Groovi

Good Morning All

Some of you may have seen these cards on Facebook already as I have been using them to advertise my Groovi Workshop that I am doing at my local Craft Shop.

I am trying to clear my files out on my laptop too  as there are some cards in there that I made quite a while ago.

This one I have put Clarity designer paper behind it and the Groovi work is in two layers,

coloured fancy border and plain for the flowers and coloured with watercolours.

This one is just plain whitework matted onto designer paper too.

And this one is very similar to the first on plain orange card.

Have a good day.

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A little update on things here.

Almoradi, Algorfa and Dolores andparts of Catral (Where Val C lives), plus now, Las Heredades are now under water as the river burst its banks in another place on Sunday.

There are appeals going out for bottled water, food, furniture, bedding, toiletries etc.

My friend is stuck in Dolores, luckily the house is up afew steps so dry in the house but surrounded by water outside and cant get out of the village.

Yesterday they donned their wellies and went for a walk around to see how bad things were and the Guardia Civil, told them off and to go back home and stay indoors.

They even sent Baguettes around with filling for those that needed food.

Everyone is pulling together in a disaster.

Sady most of the kennels and Horse care places have been really badly affected as they are all out in the country in low lying areas.

We have donated as they need washing machines and food for the animals.

So sad.

But of course some people take advantage and there are reports of peolpe going into homes that have been evacuated and helping themselves.

Only one word for these B*****DS.

We are all keeping our fingers crossed that Val C and Keith are OK as we cannot get contact with them.

xxxx

Wendy L

Not so Happy Sunday

I hope you are all having a good weekend upto now.

Ours has not been too good as we were hit with the worst storms for 100 years on the Costa Blanca.
Horrendous for alot of people and then on Friday the Rio de Segura burst its banks and alot of villages and homes were flooded.
Sadly the kennels, rescue centres and Horse care centre were extremely badly affected.
In our village we have been quite lucky as we are higher up but the river runs along the bottom of the village.
Just drying out now and got lots of towels to wash as the were used to put against the doors and windows.

I have removed the video as it won't play,  sorry .
Here is a photo instead, roads not canals, this is at the side of our block.

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We were not able to have my craft club on Friday as Liz and Paul, the owners of the shop, live in one of the badly affected areas and were flooded.
So my challenge carries on for another week.
sketch to follow

My card

Eve

Stay safe

xxxxxx
Wendy L

Be Inspired for Allsorts

Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this week is hosted by Brenda, our team leader.

Be Inspired by this picture.

For my card I used a (at the time I made the card) a new stamp from Clarity

Bunch of Flowers and cut it out with my Picot edge Oval die.

Rooted out my old Marianne dies for the fences and the bird house and birds.

All mounted onto Pretty leafy paper and Kraft card

So from the inspiration picture I took - Fence - Flowers - new Home

xxxx

Wendy L

Acetate for MAWTT

Good morning All

Moving Along With The Times Challenge is hosted by Mrs Duck, and our Ang wants to see

ACETATE

on your creations.

I found some printable acetate in my stash, I think it came from Crafters Companion some years ago.

The only problem is, it is hard to get a decent picture.

You can just see this leaf print on here, I used the acetate as an overlay

I coloured the image with Polychromo pencils.

Added one of my dangle charms to the ribbon tied to the sentiment.

This one is a Cottage country garden printed onto the acetate.

All I added was a sentiment, easy peasy.

xxxx

Wendy L

Fabric Book Swap

Good Morning All

Here is a Fabric Book I have made for a swap on a Facebook group I am a member of.

I framed the picture with wooden corners.
Added a lovely lace trim and some pearl trim.

And the spec was to make a Stick Pin fabric book, we did not have to include the ins but I have.

I also added some dangle charms too

I hope my partner likes it.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Crafty Ribbons & Happy Sunday

Good Morning All

Today is my turn to Show a creation made for Crafty Ribbons and I used a couple of pieces I had left of the Grosgrain Stones Ribbon.

