No floors

The  past few weeks have been a bit horrible. Our old house continues to throw problems are way. To be honest this latest problem was caused by shonky work done prior to our buying the house. We had floors which were uneven when we moved in and this got steadily worse until my foot went through the floor. Fearing the worst and a very large bill was about to come our way we were happy when the problem was the wrong boards put down before. It was actually very dry under the house and no rot present. On the downside one outside wall had no support and was sagging - lots of concrete- new supporting beams and jacking up to ger things a bit straighter.

So two bedrooms have had the new floors and it was a perfect opportunity to get in there with a paint brush and smarten things up. All the bedroom furniture, my craft table and supplies and carpets have been sitting in our lounge room , our dining table is in the garage so there has been no space or place to craft.  I have bought a few new crafty bits but I have no idea when I will find some me time to craft..

 

more leaves

the Judikins leaf cube stamp I bought from the local charity shop was still on my table so I used it again.

I used the same layout as before just changed the colour combo. The stamp is still out so there may be more to come . 

 

merry bauble paper

 Love those pretty papers - december challenge  - christmas . 

The paper is an 8x8 sheet from Trimcraft called 'The night before christmas. 

quick and easy christmas card

 This ' happy'  die is big and perfect for this technique  . This was the last piece of a 12x12 sheet of paper which I love .

Lets Craft and Create - challenge 214 - A/G or black and white - 

it's a ho ho ho christmas

 I don't have many dies so it was a bit of scramble to put this card together. 

Creative Knockouts - challenge 536 - time to be merry.

More Autumn hues

the butterfly stamp is from issue 239 of Simply Cards and Papercrafts magazine. I have to say I'm not a fan of the extra set of wings -  does it look odd to you or is it just me.

Stamping Sensations - October challenge  - Autumn- - 
 

Moody autumn colours

This is a recent purchase from the op shop - new unused - a cube stamp from Judi Kins dated 1995. It has  4 leaves - Elm - Aspen - Maple and Oak. I will probably take them from the block at some stage. Just looked on E-Bay and there is one of these stamps available in the U.S -priced $5 .

It took  a lot of markers to make these little leaves and I think maybe a bit more red would have been good. 

We Love Stamping -  October challenge - Autumn

Passion for Markers - week 760 - anything but a square

 

Say cheese

 Lets craft and Create- challenge 212- A/G or add purple . I used a light and a dark ink pad to add some shade.

I've had this stamp set for many years , I think it may be memory keepers / american crafts ? I didn't stamp the inner circle with heart as the wonky circle doesn't seem to match the straight line of the camera. I take my pics with a small red camera and sadly it is reflected in the silver cardstock I have used.

Second chance

 Last week I took a box of craft items to my local charity shop - lots of paper -punches that have now been replaced with dies -embossing folders which came with magazines that have never been used - embellishments and other bits I no longer use .  I also threw away partial sheets of peel off stickers in gold and silver ,some of these were over 20 years old .

The tree die was also in the charity box , used once in 2019  . I gave it a second chance and made this Christmas card - I'm not sure I like it any better 5 years done the  line - it may well be in the next donation box.

Do you have this die from Kaisercraft  and what have you made with it.

you are 2 today

I'm having trouble getting this to lay flat after embossing directly on the card base , perhaps I should have cut a front panel. I know I will lose some of the dimension but I'm going to run it through my machine to hopefully straighten it out.
 

Passion for Markers  -week 758 - for a child -

Stamping Sensations - September - A/G with the option of an animal .

 a cutie elephant stamp that I've had for years . Lilacs and green make a gender neutral card . 

flowers for you

Embossing folder from Couture Creations / Falling florals

I embossed and coloured the whole panel and then die a circle which was then inked with grey. It looked bit flat directly on the purple cardstock but by adding a silver layer underneath it seemed to bring a bit more life into the image.

Creative Knockouts challenge 530 - embossing delight

Passion for Markers - week 757 - include a flower
 

Seasons greetings

 Passion for Markers - week 756 - Christmas - I had to laugh when I saw this week was Christmas - I made a card for last weeks challenge shaped cards I just didn't get time to post it on my blog. 

So it was ready to go.

Same but different

My previous post shows the same flowers but with the addition of pink ribbon and pink layering card stock. I think the simplicity of this card  and the splash of colour is acceptable for a sympathy card. What do you think ?

This die was still sitting on my desk so I just had to use it again.  I used a darker green this time ( see 2 posts ago ) and used lilac which I think is lovely for a baby card,

Have a happy week ahead and make sure to get some me time. The winter here in Tasmania  has been very harsh with some very bad frosts and below zero temps. The next few days are forecast to be  cold, rainy and very windy. Hurry up spring .

 

Tulip time

I had to do a little fussy cutting as I wanted single flowers and not the whole bunch .

Stamping Sensations - august challenge in the garden -

 The winter is almost over here in Tasmania and a few bulbs are already flowering but I will have to wait a while longer for the tulips to arrive. It's very dark and rainy here today so I will try and take a better picture  when it gets a bit brighter. the flowers are all raised on sticky pads and  the white background has been embossed with roses.