The return of Christmas

 Hello folks

I know I'm sorry but we are going back to Christmas today. I have been very busy over the summer and most of what I have made are festive. 

This card features one of my favourite stamps that I purchased this year. Be prepared to see a lot of this little fellow!

This is a Woodware stamp called Gnome wishes which I have coloured with Spectrum Noir original pens and Triblend pens - 

• nose and hands - FS blend and TN2
• clothes - DR blend, CG blend, IG blend and IG1
• shoes - EB shades
• beard - IG blend
• heart - DR blend
• holly - DR blend and DG blend
• ground - BG blend
• sky - IB1

I have also used - 

• red cardstock
• clear glitter
• red pearls

I have kept the card simple and flat to keep postage costs down.

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

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Take flight

 Good afternoon everyone

A bit late posting today - had to do more of those dreaded household chores. Ironing this time, absolutely my most hated task but it is done now so I can get back to crafting. Hooray.

This is a card I made for my daughter's birthday - 

I had a fabulous time playing with all my stamps. stencils and inks and learning a new technique.

For this card I have used - 

• white centura pearl for the card base
• white stamping card
• black core'dinations
• AALL & Create stencils - lotza trianglz and totally triangular
• AALL & Create stamps - take flight, background noise, bold alpha minis, party with me and fly
• Copics pens - E51, E21, E11, R35, R46 and R59
• Distress oxides - fossilized amber, worn lipstick and broken china
• Distress inks - fossilized amber, worn lipstick and broken china
• Versafine Claire black ink

On the stamp set you only get one of the butterfly's wings so I learnt how to use acetate to reverse the stamp. As you can see from the photos one of the wings is a little lighter than the other. This is the print taken from the acetate. It isn't perfect but it is something I will work on.

A close up of some of the background detail.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Peachy congratulations

 Good morning folks

After a very stormy weekend the sun is finally shining but unfortunately I have those dreaded household chores to do so I will not be able to enjoy it.

After the mega Christmas marathon today I am sharing an anniversary card with you - 

For this card I have used - 

• Chloe's Creative cards - spring foliage and fabulous flowers stamps
• Chloe's Creative cards Wow embossing powder - peach melba and diamond white
• Chloe's creative cards fancy rectangles die set
• white centura pearl for the card base
• Papers by Chloe spring paper pad
• Sparkelicious glitter - unicorn sparkle and fire opal
• Gemini happy anniversary die
• bling from my stash 

Love the unicorn sparkle glitter. 

Right better go and tackle the housework. Have a good day and thank you for taking the time to stop by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

A friendly snowman

 Hello again

This marathon is taking a very long time and I am boring myself so this is the last one for now. 

For these card I have used - 

• Hunkydory's winter wishes - a friendly snowman
• silver mirri
• ribbons and gems from my stash and The Hobby House

And for the second set I have used - 

• winter wishes - seasonal stag card kit from Hunkydory
• silver mirri
• gems from my stash

That's all from me today. Have a good Saturday.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Shakers

Good morning

Today I am sharing more of my Christmas marathon cards but these are a little different - 

The first two cards are shaker cards and the last one is a DL card. I have only made one shaker card before which wasn't overly successful but I read a tip about using your anti-static bag on your acetate before adding your sequins and making a completely sealed shaker before adding it to the card. These tips have worked and I am much happier with the results.

This is an 8 inch square card.

And this is a 7 inch square card.

For this set of cards I have used - 

• Hunkydory's winter wishes - shining bright
• silver mirri
• construction acetate from Hunkydory
• sequins, gems and ribbons from my stash 

And finally a DL card to use up the 'scraps'.

Thank you for stopping by today

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Winter woolies

 Hello folks

More of my Christmas marathon today. Again using kits from Hunkydory.

For the first set of cards I have used - 

• Hunkydory's Winter wishes - winter woolies card kit
• silver mirri
• snowflake die from Sara's signature collection winter wonderland frosted tree die set
• gems from my stash

The owl cards were made using - 

• Hunkydory's winter wishes - owl I want for Christmas card kit
• silver mirri
• ribbon and gems from my stash and The Hobby House

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Christmas post

 Good morning folks

More festive card for you today and a slight improvement in the photo quality (I shut the blinds!!) - 

For these cards I have used - 

• Winter wishes - Christmas post card kit from Hunkydory
• silver mirri
• pearl clusters and ribbon from The Hobby House

For this second set of cards I have used - 

• Winter wishes  - Old St. Nick card kit from Hunkydory
• silver mirri
• pearl clusters, pearls and ribbons from The Hobby House

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

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Christmas card marathon

Good morning folks

As regular readers of my blog will know August is my month for making Christmas cards and that I normally get a kit from Hunkydory well nothing has changed this year! So for today and the remainder of this week I am posting the results of my marathon. This post is a bit photo heavy and the photo quality is not brilliant - I really need to practise my photography.

