Anniversaries at SSW2

 

Here's my first of 2 DT cards for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 this month.

This one uses sketch 286, 

I made this card as an anniversary card for my nephew and his wife.

The image is from Made to Surprise Selfies and the sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs Flowers for Jean.

Papers are Stampin Up Full of Life and cardsock is also SU in berry burst.

The die cut corners are from an old set from Cheery Lynn which I have cut to size.

I'll be entering these in the following challenges

TBC

I will be back with sketch 285 later in the month when it is shown on our remonder post. Check out the link in the sidebar if you want to see the sketch sooner.

Critter Crazy #89

 Hello again, I am sharing my DT card for Critter Crazy Challenge today where the creture is the main focus. There's a link to the challenge in the sidebar.

Luckily for me bears are allowed so I am sharing this new baby card which I made for everyone at work to sign for a colleague earlier this year

The card base is a 7x7 scalloped from Craft UK

The image and sentiment are both stamps from Lili of the Valley, I think the main image is called Patchwork Hot Air Balloon and I have coloured them with a mix of Copic and Spectrum Noir markers.

The papers are Nitwits Up ,Up and Away and the ribbons and pearls are from stash.

Thank you for visiting

I'll be entering this in the following challenges 

TBC

August DT cards for SSW2

Here are my DT cards for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for August 2024.

Firstly sketch 283

I used Sending Smiles stamps stamped with Memento Ink in Dandelion, Tangelo, Rose Bud and Bamboo Leaves for the flowers and sentiment.

Dies are Sending Dies from Stampin up for the flowers and and sentiment, the oval dies are Polkadoodles.

The papers are Brights DSP 2024 from Stampin Up

Then embellished with some glossies from Julie Hickey.

The card is on a 148x148mm card base.

My second card was made for a birthday back in March, the recipient enjoys his garden.

It uses the following

Craft Creations decoupage sheet - Gardeners Corner

Papers are old Craftwork Cards Springtime, sentiment and card candi are also Craftwork Cards.

I made the 7x7 card base from cardstock.

It's been a busy month as I was covering someone elses role at work for a couple of weeks which wore me out and now I am catching up with my own work. I must get more organised on the blogging front though, I have quite a few cards I haven't shared.

Anyway I will be back on Sunday with my card for Critter Crazy and might try to get back before then.

I am entering my cards in the following challenges

Allsorts challenge blog  #795 - Anything Goes option

Pennys Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes with Paper

Ellibelles Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting

Anne

Critter Crazy #88 DT - Paddington

2 posts in one day😲, what's going on.

This is my DT card for Critter Crazy whcih went live on Friday.

It's a slide and reveal card using a Paddington Bear image which came from Craft Stash. The numbers are from an old Tonic set

Then when you pull the tab the sentiment from Woodware is revealed and the topper stands up. I used dies from Made to Surprise for the mechanism.

Thank you for visiting

 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Sketch 282

 Here is my second card for the current challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

This one uses sketch 282

It's a really simple sketch and a really simple card

The image is from an old Lili of the Valley Artpad - Christmas Cuties

Paper is Polkadoodles Gnome for Christmas

Sentiment - A Craftwork Cards label which I have chopped down.

Here is the sketch

I've struggled a bit recently with the heat in my craft room as it is up in the dormer so blogging has been somewhat neglected recently and I am a bit behind with the cards I need to make so I need to get back ahead with things but work may interfere with that in the next couple of weeks so we'll see.

Thank you for visiting

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 DT

 Hello again everyone, thank you for all the good wishes and I am happy to say that I am feeling much better now than I was at the beginning of our holiday.

Well the blog posts are coming thick and fast at the moment (let's see how long I can keep it up) and today I am sharing my first DT card of the month for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

This uses Sketch 281

I've used Trusty Toolbox papers and Trusty Tools dies from Stampin Up on a 5x7 card blank. I needed a quick card so fussy cut the tool images from the papers. 

The sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs and ribbon is from stash.

Here is Kathies sketch

Thank you for visiting

Critter Crazy July DT

 

Here's my DT card for challenge #88 over at Critter Crazy Challenge which started yesterday.

I used elements from a Papercraft Society Box designed by Sam Calcott of Mixed up Craft.

The images were all coloured with pencils and the wave effect on the blue card is from a stencil.

I made this some time ago and never blogged it so as time was short before my recent holiday I thought that I would utilise it. I think I need to get this kit out and play with it again, this is the joy of stamps of course.

Thank you for visiting and for all the lovely comments left.

Sweet Sketches for June

 We have recently returned from a lovely 2 weeks in the Italian Lakes. 

It was a much needed break made more so because I was ill just before we went away, but being unwell I didn't post my Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 DT cards before we left so here they are.

