Ribbon or Twine at AYLI

Hello friends. I have another Christmas card to share with you today. It's my DT piece for

where the theme is

Ribbon or Twine (and why)

As ever, I am aware of the cost of postage so for a bit of detail and texture, without the bulk, I tend to use twine. 

That said I still have a massive array of ribbons that I will possibly use one day!!

The birdhouse is one of my first purchases from Lili of the Valley back in the days before digitals. The backing paper is also from a real life 8x8 paper pad which, I think, is available in digi form. I also used their Christmas sentiments tag stamp set for the little tag greeting.

You can see the image a little better here and the lovely frosty snow that I added once I'd coloured with Promarkers.

Thank you for your visit and I hope you will be inspired to share your makes with us.

See you soon xx

 

Traditional Christmas Colours at Allsorts

Good Morning and Happy Weekend. We are dipping our toe into the festive season at Allsorts this week where the theme chosen by Lynne is

Traditional Christmas Colours

Two prizes, Tim Holtz Festive Foliage stamp set and voucher for digital download from Buddly Crafts, founded in 2003, we've grown from a digital downloads store into the online craft supplies shop. 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.

Here is what I made

 using a lovely clear stamp set (Holly Collage) from Buddly Crafts . I coloured the stamped image with Promarkers and inked the background using Antique Linen DI and I glossy accented the Holly label. The lovely paper is from a very old (practically antique) paper pad by Authentique, called Wonder. It was the perfecg background. The sentiment is from the stamp set also and, like the image, I mounted it on gold matt board for a bit of luxury.

Two prizes, Tim Holtz Festive Foliage stamp set and voucher for digital download from Buddly Crafts, founded in 2003, we've grown from a digital downloads store into the online craft supplies shop. 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.

Thank you for stopping by. Life here has been a little bit bonkers for the last month or so but with the end of Flu/Covid Clinics in sight and no additional horses to tend to I might actually manage to get a bit of additional crafty time ( in between invites of course!!). 

See you soon xx

Square or Not at AYLI

Hello everyone. Hope this week is being kind to you. I am here with inspiration for our new challenge at

where the theme is Square or Not? (with your reason of course)

In a bid to use excess card stock in my stash (and believe me there is a LOT!!) I have been making my own A6 card blanks. I also appear to accumulated many envelopes of the same size so win, win!!

This card was made using an old paper kit from Craftwork Cards. I subscribed to the monthly kits a very long time ago and this is Pretty Patchwork. All of the elements are from the kit.

Autumn is well and truly underway here in the UK and it's been glorious once more, after a week of much needed rain. Gales are forecase for tomorrow so I hope to get a little bit of crafty time. I am drowning in Wedding Invitations at the moment as Connor (youngest) and his Fiance, Amelia have asked me to make their wedding stationery...eeeek. 

See you soon xx