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

Colouring Medium at AYLI

Hello from a VERY hot Dorset UK. We are many, many days without rain and it's so hot that my HRT patch won't stick!!! I know I'm over sharing but many of you will know what I mean😁

Anyway, I thought a cooling Christmas card might help as my DT piece for

where the theme is Favourite Colouring Medium

 I love my Promarkers. I have tried many other alcohol markers but always go back to what I know. They blend together beautifully and layer for shading brilliantly too.

Many of you will remember Marianne Fisher from Mariannes Craftroom, well she is hanging up her glue gun and has been selling lots of her crafty stash. I bought some stamps and she kindly sent some pre-stamped images so I have used on of them on my card today. It's an adorable LOTV stamp. The papers are also LOTV in collaboration with Nitwits that was available in an 8x8 paper pad back in the day. Still available at Nitwits in digital form Snow Princess. 

Thank you for stopping by today. I will leave you with Mollie and Jackson on the

water slide from last weekend. I managed to keep off it this time although it was very tempting!!

See you soon xx

Summer Blooms at We Love Stamping

Lynn is in the driving seat at We Love Stamping this month and her optional theme is

SUMMER BLOOMS

Here is my inspiration for you

I used a lovely, lovely red rubber stamp from Stamping Bella, she's called Tiny Townie Garden Girl Rose and the papers Docrafts Simply Floral. I coloured rose with Promarkers and framed her with a scalloped oval of vellum. I have drawers full of Wild Rose Studio paper flowers so thought I would take the opportunity to use four of them!!

 

Two prizes, Penny Black stamp and stencil and another stamp from Buddly Crafts (photo's not to scale).

I hope that you will be inspired to join in this month.

See you soon xx

Colours of Summer at Allsorts

I have the honour of choosing the optional theme at Allsorts Challenge this time.

It's Colours of Summer and here is what I made.

 Inspired by this...

Where's Bowie 🤣🤣

I think I have managed to incorporate most of the colours. I used a very old stamp set called Zinnia by Flourish stamps that I think came from Waltzing Mouse Stamps a very long time ago. I coloured the stamped image with Promarkers, added glossy accents to the vase and lid and stickled around and on the image. The card base was covered with some scraps of Doodlebug Designs papers that luckily matched!!  As you can see our summer garden is bold and beautiful. We pack in the bedding plants tightly to leave as little space as possible as Bowie really does love to dig holes and lie in them to keep cool!!

One prize, Butterfly stamp and stencil from Visible Image

                        Many thanks for your company and I shall see you again soon xx

Summertime at We Love Stamping

 Sorry folks it's me again, this time to tempt you to join in at 

We Love Stamping 

where the theme for July, chosen by Lynn, is

SUMMERTIME

I made this

Once again I raided my stash and found a real life LOTV 8x8 paper pad scraps, so pretty. The sweet stamp is a VERY old red rubber one and from CC Designs. She was coloured with Promarkers to compliment the papers. Just recently I have refrained from adding Happy Birthday as a default sentiment so that I can add one later.

I hope that you are inspired and will join us again to be in with a chance to win

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

See you soon xx

Birds, Bees & Blooms at Allsorts

Hello everyone.

Ellie is hosting at Allsorts Challenge this time and her optional theme is

Birds, Bees and/or Blooms

I am still on a mission to use my stash and found a lovely Stampendous set that's never seen ink and made this

I have managed to incorporate the blooms and bees. I coloured with Promarkers added, glossy accents, glitter and wink of stella to jazz up the flowers. The sentiment, bees and border at the top are all within the set so I can't for the life of me remember why I haven't used it before!!

It is a white card, my settings must be awry because whatever I do I just can't get a good picture.

It's a super prize, and 

Please remember, to be eligible you must provide name/makes of products used on your entry (our rules explain why), if missing entries will not be included in winner/Top 7 selections.

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Glorious Bouquet stamp set available from Buddly Crafts 

Thank you for your visit and I hope you have a lovely weekend. It's quiet here. We've had a rather hectic few weeks so a little time for a reset is in order.

See you soon xx

Sport & Hobbies reminder We Love Stamping

Hello all, I am here with your monthly reminder about our current challenge at

We Love Stamping where the optional theme is Sports & Hobbies

 As well as all the other things I do in my spare time I do love to ride my bike, daily if I can. We don't go far but have some lovely  20-25 minute routes that pass through neighbouring villages. This was my thought process for my second DT card. I used an old Bildmalarna grey rubber stamp and coloured her with Promarkers to compliment the My Minds Eye "On the Sunny Side" papers that I used as a background. 

