Enjoy your retirement…

Well, it’s been a few days since I last posted….life is just rushing by at the moment and there is little time for making cards.  Hope to get back in the swing of things next week.
I’ve made this card for the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday.  The theme this week is ‘In the water’.  [...]

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Raspberry Ribbons Sketch

This is my first card for Raspberry Ribbons Sketches Design Team.  Check out Raspberry Ribbons to see the sketch and to join in the fun and get your ribbons out ready!  The new sketch has just been added….and there will be a sketch every two weeks.
I’ve used ‘Bug with Bug’ and the bug sentiment from alota Rubber [...]

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Cool Dude…

I had some time yesterday afternoon to make some cards and I couldn’t wait to use this car stamp that I had ordered from alota Rubber Stamps…it’s called Cool Car and I knew when I saw it that Tough Edwin would look super cool with it….I think they are a perfect match!  The car is a [...]

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Never grow up and Design Team news…

I’ve been having a play with some alota Rubber Stamps…these two cuties are from the DT set that Helene kindly sent to me.  They are called Kids (umnounted) and the code is X-009.  There are several more cute kids on the sheet…all so gorgeous!  I had a lovely surprise package from Helene yesterday and I [...]

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Lilly Ladybug and Claudia’s Blog Candy

Ahhhh….isn’t she sweet….this is Lilly Ladybug and she is on an unmounted sheet from alota Rubber Stamps which includes several of the ladybugs and some sentiments.  Helene provides an excellent shipping service to the UK….all orders arrive very quickly….so do pop over  to alota….you’ll be spoilt for choice with the range of stamps available.
I used a card kit [...]

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Just the two of us

Well, it’s a really wet and miserable day here…perfect excuse for staying in and making some cards…….hooray!  Though I do hope we see the sun again soon!
I had a wonderful parcel from Helene at alota Rubber Stamps waiting for me when I arrived home.  She enclosed a fabulous selection of stamps for me to play with, it was [...]

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Have a lovely summer…….

This is a very quick post because I really should be in bed….we leave so early in the morning to travel to the airport.  Two  sweet summery cards…the first one Tilda with ‘pink’ lilacs and the second one is a cute bug butterfly from alota Rubber Stamps which has been cut out twice and layered to give dimension.  Lots of sparkly stardust [...]

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Find joy everyday

I really like this  card…it’s not often I say that about my cards!  I had some time last night to play and came up with this.  I love the alota background image (Item description -  Country M-036)…I’ve had it for a while and bought it after seeing a card made by Claudia with it.  It was a [...]

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Tilda and Edwin

Well, it’s been a lovely sunny day here today…great weather for a change!  Unfortunately for me, I had lots of indoor jobs that needed doing and  didn’t get to see much of the sun ;-(   I did find time to have a play in my craft room though and this is what I came up with.  [...]

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Exciting news

I received a wonderful e-mail yesterday, from Helene, at altoa Rubber Stamps, asking me if I would like to join her design team.  It was such a lovely surprise and of course I was delighted do accept her offer!  I first heard of alota back in April, after reading a post on Clauda’s (Pretty Pressings) blog.  She had just [...]

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