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Hello Everyone, hoping all is well with you and that you are coping with yet another week of lockdown. I have to say that I'm feeling that the weeks are whizzing past, where I would have thought that the days would drag by with not being able to go out for lunches, meeting friends for a coffee and what have you and the couple of activities that I do. I am losing track of the days though, they are all merging into each other. Are you feeling this?
Anyhoo, I've got a little card for Hazel at Dido's Designs Challenge;
http://www.didosdesigns.com/2020/04/fezziwig-says.html and this time it's for CAS cards,
This is a first time out stamp from Little Claire called Sleep Tight. I just love all the little owls sleeping waiting for Christmas morning with their little stockings. Coloured with Copic Markers and white gel pen. Mounted on to glitter card and a few sequins. The sentiment is from a Creative Stamping magazine. For some reason the colours are not showing well, it is a little more colourful than what it's showing here.
Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last cards, as always you are very kind.
That's me for today, keep yourselves safe and see you another day,
Hello to You All, and I hope your weekend is going well and you're enjoying it as beat you can.
We have had a week of fabulous weather, unheard of really here, it's usually raining at this time of the year, but I believe there's some low pressure coming in tomorrow so that will change.
Well, it's another fortnight over and time again for the Christmas Card Club Challenge and this time it's me who is choosing the theme, and I would love to see your cards with Baubles on them, or of course there is always Anything Goes, if you can't manage baubles.
My first card uses a Whimsy image and I've used Altenew Metallic Watercolour paints on Arches Watercolours paper after i heat embossed the stamp with Wow EP. It is brighter in real life, unfortunately the camera hasn't managed to capture the gorgeous colours. Next I mounted it on to Rose Gold mirror card then on to a turquoise card, finishing of with my little clear gems.
I just photographed these two little cards together as they are from the same sheet of paper from a very old Making Cards magazine. I loved the colours and added a little glitter to the baubles. The card with the rocking horse I made the background with Copic markers and added a border with my black pen. The sentiment on the single bauble card is from Clearly Besotted, again some tiny gems to finish., very simple.
Do look at the cards that the other ladies from the team create, they are always fabulous.
Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last card, and I have to say that Dougie phone me the other day to thank me and said it brought a tear to his eye, wasn't that lovely, it's that kind of thing that makes it all worth while.
That's me for now, take care and keep safe,
I would like to enter my first card in to
https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-rudolph-days-challenge.html
Hello Everyone, I hope you continue to keep well and are managing with the lockdown, it would seem that we will be in it for some time to come yet.
Listening to our First Minister today in her daily update, she was asked by a journalist is she was cancelling Christmas. I just despair of some of the questions that these folks ask, I'm sure our Nicola would love a crystal ball, however she has said she won't be cancelling Christmas, however, I'm sure it's going to different from other years..... that's my opinion.
Anyway, we are still fine, thankfully, and managing to cope. Mind you our weather is beautiful for this time of the year, so that helps to life the spirits.
So I have another card made for a friend,
This card for for our friend Dougie, who has quite a few health issues, and has been socially isolating even before it was asked of us. Sadly, he get's a bit down, and is missing his music sessions with Alistair and Lawrence, so I thought this bright card would cheer him up a bit.
Honey Bee stamps, it's from their latest stamp launch. I treated myself to the stamps, dies and sentiments and I just love them.
So I started off with an Oxide background, and splattered water and silver paint on to it. Coloured the balloon with Zig watercolour markers. The clouds are a mixture of Memory Box and for the stamp set and the sentiment is one from the set. As usual I'v added a few wee clear gems and a bit of Sparkle pen to the clouds and balloon.
I hope he likes it.
Well, it's lunch time now so I'm off to see what I can find.
Thank you for the lovely comments on my last card, and Hello to my latest Follower, although I can't return the visit as you don't seem to have a blog, but thank you for clicking the Follow Button.
Take care of yourselves and see you soon,
Hello Everyone, I hope you've all had the lovely weather as we've had here in Inverness, absolutely gorgeous sunshine and really quite warm. Alistair and I had a lovely walk through Culloden Battlefield this morning and it was so quiet, only the odd dog walker. The view from the battlefield was stunningly beautiful across to the Black Isle and Ben Wyviss which still has some snow fields. A lovely way to take one's exercise.
Thank you for the lovely comments on my last card, I do so appreciate them.
I've been spending my time making cards for friends whom I don't see often, and I thought a wee card would help to cheer them up, here is one of them;
I've used Oxides to make a rainbow coloured panel and them stamped and embossed SU Dandelion Wishes, Wow Embossing Powder in Silver. I added some silver mirror card at the side of the panel. The sentiment is from Honey Bee Up Up and Away stamp set and cut with the coordinating die, embossed in Silver. A few gems and silver thread, although it's not showing up in the photo.
