Hope you are all keeping busy and safe in these difficult times...thank goodness for crafting..  

Have a good day everyone..

Anne