Here is me doing my very best impression of the above stamp...NOT!!

See you soon xx

We Love Stamping

 Hello everyone, I am here today with a little inspiration for you, just in case you haven't joined us at

We Love Stamping 

for our current theme

All Creatures Great and Small  (or Anything Goes)

Once more, I have used a stamp set from my stash

a "T for Transparent" Penny Black set

Aren't they cute?!! Coloured with Promarkers, the postage stamp dies that I think are from The Works and the patterned paper is of unknown origin!!

There's still time to share your makes as long as there is a stamped image on your project.

On the subject of creatures, our fur babies Bumble and Bowie were TEN years old on Friday...here they are enjoying porridge for their breakfast

and when they were tiny!!

See you soon xx

All Creatures Great and Small at We Love Stamping

We have a lovely new theme at We Love Stamping this month

All Creatures Great and Small and the prize is

 Three stamps from AALL and Create

                                 

I have no shortage of animal stamps in my stash so I am sharing a gorgeous cow called Custard. She is a very old Sugar Nellie grey rubber stamp. 

The floral paper that I matted on the kraft card easel are from a Polkadoodles paper pack called The Great Outdoors. Custard was coloured with Promarkers and Copics. The die cut leaves are from Tattered Lace and the flowers, I believe, Joy Crafts.

Thank you for sharing your time with me again, it's much appreciated.

See you Soon xx

In the Garden at Allsorts

Hello friends and visitors it's time for a new challenge at 

Allsorts where the optional theme, chosen by Gail, is

In the Garden (anything goes is also very welcome)

Two prizes of Lavinia stamps 

Here is my contribution to the inspiration

I used a grey rubber LOTV stamp (and sentiment) for this little card. It's another very old set that I had shamefully forgotten all about. It was lovely to colour and I chose a favourite colour combo blue and Kraft. The papers are old and the cover missing but I think they might be Bo Bunny and Doodlebug Designs. For an added gardeny extra I added some bakers twine.

I have been on annual leave the past week and, my word, we've had ALL the weather. Frost, icy winds, rain and 23 degree sunshine too. We took a trip to the coast on Wednesday and it was glorious to enjoy an ice cream in shirt sleeves. We bought a new rambling rose, clematis and some shrubs to go in the borders, it was so good to get in the garden again. Speaking of which we would LOVE to see your garden themed cards/projects so hope that you will play along.

See you soon xx

NOTE TO SELF, PUBLISH YOUR POST WHEN YOU EDIT, NOT UPDATE!!

Springtime at Allsorts

 Holy moly, I am going to be sacked!! In my plight with my new laptop I forgot to schedule my post for Allsorts...better late than never.

Hello friends and visitors

It's Springtime at Allsorts Challenge this time (Anything Goes is also welcome though)

Two Penny Black Stamps available from Buddly Crafts

I haven't entered challenges for a very long time but the stamp I am using was a prize from We Love Stamping and it's perfect for this theme. Julie Hickey Designs Peter's daffodils.

I used papers from a Doodlebug Designs pad, the cover is long gone I'm afraid but there was definitely spring in the title. I coloured the gorgeous daffs with my Promarkers, added some ribbon and cotton lace and used the companion tag/sentiment set from Mama Elephant. 

We have had some spring like weather but my word it's been bitterly cold and windy too. Hopefully it will warm up quite soon.

See you next week xx

Things with Wings at Allsorts

Happy weekend everyone. 

At Allsorts this time Lynne has chosen the optional theme and we would love to see your projects featuring 

Things with Wings (anything goes also welcome too)

Prize of $30 gift card from Taylored Expressions and extra prize of an A4 stamp set.

 Oce more I have had a good old rummage and found a really sweet Little Claire Designs clear stamp. I also found another very old My Minds Eye paper pad that had just the right sized designs that I was looking for so the little hen and her comfy cushion were coloured to match. The doily was made using an equally old Joy Crafts die and the sweet flowers were from a shop whose name has escaped my ageing brain. I want to say Wild Orchid Crafts but I might be wrong!! Finished off with a lovely Craftwork Cards sentiment badge. Wow, that really has been a trip down memory lane using all those old products!!

If you've made it this far with all my waffling I hope that you have a lovely weekend, wherever and whatever you are doing. It's Mothers Day here in the UK on Sunday so it would be nice to see a little bit of sunshine.

