And another one...

 It's me again! Whilst the beef is in the pressure cooker, I decided to pop up to my crafty space and make up the balloon card in coffee and cream colour tones, as I suggested...

 These cards make up so quickly - 40 minutes start to finish, that's not bad!...

Crafty hugs,

 

Floating Fancy...

 Hey there, crafty friends! I'm back!...

I have been playing at my crafty desk as hubby was out on delivery with work and decided to cut out (one of!) my latest  Sizzix die sets...they are definitely enabling me with their sales just now!

This one is called Floating Fancy by Catherine Pooler Designs and I thought that it would make a lovely new baby card... 

 I have to say that I was rather pleased with how it turned out, so this morning, I cut it out in blue as well...

 I have been doing a lot of die cutting lately, just making up elements, maybe with the idea of selling, but maybe just for making quick cards in the future...but this set really sparked my want to create a card with it!...

 They came together surprisingly quickly and I'm thinking of doing another one in coffee and cream colour tones...I don't know what I'm going to do with all of these cards I'm making as there aren't many craft fairs in my area, but we'll see!...

 Supplies used :

Balloon die - Sizzix Floating Fancy by Catherine Pooler Designs #666834

Clouds - Spellbinders Cloud Nine # S3-432

Envelope - Sizzix You've Got Mail #665820 

Sentiment - Sizzix Daily Sentiments by Lisa Jones #666519

Embossing folder - Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls

Hanging heart - Memory Box Precious Hearts #98474

Bow - Spellbinders Skating into the Holidays #DOM-JUL24 

 

 Thanks for dropping by today and I hope you find inspiration in my pretty makes...

Crafty Hugs,

 

Fox and flowers...

 Today's card uses a pretty set called 'Finley the Fox' that I picked up in the Spellbinders November sale and has been sat on my desk since then. I have to say that my current obsession seems to be die cutting, I just love sitting, gluing together all the little pieces to create a wonderfully layered, dimensional element and this little fox is no exception!...

 

I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with him at first, but began with the inked cloud background, layered onto a scalloped rectangle and added the grass die to ground him. I struggle to add flowers to my creations as I feel that it can make it over fussy, but decided to use the floral spray that came in the set. I added the stamped "It's your" sentiment and the birthday die cut from the Happy Birthday Wishes set, then for good measure, added in some die cut mushrooms and of course, a couple of clouds to finish off!...

 

 

I hope you like my vulpine creation (that's fox-like in a fancy word!) and thank you so much for dropping by to my little corner of Blogland!...I shall be back to share more creations soon!...

Crafty hugs,

 

First card share of 2026!

I treated myself to a couple of die sets from Spellbinders (because I just loved them!) and spent a lovely couple of hours at my crafty desk piecing this sweet cockatoo die set together, despite only having a 4 inch space to work in!...

I love the way the bird comes together and makes for such an easy card with very little effort - plus I enjoyed making him so much that I made 10?!...

 Die sets used : Spellbinders Flying High, On Cloud Nine

A4 Leaf embossing folder, Computer generated sentiment, Gold pearls

 Hope you like my feathery creation as much as I liked making it and thanks for popping by to see me!

Crafty hugs,

 

Wandering Boots...

 Hey there, crafty friends! I picked up some more great bargains in the latest Spellbinders sale (well it would be rude not to!) and used a couple of the sets to make this fun, walking card...

 I used the sets 'Wander Boots' and 'On Cloud Nine' and paired them with the cloud paper from Storytelling Sunshine Prints 12x12 paper pad (which I also picked up in the sale). I created a compass from a cog die, eight pointed star, bobbin die and some gold flat backed pearls and used the fence die from Heartfelt Creations Rustic Western Elements...

 I also decorated the inside with a few of the elements and an apt sentiment stamp that I found in my stash...

Hope you like my nature themed card, thanks for popping by to have a look and I hope you find inspiration...

Crafty hugs,

 

Butterfly card...

  Hey there, crafty friends! I'm back again to share the second card that I made using the same layout as my gaming cards, but this time, I've gone with a butterfly theme...

 I always love the way you can make a card look so different, despite using the same layout and overall technique and I was really pleased with how this pretty card turned out, so much so, that I made another one!...

I must admit that I love the black outline on the butterflies - something I would never have thought of doing before, but I am slowly but surely embracing the bolder side of colour and the impact that it can give.

I hope you are inspired by my butterfly makes and will hopefully be back later in the week to share some more creations from over the Summer...

Crafty hugs,

 

 

Gaming cards...

 Well here's a turn up for the books! Can't quite believe that it was May when I last posted, but here we are in the middle of September and I actually have a card to share...or three!

I hope that you all enjoyed the fabulous Summer that we had, it was quite the shock to the system when it abruptly ended, and Autumn seems well and truly set in already...although it's nice when we still get a glimpse of sunshine and there's a softness to the colours of nature. 

I decided to make use of the atrocious weather that we had yesterday and sat at my crafty desk for a few hours...inspired by the uber talented Inge Groot (who always makes such fabulous creations) and one of her card layouts, I found it was a great starting point for my creativity...

My inspiration came from this card from back in July 2016...(if you click on the image, it should take you to Inge's original post)...

 And this is what I came up with, using a die set that I picked up from Ebay...

 ...a bit different to the original! And then I decided to make another two in different colour ways...

 It's amazing how a layout or a colour combination can be the spark of creativity that you need to sit down and create, and I did enjoy my couple of hours of crafting....

But today the sun is shining, so the washing is out on the line and the grass could do with it's final cut of the year, so no crafting for me! I will be back with another couple of cards in the week - two more using the same layout as this and a couple of cards I made a few weeks ago when I thought I should at least try to make something!

Thanks for dropping by to see me and I'll be back soon...

Crafty hugs,