19th July 2020 Some of my work

Hi !  Cannot believe where this time is going...I also don't seem to have been doing a great deal due to circumstances. Thank goodness for my crafting work, keeps me sane !

Here is some of my recent work, hope you like it..........

I used the Tim Holtz layering tag dies.

The majority of the goodies on the tags are from my stash.

Thanks for having a look at my work, take care x

27th June 2020, Glittery Butterflies.

Hello everyone, I hope that you are all keeping safe and well.  We have just endured a couple of our hottest days this year and I have kept well in the shade.  Followed by an amazing thunder storm which to some extent cleared the air just a little.  Whilst being in lock-down I have been quite busy doing a junk journal, loving doing it.

Caught up on doing some butterflies , hope you like them....

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Glass glitter on the wings, Stickles in silver and turquoise.

Pretty AB crystal flat backs down the bodies and a few on the wings.

Take care, keep safe  xx

7th June 2020. A baby car, Lilli of the Valley.

Hi !   don't you just love all the LOTV stamps , sold digital now. I have so many rubber ones in my stash it is embarrassing. I did live not far from their outlet shop in Leeds UK, plus they used to go to so many craft shows, alas no more . This one is a digital download , didn't have this one !  but so needed it.  I colour it using Copics. Hope you like it...

The lace edge is a Tim Holtz die, comes in a set of four and the daisy die is a very old one , a Magnolia Doohickey one.

The inside done to compliment.

Thanks for taking a peep at my work, keep safe, xx

23rd May, 2020. With Love, Shabby Chic.

Hi, Today I have a pretty Shabby Chic style card topper to show you, peaches and cream with a touch of lime to make it ' pop '

 The flowers are Foamiran, which I tinted using pastels to get the right shade desired.
The doily square is from Tattered Lace dies, such a useful die that I have used such a lot.

A peep at the flowers.

The ' With Love ' done in gold so could be used for a Golden Wedding.

Keep busy, keep safe xxxxxxxxx

13th May 2020 , Decorated Glassine Bags.

Hello, As part of doing my journal, trying to do a page a day...not happening  I might add, far too many  distractions as in people needing feeding !  Anyway I did make some decorated Glassine bags, some for sale and some for the journal.  The flowers were hand made using lots of different materials, silk, chiffon and satin, pretty much anything I could lay my hands on that would melt by using the burning method.

I ran the bags through my Sizzix between  an embossing folder to obtain the patterns on each bag.

 I loved the way that they turned out and can see so many different ways to decorate and so many uses. Not only for journaling pockets but as little gift bags or to hold that special tag style invitation.

            Hope you are all keeping safe, take care xxxxxxxxx

1st May, 2020

Hi everyone...what a strange time this is, so surreal . Here I am safe and sound in my own home , isolating like most and doing my craft work whilst all the world is in such turmoil. The birds are singing outside and everything seems so quiet and peaceful, which of course it is not. I have started a junk journal , half way through it, doing one , perhaps two pages at a time. Really enjoying it. Of course as soon as it is done I will show it off.

In the mean time, I have finished a pretty new baby card for my first great grandchild which we know is going to be a girl. All girls in our family, children, grandchildren and now great grandchildren. Only the tortoise is male., and of course the husbands !

Love my Lili of the Valley stamps, have so many of them and always come in handy, love them all.

Once again used my favourite Copics to colour with.

To everyone, keep busy, stay at home and keep safe x

12th April 2020, A Pocket Full of Pretties.

Good morning, Happy Easter, and hope that you are having a safe and busy day.  I am so thankful for my crafting hobby and my stash of crafting things. I have been inspired to make some junk journal things for my new journals that I recently made...so here they are....

I used a die to make the pocket/envelope . I really enjoyed making all the different things to go inside.  I have found stuff to use that I never thought of using, inks, sprays, lace and ribbons.

                   

 

                                Separated and spread out so they can be seen that bit better.

                                          I hope that I have inspired you to do some.
                              From here in the UK I wish each and everyone to be safe,                                                                 hugs and much love xx