I made 2 cards using sketch 279 using the Dovecraft Butterfly Kisses collection. I bought a second set of this because I enjoy using it so much, the colours are so lovely.

Then the card made for the second sketch uses some Flight and Airy papers from Stampin Up and a very old Hero Arts Sentiment

Any ribbon and jewels are from my stash.

I have some stitching to share as due to the weather (torrential rain or very hot) and the need to rest and rechage while we were away I got quite a lot of stitching in.

I finished Jardin Prive The Colours in my Garden, I had 3/4 of the border and most of the white backstitch to do and was determined to finish it once I started, so 11 hours sticthing later I managed it.

I also stitched on My Little Dove designs A Garden Full of Flowers Stitchalong. I am only stitching on part 4 and the last part which is part 6 came out today.

Then I stitched on the kit from the Cotton and Twine April Box which is alos designed by Faye at Little Dove.

I think that's all from me for now as I will be back tomorrow with my latest DT card for Critter Crazy.

I would like to enter my finished stitching at Allsorts where the theme is Way to Grow and gardens certainly grow.

June at Critter Crazy DT card

 I can't believe that we are in June already, where does the time go. Anyway it's the first of the month and time for another challenge to start at Critter Crazy Challenge and here is my card.

I made this for a friends birthday in May who has an adopted cat.

I have used the following to make this faux stepper card.

Image LOTV Cupcake Party which I coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noir markers.

Sentiment is from a very old Hero Arts stamp - Birthday Messages.

Dies are Stampin Up Everyday Details.

Papers are Nitwits Bonnets and Bowties

Cardstock is from B&M

I would like to enter my card at

Do-Al(l) Kreatives Challenge #90 where the theme is Animals this month

Creative Knockouts #522 Anything Goes

Sketch 278 at SSW2

 Hello everyone. I am here with my second card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 this month. It's been a busy few weeks so I am a bit behind and will get caught up with some visiting soon.

 This is with sketch 278, it's a really quick and easy one to play with and I made it even quicker by using a precoloured topper from Lili of the Valley.

I think the image is from one of the sheets they used to do with a few different sizes.

Papers are Stampin Up in Cherry Cobbler and everything else is from stash.

Card base is 6x6.

I'm entering this at AllsortsAllsorts where the theme is Anything Goes / Blast from the Past - the car is pretty vintage so I think it meets the theme and to be honest once I had decided on all the ingredients it was made in a blast.

Stepper cards faux and not so faux

 Hello from a bright and sunny Yorkshire. 

I have been getting around to posting for the last few days but have been distracted by my cross-stitch as I aim to stitch every day in  May. 

Anyway here are a few cards with more than one fold which have been made recently.

The first one is a stepper card which I have made for my niece to send to her mum, I am early with it but it should be safe to post as I don't think that any of my family look at my blog.

I used a decoupage sheet from Craft Creations, I think it's still available from Katy Sue.

The papers are Lili of the Valley /Nitwit and the base card was precut from WhichCraft. I have lots of their cards and really need to work my way through them. The ribbon and pearls are from stash - I'm not sure why I put that because at the end of the day everything is but ...... anyway onto the next card

This one I made for my brothers birthday

Everything on this card is Stampin Up apart from the Happy Birthday which is a Timber Boutique and the little dots are Glossies from Julie Hickey Designs. The mini alphabet is really useful as it is only 3/4 of an inch high or 19mm if you work in metric, I do both as we started in inches at school and moved to metric.

Finally this card hasn't got a home yet, I might use it for happy mail

I used Lili of the Valley/Nitwits papers again, these are Bonnets and Bowties.

The stamp is one that I have had for at least 5 years and hadn't inked up until last weekend and is HobbyArt Floral Patchwork, the dotty dies are Stampin Up and the sentiment is Julie Hickey Designs.

I coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noir markers.

Now onto that stitching, I've put a few evenings work on this one this week and I have really been enjoying it. I might do a little more tonight but I also have a new start for a stitchalong.

A long post from me today so thank you for getting this far.

I am entering my card(s) at Allsorts where Liz has chosen More Than One Fold for this weeks theme.

I'll also enter at Crafty Calendar where the theme this month is Anything Goes and  last but not least to Darnells NBUS challenge for the letter dies and the flower stamp and the decoupage sheet at a pinch.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend, I think we may have a warm and sunny Saturday this weekend, rain is forecast for Sunday but we can't have everything.

Best wishes

Anne

May at Critter Crazy

 I'm here with my second DT card of the day.

This is for Critter Crazy Challenge where we would like creatures to be the main focus of your card.

I've used a 5x7 base card along with Stampin Up Zany Zoo papers, the circle die is also Stampin Up.

