happy christmas

 

My mum asked me to make a card for her hairdresser ,

 so i used the sketch over on :~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY 2 #78 

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY ~ANYTHING GOES

SPARKLES CHRISTMAS#59 ~DIE CUTS FOR CHRISTMAS

CUTE CARD THURSDAY #402 ~FESTIVE COLOURS

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used my minds eye glittered paper, saturated canary image , coloured with promarkers, nestabilities rectangle dies, memory box ornaments and corner dies, finished with stickles glitter.

XX NEARLY THE WEEKEND XX

so thankful ....

 

for this christmas card made for a friend , i have used the sketch over on:~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY 2 #71 

CREATIVE KNOCKOUTS ~ FESTIVE FUN#117

WINTER WONDERLAND ~ SPARKLE AND BLING(loads of sparkle and bling in this card)

CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES C4C314 ~USE SQUARE CARD / SQUARE ITEMS(square card and squares used on card)

CRAFTY HAZELNUT`S CHRISTMAS#257 ~USE DIE CUTS OR PUNCHES (used loads of die cuts)

(LINKS TO CHALLENGES ON MY SIDE BAR)

for this card i used my minds eye glittered paper, saturated canary image , coloured with specrum noirs and promarkers, nestabilities circle dies, sizzix swirl corner die, creative exprssions pointsettia dies, marianne holly dies, docrafts ribbon, finished with stickles glitter.

NOW ONTO AMERICA ... AND THANKS GIVING .... my dear brother made it out of his carehome .......and home to his wife Allisons parents for a few hours.. apart from care homes and hospitals this is the first time my brother has been out for 18 months .....

above is my brother`s FIL getting him into a hired van..and below a hand made ramp up to their home  .. looked on by Allisons mum and ofcause my dear little niece.... happy to see her dad!!

 

..and surprise , surprise some of my brothers friends popped by to chat .. so lovely to see photos of him out of his wheelchair/chairbed and into a "proper chair"

WE HAVE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR .....

bless our home at christmas

 

 yes i know that fairy again..but i just love this image.... for this xmas card i used the sketch by SALLY over on:~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#236

MO MANNING ~ANIMALS,INSECTS... OR FAIRIES

CUTE CARD THURSDAY#229 ~CHRISTMAS CATCH UP (card for friends who are spending their first xmas in their new home)

CREATIVE KNOCKOUTS#15 ~TIS THE SEASON

FAB `N FUNKY#197 ~SNOWFLAKES

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my minds eye paper, mo manning image, coloured with promarkers, elzybells word stamp, nestabilities circle dies, shapeabilities snowflake dies, memeory box snowflake corner dies, ribbon,brads from my stash, flower soft for snow,finished with stickles glitter.

well how excitied am i ?? i won the prize on the last challenge over on MO MANNING!! (doing happy dance) xx

angels on high, hear them sing...

 

was asked if i would make a card for someones sister, (don`t make cards for other people, but they asked nicely) so for this card i used the sketch over on:~

SKETCH SATURDAY#288

CRAFTYHAZEL NUTZ CH#154 ~FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL ~ "SISTER"

DIGI HAVEN ~MERRY CHRISTMAS

OUR CREATIVE CORNER ~A VERY VINTAGE CHRISTMAS 

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS#228~   INCLUDE A SENTIMENT

BUNNY ZOESCRAFTS ~MONTHLY CHALLENGE ~WINGS

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used my minds eye and craftwork cards glttered papers, mo manning image , coloured with promarkers, elzybells word stamp, nestablities oval dies, memory box snowflake corner die, sizzix alphabet dies, shapeabilities snowflake dies, glittered brads from stash, finished with stickles glitter.

more cards to make, more cards to write... 

less and less time to get it all done..only two weeks to go....

