Happy Saturday

 Hi friends,

So sunny Southend is not so sunny anymore, Autumn has truly arrived, the wind has been awful here!

I'd like to say thank you to those that have left comments recently, they are much appreciated. So I'm sharing something a bit different today. I have used Lili of the Valley flower alphabet letters. I must admit it was a labour of love as a few thing were a bit disastrous and I started it a couple of times and did some changes once finished. There are a few pics to show....

So this is the first one and I foiled the letters by using my laser printer, placed foil over the top in rose gold and then run it through my laminator a few times to make sure that the foil adhered to the letters. This is the first time I had tried this. I followed a YouTube video by Crifty Crafty which you can find here and used I the same foil and laser printer in the video, my laminator is a Fellowes. You can see the foiling on this one.

Then disaster struck, as you can see I used my Promarkers to colour the letters and then this happened...

A blooming blob which I couldn't repair so had to start again. The next picture is a finished version, but I wasn't too happy with the pink paper...

So this is the finished version, the frame I've had for a while and came from Poundland and yes it cost a whole £1.

I so prefer it with the white background. Here is what I used to make the frame...Image Lili of the Valley, Promarkers, Deco Foil, Samsung laser printer, Poundland frame, Trimcraft flowers and bling from stash.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and please stay safe.

Debbie x

Tulip Card

Good evening.

So I have just got back from a short break away, firstly my partner and I stopped off in York for a couple of days. What a lovely city, we took in some of the sights. Then stopped off in Scunthorpe to visit friends and then Sunday we went to Newark to visit more friends and to remember the Battle of Britain at their memorial. The Battle of Britain was 80 years ago today (Tuesday 15th September). Here are a couple of photos (my partner is on the right of the first picture).

Anyway I do have a card I made just before I went away. I really enjoyed making this. The tulips have been coloured with Hunkydory Prisms. Hope you all like it!

To make this card I used an embossing folder from Docrafts, Marianne Designs Petra triangle and everything else is unbranded.

Have a great week, I'm having a crafting day tomorrow and will share what I make at a later date.

Debbie x

OMG We're in September!

 Hello
Well August went too fast! I've been away for a week house sitting so not much crafting done apart from some knitting. I'm making a basket weave blanket in multi colour yarn, I will share this with you once I have finished.
I have a card to share with you that I made using watercolour pencils, I must admit I like using them as I find them easier to use than my Promarkers!  I used a wooden Penny Black stamp that I've had for years. I'm going to enter this into some challenges, I've not done this for so long. Anyway here is my card...

To make this card I have used the following items:
Penny Black 'Jungle Tulip' wooden stamp, Cuttlebug Embossing folder, Unbranded cutting die, Sprinkles, Lili of the Valley sentiment stamps, ribbon from stash and Hunkydory Prism watercolour pencils.
Thank you for taking the time to visit and have a great week, see you soon. Please stay safe.
Debbie x
I would like to enter this in the following challenges: 

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #50 - https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/09/ltccb-50-september-anything-goes.html

Penny Black Saturday Challenge, Anything goes with optional colour, I chose pink. http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/09/pbsc-september-anything-goesoptional.html

Crafty Challenge Calendar,Anything Goes http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/09/september-challenge-anything-goes.html

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

Happy Sunday!

Hello everyone,

Well it's been two weeks since my last post. I had a last minute getaway to look after my friends dog Dora while they went to Devon house hunting. I decided not to take my laptop with me. The sun was shining and it was way too hot for me and Dora. So meet Dora, she is very needy as she lost her friend a couple of months ago. She wouldn't leave my side and slept on the end of the bed with me... bless her. So here she is.

Anyway, I'm home now and have made a card to share with you. All the dies are unbranded apart from the 'happy birthday' die which is Lawn Fawn and I have cut some bits off it. Hope you like it.

Have a good week and please stay safe...

Debbie x