Christmas Bauble

Good morning everyone today I'm sharing a card I made a couple of weeks ago for the ladies at our craft group to make Its a Christmas Bauble Design made using mostly dies sorry bur the silver mirra card has not photographed  well .

Card Recipe

Circle shape card made from a 7x7 blank card using a Spellbinder Grand Dies

White card is Ross Papercraft

Silver Mirra Card is Jelly Bean Crafts

Poinsettia Die is Spellbinder

Holly Die is Creative Expressions

Happy Christmas Die came free in a magazine ages ago

Silver mesh ribbon is from Whitby Crafts

Frosted Berries eBay

Silver Twine Michael's in Florida

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend I'm finishing my post with a couple of photos of my trip this week with my Golden Girl friends to London to see the Tutankhamun Exhibition at the Saatchi gallery a fabulous exhibition and a great couple of days.

Love and  hugs Carole x

Snowy Church

Good Morning everyone and I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe in the dreadful weather. Today I'm sharing a card I made on Thursday at the craft group I go to we used a lovely Lili of the Valley Christmas stamp Snowy Church

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank card

Stamp is Snowy Church from Lili of the Valley painted with Derwent Inktense pencils

Papers I think are from The Works

Die cut trees not sure of the make not my die

Merry Christmas sentiment from Hobby craft

Small die cut stars are cut from a Printable Heaven die 

Some white Wink of Stella on the snow

Enjoy the rest of the weekend its a perfect day to stay warm and craft !!  Love and  hugs Carole 

White on White Christmas

Happy Sunday everyone i hope that you are all well and  enjoying the weekend . Thought today] I would share a card I made recently for the ladies at the Craft Group I go to to make last Thursday. I do enjoy making white on white cards so hope you all enjoy this as well

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

White smooth card Ross Papercraft

Spot embossing folder is Die'sire from Crafters Companion

Poinsettia dies are Spellbinder 

Merry Christmas die I bought from Anne's destash 

Fawns and branches dies are Cottage Cutz  

I made the hills from the circle waste

Pearl string and pearls my box

Enjoy the rest of the day its pouring with rain here so after catching up on ironing I will be crafting this afternoon Love and  hugs Carole x

Christmas PoinsettiasRectangle Blank Card

Good morning everyone hope everyone is well and  had a good weekend it rained here all Sunday so a good day for me to catch up with some craft commissions.The card I'm sharing today is one i made last Thursday at the craft group I go to It was lead by Andrea who brought this lovely design for us all to make.

Card Recipe

Rectangle Blank Card

Red layer is made by inking the edges with a pen

Stitched edge rectangle and red embossed rectangle  not sure of the make as it belongs to Andrea

I edged the red embossed card  with glitter

White poinsettia die is Spellbinder 

Floral holly flourish is Sue Wilson 

Sentiment tag is edged with glitter and  the sentiment heat embossed with silver embossing powder
White pearls on the flower centres 

I really enjoyed making this card  the dies are lovely. i struggled a bit with the watermark as I've just got a new laptop and  the latest version of GIMP I got it sorted but not without some frustration yesterday still a couple of things to sort out but getting there.

Have a great week Love and hugs Carole x

A Little Gift

Happy Sunday everyone I hope that you are all having a lovely weekend. Today I'm sharing a card I made recently at the Craft Group I go to . We used a Lili of The Valley Stamp called A Little Gift to make this pretty Christmas card
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I did enjoy making it as its ages since I have had the time to use my own Lili of the Valley Stamps

Cllose Up

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Stamp is Lili of The Valley A Little Gift painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Little Red Robin from Docrafts

Stitched square and circle die

Tree die is not mine sorry not sure of the make

White/Silver  flock to make the snow is from Ross Papercraft

Wooden star and wooden sentiment are both from Ross Papercraft

Forest Moss Distress ink and  Glamour dust on the trees

Green twine 

Well I hope you enjoy my LOTV card and  the rest of the weekend Love and  hugs Carole x

