Coffee!

 Hi Everyone, a card today for a blog friend who has just moved house. She loves her coffee, the subject is on nearly every card she does, I can never get over the variety of cards she can do with coffee included in the subject. Because of this I had to make her a coffee / home card. I used orange on the house, as she is Dutch and it's the National colour.

Now there was one problem doing this blog post - I hadn't taken a photo of the card before sending it, I was in too much of a rush to send it. However Hetty kindly shared her card on FB and this is where I had it from, it's probably a better photo than I would have taken anyway LOL. I apologise to the other lady for cutting her beautiful card out of the photo.

Stamps, stencil, house die, all magazine freebies.

tag - shape copied from file and cut with Cameo.

card shape also cut on Cameo, as was insert

on which I wrote (with the Cameo) the sentiment.

Distress inks - Spiced Marmalade, tea dye

dye based inks - Whispers (VERY old inks)

sentiment - mine

I have a visitor who arrived twice yesterday, I'm so thrilled -

a Great Spotted Woodpecker, the best photo I could get.

Sailing!

Hi Everyone, I have just realised I haven't blogged for nearly a week, I have been around blogland and have been making cards, just not getting them on here. I've also added inserts to masses of cards I have made in the last couple of months, also making a batch make, that I will show another day.

Anyhow, my card today came about in a matter of seconds, OK maybe a minute or two. We are carers for our son and we had a phone call the other day from the local Carers Association. One of their "days" was card making, well! I couldn't say no to that could I? it was a Zoom call due to Covid etc. They delivered a few things to everyone before hand and we were supposed to use them to make a card. 

During the call however everyone else was making what they wanted, only one was a cardmaker and not that often. I was a bit disappointed and tried to make things with what I had from them, it was a complete disaster, (all the others produced great cards) and when we were told we had 2 minutes to go, I threw placed it into the bin. I got the kraft card and washi tape that also came from them and got some stamps out and just went for it, this is the result. The blue circle I admit was done later to "finish" the card off.

I wouldn't say it's one of my best card by any stretch of the imagination, but for being done so quickly I was pleased so was the host. (He was probably pleased I had produced something LOL). The next one is in October, we'll see what happens then. They also rang last week, saying the next "day" was cooking? Whaaaaat? No thanks, Hubby is the main cook here LOL

washi tape - unknown

stamps - Simply cards and Paper craft # 207

 

Stamping!!!!!!

Hi Everyone, just a post to let you know I have decided to really try "Stamping". I am a digi girl at heart as my card making started in the 1990's with the Printmaster Platinum DVD going on to Photoshop many years ago.

What decided me? well I have subscribed to a card making magazine and they give freebies each month of stamps and dies, so I now have a growing selection that I haven't used. Hence last week buying a stamp platform with some birthday money. Here is my first attempt. used in conjunction with my Cameo to make the box from a card pack by Craft Sensations. The box was for a present.

here is another trial for another present, with a recycled bag.

this is the present inside the bag, 

a glass I embossed with the help of my Cameo.

I thought I would share a photo of our crocus last week.