Reef Travellers - from Beccy's Place

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How is your week going? We went parent visiting yesterday and they all seem to be in fine form and the care for them all seems to be working. On these trips we get coffee in a nice little coffee shop a trip to the Art of Craft Shop and a nice meal with my husband's brothers and wives. 

This is a sad post for me. This is the last time I will be posting as one of Beccy's Blog Contributors for Beccy's Place. I have decided to step down from the Design Team. I am finding I have less time to craft and this is only going to get worse. When our grandchild arrives we will be doing child care two days a week. Beccy has been very understanding and she is a dream to work with. The images come in plenty of time before the deadline for the makes. Beccy is always so kind about what you have made. 

The last image set I have worked with is called Reef Travellers. I made three very similar cards. 

I have a Nautical paper pad that came from The Works. The papers worked so well with this images. I added some die cuts to this card. 

This is a proper DL card. All the sentiments I used came from the set. The images were coloured with Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. 

With this card I used up strips of the nautical papers. This design works with Washi Tape too. 

This is the Reef Travellers digital image set and it is available HERE.

Here are all three cards together. 

What have I decided about blogging? I am certainly going to be cutting back for a while. I really am not making so much. We might start buying cards this year. I won't say I won't blog ever again just not so much. 

Happy Crafting

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A Diamond Point Card for our Daughter and Son-in-law

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How was your weekend? Did you have a nice Easter? On Good Friday we spent the day with our Daughter as her hubby was out with friends. On Saturday we had our good friends round for afternoon tea. Then on Sunday our Daughter and Son-in-law came for Sunday lunch which was provided by the M&S Easter meal deal. Yesterday my hubby got up early and took some friends to Heathrow so they could fly to Australia to visit with grandchildren they have not met before. The rest of the day we caught up on jobs. We have two insurance claims to make for our last cruise. My hand and a missed port. I even tried to claim my Hampshire County pension but that didn't go so well. 

Here is the card I made for out Daughter and Son-in-law for Easter. 

I decided to make another Diamond Point card. The image is from the Poppet Postcards Flower Set from Clarity Stamp. I coloured this when I was following along with the Shack. I used my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. I chose papers in my stash to match the image. 

I did enjoy joining in with Barbara Gray and the Shack. I just don't seem to have the time to join in now. 

Our Daughter liked this card a lot. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Tractor Pull Digital Image Set from Beccy's Place

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How are you all doing. We have just come home from our cruise. The Iona is a fabulous ship. I think we have to have another cruise on her to get to know her better. I have come back slightly damaged, more of that later. 

I am one of the blog contributors for Beccy's Place. This month the fantastic Tractor Pull Digital Image set has been released. Here are my makes with the images. 

This is a very versatile set. Here is a birthday card. 

Now a Christmas card. Both of these cards used  Pre-coloured images. For the Christmas card I used the Stencils Sentiments dies from the John Next Door Range. 

Here I used just one element and a sentiment from the set. The balloons were coloured by me with my Faber Castell Polychromo colouring pencils. 

Here is the Tractor Pull set which is available HERE. 

Here are the cards together. I think this set has lots of potential. 

Happy Crafting 

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Chic in Paris - Two Jays part 2 Simone

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How has your week been? We have been busy. On Wednesday we had a new mattress delivered. Along with the new pillows it is all very comfortable. We are also getting quotes for our conservatory, that had damage in the storm, and the bathroom, which is just tired. My hubby is having a few days away next week to spend time with some of his university buddies. It is so good how they have been able to keep in touch. 

Here is the second set of samples I made for the release of the Chic in Paris range of stamps from Two Jays. This stamp set is called Simone. I think I was sent this set because she is holding a giant coffee cup and I love coffee. 

I have just discovered Versafine Clair Stamp pads. Oh boy with that and a stamp platform stamping has never been so easy. I did the colouring with my Faber Castell colouring pencils. And everything is better with coffee. 

I made an easel card with my Presscut Nested Hexagon dies. It was easy to place a hexagon in the stamping platform and keep turning it to get a circle of stamps. 