Parchment

Good morning everyone I hope you are all having a great week . Today I'm sharing a parchment design card I made a couple of weeks ago at the Craft Group I go to. Its ages since I did any parchment work and  I really enjoyed doing something different. I'm no expert at it but I think this parchment design has made a really pretty card

Card Recipe

6x6 blank card

Paper is Craftwotk cards

Parchment design is traced from an All Dressed Up Stamps freebie butterfly digital stamp free on the challenge blog page if you wish to download it

Parchment paper and  Pergamano white gel pen

Embossing tools and  mat

Spellbinder Floral Oval die

Pink alcohol marker pen to colour the reverse of the design

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch to make the parchment butterflies

Pink and white flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Pink pearls and string my box

With love sentiment I think is also Spellbinder 

Tim Holtz paper distress tool

Pink brads from my friend Carol who was running the class that day and  is very good at parchment work 

 I'm sorry I've not been around much recently I went out last Monday for afternoon tea with my Golden Girl friends. Some of you will know that I have Coeliac Disease  and  unfortunately I was extremely ill after having a very bad reaction to what must have been a non GF tea it took me most of last week to get myself back to normal . Sadly this is the risk I have to take when eating out you can only trust people when they tell you yes its all GF.

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone hope you have some nice things planned Love and  hugs Carole x

Stitched Snowflake

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers today I'm sharing something a bit different last week at Craft Group  we did these Stitched Snowflake cards. we have done stitched cards  before but not for a long time and  I really enjoyed doing it at class and also finishing it at home so relaxing. I made it into a card using the card design from Craft Group . Thank you Carol for the loan of the lovely snowflake embossing folder..

We were given two snowflake designs so I might have a go at the other one sometime .

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card 

Form -A-Lines Stitching cards Snowflake 2-Christmas 2 Pattern

DMC Bronze Metallic thread 

Cream card

Bronze Mirra card 

Stitched square dies

Merry Christmas die came free in this months Papercraft Essentials Magazine

Pearls my box.

Embossing Folder is Crafter's Companion Nordic Christmas Frosty Morning 

Sadly the metallic thread and  Mirra card have not shown that well in the photo its much more sparkly than the photo shows.

Well I hope you are all looking forward to the weekend I'm planning to do some more work on the last curtain at some point and some more Christmas shopping..

Finally I thought you would all like to see Miles in his Pumpkin Halloween outfit he's so cute especially that Hat !!. 

Love and  hugs Carole x

Driving Home for Christmas

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers today I'm sharing a card I made recently from a magazine freebie. I don't often buy magazines as I rarely use the free gifts and  sometimes I'm not always interested in the content. However this is the free gift this month from Simply Cards and  Papercraft  that I spotted in Tesco. My design is not all my own I was inspired by a similar design on U Tube using the free gifts . I do like the design and  its a perfect Christmas card for any Chris Rea fans out there.

 Card Recipe

6x6 blank card

Green and  red card card my box 

White square embossed at the bottom half with the free embossing folder then I cut a circle in the centre with a Spellbinder circle die.

I them cut a larger circle from the free paper pack of the tree background and  fixed behind

I then cut the tree dies and arranged around the circle 

I then cut the car die twice one green and  one red so when you open the car door you see green inside

I stamped the sentiment also from the free gift onto a piece of background paper backed with card.

I added three facet cut dark grey gemstones to the corner.

Everything I used is from the magazine freebie except the card, gemstones and  circle die

This was fun to make and  I think the set will get used I have already used the small trees again on another card I'made but not yet shared. The paper pack is also very good quality.

I hope you all have a great weekend I'm at the hairdressers later today and  tomorrow I'm going to the Create It craft show at Gateshead Stadium so will need to raid the piggy bank for that. If any of you are going please say hello . Love and  hugs Carole x

Inking and Afternoon Tea

Good evening everyone I hope you are all Ok and  had a good week not impressed with the weather we got spoiled with all the fantastic temperatures.
Well tonight I'm sharing something I made at craft group at our last meeting before the summer break.Its  an inked background using Distress Oxide inks and  then stamped It was led by another member Andrea I really enjoyed it but I was way out of my comfort zone .Its not perfect but I thought I'd share my first attempt with you.