See you soon xx

World Wildlife at We Love Stamping

It's World Wildlife day on March 3rd so we've used that as our optional theme at

We Love Stamping

  Of course you can share anything just as long as there is a stamped image on your project.

Here's what I made

The wildlife and words are from a Clearly Besotted stamp set called Wild Thing. It's not on the website so, I suspect, retired now as it is an old set. I stamped the characters coloured them with Promarkers and fussy cut them. The sky was made with an inked Dutch Dubadoo cloud stencil and tumbled glass DI. The "savannah" was created using a very old Memory Box grass die ( I can't find it anywhere, it's that old!!). I doodled a border for a bit of interest to finish it off.

 Two prizes of AALL and Create stamps and stencil (photos not to scale)

  

Thank you for your visit. See you soon xx

Cute or Elegant At As You Like It Challenge

Hello friends I am back in my comfort zone today with my DT piece for

 where Elaine is hosting and the theme is

Cute or Elegant.

It will come as no surprise to my followers that I have gone with cute. I just love the cute genre, people, animals, and houses. You name it, if it's cute I will love colouring it!! Not to mention I can always find a patterned paper that fits!!

Here's what I made this time

a cute card for our Grandson, Jackson, who was 3 years old at the beginning of the month.

This time I hooked out a memory stick to find a cute digital image, this one fit the bill and I coloured him with Promarkers. The papers are also digital. I can't find the provenance of either I'm afraid. 

I hope that you will go and share some love with the team and take inspiration and join us.

See you soon xx

Hearts at We Love Stamping

 Love is all around at We Love Stamping this month where Faith has chosen 

💕Hearts💕

or Anything Goes

I used a very old Woodware stamp FRS170 Love that I coloured with Promarkers to match the pretty heart paper that was from First Edition "Sweet Nothings" paper pad. It really was a joy to colour and give some love to an old stamp and die too.

Looks like February is going to be just as wet as January was. I must confess that this winter I have seriously questioned my life choices when mucking out on cold, wet and dark mornings but then I get a lovely kiss from my boy and remember why!! I mean the pony not the Husband!!

Fingers crossed for an early spring. Our daffs are coming out and the snowdrops have been out for a little while now so it's on it's way!!

This was before Storm Chandra when we had a bit of blue sky!!

That's all for now. See you soon xx

Embellishments at AYLI

 Hello, hello. I hope everyone is keeping well.

I have a couple of tags to share today that are my DT inspiration for the new Challenge at 

As You Like It

where the theme is Favourite Embellishment and why.

I tend to grab gems or pearls to add a little finishing touch to my projects. They add sparkle or shimmer, depending on which you use, without the bulk.

I found a super cute dinky stamp set, (Country Companions) that has never seen ink, that I coloured with Promarkers. Cut tag shapes and mounted on gingham card (apologies for the shocking photography). The sentiments smudged a bit but I am sure Mollie and Jackson will be more interested in the package content rather than the tags!!

It's lovely to have your company again. Life is finally settling down, workwise, with Flu & Covid clinics now completed. Just the matter of the wedding invites to complete.

See you soon xx

Birthday at Allsorts

Morning one and all. Donna is hosting at Allsorts this week and given an optional theme of 

BIRTHDAY

Here is my card.

 I do love a fun fold and always find inspiration at Sam Calcotts, Made to Surprise You Tube channel. this particular one is a napkin fold, looks really impressive but is so simple to make. I used spots and stripes from an old Craft Creations paper pack and dug out an equally aged Wild Rose Studio stamp, coloured with Promarkers.

Two prizes of two stamp sets

That's me for today. I hope the weekend has good things in store.

See you soon xx

Allsorts I Spy B

 It's all about B at Allsorts this time and I have gone with buzzy bees!!

I made an arch shaped card using a Daisy Mae nested die set (that I cannot find a link for). The bees and hive are courtesy of a little used My Favorite Things set called Meant to bee that I coloured with Promarkers. The little buzzy bees themselves are layered and I gave them a little sprinkle of glamour dust too. The spotty paper was in my bits and pieces basket but I've a feeling it was from a First Edition pad. I went "all out" with this one and added layers to the inside too but forgot to photgraph it before posting!! It's the heat!! 

2 prizes of coordinating stamps and dies

It's been relatively quiet Chez Wills, the fields are brown and the pony shouts at me regularly throughout the day asking for carrots, apples and a hay top up as he has no grass!! I am sure Mother Nature will provide some rain at some point and when she does, won't be able to stop it!!

Thankyou for your time and I'll see you again soon xx