Sports & Hobbies at We Love Stamping

Anesha is hosting at

We Love Stamping this month and the theme is Sports and Hobbies

Two prizes of Visible Image sports stamps.

I had another lovely morning searching my stamps for something suitable. I suppose I "could" have made a purchase but managed not to and instead inked a clear stamp set for the first time!!

This is what I made. 

 The whole card was made using stamps from a set by Paperbabe Stamps, I've had the set for some time and am delighted to say that it still appears to be available, if you are interested. Anyway I inked the background, rainbow style, using distress inks. Used a different stamp for the sentiment tag. Inked a pom pom to resemble a ball of wool and used cocktail sticks and Hamma beads for knitting needles. Although I am pleased with the card it's planted an idea in my head that I should get my own knitting needles out and, truth be told, I have more than enough "works in progress" so should probably shelve that idea for a bit!! I'll keep you posted!!

Thank you for stopping by x

From the Garden at Allsorts

 Happy weekend friends and visitors.

Over at

we are Anything Goes from the Garden chosen by Brenda

As well as card making I do love to make little folios and journals from printed digitals. The little tri-fold folio I an sharing today was a Friday Freebie designed by the lovely Gi Kerr from Happiness in crafting. If you are a member of her Facebook group these can be downloaded and she shares a You Tube tutorial to accompany the kit. The little bird is actually a hidden paper clip that keeps everything neatly folded.

I would love to say that my garden looks like that but sadly we have a really exposed garden so cottage garden plants do not fare well and we have to stick to low to the ground shrubs. Ooh, actually we do have a similar bird bath!!

The forecast doesn't look brilliant for the weekend which is a shame as we have a family get together on Sunday for the Hubby's Birthday. We were hoping that the hot weather would still be with us as we bought the Grandchildren a water slide for the garden and, I admit, I did have a go...in the name of market research you understand!! Such fun!!

Whatever you are up to I hope it's a good weekend.

See you soon xx

Sentiment at AYLI

Hello everyone. It's time for the next challenge at

and it's Favourite Sentiment (and why)

Here's min...

 I have gone with simple "Hello". I am a big fan of happy mail so use this Crafters Companion die regularly to send a note or letter to friends and family. The pretty paper is from a very old Tilda pad and I picked cardstock to match.

I hope that you will be inspired to join in. 

See you at the weekend xx