I would also like to enter my card into;
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-somewhere-over-rainbow.html
Here's a couple of photos I took on our walk of the lovely Highland cattle happily munching away at their hay ,
The second photo shows Ben Wyviss in the background.
I hope your weekend has been as good as it can be in the circumstances we find ourselves in at the moment, and that you continue to cope with the lockdown. Keep smiling and stay safe,
Good Evening Everyone, I hope your day's been a good one and that you are sill managing to cope in these strange times.
We've had quite good weather today, so Alistair was out doing a bit of gardening and I went for a walk early morning. I have to say that I'm loving walking whilst it's so quiet, the bird song is so much more pronounced, it's just lovely. It seems that the roads have to remain for a while to come.
Thank you for the lovely comments on my last card, I do appreciate them and the continued visits.
Here's today's card;
When my DiL asked me to make a birthday card for her brother, I made two so that she could choose, this is the one that she didn't choose. The image is from Crafty Individuals and I've stamped it in blue ink. Matted on to navy card then blue glitter card and the paper is from a pad bought from the Works which is all sea colours and images. Sentiment from Clearly Besotted.
It's quite handy to have this one in my box for a male.
A short post tonight, so I'll love you and leave you and hope you will all take care of yourselves and see you soon,
Hello Friends and Visitors, I hope all is well with you during this very unsettling time and that you are finding something positive in your day.
We continue to do fine, and since I've discovered Whatsapp, I'm enjoying being able to see friends whilst talking to them on the phone. This is for many where technology comes into it's own. Brilliant for keeping in touch with family, and friends and especially the grandchildren. I have one friend who uses it to read a story each night to her little Granddaughter. I have no grandchildren, but Damian sends little videos of Milo and Rowan playing and getting into mischief, which brings a smile to my face. But I do miss going out for a fish supper, and I'm fed up cooking lol. Alistair has promised to take me out for a slap up meal when this is all over....I'll be wanted more than just one!
I've been spending a lot of time making cards for friends, especially ones I've not seen for quite a while, and not likely to for ages yet, so that's been keeping me busy, here is one I made for one of my Choral friends;
Pretty Pink Posh are the tulip image and coordinating dies for this card, and coloured with Altenew watercolour paints, Distressed Oxides on the background and some Perfect Pearls splatters. The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted Stamps, and this one is getting loads of use these days.
I was pleased that my friend phoned to say that she loved it and how lovely to get something nice through the post, so that warmed my heart.
Thank you for all the lovely comments on my Christmas Card Club cards and welcome to a new Follower, sadly you don't have a blog so that I can't return the visit, but it's lovely that you clicked the button to follow me..
Well that's me for now, I hope you can keep your spirits up and remain well and safe, till next time,
I would like to enter my card into;
https://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-flower-challenge-43-springautumn.html
https://caswatercolour.blogspot.com/2020/04/cas-watercolour-april-2020-challenge.html
Hello Everyone, I hope you are well and enjoying your Easter weekend as well as you can. I'm sorry that for many of you it will be a difficult one not being able to be with family and friends, or not going away for the holiday. It's to be hoped that next year will be better, and all this will be behind us.
Well two weeks have gone by and it's time again for the Christmas Card Club Challenge, where our little team of like minded ladies like to get ahead of the game and make our Christmas cards throughout the year.....certainly takes the pressure off card making in December.
So, this time it's our lovely Maureen who is hosting the Challenge and it's Christmas Critters, or of course Anything Goes. Here's what I've made;
I've had this digi image for ages and this is the first time I've used it, it's by Just Inklined and such a fun image. Coloured with Copic Markers and Sparkle pen, I've also used some gold gel pen. Clearly Besotted sentiment, love the font on this one, papers are form Dovecraft, And to finish off some clear gems and Sparkle Dust.
I decided that the reindeer wasn't Rudolph hence his black nose, Rudolph would have been too busy getting ready to pull Santa's sleigh.
Number two card is a different sort of critter, but nonetheless cute;
Yeh he's a fish and definitely a Christmas one as he has his Santa hat on and put up his tree. Another digi and I thing by the same company, again had it for ages. Copic colouring and papers for a pad bought in the Works, which is not Christmasy at all, all ocean images and colours, but \I thought it worked well, pale blue glitter card and a Lawn Fawn sentiment, gems to finish.
I'd like to enter this card into https://www.fezziwigsfestivefrolics.com/2020/04/fezziwig-says-festive-animals.html
Thank you Maureen for the challenge I did so enjoy it and again got to use old stash.
Thank you to everyone who left comments on my last card, as always they are so much appreciated.
Well, that's me for now, please have a look at what the other CCC ladies make, they are always fabulous.
Keep yourselves safe, take no risks and enjoy the remainder of the weekend,
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