Sunday 17 March 2024

Birthday cards

 Hi there, I thought I’d share the lovely hand made cards I received recently….

(I belong to some crafty groups, hence so many)

A huge thank you to everyone 🤗

I am so lucky!





Enjoy your day!

Lesley

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Saturday 16 March 2024

From the Toolbox

 I recently got some of the Trusty Tools paper from SU, 

which I knew would be easy to fussy cut. 

I found lots of card ideas, from the many generous and talented designers that share them.

The following were cased from Helen Read, All Things Stampy

Do visit her blog for more inspiration.






I hope you have a good weekend

Lesley

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Saturday 9 March 2024

Detailed snowflake

 I’m on a mission to use up some of my older stash, 

and at the same time use some of my new “toys” that have been waiting to come out to play.


My aim is to make more Christmas cards each month, to avoid the rush,
and I wanted to make some quick and simple ones using these two Dies.
Here I’ve used the negative of the circle die, which I’m hoping works?


The snowflake has lovely detail, so I cut some different coloured snippets of glittery paper.
The circular greeting was cut from the middle of some old cards meant for Iris folding.
I’ve kept the positive die cut for later, along with snippets from the card blanks.
The pieces with the apertures can be used for sentiments etc.


So I’m using some card stock that would otherwise probably just stay in the drawer.
Some had a separate piece with the the aperture, so I used the card blank,
and some I just cut them in half and used them as a layer.


The tree snippet above will appear at a later date :)
Here’s the small batch.
I’ve also got a rule that they’re not put away until I’ve stamped an insert,
which is a time saver when it comes to writing in them!



I’m skipping over to the Snippets Playground with this homework,
so do visit the treehouse to check out the prize bundle, and see all the inspiration.

I’m also taking this to Darnell’s NBUS as both these little dies are never before used schtuff!

Lesley

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Sunday 3 March 2024

Spring sunshine

 I’m back with a few more cards using Spring Garden in different ways.

This is possibly the last of my layering stencil obsession cards….for now at least!

I used a couple more of my textured backgrounds.


Just love the Bermuda Bay blend pens with Parakeet Party.
You can colour the stamp in with anything …..


Next up…..leave it white!
I just did a bit of shading with yellow and green ink and pens.


I inked the sentiment background with a brush to make it pop more.



And finally…..no line version….using the layering stencils on their own..

I backed the sentiment with a snippet to match the card blank






I hope the sun shines wherever you are…


Lesley

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Saturday 2 March 2024

Brightened our day….

 A recent visit to Bodiam Castle….cute alert!




Lesley

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More lovely layers

 I made some more cards using the layering stencils of Enduring Beauty,

and some more stencilled backgrounds with the shimmery paste…










The weather has been so dismal but here’s hoping for brighter days very soon!

I walked in the pouring rain to our mobile library that visits the village once a fortnight.

The books all have thick plastic covers, but I took extra plastic bags just in case!

It’s a marvellous service, and I’m trying to persuade 

as many of my local book loving friends as possible to join in. 

You know what they say…..use it or lose it…!

Lesley

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Monday 26 February 2024

Rudolph Day Yay

 I’m so happy that Helen has taken up Rudolph’s reins, so that we can continue to be inspired to make our Christmas cards throughout the year.

The new site Rudolph Days Challenge is HERE

Maureen did a fabulous job of running this challenge for so long, for which we are all so grateful.

So here’s my card


This was meant to be a relatively quick and simple make 🙄

The technique challenge from 52 Christmas card Throwdown, which gave me this idea was….


I still had the Uniko stencil out, which I thought would give the effect without too much masking.

I’m trying to use up neglected stash and had some card blanks with a slight texture.🙄🙄

This did not help with the stamping, but I persevered, getting numerous stamp sets out to fit my sections.


Stamps now piled up on my desk from SU, Clarity, Cardio 🙄🙄🙄


I still had to mask off bits, and wipe ink off the stencil after stamping,

 to prevent it transferring.🙄🙄🙄🙄

My final challenge was getting a decent photo in this dim and dismal light! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

This was my first photo attempt, before trying numerous positions and lights.


Do visit these challenges for lots of inspiration and without the eye rolls 😂


Rudolph Days February Challenge




52 Christmas card Throwdown,



The holly and ivy Christmas challenge #156 anything goes

Addicted to stamps and more #462 Christmas 

Roll on spring!

Have a good week

Lesley

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