Thank You Botanicals

Hello

I like to send customers a little card or something,

so I had fun using the Botanical Builder Framelits

to design a variety.

You can probably tell I quite like the border die?!

The one below is white on white, inlaid the die,

backed by DSP and flowers cut from the same paper,

with a vellum leaf.

Thank You

for stopping by

Lesley

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Botanical Blooms

A recent swap I made using the Botanical Framelits,

such a versatile set.

Had Jan in mind for this...blue and sparkly...

Built the flower from glimmer paper,

cutting some 'seed heads' from a spare,

the stalks are balloon strings from Balloon Celebration,

Pool Party Glitter Ribbon finishes it off.

Close-up of the flower

One paper that I save every last scrap of .....is glimmer paper....

do you?

Lots of snippets of glimmer paper mean....

I'm going to join the playmates in the

Snippets Playground !

...got to do some chores first though :(

Lesley

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present full of stars

I missed out one of the cards I received from a friend

who sells cards in local oulets,

and I have to say I think they are very professional,

some people have just 'got it', don't you think?

peeking out below is a lovely tag she made for my gift

hope you don't mind a few pics of it...

Something else I forgot to share before was a couple of decorated envelopes I received,

I also forget to decorate mine !

It just makes them a bit more special don't you think?

#imbringingbirthdaysback

.........is a new initiative by Stampin' Up!

and they've even brought out a stamp to go with the campaign,

which aims to encourage more of us to send cards in the post,

rather than just leaving messages on social networks.

Lesley

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more cards from friends...

Happy Easter Monday

Here's some more cards that friends made recently...

These have been in NO particular order,

I love and appreciate every single one,

such a lot of work, and so different.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend

do pop by again soon 

Lesley

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Meantime Happy Crafting!

more pals makes

I thought I'd share some more cards I was so lucky to receive recently.

I'd like to set up a separate tab for friends cards if I ever get the time,

it's an idea that another blog pal uses.

I hope your Easter is going well,

despite the weather.

Grab some chocolate while you browse.....

Come back tomorrow for some more....

Lesley

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March Rudolph Day

Hiya

It's the 25th of the month, and that means.....

Rudolph Day !

This is where we make a christmas card .....

Friends often make fun of me making these so early,

but it's not as silly as it sounds!

When they are frantically making theirs, or in lots of cases, buying

because they just don't have the time to make them,

I am at least a little ahead of the game.

I had a marbling class recently,

where we got inky and played with shaving foam.

You may have tried this yourself,

but if not, take some cheap shaving foam,

spread some on a paper plate, add ink droplets,

swirl it about a bit, lay on a piece of card, scrape off excess and leave to dry.

Here's one used as a background, using just real red....

I wanted to try a never-before-used stamp set Jolly Christmas and came up with this....

Using my fave stitched rectangles, a prize from the Snippets Playground,

and the globe from The Open Sea, I gold embossed Rudolph and fussy cut him out.

Please visit ScrappyMo's Rudolph Day challenge

for lots more projects from very talented folk.

Happy Easter

Lesley

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HB to me.....

Hiya

I had a very happy birthday recently,

and was a very lucky girl....

I thought you might like to see some of my lovely cards sent by very generous friends,

I treasure and appreciate every single one.

These are in no particular order,

apologies for the -worse-than-normal-rubbish-photography,

but hope you'll enjoy them as much as I.....

I'll be back with more soon if that's ok?

Meantime

Happy Crafting

Lesley

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Happiest Botanicals

Merry Monday to you!

Here's a recent card I made using Botanical Builder Framelits,

and Birthday Blooms.

The Botanicals are an amazing set that can be used for so many different styles.

It comes with optional extras like papers, vellum, embellishments etc.

I chose to keep it fairly simple here,

using some vellum for the leaves,

and plain card for the dimensional flower.

Lesley

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Sunday SarnSimple

Happy Sunday

hope alls well in your world.

Here's another lovely make n take by the lovely Sarn

( click on Sarn to go to her original post with a MUCH better photo )

If you haven't discovered her blog before,

I highly recommend a visit and place among your favourites.

It's a simple but effective design that universally appeals.

(Sarn has a great eye for colour too).

Happy Sunday

Lesley

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Wetlands Thanks

Here's a make n take by lovely Liz,

Wetlands was the stamp, with Gorgeous Grunge on the background.

It's one of those cute "inchies",

where you can cut an image into inch squares,

or just stamp onto pre-cut panels.

"Thanks" for stopping by

have a fab weekend

Lesley

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Hello

Hello !

Here is a lovely happy "hello"......

my lovely friend Jan Twinks designed this for a make n take

and she even embossed and punched our flowers.

Colours are Pool Party and Crumb cake,

Timeless Textures and Grateful Bunch stamp sets.

Happy Friday

Happy Crafting

Lesley

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Easter Bunny Boxes

Want to make some cute gift boxes for Easter?

Then you need the Curvy Keepsake

 By adding a few punched features, you can create all sorts of creatures.

Easter Bunny to hide the eggs

Chick to lay the eggs

Basket to put the eggs in

I have provided some fun workshops making these,

so if you have a group that would like some crafty time

please get in touch, and we'll hatch an egg a plan !!

This box can cater for all sorts of occasions, from weddings to christmas.

Lesley

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Just for YOU

A sweet card from another friend

using another free gift from sale-a-bration

apologies for the photography as usual,

it does not show the pretty colours very well.

This is a lovely sentiment that provides the focal point,

just needing a few accents to decorate.

Have a good week

Lesley

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Calendar girl

Gorgeous Gift from a very talented friend

Jan Twinks

She used Grateful Bunch

Isn't it pretty?

Thanks Jan

Lesley

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Fun House

Cute card from another friend,

the clouds are embossed on vellum,

and isn't that little house just too cute?!

Looks like a little Play house.

Great idea for a new home card.

Happy Weekend

Lesley

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Flowering Fields

A little thank you to one of my customers

using one of the free gifts from sale-a-bration

used masking tape, a blending brush and ink,

stamped and coloured the flowers.

It's a one layer card, and the edges looked a bit naff,

so I added some more ink around the corner edges.

Next time I would add a masked border

to avoid the rough inked edges.

Happy Friday

and 

thanks for stopping by

Lesley

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up up and away.....

Hiya

I'm back with Sky is the Limit

....take 2.....

Similar to the one I shared Tuesday,

but this time I used Stampin' Up! ink pads

and an 'Aquapainter' ( waterbrush ).

I felt it was missing something, so added some clouds

Do you have a favourite?

I would be very grateful for any feedback.

Lesley

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