Coffee & Brown birthday card

Good evening crafty friends, hope you' re all enjoying the easter holidays. Unfortunately I brought back a virus with me from Northumberland and have felt really under the weather, it's certainly knocked me off my feet. Combination of heavy cough, cold, swollen glands and conjunctivitis.

The card I am posting today was made a few weeks ago for a friend's birthday. I used various SB dies along with kanban card and papers from stash. The finished card was A5 size.

We received some really good news this week that my Nephew's partner who is currently under going Chemo for Hodgkins Lymphoma has been told she has responded extremely well to the treatment and hopefully will be in remission at the end of it. She has been so positive and strong over the past 6 months. I makes you realise how precious life is.

See you all soon Dee x

Butterfly lady birthday card

Hi crafty friends, just returned from a 4 mile walk in extremely windy conditions, very bracing, definitely blows away the cobwebs.

Todays card is a birthday card I made a couple of weeks ago for a colleagues birthday at work.
The stamp was a freebie from craft stamper magazine, I stamped her using stazon brown ink.
The papers are from a paper pad I bought fairly recently which are Kanban.

Hope the snow is not affecting you too bad in your part of the country. We haven't seen much except on the top of the hills. That's it for now. Dee x

Teddy get well card

A warm welcome this sunday morning to all my crafty friends. Well after a wet start the sun is managing to poke its head in and out of the clouds. We are off to northumberland next week with my son, DIL & Granddaughter so Hope the weather is dry so that we can visit places and getting some exercise. My father came out of hospital on Friday morning after 3 weeks so was very glad to be home, although he is struggling, albeit carers are going in to support him at present, but he is so proud and stubborn and tries to do it himself. The trials and tribulations of getting old!

Anyhow, My card today is one I made quite a time ago for a friend who had an operation, it was a last minute card so quick and simple was the order of the day. I have quite a few cards to make for family in April so I'm going to be busy.

Thank you to everyone who is taking the time to visit my blog and leave such lovely comments, it is so greatly appreciated, and makes it feel worthwhile. Dee x

5th Birthday card - Cinderella

Evening folks. Hope you've all had a good Mothers Day.
Just a quick posting tonight, I made this card for my little Niece's 5 th birthday as she loves Cinderella. Unfortunately I had to post the card and up to today she still hasn't received it, I'm so angry and fed up with the wretched postal service, this isn't the first time this has happened. I try and deliver them now but it isn't always possible to as all my family live a fair distance away in the 'black Country' area.

Anyhow back to the card. I downloaded the picture from the intranet and stuck it onto pink card, and layered it at an angle onto lilac card. The papers were from my stash that I bought off QVC ages ago. I had a Niece wording in my stash and thought this matched well. The flower is also from stash, it is from a K & Co embellishment set. I cut a SB circle die using glitter paper to display the No 5. Hope you like it, all for now Dee x

Burning tyres birthday card

Good evening crafty mates: Hopy you've all enjoyed the beautiful sunny spring day, doesn't it make you feel good to see the yellow glow in the sky.
Tonight the card I'm posting is one I made for my nephew (who is also my godson). He likes cars as well as cycling, and I thought it was a change to the usual cycle cards I make for him.
I've used: Tyres embossing folder coloured with distress ink for the background
Kanban car topper
Lilac cardstock
Bakers twine
Tim holtz gear
Round sentiment
Brads from stash.

Hope you like it. Hugs Dee x

Hammock lazy day birthday

Hi blog mates,
Trying to get some cards made this weekend as I have a few birthdays coming up in march for friends and family. Time is restrained at the moment as my dad collapsed yesterday morning so is staying with my sister short term until we can sort out a care package for him to return to his own home. Basically his legs gave way and are extremely weak, and it doesn't look as if they will improve, so he is going to become very exasperated.

Anyhow quick posting today using a little claire stamp for men. I made this for one of my nephews' birthday recently. Simples!! See you soon. Dee x

16th Birthday Card

Hi bloggers,
Hopy you're all well and enjoying the dry sunny weather before we get the winter streak back.
We had a busy weekend entertaining our little granddaughter whose 20 months. As you can expect she never stops, she has so much energy, I need a holiday to get over it, but so worth it.

