A helping hand or should that be paw

Bella looking in the box of ink pads - it's important to pick the right colour.

I was hoping to make a couple of cards this morning but Bella had other ideas -  she picked a 'Happy Birthday " stamp.  I'm sure once the sun moves away I can have my desk back.

04 a bit of a high flyer

I used a rick st dennis image coloured with watercolour pencils - the sentiment is a stamp from a woodlands hug set.

Let's Craft and Create - challenge 121 - things with wings

Southern Girls - challenge 151 - stitch me up -  two rows of stitching on the right hand side

03 Warm Wishes

This stamp was still sitting on my desk from about 2 weeks ago - ( I'm very bad at keeping things tidy).I used watercolour pencils and added a wink of Stella to the flowers.


Southern Girls challenge - stitching - the corners are real and the border was done with my dress makers tracing wheel.

02 Flowers

Beccy's Place - January challenge - use an image from Beccy  to join in.

01 Birthday Bird

I hope you all had a good time with family and friends over the holidays - we don't do the chrissy thing in our house and when I asked my DH what we should have for our main meal on Dec 25th he said "lamb curry " and delicious it was.

I Love ProMarkers -  challenge -  325 Anything goes - I used AquaMarkers and it has to be said there was a lot of water involved to get the colour just right.

More Trees

 

 

Well , as predicted yesterday I was stuck for ideas and carried on with the punched trees. I must admit I don't like them all and prefer the softer colours.

Trees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I looked through all my Christmas stamps and then looked through a whole lot more digi images and nothing inspired me - so back to very basic card making with a couple of frames and a punched tree.I love the paper from the top card ,almost vintage. I was busy re-sealing the deck out back yesterday and I was hoping to do a second coat today but it's raining - such a welcome sight - so

I'm off to the craft table - I have a funny feeling there will be more cards just like these - inspiration is in short supply.

Birthday Owl

 

I think this paper was a magazine freebie and so was the Woodware  owl stamp set. I used AquaMarkers to colour him.As this card was for a man I couldn't decide what embellishments would work so I left it plain and simple.

Happy Birthday

Like many of you I have a few sentiment stamps but usually only use a handful and this 'Happy Birthday' stamp from Stamp-it is one that I use again and again.

Framed

About 8 years ago I made my visit to New Zealand ( a place I love to go ) . Driving around we came across a  shop which was really a haven for quilters and had some lovely fabric . In a little corner were a few bits of crafts stuff and I picked up sheet ( 6 on a sheet) of these 3D handbags. Over the years I have only used 2 so thought it was time to dust them and get them on a card.


I love this top card the colours really work for me but the bottom one does nothing for me at all and I struggled to find the right paper.

christmas baubles

 

 

I promised myself that this year I would play along and make a card for each day of the challenge and here we are at Day 21 and I only just joining the party over at Beccy's Place -I used 3 different stamps on a biscuit coloured cardstock - then coloured with Aquamarkers .

Shades of Blue and Brown

Can I say a BIG thank you to my 81 followers who have not yet deleted me from their list. This last year has been a strange one - I have lost a lot of my bloggy mates due to divorce -moving house- and even death -along with  my own little problems I have struggled to find any interest in crafting , in fact any interest in anything at all - I'm not sure if and when normal service will be resumed but I will try .

 

As you can see all 3 cards use a brown cardstock with blue and white.  

Christmas Trees

 

 

I teamed together brown and pale blue - not the usual Christmas colours.



 Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 72 - Anything Goes - I had the idea for this card two weeks ago when the challenge was spots an stripes but just never got the time to make it - lucky it fits the theme this time around.

Cuddly Birthday

I love  ProMarkers- challenge 315- Birthday -  I used AquaMarkers for this card and a sweet stamp from Cuddly Buddly which I've had for quite a while.

A square card

Passion for ProMarkers challenge 358- hip to be square - I used AquaMarkers for my cute elephant- typical me I coloured the elephant first and then had to search through my stash to find some papers - I never learn.

Thank you

a quick card made with some pretty paper - it can be that simple.

Just a shower

 

 

 

Squirrel's - Not - So- Random Challenge 1- Anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 68 - Anything goes

Little White Dog

 

 

Penny's Paper- Crafty Challenge -  288 - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

I took this pic on Monday when it was rainy and gloomy so the colours look a bit faded with the flash on the camera, I have'nt been able to turn it off despite pressing all the flash buttons on my camera.

Cute as

 

I've just noticed I haven't removed the backing on the sticky tape across the bottom of the planter. We've had a lot of rain today and the sky has been heavy and dark which is not good for taking pics. The colours are sage green cardstock -very pale pink for the circle and the sentiment is made up from a sheet of rub-ons.

 

Feeling Sketchy number 149- 

music

This was made for a music loving man in his seventies - the photos don' really pick up all burnished gold of the musical notes - it's much better IRL.

I cut away both the edges of the card leaving just the centre strip to decorate.