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

Birthday at Allsorts

It's Happy Birthday to us at

Allsorts Challenge 17 whole years of wonderful challenges

I much enjoyed  joining in back in the day but enjoy, even more, being on the design team. I've met some lovely ladies and it is a pleasure to share work here every couple of weeks in the hope it will inspire you to join in.

After all that here is my Birthday card

This Cats Pajamas bunny has been used lots of times, she is so cute and I always our her on a circle card base, it just suits her. This time I used a ditsy Doodlebug Designs paper and added some enamel dots which actually look the wrong colour but, trust me, they are a perfect match in real life!!

There are LOTS of prizes too

Lavinia stamp collection. The Lavinia experience is a magical journey where you can learn a new skill and create enchanting artwork, thereby opening the door to your imagination – a truly captivating experience. Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

Buddly Crafts £25 store voucher. Founded in 2003, we've grown from a digital downloads store into the online craft supplies shop we are today sending out orders to our discerning, creative customers across the UK and worldwide. We stock a wide range of exciting products for card making and mixed media art carefully selected from the world’s most creative and time-tested arts and crafts brands.

Art Impressions $30 store voucher. Art Impressions is a rubber stamp manufacturer based in Salem, OR since 1987. The company began as our sole designer, Bonnie Krebs, created and sold educational stamps at craft fairs around the US Northwest, now sold Worldwide.

Highlight Crafts, dies with artwork downloads. Own brand products designed in the UK and an on line store offering a fabulous variety of brands to cover a multitude of crafty techniques.

Plus, Surprise Goody Bags containing, stamps, dies and other crafty items.

Come and celebrate with us!!

See you soon xx

Favourite Season at As You Like It

 Hello everyone

We have a new challenge at

As You Like It, where the theme is

Favourite Season

It's winter for me, or specifically Christmas, the build up, preparation and anticipation. Not to forget the card making that I do all year round.

I used the film strip reindeer from Lili of the Valley that I coloured with Promarkers. The paper is an unknown scrap and the holly die is from Cheery Lynn. I found another Craftwork Cards sentiment too. Looks like I had more of those left than I realised!!

Hope you will join us with projects featuring your favourite season.

See you soon xx