Ribbon and/or twine at Allsorts

 Happy Weekend everyone. 

I've a Christmas card to share with you today it's adorned with lovely ribbon and some glittery twine to inspire you to join our optional theme at Allsorts challenge this week. Anything Goes is also most welcome.

I used an old Do Crafts vintage paper pack for the base of my card then stamped my lovely Stampendous stamp and heat embossed it with a lovely pepper coloured WOW embossing powder. All the edges were torn using my lovely Indigo Blu tearing tool and then inked. I had a perfect festive green organza ribbon that I wrapped around one of the panels and added a twine threaded button too.

The prize this week is a

Sizzix die set from Craft Stash

Can't wait to see what you make!!

I hope you have a good weekend. It looks like we are in for 48 hours of heavy rain and gales so I am really not looking forward to that. It's been an interesting week weatherwise with snow and sub zero temperatures too, it actually felt quite festive!!

See you on Monday xx

Food and/or Drink at Allsorts

Hello friends. I am inviting you to join me for a beverage this morning. Gail has chosen the optional theme at Allsorts this week and it's

Food and/or Drink

I have kept my resolution to use old stash this year and while having a rummage, as you do, I found a lovely coffe cup stamp set. I know I have mentioned my exploration of other papercrafts this year  and in doing so found a lovely lady called Amanda Charlesworth on You Tube (Create with Scrimping Mommy). She shares so much inspiration that I used one of her Journal Slide and Reveal techniques on my card.

Closed

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It's a really easy technique using a folded "slider". 

 

AYLI Favourite Embellishment

 Another two weeks has rolled by and here we are mid November, can you believe it?!!

Anyway, my post today is to invite you to join in at

where Elaine is hosting and has chosen the theme of

Favourite Embellishment (and why)

I have been on a mission to actually use my paper pads this year so have been making other papercraft projects. Along the way I found hidden paperclips that are really fun to make and functional too in journals, folios or on cards as embellishments or can be used as a paper clip!! They are also a really great way to use up strips of paper, fussy cuts and actually any little bits and bobs that you've saved. I've made a few Christmas ones to add to cards or tags. 

I cut interesting bits from several paper collections by Do Crafts, & Craftwork Cards.

If you google hidden paperclips on You Tube there are countless videos to immerse yourself in!! 

Thank you for your company today . See you on Saturday xx

Special Occasions

 Happy Monday everyone and I hope this week is kind to you. Today is the first of three visits for me so I will kick the week off by inviting you to join in at

where the theme this month is

Special Occasions.

I am getting on a bit and seem to be making an awful lot of retirement cards lately for colleagues and friends so what better special occasion than that!!?

I used a super cute LOTV rubber stamp and coloured him to match the Bo Bunny paper pad. I used my lovely tearing rulers again for the panel and used a MFT die cut frame too. The sentiment was cobbled together using two different stamp sets, happy was a freebie and retirement from Whimsy. All edges were inked for a little bit of interest.

I am looking forward to seeing your interpretation of Special Occasion.

See you on Thursday xx

Christmas at Allsorts

 We are feeling festive at

Allsorts Challenge

the alternative theme is Christmas this week and the prize is from Lavinia Stamps

I have been pretty good this year keeping up with the festive makes but I realised that I had way too many cute cards in my pile so made some more grown up models. I am always in awe of inky backgrounds so had another go making these two featuring Card-io stamps. The pretty papers are from Craft Creations.

I added some super sparkly glitter glue that really packs a punch!!

We are looking forward to seeing your Christmassy makes xx