Sentiment is Julie Hickey Designs and the balloons are an old Docrafts punch.

Thank you for visiting.

I am entering my card in the following challenges

TBC

Sketch 277 at SSW2

 Hello and welcome.

I am here with my first DT card of the day which is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

I have used a 5 x 7 card blank for the base.

I created the background papers myself using Julie Hickey Designs Create with Shapes Dies, Happy and More Stamp Set and Birthday and More Stamp Set. The sentiment is from the Sentiment Banner and Die Set. The numbers are also Julie Hickey Designs as are the glossies.

Circle Dies are Spellbinders and Stampin Up.

Here is the sketch

Thank you for visiting

I will be entering my card in the following challenges

TBC

Sweet Sketch Wednesday and Balloons

 Hello everyone. I am sharing a couple of cards in one post today.

There is still another week to go on the current Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 challenge and this is my second DT card for April using sketch 276. 

It's a little different with the 4 small focal points and I had initially thought to do a Christmas card but got these new Julie Hickey Designs - Designer Series stamps and decided to use Peter's Heleniums on this card, the sentiment is from the same set. Paper is Hello Irrestible DSP from Stampin Up. I have coloured the flowers with a mixture of Copics and Spectrum Noir. Dies are also Stampin Up - Stylish Shapes.

I am also going to share this card which I made for a friends birthday back in March

I've used a mixture of Julie Hickey Designs and Stampin Up products again on this one. I don't think the colours are completely true, they seem to be better on my phone.

I am entering my card at the following:

Allsorts Week 777  - Balloons

Spring at We Love Stamping - GDT

 I am here with my second guest DT card for We Love Stamping this month. 

Inspired by a recent trip to York where the tulips were out in force.

I have used the following to make my card

Julie Hickey Designs Designer Series - Peters Tulips - there was a lot of masking involved

Stamps by Judith - Bucket

Uniko Stamps - Simply Said Birthday

Embossing Folder - Crafts Too Fancy Lattice

Paper - My Favourite Things

Coloured with a mixture of Spectrum Noir and Copic alcohol markers.

I followed a sketch from Jules at Always With a Heart - it's number 30

I would like to enter my card at

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Spring

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Showers or Flowers

Addicted to Stamps and More #466 Make Your Mark

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge -Anything Goes Florals

Thank you for visiting and for taking the time to leave a comment

We Love Stamping Guest Designer

 I am honoured to be a guest designer over at 

We Love Stamping this month where the theme is Spring.

I much prefer physical stamps to digital ones and here is my first card.

Daffodils always say Spring to me, my mum always had daffodils in the house at Easter and I have carried on this tradition.

The daffodils are from a Honeydoo Crafts stamp called Daffodils and I coloured them with Stampin Up watercolour pencils used dry.

The image piece was cut out using Julie Hickey Designs Layers, Frames and Banners - Rectangle die and stencilled with her Backgrounds #3 and one  the dots were from Backgrounds Stencils set 1 in Mowed lawn and fossilised amber.

The sentiment is from The Timber Boutique - Flowers in Bloom.

Thank you for visiting and thankyou to Brenda for inviting me to design with We Love Stamping this month.

I am  entering my card at Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Florals Goes with Optional Mood Borad #15

and The Four Seasons Challenge -Spring

SSW2 Sketch 275

 Here is my latest DT card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 

This is for sketch 275

Here is the sketch

Unicorn days

I do hope that all who celebrate have had a lovely Easter I can't believe that it is April already and today it's time for another challenge at Critter Crazy Challenge.

The challenge is to havr a critter (real or fantasy) as the main focus on your card and here is my DT card.

The unicorn image is a Simply Print from Lili of the Valley Unicorn 3, I printed it twice and decoupaged one layer.

The papers are from Card Creations and Craftwork Cards, both sadly no longer with us.

The sentiment is Julie Hickey Designs Birthday Sentiments and the flowers were bought in Hobbycraft a few years ago. The pearls are from my stash and probably from the Hobby House.

I am entering my card at 

Allsorts 773/4 - Keep it Simple/Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Birthday Wishes

Fab n Funky Challenges - Fantasy

NBUS - Never before used schtuff - This was the first time I had used the Unicorn image

Thank you for visiting.

It's classic UK Bank Holiday weather here today in Yorkshire so think I will catch up with some commenting and might get a bit of stitching in.

ssw2 #274

 Here is my second card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 this month.

I used Julie Hickey Designs - Friendship Blooms stamp whcih I stamped onto a snippet of Nitwits Petal Fresh paper and used more snippets for the leaves and 2 more flowers. I only cut into a new piece of paper for the largest piece.

Blue card is from stash and the pearls are from Hobby House.

