Catch Up

Hi!  This post has been scheduled as I'm off to Register House in Edinburgh with 3 friends.  We are all researching our respective family trees and try to go about once a month.  It's so interesting and, so far, I've not discovered any skeletons in the cupboard but you never know!

I'm still trying to play catch up and this card is for Sundays with Santa Layers challenge.  

Hugs

Anne x

Elements :

3D Image - from Mulberry Wood CD by Crafters Companion

Button & Twine - from the craft box

Sentiment - from Ribbon Tree collection by Woodware

Been Playing

Hi peeps!  I managed to have a play in the newly tidied craft room this afternoon.  My mojo's very rusty but I plodded on and managed to complete 3 challenges for Sunday with Santa in an effort to catch up.  

One of the girls my daughter works with is having a birthday at the end of next week and she asked me to make a card for the folk at work to give to her with her pressie.  You'll have to wait till tomorrow to see it!  

I'm also hoping I'll have time tomorrow to make some more cards but if the weather's good Mr C and I may have a day out and spend some time together without a paint brush etc in our hands!  

Here are the Christmas projects I made today ... hope you like.

Hugs

Anne x

Theme - White

Elements :

Paula's Crackers by Which Craft

Embossing - Snowflakes by Sizzix

Ribbon - stash

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Pearls - The Hobby House

Letters - Azure Alpha by Sizzix glittered with Star Dust Stickles

Theme - Embossing

Elements :

Paper - Southfield Stationers

Embossing - Christmas Snow Globe by Sizzix

Lace - from my ribbon drawer

Embellishments - Pudding by Forever Friends / Card Candi by Craftwork Cards

Theme - Anything

Paper - Craft Creations

Die Cut - Valerian Flourish by Memory Box

Image - freebie from magazine

Stars - from my craft stash

O Christmas Tree

Sunday once again and it's time for Sundays with Santa on Facebook.  Another week has whizzed round and I can't say that it feels like summer.  The rain has been non-stop and the place is saturated.  Maybe next week it will be better!

The challenge this week was Favourite Things and my favs are ribbon and card candi.  Unfortunately I had to take this piccie in a poor light and the ribbon doesn't show up to well.

It's going to be a housework day today so best get a wriggle on.  Hope you all have a lovely Sunday.

Hugs

Anne x

Elements :

Paper & Sentiment - from Tis the Season collection by Pink Petticoat

Image - from Fairy Lights collection by Pink Petticoat

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Ribbon - from the craft box

New CD!

Howdy all my blogging friends!  What a gorgeous day, it's dry AND warm AND sunny!  Don't know how long it will last if the forecast is anything to go by but I'm enjoying it for now.

Mr Postie brought me a little parcel this morning, the new Crafters Companion CD called Mulberry Wood.  It's a Christmas one and I just love the artwork.  I've got peace just now, Mr C is asleep as he's on nightshift, daughter is at work and granddaughter is in town so I thought I'd have a sneaky 5 minutes crafting before getting the iron out then make macaroni cheese for tea.  I'm playing catch up as this card is for last week's Sunday with Santa challenge.

Hope you all have some sunshine to enjoy today.

Hugs

Anne x

Elements :

Paper, Image, Sentiment - from Mulberry Wood CD by Crafters Companion

Twine - from the craft box

Playing Catch Up

Hi folks. I'm not a very good blogger just now as I'm struggling with time and space!  I've got the afternoon to myself as Mr C is working, my daughter is shopping then meeting a friend for tea and my granddaughter is with friends for the day.  The girls will be home soon though so peace will no longer reign!

I thought I'd play catch up today as I haven't done my card for Sundays with Santa for the last three weeks.  Here are my creations.

Hope you are all well.  I do try to look at everyone's blogs during the week but don't always have time to comment, sorry :(

Hugs

Anne xx

Shades of Blue

Elements :

Image & Paper - freebie from magazine by Nancy Watt

Stars - from the craft cupboard

Punch - Stars by Martha Stewart

Use Die Cuts

Elements :

Image - Lili of the Valley

Die Cuts - Ovals / Scalloped Ovals by Spellbinders

Embossing - from Christmas set by Cuttlebug

Sentiment - Woodware

More Than 1 Fold

Elements :

Paper - Craft Creations

Image - Lili of the Valley

Ribbon - local craft shop

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Sentiment - Woodware

Card Tutorial - Joy Fold

Skiing Snowman

Hi, me again!  Two posts today, this one being for Sundays with Santa on Facebook.  Our theme this week is Sport so my little snowman is skiing his way downhill.

I was really lucky recently when Ellison had a sale which included Sizzix embossing folders.  I've seen the criss cross one on Debby's blog and she said it was discontinued (rats, I thought) so I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it in the sale!  Wow, my fingers were red hot ordering it before it was out of stock!!!  As always, something else had to fall into the basket and it was the other embossing folder I've used on this card.  

Hope you enjoy the rest of the Jubilee weekend.

Hugs

Anne x

PS - apologies for poor picture quality, can never get white card to look right and I had to use my home made light box which obviously isn't working too well!

