Hi All

I hope all my friends have had a Happy Christmas and A Happy New Year.

Here's hoping we all have a great 2012 and beyond.

My final card for 2011 was a 50th Birthday card for my friend Carol. This is the card  I made for her.

I used my Cricut design studio and started with a circle then added the 50's and welded them to the circle. It

took some time to add them to the circle and my spacing is not perfect but I think it looked good. I  cut out a base shape to add the large flower shape to and added a Tim Holts rosette to finish off the topper. Then I added some ribbon and finished with a little message of Happy Birthday.

And there you go one pretty big card.

Hi All

I hope you are all well, I am still in my Christmas card making frame of mind will it ever end I ask myself.The following cards are nearly all the same stamp but the different papers give them a different look.

Some of cards are not quite finished, they still need a sentiment or additional embellishment.

 I finished most of the cards last Tuesday evening I went to a new craft club run by the lovely Laura, which was held at The Lincoln Imp Pub .  We decided to give the December club a miss, as it is a busy month for us all. The next club night is Tuesday the 31st January 2012.

See you soon.
XXX

Christmas Again

Hello All

I hope you are all well its a cold dreary morning here in Lincoln and we are only just starting the Autumn/Winter months. How will we all survive these next few months. The great light in our life is crafting what would we all do without it.

Here is my latest Christmas card.

This is a free stamp my friend got in a magazine and I thinks the little angel is cute. I stamped him three time a a piece of white card and then twice on a second piece of card. I used my promarkers to add a little colour to the robes, hair and wings. I used distressing inks around the edge of the image then added some stickles to their wings. I then cut out two of the angels then place them between the three on the other piece of card. I curled up the wings of the two extra angels and add some glossy accents to the wings to stiffen them a little. The red label is a embossing folder that says Merry Christmas but you can not read it very well from the picture.

Bye for now.   

Christmas

Hi All

I hope you are all well on this cold bleak day.

Yesterday I attended a class at Let's Create in Conningsby Jo Channon was the tutor and we made the following medallion cards.

The next one I finish at home as I was tired at class and was about to loose my patience with it. I left the backing card at class by mistake, my finished card is now different as I used card from my stash. I also added a little doily and I think it adds a little something extra to the card.

The next one is my favorite card of the day unfortunately the picture does not do do the card justice.

 These cards will be sent to special people in my life and I hope they like them as much as I do. Thanks for all your help Jo.

Hi All


I am still busy making my Christmas cards and here they are.

This image is one of my favorites I used it last year and cannot resist it again.

This image is a free one I got with a magazine and I am pleased with how it turned out. The paper if from a pad my friend Carol bought we both  buy one and we have half of each.

My third image is some stamps I picked up in a sale earlier this year.

Well that's all I am posting today see you all soon.

XXX

Hi All

Here we go again more Christmas cards. I seam to have got into quite a rhythm with them but I must get back to making some more birthday cards.

I have used my favorite little elf and coloured him with my pro-markers, then I used my x cut nesting dies which I bought while I was on holiday in Cornwall.

I have used the dies again on this card and my little lily of the valley stamp.

see you all soon.

XXX



Hi All

I hope you all enjoyed the sunshine today. I spent the afternoon in my Garden room listening to an audio book and watched Hugh cutting the lawn Its nice to enjoy little things that make you happy.

Retirement is good fun to be able to do what you want when you want. Hugh is now on his wind down to early retirement, he is working one week a month and hopes to finish work in December.

Well back to the crafting world and some more Christmas card.

I have fallen in love with this little elf he is so cute. The cards look the same but his clothes are colored differently.

See you soon.