Fairymoon challenge

This is my entry for the Fairymoon Challenge using their sketch.
Hope you like it...

Lovely change from Christmas cards.....

Just fancied having a change from Christmas cards Had this lovely owl sheet from Nikky and tried it out on an acetate front..Do you think its worked.

Last Christmas card for this year I think.....

This is a Pinhole star by Kate Gannon I hope you like it I stuggled at first as the numbered instructions were in very small print but got there in the end.
Think I will be doing some more of These for next year.Hopefuly the person it was for has got it by now :00)

Granddaughters Christmas cards

Heres the cards Ive made for my 3 gorgeous granddaughters. Jaks shoe is for the eldest
the snowman the second eldest and the fairy for the youngest. Hope you and they like them.....

60th Birthday card for a neighbour.and others

Its our nextdoor neighbours 60th Birthday on 1st December so as he is an avid reader Ive used the old bookstyle card with a padded owl. Love doing these padded cards think Ive only got 2 left to do now. Would love to hear what you think of these cards.

TWO Easel cards for Daughter and Friends Birthdays

The pink for my daughter in December and the blue one for my friend in November I made the blue flowers on this one from a tutorial by Bev...
Showing the easel card closed then open..... Hope they like easel cards as much as I do...

Family Cards including Golden Wedding.

The first is one I did for my sister for one of her grandsons. The sheet was one of Audreys from Lilac garden thought it appropriate as most young men are into cars.












This is for my brother and sister in law who are celebrating their Golden Wedding in November.




And finally one I did for my sister for one of her granddaughters.











I embossed with the Budding vine folder and used one of Nikkys lovely ladies decoupaged.Added MS punched fans on the corners finished with pearls and a brown flower ....

Grandaughters Birthday card

I love those easel cards on top of boxes but my boxes never look good enough so Ive cheated I found some toffees in £1 shop that she loves and the box is perfect.
Her Birthday is Halloween so thanks to Tracey Ive used this picture of a witch playing football as she plays in a local ladies team .Also used the haunted house thanks to Jak.Hope you like it.

Sisters Birthday card

My eldest sister is going to be 85 this week so as she has just planted a load of winter pansies in her tubs thought Id use pansies for her card.
Used a 3 fold aperature card which I embossed with the butterflies folder from CraftsToo.
Mounted the decoupage onto acetate and added a blue ribbon....and butterfly to finish off..

Christmas with Inklined digi stamps

Used some christmas papers by papermania as the background for this one coloured with water coloured pencils again ..













Won this stamp in a Halloween challenge with Inklined digi stamps so heres a couple of cards Ive done with it.


This one is embossed with Swiss dots and holly folders coloured with watercolour pencils and snowballs added at the top love these and just found them in my local craft shop.

1st Padded card for Christmas

Saw one of these Pippa had made and as shed left the link I bought some christmas onesto try heres the first.
Used pearlised blue card which I embossed with the dots folder also embossed a white square to add underneath the padded image. Finished off with MS fan punch border and some sparkle wool I found.Going to make a few more of these this year as they are different dont you think?

Halloween Challenge for Just inklined.

Got the mummy download free from Imag-e-nation Justinklined so thought Id use it to enter the fun halloween challenge.Will send this to my youngest granddaughter who lives away.
Hope you like it...

Two for september birthdays.

The second is an easel for our neighbour whose birthday it is in September she is a nursing sister so works very hard.



The first is for a good friend a mans card ahhhhhhhh.......

My beautiful blogger award.

Louise has very kindly given me this award and I believe ive to tell you 7 things about me to earn it Oahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............where to start...:0)
1 Im going to be 70 years young soon
2 Ive been married for 50 years.
3 Ive a girl and a boy both in their late 40's now and both born in Kenya.
4. Ive 3 gorgeous granddaughters 1 training to be a childrens nurse.2nd is sports mad and has played for England under 21's the 3rd who unfortunately I dont see too much off is just starting secondary school soon in Scotland where she lives.
5. Im another card maker fanatic make far too many but do give loads away to charities .
6.My second passion is gardening.Im in charge of the floral department so hubby says...
7.Due to hubbies employed Ive lived all over the world but come back to my roots in the north east.


Now to the 7 bloggers Ive chosen to pass on this award to.:-
1 Hanna a very young cardmaker who lives in Sweden and has bags of talent one to watch for the future Im sure Although a busy teenager if you leave her a message on her blog she will visit yours..
2.Nikky A lovely lady whose blog I love to follow she is so generous with her decoupage sheets and love reading about her travels at the moment she is in china.
3.Shell A very busy blogger these days with her commitments but still finds time to visit Thanks a bunch Shell.
4.Chris She has been away from blogging for awhile due to other commitments but still pops by occasionly.
5.Marjie. A star for helping with decoupage or verses for your cards Very much appreciated.
6.Joanie Another talented and kind lady who not only makes cards but shares her decoupage sheets with all crafters freely..
7 Finally Jackie whose cards are fantastic another really busy crafter.
Hope Ive done this right ....Thanks again Louise.........

Some christmas cards

The last one is one of Joanies lovely decoupaged sheet just embossed the background card with the cuttlebug folders....


The first ones are all digi freebies from imag-in-ation site. so thought I would try a spot of colouring although I havent any promakers as of yet.

A Couple of mens cards for friends this month

First I must show you this orchid that my daughter bought me for Easter it had 3 flowers on then it now has 11 flowers with 2 buds to open it is truely beautiful.....






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The first is for our friend Syd who loves the wildlife programmes so thought this tiger would do the trick...Made the happy birthday greeting with the MS Punch...






The Second is for Geoff and as he has a citreon car thought one of the wacky wheels
would do the trick. Found some oil on water red card embossed some gold with the happy birthday cuttlebug and here you go......