Nativity.

Time once more the girls in the Christmas Card Club to show our latest cards. Gramaragret set the theme of Nativity and I have 2 cards to show that are from recycled shop cards I was sent last year.  I wanted to do something a little different other than just mount onto new card so have made a Tri Fold Card for each one. 

Card One. 

Made using Navy card stock. The banner is a Clearly Besotted Clear stamp 'Basic Banners'. Stars and sentiment from my stash.  This card is 5.5" square so I needed to add a further panel as once the card is opened out flat it is 14.5". The recycled card is attached to the last panel which folds into the middle.

Front panel has a circle die cut so that the card shows through. Finally you open the card up and there is room to place your greeting inside.I stamped the banner in versamark and embossed with Wow Gold powder and fussy cut out. 

Card Two. 

Made using Rich Teracotta card stock and the same method. Recycled card was slightly larger so the depth of card is 5.75  and the width still  5.5"

I am slowly sending out the Goodie Bags to the winners of the Spot The Difference games played over christmas.  Taking time as though the Click and Drop is brilliant it does take time to set each address up, weigh the packages correctly and then  print off the labels. I am also trying to ensure the parcels are in quarantine here for 72 hrs before taking to the post box.  I will email each of you individually to say when your goodie bag has been dispatched. I know some have already been received. 

I will be posting the answers to  the The Birdie Word Search on Monday and a new one will be up and running then too. We have done the birds so it will be time for the Garden Flowers. I actually have 87 on my list but we shall see how many I can endeavour to fit into the grid!

Stay Safe

and keep a watch 

for your call up for the Vaccine.

Hugs

Mind The Gap Please.

The Butterflies are back after their long sojourn  and ready and fluttering to go. The next letter of the alphabet to use is G so the challenge is  #150 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with G for Gap Card.

As usual I have prepared cards for your inspiration. This card shape has so many possibilities and over on the Butterfly Blog on the Card Shapes Tab you will find tutorials for several versions.

My first card is showing Version I and in the tutorial for it I give you hints and tips on how to work the spacing out with the minimum of fuss.

I have used from the wheel

Gap Card/Gingham/Geranium/Granny Smith/Butterfly.

I am finding the best place to take my photos at the moment is directly under the Velux window in the bathroom as the ledge is white and  the light streams in via the large tilted window. 

The green gingham paper is a really old digi design by Funky Hand called 'Paper Blossom'. The butterfly paper a freebie from a magazine.  The stamp and die set is by Crafter's Companion and comes with two sentiments and a Love die which is 3.25in x 1.7in (8.2cmx4.3cm) so a nice size to use here for my gap segment. Below is showing the card sideways on so you can see the gap fully.

Entering this card into the following challenges:

The House That Stamps Built #J1321 Anything goes.

Ellibelle's Corner # Something new/old/ anything goes.

My second card is  showing Version II and you do need to be more precise with your two cuts but my tutorial makes that pain free too. 

I have used from the wheel

Gap Card/Gingham/Geranium/Gold/Butterfly.

The gingham paper is a freebie not sure from where though. The butterfly paper and the big motif is from Making cards magazine 'Busy Butterflies' July 2015 edition. Sentiment is a Julie Hickey Designs 

'Essential Sentiments' JHE1001. I also used a fluted circle die from Julie Hickey as well.  Below is showing the card sideways where you can really appreciate the design gap.

The challenge has now gone back to running fortnightly so will close on 26th January at 8pm (GMT).

I have also resurrected sending out prizes  now that I have set up the click and drop service from  the Royal Mail and will not need to go to the post office. The prizes have a Valentine theme to them so the winners will be able to use in time for 14th February.  Next week I will show you two more options. 

Also if your a glutton for punishment and might just have missed it, then the latest Word Search is in the post below 'A Little Birdie Told Me'.  Only 60 of them to find!!  Swissie has done it. 

Stay Safe

and

Keep Your Distance.

We are so nearly there

with the vaccine rapidly being rolled out.  

A Little Birdie Told Me.

Are you ready for another word Search? This time you are looking for Names of Birds. When rechecking the grid this morning I found there are actually only 60 birds for you  to find so off you go.

Here are the birds your looking for.

