Wishing for snow

I've been busy this week and it catching up with me, luckily I have a few images coloured and needing a card made with them which why I'm using Mo's Wishing for Snow.

I should of really made it into a Birthday card for my DD especially as it seem to snow round her birthday but I'm also aware I promise myself to get more Christmas cards made before December.

I thought I made this card using a sketch but I don't seemed to be able to find it unless it was an old one in my Pinterest Board.

Some scraps of leftovers from a very old Doodlebug pack but I managed to get my hands on their Winter Wonderland so I gues this years cards will be using them.

Enough waffling the snowflakes are Lawn Fawn Mini Snowflakes and the sentiement die is Creative Expressions. I used the Tonic Nuvo Shimmer pen on the edges of her coat and the snowglobe normally photograph doesn't show this up.

Use a Stencil

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Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Use a Stencil

We are showcasing Altenew this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

For the first time I used Blender Brushes I was please how they turned out just need to practice to even the colour up but this card pretty well turned out how I thought in my head.

The random stripes make a nice backdrop to my flowers, one of my old cards popped up on Pinterest with daisies folded in half and I thought I had made them with Simon says Stamp Stitched Daisies so I thought I would give a go.

I wanted some delicate leaves and thought the Eucalyptus Leaves would work but I did have to snip a few to make them work.

The sentiment is from the Simon says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday stamped and embossed.

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Crochet Update

Haven't done a Crochet update either for a while but I need to make more of an EFFORT to post or schedule.
I made Sammy the Seals and Weebee Snowmans for the Christmas Fair at my Mum's old Nursing Home.

Here they are ready to go to their new homes. When thing I did learn was to trust the designer on placing eyes etch because they really do know where they belong and I really don't. I had to make another set with purple for my DD.

I'm still plodding along with my Life Inspired Cal from Crochet Now, there's one square I've given up on but I now have 3 magazines squares to finish square making.

I've made a start of Cornish Comfort but I used colours to work in my living room because this baby is mine.

Victorian Christmas

I've been really bad keeping up to date with my blog scrapbooking, this double layout is of the Victorian Christmarket and the Historic Docks at Portsmouth. We've for a few years now, the last visit we went round the Mary Rose Exhibition. You entrance for the Christmas Fair allows you into all the exhibitions too.

Here they are individually, the papers are a mixture of what I had left from a couple Simple Stories Christmas Collections.

Purple Gnome

My daughter loves purple also she is an Aquarian and her birthstone is Amethyst, so with that in mind I made this Christmas card for her.

I used the Whimsy Tartan Background and  Simon says Stamp Holiday Greetings Mix 1 for the snowflake background. Now to work out that sentiment Simon says Stamp Inside Holiday Greetings.

I think everyone knows that the Gnome die comes from Simon Says Stamp and I received the card kit with the Lil Gnome a couple days after I closed my craftroom so you've been warned there are more Gnome cards to be made.

CAS(e) this Sketch

I didn't know whether to use the card for Wednesday Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge card or this one.

I used the CAS(e) for last week by cutting the Paper Rose Magnolia die so I had the large Bloom. The frame was of course made with Simon says Stamp Stitched Ovals and the sentiment is from
Daisy Bouquet stamp set.

I have made a couple of decision over New Year apart from trying to post more regular and I will post the ones that end up in the bin, Hubby as told me that just because I don't like it doesn't mean others do. The plan is to enjoy the process of making a card.

I don't know if you're aware but people chose a word to focus on during the year, I've never joined in before but this year I plan to. My word is EFFORT its really more of a sentence, Make an EFFORT. When you in chronic pain and that in turn make you feel very tired sometimes the easy path is to do nothing and generally its making the effort is the hardest thing to get past.

For example I go to Friday Swimmers Disabled and Rehabilitation Club (they won the Queens Award last year) its getting out of bed, dressed and actually going, the hardest thing to do once there, you feel so much better. Although it doesn't last and I plan nothing for the rest of the day. But you interact with people the same and many times worse than yourself and you're exercising muscles that would'nt get used and helping joints that already hurt.

Sometimes its really hard to get into my craftroom but this year I going to try and make the EFFORT because even if I only make half a card or colour a image thats more than I would've done.

