Black and Pink

 Hi all,

Well it's the 1st October - can you believe it? and it's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles forum christmas.

Helen has chosen the theme of 'Non Traditional Christmas Colours' so here's my card:

I took a piece of black card, applied versamark clear ink to a snowflake embossing folder and put it through my machine to emboss. I applied clear embossing powder to the card and heat embossed it. I die cut the sentiment, flowers and snowflakes too and glued them down . Black gems were added at the end. 

Quite a different card for me but good fun.

Thanks for popping by to see me. It's been a steady month of September here. just pottering really, dog walks and a couple of meals out. Had a blood test today to check if I'm doing okay after a check up at the docs last Monday. I am quite a home body just lately.

take care.

big hugs Debs xxx

Holly time

Hi all,

It is the 1st September so time for our Sparkles Christmas challenge. 

It's my turn to chose the theme this month - Lets see some Holly.   I love inking so I really enjoyed doing this card. 

From my stash I used:

Simply cards and papercraft Magazine freebies - holly stamp inked and cut out,bow stamp inked and cut out and the holly/foliage stencil inked.

I had a die cut black circle, typed sentiment and lots of gems.

Why not join in with us all over at Sparkles forum christmas challenge blog and get in early creating your Christmas cards.

Challenges

trimmies craft challenge 762 - christmas

Apologies for the radio silence for the last 2 months, I had another fall as I walked into my husbands garage and cut my left hand on a sheet of steel.... ouch. We had to call an ambulance as we couldn't stop the bleeding... The 999 call staff were amazing and talked my husband through applying a tourniquet. I ended up with 8 staples and my hand wrapped up in a dressing for quite a few weeks so crafting and most things have been out of the question. Such drama... for a Tuesday afternoon. Anyway it has healed well at last and I have been so lucky.

Hope you're all keeping well. It's been a steady month here. Pottering in the garden. I've got so many courgettes, the tomatoes are turning red slowly and my cucumbers are thriving at last.

Take care and thank you for popping to see me.

Big hugs Debs xx

Merry, Merry, Merry

 Hi all,

It is the 1st June so time for our Sparkles Christmas challenge and Melanie has chosen the theme - include the word Merry.  So I dug out my Simply cards and Papercrafts sentiment stamp set freebie for the background and for the centre piece sentiment. It seems to be one of my favourite stamp sets. I used ‘the greetery’ wreath die and inked it green and a ‘Lisa Horton’ mistletoe die. 

So that’s another Christmas card made, why not join in with us and see what the other teamies have created.

It’s been a steady month here. I went up to stay at my Dad’s house in Scotland at the beginning of the month for 6 days which was a lovely break. Good food, good company etc….. then I went to an 80th birthday party in the village-a fellow dog walker which was amazing and to the cinema to see ‘The Accountant 2’. It was one brilliant film and we had a meal out too so not as steady as I thought ha ha. I’ve spent plenty of time in the garden too which has been fun. 

Hope you’ve all had a good May and thank you for popping to see me too.

Big hugs Debs xxxx

Stockings

 Hi all,

It is the 1st May so time for our Sparkles Christmas challenge and Caz  has chosen the theme - Christmas Stockings.  So I dug out my Simply cards and Papercrafts sentiment stamp set freebie for the centre and added different coloured stockings with my Inky Doodles Stamp set.

We really hope you can join in and get an early start on Christmas. Pop by and see what the rest of the teamies have created.

It has been a month for pottering in the garden and planting seeds which I've loved. I love seeing everything blossoming outside. You can't beat it..

Thanks for popping by, I really appreciate your visits my lovelies.

Big Hugs Debs x

Christmas foliage

 Hi all,

It is the 1st April so time for our Sparkles Christmas challenge and Dawn has chosen the theme - Christmas foliage. So out came some freebie stamps(I love these) from Simply cards and Papercraft magazine and my inks to watercolour which I find so relaxing.I found a large white tag, a holly die from Sue Wilson, some ribbon and twine to finish it off. 

We really hope you can join in and get an early start on Christmas. Pop by and see what the rest of the teamies have created.

Challenges:

addicted to stamps-challenge-489 any occasion

Well it's been a steady month here and wow isn't the weather changing for the good at last. Well it's been nice in East Riding of Yorkshire at least. I've had a few doctors appointments which have gone okay, mainly check ups. After 4 weeks I got my back xray results .... I have arthritis in my lower back so at least I know what it is and just to take things steady. My Asthma review went well so hopefully that's the last of my visits for a while - here's hoping. My new power wheelchair arrived woo hoo.. I am loving it even though there are a few teething troubles but we will get there. Hope you had a nice Mothers Day too. We went for a swim, a jacussi then a nice hot chocolate. Perfect.

Thanks for popping by, I really appreciate your visits my lovelies.

Big Hugs Debs x

A cup of cheer

 Hi all,

It is the 1st February so time for our Sparkles Christmas challenge and Melissa has chosen the theme - A Cup of Christmas Tea,

I printed out a sheet from Etsy that I had purchased some decorative cuppas on and typed my own sentiment on the topper. I also used a Crafter's Companion snowflake background die, some clearly besotted snowflake die, gems and my Christmas tree die. 

Why not pop over and join in with us over at Sparkles Christmas.

Challenges:

trimmies craft challenge-747-chrismas

It's been a quiet month here. Our flat roof was leaking and we had to get a new roof fitted eek. A tough start to the year financially, so we've been trying not to spend all of January... just getting essentials. A few more months and we should be okay phew. It gets quite addictive not spending. Ha ha. I must get back into some crafting as it does me good, so that is my goal for February.  

Thanks for popping by, I really appreciate your visits. Take care and stay cosy my lovelies.

Big Hugs Debs x

Cosy and Warm

 Hi all,

Apologies for not wishing you all a Merry Christmas, time got away with me and I ran out of energy to do anything else. Hope you all had a lovely time whatever you decided to do. We had a nice time and we were very relaxed which was nice after all the build up.  Anyway its the 1st January 2025:

'Happy New Year.'

Time for our first challenge of the year over at Sparkles Christmas and Kate has chosen the theme - Cosy and Warm.

Apologies for my later than usual post but in my wisdom I did a card for February's challenge thinking it was for January - whoops, so I've made another card today. At least I'm organised for February I guess. I thought this pic was perfect for the challenge so I re-used it from a card, used a freebie background paper from Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine and put my dies to work for the mistletoe and the cosy and warm letters using my new die cutting machine from Kit and Caboodle. My Ebosser which I've had for 12 years had, had it's day, so I treated myself with my birthday money eek and I love it. I need to explore it more but so far so good.

Why not pop over and join in with us over at Sparkles Christmas.

Thanks for popping by, I really appreciate your visits.

Big Hugs Debs x