Christmas greetings and thoughts of others...

Hi everyone, I would just like to wish you all a very happy christmas and peaceful and safe new year. I would also like to ask you all to stop and think about all the families out there who are affected by the floods. Dee x

Christmas card selection

Hi everyone, hope you all have been enjoying the sunny crisp weather, unfortunately here in birmingham we're back to a dull rainy day, which makes you feel miserable with the dark mornings and nights. Never mind crafting can brighten up our days. Sign that I am back at work now don't semm to have the tme to blog. Here are a few cards I've managed to make this year but I've made a lot fewer than I did last year. Hope you like. Dee x

Chloes stamps - christmas card

Morning everyone, today's post is a christmas card DL size, it ended up completely different how it started out, and is a little 'busy' but I was happy with the end results. I've used:
Chloe stamp
WOW embossing powders
Ribbon bought at the NEC
Paper from stash (sorry can't remember who's)
SB holly die
Cuttlebug tree die


Hopy you like, what do you think? See you soon - Dee x

Sports Birthday card

Hi crafty mates,

This post is a card I made for my son's birthday at the end of september but because of problems with the blog and being so busy I haven't had chance to post it until now. He loves sport and with the olympics thought it appropriate. The card is A5 size and I've used:

Clarity stamp
Coloured card from stash
Adirondack inks

Hope you like....

Dee x

Get well card 'in the pink

Hi everone, trying a different route tonight to post this card, I made it a few weeks ago for close friend who had a serious spine operation, thankfully she's on the mend now. I thought the bright colour would cheer her up. Hope you like. Dee x

Billy and Buster go Biking

Hi everyone,

Just another quick posting tonight of a card I made for my little nephew a few weeks ago. It's a LOTV stamp design and I've used paper and twine from stash, an SB circle die and a Whimsy ticket die for the sentiment.  Hope you all like. Dee x

sympathy card - In remembrance

Hi all, my computer has been causing me headaches over the past few weeks, so hopefully I can upload this card tonight.  It is a sympathy card for a friend who passed away a couple of months ago, but as it's remembrance weekend thought it was apt to post it tonight. Sorry there's a shadow across it the light wasn't good when I took it. Dee x

Flowers & Buses

Hi everyone,  haven't been around the blogging scene lately, partly due to problems with my internet connection and uploading photos onto my blog; but a quick posting tonight of two cards I made a few months ago.  One is a birthday card for a dear friend who loves flowers.  The other is a birthday card for my brother in law who loves buses.
Hope you like.

 

 

 

Dee x

Sparkling silver birthday card

Hi all, Just re-posting this one in case anyone missed it in the mix up with my blog throwing wobblies.

Dee
x

Son's Anniversary Card

Hi again, it's running okay again for now so before it throws a wobbly here is the card I've been trying to blog for the past hour.

I made this card for my son & DIL's 2nd wedding anniversary in May. It's one of Dawn Bibby's stamps that I've had yonks but never really used it, quite apt for an anniversary I thought.  I've used various papers from stash. SB butterfly & Hearts and the MS monarch butterfly, and doily down the edge.  Various organza ribbons etc. 
Hope you like.  Dee x

 

 

Anniversary card - Re-posting

Sorry folks, was going to post another card tonight but it's now decided to throw another wobbly.  It seems to allow me to post directly from my blog but the server doesn't respond when trying to upload from my pictures file, it's driving me loopy at the moment.

So I've posted one of my first cards that I blogged about 16 months ago, just to remind some of you who perhaps hadn't joined me at that time.  Thanks for looking. 
Dee x

Sparkling in Silver

Hi, I'm having terrible problems with my blog, I can't seem to upload any photos it's so fustrating especially as I haven't had much time to post recently.  If this doesn't work tonight I think my computer will go through the window.... 

I made this card for a friend's birthday recently. I'ved used Lavinia stamps and embossed with Sheena's wow powders.  Hope you like.... Dee x

'Sexy At 60' Corset Card...

