Sunday 29 January 2017

The Sky is the Limit

Another special birthday for a special man


he loves aeroplanes and art, so I sponged on some ink,
and decoupaged the plane


decorated the inside


added an acetate propeller on a brad


and a couple of brads on the banner


Lesley
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Saturday 28 January 2017

Rudolph Day Challenge

Hello again,
sorry if I haven't visited you lately,
so much going on that I don't seem to get time,
and I know lots of you are in the same boat.

Anyhow, I am determined not to miss the first Rudolph Day of the year,
luckily I'd coloured in some images with my as yet unused 
Merry Mice.

I rummaged for my music paper, from This Christmas,
found a snippet of that and a snippet from Warmth and Cheer,
stamped some fa la la's and sentiment from a 
Kirsty Wiseman Many Greetings that I won
from the Snippets Playground.

So, here's the link to Rudolph Day Challenge,
and I wonder if Miss Di will let me into the
Snippets Playground to play there too.

Do visit them both, there's lots of lovely projects on show

Have a great weekend
Lesley
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p.s. check out my shop for christmas stuff and lots more



Thursday 26 January 2017

Celebrations Duo

Sharing my swap for our team training day
 (aka day of fun with friends :) )

I spotted this new embossing folder straight away in the new catalogue,
as it's unusual....it's a DEbossed impression
and great for getting inky or doing all sorts of fab techniques


I used a brush stroke and some ink splats from Perpetual Birthday Calendar


added some wink of stella on the Happy, a strip of card with twine wrapped round it


I mounted one on a card I need for a boy....I could have chosen any of the In-Colours
Watermelon, Cucumber, Dijon

Hope you have a HAPPY day

Lesley
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Wednesday 25 January 2017

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Lesley
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Tuesday 24 January 2017

Dragonfly Dreams

A beautiful make n take from Jan Twinks


her trademark blue with glitter...lots of glitter :)


so so pretty

Lesley
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Monday 23 January 2017

Exploding Box

I was commissioned to make a special box for a special day for a special man....


I had these lovely old papers that are more like thick card,
and suitable for a masculine look


I made pockets and inserted tags


and placed an acetate box in the centre


Here's the box closed




Lesley
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Sunday 22 January 2017

Birthday seeds

Another Birthday before christmas, my desk covered in xmas sets,


so I combined the Cable Knit embossing folder with a xmas DSP and sentiment,


cut and pasted "birthday" over the top,
and copied a seed catalogue off the internet.

He has an allotment.....

Lesley
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Saturday 21 January 2017

Heartfelt and Thoughtful

I stamped the sentiment (Heartfelt Sympathy) which is surrounded by leaves,
and thought it looked like the shape of a tree canopy


so I found the trunk in another set (Thoughtful Branches)
and the cute birds too.....It's like they're together even though one has passed


The blue colour is used by Parkinson's UK, from which he suffered



Lesley
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Friday 20 January 2017

World of Dreams

A new home card.....with a twist


being bird lovers I decided to use the nest instead of a conventional house


I used marker pens to paint the colours on the stamp

Lesley
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Thursday 19 January 2017

Spotlight

A Birthday before christmas required a quick but elegant card,
so I tried the spotlight technique


added coordinating DSP


something was missing.....so added the 'for you' top left


I used the stitched oval framelits, and watercoloured the flower with
the clear wink of stella and coordinating ink


Lesley
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Wednesday 18 January 2017

Beautiful You in the Mediterranean

I'd wanted to try this out  ever since I saw it.....


I stamped the lady, masked her off with a sticky note,
then stamped the scene over the top.
Remove the mask and you are left with the first image in the foreground.

I then had fun colouring it in with pencils.

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Lesley
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Tuesday 17 January 2017

Heartfelt gold and enamel

I got out this set which has sentiments that need very little added


sometimes there are no words


I embossed in gold and stamped splatters, then hearts, 
then some enamel shapes to add more texture

Hugs if you're feeling sad
Lesley
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Any Occasion Stamp Set

Monday 16 January 2017

Christmas remnants

Hello, thanks for popping by!
I have a few photos left from the festive season, so thought I'd share them.


This was a kit, making different displays for the changing seasons.
It makes a lovely display in my Craft Room




a special card from a special lady, much prettier in real life,
it's magical Jan Twinks




a card made in a shoe box swap that I really liked,
and would like to make some more with the tea light idea
casting a flickering light




Did anyone suffer this wrapping paper?! flippin' glitter everywhere!






This was the table centrepiece.....an explosion box
with Santa's sleigh, Reindeers and a few parcels,
lit up by some star shaped fairy lights





This fluttered by on top of one of our parcels,
isn't he gorgeous?!
He's safely tucked up in his nest box until next year!

Hopefully I'll see some of you on Rudolph Day (25th of the month)
to share some christmas makes for this year!

Lesley
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Sunday 15 January 2017

Designer Tee shirt

I really really want the Custom Tee Bundle in the new spring catalogue,
and I'd love this free set of sentiments to go with it.....


Pics from SU again

Don't leave your orders too long, I think some items are while stocks last!

"If you're happy and you know it, keep it up"
:)
Lesley
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Saturday 14 January 2017

Hey Chick

Hey there!
These chicks have been soooooooo popular
aren't they fun?!


again good for any time


but really good for easter, and you can by those dinky egg boxes too!

all pics from SU again......looks like me on a bad hair day :)

Lesley
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Friday 13 January 2017

Free Tin for your cards

This Tin is one of the free gifts when you spend a minimum of £45


it comes with the file tabs, that you can label with
categories, or months of the year,
or use it for anything you like!


some cards to inspire.......all pics from Stampin' Up!

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Have a good day
keep warm, keep safe, keep well
Lesley
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