Altenew Pine Tree

Hi all,

This card has been made using the Altenew pine tree stamp: Its quite a small stamp approx 2  inches, so I layered one stamp down and masked the tree and built it up to be a little taller, I did a second generation stamping in the background, then applied a circle mask and applied  stormy sky and faded jeans distress inks using the brush technique, I going to do more of this design using other coloured dye inks and will add them to this post later.

Until  my next post "Carry on Crafting folks!"

Cool it down! ; Christmas Robins

Hi Everyone.

What a warm beautiful day it is here in Nottingham!  This Card was already planned for my Chat and craft Class today and I'm feeling rather amused that it is probably the warmest day of the year and we're making a Christmas A4 stepper card !
The bauble ornament was a free gift from a craft magazine i bought some while ago, its a Desire one!  magazine, the robins are coloured with pro markers and are cut out from a craft UK stamp set, the die cut snowflakes are from spellbinders.  i have snipped into a snowflakes frame die from memory box to create the borders, the string and bows are also a memory box die. the snowy background has been stamped in versmark and emboss with white embossing powder.

The season greetings sentiment is taken from tonic cracker die set. stickle glitter glue to give it all some festive sparkle.

Off now to create some more lovely cards with my craft group.
enjoy the rest of this lovely Sunday, sunny day!

until my next post "carry on crafting folks!" 

Say it with Roses !

Hope you have all enjoyed the Bank Holiday! another quick post from me again using the Altenew Beautiful Day stamps! this time using  shades of reds.

Happy Crafting Folks!

Altenew: Its a Beautiful day ! same but different

Hello everyone,  Its another Bank Holiday here without the sunshine,  Not very bright pictures but its getting quite late and dull here. Today I didn't have a chat and craft class so decided to have a play with my new favourite stamps Build a flower set by ALTENEW, I set myself a challenge to use the same ingredients and make 2 different cards! I'm quite happy with the end results and thought id share them with you for some inspiration.

I've used shades of brown dye ink for the sepia look to the flower and leaf  images, leaf die, stitched triangle die, twine and background paper, finishing the card with "Just because"  sentiment.

Enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend and Happy Crafting Folks!

Lucky Horseshoe Wedding Cards: Handmade chat and craft projects

Happy Wednesday everyone, as promised I'm Blogging the chat and craft class card up for you all to see, we have matted and layered using the pin dot square dies from tattered lace, the horseshoe  and rings were die cut using the set Britannia die set and we layered these 3 time using a contrast colour in the middle.we  placed these around the sentiment that I created in serif, embellished with a lucky white feather, punched hearts  and gems. hope you like this card. I made this card in various colours.

Happy Crafting Folks!

Bye for now

Saturday afternoon play time Owl Soup Recipe

Hi all,

I have arrived home today  from a short break  in Newquay  with my Hubby  following him working away in China since Christmas and we  had a wonderful time.

My new craft stamps was simply crying out to be played with and I wanted to make John a card for spoiling me during our stay.

I couldn't decide what to play with first so I opened all my new stamp sets ( soup stamps. Bo Bunny owl set)  and decided to put them together to see what I came up with and I really please with the end soup recipe lol! here is the end result!

I cut the stitched rectangle dies first and placed them flat onto a 6x6 inch card with removable dots, i then stamped the first owl,  masked it and stamped another one by its side, then masked them both and stamped images  from the Polkadoodles soup collection around the owl images, then i placed a round acrylic block over the owl to give the impression of a moon and brushed over with blue distress ink over the whole card, I put 3mm foam tape on the rectangle die cut frame. the sentiment is from an Avery Elle stamp set, For the colouring i have used my letraset flex markers.

Iv'e  thought of so many variations i can do with these stamps so I will adapt this card design  for my craft & chatter group !

Until my next post "Happy Crafting Folks!

Relax with a cocktail of choice: its a holiday !

Happy Easter to everyone!, Sorry for not posting anything for a while, can’t believe how fast time passes. So what I have been up too? ...well I've been very busy crafting :-) I have been holding classes on a Sunday afternoon which was a 12 week course but they have been so popular they will continue, so I've been very busy and planning those, what I plan to do next is take a picture of the week’s project and start to post them on a Wednesday again so watch this space!

For now here is a commissioned Birthday card I made this weekend, thought id share it with your all!

Enjoy the Easter Holidays everyone and carry on crafting folks

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Happy New Year 2016!!

A Quick post to wish you all a very Happy new year and health and happiness for 2016 to all.

 For this card make I have used acetate and free glass and balloon dies dies from Simply Card and Papercraft magazine ! Border is cut from an xcut border punch, the " Happy new year sentiment is from my favorite set if scripted words from Woodware. I Hope everyone has a good evening tonight, and if you have no plans get out the craft stash!!, until my next post Happy Crafting folks!