Card Recipe

5x7 card 

White linen card

Distress Oxide Inks in various colours 

Stamps are Andrea's not sure of the make 

We made a mask to make the sun

I did enjoy doing this and am sure could improve. I'd certainly like to give it another go.

I'm ending my post with a photo with some of my lovely ex work colleagues at an Afternoon Tea get together at Wynyard Hall on Monday. A beautiful venue, great weather.and company.

Have a lovely weekend everyone. Our Son, Daughter in law and Grandson Miles are visiting for the weekend we are so looking forward to seeing them.  Love and hugs Carole x

Christmas Snow Globes

Happy Sunday to all my lovely friends and  followers sorry I've not been around for a few day its just those life things keep getting in the way of my craft time.Anyway enough of that, today I'm sharing some lovely Snow Globe shaped Christmas cards I made at Craft Group a few weeks ago. They are quite simple designs but I loved making them something a bit different for me Thank you to my craft friend Carol for bringing this great project for us all. I made  three very different designs.

Snow Globe Recipes

Snow globe shaped cards are from Craftwork cards

Papers, topper, candi, flowers and sentiment for the first card are all from Craftwork Cards 

Twine on all the cards is from Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials Facebook shop

Reindeer circle die and  Christmas scene are Tattered Lace I think but not my dies

I think the blue paper is also Craftwork cards

Sentiment die is Britannia again not mine

White embossed card is Jelly Bean crafts 

Reindeer charm my stash

Winter Decor Snow pen from Leanne Creatif topped with glamour dust glitter

We have got rain here today so after some jobs I will be catching up on some crafting as I'm out tomorrow with some friends for afternoon tea at Wynyard Hall.  Enjoy the rest of the day. Love and  hugs Carole x

Paper Pieced Christmas Trees

Happy Sunday everyone I hope you are all enjoying your weekend and  have some nice things planned .Today I'm sharing a couple of cards I made recently at the craft group I go to it was led by my craft friend Carol and we did these delightful Christmas paper pieced cards I was very taken by the design and loved doing them even though these are very CAS for me.

Card Recipe

5x7 Blank White and Kraft Cards

Maroon card is Ross Paper Craft show

Gold mirra card from Craft Group 

Papers are Kaisercraft on second card and  other papers from Craft Group

The stamp is from Woodware

Small Wooden heart painted with Forest Green Distress Ink 

Enjoy your day everyone and  I hope you enjoy these CAS card designs something a bit different.I'm doing some craft catch up today as I'm running a bit behind . Not so bad as its a dull miserable day here . Love and  hugs Carole x

Up, Up and Away

Good morning everyone I hope you are all well and  enjoying the Bank Holiday sunshine and have some nice things planned. Today I'm sharing a card I made for the ladies at the Craft Group I go to to make a few weeks ago . I tried something a little different no stamping and  made a little scene using some dies I had not used before and had been in my drawer for ages unused how could I have never used them !! you all know so much craft stuff.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Blue card is Ross Papercraft 

Kraft card is Crafter's Companion

Yellow card is Tim Holtz 

Green and  Turquoise card from my box

Dies are house and tree border  Memory Box 

Clouds Memory Box

Hot Air balloon came free in a magazine ages ago

Sun die from eBay

Square stitched dies

Circle stitched dies and  

Spellbinder circle die to cut the centre circle

Hessian trim I bought in Spain last year at the Chinese supermarket what a fun place.

Card Candi Craftwork Cards (that was quite a shock last week to see they have gone into liquidation always a sad day when another craft company closes I loved their shaped cards )

Paris Blue Memento ink pad

Sentiment is from a Crafter's Companion set Florence

Well enjoy whats left of the weekend we are going to pick up some things for the garden today .I am sorry I've not been around much these last few days we had quite a lot of  Doctors and  Hospital appointments earlier in the week for my hubby but glad to say he is continuing to progress its taking awhile but am sure  we will get there.  Enjoy the sunshine love and  hugs Carole x

It's Christmas

Only Joking !! Good morning to all my friends and  followers. Today I'm sharing two cards I made at the craft group I go to a couple of weeks ago We like to try new things and that week our craft friend  Carol showed us how to make paper strip cards its a great way to use up your scrap paper especially if its expensive paper.