Fairy Merry

I got Mo's new Fairies before Christmas, I managed to use Fairy Faith you can see here but I the problem that colouring and layering images take longer than 4 clean and simple cards. Fairy Merry was all coloured and I was finally able to use for my first Mo image of 2020.

The plan was to use last week Freshly made Sketches but it kinda went it own way again. I used Simon says Stamp Tiny Words Christmas sentiments with theirs Stitched Banners. Decorated the corner using Christmas Foliage again from Simon says Stamp ( just haven't put them away yet and they are in easy reach.)

I used my mixture of Flower Soft and Fun Flock for her bolero and ear warmer and wings and dress I used Tonic Glitter Gloss Markers, it doesn't show up well in photos but looks in real life when it catches the light.

Fun with Floral

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Fun with Floral

We are showcasing Paper Rose this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

What I love about this Magnolia Die from Paper Rose is it comes in two pieces, one is the background and then the flower. So you can use it like I have placing the flower outline on top of the background or you can use the pieces of the flower and still use the background die for a white outline.

I had the idea of using the CAS(e) sketch which why I place my Magnolia in the Simon says Stamp Stitched Oval Frame. Initially I was only going to use the one sentiment the one from Simon says Stamp It's No Secret in a Stitched Banner but the space on the right bug me which is why I used another sentiment from Simple Sentiments 02.



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Background Hearts

I finally felt like going into my craft room, took a while to tidy it up. All my scrapbooking bags sit the dining room along with my colouring trolley but it has to moved over Christmas.

I've been seeing some sneak peeks of a new release from Simon says Stamp this Thursday once I worked out what day today was. Anyway I realised I hadn't used this fab Heart to Heart Background Stamp that they very kindly sent me. At the time I was stressing about Christmas Cards, I've promised myself I've really got to get my act together this year and finish them at the end of November.

I really meant to be making my DT cards but I wanted to see how well it stamped and quickly made this simple card using white embossing powder. I used the Love shadow die with the word you from the Thinking of You die.

I initially cut the love in Pink but it didn't stand out which why I went for Black.

Something New

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Something New

We are showcasing Whimsy this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Whimsy Stamps are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

It had to be a quick card since I'm pretty busy over Christmas and New Year also this Whimsy Fishing Dragons image cried out to be a male card and we all know how difficult they are.

I used Simon says Stamp Wonky Rectangles and Bundle of Shapes dies along with their Stitched Banners for the great sentiment that came with the stamp set.

Finally I used the Honey Bee Great Outdoors 6in paper pack which I think is actually ideal for all those awkward mens card.


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Last Christmas Card

My last Christmas card of 2019 is the one I made for my Mum and Dad that I leave at the crematorium along with their Christmas Wreath.

Although think of embossing in gold I love silver embossing which I have done here with Simon says Stamp Poinsettia Background.

I think everyone knows I love Christmas Foliage and Poinsettia Parade this year. I also used the Simon says Stamp Holiday Greeting Mix 1, it has the thinking of you at Christmastime which was perfect for my Mum and Dad's card.

The house is tidy and this evening the sweeties and treats will find their way into the living room along with some pressies to go under the tree ready for the big day. I hope you all have a Happy Christmas whatever your faith because at the end of the day its all about Family. See you in the New Year.

Fluffy Fairy

A bit of a rush to get a card for Mo's Dream Team this week but I was determined to make one this week after missing last week.

I using Mo's Fairy Faith image and I used a lot of my mixture of Fun Flock and Flowersoft to make a fluffy scarf and ear warmers.

The papers I think could be last years Carta Bella but its lost its front cover so no idea whose it is. I've used my favourite Poinsettia die from Simon says Stamp along with the Pine needles from their Christmas Foliage set.

Also I used the MFT Crochet Border for around my circle but it's a bit hidden. I found a load of Craftwork Cards Christmas sentiments which fit with the old Stampin Up punches.

Yes I do have the other fairy and its already coloured up to be made into a card.

Party Time

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Party Time

We are showcasing Simon says Stamp this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I knew I was going to use SSS Party like a Panda and what better than one Panda but two.

That's when my mojo disappeared especially as the Postmen are playing with my Simon Says Stamp parcel which has my new die of streamers which would work with the Echo Park Lets Party patterned paper. I added the bow from the Simon says Stamp Candy Canes to match the red bow in one of the pandas now looking at the card I wish now I didn't bother with the Bakers Twine.

