TGIF people! Here comes the weekend!

Morning readers,

I've a make to share with you today ... and, for a change, it's actually NOT a Christmas card!! It is, however, another sentiment free card - I have a customer in mind but don't know how many cards she might want so .. until I find out, I'll have to just keep making them! At least I can easily add sentiments to those she doesn't want!

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and purple, for my card front, insert and matting layer
• Using Scotch low tack tape, I masked off a narrow margin to the bottom and right of my card front
• Using Tim Holtz mini blenders and domed foam pads I applied Distress Inks: Picked raspberry and Wilted violet "ombre" style to the lower right corner of my card front panel, till I was happy with the colour saturation
• After removing my low tack tape, I stamped the Dee Gruenig E-Z mount coneflower (G-PSH016) using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• A quick spritz of Artfix spray fixative, to protect the water based inks
• Finally some stardust stickles to the coneflower, to add just a little sparkle

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Love to Craft - challenge No. 95 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Gem of a Challenge - challenge No. 10 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Ellibelle's Garden Party - challenge No. 20 - ANYTHING IN OR FROM THE GARDEN
4. Little Red Wagon - challenge No. 883 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Let's Craft and Create - challenge No. 237 - ANYTHING GOES or USE A SKETCH

Wednesday again - enjoy!

Morning readers,

I've a make to share with you today ... another mini batch (2) of Christmas cards, using a VERY elderly Inkadinkado Santa - isn't he sweet?. I simply can't go another Christmas without using him!

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and red, for my card front, insert and matting layer
• Plain and faux stitched nesting circle dies, used to cut my image panels from snippets of white and red card
• Festive washi tape
• Uniko sentiment (from "Christmas wishes") stamped using Versafine Clair strawberry ink
• Inkadinkado "Santa" (from 98408, much neglected and yet, isn't he great?) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to colour my images
• Gold glitter gel pen on the buckle
• Using a makeup brush with blue ink remaining, and a Clearly Besotted "cloud stencil" I gave my Santa a background
• Stardust stickles to add some festive sparkle to Santa's "fur" trim and grounding

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Neglected stuff challenge - November challenge - ANYTHING GOES (MUST use neglected stash)
2. Snippets Playground - challenge No. 544 - USE SNIPPETS
3. AAA Christmas - challenge No. 1 - TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
4. Girlz Creative Christmas - challenge No. 201 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
5. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 332 - ANYTHING GOES

I was a lucky TOP5 pick over at the Holly and Ivy earlier this week, thanks so much folks.

Monday again - have a great week

Morning readers,

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend - get up to much? After five nights away, there was quite a bit of tidying away of the cases, toiletries etc, as well as LAUNDRY aplenty! Still, done now, just got to clear the spare room, ready for an overnight guest on Friday and then (once the bed's been changed), I think we're moving in to the spare room whilst we decorate!! OMG!! I HATE decorating!

I've a make to share with you today ... another small batch (of 2) "same but different" Christmas cards - still playing catch up but .... I AM getting there. And, to make a change, I've also shared the front and back of my envelopes, sorry about the mess on my desk. This batch was made using one set, from Stamplorations, so very useful, loving this tree image as well as the "dymo" style sentiment.

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and red, for my card front, insert and matting layer
• Stamplorations image and sentiment (from "Oh Christmas tree") stamped using Versafine Clair shady lane and strawberry inks
• Gold glitter gel pen and stardust stickles to add some festive sparkle

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. AAA Christmas - challenge No. 1 - TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS - this is a new challenge.
2. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 332 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Gem of a Challenge - challenge No. 10 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Outlawz Christmas Challenge - November challenge - ANYTHING GOES
5. GirlzCreativeChristmas - challenge No. 201 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

I was a lucky TOP3 pick at the Neglected Stuff challenge this weekend, thanks so much peeps, really appreciate it. Congratulations to the lucky winner (Alicia) and my fellow TOP3-ers too.

Saturday - it's the weekend! ENJOY!

Morning readers,

I've a make to share with you today ... yes, it's another Christmas card - I'm well on my way now, to catching up for 2026 but it's still a LITTLE to early to be resting on my laurels ... that's how I found myself in this situation in the first place!

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and navy, for my card front, insert and matting layer
• Uniko sentiment (from "Christmas wishes") stamped using Versafine Clair strawberry ink
• Crafty Roo's snowflake ("doodle flake") stamped using Versafine Clair paradise ink
• Stardust stickles to sparkle up the snowflake

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Rudolph Day - October challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
2. The Holly and Ivy - challenge No. 214 - ANYTHING GOES
3. CRAFT - challenge No. 792 - CHRISTMAS
4. AAA Christmas Card Challenge - challenge No. 1 - TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS ... this is a NEW challenge.