Elements :

Image - from Christmas Traditions Stickeroos by Penny Black

Embossing - Argyle #2 / Snowflakes by Sizzix

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Pearls - The Hobby House

Ribbon - from craft box

For a Little One

Morning peeps! What a gorgeous morning again, in fact it's been a fantastic week but according to Mr Forecast it's to get cooler again come Tuesday so best make the most of today and tomorrow.

I've been MIA a lot again and will be for a while yet.  Our daughter, her partner and our granddaughter moved into ours yesterday as the lease was up on the house they were in and they haven't been able to find anything suitable and at a reasonable price.  Unfortunately landlords are taking advantage of the lack of council housing for the young ones and the last landlord they had was just a nightmare.  There were quite a few things on her 'to do' list when they moved in a year ago and they're still waiting to be done ... but that's another story!

Anyway, today being Sunday is Sundays with Santa on Facebook and our challenge this week is to make a card for a child.  You'll never believe that already I've been able to tick off everyone on my handcrafted Christmas card list so I'm now onto making cards for my Aunt.  Can you see my halo shining?  I have to admit it's a great feeling.

Off now to make the most of the sun and I hope you have a lovely day too.

Hugs

Anne x

Elements :

Paper - Craft Creations

Image - Lili of the Valley

Gems - Crafty Feeling

Snowflakes - punch by Woodware

Sentiment - Woodware

Whoosh!

Hi! Me again.  So much for getting on with the housework, I'm still sitting in the craftroom.  This card is for Sundays with Santa on Facebook and we were asked to make something depicting Travel.  I think my sledging penguin fits the bill.

Must go and get on now.

Hugs

Anne xx

Elements :

Papers and Image - Pink Petticoat

Sentiment - computer generated

Font - The Blue Cabin

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

A Meeting of Christmas Blogs

Hi! Another busy week but I've managed to catch up with blogging friends and make a couple of cards.  This is just a quick post as I'm off to the SECC in Glasgow with a couple of friends to see Dancing on Ice.  We're going to the afternoon show (cos we're not allowed out when it's dark o'clock) so are having lunch beforehand.  Mr C, our daughter, SIL & granddaughter are off to see our son and DIL.  They had a pool table delivered the other day and it's too heavy for the pair of them to carry downstairs to the games room so extra hands are needed, it's all go!

Hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Make it Monday - Anything

Christmas Card Club - Ribbons / Lace

Crafts 4 Eternity - Ribbon

Digi Doodle - Anything

Divas by Design - Mono

Papertake - Anything

Stampavie - Mono

Sunday with Santa on Facebook - Baubles

Elements :

Image - Beccys Place

Sentiment - computer generated

Font - Tangerine

Lace & Stars - stash

Dies - Rectangles

catch up

Hi peeps!  Last week was totally manic, I was doing something every day and didn't have time for crafting, blogging or commenting so a big sorry to all.  Hopefully this week will be quieter although, somehow, I doubt it!

I visited my aunt on Monday, Wednesday and Friday as my cousin was away on holiday.  It's never a chore to visit her as she's full of beans and always ready to go out in the car with lunch or a cuppa somewhere along the line!  At 83 she's marvellous as she's always in pain and seems to have every illness under the sun.  Tuesday I met a friend from Spain, Thursday was class then lunch with a friend, Saturday my friend and I went to Edinburgh to the Sincerely-Yours craft fair and finally on Sunday I caught up with Mr C and we went shopping for tiles and flooring ... woopee I hear you say!  We are having a new kitchen installed next month and we needed to get wood for the floor and find tiles we both liked as we're having the whole kitchen tiled this time so there'll be no more faffing about with wallpaper.

I HAVE to get working today as I'm ashamed of the house.  I still haven't tackled the ironing mountain so some of that's on the agenda today as well.

Lastly I've a couple of Christmas challenges to share with you.  They were actually due yesterday but, well you know why I'm late.  I did contemplate not bothering with them this week but that's the slippery slope and I promised myself I'd have a box of Christmas cards ready and waiting for the big day.

Have a good day whatever you're doing and I will catch up with you all again soon.

Hugs

Anne x

These cards are for the Christmas Card Club challenge.  The theme, chosen by Clare, is Anything But A Card, so I've made a set of cards!  The Christmas Card Club is a group of crafters who want to be organised by the end of the year.  We make a card every fortnight and if you'd like to join in all the names are on my sidebar. 

Elements :

Die cuts - from Susie Sugar at Die Cut Dreams

Images - stash

Sentiment - Tatty Teddy

This card is for the Sunday with Santa challenge on Facebook and this time we were asked to go Mono.

Elements :

Paper - magazine freebie

Ribbon - stash

Image - Lili  of the Valley

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Die - Labels Two by Spellbinders

Anything Christmas

Hi, I'm back with my second card of the day which is an Anything Goes card for Sunday with Santa on FB. It's another simple card but quite effective I think.