This was my hubby's idea. He found a cup in the cupboard that I could decorate. The stamps were just perfect for it. The background was made with different colours of tissue paper and decoupage glue. I stamped the images onto paper so that they would mould to the cup more easily. I used my Faber Castell Polychromo colouring pencils to colour the images and my VersaFine Clair stamp pad did not run. 

You know I love coffee this just had to be done. I used my stamping platform to achieve this result. 

All of these are ideal for a coffee lover just like me. Don't forget to join John on Create and Craft for his 2 hour show on Sunday. 

Happy Crafting

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Chic in Paris - Two Jays Stamps

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How are you doing? I am so sorry that I haven't been around much. Life does seem to have become quite hectic. With two lots of parents who are poorly this takes a lot of our time. I am still crafting but I have been working on things that I cannot share yet. Except somethings I only finished at the beginning of this week, have been moved up in the schedules and I can share them now. They will be released on Sunday under the Two Jays brand from Crafts-Too. 

Here are my samples from one of the sets of stamps. The whole range is called Chic in Paris. 

I think I must have used every stamp in this set for this card. I have two wreath templates and I used them both. I masked the edges of the smaller wreath and stamped the girl in the middle. All the colouring was done with my Faber Castell Polychromo colouring pencils. All the card I used is Craft Artist Linen card. Oh they do have some lovely colours. The other thing I love it my stamp platform. There are just so many cool things you can do with it. 

Here is the girl in her entirety. I gave her coloured tights as I thought her dress was too short - I am such a prude. Again this is coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo colouring pencils. All the card is Linen card.  

I love making easel cards. This time I used my Presscut Oval dies to make the card base and the mats and layers. Yes there is more colouring and more Linen card. 

These stamps will be released on Sunday on Create and Craft. Everything is changing with the Craft Channels and I am very confused. I used to make things for Create and Craft a few years ago. It is like going back in time. I do have another set of cards to share with you using one of the other stamp sets in the range. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Best Wishes from a Cute Elephant

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How is your week going? We saw all our parents yesterday. My parents seem very happy with the two carers that they now live with them. I am sure it is better for them to be in their own home. My husband's parents are just starting out on the care journey. I think they will be needing more help soon. The Art of Craft shop is just down the road from my in-laws. We popped in yesterday between visits. I was a bit naughty and I treated myself to some goodies. 

Here is a card I made with the last of the images from the Chute Digital Image Set from Beccy's Place. I had coloured the image but I ran out of time to make it into a card for the deadline for sending it to Beccy. 

For the background I used some strips of leftover Designer paper from Claritystamp. The sentiment was cut into the paper with my Stencil Sentiments die set from the John Next Door range. 

This is the cute elephant from the Chute Digital Image Set from Beccy's Place which is available HERE. He was coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo colouring pencils. 

This is another cute little card for my stash. 

Happy Crafting

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Chute from Beccy's Place

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How has your weekend been? We have had a quiet time at home catching up on things that need to be done in the house and garden. The spring flowers are starting to appear which is nice. On Sunday when it was raining we went to the cinema to see Death on the Nile. 

I was sent the Chute Digital Image set from Beccy's Place to use. Here is what I made. 

I coloured the images with my Faber Castell Polychromo Colouring pencils. All the papers and die cuts came from my stash. 

With this card I added so faux stitching around the edge. 

This is the Chute Digital Image Set and it is available HERE.

Here are the two cards together. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Nuts 'N' Bolts from Beccy's Place

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Let's start with an apology. I am sorry I haven't been posting much. I have been crafting but they are all projects for the future. Life has thrown a bit of a curve ball as well. My parents now need two live in carers. We had to source a bed for the second one. So with that and invigilating life is just a bit hectic. 

Here is a post about the fabulous new digital image set from Beccy's Place called Nuts 'N' Bolts. 

This is my first card. I did colour the image with my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. I had to add some John Next Door Cogs. 

For the second card I added two of the robots and again I coloured them with my Faber Castell

Polychromo Colouring pencils. The back was made with another John Next Door die this one from the Stencil Alphabet set. 

This is the Nuts 'N' Bolts image set which is available HERE. 

Here are the two cards together. This is such a fun image set to use. 

Happy Crafting

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Penguin Card Pop-Up Stepper Card

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How has your week been? We are just so busy at the moment I bet lots of you are too. I  haven't made much this month. I am hoping things will calm down a bit soon. 