These are the two cards I made. I decided to do Christmas themes but these would look good in alternative papers for birthdays. They look difficult but are surprisingly easy to do once you get the hang of it.

Card Recipe

6x6 cards

Kraft card is Crafters Companion

Maroon card is Ross Papercraft 

Papers are (top card) These are from a pack that came in a magazine given to me by a craft friend Pam.

Second card the papers are Kaisercraft its an old pad but I do like the colours 

First sentiment came with the papers and  mounted onto a Spellbinder scalloped circle.

Second sentiment is Whimsy stamps Winter Letter Seals I bought these and  a couple of custom stamps years ago from Whimsy in America the postage was huge and  then customs charged as well so I treasure my very expensive stamps.

Wooden reindeers are from a pack I bought in Michael's in Florida

Rusty bells I got from Live and  Love Crafts now closed

Twine is Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop 

These are completely different to my normal style but I enjoyed making them Its good to try different things.

Enjoy your day everyone its so exciting the sun is shining here!! . Love and  hugs Carole x

White on White

Good morning to all my special friends and followers and  I hope everyone is keeping well there seems so many bugs about at present.
Its Thursday today and I go every Thursday morning to a craft group and we take turns to make a project for the others to make.  Its my turn today and  I've made a White on White birthday card. I got the idea to do a birthday card as they all liked the White on White Christmas card I made in December plus I do like doing White on White. I know a couple of people said on my last White on White post they never work for them. I think the secret is to use the same card for all the elements as there are so many shades of white in card and  paper.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Smooth white card Ross Papercraft

Corner rounder

Spellbinder Floral Oval and Oval die to cut out the centre

Summer Border and Chloe stem dies are Memory box

 Flowers are an eBay find

Sentiment with butterfly came free in a magazine ages ago

Pearl String The Hobby House

Pearl roses Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Face book shop 

Finally I thought I'd finish with a couple of photos of Miles as I've not shared any for a while. The first one was taken in our garden at Christmas building his snowman with lots of help from Daddy and Granddad not sure who enjoyed it the most !!

The second photo was taken last Saturday when he went to see the trains at Manchester Piccadilly Station and then went back home on a train he had such fun.

Hugs for my Snowman December 2017

My first visit to a BIG Train Station

Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x





Paper Weaving

Good morning to all my friends and  followers I hope you are all keeping well and  looking forward to the weekend
Today I'm sharing something a bit different. Last Thursday at the craft group I go to we did paper weaving something I have not done for a while. I managed to make two cards which I finished at home with some embellishments so thought you might like to see them. They are both made with the same technique but very different style cards. I also used a 5x7 card on one of them something I've not used in a long time .

Card Recipes

6x6 blank card and 5x7 blank card

Kraft card

Papers are Docrafts Papermania Capsule elements wood and  Blue Pure Frozen design pad I bought at Poundland

Both the frame dies and the flower die are eBay finds.

Sentiment stamps are Lili of the Valley Time to Party currently on sale for £2.50 and Handwritten Phrases now only available as a digi set

Hessian Stars from Poundland ages ago.  

Bark stars I think from Live and  Love crafts before they closed

Pale blue flower pearls Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Other blue pearls and  tiny organza bow my box
Blue Memento Ink Pad Paris Dusk

Hope you enjoy these we certainly had fun at class making them and I was pleased how they turned out, its good to do something different from time to time. Love and  hugs Carole x

Whitby Abbey

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers sorry I've not been around much this last week I was away for three days with my Golden Girl Friends visiting our friend who lives in the Wirral we all had a brilliant time. I'll post some photos later when I get them from my friend.
My card today is one I made a while ago and was one for the Craft Group ladies to make. We decided we rarely make men cards so this is a male card for a change. I used a great stamp that I've had for years of  Whitby Abbey from Crafty Individuals. If you have never seen their stamps they do some amazing designs.

