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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Happy Father's Day lovely Hubby

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How is your week going? Today we are going to the 94th Birthday party of my mother-in-law. We are taking the food. It will be an afternoon tea. Hopefully the weather will be nice and we can all be in the garden. I will let you know how is all goes. 

Today I am sharing the Father's Day Card that I made for my hubby. When I first made it I wasn't going to share it as I thought it was quite simple. I decided it was worth a share on Sunday.  

I used some of the paper from the Fresh Feeling Paper pad from The Works. I was able to use up some of the larger strips of paper. 

I reused an old card. The scene reminded me of holidays we used to have. Hopefully this year we will get away for a while. My hubby keeps asking when we can go away. The card and it's mats and layers were cut with the double pierced square dies from Creative Expressions. 

This is a Signature die I have had it for a while and it has been very useful. 

We did have a lovely day on Sunday. I know my hubby liked his card. 

Have a good day. 

Happy crafting. 

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Underwater with the Fishes

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We had a busy day on Saturday and on Sunday we had a quiet day at home. I have been making lots of things that I can't share yet and there are exciting things in the pipeline. So I might not be blogging as much. I don't expect anyone will mind. I also have one week of invigilating left. 

A little while ago I had a play with my underwater dies. Here is the result. 

I think the backing paper was leftover from another project. I do like making thinner cards from time to time. 

The fish were cut with off cuts of designer paper. I had to raid my scraps of green paper bag for the seaweed. 

I added the happy birthday later. I often leave my cards on display. Sometimes when I look at them I can see what might need to be added it is also a way to check that nothing drops off the card. 

This is another card for my stash. 

Have a good week 

Happy Crafting

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