Using Up Crafty Stash

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I hope everyone is staying safe and well.  One advantage of not being able to go out is that I get a bit more time to craft!  Hopefully I will have a few cards to share over the next few days/weeks.  

One of my targets this year was to use up some of the crafty stash that I've accumulated over recent years.  I was having a clear out the other week and came across a box full of Forever Friends images, decoupage sheets and stickers.  I decided to create this birthday card using one of the decoupage sheets.  

Apologies for the poor photography - I find easel cards difficult to photography!!

The patterned paper is also Forever Friends.  The sentiment is one of Phil Martin's Sentimentally Yours range (Elegant Milestone Birthdays) which was heat embossed using WOW Metallic Silver Super Fine Embossing Powder.  The dies are by Tattered Lace (Essential Pearl Circles) and the butterfly is a  Memory Box die (Pippi Butterfly).  Roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments - I really do appreciate them.   

Happy New Year and New Starts!

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Happy New Year. 

Well it has been a long time since I blogged anything - a full year in fact!  I'm not sure if I have any followers left!  If you saw one of my earlier post (November 2018) you will have read that my life totally changed in May 2018 when my husband of 25 years suddenly passed away.  Three months earlier my husband's brother took his own life, so as you can image the past 18 months or so have been very difficult for myself and my son.   

I did do a small amount of crafting - making DT samples for the Hobby House and I would like to thank Jill for that opportunity.  Even though I wasn't making lots of cards I did still have an interest in crafting and regularly visited the many blogs I love to visit.  I know that blogging doesn't appear to be as popular now as it used to be but I have to say that visiting people's blogs and watching YouTube videos to see their creations certainly helped very much during recent months.

Anyhow, I've decided this year one of my goals will be to try and get back to some "regular" blogging.  This is a card I made for my neice's birthday in December.

       
The Panda was created using the Picture Book Panda wafer thin die (Simon Says Stamp) and Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets (Thermoweb) in black and white.  The sentiments are from the Party Like a Panda 6x8 stamp set (Simon Says Stamp).  The stars were die cut using scraps of paper from LOTV papers pads (unfortunately these pads are now retired).

I would like to thank anyone that visits my blog and for any comments left - I really appreciate the time taken to leave a comment. 

Happy 21st!

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Just popping in with a card I made recently for a friend's 21st birthday.  The image is from a Lili of the Valley Art Pad which I fuzzy cut out and place next to the sentiment.  

I added pearls to every other scallop around the sentiment and in opposite corners of the card.  Ribbon and a bow were added towards the bottom of the card.  It's a very clean and simple design, but I really like it. 


Thank you for visiting and I hope you had a lovely Christmas. 

MIA and Mini Bear passing her driving test

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Well it has been quite a while since I posted on here.   In May my husband suddenly collapsed and died and my life, as I knew it, basically fell apart.  He hadn't been ill and at only 50 it wasn't something that we thought would happen at this stage of our lives - I thought we had plenty of years ahead of us. 

I'm now trying to get on with life but it is very hard.  However, over the last few months crafting has helped.  I haven't done a lot of physical crafting, but have been reading blogs, watching You Tube videos and looking at Facebook - especially useful during the early hours when I can't sleep!!

Anyhow I've eventually got a card to share

The image is called Mini Bear by LOTV and has been coloured with Copic Markers.  The sentiment is a combination of Handwritten Phrases by LOTV together with computer generated text.

Not sure if I still have any follows, but if I do thank you for visiting and for any comments you may leave - I really do appreciate them.
 

Load on the Embellishments over at Di's Digi Designs

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It is time for a new challenge over at Di's Digi Designs and this fortnight the theme is

Load on the Embellishments

I've used the super cute Springtime Bear which is available from Di's Digi Stamps which I coloured  with Copic pens.

Image : Springtime Bear (Di's Digi Stamps)

Paper : Country Meadow (LOTV) (Retired)

Sentiment : Mini Messages (Mama Elephant

Dies : Mini Tags (Mama Elephant); Stitched Square Scallop Frame (MFT)

Embellishments : Ribbon, Pearl String, Prima Flower, Mini Button

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments - Pastel Colours

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with option of sketch

Thank you for stopping by and please hop over to Di's Digi Designs Challenge to see the fabulous inspiration from the design team.

For Mum or a Special Lady over at Di's Digi Designs

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It is time for a new challenge over at Di's Digi Designs and this fortnight the theme is

For Mum or a Special Lady

I've used the super cute Teddy Daisy which is available from Di's Digi Stamps. The image has been coloured with Copic Alcohol Markers.

I went with a very CAS layout which shows off Di's super cute image.  I took a square piece of smooth card and added a little bit of a background using the distress inks.   I stamped the sentiment in the top left corner.  The image was fussy cut out and added on top of the background using foam pads to give it some dimension.  Doodlebug Spinkles were added randomly to finish of the card.  I hope you like it.  

 Image : Teddy Daisy (Di's Digi Stamps)

Sentiment : You're My Favourite (Whimsy Stamps)

Colour Medium : Copic Alcohol Markers, Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass (Ranger)

Embellishments : Doodlebug Sprinkles

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations : May Challege - Clean & Simple or Fussy & Fancy

Crafty Sentiments : Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday : Challenge 528 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz : Challenge 415 - Anything Goes with optional twist, add flowers

Thank you for stopping by and please hop over to Di's Digi Designs Challenge to see the fabulous inspiration from the design team.

Hobby House in Papercraft Essentials

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Just stopping by to say that the Hobby House's English Rose Collection is featured in this month's Papercraft Essentials Magazine (Issue 159).

The wonderful Jill from the Hobby House asked if I would be interested in creating seven cards for the cut out and keep feature.  The answer of course was YES, it has been my dream and desire to have one of my cards featured in a magazine.  Thanks to Ria from Papercrafts Essentials and Jill I've had seven!  Here's a couple of photos of the pages featuring my cards.

and here is one of the cards I produced.