Close up

Card Recipe

6x6 blank Kraft Card

Papers are Lili of the Valley Country Gent no longer available

Stamp is from Crafty Individuals stamped with Sepia ink and lightly painted with Distress inks

Square Stitched die 

Brown Card Ross Papercraft

Corrugated card came in a parcel from John Lewis so waste not want not I knew it would be useful.

Trim is from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook Shop

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley Happy Sentiments

Craftwork Cards Candi

Wooden stars from Ross Papercraft Show

Well I hope everyone is having a great weekend I'm catching up on some Design Team cards today in between the washing and  ironing.. I am way behind with visiting your amazing blogs but I hope to get caught up as soon as I can I seem to have spent all this year doing catch up for one reason or another. I'll be back later in the week with another post. Love and  hugs to you all Carole x

Michael Powell Beach Huts

Good morning to all my friends and  followers an d a special welcome today to my latest follower Eve. I hope you are enjoying the weekend  and  have some nice things planned. Still two days left for those of you who work.
Today I'm sharing another of my sample cards for Craft Group. Those who follow regularly will know I go to a Craft Group on a Thursday and  every so often I make a sample for everyone to make.
We have mixed ability so this time I used a pre-coloured topper from a Docrafts pad of Michael Powell Designs . I've have used this design before as I  have the stamp  but this topper is lovely and  I do enjoy making these nautical themed cards.

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank card

Topper is Docrafts pre coloured topper from a pad of Michael Powell images I think its quite old.

Papers are Docrafts Ahoy There !! pad

Blue card is from Ross Papercraft

Circle and Stitched circle dies

Red Bakers twine from The Range. I got the knotted idea from something I saw a while ago on Pinterest.

Boat button is from Whitby Crafts

Candi from Craftwork Cards

Hessian trim is from Hobby Lobby in Florida

Studs are made with  Honey Doo Crafts Pearly Pearls silver 

Sentiment stamp is from a Marianne nautical stamp set and stamped with Memento Paris Blue ink

I cut the outer circles twice once in blue and then backed it with a Kraft card circle to give it more strength .

Well we are going out later to meet my cousin and his wife who live in Washington and we are all going out for lunch it will be great to catch up with them. Then its jobs in the garden tomorrow. Our Son and  Daughter in Law had planned to visit with Miles however they have finally got a date to move into their new house so they have cancelled as lots of things to organise in the next couple of weeks.We  are delighted for them that they finally have a date as they have been staying with Fiona's Dad since they sold their house a couple of months ago.  

Enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend. Love and  hugs Carole x

Art Deco Teepee Card

Happy Sunday everyone I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. The card I'm sharing today is another of the sample cards I've made for the ladies at the craft group I'm a member of to make last week. This one was a bit of a challenge for them getting the folding right and cutting the papers to cover the shape but we had a few laughs along the way which was nice. The ladies also had a laugh on me I quite often mention how much I dislike peel off's and this project has 10 peel off borders !! Crafting has to be fun. The design and shape are very different for me so I hope you like her ..

Side 1

Side 2 the fold side

Card Recipe

Teepee Card blank shape from a stall at Ross Papercraft Show

Paper is Kanban

Silver Mirra card

Art Deco decoupage image is from a Kanban sheet 

Feather die is Hot of the Press

Corner die is Memory Box Madeira corner

Champagne glass die came free in a magazine

Silver peel off border strips

Grey and  Pink Feathers are from our cupboard at the Craft Group

Sparkle Gems are round Dawn to Dusk Crafts

Square dazzlers from Creative Expressions

Black Organza flower cut from a strip Boyes Stores

Pink Organza Ribbon and Stars my stash

Sentiment is from the Kanban sheet

This is a  great shape although it looks difficult to post it actually flattens to fit in an envelope there is a valley fold in side two. I personally enjoyed doing this its very different. I think I might give it a go sometime with a stamped image and paler colours.

Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x