Sunday, 18 October 2026

We Love Stamping Reminder

I am here with a reminder of our current challenge at

 We Love Stamping

where the theme is Shades of Autumn (anything Goes also welcome).

I have made a Thank you card.



One again I have delved deep into my antique stash and found an adorable stamp from The Greeting Farm, Cuddly Thanks. He was coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut to sit on some matted papers from Doodlebug Designs. The outer cover is long gone but I think it might be Fall Friends or something similar. 

It's certainly feeling more autumnal down here and the leaves are slowly turning. The garden still continues to give us colour but our summer bedding plants are slowly making way for good old chrysanths and cyclamen. 

Enjoy your Sunday and see you soon xx

Saturday, 10 October 2026

More than One fold at Allsorts

Liz is in the driving seat at Allsorts this time and her optional theme is

More than one fold...she is the Queen of fancy folds!! 

(Anything Goes is also most welcome)

I did this...


...a simple Z fold that looks really impressive. The adorable little bunny rabbit ( Your Next Stamp Frosty Friends) sits over the sentiment inside.  The sentiment inside is from a Clearly Besotted set.

                             Two prizes, a bundle of craft essentials from Stix2 plus an A5 stamp set


Life has taken on a steadier pace after our exciting September and I am also planning my exit from the NHS so I fully intend to be more present here in Blogland!!

See you soon xx

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Favourite fabric embellishment at AYLI

 Hello friends and visitors. 

It's the day for a new challenge at


where the theme is

Favourite fabric embellishment (and tell us why)

I love a bit of ribbon or lace to add a bit of texture to a card or project. I confess to having rather a lot of ribbons and lace that I have accumulated over the years so there is usually the right colour in my box.

On this occasion I found some pretty lace topped off with a thin satin ribbon to adorn Connor and Amelia's wedding card.


The digital image is from Lili of the Valley called Just Married. I coloured them with Promarkers. The paper and the die cut heart are both from the Rustic Wedding collection at Crafters Companion. 
The wedding seems like such a long time ago now. The happy couple had a minimoon in Naples and are planning a get away to Europe for a few weeks in December to visit the Christmas Markets.

Thank you for your visit, it's much appreciated xx


Sunday, 4 October 2026

Shades of Autumn at We Love Stamping

Today is the start of the October Challenge at

 We Love Stamping

The theme is Shades of Autumn (Anything Goes is also welcome).

I had the best time making my card.



It was the perfect opportunity to use some of my inks (turns out I have a lot!!) to make this tent fold card using  Crafters Companion Spring Wreath stamp & die set. The wreath is made up of multiple numbered stamps that created lovely layers that I then die cut. For a little more interest I stamped some of the foliage stamps on the base and added the die cut wreath on foam pads for some height.


Two prizes, stamps and stencil from Sweet Poppy


    
 


 

Saturday, 26 September 2026

Anything Autumn at Allsorts

 Happy Saturday everyone. I hope that the week has been kind to you and that you have something nice planned for the weekend.

I am delighted to be here to share my DT piece for the new challenge at


where the optional theme, chosen by Christine, is

🍂 Anything Autumn, Anything Goes is also most welcome.

I love card making but I do like to dabble in making little wallet/folio keepsakes and the one I am sharing today is a lovely kit from Angela Kerr Designs. It's called Rustic Reflections.




It was relaxing to make, I really enjoyed the fussy cutting and followed a You Tube tutorial on the construction. It's full of pockets, flips and tucks that contain tags, tickets and little journal cards featuring autumnal colours and images.

2 prizes of Penny Black stamps, stencil and stickers from Buddly Crafts



Thank you for stopping by and I hope I have inspired you.

See you soon xx