Hugs
Anne x

Elements :

Vellum - from Winter Wonderland collection by Nancy Watt

Image - Forever Friends Deco

Sentiment - Forever Friends

Die - Square Lace Frame by Cheery Lynn

recycle

Hi! This card is for the Sunday with Santa challenge on FB.  The theme this time is Recycle.

Hugs

Anne

Elements :

Image & Sentiment - recycled from an M&S card

Paper - Southfield

Dies - Ornate Frame by X-cut

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Lots of Sparkles

Challenge :

Sunday with Santa - Shiny Sparkles

Elements :

Papers - Southfield

Image - Lili of the Valley glittered using Glamour Dust

Other bits and bobs - stash

Presents

Challenge :

Sunday with Santa - Presents

Elements :

Papers - Lili of the Valley

Image, Sentiment Gems & Flower - Forever Friends

Die - Fleur de Lis by Spellbinders

Holly

This is my first Christmas card for today.  It's for Sunday with Santa on FB and we were asked to make a card with Holly on it.  Think this fits the bill!

Hugs

Anne

Elements :

Papers - Southfield and a Lili of the Valley (I think)

Ribbon - stash

Image - from Together in Christmas Stickeroos by Penny Black

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

never seen ink

Morning! The challenge over at Sunday with Santa on FB is Never Seen Ink (a stamp that's been in your stash but never inked up).  I have to confess I've a few of them!

Today we are having a lunch to celebrate 3 family March birthdays - granddaughter, daughter and husband!  Our son is coming through from Callander but unfortunately he'll be on his own as our DIL is in Singapore on business, oh how the other half live!!!

Challenges :

Crafty Hazelnut - Seeing Red

Paper Play - Something Old, Something New

Party Time Tuesday - Anything

Pennys - Anything

Simon Says - Anything

There's Magic in the Air - Critter

Elements :

Paper - Southfield

Image - Mistletoe and Mice by Stampavie (Something New)

Dies - Labels Nineteen by Spellbinders

Ribbon - stash (Something Old)

Ooops

Hi, sorry I'm so late today.  Yesterday turned out to be a bit of a disaster.  Mr C and Son got the tree chopped up and loaded what we could into my car.  We stayed with them for a while and had a chat and a cuppa then when it was time to go I jumped (!) into the car, switched it on and the onboard computer said STOP - brake failure.  It sure was correct as the brakes were doing nothing and the steering wheel was locked.  Back to the house and phoned the recovery people.  Without going into details, as I'm still seething, they were less than useless and the outcome of the whole scenario is my car is still sitting in my Son & DIL's drive and tomorrow we will have to get the local garage to go and tow it away and see what's wrong with it.  Grrr...

I was meaning to get my cards for today done last night but by the time all the shenanigans over the car were done we had to get a run home from Son and it was almost 10.30 by the time we got home so, as you can imagine, I was in no mood for making cards - straight to bed with my book!

Today I was going to get the cards done in the afternoon but, I have to confess, I got a better offer - an afternoon out with my cousins and Aunt.  I'm just going to post these cards then off to bed again, I've a great book at the moment and can't wait to find out what's happening next.

Hugs
Anne

  

This card is for the Christmas Card Club with the theme of 2+ folds.  It was set by the lovely Lizzie, not so lovely really (sorry hun) as I found this one quite difficult!!! 

Elements :

Papers - from Book 2 (Christmas) collection by Crafty Individuals

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Image - ???

Punch - Snowflake by Woodware

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This second card is for Sunday with Santa on FB and the challenge this week was Polka Dots

Sorry I've no idea where these things came from as they've been in my Christmas bit box for ages.  Do you see my halo shining, I'm using OLD stash!

Christmas Snowflakes

Sunday again and it's time for another challenge with Sunday with Santa on FB.  The theme this week is Snowflakes.  Hope you like.

Hugs

Anne

Elements :

Image - freebie from a magazine

Paper - Dovecraft

Punch - Snowflake by Woodware

Sentiment - Forever Friends

Ribbon - from a box of chocs!

Gems - Crafty Feeling

Christmas Cake

This is my second card for today and it's another Christmas one!  At Sunday with Santa on FB the theme this week is Food.  At first I thought it was a difficult topic but when I rummaged through my Christmas stuff I found this fabulous deco with a huge cake and all of a sudden it was easy!

Hugs

Anne

Elements :

Paper - freebie from magazine

Decoupage & Sentiment - Forever Friends

Die - Ornate Frame by X-cut 

I distressed the diecut and sentiment using Fired Brick Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

Santa

Hi!  Another card for the Christmas box!  I'm going to make my cards fairly simple this year so there's no problem posting them when the big day comes.  The sun is shining here at the moment but the sky looks a bit watery.  My friend and I had a very productive afternoon yesterday, lots of crafting, talking and of course coffee and cake!!!  Hope you enjoy your Sunday. 

Challenges :

ABC Christmas - Anything

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything

Make it Monday - Anything

Sunday with Santa - Santa

Elements :

Papers & Image - freebies from a magazine

Ribbon - stash

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Anne