Birthday Boy ..9 !!

 

Hi Friends!

Back with Thomas's birthday card that is hopefully winging its way to the other side of the world in time for his birthday next month.

He has a current interest in dragons, so with a recently acquired stamp set I set to work. Sad to think it will probably end up in the bin as apparently the kids of today are not sentimental about these things like their grandparents!!

I hope he likes it anyway!

9 where do the years go?...they emigrated just before he was one...8 years ago at the end of this month!

I have to say that children's cards come a very close 2nd to male cards in my list of worst cards to make..lol!

Apologies for the mess on my desk in the background...I had to clear a small space to make this card...and now I have to go an dtidy...no blitz...the craft room.

Time to part with stuff that may come in ! I seem to get less and less cards to make these days and I am never sure if they are appreciated or whether people would prefer a bought one.

Maybe people think making one is a cheap option...but we know differently don't we.

Right thats me for today...must dash and blitz!...well maybe tidy the desk a bit..lol!

Till next time stay safe wherever you are and keep warm and well.

Many thanks for your visits and any comments you leave me...they really do keep me going and are so very much appreciated. 

Hugs Carole x

Another fresh start!

 Hi Friends...wishing you all a very happy 2025 and a healthy one.

I hope you have all recovered from Christmas and are all well ready to face 'another fresh start'. I have to say that I am!

First off I must apologise for being awol. I didn't seem to be at all organised for Christmas this last time, so I am determined to be different this year..but its not a resolution..just a feeling of determination to get a grip on life.

A couple of cards to show you cased from Jo from lavinia stamps..thank you Jo! so not my designs but I enjoyed making them. The fist one is all inked and the second one is one of lavinia's new backgrounds recently released.

The first one was for my son and DIL here in the UK ....love that tree

...and this one was for a crafty friend of mine.

Well here in the UK there is the promise of snow this weekend. the temperatures have plummeted, but on the brighter side, the days are slowly getting longer as we are past the shortest day. It always seems to take longer for the days to become longer though, than it does when the days get shorter!

Thank you for stopping by and sticking with me despite my absence. I hope to see you all again soon spurred on with my new determination!

Take care, keep warm and stay well

Crafty hugs

Carole x

At Last !!!

 Yes....... at last! I have a card to share with you. 

Hello friends...sorry for my absence again...just call it life getting in the way again.

So here it is......a birthday card for my son in Australia. 

I really struggled to come up with the idea for his card so in the end I plumped for this , inspired by some stamps that were a freebie from a magazine. He used to go bowling but I wouldn't say it is his hobby these days but never mind, the thought and love is there just the same. The first attempt went in the bin as I knew it wasn't quite right..lol !!

                                            

Pleased to say it has arrived in time for his birthday.

This time last year he was over here for his brothers wedding...how the time flies!

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY Iain !

I hope you are all well and that those impacted by the recent storms in Florida are all safe. Indeed the weather all over the world is changing very quickly. here in the UK summer has been and gone with no real memories of a summer I have to say.

 We once again find ourselves hurtling towards the festivities that fill the last quarter of the year. I for one will look back and wonder what if anything I have achieved this year...will you? I always have so many plans but as I say the time goes faster and I get slower too I guess...hey ho..it is what it is.

Thank you for stopping by, its always good to have some company, and if you leave me a comment...and they are so appreciated...thank you for that too.

So till next time ...promise to not leave it as long

Crafty hugs and take care

Love Carole xx

Anniversary

 Hi Friends.....how are you all doing?

Today is the Anniversary of some friends so I made this card for them.....

I had the idea in my mind (as you do) but not quite like it eventually turned out..lol! I spent more time faffing ad pondering than I did finally finishing it, and that was after I had walked away for a couple of hours and come back to it with fresh eyes. Do you do that?

This is an old stamp from Chloe, stamped and embossed with wow platinum powder and then the tiny dots applied with liquid pears in ...???  you guessed it ..Platinum. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair Morning Mist.

I edged the card with a silver leaf pen . Anyone remember them? It saved a layer of card for posting. A layer of pale pink and a little butterfly with a few tiny pink pearls.  Much quicker to write about than execute..lol! Jury still a bit out on it here.

Life is busy with  various appointments and all the usual chores one can only leave so long, so apologies for my sporadic blogging..

