Snow Hut and Winter Pup

 Hello again!

I think this is the last of my recent wooden stamped cards,

Snow Hut

for Penny Black Saturday challenge for May - favourite or AG

( I’m not sure I can pick a favourite PB stamp, I love them all!)

using another sketch from Jules Always with a heart,

although I did turn it to suit.

(Jules has not been posting recently as she’s been caring for her mother with little time to craft,

but I would like to wish her well, and to say we miss her)

This one is a Hero Arts

Winter Pup

I used more paper scraps (retired SU), and added strips of silver to cover the joins.

There’s still time to join the Snippets Playground Challenge, a great incentive to use up your scraps,

and there’s always a fabulous prize to be won. “You have to be in it to win it”!

I hope to see you back here soon

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Up the wooden hill….

 ……That’s a very old saying, “up the wooden hill”, to bed, 

which sprang to mind when I made this wooden staircase.

Retired Stampin’ Up! Ready for Christmas set was used for these two cards…

I had a spare coastal cabana card base, hence the non traditional colour of this first one.

I love the plate of cookies left out for Santa 😍

for the Merry little Christmas challenge #68 AG

Allsorts Challenge #848 AG. …..a special surprise over there!

I found some snazzy wallpaper for the next one, using more traditional red and green. (Retired SU)

The dog’s outfit is pretty snazzy too…

No stockings tied on the garland this time, but gifts waiting instead,

Sparkles Christmas challenge #184 , gifts

Love to craft #92 AG

Craft challenge #779 Christmas 

I am so glad I managed to get this retired set as it’s so versatile,

and it’s a bit like playing with a doll’s house…..what’s not to love!

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Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Puppy Kiss with Paper Strips ……

 

…….and a whole lot more….

This old PB wooden stamp is called “Puppy Kiss”. He’s holding some mistletoe in anticipation 😃

Two things I love about wooden stamps,

 you don’t need a block, and it has the name and maker printed on it, 

so you don’t need to find out, if you mislaid the packaging.

This background is perfect for using up your papers strips that get left from all that cutting.

Take a piece of card, slightly bigger than you need, and start gluing them in the middle at an angle,

letting them overhang the edges.

(These are old SU papers)

Fill the page, alternating the colours and patterns, then trim to suit.

Hence I’ll be entering the above puppy into the new Snippets Challenge #531

Here’s what I made with the others….

PB “Naughty or Nice”

Allsorts Challenge #848 wants shaped cards or Anything Goes.

PB “Chill Day”

Taking this to Sweet Stampin’ for “Christmas” theme

It’s also “Rudolph Days” challenge, which I don’t often do these days, but this timing is 😊 good.

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Hedgie ran off with Santa’s hat

 Hi there

Sharing another Penny Black wooden stamp, Chill Day….

I do like a square card, and I’m enjoying using up some older papers.

Hedgie was so cold that he “borrowed” Santa’s hat from the washing line.

He’s popped up, having been fussy cut, ancient corner rounder punch used, 

(hands up if you still have yours!)

then another embossed white die cut layer on top of the papers, added gems, and WOS.

Landscape card, using an old felted/flocked paper (so soft), big 💎 gems on this one

Have a good day

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Lesley

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Delicate Pines designer paper

 Hello, hope your weekend is going well….

This SU set is from last year….I didn’t get around to using it that much,

but you may have noticed I’m playing catch-up with my stash for the coming season!

Inspired by Emma Goddard, Coastal Crafter,

I cut some of the gorgeous coordinating papers.

You could do a one sheet wonder for the stamping, but I chose individual white toppers,

so that I could change the colours on each one.

A very simple layout, but elegant I think,

and some gold twine tied around the join, adds more luxury.

The paper is lush and this layout only uses a small amount 😍

That’s a few more for the box!

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Lesley

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Cats, dogs and birds, Cutest Crew

 Hi there, I’ve shown you the birds with this new SU set, Cutest Crew.

My first post with this set is HERE

Now it’s time for the dogs and cats.

I ended up making four cards, with more ideas in my head!

This front flap or flip top card inspired me, but I’ve searched in vain for the originator.

 Cut a piece of A4 white into quarters for the base, cut coloured card at 9cm wide x 29.7cm (A4),

score in half at 14.8cm, adhere to base, and decorate.

This was a sympathy card for a neighbour, hence the stamped paw prints going off the page.

(In memory of his sweet Terrier, “Polo”)

There’s stamps and dies. I like how they can hang over the side edges of the front flap.

Then some birds flew by…..(this is what happens when you edit your post multiple times 🙄)

The birds are in a group of 3, which were not enough, so I’ve just added two groups.

The stripes and paw prints border strips are another die in the set.

Dogs with paw print borders in the blue and white.

The line of cats was die cut too, pretty in pink 

Here’s the inside of the cards, upon which I added a single animal, (the cat ran away 🙄)

and an extra die cut of the “line up” of animals to hide the back of my blend pen colouring, 

and it adds strength.

I can see me using this set a lot for animal loving friends and children.

Have a good weekend

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Lesley

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Sketches with Snowy and Hedgy

 I’m back with some more Christmas cards…..

there were some challenges I liked the look of, 

and it was a chance to get some of my old wooden Penny Black stamps out.

Penny Black Saturday challenge is for pastels or anything goes.(AG)

Christmas Kickstart #109 wants “brimming with style” ,

Jingle Bells “vintage” (my vintage stamps)

so out came snowy and Hedgy……Snowy has his hat on.

For a long time I’ve wanted to try some sketches that I’ve admired from Jules, Always with a heart.

I expect it will get easier with practice, I’m not sure I have anywhere near Jules talent!

(She even stitches hers together, and they are so pretty)

It was nice to have a plan though, rather than just adhere the image to a plain background.

(Sketch 24)

I used retired SU papers, and an old hunkydory sentiment, coloured with blend pens.

I did flip the sketches from portrait to landscape, to fit with my images.

Next up, the same stamp with some more old SU papers and an old SU card blank.

I did faux stitching with a fine tip pen.

(Sketch 22) (again flipped to landscape)

ABC Christmas challenge has ‘H’ for Hats, ‘I’ for image only

Peace on Earth #109 has a mood board, I focused on the red scarf.

I used lots of snippets of papers and white card scraps, so I’ll also visit the

Snippets Playground #530 !

I have a few more wooden stamps, all with hats, so watch this space 😂

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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