Christmas Critters at As You Like It

Hello everyone.

 I have another Christmas card to share with you today as it's the start of a new challenge at

where we would love for you to share your favourite Christmas Critter (and remember to tell us why)

I love a penguin, not typically associated with Christmas but they are incredibly cute and look adorable dressed up!!

I used a super cute chap from Holiday cheer by My Favorite Things. I coloured him with Promarkers and mounted him on the z fold base covered in papers from a very old paper pad from Lily Bee. The sentiment is from a discontinued Clearly Besotted set. 

I hope that you will find time to join us with your favourite Christmas Critters.

See you soon xx

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

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

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

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