That's my boy!

Had to make a card for my Awesome Nephew,

as he set off on a new adventure to join the army. 

I'd inked a background ages ago that I thought might be suitable,

and just added the embossed sentiment from "Big News"

I thought I'd be really sad to see him go,

but he looked so happy, it's been his wish since he was little,

and I know he is going to be just awesome!

Lesley

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Suits you Sir!

This was a Jenny Moors class project

Such fun making a shirt, collar, tie, waistcoat, and jacket, adorned with buttons

Love the inside panels too, makes it very classy don't you think?!

Lesley

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Watercolour Wings

A simple card using the fab new

Watercolour Wings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

I stamped a butterfly first,

then die cut another from vellum.

It surprised me how different the colours were on vellum.

As it was for a very pretty sparkly girl,

I just had to add some "dazzling diamonds" glitter.

This requires using "heat & stick powder" first,

but it's well worth the effort don't you think?

I can't wait to try heat n stick with some gilding flakes.....

Lesley

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a flurry of warm wishes

Happy Sunday everyone

I hope you've had a nice weekend,

albeit over too quickly!

I was looking through my UFO's

(unfinished objects)

and discovered this neglected swap I'd received.

How I did that, I have no idea,

because it is sooooooo gorgeous!

Created by the equally gorgeous Kim Fee

it is seriously shimmery, having been smooshed with shimmery spray.

Sadly the photo does not do justice,

so you will just have to pop round for a closer look and a cuppa!

I hope you have an equally gorgeous week!
Full of gorgeous sunshine!

Lesley

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P.S. This is in my garden, a gift left by the birds we feed,
using top notch sunflower hearts from 'Feathers Wild Bird Food' !

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and have a great weekend!

Lesley

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September Rudolph Day

One thing I try not to miss is

Rudolph Day challenge.

This is where we get ahead with our xmas cards

and share our projects.

Luckily High Halden craft club had a diamond fold workshop,

so I made this.....

Old habits die hard as they say, and we used to make two cards

for this challenge, so I've tried to maintain that

so as to get ahead with my stash.

The fab thing about this fold, is you can use it in different ways,

so here's an easel style....

It was a fab way of using up some pretty paper too.

Happy Rudolph Day,

the 25th of each month,

so I'll be back in October, November........eeeeeeek!

You know what that means....

not long now!!!!

Lesley

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Hats off!

Another version of a Jenny Moors card

I love the clean crisp design.

Some of the hats are decoupaged and raised on foam pads.

A fun insert too!

Lesley

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Classic Car

I bought a card class from Jenny Moors,

and I can highly recommend them.

I love this men's set, and really enjoyed following the layout.

The instructions were very detailed, which made it a pleasure to do,

especially when you are busy/tired/brain dead/mojo-less!

I decoupaged the front of the car, tho hard to see....

Lesley

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Framed Flutterby

magical masterpiece by

Jan Twinks.....

a framed box card....just enjoy....

oh so pretty huh?!

Lesley

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Just for you

yes...you!

This soft delight is by Sarah L

not sure why I didn't turn this round,

don't mean to crick your neck!

white embossed flower, inked over,

paper pierced, 'dew drops'

all sitting on the brick wall,

with envelope paper sneaking out from behind......

lovely!

Lesley

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BOO!

EEEEEK!

scary spider alert!

Love all the detail on this one

by Elaine H

see the glint in his eye?! yuk!

The web is a die in case you were wondering....

Lesley

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Flower Patch

Bootiful Bouquet from Elaine Kerr

using Flower Patch and Flower Fair framelits

(I only know that coz she kindly wrote it on the back,

coz normally I'm too lazy don't have time to look it up) 

Lush colours too....perfect plum, night of navy, pear pizzazz, 

garden green, wisteria wonder.......loads of colours

(they were wrote on back too!)

Lesley

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Bottle Tag

Adorable bottle tag by Bridgett

Had to find a bottle to do it justice...

and it's still full.....

Love how she made the tag from the neck section,

and how she added a hole to tie it.

Very sparkly too!

Lesley

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swapsies

Don't get a crook in your neck.....

theres another pic....

Triangle Treat Bag using adorable pin cone paper,

and that new Tree ......

designed by Annette

I know there's choccie inside, but I can't open it can I?

I'll spoil it........wonder how long I can last....

Lesley

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Every Cloud....

I hope I'm not boring you too much with

the versatile Sprinkles of Life?

pinterest was the inspiration for various elements,

the silver foil, the sun poking out behind.....

with a bit of a mark where I got too overzealous with the glue remover darn...

stuck it at a jaunty angle.......another accident......happier one this time!

Lesley

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Simples Sprinkles

Simples, sprinkles....

are you now imitating a meercat?!

multi coloured sprinkles on the cupcake,

and a knot that was knotted before sticking the ends behind........

when is a knot not a knot?.....

Lesley

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Basket Bunch

Sprinkles of life again,

this time punching some flowers to add to the basket

These were a recent swap I made

Do you see how the notch keeps the twine in place?

You can make a notch with lots of punches....just use the tip....

this 'tip' was from Vicky Hayes....miss her blog sooooo much!

How many candles?

Sprinkles of Life is an adaptable set,

and money goes to charity too.

For a sweet nephew, hope it's not too 'sweet'

but he does like his cakes!

Can you tell how old he is?

Lesley

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Happenings again

Here's some more ideas to jazz up

Happenings Simply Created Kit

some simple banners

circles

makes a nice collection

don't you think?

Thanks for looking

Lesley

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Happenings

Tried a 'simply created' kit from Stampin' Up!

called Happenings,

looked on pinterest and found inspiration to jazz 'em up a tad

use embossing folders, punches, embellishments etc

paper pierce round the edges

or in a shape using a template

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try and replicate any design features

such as chevrons, hexagons, dots etc.

Have you got a kit and got a bit stuck with all the left overs?

have a look at your stash and jazz 'em up!

Lesley

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Lesley

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Happy Thoughts

A recent team swap using a NEW stamp set

Your Presents

I hope this shows it's not just for christmas!

can you see I was a bit undecided where to place one of the bows?

(Handpicked Framelits used to die cut the bow)

These took a lot more to make than it may appear,

without the aid of my stamp-a-ma-jig,

but using the kissing' technique,

which I hope to show in a class very soon. 

Love the colours blue and silver.....

Lesley

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displays

Morning!

Thought you might like to see the displays in my craftroom

This cage is great for showing 3-d projects

I got these grids from Stampin' Up's Hello Life simply created kits

All the contents are courtesy of me and colleague's swaps.

Have a great day

Lesley

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treat for you

Pauline Barnfather created this Treat Bag

Awesomely Artistic is awfully popular,

and I love how she tied the 'for you' on the twine

Inside was a clever bow maker:

small piece of card, notch punched out

with the word window punch!

That concludes the team swaps,

I hope you've enjoyed seeing these.

Thanks to all my colleagues for swapping,

and thank YOU for looking.