Here is the sketch

SSW2 #273

 It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and we have a rectangular sketch for the first sketch this month.

I used Julie Hickey Designs - Julies Handpicked Bouquet for my image and the Happy Birthday sentiment and used Stampin Up watercolour pencils to colour.

The other sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs - Floral Happiness Stamp set.

The spotty paper is Dottie Card from AnnaMarie Designs, ribbon is from Stash and I used a little bit of  embroidery floss to add a bit more interest.

Thank you for visiting

Cross Stitch Critter

It's the first of the month so that means another challenge at Critter Crazy Challenge where anything goes with a critter.

This is a coaster which I stitched as a birthday gift for one of my office buddies last month.

The chart is from Mad Millie on Etsy and is called Tiny Cute Pug and I stitched it on 16 count white aida. I changed the colours to match my friends dogs.

The glass coaster is from Stitchtastic.

Thank you for visiting

SSW2 Sketch 272

 Here is my second card for this months challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

This is for Sketch 272

I have used the following to make my card

Julie Hickey Designs Dies - Layers, Frames and Banners Circles

Julie Hickey Designs Dies - Dinky Circle

Papercraft Essentials Magazine - Fresh Florals Card Kit

Ribbon - American Crafts

White card is from Craft UK

I am entering this card at

Allsorts Challenge Blog where the DT would like to see shades of pink

Thank you for visiting and all the lovely comments which have been left for me recently

Hugs

Anne 

Valentine daisies

 I made this card for a card swap on Facebook, I think it's safe to share it on here now as I know that it has been received.

I used the following create my card

Card blank - Craft UK

Heart shaped dies - Make and Create from The Works

Embossing Folder - Marianne Hearts

Daisy Stamps- Julie Hickey Designs - Julie's Daisies

Heart Stencil - Julie Hickey Designs Stencil Set 1

Banner Die - Stampin Up Stylish Shapes

Banner Sentiment - Craftwork Cards - Special Days

Ink - I think is Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide

Papers for the daisies - some snippets from old Craftwork Card papers

There are lots of heart and romance challenges at the moment so I am entering this card in the following challenges

Allsorts Week 767 - Hearts / Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a Heart

Crafting Happiness 161 - Valentine

Dragonfly Dreams - Hearts

We Love Stamping - Romance

613 Avenue Create - Love Letters / Anything Goes

This was the first time that I used the heart dies so I am taking this to NBUS challenge #59 as well.

I thought that I would also share my calendar page for my Julie Hickey Designs Calendar for February

Thank you for visiting

Anne x

SSW2 - Sketch 271

 Here is my first card for this months challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

I used a Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder, Blush Rose papers which came from Craftwork Cards, the ribbon is from the Hobby House and the little dots are from Sweet Huni Designs.

The sentiment is a Dreamees stamp. 

Most of these items are no longer available but I am sure many of us have items with a similar vintage in our collections.

Critter Crazy #83

 It's time for another challenge at Critter Crazy Challenge and here is my DT card

I created this Double Z Fold card using an old Craftwork Cards Kit Enchanted Woodland.

The sentiment die I think was DoCrafts and the stamped greeting is from Juile Hickey Designs Daisy Medley.

Card to create the base was in my stash and possibly came from Craftwork Cards

January Blues

Towards the end of last year I purchased a decorate your own calendar from the lovely Julie Hickey. As part of the cost there is an inspiration workshop in a Facebook group each month and I am sharing my creation for January.

Here is a close-up

I really enjoyed creating this. I have used various blue distress oxide inks, I think Tumbled Glass and Broken China.

Stamp is Peter's Snowdrops from Julie Hickey Designs Designer Series range which I  coloured with Copics

Stencils also from Julie Hickey Designs are Backgrounds #3 and Hazel's Circle Medley

Thank you for visiting

I am entering this card at Allsorts Challenge Blog where the theme is January Blues, hence my blog title and not because I have them.

and also Stamping Sensations - There are snowdrops on the mood board (Thank you Carol for the heads-up)

I'd also like to play along with the Anything Goes theme at We Love Stamping, and although these stamps aren't new into my stash I hadn't used them before this project so that takes me to the 

NBUS (Never Before Used Stuff) Challenge which I haven't entered before but it shouldn't be a problem for me to enter many times over

SSW2 Sketch 270

 Here is my second DT card for SSW2 this month

This is for Sketch 270

Here is the sketch

To create the card I used the following

Image and Sentiment - Julie Hickey Designs Daisy Buttons Stamp Set coloured with Copic and Spectrum Noir pens.

Background paper created with Julie Hickey Designs Floral Blossom and Angel Pink Memento Ink

Pink card -Tonic Craft Perfect Raspberry Pink

Base Card - Craft UK Premium 6x6