1.    Auk                                                       31.       Nuthatch

2.    Blackbird                                              32.       Ostrich

3.    Cardinal                                                33.       Owl

4.    Chaffinch                                              34.        Parakeet

5.    Coot                                                      35.        Penguin

6.    Crow                                                     36.       Pheasant

7.     Dove                                                    37.       Pigeon

8.    Duck                                                     38.       Quail

9.    Dunlin                                                   39.       Raven

10.   Eagle                                                    40.       Redpoll

11.   Eider                                                     41.       Redwing

12.   Finch                                                    42.       Robin

13.   Flycatcher                                            43.       Rook

14.   Gannet                                                 44.        Shag

15.   Goose                                                   45.        Skylark

16.    Hen                                                      46.       Sparrow

17.    Heron                                                   47.       Starling

18.    Hoopoe                                                 48.       Swan

19.    Ibis                                                        49.       Swift

20.    Jackdaw                                                 50.       Teal

21     Jay                                                          51.       Tern

22.    Kestrel                                                   52.       Thrush

23.    Kingfisher                                              53.       Treecreeper

24.    Kite                                                        54.       Vulture

25.    Lark                                                        55.       Wagtail

26.    Linnet                                                      56.       Warbler

27.     Loon                                                        57.       Wren

28.    Martin                                                      58.       Yellowhammer

29.    Moorhen                                                   59.      Yellowthroat

30.    Nightjar                                                    60.       Zebradove

     

                                                           

Have Fun

Hugs 

Birthday Boy.

Grandson No1. also has his birthday in December ,though at the end of the month and this was the card I sent him. 

Digi image is by LOTV 'Oliver Texting' and looks so much like him. He detests school and is filled with horror at the very idea of having to stay there till he is 18!!

Coloured with my Promarkers and Graph'it pens. My thanks go to' Pinky' for  showing this card shape on her blog. I had not seen this fun fold before and just had to try it out. Sentiment is by 'Clearly Besotted'.

Card design is a clever pop up which folds down flat for posting.  A godsend this time as all cards had to be posted for Birthdays and Christmas as we couldn't visit like we normally would have done.

This second card is the Christmas card that  I also  sent  and have not shown in last years cards.

Stamp is by 'The House of Zandra' and no longer available in stamp form. I stamped and coloured 3 images and decoupaged him up. coloured using my pens as above and the noel and star were red stickers from my stash. 

You can just about see the layering in this second photo below.

I am entering this card into Hazel ( Didos) challenge at

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics # Anything festive goes. 

I will be back shortly with another Word Search for you. In the end I  managed to squeeze in 62 birds for you to find!

Stay Safe

and keep indoors

away from that Nasty Virus. 

Search Word Answers

As promised here are the answers to the Word Search challenge.  Kitty found all 60 and even found 2 more unrelated words. Incredibly I went on to find another 12 words myself.

So if your a glutton for punishment can you also find the following.  10 words and 4 names.

1.    Bats

2.    Dots

3.    Fig

4.    Log

5.    Oat

6.    Owl

7.    Stir

8.    Test

9.    Tie

10.  Tier

Yes Tie and Tier are on different places in the grid!!

11.    Len

12.    Pat

13.    Rob

14.    Tom

As we have now found ourselves back into a third lockdown and twiddling our thumbs for something to do whilst waiting to be called up to be vaccinated I will be making these word searches a regular feature here on my blog. Coming up next will be 'Look For The Birds'. So far I have 40 for you to find  but I might sneak a few more into the grid. Who knows!!!

So

Watch this space

and above all

Keep Safe.

Hugs 

Kraft Card

It's a New Year and time for the girls in the Christmas Card Club to show our first cards. I got well and truly caught out as I had printed off the list of who was doing what and when,  but one lady left the group so her place was re taken by Kate who has asked to use Kraft Card. Now I must admit that kraft card is the last thing I go to in my stash so I was a bit flummoxed as to what I could do.  I had already made the cards for this challenge using the other ladies theme of Deer/s and only spotted the change because I was checking it was for this Sunday!  The two I had made quickly I changed the images onto Kraftcard and embossed in Gold powder. It really shows up on the cards but not in the photo's which I had to take in the bathroom this morning  under the Velux window. 

