A little bit festive

Hello folks from a very, very wet Manchester.

Gosh this weather is terrible but typically British summer weather. One of the canals in Manchester city centre flooded over the weekend which is virtually unheard of!! We had a months rain in one weekend!!

Today I am sharing more Christmas cards made with kits from my stash so these are older kits.

For these cards I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• silver mirri
• A sparkling season - Frosty the snowman and Mr Snowman card kits from Hunkydory
• gems and pearls from my stash
• Gemini Christmas sentiments

 Front of the card.

Inside of the card.

That's all from me for today. I have a dentist appointment to go to - what fun!

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Patchwork bunnies

Good morning folks

A much cooler morning here today. Plus some rain too which will be good for the garden. I am off to visit my son in Preston today and may throw in a little retail theraphy at my favourite craft story😊

Today's card is another one made for a work colleague (the second one is a stash builder)

For these cards I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card bases)
• gold mirri
• Return to Patchwork forest - make a wish card kit from Hunkydory
• pink ribbon from my stash
• pink and gold gems from my stash

Right off to load the car with more of my son's stuff (he now has his own place so I am emptying my house of all his belongings. End of a era but I have to let him go sometime).

Enjoy your day

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Scorchio

Good afternoon folks

Phew it's hot!! Yesterday was unbearable. It was too hot for the garden so I decided to go into my little craftroom. That was a disaster. The fan was essential but everything kept getting blown off my desk so I gave up and just sat in front of the fan reading a book instead. It is a little cooler today but still not good crafting weather.

In order to cool myself down a little I thought I would share some Christmas makes.

For these cards I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card bases)
• silver mirri
• blue Adorable Scorable
• Snowy season - deer winter wishes card kit from Hunkydory
• foiled snowflakes (I think these are from Hunkydory but I am not 100% certain)
• silver gems

More details of the gatefold card.

That's all from me today. Take care in this heat.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Happy retirement

Good morning folks

A little late this morning but I had a bit of a lie-in as a reward for making it to the end of the school year in one piece if a little ragged around the edges. 

As always at the end of a school year we say goodbye to friends and colleagues who are off to pastures new. Our phase leader has retired after 30 years teaching at our school and this is the card I made to say goodbye - 

For this card I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• gold mirri
• Milestones and moments happy retirement card kit from Hunkydory
• gold gems from my stash

A fairly simple card but an easel always adds that little bit extra.

Right I am off to enjoy the sunshine now the storm has passed. Have a good day.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

It's a cats life

Hello folks

Hump day already and nearly the end of the school year. I can't believe I will be saying goodbye to these children already - where has this school year gone? Ah well it's a sign of old age I'm told.

I made this birthday card for my cat loving friend's birthday - 

For this card I have used - 

• white centura pearl for the card base
• It's a cats life card kit and insert
• brushed gold mirri
• red gems from my stash

 Inside the card.

Flat shot.

Short and sweet today. Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Postcard from France

Good morning folks

I have been playing with my crafty stash this week. I wanted to avoid anything Christmas - after my Christmas marathon a few weeks ago I am all Christmased out.  A while ago I bought the new French collection of stamps and stencils from Crafter's Companion and made this - 

For background I have used - 

• Neenah desert storm card
• Carte postale 3D layering stencil
• Oh la, la, Postmark Paris and French lace stamp sets
• Imagination Crafts mixed media art stencil
• Harmony inks - seal brown, friar brown and sandstorm

For the main image I have used - 

• Neenah desert storm card
• French floral stamp
• expresso Adirondack ink (to stamp the main image)
• Harmony inks - seal brown, friar brown, sandstone, pinetree and grasshopper
• Spectrum Noir crystal clear Sparkle pen

I used the Sparkle pen to pick up the ink from my glass mat and then colour the image.

To complete the card I used - 

• Kraft card (for the card base) which I inked with seal brown Harmony ink
• Sue Wilson's double stitched rectangle die set
• lace, seam binding, printed seam binding and pearls from my stash

Whew - that was a long post! And on that note I will say goodbye to you.

Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Birthday bear

Good morning folks

The end of another week and I have decided to post something different today - a birthday card - 

For this card I have used LOTV's little friends stamp set which I coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and Triblend pens - 

• bear - golden brown blend, GB8 and pale pink blend
• happy birthday - AB2 and AB3
• flower - AB1, AB2, AB3, EB1, EB2 and CG2
• grass - CG1, CG2 and DG2
• sky - VB1

I have also used - 

• kraft card
• Sara's signature collection - vintage tea party papers
• washi tape (I think it is one from a Sara's signature collection but I am not sure which one)
• Sue Wilson's double stitched rectangle die set
• LaLa Land heart banner die
• pearls from my stash

I trimmed the banner die down slightly to make it fit on the card.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Magic of Christmas

Hello folks

A short post from me today and yes it is more Christmas -

For these cards I have used - 

• Snowy season - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas kit from Hunkydory
• white centura pearl for the card bases
• blue Adorable Scorable
• silver mirri
• blue, red and silver gems from my stash
• Gemini Christmas sentiments

 Thank you to Jackie at Tinyroses craftroom for the inspiration for the above card.

Thank you for stopping by today. Enjoy your day.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

When the red, red robin.........

Good morning everyone

More festivity for you today. This is probably my favourite set of cards that I have made so far this year. Robins are such a cheery little bird and I have one who is a regular visitor to my bird feeder. 

For these cards I have used - 

• Snowy season - robin redbreast card kit from Hunkydory
• silver mirri
• green Adorable Scorable
• red ribbon and gems from my stash
• Die'sire celebration words set 2

That's all for today folks. Thank you for stopping by

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Winter village

Good morning folks

I hope you all had a good weekend. I had a quiet one - spent doing housework and gardening. I did a little crafting but not much.

Today I am sharing some more of the Christmas cards I have been making - 

This time I have used a kit which came free with Cardmaking and papercraft magazine last year. I have used - 

• Snowy season - the winter village card kit from Hunkydory
• white centura pearl for the card base
• silver mirri
• red gems from my stash

 A short post from me today. Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Step into Christmas

Good morning

More Christmas cards for you today. You would think that after making all these cards using my stash would mean a space in my craftroom but no I still needed to buy more storage last week! I think I actually have two hobbies - card making and craft supply buying.

Here are today's cards - 

For these cards I used - 

• Hunkydory's Traditional Christmas - step into Christmas card kit
• green Adorable Scorable
• gold mirri
• gold pearls from my stash

That's all from me today folks. Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Festive footwear

Good morning folks

Well it's back to Christmas today I am afraid. I have so many to share with you. Once again I have used another of the older kits -

These are both big 8 by 8 inch cards and to make them I have 

used -

• Hunkydory's Contemporary Christmas - A fabulous Christmas card kit
• black Aborable Scorable
• red Adorable Scorable
• gold centura pearl card
• white centura pearl (for the card bases)
• black and gold gems
• red organza ribbon from my stash

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Bright mandala

Good morning folks

The sun is shinning here and it lokks like summer has returned so I thought we would have a break from Christmas crafts. This is a  card I made recently with a new crafty purchase - 

I have used Chakra stamp and die set from Crafter's Companion and coloured it with Spectrum Noir Colorista pens and Spectrum Noir pens - 

• hot pink, nectarine, canary, pear green and cyan (set 6 Colorista pens)
• IG2

I randomly stamped the mandala over a square of card and coloured it. I then stamped and die cut the central mandala and then attached it to the card with foam pads.

I also used - 

• matt black card
• Neenah Crest stamping card
• Die'sire celebration words set 1
• black sequinns

That's all from me today, I will be back with more Christmas crafty makes soon. Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Festive wishes

Good morning

Well summer is trying its best to return. We keep getting glimpses of the sun every now and again. Fingers crossed it does return.

Last Christmas post for this week. Once again more cards made with products from my stash - 

For these cards I have used - 

• Love Christmas - Festive wishes card kit from Hunkydory (free with Cardmaking and papercraft magazine)
• gold mirri
• gold centura pearl
• white cetura pearl (for the card bases)
• red and gold gems
• Gemini Christmas sentimentals die set

Sorry this bit is a little photo heavy.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Love birds

Good morning folks

Another festive post for you today. Once again I have used a kit I have had in my stash for quite a while - 

For these cards I have used - 

• Love Christmas - Christmas love birds card kit from Hunkydory (free with Cardmaking and papercraft magazine)
• gold mirri
• gold centura pearl
• white centura pearl (for the card bases)
• red gems

 This card is  4 by 4 inches.

This one is 7 by 7 inches.

And this card is 6 by 6 inches.

Thank you for stopping by today

Crafty hugs

Lesley