A Lovely Day

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing an anniversary card which could very easily be turned into a Valentine's card just by changing the sentiment.

Again I've used the fabulous 'Lovely' collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

These cats and dogs are so cute, and just perfect for adding a little bit of glitter.

The sentiment is from my favourite ever Katzelkraft set, but these papers are so versatile, so would make a great Valentine's card.

I've added lots of glitter glue to my die cuts so they are really solid lol.

And here's my romantic couple. There are lots of sheets of cut-aparts, so it's easy to find the right image.

Of course I had to put them in their own shaker with lots of lovely sequins.

As always the collection is available in both A4 papers and a digital download.

A4 Collection

Digital Download

I'm taking my gorgeous granddaughter swimming this morning, so take care enjoy the rest of your day whatever you are doing xx

Happy February!

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday, wow we made it through January at last!!

Today I'm sharing some planner cards that I made with the Lovely collection from Relatively Thoughtful. This is such a cute and romantic collection, perfect for Valentine's or wedding anniversaries.

I really like planner cards as it's a different way to keep the memories, and it uses up my rather large collection of small photos.

Yay, my homemade box is finally complete, and this is how they look inside it. I've also added some stamping with my Catherine Pooler stamps.

I love these dramatic black and white papers!

I'd love to see a blue sky right now, but I don't think there's much chance for the foreseeable!

These stamp so nicely.

Awwww, sweet but not yuck!! - I'm such a smoothie lol

As always the collection is available in both A4 and digital formats.

A4 paper collection

Digital collection

Catherine Pooler stamps and dies

I hope you've got something nice planned, so take care and enjoy the rest of your day xx

A Lovely Anniversary

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing an anniversary card made with the fabulous 'Lovely' collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

I love that there are black and white papers in the collection as well as the beautiful pink ones as they contrast perfectly.

Aren't these the cutest couple you've ever seen?

I do love a good shaker card, and it wasn't toooooo difficult to make with my giant heart dies.

This fancy heart is a Tim Holtz die that I've had in my stash for years!

I really like all the dimension on this card, but it will be interesting to see if it fits in the envelope lol.

As always the collection is available as a digital download and an A4 paper collection.

Digital download

A4 collection

If you still have your Valentine's cards to make please pop across to the store where you will find lots of fabulous collections including Relatively Thoughtful, G45, and Stamperia. 

Take care, and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

Wouldn't It Be Lovely

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm really happy to be sharing a planner page made with the adorable new Lovely collection from Relatively Thoughtful. This really is Lovely - very cute and romantic but not sickly sweet. Whoever said romance was dead was probably looking at me lol.

The collection has lots of lovely pages, with flowers, hearts, couples, and even cats and dogs that get along!

This is the reverse of my page. I've also used some ink, stamps and matching dies from Catherine Pooler which are also for sale in Sally's store.

I do love a matching die set for my stamps! I've just gone up from a 2 to a 2.5 in my reading/cutting out glasses and they make me squint and twitch a bit. I guess I'm a 2.25 really, so I'm sticking with the 2's? So as I was saying, I loves me a matching die set lol.

Who can resist a spotty dog and a pink cat?

And it's so easy to stamp and cut the sentiment.

This could be Neil and I on our wedding day. I had a dark bob, and he had - well he had some hair!

Yeah, if we are saying this I guess the cat and dog are back in the room.

I'll pop back later with links to the collections but here are the Catherine Pooler goodies.

A4 papercraft collection

Digital collection

Mon Amour stamp and die bundle

Rose Petals ink

So if you're slightly more romantic than I am (lets face it, who isn't?) this is the perfect collection for all of your Valentine/anniversary makes. Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

Sparkle in 2026

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. This is my first blog post of 2026, so a very Happy New Year!

I wanted a box to store my Elizabeth Craft card lab cards, but they are impossible to get hold of at the moment, so I decided to make my own, using the beautiful G45 Journalling Through Time collection.

When I say 'make,' I mean upcycle, because life is far too busy at the moment to make a box from scratch, so I altered this one!

So ta-da!! I used the Patterns and Solids for the long sides, and the 8x8 Collection Pack for the short sides and the base. Sally has the full range in the Relatively Thoughtful store and it really is one of my favourite collections.

There's also an ephemera pack, which is where my Time To Sparkle die cut came from. I've tripple embossed it to make it a little more sturdy.

And this is the card that I've made for the box. This time I've used my leftovers (very scrappy bits) from the Season to Celebrate collection. Any normal person would have thrown these away (did I really say that????) but they were perfect for the card.

Yep, a 4x4 scrap makes a perfect pocket.

I love these dies, they are perfect for my 3x4 and 2x2 photos.

I've used one of my favourite 8x8 papers for the base. You only get 2 per pack now as there are some patterns and solids included in the 8x8 collection. So do I ...

a) keep it to look at and stroke occasionally

b) use it up and cry

or 

c) head to Sally's store and buy another pack    - yeah right answer!

I'm just waiting for my dowel to arrive, then I have a willing volunteer (not) to create the runners for my box.I would like to make at least one card a fortnight so watch this space.

Here are the links to everything that I've used

Journalling Through Time Patterns and Solids 

8x8 Collection Pack 

Ephemera set 

Season to Celebrate Patterns and Solids 

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

Winnie the Pooh Meets G45

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. I hope you've had a lovely Christmas. Today I'm sharing some more pages from my G45 ATC album. This is a real cutie and was such fun to make. The papers are from the Echo Park Winnie the Pooh at Christmas collection. As well as her own designs Sally stocks lots of other collections, and this one is in the sale!!

Please excuse last year's Christmas photos, but I've not had any printed yet for this year (but I may have taken the odd one or two lol.

The atc-sized pages are perfect for my 4x3 photos.

There are 4 signatures in the album, and they have a mixture of flat and pocket pages. They also have these fold-up pocket pages that you can slide an atc/photo into.

These photos were taken for my Christmas album last year. The prompt was 'festive hot drink'. These were drunk in Malaga airport on our way back from our December holiday.

This one was taken in Leeds railway station, on our way back from seeing Santa!

These are some of the inserts that I've made for the pocket pages. These 3x4 cut-apart sheets are such fun.

The tags are also included in the album and would be perfect for some journaling or a 2x2 photo.

The collection can be found here

6x6 mega pad

G45 ATC album

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

Christmas Wishes

 Good morning and a very happy Tuesday, only two more big sleeps to go!

Today I'm sharing the last of my Echo Park Winnie the Pooh Christmas cards. This is just one of many collections that Sally has in the store at Relatively Thoughtful.

Again I've used the 12x12 collection, and added a snowy acetate overlay.

And I've gone with one of the 6x4 toppers from a cut-apart sheet.

I've also used the cute chipboard that matches the paper underneath.

 

I've also decorated a G45 tag with one of the chipboard stickers.

And lots of baker's twine to add more texture.

The collection can be found here

Winnie the Pooh Christmas 12x12 collection

Chipboard accents

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my Christmas cards.

Take care, enjoy the rest of your day, and try and stay on Santa's nice list x

Say Cheese!

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. 

Today I'm sharing a photo wallet made with the fabulous Sam's Seasonal Collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

This is such a beautiful collection, and the bold patterns are perfect for the wallet.

The dies are by CoolKats and they are huge! They need a full sheet of A4.

And this means that the wallet holds full-sized 6x4 photos. These are last year's trip to see Santa, and yes, this years visit is already planned!

This is the back of the wallet. Aren't these papers gorgeous?

I love these poinsettias!

Here's Grandad Neil in his Christmas shirt lol.

The collection can be found here

A4 Collection

Digital Download

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx