.....or Treat......

Be afraid......ok, not really lol!

Had more fun, this time white embossing on black card...

a few more ghosts, punched circle,

featuring more of my resident bats,

and I even fussy cut the spider!

Night Night

Sleep Tight

Don't let the bugs bite!

Lesley

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Trick.......

.............I had such fun with these.....

I can't do spooky!

Inked the background,

masked off the moon,

added a few ghosties and bats....

from my loft of course.....

(seriously I do have resident bats!)

and the odd pumpkin....

Happy Halloween.......

come back later......

if you dare.....

mwhaaahaaahaahaahaa!

Golden Wedding

I find commissions very difficult.

I know that people often have very different expectations,

and a picture in their mind...

I'm also limited to the materials I have to hand,

and contrary to some peoples beliefs,

I don't have 'everything'!

This however, was made with lots of love,

for a very lovely couple......

She loves the church (of which I had nothing),

so I took their wedding photo,

added gold embossed hearts, and edged it too to match...

 

Added crochet trim, gold ribbbon, and those flowers.

Happy Anniversary

lots of love

Lesley

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Kinda Eclectic

Goodness me, even I was amazed how quickly you can make a card,

given the right ingredients, such as this stamp set!

Three inks, a butterfly punch, done!

Thanks for looking

hope your week is going well

Lesley

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Square Diamond

Here's the last in this series

Stamped and Embossed on vellum then punched the flowers

View from above 

Decided to try a different design

Rear view showing the sentiments

stamped on cards to match

We did these in one of my classes

Numbers are restricted

We have lots of fun

No experience necessary

I can arrange your own private class too

Just gather a few friends

Contact me for details

Lesley 

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Round Diamond

Here's a circle topped diamond

see the glitter...

This is my favourite

Lesley

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Diamond Star

Here's another series of diamond folds

with a twist

you can top the diamond with whatever shape you like

such as this star

Crsip Canteloupe is the colour

with a touch of Pistachio Pudding

Enjoy your weekend

Lesley

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.........forever!

Here's the last in this series

Fussy cutting done in haste...

Had to use that finger again

to prove it folds flat

The Trio

Rear view showing the greetings

I'll show you some variations tomorrow....

Lesley

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.....forever

Here's a springy diamond

I used a square punch to make four tiles

Stamped a collage style three times.

Background, tiles and base.

Tried to prove it folds flat....

needed a finger to hold it though!

Another one tomorrow....

Lesley

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Diamonds are forever

Here's a collection of diamond fold cards I made recently.

All stamped with The Open Sea.

I designed them all in inches,

and all to fit in a standard envelope.

 Here's the first

They all fold flat for easy postage too.

I hope you'll pop by tomorrow for more

Lesley

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Thank You

I hope you don't mind me sharing another Sarn special...

I just love her cards!

This has some Gorgeous Grunge,

with some lovely inkyness going on.

I think the butterfly's dots are made with some enamel,

that comes in little bottles like perfect pearls and stickles.

Hope you are having a terrific Tuesday!

lots of love

Lesley

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postal swap

So, those same backgrounds...

picked another....

knew it would look good with crsip canteloupe...

Stamped in black and clear embossed again.

Was going for a tiled look,

ended up discarding one rectangle, it was too much,

added a butterfly again instead to fill the void. 

Was experimenting, but might plan layout better next time.

Shame the true colours don't shine through.

Used Best of Flowers and World of Dreams.

Life's a bit of a challenge lately,

so posts are short and sweet,

but lots to share,

and I really appreciate you dropping by.....

Have a good week

Lesley

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Bloomin Birthday

 Had a play at faux mother of pearl technique....

made some backgrounds....

what to do....

Here's one of them...

layered it on black...a tip from Eileen and Sarn..

happened to have some bermuda bay card on the desk....

that'll make a nice base.

Did some heat embossing with black ink,

chopped it up,

punched a butterfly from the left overs.

Looks far better in real life.

Have a Super Sunday

Lesley

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Texturetastic

A Sarn special....

lovely inked background,

and the black ink embossed butterfly....

the stamp has all those splatters on it already.

Awesome!

Have a wonderland Wednesday

Lesley

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Tubtastic

Here's a fab pressie from Liz

in a little tub decorated with a flower tag 

Want to know what's in it?!....

This!

Fantastic Felt Poppy brooch!

Poppytastic!

Have a tremendous Tuesday

Lesley

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Tagtastic

Here's a fab tag that Jan made

to help cheer up your Monday

Lovely inking, textures, and stamping,

very artistic.

Have a good week

Lesley

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Forever Circle of Friends

I borrowed this stamp from that same friend,

so that I could make this one to give her from our whole group

I wrote 'circle of friends' around the 'for you',

not something I'd be brave enough to do normally,

(don't know what came over me?!)

Some colouring in with the 'blendibobs',

and a bit of decoupage.

I slipped the ribbon under the two circles, 

so I could tie it in a bow.

Here's the two bears together

Happy Sunday

Lesley

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Golden Wedding

A special couple celebrate 50 years together today

Here's what I made them....

Lots of gold embossing, some vellum,

and that lush gold ribbon, yum

I tried to photograph in different light,

as the weather's been a bit.....dull....

but this one went a bit wonky!

Have a wonderful weekend

Lesley

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Thank you

Life has been a bit challenging of late,

so there's nothing nicer than getting some happy post,

and there's not much nicer than this....

I'd bought our Everyday Occasions Card Kit

for a present, knowing that it was a tad old for her,

but knowing her Mum and Nan would help her.

This is one of her masterpieces....

she's only FOUR years old!

Maybe she had a little help,

but I'm impressed!

Happy Friday!

Lesley

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Never ending swap

Here's my latest swap....

a never ending card....

so easy to make...

not many layers....

 just a few folds....

then back to the beginning...

my never ending card,

 that never ceases to amaze,

and never got finished properly....yet!

I hope your week is going ok....

Lesley

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Forever friends

I had to borrow this stamp from the friend for whom I made the card!

I don't have teddies, and she just loves teddies!

I used my SU blendibobs.....as they are now nicknamed!

The skin tone blender pens are just perfect for teddies.

Oval framelits helped me, 

and I tied twine around some glimmer paper.

Spot the rhinestone?

I have a new wink of stella, that was supposed to be 'clear'.

I put a big splodge accidentally on the teeny tiny flower,

the ink was silvery and obliterated said flower,

hence the rhinestone to cover it up!

See....I'm always honest!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Lesley

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Curvy Keepsake

I used the same process as yesterday to make these tags,

except I just cut them out, making them smaller.

I then made the Curvy Keepsake box

(this is sooooo cute, and soooo easy!)

and added the bow in some newly acquired lush satin silver ribbon.

Here's a cluster of boxes

I can never get two bows the same

can you?!

Have a magnificent Monday!

Lesley

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