Christmas card.

This is one of the designs I made for Christmas this year. This particular one is on an A4 folded in half as I needed a large card.

I quite like it that I've managed to keep it simple as I tend to 'overdo' things sometimes.

I'll be glad to have more time to get back to 'proper' crafting once 'the season' is over.

Matching card and tag

He he, I actually managed to get to craft today, washing was done, shopping done, meal cooked so having spent a week away on a Music holiday (Neil's hobby, but I do enjoy it) I thought it was way passed the time I did some of MY Hobby!!!!!!!!!

These were made with Claudine (what'shername....sorry claudine I can't remember and I'm not running upstairs to look right now!!!)stamps and a big and juicy inkpad....not too sure if there is more ink on the finished items or my hands, but at least I feel back to normal with different coloured fingers......aaahhhh bliss.

Happy Halloween

We have just come back from a week's holiday in Paignton Devon, and celebrated Halloween at the hotel....Oh boy what fun it was......so meet 'Devil Woman' and her 'mysterious friend' HA HA

Hope I can get down to some crafting again now.

Last month's challenge

I don't think I've blogged this challenge, the idea was to make a box and put a 'little treat' inside.....I popped a couple of small kitkats inside each one.

I've not been good at blogging, or even doing much craft recently, my hands (and the rest of my poor body) have been really suffering since coming off my medication....I'm hoping to get back on something very soon, and (trying) to keep my fingers crossed that the doc will give me a steroid jab tomorrow which might improve things a little. Then perhaps I can get back to some serious crafting again soon.

Tea Bag Folder

Well it was time for another challenge and this month was to make a 'tea bag folder' in creams and browns....these little challenges are really good as they take you away from 'your comfort zone'

I thought the stamp of the daft dog sleeping was quite good for this challenge and the words relax, as hopefully when you stop for a cuppa you are able to have a little time to relax with it, well that's normally the intention, but it doesn't always happen!!!!!

Faux book card

I've got a special birthday for a friend coming up soon, and a lady in hospital who is very poorly, so I have been attempting to make these cards from Craft Stamper the other month. Although they are quite time consuming I am reasonably happy with the way they have turned out,

My 'Babies' (the hairy kind)

I've finally uploaded my pictures from my camera onto the computer and had forgotten I'd taken some of the dogs in the garden (well I was really taking pictures of all the pretty pots on the patio and thought the dogs would make some of them more interesting) I don't always manage to get both of them to sit still together long enough, AND looking at the camera at the same time!

Friend's 60th Birthday

I've made this card for my good friend's 60th Birthday which is next week.

I'd seen some foam stamps by LeBlanche(?) with a 'similar' image, ie text behind a flower image, and remembering I'd got both types of stamps decided to try to do my own, so I stamped the flower, masked it and overstamped with the text. Added some colour to the flower, matt and layered on pink and silver card, permanent ink pen on the 60 peel off and added a peel off Happy birthday (wished I'd stamped that now, but too late to change). On the insert I've stamped both images again but in a soft grey and not coloured, just to carry the theme going. All in all I'm quite happy with the finished result and think it's something my friend will appreciate more than messy and grungy ha ha ha.

Mucky dog

I treated myself to a new set of stamps a little while ago, they are sooo funny, all with dogs, of course.

Don't you just love our furry friends when they come indoors and do JUST THIS......................................................................................

Must be on a roll now!

No not really, more a matter of need to get some cards made, I can't believe I am sooooo behind with things at the moment, and when crafting is like this it's not the fun it should be is it?

Anyway I needed to have several ladies cards made, and having watched the Ranger hour on QVC which I recorded yesterday and watched at about 4am today !!!!!!!! I was inspired by the Claudine stamps which are foam with a clear stamp outline to put over the top. I haven't got them, but remembered some other stamps with a similar theme, although just a little bit more fancy, I'm reasonably pleased with the results, and quite liked the idea of printing several along the bottom of the card for a change from the usual single image and matting and layering. I then had to make matching tags to go with them.