U rock, bro

 

for this BIRTHDAY card (one for my youngest son (who chose the stamp and theme) to give to his brother for his 16th birthday) i used the sketch by CLAIRE over on:~

SUNDAY SKETCH AND STAMP #154

KRAFTIN` KIMMIE STAMPS CHALLENGE #176 ~HEAT/DRY EMBOSSING 

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS#196 ~ "TO DIE FOR"

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used my minds eye and webster`s pages (heat embossed) papers, kraftin` kimmie stamp. coloured with promarkers, crafter companion word stamp, nestabilities label dies, quickutz note dies, all embossed with crafts~too stars, christine adolph die cut tab with kraftin kimmie word stamp"u rock"..

what beautiful weather we are having.... not having to wear coats ,scarves and gloves ..but t~shirts and sandels( and even sun glasses)!!

babies...our dreams

 not a xmas card today.. but a card for my cousin and his wife who became a grandparents for the fisrt time, when their daughter Bex gave birth to a beautiful baby son~Ethan at the weekend.

used the sketch over on :~
TUESDAY MORNING SKETCHES#172

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE~ANYTHING BUT CHRISTMAS (love this cute stamp, but rarely see`s the light of day)

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used first adition and my minds eye papers, LOTV stamp, coloured with promarkers,nestabilities  circle dies, ribbon from my stash. finished with atouch of glitter.

hey buddy

have had some time to make a birthday card for a dear friend , as always a fab sketch by Arlana over on :~
SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#173

HANNA AND FRIENDS#155 ~DOTS AND STRIPES

PAPERPLAY `12 WEEK39 ~FLOWERS AND LACE
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used dovecraft and my minds eye papers, kanban stamp, coloured with promarkers, LOTV word circle stamp, elzybells word stamp, nestabilities circle dies, quickutz flower die, magnolia heart swirl die, flowers,brads and lace from my stash.

books and more books.....

 yes i am back, been a while.... just lost my mojo..and having a rest and been away on holiday too (a few pics below) ....then i had some new spellbinders for my birthday on friday..and here i am!!

used the sketch by FIONA over on ~THE SUGAR BOWL#91(theme shabby chic)

STAMP FOR FUN#177~BUTTONS

ABC CHALLENGE ~W FOR WISHES

TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS FRIDAY#133 ~BUTTERFLIES, BOWS AND BUTTONS

ALL SORTS CHALLENGE #171 ~ LAYERS

used my minds eye papers, sugar nellie "book club"stamp, magnolia book and cake stamps, coloured with promarkers,  cc designas word stamp, various spellbinders dies ,  brads, buttons, bow, thread and an old book from my stash.                                                                                           

                   

below are a few pics of our holiday ........

 this is the farm house we stayed at near HAY~ON~WYE ~the place of books....... all 10 of us ..my parents, myself and family, and my brother and his family.... gorgeous week , in the loveliest place ~peace and quiet with our own lake..... (having been putting photos on my facebook)

 my two boys Aaron and Lewis with their cousin Maki

 my sister in law Allison and niece Justine

 ..and then it is time to say goodbye..... and the start to their new life in California,USA

CSF#46 ~SKETCH

well here we are another MONDAY MORNING ~ and time for a new challenge over on CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS .... A SKETCH ...not had one of those before have we??? don`t know about you but, i love a sketch to follow!!!

today i am showing a mothersday card for my mum...........don`t forget the 18th march.

also followed the following challenges:~

CRAFT YOUR DAYS AWAY#40 ~MOTHERSDAY

365 CARDS~DAY 3 ~ PRETTY IN PINK

CES#75 ~FLOWER FRENZY

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used my minds eye papers, sarah kay cuddling kitty stamp, magnolia fence stamp, molly blooms bird house satmp, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities label die, shapeabilities floral flourish/leaf dies, card candy and flowers from my stash.

close up of the details ~love these new sarah kays and love using my new 8x8 card stock too!!

hope you had a good weekend...... and ready for the start of a new week!!

happy mother`s day

yes i know mothers day is a few weeks aways ~but just got this stamp and just had to ink her up and play!!
used the sketch over on :~ SKETCH SATURDAY#196

