01 March 2026

WLSC Wildlife

    Hi Everyone, my second DT make today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme 
 Wildlife - Animals/flowers/plants/trees/fish/birds/butterflies etc (A&C) World Wildlife
 
 My choice for this month of the WLSC is this mices image, that I stamped and coloured with DI's. The sentiment was also included in the same pack. I actually made it for my crafty SiL, who loves knitting and crochet. 
 
After stamping it and colouring, I embossed the top of the image with a cable knit design, which I rubbed over with ink. I made a border with the knitting stamp in the pack. Next I cut, coloured, and added balls of wool dies, I should have been a bit finer with the colouring of the balls of wool, but was not in the mood at the time of making. It was accepted with joy, that's the main thing.
stamp -House Mouse - Knit One
inks - Distress inks, twisted citron,barn door,lucky clover, vintage photo,
gathered twigs,tumbled glass
ball of wool die - Crafters Companion, Sewing 
background paper - Lidl 
 

What will you use as your subject for the Challenge this month?
There are two wonderful prizes for you from AALL and Create stamps and stencil (photos not to scale).
 

Doggie Bag CCC

     Hi Everyone, my first DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 
Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.
  
I was asked if I could make a bag with a dog on it, so I went looking for dogs in my files and found this. Well, I had to make it.  So easy to make, and she was pleased with it too. 
 
I used the cut file with my Silhouette, cutting out all the pieces out of 210gsm (80lb) paper. After glueing all the pieces in place. I inked the edge of the face and added a Velcro circle to keep the head in place, as it closes the bag, so clever. 
design - Dreaming Tree, Doggie Bag 
all paper - Lidl
mirror card - the Range 
 
What will you make from your animal? 

23 February 2026

90th Birthday card & memories

Hi Everyone, this is the card I made for my eldest brother who was 90 on the 3rd of this month. I got together some photos on my computer, and some I found going through lots in January. I added a background paper to give it a little colour and interest, then added frames and paperclips, some quotes, even a couple of red arrows to identify him in a group. Not only that, but I managed to find photos through his life from the age of three. After it was completed in Photoshop, I printed it out and layered it onto an 8 x16 inch base card, then for more interest a ribbon. I'm glad to say he was very pleased and had forgotten some photos. 

His daughter and myself and our younger brother and his wife took him out for a meal. Our other brother was too unwell to come from Lincolnshire. Big brother had had a big party with the local Railway Club, (he was a fireman on the Steam Engines) who had also, with the Mayor, presented him with a fob watch engraved with his name and age, and a Great Western Railway train on the front. A beautiful gift with the memory of a big gathering especially for him.

all elements and paper - "Paradise Splash" Esperanza at Digital Scrapbook 
Photoshop 
ribbon - stash 
 
I thought I would show you our daffodils in our front garden, they've been flowering since the end of January and are still showing. I hope they stay until March the 1st, St Davids Day. We usually have a few of them last until then. The shadow on the right, is because I took it indoors, it was too cold to go take them outside, coward that I am. 

18 February 2026

Hearts Mid Month WLSC

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Myself 

Hearts
 
February is the time of professing our love, as I said in my previous WLSC post, but it can be for any occasion. I have two occasions today. I didn't have any heart stamps that were of the right size, so I drew them instead. I then ordered some, well you have to don't you?
 
Firstly, I will show you the card I did with my new stamps. The stamps weren't separate as I thought, but that didn't matter, I used them for an Anniversary card, thinking of our 60th in June. 
 
I went through some papers and found a spotted paper I liked and stamped onto it, then embossed in gold. I had found a banner in some very old stamps and used that with the Anniversary greeting that came with it. 
 
Next I attached it to gold mirror card and then to the base card, a very simple card. I thought I could add the year numbers on top of the banner, there are a few special anniversaries in the family this year, maybe using it for one of those.
 
paper - Craft Sensations, Romantic Florals
heart stamp - Temu Love Stamp
banner stamp - no identity, a gift from my lovely SiL years ago.

 
 This is the card I drew hearts. I wanted a thank you card for a neighbour who has been wonderful and above helpful for me. I cut a piece of card, then drew some lines and 3 hearts with stems. Next I coloured them with 3 different reds, a combination I saw on the web, which I liked. I then used 3 different greens for the stems. 
 
I had already used a sentiment for my last card from this set, so decided to use two more from it. I stamped them to suit, as I thought, then layered them onto red paper which were attached to the base card. 
 
stamp sentiments - Avian Allure by Alex Syberia SCP272
inks - Distress inks, ripe persimmon, abandoned coral, fired brick, shabby shutters, bundled sage, forest lodge, and antique linen for the ground.
red paper - Lidl  
 

04 February 2026

CAS TMR

  My DT card today is for 


I've had no mojo, so have been looking at some of my old cards for inspiration. This is from 2010, before I was blogging! The image I've used is very old, but I found it in my files with no identification. The sentiment is the same. I print and cut both with 3 layers each in Silhouette, then I coloured them with DI's.  

Next, I embossed a card cut to size, with a music embossing folder, although you can hardly see it. It was attached to the base card, adding the image and sentiment onto the music. 

images - unnamed
inks - Distress Inks, salty ocean, squeezed lemonade, abandoned coral 
embossing folder - Die sire, Embossalicious, Seasonal Music
Silhouette 

01 February 2026

Hearts WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Myself.

Hearts
 
February is the time of professing our love, but this year, I am dealing with a Sympathy card, because I saw the beautiful words on the stamp and had to use it and maybe it's the mood I'm in!
 
I started with looking for stamps with hearts and found a few. I then went searching for a sentiment, but as it happens I found this, thought it lovely, so went with it. In case you can't read it, it says, 
"Wrapping you in Love
at a time when words fall short." 
 Aren't they lovely?
 
I stamped the heart then the sentiment, next I coloured the heart simply. It looked a little plain, so I embossed the top and bottom of the card.  Definitely a CAS card. The card actually went to a lady whose hubby is very ill.
 
heart stamp - Magazine freebie SCP 
sentiment - Avian Allure by Alex Syberia SCP272
inks - Distress inks, scattered straw, fired brick
embossing folder - SC&P magazine freebie 
 

I hope to see you at the challenge, what's your take on hearts? 

Our wonderful and beautiful prizes this month are 2 Penny Black stamps and a £10 digital download from Buddly Crafts

 

Penguin CCC

    Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 
Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.
  
A penguin card today, for a Great Niece. It's her birthday in a few days, so I thought a Winter card would be suitable for her, in my files I came across this lovely penguin, suitable for a little girl, with her scarf and flowers. She was taken into Silhouette and print and cut 3 times, the sentiment was also done at the same time, I decided to colour the sentiment the same as the flowers, bringing a little warmth into it.
 
I also had an embossing folder in my subscription magazine for December, so I decided to emboss a piece of card and then swipe ink onto it, to give a little colour. A few snowflakes added to make it more wintry, and some 3D glaze onto the eyes and feet. 
penguin - The Hungry JPEG
embossing folder - Card Making Magic, SCP #278
snowflake dies - Crafters Companion Glittering Snowflakes 
ink - Distress ink - blueprint sketch
3D glaze - Nuvo
fonts -  Ellianarelles's Path & ChrisHmk
label shape - Silhouette 

 
the insert, with a quote from the web
 
What animal will you use?