For these card I have used - 

• Hunkydory's Winter wishes - Christmas on the canal card kit
• silver mirri
• pearls and ribbon from The Hobby House

A 7 inch square card.

A5 tent fold card.

A DL card.

And the second set for today - 

For this set of cards I have used - 

• Hunkydory's Winter wishes - Robin friends card kit
• silver mirri
• pearl clusters and ribbon from The Hobby House

A 7 inch square card.

A 6 inch square card.

A DL card.

All very simple cards made using the inspiration sheet from the card kit and my own imagination.

Thank you for stopping by today

Crafty hugs

Lesley

 

Seasonal gnome

 Good afternoon folks

On this very, very hot day here in Manchester (UK) I thought I would cool things down a bit and share one of my festive cards. When I went on holiday I took my Triblend pens and plenty of stamped images so I was able to get a headstart with my Christmas cards. Since being home I have made them into cards and this is one of them .......

The stamp is a new one (lockdown and the internet are a dangerous combination!!) called seasonal gnome from Woodware which I have coloured with my Triblend pens, Illustrators and original Spectrum Noir pens - 

• skin - FS blend and TN2
• clothes - DR blend, CG blend, IG blend, IG1 and TN blend
• holly - DG blend and DR blend
• beard - IG blend
• candle - EB blend, CT blend, OR3 and GB5
• present - CT blend, GB5 and DR blend
• ground - BG1, BG2 and BG3
• sky - IB1

I have also used - 

• red  card
• gems and glitter from my stash
• white 5x7 card base

I am trying to keep those cards I am going to post small and with not too many layers so this one is quite simple but I am very pleased with the result. Sometimes I have to tell myself less is more ...

Thank you for stopping by today. If you are in the middle of a heatwave too stay cool and safe.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Glittery twisted easel

Good morning folks

A scheduled post from me today as I am trying to get to grips with some household chores. Boring I know but unfortunately a necessity.

Today's card is another Chloe Endean stamp-a-long - 

This one is very bright and glittery - still have not managed to get the sparkle to show in my photos. This was stamp-a-long number 10 and can be found on You-tube or on Chloe's blog at 

https://www.chloescreativecards.co.uk/blogs/news/stamp-a-long-live-with-chloe-10

For this card I have used - 

• white centura pearl card 
• azalea pearl card from Chloe's Creative cards
• heat resistant acetate
• Stamps by Chloe - clematis flower, spring foliage, happy birthday and geometric background stamps
• distress oxides - picked raspberry and fossilised amber
• clear embossing powder from my stash
• Wow opaque bright white embossing powder
• tutti frutti Sparkelicious glitter
• clear glitter from my stash
• rainbow jewels and bling from Chloe's Creative cards

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

70th birthday wishes

Good afternoon folks

A little late posting today, I got distracted by my Christmas crafting.

Today's post is another birthday card which was a commission make.

 For this card I have used - 

• white, baby blue and dark blue centura pearl
• heat resistant acetate
• Catitudes musical notes embossing folder from Crafter's Companion
• Chloe's Creative cards stamps - spring foliage and clematis flower
• Gemini stitched edge circles 2 and scalloped circles die sets from Crafter's Companion
•  Sparkelicious glitter - paradise from Chloe's Creative cards
• Wow embossing powder  - diamond white and bejewelled blue both available from Chloe's Creative cards
• Die'sire celebration words set 1 and set 2 die set from Crafter's Companion
• gems from my stash

I edged all the layers with clear glitter.

That's all from me today, back to those festive makes. Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Cool cat trio

Good morning folks

Well I'm back and feeling very refreshed after my holiday. And, because it is the school summer holidays ready to start my Christmas card marathon. I have invested in a few (ahem) new products and can't wait to get started.

However today I am sharing a recent birthday card - 

The stamp is from MFT and is called Cool cats which I have coloured with Spectrum Noir pens - 

• BO1, BO2, BO3, BO4, PP1, PP3 and true black

I have also used - 

• white centura pearl
• black core'dinations
• MFT stitched triple peek-a-boo window and edge die
• white pearls and black gems 

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley