Merry Christmas

Hello

Merry Christmas!!

I hope you're all having a lovely Christmas no matter what you are doing and who you are with.

We've had a really relaxing day together. It's been me, Shamus and Shannen. They decided on a buffet meal which we've just had. It's just so lovely to spend time together. Poor hunter doesn't know if he's coming or going today as it's been a change  of routine. It's a dogs life.

lol.

Thank you for being such wonderful followers and for all your support and comments this year.

Big Hugs 

Debbie xxxx

Snowy days.....

It's the 1st of the month so it's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

Sandra has chosen the theme for this month which is:

'Snowman/Snowmen'

which is quite apt as it's been snowing here in East Yorkshire.

Hope you're all staying cosy wherever you are.

I used an image from Mulberry Wood paper pack I had and made my own 
background up with a snowflake stencil and inks.

Why not pop over to see what all the fabulous makes the teamies 

                have made to inspire you this month and join in with us.

Thanks for popping by to see me and for all your lovely comments. I really appreciate them.

Challenges:

Crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-361

Ribbon girls blog -any-image-challenge

Aud sentiments challenge-christmas-sentiment

Crafty-catz-weekly challenge-395-anything-goes optional let it snow

Hope your Christmas shopping is going well. I have done a few bits but have more to do.

Hugs Debbie xxx

More than 1 fold

Hi all,

It's the 1st of the month so it's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

The theme for this month chosen by Jane is:
'More than 1 fold.'

I decided to make a  gift box and a rosette. Hope you like it. I was quite chuffed that I could actually make the lid and the base by following a clip on You Tube. I'll certainly make some more in different sizes as I'm not very good at wrapping pressies especially at Christmas time.

 

                          

           Why not pop over to see what all the fabulous makes the teamies 
                have made to inspire you this month and join in with us.
                                                     
                   Thanks for popping by to see me. I'd like to give a warm                                  welcome to 2 new design team members: 
                                                          Lynne and Cheryl.  

Great to have you on the team.

Challenges:

christmas blog challenge - October-fun-folds

not just cards challenges anything-goes-at-not-just-cards

the crafty addicts challenge-42 Anything goes/christmas

             Hope you're all fine. Thank you for popping by to visit me.

Hugs Debbie xxx

A card for a Child

Morning,

It's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's Sybrina turn to choose the theme this month which is:

'A card for a Child'
I dug out my Crafter's Companion Mulberry Wood paper pack ( I think it was called that...) and hey presto.

Why not pop over to see what all the fabulous makes the teamies have made to inspire you this month and join in with us.

Thanks for popping by to see me.

I am flying by the seat of my pants with this card as my I've had a busy week of visiting my Dad who has a blood clot. They found him a bed in Hospital on Wednesday night and he's been scanned and waiting to get his operation to remove it as it's travelled up his leg towards the groin area. By the time this goes live he should be recovering from his op. Bless him. 

I'm still struggling with blogging so please bear with me. Once a month isn't good enough but my hands have been misbehaving so roll on my hospital appointment in a few weeks. 

Challenges
christmas blog challenge - anything-christmas-goes
creative inspirations challenge-281-anything-goes
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-353
Crafters cafe blog challenge182-use-die-cuts-and/or-punches.

Big hugs dear friends
Debbie xxxx

Christmas Wish List.....

Morning,

It's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's Caz's turn to choose the theme this month which is:

'Christmas Animals'
I recycled a memo block board I had and made a Christmas wish list for my neighbours children. there are sticky memo pad notes attached too.

     

Why not pop over to see what all the fabulous makes the teamies have made to inspire you this month and join in with us.


Thanks for popping by to see me. Apologies for not commenting or blogging like I used to, I'm hoping to get back to it soon once my stiff hands and arms ease abit. If not it'll be the knackers yard I think-ha ha...
Hope you're all well and catching little bits of the summer sunshine when it arrives...life eh

Hugs Debbie xxx

Festive Sentiments

Morning,

It's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's my turn to choose the theme this month which is:

'Festive Sentiment'
(to be the main focal point)

Why not pop over to see what all the fabulous makes the teamies have made to inspire you this month and join in with us.


Challenges:
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-344 anything goes as long as it's Christmas
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge 2-extra-for-august-2017

Hugs Debs xx

Christmas Ornaments...Percy the Penguin

Morning,
It's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's the lovely Mary's turn to choose the theme this month which is:

'A Christmas Ornament'
(must be seen or it can be an ornament)
I put together a hanging Penguin ornament from an mdf kit from Inky Doodles that I bought a long time ago. Isn't it cute!!! I can sit or hang Percy the Penguin anywhere.

Why not pop over to see what all the fabulous makes the teamies have made to inspire you this month and join in with us.

Thanks for popping by to see what I've been up to.

Challenges:

christmas cards all year round July-challenge-anything-goes

QKR stampede-challenge-250-christmas

Crafting by designs - get-ready-for-christmas-June-edition

fab n funky challenge-357-team-funky-christmas

crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-340-anything goes

crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge 2-extra-for-july-2017

Have a super weekend whatever you're up to. Just a quiet weekend for us with Hunter the dog. He's alot better with his ear and we've not had to take him back to the vets. Bless you for all your lovely comments last month.

Hugs Debs xx

Daisy daisy....

Hi all,

How are you all today? Hope it's been a good day so far for you all. Apologies once again for my lack of blogging. I've been having a few problems with my right arm which has fired up again so it prevents me from doing alot. It's just my fibramyalgia & M.E misbehaving again. 

Here's a Sympathy card I made a few weeks ago with my favourite Sheena Douglass Daisy stamp, the sentiment is a Clearly Bssotted one.

Challenges

allsorts challenge week-421-flower-power

sir stampalot challenge June-use-your-favourite-stamp (my daisy stamp)

ribbon girls June-any-image-challenge

I got my CT scan results a couple of weeks ago for my bowel cancer and I'm still in the clear whoopee!!!! Thank you for all your support and for popping by while I've been AWOL.

Hugs Debbie xx

A Pink Christmas

Morning all,

It's the 1st of the month so

it's time again for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's the lovely Helen's turn to choose the theme this month which is:

'Non - Traditional Colours'

I used some craftwork cards papers, Penny black wreath stamp, a freebie JOY stamp and diecut snowflakes and xmas trees.

Hope you like it.

Why not join in with us and get ahead with your Christmas cards. You know it makes sense!!! It's not so easy when the sun is shining though is it!

Challenges:

crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-335

crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge 2-extra-for-June-2017

In the pink challenge-120-embossing ( I did dry and heat embossing)

Thanks for popping by to see what I've been up to.

I haven't been able to blog for a month, apologies.I can't seem to get to grips with blogging lately. Our cross-staffie Hunter has been poorly the last few weeks and very clingy so I haven't managed to craft much. He had a haematoma(a burst blood vessel) on his ear. It kept filling up and needed draining. Fingers crossed the steroids work this time.

Bless him. Take care.

Hugs Debs xx

Snowflakes

Morning all,

It's the 1st of the month so

it's time again for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's the lovely Joan's's turn to choose the theme this month which is:

'Snowflakes'

For my card I used a freebie snowflake stamp from my Cardmaking and Papercrafting magazine, dies, sentiment stamps, white embossing powder and inks. 

We would love you to join in with us. 

The other teamies have made some beautiful creations. Just click on the badge below and pop and see us.

Challenges:

christmas cards all year round - May-challenge-precipitation on your holiday project-snowflakes

christmas blog challenge add-some-sparkle-or-bling

crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge -331

Thanks for popping by to see what I've been up to. Apologies for not being around much in blogland. I must get myself organised to blog more often now my appointments have subsided. 
I've just got back from a week in Scotland visiting my family in Arbroath. I had a wonderful break away as well as checking on my Mum who hasn't been keeping so well so far this year. She's alot brighter and we managed abit of shopping and a few trips out for coffee. Well it would be rude not too. Ha Ha.... 

Have a lovely Bank Holiday Monday whatever you're up to. I'm taking it easy after being away but I might do some crafting.
Take care.

Hugs Debs xx

House Mouse time

Morning all,

It's the 1st of the month so

it's time again for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's the lovely Sandra's turn to choose the theme this month which is:

'Christmas Candy Cane'

(with or without an image)

I dug out my House Mouse decoupage set

 

We would love you to join in with us. 

The other teamies have made some beautiful creations. Just click on the badge below.

Thanks for popping by to see what I've been up to. Have a lovely weekend whatever you're up to.

Hugs Debs xx

Lots of silver...

Morning,

It's the 1st of the month so

it's time again for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's the lovely Bab's turn to choose the theme this month which is:
'Use Silver or Gold'
I used an indigo blu bauble stamp.

We would love you to join in with us. 

The other teamies have made some beautiful creations. Just click on the badge below.

Challenges:

Allsorts week-404-metal-and/or-charms.

Christmas blog challenge anything-christmas-goes
Dream valley challenges-150-add-some-metal
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-322 - anything or optional theme:recycle/upcycle

Thanks for popping by to see what I've been up to. Have a lovely week whatever you're up to.

Hugs Debs xx

Pink roses

Hi all,

Is a brisk windy day here in East Yorkshire, I've been putting a card together this weekend with my Clarity stamps and stencil. It was nice to get inky again mind you I don't need an excuse.. do you?

What have you all been doing this weekend? Anything fun?

It's been a nice quiet one for us. My Mum and my Step Dad Bob were due to pop in on their way back to Scotland as they were supposed to be in Leeds for a family wedding but my Mum is really poorly with a chest infection bless her. Hoe she picks up soon.

Challenges:

Creative inspirations challenge-269-petals-pearls

ribbon girlsl-february-use-any-image
simon says stamp blog wednesday challenge/simon-says-anything-goes-36
trimmies craft challenge-404--mothers/female

crafty creations challenges 335-anything-goes

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and thank you for popping to see me.

Hugs Debbie xx

Poppies

Morning all,

I have just got home from meeting a friend for lunch in Goole. It was lovely. I tried a veggie burger for the first time.... yummy. It was so nice to have a catch up. I thought I'd blog the card that I made this week using the Indigo Blu poppy heart and words borrowed from my friend Sheila.The background is an Indigo blu stencil, it was a fun card to make.

Challenges:

Indigo blu blog challenge - february-2017-challenge-love-is-all-you-need

allsorts challenge week-402-hearts-andor-flowers

sparkles forum challenge-89-love

ribbon girls-february-card-challenge- anything goes

crafting when we can challenges-137-flowers

Hope you've all had a nice day whatever you've been doing. Thanks for your lovely comments.

Hugs Debbie xx

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello,

How are we all doing today? Hope it's a good day for you! We just send cards for valentines day so here is the one I made for my hubby:

I used Clearly Bessotted stamp sets and the backing paper was from my stash as were the little buttons. I quite enjoyed making it as there wasn't any colouring involved etc... and no fussy bits as Shamus says... Men eh!!!!

Challenge:

Aud sentiments challenge blog 173-valentine-or-love-sentiment
Crafty purple frog challenge-4-love-is-all-around
creative moments challenge-111 anything goes or optional twist love is in the air
creative inspirations challenge-268-anything-goes
Paper Creators crafts challenge-56-challenge love is in the air.

Thank you for popping by to see me.
Take care.

Big hugs Debbie xxx

A little bit of Kraft.

Morning,

It's the 1st of the month so

it's time again for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's the lovely Jane's turn to choose the theme this month which is:
'A Krafty Christmas'

Use kraft card

We would love you to join in with us. 

The other teamies have made some beautiful creations. Just click on the badge below.

The lovely Caz has a prize for us this month so good luck all.

Thanks Caz.

Challenges:

My Time to craft challenge-338-feathers

Christmas at Sweet Stampin blog.Anything-christmas-goes.

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge-318.- anything Christmas goes

Thanks for popping by to see what I've been up to. Have a lovely week whatever you're up to.

Hugs Debs xx

Beautiful Giraffes

Hi all,

Sorry I've not posted anything since the beginning of January. I have still been crafting but just not managed to post for some reason.

Here's  a card I made yesterday to enter the Clarity Stamp challenge which is now on facebook. Hope you like it. I absolutely love giraffes, I don't know what it is about them but they are such beautiful animals.

I have still been floating about in blogland and commenting when I have been able. I must try harder to blog more.

I've been out for a cuppa today with my friend Julia to Costa coffee. We had a nice time and caught up on each others news as I've not seen her since just before Christmas.I got home at lunch time and have been crafting abit and made a quiche for tea.... it was yummy if I do say so myself...

Challenges

paper creators crafts challenge-55-anything goes
Patties creations challenge-130-use an animal image
Creative Moments challenge-110-anything goes
Word art Wednesday challenge - Anything goes
Corrosive challenges by Janet. Challenge-1-anything-goes

Thank you so much for popping by to see me, I really appreciate your comments/

Hope youve had a great day whatever you've been doing.

Hugs Debbie xxx

Lots of Glitter

Morning,

It's the 1st of the month so

it's time again for a new challenge over at Sparkles Forum Christmas.

It's the lovely Pat's turn to choose the theme this month which is:
'Lots of Glitter'

For my card I used a few of my dies and coated them in lots of glitter. Can't beat a bit of bling.

Now I know we've just had Christmas but if you make a few cards a month then by December you're on top of it all. I am determined to get more organised this year instead of the usual scramble at the end. 
We would love you to join in with us. 
The other teamies have made some beautiful creations. Just click on the badge below.

The lovely Caz has a prize for us this month so good luck all.
Thanks Caz.

Challenges:
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-314-anything-goes-as long as its christmas
christmas blog challenge for-someone-special happy-new-year
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge 2-extra-for-january-2017
incy wincy designs-non traditional christmas colours
christmas cards all year round january-challenge-add-snowflakes

Thanks for popping by to see what I've been up to. Have a lovely week whatever you're up to and..........
'A Happy New Year' lets hope it's a better one all round for us all.

Hugs Debbie xxx