Today is dull and breezy, the sun seems to have bunked off..again.... and I feel that the short summer we had here in the UK...last month infact...is over and we are heading for Autumn already. The shops are getting their autumn clothes in and I for one think it is far too soon!

Is it the same where you are? Do you feel that retail always pushes us too quickly into the next season?

If you are yet to have your summer break..enjoy!

Hoping this finds you all well and happy.

See you soon

Crafty hugs 

Carole x

Delightful Daisies

 Hello Everyone!

How are you ?  I do hope you are well and if in the UK I do hope you have not grown webbed feet! Whatever happened to summer this year?

Seemingly time has gone the same way this year (run away) , in fact it seems to just go faster and faster every year.....or is it that I have so much to catch up on?  

The card above is not done on my new foiling machine I am disappointed to admit, but is from some prefoiled ones from Stamps by Me. Several designs so plenty to go at. Foiling seems to have dropped out of fashion and I have yet to have a good play with my machine...life got in the way of course. 

I coloured this one with watercolour pens (Phill Martin)....... tried a bit of blending but definitely need practice at that!  An old craftwork cards sentiment from stash and mounted up and job done!

The card that this is foiled on to is a thick watercolour card so takes water well. It is creamy in colour so I may get some of my mountain of cream card used up!...no don't be silly , it won't match of course...lol

Right time to catch up on some chores, life is full of appointments this month and the cleaning and gardening fairies sem to be having a very long holiday ..lol

Take care and thank you so much for stopping by, your lovely comments always make my day, I love to read them.

Till next time

Love and crafty hugs

Carole xx 

P.S. Actually made it to Doncaster on Sunday to the Creative Craft show. I didn't need anything of course, I mean I can't move in my craft room....but it would have been pointless to go all that way and not buy something wouldn't it?................so I succumbed. Nice to be able to see and touch again which the internet deprives us of.

The Hunter!

 Hello there friends! 

Sorry for the long break but as you know I've had surgery on my shoulder which is well on the mend , but a long re-hab of physio now in play. It is surprising how much time it takes out of your day doing exercises. How does anyone find time to go to the gym I ask myself?

Crafting has been well on the back burner and still is to a point but I did manage to make a card for my eldest sons birthday last month.......

Sorry the photo is a bit dark.

The owl is a 'Crafty Individual stamp' and the rest of the stamps used are a mix from stash...some Lavinia.

The background is a Scene Scape I have had for ages and it saved me doing an inky background. I coloured the owl and tree stump with copics. My only regret is that I did not add the moon that is included with the owl stamp, or even make one of my own, but for a first attempt post op I felt it was OK.

I didn't add a sentiment on the outside as I thought I might spoil it, but there is one inside of course.

My inspiration came from watching U tube videos of Jo Rice (head design team member for Lavinia) in order to get my crafty fix..............I could watch her forever, such a talented and lovely person.  

I hope you are all well and for those of you in the UK, I am sure like me you waiting for 'summer' !! Do you think we will get any.?

Right I have an appt with a new vacuum now...well it beats a medical appt..and there are plenty of those!

Thank you so much if you have popped by to see if I am around...hopefully I have appeared in your feed if you are a follower. Lovely to see you....... Please let me know you have called in.

Love and crafty hugs

Carole xx

Magnolia Anniversary

 Hello Friends...how are you doing? I hope you are well and I am so pleased you have popped by.

Still using last years creations that never got blogged!

Today is Anniversary Day...not an actual anniversary but a day to show you a couple of cards.

First up......

Memory Box Magnolia

Not clear to see on the photo is that this was on pearlescent card with some scoring down behind the magnolia which was created from the die. Coloured with oxides and a dauber.

and secondly......

Again using Memory Box and the flower cut in pearlescent card and created from the embossing folder with the corresponding die. The background die and the heart also Memory Box.

Well it is snowing here in West Yorkshire today, but thankfully not settling....yet! The flakes are getting bigger but the ground is very wet. Yesterday was a sunny spring day!

Not sure if I will get by again before 'life' renders crafting off the 'to do' list for a few weeks due to my shoulder op on Monday..eek......lots to do before then!.....things I know won't get done for a while again!

Thank you all for stopping by, your good wishes and comments are so very much appreciated and I do hope when I get back to the creating and blogging you will still be around and pop by again.

Funny how mojo returns when you know you cannot use it!..lol.....

Take care everyone......wherever you are, and enjoy whatever you are doing.

Crafty hugs

Carole xx