Well what is it you may ask??????

It is a Pencil Case for my Polychromo pencils.!!!!!

Now I am not the neatest of machinists.  But I couldn't find a pencil case in my local shops that would hold enough pencils, I wanted one that would hold about 72, and I didn't want to wait for one to arrive if I ordered online, so I decided to make one.

I used two pieces of ribbon that I had left over from previous projects.
Same design but different colours.

Stitched onto felt then tidied up by sewing an outside piece using a duvet cover and I left enough material for a flap so that the pencils dont fall out.

It serves the purpose for me and is compact enough for me to take to Craft club.

Crafty Ribbons have a Facebook Page too.

The challenges are on hold for the time being but there are still some great bargains to be had in the store.

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My card for my little challenge this week is this one.

The sketch is below.

Most of the stuff on this one is scraps on my desk.

The parchment is an offcut from a Square piece.

Sketch to Follow.

Lets see what my Craft Club ladies come up with and you if you wish to join in.

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The gifts I gave out at Craft Club on Friday were 

just a couple of chocs in a little gift box.

And I forgot to photograph them, sorry.

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Onto last weeks challenge which was to make a card with a Circle within a Square.

My card.

Eve

Nancy

Denise

Val J

Lynn J

Maggie

Pat

And the name drawn was Eve.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

xxxxx

Wendy L 

Autumn Colours for Allsorts

Good Morning All

Autumn Colours 

is the theme for Allsorts Challenge this week, hosted by  Helene.

As I have mentioned before, I always end up with narrow pieces of Parchment left from my work .

Well here is one of them.

I backed it onto Clarity designer paper which is all these amazing Autumn colours.

I always end up with lots of strips of these too as they are from an 8x8 pad.

I ran the paper through an EF -  Mosaic Leaves

Added a leaf charm with twine wrapped around the paper quite afew times.

I found this paper tag in my stash  from Happy Birthday printed paper.

I made another card using Nutmeg  digi from JMC designs.

I coloured with Polychromos.

The Autumn sentiment is from a Sheet from JMC too.

Store voucher from JMC Designs is the prize this week.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Just Because

Good Morning All

Here is a card I made to keep for myself to send with a swap, I keep afew of these in store to use as and when I need them.

It is a Groovi  card made with a baby plate  received as a member of Groovi monthly club.

The border is the Charles Border grid and all backed onto Clarity Designer paper.

I do love these border grid plates, they  take some work but so effective.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Fairy Freebies

Good Morning All

Here is a couple of cards I made with some freebie stamps from a magazine.

Similar design and I think the papers were free in a magazine too and I love them.

I stamped the fairy onto  pierced oval that I had inked with brushes and Izinks.

Two sweet cards for the charity box.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Penny Black GDT & Happy Sunday

Good Morning All

As you know, being in the Allsorts DT we can guest at Penny Black & More Challenge

The theme for September is

Animals

I have afew of these cute hedgehogs already stamped ready for colouring.

As I am now in love with my Polychromo pencils, I used those to colour him.

Johns Emboss folder, then cut an aperture,   used his snowflake dies and  cut in Mirri card.

I inked through a stencil to give a background.

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Now onto my challenge for you and my Craft Club ladies.

A nice easy one.

A Circle Within a Square

A pretty Groovi Baby card, using Scalloped circle and a scalloped square and snipped the corners out.

The options are endless for this challenge.

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The gifts I gave out to the ladies on Friday was another Gem wheel.

I made a pretty little box and wrapped with ribbon and a dangle charm.

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Now onto last weeks challenge which was a sketch.

My card

Oooops I forgot to add the ladies cards, here they are now.

Sharon

 Denise

Eve

Val C

Nancy

Val J

Maggie

Lynn J

Pat

And the name drawn was Lynn J

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And Helen has been sewing with felt again and she has made these cute gnomes for Christmas

xxxxx

Wendy L