Ready to go again...

Hello friends! Well, it's been quite a while since I've been here, with lots of changes happening in my life, but hopefully things have settled down a bit and I can carry on doing what I love!

I have been to a few demos at Sir Stampalot here in Peterborough, and have been inspired by the lovely ladies that share their talents with everyone. A few weeks ago the lovely Christine Emberson was there, and yesterday it was the turn of Nikki Payne. Two very different styles, but both really creative, and both got me thinking again!!

I made this card to say thank you to a friend at school after I had left...

What I have used:

Papers - Paper Flowers by First Edition

Sentiment - Hero Arts

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Southern Girls - Challenge 118 Flower Power

Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge 34 Lots of Layers

Thank you for stopping by!

Love and light

Claire xx

Thank you...

Morning All! Friday at last, and what a week it's been! Looking forward to the weekend and my great-nephew's 1st birthday party tomorrow. It's cake making night tonight, so pop back tomorrow to see what I made for him!

Friday, so that means another fab challenge over at Simply Create Too! Our challenge this time is 'Thanksgiving or Thank You'. As we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK I went with a thank you card. I always love having thank you cards in my stash - you just never know when someone surprises you or does something for you and you can thank them with something from the heart...

What I have used:

Papers - First Edition Rose Garden and Tim Holtz Coredinations Victorian Velvet

Sentiment - Hero Arts

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

The Crafter's Cafe - Thank you

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Thank you

Path of Positivity - Gratitude

Thank you for stopping by, and have fun entering our challenge!

Love and light

Claire xx

Fab sketch time!

Hello again! Second post of the day, and this time we have a fab sketch at Try Stampin on Tuesday to follow! The twist on the theme is Polka Dots, so let's see what you can do!

Yet again, it's another thank you card...

What I have used:

Papers - First Edition Silent Night

Flowers - Marianne dies

Leaves - Cheery Lynn, Magnolia DooHickeys

Sentiment - Hero Arts

Pearls - The Hobby House

Ribbon - from stash

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Just Inspirational - Girly

Incy Wincy - 3 favourite embellishments (pearls, flowers and ribbon)

Simon says Stamp - Blues

Victorine Stamps - 3 layers

Whoopsiedaisy - Make it Girly

Thank you for stopping by, and please remember to pop by the blogs and join in the challenges!!

Love and Light

Claire xx

Clean and Simple

Hello Everyone! First post of the day, and this one is for Top Tip on Tuesday! Our theme this week is Clean and Simple, and we are being sponsored by the lovely Sweet Stamp Store.

The lovely Deneen has created a fabulous tutorial on how to make a paper bow - please pop over to the blog to see how she does it and have a go!

Right, onto my card, and another thank you card for my stash...

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

The Pink Elephant - Thank you

The Hobby House - Ribbons

Thank you for stopping by, I'll be back again in a bit with my second post of the day!!

Love and Light

Claire xx

Anything Goes...

Morning Everyone! Friday already - these two weeks have flown by, and it's back to work on Monday! Friday also means another fab challenge at Simply Create Too, and this time our theme is 'Anything Goes'! We have also extended our DT call until the 7th January, so you might want to check that out too!

For my card today I have made a thank you card - you can never have too many of these in your stash!

What I have used:

Papers - First Edition Silent Night

Sentiment - Hero Arts

Clock - Tim Holtz Weathered Clock

Frantage - Aged Black Embossing Enamel

Brad - The Hobby House

Ribbon from stash

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

The Shabby Tea Room - colours and photo inspiration

Deconstructed sketch - sketch 132

Moving along with the times - Thank you

Paper Pretties - Thank you

Thank you for stopping by, and please remember to have a look and see what the rest of the DT at Simply Create Too have created!

Love and Light

Claire xx

Giving thanks

Hello All! Teensiest bit late with my post today, but for good reason - our great-nephew as born this morning, and we went to see him tonight at the hospital, so haven't really had two minutes to rub together until now! He is beautiful, full head of jet black hair, and is the spitting image of our nephew!

Anyway, it's challenge time again at Simply Create Too, and this fortnight the theme is 'Give thanks'...

What I have used:

Papers - First Edition Boho Chic

Sentiment - Penny Black

Script stamp - Penny Black

Button - Woodware

Twine

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Mojo Monday - Mojo Monday 318

Alphabet Challenge - T for Twine

Daring Cardmakers - Other occasions and reasons

Thank you for stopping by, and remember to pop over to Simply Create Too to see what the rest of the team have created!

Love and light

Claire xx

Patchwork thank you!

Morning Everyone! Well, Winter has arrived! Cold, windy and horrible out there! I've got a busy day today - seeing the GP this morning and hopefully get signed back to work on Monday. My friend Tracy is coming over this afternoon for a visit, so I think I might bake a cake too!

My card today is for my Reiki teacher Linda, who I saw on Tuesday afternoon for a Reiki session. I've got to the point where the doctors are stumped and I can't take feeling exhausted and horrible anymore, so decided that maybe the holistic route was the way to go! Fingers crossed!

What I have used:

Hexagon die - Sissix

Papers - freebie from magazine

Butterfly - Memory Box

Pearls - Hobby House

Silver pearl embossing powder

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Retro Sketches - Sketch #84

Flutter by Wednesday - 3 papers, 3 embellishments and sparkle

Die Cuttin Divas - Use brown

Paper Nest Dolls - Vintage

Whoopsiedaisy Challenge - Vintage/Shabby chic

The Squirrel and the Fox - Things with Wings

Alphabet Challenge - Q for quilting

Thank you for stopping by again, see you soon!

Love and light

Claire xx