Todays posting is a card I made a few weeks ago for a neighbours daughters 16th birthday.
I used:-
6" x 6" card
Papers I purchased from QVC ages ago sorry don't know the make!
The stamp is a freebie from craft stamper magazine
A mixture of Marianne & SB dies
Ribbon from stash
Job done.

Be back soon

Dee x

Valentine card

Evening everyone,

Firstly, a big thank you to all you kind folk out there who came to my rescue in respect of the digi stamp.

Tonight is a quick posting of the card I have made for my hubby for Valentine. Hope you like it. Back soon Dee x

Birthday Girl Stamp (Please help locate it)

Hi to you all this snowy monday evening.  No posting of my own tonight, just some help from you all...

I'm looking to all crafty friends out there to give me a helping hand.  I have been asked to make 2 - 40th birthday cards for my boss's daughter and niece.  They are very young 40's so she wants something modern.  I have come across a card that was made by a crafty blogger but I'm afraid I don't know who.  I am trying to discover whose stamp or 'digi stamp' it is so that I can create a card as I think it would be ideal for one 40th card.  This is the card below, does it ring a bell with anyone.

Please note that I am not posting this card as my own, I am only showing it for the stamp.

Can anyone out there be of help please.  I need to locate who sells this stamp pretty quick....

Hope to hear from someone with some good news.

Be back soon with a posting of my own. Hugs Dee x

Birthday blooms

Good evening everyone, hope you're all well. The weather was cold, windy and very wet here in birmingham on Tuesday and thru' the night, but today hasn't been quite as wet but still cold.
My card today is one I made a short while ago for one of my niece's birthday. I used:

6 x 6" card blank
Papermania paper pack - blue
Silver pearlescent card for backing
Ribbon from stash
Die cuts from stash.

Back soon, Enjoy your evening. Dee x

A Leafy Birthday Card

A good morning everyone, it's a damp dull sunday morning here in the south of birmingham. Myself and hubby had a very busy day yesterday as we had our 20 month Granddaughter for the day. We took her to a local park and art centre as it was beautiful bright sunshine, cold but the sort of day to get some fresh air.  We took some bread and fed the ducks etc.. As there are several large pools there. She wore both us and herself out, it was smashing.

Anyhow todays card is a leafy stamp from hero art.  It's a lovely stamp which I first seen on Sandra's blog last year,  it is so versatile to use for different types of cards.  I overstamped it overlapping slightly using gold and green. Materials I have used:-

                                     Hero Arts leaf stamp
                                     Encore ultimate mettallic gold stamp
                                      Memento 'pear tart' stamp
                                      Bits of coloured ribbon from stash
                                      6" x 6" card base
                                      Kanban sentiment from stash.

See you all soon, have a good Sunday,

Dee x

Rudolph day challenge

Hi bloggers,  I really can't seem to get the hang of linking posts that't mainly why I don't enter any challenges.  I would like to enter this card into the rudolph day challenge but unsure if it will work. HELP! anyone.... Dee x

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Botanical flower birthday card

I'm back again with another birthday card, I hve so many family & friends birthdays coming up in the next few weeks, i'ts a busy time. I'm back at work tomorrow after 2 weeks off due to very high blood pressure, so back to normal, not enough time to work and play...
I had such fun with my spray paints and distress inks this is another card but totally different colours to the bright circle card.
I wanted it to be flowers and leaves but the colours came out better than anticipated giving it a botanical feel, I'm really pleased with it. Unfortunately the photo doesn't do justice to the vibrant colours used. The A5 card is made up with:-

Dylusion sprays
Distress inks
Ali Reeves masks
SB flowers dies
Sheena Douglas sentiment stamp

Be back soon with more offerings.

Thanks to you all for such lovely comments left and showing your support they are much appreciated.

Dee x

Coloures fireworks card

Hi crafty mates,
Having been inspired by Eleen's recent colourful card selections I decided to have a play and produced this card for a good friend's birthday next week. Materials used were

Coloured cardstock
Banana Fog fireworks stamps
Hero Arts circle stamp
Mixture od Adirondack and TH distress inks various colours
Black Archival ink
Dew drops.

Hope you like it, something a little different

See you soon
Dee
X

Steaming along - birthday card

Hi all, first card posted in 2013. Just don't seem to have the time lately. Here is a card I made for my Uncle's birthday, he used to visit the steam shows every year near shrewsbury. Hope you like it, Dee x

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