You may have noticed my absence the past few days .... hubs and I took a few days break, to visit a couple of friends and we also stayed in some of  my favourite place in the U.K. (so far!! If you know of somewhere "nicer" then please let me know in your comment). It was so nice to catch up with friends too. We had some lovely meals too!

Rye

Whitstable

I also found an independent craft shop, small .... but perfectly formed!! And packed with all manner of crafting goodies! I made the most of the opportunity, FYI, the card stock is a rather lovely deep green, perfect for the Christmas cards I might make with the new festive stamps!

Saturday - have a great weekend

Morning readers,

Fingers crossed none of you experienced any damage caused by Storm Austen. It was pretty wet and wild here but I don't believe we suffered anything more serious than two broken stems on marigolds!

I've a make to share with you today ... surprisingly it's NOT a Christmas card! It's another of the sentiment free cards that I have in mind for a specific customer - I'm SURE she will like this one!

Materials used:

• 300gsm, C6 (landscape fold) card and envelope
• Card in white and textured dusky pink for my card front, insert and matting layer
• Art Impressions image (Celeste set 4326) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to colour
• Anita's dimensional gloss to enhance the glass, Celeste's glasses, earrings and bangle)

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Kleuren met Potloden - October challenge - ANYTHING GOES
2. Art Impressions - October challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. CRAFT - challenge No. 791 - HALLOWEEN or ANYTHING GOES
4. Creative Inspiration - challenge No. 43 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 332 - ANYTHING GOES

TGIF peeps, it's almost the weekend!

Morning readers,

I've a make to share with you today ... a batch of two Christmas cards, I am still short of cards for 2026! I recently made two similar cards and really liked the tree image. I chose to change the sentiment, the colours used for the tree (including the ink) and the matting layer colour too - to make it a little different, hope it works, if you want to see the previous batch then you can see them here, I think this version looks modern, in the slightly different colours - what do you all think? I LOVE this tree image and you may well be seeing more of it between now and Christmas, for which I make no apology.

Plenty of glitter!

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and lime green, for my card front, insert and matting layer
• Precious Remembrance Shop sentiment (from "Sketchy Christmas") stamped using Versafine Clair strawberry ink
• Paper Artsy tree image (from JOFY 01) stamped using Versafine Clair shady lane ink
  
• Alcohol markers (marvy le plume II and Copics) and Faber Castell polychromos coloured pencils used to colour my image
• Stardust stickles used to add sparkle to the stars and the "grounding"

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. The Holly and Ivy - challenge No. 214 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Night Owls - challenge No. 66 - CHRISTMAS
3. Creative Inspirations - challenge No. 43 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Outlawz Christmas Challenge - October challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
5. Art Impressions - challenge No. 439 - GLITTER ALL THE WAY! There's certainly plenty of glitter on the stars and base 

I was a lucky TOP PICK over at Krafty Chicks this week, thank you so much for the recognition, appreciate it.

Wednesday again, hope your week is coming along nicely

Morning readers,

I SHOULD have been away at the moment but, sadly, the friend I was going to visit will be at a poorly friend's, assisting her during her period of ill health. We'll be rescheduling but don't yet know when! In the meantime, sending get well thoughts to their poorly pal.

I've a make to share with you today ... a mini batch of two Christmas cards using the same stamps but with the variation of having Santa going up and down the chimney - I can't make up my mind which one I prefer but ... it's another two for my quota and they're both quite fun!

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and red, for my card front, insert and matting layer
• Clearly Besotted "Santa" and "chimney" images (from CBSSA137 from 2022 and neglected for too long) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink. I stamped and cut out the chimney image, using full coverage post-it, to use as a mask for stamping my Santa image (see below pic of materials including the mask)
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from CBSS1276) stamped using Versafine Clair strawberry ink
• Coloured using sharpie markers and Faber Castell Polychromos pencils
• Stardust stickles to add some sparkly snow and fur trim

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 331 - ANYTHING GOES
2. CraftyCatz - challenge No. 721 - ANYTHING GOES
3. SimplyCAS - October challenge - ANYTHING CAS GOES + (optional) SOMETHING TINY
4. Ally's Angels - challenge No. 111 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Night Owls - challenge No. 66 - CHRISTMAS