Wedding Cake Card

How are you all this week
 We have been having the gas pipes replace in our area over the last few months and  this week  was our turn. My husband was around Tuesday but on Friday  they were connecting our pipe to the pipe in the road so I had the day off and spent some time in my craft room and created today's card. They turned the gas off on the morning and we were reconnected in the afternoon. Just all the holes in the road to fill now.

We have a couple of weddings coming up over the next few months so I thought I would make a start on the cards. I found  a stamp that I have never used so thought I would try it out, I am not sure who made it but it is grey unmounted rubber. 
Here is one of the cards I made. I stamped it in a Hickory Smoke Oxide  and heat embossed it in sparkly embossing powder. I was hard to photograph for you as it is on pearl card too  but  I assure you it really sparkles in real life.

I have also had a visit to the doctors, as I have had a painful elbow  for months. I did go at the beginning of December and was told it was tendonitis and it should go away. Well it hasn't and its got worse. Even everyday tasks are so painful and the painkillers are not working. Well I am now waiting to have a steroid injection at the hospital. So it could be a few months until it happens. Until then I will keep putting the ice on it .
Well I am now going to try to catch up on some TV I have so many programmes to watch we are nearly out of storage and hubby is out playing darts so I can watch away.


I have entered this card in the following challenges:
Crafting with Friends ATG
crafting from the heart #238 ATG

Bell Mask

Hi All

How is everyone are you ready for Christmas? 
Here is another Christmas card to share with you today.

 Using a bell mask I brushed various shades of green  oxide inks through the aperture. I stamped one of Phill Martin's verses in the centre of it. Then cut one of Sue Wilson dies and added Phill's paper pad behind it. 

I complete it by using green PVA as pearl with glitter sprinkled over them while still wet to add a bit of sparkle.

Its my daughters birthday today I cannot believe she is 27. We all went for a lovely Chinese on Saturday to celebrate, and she has gone to be pampered at a spa today. 

If I do not blog again before Christmas have a wonderful Christmas and peaceful New Year. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
alphabet challenge- S for season greeting
the holly and ivy #42 ATG
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge 416 - ATG

Inky Snowflake Background

Evening all

I hope you are all well. 
Here is another Christmas card.

I had a play with my TH distress  oxides inks and created the snowflake background. Then I used the waste aperture as a stencil from SW bold snowflake die and ink through using the same colour inks and then just popped the sentiment on the top . I used one of my old Spellbinders border dies to create the edge. 

I think it looks sort of a vintage style. I am thinking of doing more along this design but in different colours.  

Well we gave in and put the heating on this weekend as it was freezing. Woke up to a frost this morning, but I know there has been snow on the highlands... brrr. 

The cats want to be indoors all the time now although they do wake me up to go out at stupid o'clock in the morning.

Have a good week and thanks for stopping by.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
the holly and ivy christmas challenge #39 ATG
abc christmas challenge - V is very quick
CHNC # 49 ATG Christmas

Flowers on black card

Hi Everyone

It seems an age since I have posted anything. Life has been busy and I have not had a great deal of time for card making. 
I made these two cards using a Honey Doo stamp. I stamped it twice and added distress oxides to the flowers and fussy cut them out. I added Nuvo drops to complete the cards. I think the colours really pop when put against black card.

I hope everyone is ok and enjoying the sunny spell we are having. Fingers crossed it will be a nice bank holiday.
Thanks for popping by.

Red snowflakes

Hi all

 Well I have so much stuff in my craft box waiting to be used it was overflowing -and to be honest I couldn't remember what I had in there. 
I found a piece of acetate that I had previously spread red glitter paste through a snowflake mask, (who says you cannot  have red snowflakes , right !!) so I decided to make a Christmas card out of it. 
I also found some lovely snowy glitter card that that I popped behind the acetate. I had bought SW Twinkle Star frame die but again had never used it. I placed this over the top of the acetate added a sentiment and matted and layered it. To complete the card I added CS pearl glue to each of the star sections on the background die and then three berry red ones on the frame

It was so hard to photograph so that you could see the sparkle but it looks lovely in real life. 

I hope everyone is keeping well - I have a medical issues at the moment and tests to be had - so I should know the results in a few weeks and then it will be next steps

Thanks for popping by I really do appreciate it, and if you wish to leave a comment that would be fantastic.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

christmas at sweet stampin challenge April

the holly and ivy christmas challenge#26 ATG

crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge #380

Flower Flourish

Hi all
How are you.. I hope you have had a good week. I cannot believe we are now in February.
I have been playing with the Honey Doo stamps I bought the other week from the craft show.