Hi all, not posted much lately but thought I'd share this quick post with you. It's a 60th birthday card I made for my boss, she's a good sport and loves yellow and black.  Everyone loved it, including her of course..... who wouldn't like to be called 'sexy at 60'... thanks for looking today.  Dee x

Soccer Crazy Pensioner

A warm sunny saturday afternoon welcome to you all.  Todays post is a card I made for my dad's 88th birthday in June.  He loves football, especially now that I've had Sky installed for him.  He is getting more housebound now and this is a little bit of pleasure for him.  I thought this card really appropriate as he has got a good sense of humour and we are joking with him about the amount of matches he watches all Uk and foreign football... he's totally hooked...  lol....   I've attached a photo of my dad in his medals taken at one of the veteran memorial services, he looks so proud when he wears them...

btw: thanks so much to my recent new followers, your support is much appreciated and very welcome.

Hugz Dee xxx

Nephews birthday card and Invite card

A warm welcome to everyone.  Well this evening is finishing quite nice and bright in south birmingham, it's been nice and warm today when the sun has been out with just a sprinkling of showers.  Makes you feel so much better doesn't it with a little sun on your back.  I haven't been playing in my craft room much since we've returned from Cornwall, mainly due tiredness and housework, I can't seem to muster enough mental energy after work in the evening just lately.  We are really busy at work as we have a new hospital site opening shortly and it's manic trying to get all the paperwork completed for the recruitment of staff.

Anyhow just a couple of quick posts tonight - 2 cards I made over the past few weeks.  The birthday card was for one of my little nephews (I actually call them my little nephews because I am their great aunt - make us sound old doesn't it?).  The invitation card is one of several I made on the request of my dad as he was inviting us 'older' members of the family out for his 88th birthday lunch.  It was a lovely meal at the Fairlawns Hotel in Aldridge, we've been their before and I have to say they do put on a lovely sunday lunch.

Hope you like them, toodlehoo for now....

Hugz
Dee
x

Indigo Blu

Hi crafty mates,

Just another quick post tonight, this card was made a few weeks ago for one of my niece's birthday.  I bought this stamp a while ago but as with a lot of other purchases, filed it away in my stash and forgot about it until recently. I've only used it this once, 'must try harder' to make more time to do more stamping and colouring... sounds like a school report doesn't it .....  Any how it was  pretty straightforward to make so I'll let the card do the talking.  Thanks for looking tonight... Hugz Dee x

Green butterflies

Hi again,  another quick post tonight, this card I made a few weeks ago for a colleague at work, it was a last dash exercise as I forgot about it until the evening before.  It's made from an old Dawn Bibby design set that I bought when she was on QVC, but great for 'quickie' cards.

See you soon
Dee  x

Spotty button flower card

Hi everyone, it seems an age since I last blogged but May and June has been such a busy card making time and we have just returned from Cornwall.  We were extremely lucky with the weather, we only had about an hour's heavy rain during the day all the week although it did rain during the night on a couple of occasions, otherwise it was warm with sunny periods, pleasant really considering what other parts of the country have been through.

The card below I made for a colleague's daughter in law's birthday.  It is a similar version to one Sue Wilson made in pink and black.  She was unsure what she wanted, so I showed her a few photos of different designs.

I used 8" square card
SP Anemone and daisy flower topper
M bossibilities - Elite
yellow cordinations cardstock
Spotty paper I bought from the NEC last November
buttons and ribbon from stash
SP Parisian Accents for message.

See you all soon

Dee x

Scrumptious Crafts: Sew Busy being Vintage....

Scrumptious Crafts: Sew Busy being Vintage....

Sew Busy being Vintage....

Hi All,

I made this card recently for a close friend's birthday, she happens to share the same date and year of birth as myself, uncanny really...  Anyhow let's get back to crafting... I've used a combination of :-

8" Square Card
Creative Expressions Stamps
Spell Binders Nina B designs sewing elements dies.
Bakers Twine
Buttons from stash
TH tape measure
SB Labels 20
SB M Bossibilities - Elite
Hessian
Blur Ribbon from stash
Papers from stash.
Adirondack Denim ink pad.

I'd like to enter this into the Pan Pastels UK Challenge 21 'Something Vintage'.

See you all soon

Hugz
Dee
x