French Alps Engagement

Hi Everyone, my card today was for our G Nephews' engagement. A shock to everyone including his Fiancé. They have been living together for about 5 years, but when asked when they were getting married, always just looked at each other and smiled. We are all thrilled, it's such happy news. 

They were engaged on holiday in the French Alps, so that's my theme. I went looking for mountains in my files and found this beauty, it was on a background paper, but I isolated and copied the single mountain to use.

Next I looked for snow and decided on this, then what do I do with the French part? I went looking for an image of the French flag on the web, and this heart was amongst them, how lucky was that, of course I had to use it. Then found the blue sky paper as the background.

I took everything into Silhouette and print and cut everything, to size for the 8 x 8 inch card. I cut the heart, then added a layer for the background to the sentiment layer. The mountain was cut with an outline of white, and another outline of silver card to enhance it. The snow layer was next. The fab couple, again in my files, was cut twice from navy card and both layered onto silver card. I used it here too.

I thought it needed something else, so added different size die cut hearts, off cuts from a whole die.  I'm glad to say they loved it, and the fact it was just as it happened, they said. AW!

mountain -  The Hungry jpeg, Indigo woodland pattern paper 2022

snow image - Hugware image, In the meadow 2005

blue sky paper - Hugware, Earthscapes, mountain sky 2005

French Flag heart - Freepik

couple - Freepick, 2016  

Silhouette

die - red Hearts, Tattered lace, years old 

 

 

this shows the silver outline around the couple and the mountains. 

 

 

 

I came across a challenge I haven't visited in an age and decided to add to it.

 

https://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/cd-sunday-plus-challenge-183-hosted-by.html 

Food or Drink, Burgers TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for

The Male Room

 

Food or Drink, now that is a great challenge for me, as I don't have many food or drink stamps. I saw this digi for sale and just had to get it. With the GNephews being adults now, I thought they would appreciate it. I hope. 

 

I took it into Silhouette and print and cut it 3 times, then coloured it with DI's using a lot of colours. The sentiment was printed and fussy cut, maybe I should have had Silhouette do it, anyway, I then had to do a background. After looking through backgrounds in my files, I found this beauty, just perfect for Bob and his dog, even the shadows fitted it. I find digital scrapbook kits are very handy with their different papers and elements.

 

Next I layered all the images, then added the background to the base card and the layers onto it. The sentiment was added with 3D pads.  For all the colouring, it really didn't take that much time, I'm glad to say. It's a big image on a 5x7 card, and my colouring isn't brilliant, but I quite like it. 

 

image - Dr Digi, Bob's Big Burger

inks - Distress inks, too many to say

white pen - Posca

background - Afternoon-Delight/Dezines by Nae at Digital Scrapbool.com 2020

 

 What will your Food or Drink be for the Challenge?

Pelican WLSC

    Hi Everyone my DT make today is for

We Love Stamping

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

All Creatures Great & Small

 

I am still struggling with my card making, but managing to get some done, I gotta, the family are waiting for their birthday cards. This is for another GNephew, full of fun boy, that I thought would give him a laugh or a smile? 

I loosely followed this sketch. 

 

 I found an old fun digi stamp, and went to my Silhouette to print and cut 3 layers, I managed to get 3 layers of sentiment on the same cut. So much easier than fussy cutting!

Next I coloured the pelican with DI's, sadly the yellow colours of the bird haven't come as original in the photo. Anyway, he and the sentiment were glued together. I tried painting a background, twice, a complete disaster, so gave up and used a digi paper. 

He needed something else, I thought, so added a setting sun die and some birds, ready to roost. It was done, but what a struggle! I think he turned out OK in the end.  

Pelican - Digi Stamps4Joy

 inks - Distress Inks , mustard seed,faded jeans, hickory smoke, dried marigold

background paper -  PC Hugware (2006)

sun die - magazine freebie SCP

birds stamp - magazine freebie SCP 

 

 

 

What will your All Creatures Great & Small be for our Challenge

 

Our wonderful prizes this month are 

Three stamps from AALL and Create

Baa-thday CCC

   Hi Everyone, my first DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

  

 

My card today is for another family member, I blame the large numbers on my Mum & Dad. Bless them.

 

I love this sheep image, but haven't used it for a while. I thought it about time, seeing as the fields are filling with the sheep and their lambs.

 

I stamped it onto a hammered white card, the black face is supposed to be black all over, but because of the hammered card it has not filled the face. I didn't mind the fact, so went ahead with it, colouring the sheep and the eyes, then the background of the frame with a light blue. I die cut it, leaving space for the sentiment. 

 

I stamped the "happy" and went to my Silhouette to cut the "Baa-thday". I chose the font, sized to fit the centre, and cut it. I then added the stamped piece to light blue card to match the frame. 

If you would like to see others with the same stamp see HERE & HERE & HERE

 stamp - Sheep Woodware 

inks - Distress Inks, tattered lace, mustard seed, hickory smoke

die - Card Making Magic, A4 Rectangular Nested

sentiment stamp - Uniko, Up & Away

Silhouette

font - Whimsy Wonder 

 after reviewing this post, I realised that the photo is slightly blurred, apologies, I've had new specs since!

Thank you

 Hello Everyone.

I have to thank you all for your continuing support of my blog, something I am struggling with. Someone on my blog asked how I was doing recently, so I am going to let you know, rightly or wrongly, opening my heart, I shall hopefully make it brief.

I am not in a good place and find card making and blogging too much pressure at this time. You may say 5 months after he died I should be feeling OK now. I'm afraid it's not that easy for me. He was my life and I had been with him since I was 16, 63 years. A few of you will know how I am feeling. I had to let you know that I will try to visit you, and appreciate your wonderful work, and the inspiration it gives me. I will continue to make cards, with difficulty, and try to blog them too, as I have said many times we are a large family, so plenty to make. Time seems to get away from me, with extra tasks to do now, and struggling with my condition. 

Please know I appreciate you all for your messages, help, and the love that comes through too. I will get there, but things are popping up that I am finding difficult to deal with, like our beautiful garden, today the gardener I employed said he doesn't do weeding etc. He did grudgingly do the hedges that needed a prune.  Martin always kept it so beautiful, and no one wants the work involved.

My apologies for revealing my worries, but that's part of what is going on, making blogging seem not so important. I hope I will find time to visit you all at least occasionally. 

Thank you all again. 

Keyring gift box

Hi Everyone, my post today is about a box I made for a keyring my Niece is making. I bought a few to share with their names on, for some girls of the family. They were different colours for each one, I gave them when we got together for a night out to see the Shen Yun Show locally.

The box is a design by Lori Whitlock, which I sized to fit the keyring. The card is from Craft Sensations named Enchanted Garden, each one was different from the same pad. I thought I had taken a photo of them all, but seems I didn't duh! I undid one for my SiL to take a photo, then packed it up again.

The keyring is available here, I thought we add links for other items, and thought it would be OK to add a link for the keyring. 

WLSC Spring has Sprung

 

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

Spring has Sprung

 

I saw this stamp set and had to have it, I thought it cute.  My mojo is still on holiday, so a sketch from 2013 for inspiration this time. 

I stamped the girl, then the raindrops, can you spot my deliberate mistake? The raindrops are upside down, duh! I then die cut it, with a larger size to layer. Next I went looking for umbrellas in my files, and found these fab papers, so perfect for what I wanted and forgotten about.  

The girl was coloured with DI's and I simply watercoloured a background to match the papers, which were cut to fit the 6x6 base card. I then stamped the sentiment. They were all layered and placed to match the sketch, but I also wanted a couple of umbrellas on the paper to show, and the "singing in the rain" showing too.  

I think I may go to a couple more sketches, perhaps I'll get some mojo back. I really enjoyed making this card, even though a couple of things could have been better. 

 stamps - Polkadoodles, Hello Sunshine

papers -  Jessica Dunn "Singin' in the Rain" Bundle, at Digital Scrapbook.com 2019

 (It is still available, you may have to register)

inks - Distress Inks, carved pumpkin,shaded lilac,mustard seed,stormy sky,

tea dye,vintage photo,tattered rose,wild honey,seedless preserve,

shabby shutters,twisted citron,

dies - Tonic Pin dot

pink card - Lidl 

 

 I hope to see you at WLSC 

What do you think of in Spring? 

 

We have Two lovely prizes of Lavinia stamps

 

 

Spring weather we had last week, lots of hail, the photo was taken after it had melted a bit, the reflection as it was taken inside.