I made the frame round the Pandas with Simon says Stamp Stitched Squares and the square behind the image mat. The Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge wish you all  Happy Holidays and see you again in the New Year in fact the 1st January 2020.

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Happy Christmas

First off a bit of an apology for being missing from Blogland, I am crafting but the stress of getting all my Christmas cards made meant I use same designs of already made cards. So that means I didn't make anything new, add a couple of days my body caught up with me and decided if I won't rest it would make me by making me feel exhausted.

It's always busy the first couple of weeks of December with trips out and a visit up North to see my Brother in Law and I now realise I need to plan for it better.

Even this card is similar to my base of my easel card I made last week for Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. I loved how the colours worked together and I had another 6 cards to make so this was the design I used.

The shadow Christmas word die is from Simon say Stamp, well I think all of it is Simon says Stamp.
Christmas Foliage, Poinsettia Parade and Wonky Rectangles.

Interative Christmas

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Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Interative Christmas

We are showcasing Lawn Fawn this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

The last two weeks have been pretty busy so rather than pull out of this weeks challenge I thought I would make an Easel Card with the fabulous Lawn Fawn Build a House and I also brought the Christmas Add On.

I used the Simon says Stamp Happy Christmas Shadow Die to support the easel card part and decorated with their Poinsettia Parade and the Pine Needle die from Christmas Foliage.

The Stitched Slopes and Hills are again Simon says Stamp and cut the trees from their Evergreen Circle.

Thats all for now I'm hoping to get back into the craft room tomorrow.

Freshly sketch

This was card I made using a sketch from Freshly Made Sketch from a few week ago. I have this Simon says Stamp Inside Christmas Greetings sitting on one my acylic blocks so its nice and easy to use.

Also if you find my Simon says Stamp Christmas Foliage and Poinsettia Parade not far from each other. I think I made this card because I had a poinsettia going spare. Very simple but another one done.

DieCember

Oh my goodness I didn't realise that I hadn't schedule my DieCember post but its been a bit manic in our house. Starting from Friday last week I went to Portsmouth Historic Docks Victorian Fayre and the following day I went to an All Day Crop. I did come home earlier I was already feeling shattered from the day before. Found out my son's operation was brought forward to Monday, enough excuses lets get back to the card.

Once again the lovely folks at Simon say Stamp sent me a die so I could join in with all the fun, the die is the Large Outline Thanks. It was bit difficult to think of a different way of using it my head is full of Christmas. I decided to see how it worked out didn't realise that it cut thanks with an outline of the letters, clue was in the description Debby!

So I used the Echo Park  Hello Baby Boy paper pad which had this checked one but any would work just as well. I carefully place the die on the check paper centrally so I could use the waste for  background. Cut it in gold to give me an outline and with white making sure you save the little bit for A. I backed the white with gold to match the outline and also makes the mat slightly larger to fit over the hole.

Now where did I get the sentiment, I remember now Thoughtful Messages it was on there. Its not crooked thats down to the photographer ME.

Candy Cane

I always colour this image the same with Red and Turquoise so for a change I decided to go purple and green.

The papers are some old ones that LOTV used to do and Mo's Season Greetings. I'm thinking my candy cane could Blackcurrant flavour.

Now I'm pretty sure I'm used a sketch which I why I've used two Simon Says Stamps sentiments, one from Tiny Words the other Inside Christmas Greetings, now I need to work out whose.

I decorated with the Martha Stewart Holly punch and pearls.

Traditional Christmas

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Traditional Christmas

We are showcasing Tim Holtz this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I've had this Nordic Winter die for a while and when people told me how fiddly it was to cut loads of bits put me off but to be honest I found it quite easy although I kept losing my bits white dots!

I cut out my cardstock to fit the die and inked round the edges with a black inkpad to give it a bit of depth. Then I put tape across the back so that it was just a matter of cutting the colours and dropping it into the revelent space.

I added a bit of May Arts Burlap Twine to keep the rustic look. I added a snowflake made with Simon Stamp Lea Snowflake die and stamped out sentiment from Tiny Words Christmas.

Since it was too bad making the background I chose to make another with a Scandi feel about it. I made the same has the one above but used white and red. It also meant less waste. This time I used two snowflakes Simon says Stamp Lea but also Marie Snowflake die. Oh and I used the Inside Christmas Greeting for the sentiment.

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