Pinksy Doodles for TTCRD Design Team

Good evening friends

This evening I am sharing my project that I have made for Through the Craft Room Door design team and today we are showcasing designs from Pinksy Doodles where you can win 5 Images/SVG's from their store. We are an 'Anything Goes Challenge' and you can showcase any craft, we would love if you can join in with us. I have chosen to use 'Butterfly Pop-Up Card'. I decided to use the SVG version and had to take the dust of my Cricut Maker to make this and here it is...

I decided to make a shaker card, the design is already sized, but I adjusted it slightly to fit an envelope I had, I used paper from Craft Sensations 12x12 pad 'Unique Stories', the peach backing card is from a Lidl card pack, the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and bling and small sequins from my stash.

Thank you for taking the time to visit and I look forward to seeing all your beautiful creations.

Debbie x

Using My Cricut to Make Cards

 Hello new and old friends

So sunny Southend is not so sunny, loads of rain! Here in Essex we are not doing so well on the Covid front our hospitals are full and running out of oxygen - not good. My MIL gets her vaccine tomorrow which is great news for the family. I'm staying home and doing some crafting, which is good for my mental health and binge watching loads of telly programmes.

Anyway, on my last post I did say I would show you the cards I made as part of a commission. It would seem when we go into lockdown I don't stop, it's hard to say no to people. So here are the other 2 cards I made.

I made these 2 cards using my Cricut Maker, I was sent some ideas they they liked and came up with these. They look simple, but a lot of time goes into the designing of these. I'm really pleased with them and so is the person who ordered them. 

Thanks for passing by and enjoy the rest of your week. Stay safe everyone.

Debbie x

Good Morning!

Happy Sunday friends

I hope everyone has had a good week? Here in the UK we are in another lockdown, not surprising really. I'm staying home and getting some much needed crafting in. It's my busy time of year, so many birthdays coming up. I've also had a commission for three cards. I've done these and will share with you over the week. They've all been made using my Cricut Maker.

Here is the first one, I love the way this has turned out, it's an Eclipse card, never done one before and it was a pig to make! I must invest in some large alphabet dies as this would make it so much easier to make.

I must admit I have been a bit naughty and scanned the image in, but this is what was chosen and was the only way I could think of doing it. The mum word is cut using Cricut Sans font, the sentiment is cut with vinyl and using baby steps font. I have used a 5x7 card base. 

I will upload another card in the next few days, have a good week and if you are passing by, it would be lovely if you would leave a comment.

Debbie x

Christmas Makes

 Hi all

Well it's one week until the big man arrives... yikes! I still haven't posted a Christmas card. Anyway, I have a couple of last minute Christmas makes to share with you.

These are made using Glitter subway tiles and using my Cricut Maker. The top one is for my MIL and the other is for my SIL.

I have also made some Christmas baubles, these were a bit of an experiment, so far I have made four, this is one of my great niece.

It's not perfect, but again used my Cricut machine to make this. I used Cricut sticker paper and then print and cut the image, once done I adhered it to an acrylic shaped bauble. I added the year so that I can update again either next year or every couple of years.

Thank you for taking the time to look. Now I must crack on with Christmas cards.... Please stay safe regardless of what tier you are in.

Debbie x

Novelty Christmas Present

 Hi all

I hope you are all well? I must admit I'm nowhere ready for the big day. I keep getting asked to make things for friends and family. It's good to be busy, it helps my mental health, but not my blood pressure!

Anyway, I did manage to make some novelty Christmas presents and I love them. Here is a picture of them.

These are potholders and are quite hard to get hold off. I bought these from a Facebook group for £1 each, a bargain. I decorated them using heat transfer vinyl with my Cricut Maker. They have a pocket, so I'm going to put a cookie mix and some baking utensil in them. They are just for fun, but totally useable.

Thank you for taking the time to visit. Have a good weekend and please stay safe.

Debbie x

In Memory!

 Hi Folks

Well can you believe it's the last Saturday of November, where has the year gone? So those of us in England, lockdown finishes on the 2nd December, yay... I really need to get the Christmas shopping done. I do like to support my local shops. 

I have some creations to share with you today, a friend of mine lost her mum recently, she was a lovely lady. I used to take her to her medical appointments and as she didn't get out much, I always took the coast road home. She loved it and she used to talk about the past. I'm so pleased that I brought some remembrance into her life! Anyway, I made the following for her daughter, my friend to remember. I gave them to her last night and there were a few tears. So here they are...

I used to my Cricut Maker to make them. The frame is from Ikea, the heart slate and LED candle are from Poundland.

Thank you for taking the time to visit and please stay safe.

Debbie x

Christmas Bits!

 Hi all

A big thank you to Sarah and Jules for taking the time to comment on my last post, they were lovely to read. The problems I had with blogger have sorted themselves out, which tells me that it was a Blogger problem!

Other news is that today I went and had a Covid-19 test, as a house I go to everyday to walk the dog and do some cleaning, one of the household has tested positive. So as a precaution I am self isolating until the results are in. Good news it does give me time to craft during daylight!

So this week I have made a plate and milk bottle for Santa for my friends granddaughter, I love making these.

