Bird journal page

I did another page in my journal this week

following the prompt over at

Art Journal Journey

which is birds.

I covered my page in a page from

an old novel and covered that in gesso.

I then used some scraps of the rose paper

and cut myself a frame.

I used some embossing paste and music stencil

to add the music notes in the background.

I then added some yellow acrylic paint

around the edges of the roses

and when dry I doodled on it.

The bird was cut out and placed

on a nest using some packaging

I received recently.

I finished with the word stickers.

Items used:

Bird - TLC Creates Vintage

Papers - SU

Stencil - i-Craft

Paste from Tim Holtz,

rescued packaging,

old book page.

I would like to enter this into

Art Journal Journey - birds

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a critter

Paper Rock Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

The Outlawz - no cards

Welcome to my newest follower Janeese.

Love your name!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Guitar man!

I had a birthday card to make for my youngest brother

and he is into his guitars.

I followed a sketch over at

Cheerful Sketches Challenge for the layout.

The papers are from a pack called Rock & Roll (SU).

I used different ones for the layers and

also cut three guitars from the papers and coloured them

using parakeet party markers.

The sentiments are from a set called

Music - play on sentiments from Paper Discovery.

I die cut some music notes using a die from them

as well called Lost in Music musical panels.

I finished with some matching gems and

his name which was computer generated.

I would like to enter this into

Cheerful Sketches challenge - October challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes option Halloween cols/papers

CRAFT - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Have a lovely weekend!!

Spooky Folio

I have a bit of spooky fun today with this mini Halloween folio.

It will hold 12 photos and I also included some

little booklets to record the Halloween fun games etc.

I did loads of stamping inside, creating some spooky scenes

and tags.

I didn't come up with this myself, it is from a tutorial

I found on YouTube which you can watch HERE.

I used papers from The Works, some Tutti Designs dies

and stamp sets from SU.

You can watch a quick walk through here

I would like to enter this into

Two Old Bats Halloween challenge - anything Halloween

Kreativtanten - ghosts

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Double D Challenges - to spook or not

Allsorts - anything goes

Night in Bethlehem

Happy Monday!

It's time to share my midway post for

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is at least one thing stamped plus option 'favourite colour.'

We have a two lovely prizes up for grabs so I hope

you get time during this busy month to join us.

I have gone with a traditional theme but not in traditional colours!

The name of this type of card is called an Eclipse card

and it's been a few years from my last one!

I used a stamp set called Night in Bethlehem

and the colour is called Fresh Freesia.

As this card is for my Mother-in-law I went ahead

and finished the inside using the same colours and stamps.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Papercraft Challenges - Christmas

Crafty Gals Corner -  Tis the Season 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

Cardz 4 Galz - a Christmas card

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower Cherie!

Thanks for taking time to follow my wee blog!

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

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Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock

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Blooming Pearls

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Sweet Treat Gift Box

My tutorial this week is this little gift box.

It was made to fit my chosen bar but you could pop

something else in there instead.

This is how it looks inside.

I sent these out to my December customers along with a

few other nice little bits.

These bars are low calorie, made with all good ingredients

and vegan friendly!

They are lovely, especially if you like meringue.

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to make one

Box Cover - 8 1/4" x 4 1/2"

Score long side - 2", 3 1/8", 5 1/8", 6 2/8"

Inside box - 4" x 6 2/8"

Score 1" on all four sides

DSP to decorate

Blue papers - 3 pieces - 1 7/8" x 4 2/8"

2 pieces - 7/8" x 4 2/8"

Red papers - 2 pieces - 1 7/8" x 4 2/8"

2 pieces 7/8" x 4 2/8"

18" of ribbon

I would like to enter this into

Everybody Art - food and/or drink

Crafty Gals Corner - tis the season

Little Red Wagon - anything Christmas

Creative Moments - it's a wrap

CRAFT - gift bag/box

Welcome to my newest follower Sue!

Thanks so much for following my wee blog!

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Basket of blooms

Happy Monday!

I am feeling fully recovered FINALLY,

and now back to enjoying some crafty play.

For this card I have used the stamp set

BASKET OF BLOOMS

which is the prize at my challenge over on Facebook

in Create with Pinky group.

Feel free to come over and join in.

The theme is anything goes!

For this card I followed a sketch from

Try Stampin' or not on Tuesday

The base of the card is night of navy.

The strips of paper are scraps from the in-colour papers

and the frame has been cut using Countryside Corners dies.

I used the in colour ink pads to stamp the flowers.

They were finished with some gems.

I would like to enter this into

Try Stampin' or no on Tuesday - sketch 614

Sweet Stampin' - flowers/blooming beautiful

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

We Love  Stamping - fabulous florals/anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - anything option add flowers

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers option mood board

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

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Peeping penguins!

This may be the last penguin card for Christmas,

well maybe lol.

I had this die and not had time to play yet

so pulled it out and made this card for a couple for Christmas.

A simple but good fun card to make!

Everything I used is listed below, some prices have been reduced!

I would like to enter this into

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Christmas Kickstart - Christmassy

CRAFT - Christmas

A perfect time to craft - anything December

Critter Crazy Challenge - anything with a critter

Inspiration Station - inspired by colours

It is icy cold here today, -3!

But the tree is finally up, house looks nice and cosy

and I am finally in the Christmas mood!!

Have a great weekend.

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£17.00

Peaceful Deer Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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£21.00

Picture This Dies

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£32.00

Sweetest Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Christmas cheer!

This is my midway post for Stamping Sensations

where the theme is Christmas Celebrations.

We have a prize up for grabs this month too

so be sure and come and join us.

My card today is a fun fold card called a

Triangle Pocket Card.

I have filled my pocket with penguins today

and had great fun stamping, punching and dressing

the little penguins.

This is the inside view of the card where you can

see you have a space for a sentiment.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy Challenge - feature a creature

Fab n Funky - Christmas animals

The Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

12 months Christmas link up - anything Christmas option patterned paper

613 Avenue - anything goes option fancy folds or cuts

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Christmas

Creative Fingers - anything goes

We had another day out shopping, calling into Ikea

for a wander and some lunch.

We had the Christmas dinner and it was delicious!

Two of us for under £12!! Can't beat it.

So relaxing too.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

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£11.25

Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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£17.00

Penguin Builder Punch

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£18.00

2022–2024 In Color A4 Cardstock

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£9.00

Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

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£7.50

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

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£7.00

Basic White A4 Cardstock

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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