I stamped the  main image on to white card and then heat embossed it in white. I stamped the sentiment in black and heat embossed this too.  I then used 3 colours of oxides and applied them using smoothies across the card. I really like the oxides they blend so well together. I stamped the main image again in the same way but this time I cut the flowers out and shaped them and glued them on top of the base flowers. I added the Nuvo drops to the centre of the flowers. Another product that I have just bought and I really like .. so more of them will be  going on my wish list. 
I mounted it on to black card which really makes it pop. 
Well are you are ready for the cold weather we will be having this week. Our cats and  dogs would rather just stay inside and sleep - well I don't blame them I would if I was them.   I am hoping to give the dogs a bath this week- wish me well as I get as wet as what they do ...lol. 
I am still knitting the bonding square and this has now lead me back into crocheting - it must be 12 year plus since I have done this but I have ordered some yarn and I hope to start crocheting a throw very soon. Not sure how long it will take me to complete but I will post a picture when it is. 
Well I had better sign off now the other half is shouting at the football on the  TV ... 
I have entered this card in the following challenges 
Stamping Sensations #Feb Anything with Flowers
Dragonfly Dreams - Flowers
lil patch of crafty friends # 75 ATG

Using Altenew stamps... again

Hi all

Still playing the the Tim Holtz platform with my stamps and  I must say I am loving it so far. 

Another card using my Altenew stamps. I am enjoying exploring all the different colour combination and this red one looks beautiful in real life.  I am keeping a list of the colours I have used once I decide I like a colour combo, as I know I will forget what I have used  lol.
On the embossed background I  added a some Frosted glitterbitz to the center of the embossed flowers but it was quite hard to catch this in the photographs.

I went to a craft show at Sandown Park on Saturday.. well what a busy show that was. Create & Craft were filming there and there were a lot more exhibitors there this time round. The last time I attended was about 2 years ago it was ok but quite limited. I was very good and didn't spend too much. I added to my TH oxide collection and bought a SW die and some stamps from Honey Doo.    
I hope you all have a great week, thank you for stopping by.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty friends challenge ATG
polkadoodle -week 4 ATG
Altenewblog #January-2018

Snowflake Flurry

Hi Everyone

Are you all set for Christmas - are all your cards done yet?
Not long now until the big day. Another Christmas card for today's post .

I masked off the wavy middle and stamped a selection of Phill Martin's snowflake stamps in a variety of blue colours. I  used a WOW embossing powder randomly over the snowflakes I can't remember which embossing powder it was but it is a sparkly one. The wavy sentiment is from Apple Blossom All Occasion Collection - Wavy sentiment stamp set.
I completed the card with some bling in the middle of some of the snowflakes and added matting and layering.
A flat card that is perfect for posting and great for batch making and I created them in purple too.  

I hope you all have a great week and thanks for taking the time to stop by at this busy time of the year. 
I am entering the card in the following challenges:
Lets Craft and Create # 132 -Anything Christmas
Christmas at sweet stampin challenge Anything Christmas
Christmas cards all year round- ATG
CHNC challenge 364
Allsorts challenge week 46 - Cold & Frosty Colours

Festive Circle

Hi all

Another card made with Lime tree crafts white topaz card.  This time I masked off the center of the card with a die cut circle. Then randomly stamped the festive fir-cones stamps from Card-io around the edge in a variety of colours. Then I removed the circle and stamped the sentiment from Phil Martin scribbled Christmas verses.

 I wasn't quite sure what to mount the card on to - so as I looked around my craft room I found some glitter tape/ribbon. I glued this around the sides of my card blank and then popped the topaz card over this. I really like this glitter tape it adds a bit of bling without going over the top. 

I hope you all have a wonderful week.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
CCC #24
Addicted to CAS #123 Leaves
Polkadoodle - ATG
The merry christmas challenge # 40 ATG

Cottage Snow Globe

Hi all

One of my recent purchases is this Snow Globe die from from Find It Trading

 I cut the Find it Snow Globe die out of a great card from LimeTree crafts called White Topaz - I really like this cardstock  and have used it a lot for my Christmas cards this year. It takes ink great even though it is pearlised. 
With this card I shaded the globe with TH distress oxide Tumbled Glass with a hint of a darker blue. 
Once the ink was dry I stamped the cottage and added glitter to the image to create a snowy feel. I added some snow to the sky by picking up some white acrylic paint with my pokey tool and dabbed it on the image. 
To create the background I used a Woodware snowflake stamp using the same blue ink.
I die cut and embossed the sentiment out of sky blue card and embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
CCC #24
crafting with friends Challenge 53
12 months off christmas linkup -Challenge #34: Optional Theme...Anything Goes
CHNC - challenge 56

Festive Banner

Hi all
Another Christmas card for today

Here I have used my new card-io Majestix stamps (Festive Fir-Cones)I created a strip by masking off part of the white topaz card and then stamping randomly along the strip in various colours. I then removed the masking tape and popped the Happy Christmas in the gap which was die cut in vintage Gold card.

A great card for batch making too

Well I have passed my three month probation at my new job - yeah!! 
The job is going well (very different from my old one) and the people are nice.

Thank you for stopping by and any comments you wish to leave are greatly appreciated.
Have a great week everyone. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
crafting from the heart - challenge 178 AG
CHNC - challenge extra -October
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge 354
christmas card challenge #23
abc christmas challenge u-for-unlimited -v-for-vibrant