Happy Birthday To You!

 Good morning and a very happy Friday. I'm loving the new 'Happy Birthday' challenge over at Country View Crafts, and here's my second card.

Once again I turned to my Katzelkraft stamps - this set is such fun!

I started by making my background with a cloud stamp and a fan brush and paint.

Then I stamped my animals and coloured them with watercolour pens.

Then it was just a case of cutting them out and sticking down!

These are the stamps that I've used, and Susan has a great range here in the store.

I'm entering my card into the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge which is 'happy birthday'

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

A Meerkat Birthday Card

 Good morning and a very happy Monday! It's a new challenge day at Country View Crafts, and the lovely Monika has chosen Happy Birthday. We always need birthday cards and gifts don't we, so here's a meerkat card that I made for my son's recent birthday.

Aren't these 'kats adorable!

These are my fun Katzelkraft stamps. Susan has a wonderful range of these here in the store.

I hope that you join in with our fun challenge for the chance to win a £20.00 gift certificate to spend in the store.

Have a very happy August, and thanks so much for looking x

A Gnomy Christmas

Good morning and a very happy Thursday!

Today I'm sharing the second of my Christmas cards made for our Christmas In July challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

I started by making the layers for my background using patterned papers.

This gnomey Santa is so cute, and I would be lost without my misc words stamp.

I've added lots of snow and glitter. If you can't use glitter for Christmas when can you!

These are my lovely stamps, and they can be found here;

Gnome Santa With Toys

Mushroom House

Misc Words 

There's still time to join in with us over on the portal, so please get stamping!

Have a wonderful day, and thanks so much for looking x

 

A Tripple Point Card For Relatively Thoughtful

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Can you believe how hot it was this week? My craft room is the conservatory so it's definitely been a no-go area. Luckily I made this card before I went away.

I've made this using papers from the Votes 4 Women and the My Family Tree Romantique collections which can be found here in the store.

Votes 4 Women 

The Family Tree Romantique 

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

A Relatively Thoughtful Birthday Card

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I made with a variety of Relatively Thoughtful collections.

I love to paper weave but I can never quite remember how to do it lol. It's a lot easier now that I've bought a die to cut the strips for me!

I've had this die in my stash for years and years, and I thought it looked really pretty dressed in these Jane papers.

I've used papers from the Votes For Women, The Family Tree, and My Dearest Jane collections and they can all be found here.

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Hark The Herald Angels Sing

 Good morning and a very happy Friday.

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for the Lost Coast Designs 'Christmas In July' challenge.

I started by making an alcohol ink background on yupo paper, but then I've proceeded to cover it all up!

There's also torn vellum, kraft card, and die cut music paper in the background.

I think this stamp is beautiful! I stamped it in full in blue for the background, and then again in brown for the angelic trio.

The lovely stamps can be found here

Herald Angels

Misc Words

You can't beat a Christmas in July challenge, so please join in with us for the chance to win some Lost Coast $'s.

Have a wonderful day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

A Travel Album For Country View Crafts

 Good morning and a very happy Monday, I hope you had a lovely weekend. Today I'm back at Country View Towers with the second of my travel projects. This time I'm sharing the inside of my travel album.

Again I've used the lovely Stamperia Around The World papers for my waterfalls.

I sketched out my page maps with all my measurements, and I'm really glad with how it turned out.

I really love the Stamperia images! There's enough room for 32 6x4 photos, so I've no excuse not to get some printed out.

I've even managed to use up some washi tape, so that's a win!

I keep flipping between which of these two is my favourite side.

  

And just in case you've forgotten, this is what the front of the album looks like.

All things Stamperia can be found here in the store.

Have a very happy day, and thanks so much for looking x

Imagine!

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a card that I made with the Relatively Thoughtful fabulous Halloween collection.

I've added some stencilling to the front panel and a little bit of stamping.

Don't these papers look gorgeous together!

Although it's the Halloween collection I think these are very pretty colours - Halloween doesn't have to be scary lol.

You can find the collection here

I hope you have a lovely day, I'm in Rhodes celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary. 

Take care and have a lovely day whatever you are doing xx