I used my Cricut Maker to cut the vinyl, the image I purchased a few years ago, the plate was a cheap one from Wilkinson's and the milk bottle was from a set I purchased from Asda. I added the ribbon and bell to the milk bottle. These are great to use up odd bits of vinyl I had. I also add a letter from Santa to be placed once the great man has been! Apologies for the unprofessional photo.

Have a great week ahead and please stay safe!

Debbie x

Rememberance

 Hi Friends

So here in England we are in to a four week lockdown at the moment so roll on the 2nd December. 

If anyone reading this can help, I would be most grateful. I am having trouble opening and reading some Blog posts, it's stopped all of a sudden. Most I can open and read, but the few that I can't I get a message saying timed out and one say's it's too dangerous to open. I haven't a clue about these things and it's so annoying!

Anyway on to my creation today. My partner is pretty gutted as he can't march past the Cenotaph in London this year. This he has done for as long as I can remember. So I made a remembrance candle for him and his friend, they are both ex RAF. So let us remember those that sacrificed their lives and gave up so much for us to be free. So here it is...

I used a LED candle from Poundland, image I found on Google and the poppy and font I found in Cricut Design Space. I then printed on to Cricut clear sticky paper and then placed on the candle. The candle is very effective as it flickers when on. The partner loved it!

So friends have a good week and please stay safe.

Debbie x

Happy Halloween!

 Hi all,

Happy Halloween to those that celebrate it, personally it's not something I do, but I have really enjoyed looking a some great creations that have been made.

Well it's a wet and windy day here in Southend, so a day of crafting me thinks! I've got quite of bit of Christmas bits to do still, plus I need to crack on with Christmas cards.

Anyway, today I am sharing some Christmas countdown boards I have made for friends and families children. I've really enjoyed making these.

So far I have made seven and here is one of them. I used a chalkboard from Home Bargains which was £1.19 and then used my Cricut Maker to cut the vinyl. I designed this using Cricut's design space and used Oracle 641 vinyl. It's not perfect, but I love it. Unfortunately, you can't see the shine on the name, it looks much better in the flesh!

Have a great week ahead, but I fear I can see another lockdown coming to the UK... oh well!

Stay safe!

Debbie x

Where has the week gone?

 Hi Peeps

I hope you have all had a good week. I've had a busyish one. Tuesday finally got an injection in my painful shoulder (can't tell the difference yet 😏). Wednesday, myself and a friend plus her toddler took advantage of the governments initiative to save and eat out. The queues for this were horrendous, but we did manage to get into Pizza Express and the food was lovely, we saved £30 off our food bill, bargain! Saturday, I went to a family BBQ, which was so lovely to see everyone.

I do have a card to share with you that I made earlier in the year. Hope you like it?

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So I used a simply print image and sentiment stamp from Lili of the Valley, the image you can find here another cute image, haven't a clue where the papers are from, the number was cut on my Cricut Maker, the die is a Spellbinder and everything else is from my stash.

This is the first time using the new blogger, not sure about it, somethings are a bit long winded, oh well that's progress!

Have a good week and stay safe.

Debbie x

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Hair Bows

Hello friends, I hope you've all had a good week? I'm still suffering with my shoulder and I can see another call to my doctor. So again I am sharing something I made earlier...  Hair bows made for my friends daughter.

How cute are they? I made them using Hobbycraft glitter felt and cut on my Cricut Maker, I added the embellishments to the centre and they have a hair loop on the back... Simples.

Anyway I hope you like and see you all next week, have a good one.

Debbie x

A Wedding No More!

Hello Friends

Well who would have thought that the amount of rain that fell overnight here in Southend. I know a lot of gardens needed the downfall! Glad it's a bit brighter now, I can get on with some colouring. I'm following the free tutorial from Kit and Clowder. I've learnt about shading and it's a mind field!

Anyway on to my creation. I made this for a wedding for friends who unfortunately, due to lockdown and Covid 19 had their wedding cancelled. All those preparations. They're now getting married in 2021. So here is what I made them....

I made this using a frame I bought from Poundland, it had a black butterfly on it and I managed to take it off. I created the design in Cricut Design Space and cut the vinyl with my Cricut using a holographic vinyl, I changed the ribbon to a bright gold and added the bow. I've put a piece of white card at the back to take the photo so you can see the image better. Luckily I can take off the date and change it for the new one.

Anyway, thank you for looking and stopping by and enjoy the rest of your week.

Stay safe.
Debbie x

A Clock I Made!

Good Morning Friends

I hope you've all had a good weekend. I've spent mine crafting and practising new techniques, which I will share at another time. 

Anyway, I needed a new clock for my kitchen and I decided to make one as I had some clock hands in a drawer which I had for ages. So here it is...

I created this using my Cricut Maker and I purchased the design from here. It would seem layered mandalas are all the rage at the moment especially on the Facebook pages for Cricut. The clock hands had a red second hand and I really didn't like the colour and thought how can I change this, so I used silver embossing powder and heated it and used loads of layers to build the colour up until I was happy and it worked really well.

I hope you all have a good week and hope the weather improves too!

Take and stay safe.

Debbie x

I used the following ingredients to make this.

Cricut Maker from Hochanda

Clock hands from The Works

Paper is from Hobbycraft

The frame is from B&M's

Mandala from Etsy