Card 1

Paper is from The Works and the stamp is by Nellie Snellen CT028 Two Reindeer. I am trying to use stamps that I have bought and not yet used and this is one from last year. I used Wow embossing powder and the stars are stickers from my haul. I have been very good and finished all the insides off on each card. You can't see the inside but I used a sentiment from Dovecraft. 

Card 2

I had this sunrays backing sheet left over from a project  and thought it would go perfectly with another stamp not used before. This one is by Stamperia.WTK035. Doesn't seem to have a name.  Embossed onto a mottled pattern kraft card which worked well.  It is a nice big stamp 7x11cm.

Card 3

I looked in my odds box of christmas papers and found two scraps of different red designs (they look as if they clash with the red cardstock but IRL they are perfect together) and made another sunrays backing sheet. This time I used a sentiment from Dovecraft on the same mottled Kraft card as above.  You can see the mottling a bit clearer here.  Wow gold embossing powder and sticky spot from stash.

Finished off inside with another sentiment from Dovecraft. 

Card 4

Another look in my  christmas papers and I found some odd sheets of LOTV papers  which complimented the kraft card . The stamp is by Nellie Snellen  CT030 Cosily Snow Cottage. Embossed with Wow gold powder.  Adhered to red cardstock and then raised up with leftover strips of card instead of 3D pads.  The pop of red brightens the card up considerably.  Gold star from my stash. 

Card 5

Using up more LOTV paper and another stamp by Nellie snellen CT019 Idyllic Winter Scene. Again popped up on a red border of cardstock and stamped onto Kraft card.  Gold dots are stickers from stash.

Card 6.

Was meant to be shown as card two but I haven't worked out how to delete a card and move it whilst in  post it mode other than delete the post and start again. (Does anybody know?)  Spotty paper is the reverse side of the reindeer paper  The Reindeer stamp thi time is from Tattered Lace by Stephanie Weightman and came in a magazine set.  Gold embossed and the gold spot a sticker from my stash.

Hope I recouped myself Kate with no black marks apart from being so late in the day posting. 

Hugs 

Hang in there.

The Vaccine is on it's way.

Until then 

Stay Safe.

Word Search

Welcome to 2021. I hope it will be a good one for us all and that the past year will just become a distant memory. 

If you have stuffed yourselves full today with the last turkey sandwiches , can't stand the thought of eating another Brussels Sprouts and there is nothing on the goggle box worth watching , then I have a little game for you to play.

Below you will see a grid filled with letters. All you have to do is find the words , all associated with Christmas Time that I have hidden inside.

They could be up, down, diagonal, across or might even be put in backwards. Yep, I know,sneaky of me but all in the name of fun. 

All you have to do is find 60 words.  Yes, I did say 60 but I have listed them all below for you. I am not that sneaky.

1.    Angel                         21.    Holly                      41.   Sheep                                

2.    Baubles                     22.    Icicles                     42.    Shepherds           

3.    Bells                          23.    Inn                          43.   Sled                                  

4.    Berries                       24.    Ivy                          44.  Sleighbells  

5.    Candles                    25.     Joy                           45.    Snow  

6.    Carols                        26.    Manger                    46.   Snowflakes 

7.    Chocolatelog             27.    Merry                       47.  Song 

8.    Christmas                    28.   Mincepies                48.   Stable

9.    Decorations                29.    Moose                       49.   Stockings

10.    Doves                        30.    New                          50.   Sweets

11.    Eggnog                       31.    Noel                        51.    Tag

12.    Elves                           32.    Northpole                52.    Tinsel

13.    Fairies                        33.    Nut                           53.    Toys

 14.   Fairylights                  34.    Pantomime              54.    Turkey                          

15.    Firtree                        35.    Peace                        55.    Wine

16.    Gifts.                           36.    Port                        56.    Winter

17.    Gnomes                       37.    Presents                   57.    Wisemen

18.    Gold                            38.    Reindeer                    58.    Wreath

19.    Goodtidings                39.    Robinredbreast            59.    Year

20.    Grotto                        40.    Santa                            60.    2021

This is just for fun so no prizes but I will show where they all are in a few days time.

You should be able to save the picture to your computer and print off.

n.b. I have spent the best part of the day playing in blogger trying to get the lines straight but the above is the best I can get. 

 Above all have fun

and be sober before you start. 

Hugs