Here is the card I made for our Daughter and Son-in-law. Our daughter has always loved penguins. 

The paper has been in my stash for a while. 

I love the Pop-Up Stepper Card die set from the John Next Door range. The Stencil Sentiment dies are brilliant too. You can make up all sorts of phrases.

This is the centre section. The penguins are the Small Penguins from the Two Jays stamp range. They were coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. The trees were made with the Finley's Trees die set from the John Next Door range. 

I put a panel on the back of the card for a greeting. 

They did like their card a lot. Have a good Christmas. I hope we all have a Happy New Year. 

Happy Crafting

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Christmas Cheers with Beccy's Place

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How was your weekend? We celebrated our Son-in-law's birthday on Saturday. He is a very good cook. Then on Sunday we went to a quiz with our friends. We didn't do very well we are rather out of practice. 

I am not crafting very much at the moment. I have been helping at Felting Workshops ( I am making myself a set of Christmas Pudding decorations for our tree). What free time I have seems to be spent on the phone sorting out things for my parents. As time goes on things are getting harder. I am sure some of you know what we are going through. I will not be blogging as much as usual. I am sure no one will mind. 

Here is a card that I made with one of the images from the Christmas Cheers Digital Image set from Beccy's Place. 

When I make cards for Beccy I always print more images than I need. I have found colouring very relaxing so these extra images have been very useful. All the papers were in my stash. 

The image was coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. 

This is the Christmas Cheers Digital Image set and it is available HERE. 

This card will be winging it's way to a new recipient very soon. 

Happy Crafting

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Christmas with Beccy's Place and Mr Snowflake

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How has your weekend been. We had a meal with our friends on Saturday evening. Sunday was a quiet day we just had to pick up my friend's artwork from an Art Show. This meant that they were able to visit relatives on the Isle of Wight. My lovely Mother-in-law is back in hospital for more blood transfusions. It is such a worrying time for us all. We were able to visit last Thursday. 

This is Encore Week at Beccy's Place. I was given the older Mr Snowflake digital Stamp set to use.

Here are the cards that I made. 

For this slimline card I used the pre-coloured snowman. The sentiment was foiled with my Kaleido. 

For this card I use the wreath and one to the sentiments. The wreath was coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils and then fussy cut. The paper were from my stash and I used the John Next Door Snowflake Corners again. 

This is the Mr Snowflake Digital Stamp Set and it is available HERE. 

I had great fun making these cards. I love how it is so easy to flip and resize digital images. The colouring is very relaxing too. 

Don't forget it is the last day of Beccy's Christmas Challenge too. 

Happy Crafting

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Sweet Angel Christmas Card

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I have never been away from my blog for so long. I know not many people are blogging now and I am now doing this mostly for myself. It is lovely to have a record of what I have made. Life has been rather hectic and we have been on a 12 night cruise. Today I spent over an hour trying to get next day delivery on diabetic slippers for my dad. Until today I  had no idea they existed. My life is so glamourous. I won't tell you about the incontinence pants. 

This is one of the cards I made before we went away. I am hoping to do some crafting at the weekend. 

So there are the snowflake corners from the John Next Door Range. 

I think this image is by Sherry West. I have been making the images I have been colouring into cards. I do find colouring very relaxing. 

Here is another card for my stash. I still need a few more special cards. 

Have a good weekend. 

Take care. 

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Making Merry, Christmas Elves from Beccy's Place

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I hope you are all well. We aren't around for a while. I will catching up with things we are around again. 

Beccy from Beccy's Place has created some fantastic elf images that are great fun to use. My first thought was to make some Christmas tags. I ended up making three slimline cards. I was using the Making Merry Digital Image set. 

I do love those Snowflake Corners. 

Aren't those images fun. 

I was able to use some lovely papers. 

This is a lovely set of cards just right for posting, 

This is the Making Merry Digital Image Set and it is available HERE. 

Here is my bonus project. I decorated a gift bag. I coloured the image and I drew the background. This is the sort of thing that I find very relaxing. 

Here are all of my makes together. They are lots of fun. 

Don't forget Beccy's Christmas Challenge that is taking place on her blog Here. 

Happy Crafting

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