Purrrfect book reading day

 Hello, hope your day is going well.

You know how you have a card design in your head…..

and then find it’s really difficult to manifest it?!

Bet you do!

I wanted to use this stamp, but also make a background for an avid book lover.

I masked the cats image, and stamped the books from Les Shoppes, SU, over and over,

trying to line up the shelves with the tiny stamp. They’re not purrrfect.

I then stencilled the “floor”, and put the topper against a white card blank……ugh,

didn’t work for me……I know, I’ll stencil it to match the floor! Again, not purrrfect.

Then wanted to add a bit more interest/dimension, so fussy cut some books from the Les Shoppes paper.

Can you see how tiny they are?!!!

I made the sentiment by masking off and using bits of stamps.

Note to self: stop making it so difficult for yourself!

Can anyone see that the cat’s book is meant to be a Terry Pratchett? 😂🙄

Hope you like it anyway 🙃😅🥵😂

Lesley

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Rudolph Day 2024

 Hi everyone, if you’re a fan of Rudolph Day, this might be the last time, as Maureen has done a wonderful job of running it, but now has to concentrate on a new chapter in her life.

It’s been a great way of getting ahead with our Christmas stash on the 25th of each month.

I’m so hoping someone might take it on, but meantime here’s my entry…

A gift from a friend, a new Studio Light stamp.

It’s quite detailed, so I just used blue blend pens to add a little colour.

I found some old dark blue glimmer paper, and added some wink for added sparkle.

Apologies for the light quality of the photo.(you may have to zoom in)

I’m taking this to

Scrappymo’s Rudolph Day challenge

Allsorts challenge 765 , anything but square or AG

Jingle Belles rock, new and old

Christmas craft creations, glitter and sparkle

The sisterhood of crafters

WINTER 'BLUES'
(use the color BLUE on your projects)

Please help celebrate Maureen’s last time of running Rudolph Day

Have a good weekend

Lesley

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Wonky frames

 Happy Sunday…..

Bright rainbows and wonky layers to make you smile 😊 

Entering AAABirthday game #57, rainbows

Nearly forgot….to add my snippets used, so I can skip over to the

Snippets Playground #472

As you can see……there’s more cards to come……see you next time!

Sunshine and hugs

Lesley

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Flight and Airy

 Hello, hope all is well with you and yours.

January can be a difficult month, and I am feeling the blues more than usual.

Although, the couple of sunshine days have improved my mood!

So, with spring in mind….

Stampin’ Up! have their sale a bration on, where you can claim a free gift with every £45 spend.

The flight and airy paper is one of them…..

So pretty, and suitable for fussy cutting.

I’ve paired it with soft sea foam, and various dies.

Thanks for visiting me today 😘

Lesley

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Oranges and ……

Hello again

Today I’m sharing my final Spring Garden cards….

Firstly, partially cut the flower and tucked it under a frame

The other half 😃 with some DSP…..

Lastly with Split card texture Dies

Lesley

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Spring garden in purples

I’m back with more examples of the Spring Garden set,

Using purple hues this time…

I used Dies and stencils with these..

Entering Inkspirational challenge #307 stencils + layering stencils

Colour Throwdown #775 pink purple green

Allsorts week 763 make your own background 

Hope you have a good weekend

Lesley

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Spring Garden

 Hello friends!

My tip for today, is check your blog comments….

...I found some more in “spam”….I sometimes forget to check.

I’m back to share a never before used set, that I’m very much enjoying, from Alex Syberia.

I got the Spring Garden stamp, stencils and dies.

Here’s some blue versions…

Card 1

Background is an old stencil

Card 2

Background is an SU die

Card 3

I didn’t die cut the flowers, instead made a mask to stencil the background.

Used Lost lagoon, a teal colour, navy, green, and added some flat iridescent gems.

I’m entering the following challenges

Colour Hues, blue & navy (1 with neutral grey)

Colour Throwdown blue, olive, ivory (2)

Colourful options blue lagoon (1)

Just Us Girls, teal, navy, green (3)

My NBUS never before used schtuff 

Lesley

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Cats and dogs

 I needed a quick card for a dog lover…

Similar idea to this one…..(8th October)…..

More cats, when I was making baubles….

This came about because of accidents….

I messed up inking the stencil, so added another,

and the sentiment hid a smudge too.

I quite liked it though, so maybe I should mess up more!

Entering the Allsorts challenge (mood board top left, dogs)

Have a great day 

Lesley

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Santa hats

 Happy New Year!

I had some new Dies from Gummiapan, which I’m itching to play with,

however I’ve only had chance for this one so far….

A merry line of Santa hats….

I made it complicated 🙄 by fussy cutting cardstock to layer onto the hats.

I could have coloured them instead, but hey ho, or should I say ho ho ho 😂

52 Christmas card Throwdown wants clean and simple,

and Time Out Challenge #254 wants “New”,

and this is definitely a new die.

Hope you have a good day, and I’ll see you soon with something completely different!

Lesley

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