Sprinkling Fairy Dust

 I'm entering a new-to-me challenge

Country View Challenges

the theme A Year to Sparkle & Shine

This sparkles so much more in real life.

The background paper is so easy to use.

I stamped the hare and fairy using the Stamparatus 

repeatedly to get a nice black image.

I used a versamark pen on the wand, wings, fronds, 

and added sparkly embossing powder

The colours look different in different light

Lesley

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Awesome Otters

 One of the FREE Sale a Bration sets, 

Awesome Otters are 

sailing down my lazy river...........

some ink blending and fussy cutting the otters....

hope you have an awesome weekend !!

Lesley

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Snowbody better for Rudolph Day

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I'm entering the  January Rudolph Day Challenge with these cute snowpeople

I used an offcut of Be Dazzling paper, left from die cutting a rectangle.

Coloured in with Blend pens.

I finally added a sentiment...........

My intention was to make 10 xmas cards a month..........

so far failing miserably, but below are my good intentions!

Hopefully these will end up on cards eventually!

Lesley

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Sweet Treats cupcake

 I used the Sweets & Treats for a birthday card here.

Who doesn't like cake?

I backed the die cut rectangle with some Snippets of Be Dazzling paper,

and added some gems.

I had some white embossed on black card sentiments in my stash, which used up Snippets of black card.

The cakes were stamped on Snippets of white, coloured and fussy cut.

I also added some to the inside.

I’m skipping over to the Snippets Playground where there’s some fabulous prizes 

In memory of Ruby for a dog rescue charity.

Lesley

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Decorative Borders

 The Decorative Borders dies make great masks too.

Here I combined the cloud shaped one with Hey Birthday Chick

I stamped and masked the chicken, then used a blending brush to create the clouds,

ranking from blue to pink to yellow (as you can see, a bit heavy handed with yellow!).

I stamped and fussy cut the wings to hold the happy birthday die.

I also stamped an insert.

Lesley

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Dolls House

 I got this die in a craft shop on a holiday last year,

I love miniatures, and thought this was good for a new home card.

I used scraps snippets of papers to "wallpaper" the rooms,

glueing VERY carefully.

I'm entering this challenge:

There's been lots of refurbishments in the playground, so please go look.

I glued some snippets of silver mirror card to paper piece the windows and mirrors.

It was a labour of love, but I enjoyed every minute, and that's what it's all about isn't it?

As well as hopefully putting a smile on the recipients face :)

Don’t forget to visit https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com

Lesley

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Darling Donkeys Notecards

 Ever since I got this stamp set Darling Donkeys, 

I wanted to gift a neighbour with some notecards, as she rescued two donkeys and they are adorable.

I didn't have much time as this was just before christmas

I stamped on crumb cake notecards with black memento ink,

Then highlighted a few bits with a chalk pen

She really seemed to like my small hand made gift

Lesley

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Watercolour On The Horizon

I had a new stamp set and needed a quick card.

You know how you have an idea in your head.....this one turned out ok I thought. 

I inked a clear block with pale green and blue,

spritzed with water and stamped the block directly onto a thick whisper white card blank,

creating a rectangle background for the stamps.

I kept to blues and greens for all the stamping, not worrying too much as I didn't have time,

which can be a good thing sometimes, makes your composition much freer and relaxed.

I tried to photograph in the sunshine, 

but as usual my photography is not the best, hence the shadow line  :) 

 

Relax and enjoy your day

Lesley

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Gift Bags and Book Cushions

 Today I’m sharing some gifts I made for Christmas.

I have done some online basic sewing classes, and was chuffed with my lined gift/storage bags.

I then attempted a book cushion…….a cushion with a pocket to place your book.

You can then carry it to your favourite reading place.

I only used some brown paper this year and the bags were instead of wrapping paper, so very eco friendly.

I didn’t even use any sticky tape.

Lesley

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Lots of Tags

Today I’m sharing one of my lovely Christmas gifts.

I am so lucky to have a group of friends come to one of my classes, that club together.

One of the things I love as well, is that one of them makes a gift box, and they all make a tag.

As you can see below, the box is beautiful. 

The following pictures show the tags, seven in all.

Someone had the unenviable task of tying them all to the box!

I am truly blessed.

Lesley

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BLACK, WHITE AND GREY

Hi there

There's a blog challenge over at AllsortsChallenge Blog.

This week it's Black, White and one other colour.

So Today I've gone with Grey as the other colour.

I used a blank card from my stash, with the grey stripes as my starting point.

A simple one for the guys, from the stamp set A Good Man.....again!

I can't help it, I love it, and find male cards hard to design.

I stamped him in black, using a white card scrap,

coloured him with grey Blend Pens,

and added my favourite-embellishment-for-all-time, the Pebbles!

These are from the new Spring Mini Catalogue, ask if you'd like a copy. 

Lesley

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A Good Man on the beach

It was a Nephew's birthday, and I picked a favourite set A Good Man,

along with some stamps free from a magazine.

I really wanted to use some NEW embellishments from the NEW catalogue.

As soon as I saw them, I had to have the Pebbles Enamel Shapes, and Faux Sea Glass Shapes.

It's often the little things that catch my eye :)

I had to build up the scene using lots of masking and ink blending,

it was a lot more difficult than it looks, they were separate stamps.

 I added the pebbles around on the sand (bottom ones hid a small mark!)

He was coloured with blend pens, white pen highlights on the sea

I decorated the envelope....

....and inside

If you'd like a NEW SPRING MINI CATALOGUE please just email or message me

Lesley

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Suite Sampler

Happy New Year!!!

There was stamp set available that contained samples of a suite of stamps.

I thought this was a lovely way to have just a few of my favourites  

I stamped the main card with same coloured ink, laid some paper and stamped image 

at an angle, added a few die cuts gems and ribbon.

Suite Sampler and Eden's Garden are the main elements

As I stamped on shimmery card, I gently watercoloured the image.

Lesley

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