Relax your way in Versailles

 Hope you have a relaxing day….

Very simple layout using shades of brown and copper stars

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Lesley

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Snoopy pilot

 Flying by today with Snoopy in the cockpit….

Borrowed a friends much loved wooden stamp 😍

I think the sentiment is Uniko

Rubbish photos!

Have a great weekend!

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Lesley

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Sunrise or sunset

 Sailing by with a card inspired by Pat Fairless, (fairlessstampinflair.com), 

who generously shared a tutorial HERE

I used the Sunrise Sailing set from SU

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday

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Lesley

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Rusty Garden tools

Hello, how’s your week been?

I made this for a friend who’s an avid gardener, who helps with the local Horticultural societies,

among many other things. She is an amazing woman who helps lots of people and charities.

I bought this wooden stamp recently from a friend, as I thought it would be good for male or female.

I’ve always loved how Kim Fee colours in, particularly her “rusty” looks,

so here I made the tools look well loved.

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Lesley

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Cute dragon and butterfly

 A dear friend of mine lost her Sister recently. She was an avid crafter, as is my friend,

who was tasked with sorting out her craft supplies.

Amongst them were some of these stamped images, which my friend kindly gave me.

They must be from a very old stamp, currently undiscovered….

(I’m a big fan of dragons as you can see at the end of this post.)

This card is in memory of my friend’s sister…

I coloured with Stampin’ Blends, adding some dotty texture,

and highlights with a posca white pen.

I backed it with some old SU paper, nice and bright, fitting for a great niece's card.

I’m entering Stamping Sensations August challenge

with the teeny butterfly, (although there’s an “anything goes “ theme too).

Allsorts Challenge 830 “B” for butterfly

We love stamping August,  anything goes option

Here’s some of my collection, in our bathroom!

The quirky ones were hand made by a lovely lady who had a stall at 

Penshurst Craft Fair many moons ago 😍

Have a great day

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Lesley

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Stamping Sensations August challenge

 Some of you may remember a little ATC I made some time ago,

which you can see HERE,

and I decided afterwards that it would make a cute card…

I used some old designer paper in black and gold, with a honeycomb design for the bees, 

an embossed frame, cut out the aperture, and placed image behind,

cutting around the bunny ears to fit, and added a daisy and gold gems.

There’s a fabulous prize over at Stamping Sensations August challenge

with a theme birds, bees and butterflies, and some awesome inspiration too,

so do visit their Blog.

Also, hop over to Darnell’s blog, where this week it’s “embossing” HERE

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Lesley

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Christmas Scramble

Uniko have produced a lot of inspiring new products recently,

and I couldn’t wait to get this stamp which immediately shouted 

paper piecing and fussy cutting, which I love, (I can hear some of you groaning 😂),

but equally you could colour, glitter, heat emboss, doodle, zentangle etc.

I got out a Christmas paper pad, stamped the image in black on 9 sheets,

then cut out the letters, leaving a small border around each.

I used a stitched rectangle die to cut out the whole image, and added some rhinestones.

I had enough paper left over to use as a mat behind it.

So now, when I get a few minutes to spare, I can make eight more!

This would be a great one for using up all those paper snippets you can’t bear to throw away!

Do skip over to the Snippets Playground 

for more ways of using up those bits &pieces lurking in your drawers!

I’m entering the  Snippets Playground #513

There’s another fabulous prize, and you can cool off in the paddling pool!

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Lesley

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Cocktails galore

 Hi, hope alls well with you.

It’s been a good summer in the UK, a bit too warm sometimes,

 but that’s a good excuse to sit back and relax with maybe a cocktail or three!

I bought the Celebratory Sips designer paper from SU

Cased from Kim Fee

with a stamped and ink blended background 

The next one has ink blending onto the paper strip,

giving it a totally different look

I can’t find the artist for this one, 

so if you recognise the next photo, please do let me know

Adding ink to the paper strip softens 

and creates more contrast to the white card

Have a great weekend, Cheers!

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Lesley

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Nature’s Painting Watercolour Kit, by my Sister…

 I gifted this SU kit to my sister, and she gave me her finished artwork,

that I then made into cards……

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Lesley

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Exclusive, made just for you times two

 Oh my goodness, the Notes and Totes Bundle from Stampin’ Up!

has kept me amused for hours….

I used some of their papers, New Horizons and Thoughtful Journey, 

Petunia Pop, BlackBerry Bliss card for most of this…

This one uses “woven textures”, and “all about autumn” papers for the bag, 

and for the books die, all SU.

I used Snippets of white and snippets of the papers, similar to this for the small pieces,

like the scarf, bottles etc., vellum, black and lots of tiny gold snippets (which I NEVER throw away!)

So I’m taking these to the Snippets Playground challenge #512

Hope you’re having a good weekend

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Lesley

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Wish BIG Penny Black

 Hi there, how are things with you?

I’m sharing an old wooden stamp today, Well Wishers from Penny Black.

It’s cute huh?

Just some simple colouring….messed the cat up a bit, but hey ho,

I’m sure you’ll let me off!

Taking this to…

Penny Black August challenge, anything goes,

Allsorts #829, “animals”

Hope you’re having a good weekend

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Lesley

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