CRAFTYCATZ WEEKLY#121 ~I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH...B ~ I SPY:~ BOW/BONNET/BROWN/BLOOMS

ALL SORTS#143 ~IT`S YOUR CHOICE (ANYTHING GOES)

SIMON SAYS........ANYTHING GOES

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used my minds eye papers, sarah kay stamp, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities label dies,quickutz circle flower dies and leaf and swirl dies, sizzix swirl die, papermania ribbon,various flowers from stash.

very tired, as have a very poorly Lewis at home...was sick 11 times in 6 hours..and he didn`t cry .....just kept asking "is that the last time ,mummy???"....breaks your heart ,if only you could stop the sick!!! think he will be home until monday...... so little crafting time i think!!

CSF#40 ~ CHRISTMAS

cannot believe it is MONDAY MORNING again and time for a new challenge at CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS ~#40 ~CHRISTMAS!! nice and easy that one ~if like me you still have christmas cards to make.... here is your chance to make another one!!!

used the sketch over on:~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#131

CRAFTY CATZ WEEKLY#112 ~ANYTHING GOES

CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES~C4C117 ~IT`S SANTA

CES#65 ~TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

used my minds eye xmas glittered papers, adorable images, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities circle dies, sizzix tree die, card candy, ribbon, bows and glittered vellum from my stash, finished with glitter.

beginning of the week and the last school week for my boys until christmas count down starts!! ~lewis has his school concert on tuesday (must remember to take photos!) ~his last one at his first school ~next year he moves onto middle school and they don`t do these parent concerts!!
whatever you are doing this week enjoy..and hope you get your christmas cards/gift packages made in time!!

celebrate the christmas lights ~ dad!!

a strange title you may ask?? well we had fun finding/buying xmas tree lights to work this year..the upside is i now have lovely twinkling lights hanging up at my front window and small warm white lights on my tree!!!..thankyou DH..you are a star..and sorry we all laughed at your first buy of tree lights!!(they are hanging up in the window ~which is because they are icicle style)..so this is the xmas card i have made for the boys to give their dad!!

used the fab sketch over on:~

STAMP WITH FUN

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS#129 ~MAGA CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

HANNA AND FRIENDS#123 ~WINTER CARD

CUTE CARD THURSDAY#194~ANYTHING GOES

JUST MAGNOLIA AND HANGLAR& STANGLAR ~"I`M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS"

STAMPIN FOR THE WEEKEND#22 ~CHRISTMAS

WINTER WONDERLAND ~LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

ALPHABET CHALLENGE ~ W FOR WHITE CHRISTMAS

used my minds eye xmas paper, magnolia edwin and snow scene background stamps, coloured with promarkers, kanban word stamp, sizzix snowflake dies, nestabilities oval dies, finished with lots and lots of different white stickles glitters!!!

well here is the tree..not so good in day light is it???..will try a night time one soon..if i can get my camera to do night time!! have a wonderful saturday...only 2 weeks until christmas eve..and i am very slowly ticking off my to do xmas list..and i mean very slowly!!

ST NICK will soon be here....

one more xmas card made..used the lovely sketch over on :~

SWEET SUNDAY SKETCH ~SSSC146

PAPER SUNDEAS#98 ~sundae bar~ toppings:~ red/stripes/die cuts/stitching ~i used ~red/stripes/die cuts

CREATIVE CARD CREW ~ `TIS THE SEASON

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY ~ANYTHING GOES

MY TIME TO CRAFT#168 ~VINTAGE CHRISTMAS

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used my minds eye xmas paper, molly blooms stamps, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities cirle dies, quickutz poinsettia die, magnolia swirl die, sizzix corner die, stampin`up scalloped edged punch, finished with card candy and lace from my stash.

another christmas card ticked off the list..... do love these molly bloom xmas stamps and my minds eye glittered paper ( just found at the back of my 12x12 paper cupboard~really need to get a unit to stack them in ~ i have so many papers not being seen/used)