Halloween Colours at AYLI

 Hello all. 

Its time for our new challenge at

We would love to see your Favourite Halloween Colours ( and remember to tell us why)

We have never done Halloween in our house, not even when the boys were small, it really wasn't a big thing back then!! Our Grandchildren, however, are full of it. How things change in a generation.

Anyway, I have made an October notebook and decorated it with halloween inspired coloured buttons.

I cut and stapled some lined paper from an old exercise book and made a tent fold cover for it. Drew a circle on a slime coloured piece of cardstock and then had a lovely time rifling through my buttons. I did think about threading them (for about a second!) and then decided to use a thin Posca pen to draw thread, a much quicker and quite effective result, I thought! As luck should have it I found a set of magazine freebie stamps that are suited to calendars and journals. They were perfect for this project, if a little squidgy!

That's all for today. I shall see you again on Saturday.

Until then, take care x

Trees and Leaves at We Love Stamping

 Emma has chosen our October theme at 

We Love Stamping and it's

Trees and Leaves (Anything Goes always welcome too).

I am still going great guns with my Christmas makes and started off by water colouring the background with Twinkling H2Os. Then heat embossed Christmas Joy with twinkly embossing powder.

Added some Chloes sparkle and mounted on a postage stamp die cut mat. The Seasons Greeting is from an LOTV clear stamp set. I made half a dozen of these so I'm back in the game!!

2 prizes, $30 store voucher from Taylored Expressions and Penny Black stamp set and stencil from Buddly Crafts (photo's not to scale).

Thank you for visiting. See you soon xx

All Creatures Great and Small at Allsorts

 Hello friends. The new challenge starts at Allsorts today and the optional theme is

All Creatures Great and Small (Anything Goes also welcome)

which is very handy as I am still in Christmas mode as I am so behind with my makes.

I made tags using an old and unused die set from Impression Obsession. The dies that I used to cut the animals was a charity shop find so, I'm afraid, I don't know the brand. First I inked the snow, then masked off to stamp the Christmas trees, stuck on the animals and then got splattering with a Posca pen. I think I was a little bit over enthusiastic as they really are mega snowflakes!! 

2 prizes of stamps, stickers and scenescapes from Lavinia Stamps (photos not to scale) Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway. 

Thank you for dropping in and I hope you have a lovely weekend.

See you soon x

Favourite Wild Animal at AYLI

Hello and welcome everyone.

It's time for a new challenge at

where the theme is your Favourite Wild Animal (and why this is the case)

We live in a fairly rural location so are fortunate to get lots of wildlife visit us. My favourite is the hare. They are wonderful to watch and are hard to find in Dorset so it's quite special that we have them close by.

I made a CAS card using a great stamp from a set from Taylored Expressions Party Grumplings. I cannot find a link anywhere as the set is quite old.

I coloured the little fellow with Promarkers, added some glitter for the candle and mounted him on a strip of spotted card that was lurking in my stash. The sentiment is from the set too.

That's all from me for today. I will be at a local agricultural show when this goes live so wish me luck, there are thunderstorms forecast and I'm really not a fan!!

See you soon xx

Summer Blooms reminder

Hello all. I am here with a reminder that there is still time to join in at

We Love Stamping where the current theme is Summer Blooms. You can of course take the Anything Goes route too.

 I am still using old stash and found this delightful grey stamp in my crafty arsenal that I coloured with my Promarkers and fussy cut. I used my favourite Daisy Mae tag die  as the base and pasted the magazine freebie stamped message and stamped image using matte medium. I can't deny I was a bit worried that the markers would run but lo and behold, they didn't!! I finished it off with a bundle of ribbons secured with a button.

Thankful for your visit today. See you soon xx