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Happy Wednesday evening ...... Yes it's me again!   As you all probably know by now, and if you don't then where have you been?!!!! ....... it's the time of year when the lovely Loll Thompson hosts her  12 Tags of Christmas with Loll & Friends It's year number 5 for this fun event, but sadly, this is the final one. So, whether you're a regular to this event or, you've never played along before, this year is your last chance! We're at Day 10, and there's been some amazing tags so far ..... so much gorgeous inspiration. Check out  the blog  ......  I promise you, you won't be disappointed. As you know I've been playing along all week, but today, I'm thrilled to say it's my turn to be Guest Designer ...... thanks for having me again!   When Loll invited me to share in the event, this little guy had just appeared in the craft room.  He's called Bundled Up ..... he's from Penny Black ....... and he's just sooo cute!!! I love h...

Happy weekend ..... It's a very wet and windy one here ..... a good reason to stay cosy and warm indoors. I'm playing along with another blog challenge today ......  the  CAS Watercolour Card Challenge . It's a special month this month .... the challenge is celebrating it's 2nd Birthday!! Congratulations ladies ..... WOW! doesn't time fly when you're having fun! This month's theme is all about colours .....  Orange, Green and Brown to be exact. What a perfect combination for this time of year ..... The Autumnal shades turned my thoughts to leaves .... something we have plenty of at the moment.  all over the lawn!!!  If it stops raining long enough and the wind dies down a little they need to be cleared.  A job for next week's To Do list I think! Anyway .... back to my card.  I started by stamping the leaves onto a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock.   I've used the gorgeous Leaf Canopy  stamp set from Altenew.  You get the outline im...

Happy Saturday folks ....... Welcome to the weekend!!!   I hope you've had a good week. Let's get things started with a fun Blog Hop shall we.  The Uniko Design Team are getting together today to showcase some favourite, previously released stamps and stencils and, hopefully give you some inspiration along the way. There's a Giveaway too ...... a £20 eGift Certificate for the winner, to spend in the Uniko store .  All you have to do is leave a comment on the blogs as you hop along ..... easy! The winner will be randomly chosen, and you have until midnight (BST) on Saturday 22nd September to leave your comments. I've got a couple of ideas for you using the Scattered Polka Dots Stencil along with both sets of the Simply Said Blocks stamps ..... I love these little sentiment stamps. First up, I've got a twofer. Two really quick cards from one piece of leftover cardstock. I've used the stencil to add the design to a piece of coloured card from my bits box, giving...

Happy Monday evening ....... Well, that's one weekend gone without hubby ........ only one more to go. 10 days and he'll be home. Anyone would think I'm missing him!  (You all know that I am of course!) I did have a lovely weekend though.  A nice crafty day on Saturday (with cake ...... and gin!) and then a lovely lunch out on Sunday with Lauren and the little man. Shhh! I don't want to say this too loud but, I think the mojo might be on it's way back too!  Finger's crossed I haven't spoken too soon.  Saturday was lovely ...... crafting with a friend is always fun, and this weekend I was actually productive.  I can't share it just yet...... it was a special card for someone who's very recently had a BIG birthday (Sunday) and I haven't given it to her yet. (You'll get it on Wednesday Carol) I do have something I can share though ..... yeah !  It's been a busy day in the craft room, not with anything in particular, just me trying to rustle...

Happy Thursday evening ....... Welcome to August! The beginning of a new month means the start of all the monthly blog challenges again. It's time for the Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge this evening, and we've got a nice easy theme for you this month ..... it's all about using   Die Cuts I've used a couple of different ones on my card ..... one to cut out the pretty butterfly image, and one for the sentiment. I die cut the word happy   twice, once from the piece of  white card that makes up the card front, and again from a scrap of black card.  I then inlaid the black version back into the white card, coloured the white happy using Distress Oxides and then layered that over the top of the black one ...... I off set it slightly to give it a shadow and make it stand out a little more ..... I splattered a little of the Distress Oxide onto the background to add a bit more interest and stamped the rest of the sentiment underneath .... The butterfly has been sta...

Happy Friday folks ..... Looking forward to the weekend? ...... I'm hoping for a quiet one.  We've nothing planned, no one to see, nowhere to go, so we're going to take it as it comes I think. Let's get into that Friday feeling though with a blog challenge shall we ....... it's time to launch the new  Uniko Blog Challenge It's Challenge #48 ...... and what a cute inspiration photo we've got. Will you use the colours maybe, or the little ladybirds.  You could go with two of something, like it says in the words, or maybe use the optional twist.  The choice is yours.  Full challenge details and all the rules can be found on the Uniko Blog Fancy some inspiration to get you started ....... oh, go on then I've gone for the colour combination , there's two of something on there, oh ..... and I've picked up on the word 'friend' too I started by using the Uniko stencil  Nature's Treasures II  with some Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink to sten...