Christmas Wishes to All

Christmas Wishes to everyone I just wanted to post my most popular card in my 2015 Christmas collection,  I have been so busy and didn't get time to blog lately! I actually made 208 cards this year! phew time to rest and enjoy Christmas!!

To those of you that have lost or missing someone this Christmas time my thoughts are with you this festive season. embrace the family and friends that are with you and make the most of what can be a difficult, emotional time. Love to you all!

Until the New Year 2016 may peace and joy be with you X

White on White Wedding Card

Hi Everyone, In my Crafty shed this week I decided to use white card only! Needed a break from making Christmas cards, the background was white card and using double sided sticky parer I spread some glitter over it!  I embossed the card stock using Sizzix embossing folders

Until my next post Happy Crafting Folks!

Christmas Wine !

Hi Everyone, This week in my crafty shed I have used the decoupage technique to create this personalised card for a friend ! Elements were taken from the wine buffs CD, one I haven't used for a few years and had such fun with it.

Until my next post Happy Crafting Folks!

Holly Love Christmas card !

Hi Everyone, In my Crafty shed this week i have been making my Christmas cards !  Im sad to say I dropped my Grand Calibur and broke it whilst making these cards, luckily it missed my toes :-)  

Again using serif and hybrid crafting, these cards are proving very popular and I too was pleased with the end result :-) the background has been embossed with a snowflake folder. 

Until next week Happy Crafting Folks!

Happy Wedding Day

This week I was asked to make a wedding day card, So i retreated to my crafty shed and got on with it, using serif again i design this lovely card using ivory linen card for the Bride and Groom and personalised it! I was quite happy with the result, hope you like it too! Until next week Carry on Crafting Folks!

Fabulous shoes !!

Hi Everyone,

In my Crafty shed this week I've been doing the "paper piecing technique" I really enjoyed doing this, the stamp is by Chloe and you can find it HERE , Stamped onto one of my favorite papers and cut put and pieced into the shoe. A must have card for all occasions i think :-) Until next week Carry on Crafting Folks!! 

First Christmas plain and simple !

Hi Everyone,

In my crafty shed this week I have playing with Serif craft artist 2, I'm a little embarrassed to say I've had serif for a few years and struggled to get into it, I decided to  invest in number 2 and have a weeks play with it and now i don't know how i managed so long without it!!  I've kept my design plain and simple mainly because that's my favorite design at the moment importing a few of my favorite images and a little hybrid crating from my saved folders! hope you like what you see :-) Until next week Carry on Crafting Folks!

Nellys Crafty Card Attack: Meer cat one for the boys!

Nellys Crafty Card Attack: Meer cat one for the boys!: Happy Wednesday all! We are half way through the week which always brings a smile to my face :-) In my crafty this week I have been doing ...

Meer cat one for the boys!

Happy Wednesday all!

We are half way through the week which always brings a smile to my face :-) In my crafty this week I have been doing the decoupage technique and as promised last week here we have a male themed card using the Meer cat  one for the boys  CD, this Cd has some delightful images on, quick and simple card for the man in your life! Until next week carry on crafting folks!

Circle Stepper Christmas card

Ooooh doesn't Wednesday come round quick! This week in my Crafty shed I got my embossing tools out and new Christmas stamp range by  Chloe If you have never tried these stamps or afraid of stamping you really should give these products a try! they stamp beautifully every time! You will see me using these products frequently over the next few weeks ! hope you like this card!
My next post will be something for men in our lives ;-) until then carry on crafting Folks!

Book Art

Hi Everyone,


Thank you all for visiting my page and as promised here is my Wednesday blog post. It was our first Wedding Anniversary  (Paper) last week, so I was struggling to think of what to buy my Hubby in paper, I decided to search the internet for a free download and have a go at page folding! and here is my first attempt. The instructions can be found HERE,  My daughter picked me a book up from a charity shop for £1.

I covered the book with decopatch, stamped the timepieces onto some card stock and heat embossed i and covered it with the decopatch glue to give a nice sheen finish. The heart stamp on the cover was a free gift from a magazine i bought last year. Why not follow the link above and have a go! it really is easier than it look!

Happy Crafting Folks!

Been away too long!

Hi Everyone,

 Id like to announce that I'm well and truly back crafting after 3.5 years being out of the crafty community we all know and love and just over 2 years since I last blogged!   I will be posting on my blog every Wednesday to show you what I have been up to in my crafty shed, it's going to be so much fun getting all my crafty stash out and see what I need to polish up on ha ha.

I wont bore you all with reasons for my absence other than to say its been a difficult journey and I have come out the other side still strong and a better person for the path I walked. Below is a picture of myself and John, we got married in New York last September 2014,  he has been determined to help me set back up to resume my crafting hobby, not to mention broke ha ha!! ( Thanks John).

Finally a quick thank you to my crafty friends for their ongoing support, I won't name them personally (they know who they are)

until my next post , Happy Crafting everyone