Favourite Occasion at AYLI.

Hello friends and visitors.

It's time to kick off the first challenge of the year at

and the theme is Favourite Occasion.

In my house there are lots and lots of Birthdays during the next five or so months so I have gone with Birthday as my favourite occasion. They are always useful makes to have in your stash too.

Here is the card that I made for Mollie Rose, our Granddaughter, who turns 9 Today. It's hard to believe where the years have gone. She's a sassy little miss for sure, full of spirit and fun and is a wonderful big sister to Jackson!!

I used a very old BeBunni rubber stamp from Crafters Companion. The papers are from a doodlebug Designs Christmas pad and I cut the 9 freehand from a holographic scrap of card. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and matched the sweeties on top of the cake with the spots on the paper and then added glossy accents. The sentiment was heat embossed and is from a Clearly Besotted sentiment clear stamp set.

Thank you for your company and I hope that 2026 is being kind to you so far.

See you soon xx 

 

All Things New at We Love Stamping

Hello everyone, yes it's me again and I have HUGE news to share.

I was delighted to be invited to join the wonderful team at 

WE LOVE STAMPING

so this is my debut DT project and I am sharing inspiration for our January Challenge

 All Things New, chosen by Mervi

Here's what I made...a new baby card

I had a little tidy up back in December and found a box of Lili of the valley grey rubber stamps so she was perfect for my card. Keeping with the theme of older stash I used an old My Minds Eye paper pad called...and used Promarkers to colour the adorable image in shades to match. I even added some old cheesecloth and lace, some twine and a favourite stamp/die combo from Mama Elephant for the dinky tag.

We have two prizes of Tonic Verso dies (ones received may differ from the photo below) and a $20 Whimsy gift card for entrants Worldwide.

  

I am looking forward to my journey ahead with this talented team and taking inspiration from them all to use my rubber stamps.

See you soon

Winter Animals at Allsorts

Welcome or welcome back and Happy New Year everyone. I hope that 2026 brings Good Health and Happiness to you all. 

I am here with my first DT piece of 2026 for the brilliant Allsorts Challenge where the optional theme chosen by Helen is Winter Animals. 

I used a cute polar bear from a My Favorite Things stamp set, Polar Bear Pals. this set hasn't seen daylight for some time and I'd forgotten how useful it is for wintertime, with lots of different messages. I coloured him with Promarkers and tore strips of random blue papers for the background.

In keeping with the theme, the prize is from

 Visible Image stamps set and coordinating dies

                                              

We very much hope that you will join us .

See you soon xx

Create a Scene at Allsorts

 Good Morning and welcome. 

Another festive make from me today to encourage you to join us at

Allsorts Challenge where the optional theme, chosen by Lynn is

Create a Scene

No, we don't mean have a tantrum, just something lovely to look at!! Of course you can always share Anything Goes too.

I am still in festive mode and created a pretty much white on white card with a little bit of green.

The embossed snow and the foliage at the top was made using a cut and emboss die from Crafters Companion that was still sealed in its' packet. I can't find it anywhere so it must be retired. Anyhow it gave me a really nice base and I ran a couple of DI pads over the greenery and then added some stickles. The snowy scene was made using a die set, again very old, that I staggered using pinflair glue gel (which shows through grrrrr!!). I coloured the trees with a green Sakura glitter pen and used a glue pen and glitter for a snowy effect. The sentiment was a magazine freebie.

Two prizes of Lavinia, one a collection of mini/small stamps with bottle sticker for scene making and three stamps as second prize (photos not to scale). Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

Thank you to all those who wished me well. I am finally on the road to recovery, still a bit woozy at times but definitely much better. 

In case I am not here again this side of Christmas I would like to wish you all 

Good Health, Happiness and a Peaceful Christmas xx

Anything Christmassy at AYLI

Hello friends. It's new challenge day at

and it's Anything  Christmassy Goes

This last couple of years I have really enjoyed cross stitching again and have made quite a few projects. This is my latest FFO (fully finished object in cross stitch speak!!). The pattern is from Soda Stitch and called Merry Christmas. I used a mottled grey aida and threads from my stash, some called for and some alternatives that worked well.

Thank you for taking time out of your day to pay a visit. I have been dogged with ill health this past week so my good intentions to visit have been rather hindered. Migraine and vertigo were the culprits, A&E last weekend for an injection and a return visit to the GP yesterday. Hopefully the meds will sort me out now.

See you soon xx