Lazy Day

Thank you to all my crafty pals for your lovely comments on my male card, I am just about keeping in front of the ones I need, I do have 2 surviving brothers and also 5 BILs,  plus nephews etc and I am now starting to enjoy doing these male cards - lol, it really was a stash thing.  I am always enjoying the gift that is blogland as I love wandering around your blogs. You can imagine my shock when I went to my blog and it said “blog does not exist” – sorry if you heard my squealing expletive, lol - anyway it said to click on something and enter my phone number as someone had tried to use my blog inappropriately – the bloggy people  phoned me and gave me an unlock code and I was back in business. Phew!

Anyway onto my card and my usual bit of being distracted:-

I have been sorting through my dies and noticed that I did not have many border dies, I cannot use punches at all, as my osteoarthritis has taken away that ability (so glad I am not a horse), so I would love to produce what so many of you do with punches such as the Martha Stewart ones. Anyway I didn't find what I was looking for in the crafty shops, got distracted as we do, and I bought a gorgeous Memory Box die which is a butterfly border so my card attempts to make good use of it. This is a long die and I haven't used the full length of it. Did I mention I like butterflies!

Image - Penny Black Lazy Days 3782J and 

a LotV sentiment,

Paper and card - card blank is a 19 x 12cm made from Papermill card,

and backing is  Papermania Capsule Verde,

Dies used – Spellbinders Labels 28,

Lifestyle Lacy Square,

IO Butterfly set and

Memory Box  Butterfly Vine Border.

Cromford - thinking of you

Thank you all for visiting my blog and I love reading the comments you have left.  This card was going to be simple; I printed the decoupage in May just prior to our holidays in case I got stuck in, in the rain. Anyway off we went to Scotland and had the most glorious weather especially in Shetland which I had not visited before, so my crafting stuff remained untouched until now.  As I was wandering around blogland I thought – well maybe I could put a bit of shape to this card so here it is. I found 3 little yellow buttons and now I can say I have only one little button left – a purple one so that has to go on the top of my shopping list, lol. I hope you are all having a happy crafty day.

Image – My craft studio, Cromford bear decoupage.

Paper and card - card blank is an 8 inch square folded,
  the backing papers are from stash.

Dies used – Lifestyle nesting lace squares, and

an edge from Spellbinders Grand scallop squares .

My Boat

After a bad night and dozing on the settee from 4am I woke to a drizzle day and pottered about with this card and now I am pleased to come on here and read the comments left by my crafty visitors.
Yet another little boy card on here today but my next card will have to be an adult one for a 65 year old male so I shall have to put my thinking cap on.  I was so please to find the twine I had mislaid I was determined to use it so I hope it looks ok. I do wish I didn't mislay stuff lol.

Image - By the River stamp from lotv 

coloured with letraset pens.

 Paper and card - card blank is a 6x6 from Joanna Sheen
  backing paper from a cd and painted with fairy mist paint,

watery card from my stash highlighted with sakura glaze pen.

Dies used - Lifestyle lace square, 

and spellbinder lacey and scallop circle.

X-stitch Mice

A fun challenge on the Joanna Sheen forum as it passes mid month again. This time we need to use a bit of stitching and although I can no longer do any real sewing I found a bit of embroidery thread and had fun. The piercing die made it easy and I will be on the look out for more of the same. I accept I need to put a bit of practice in taking photos of mirror card and it is on my list of things to do, but hopefully it looks ok. I am beginning to wonder about the number of favourite stamps I have, here is another one.

Image - .... Mice Day! (1651K)  stamp from Penny Black

 coloured with letraset pens

and sentiment from lotv set 10.

Paper and card - card blank is homemade
and backing paper is from an old 12x12 Paper Pack,

Dies used - Lifestyle nesting doily rectangles,

Sizzix - Tim Holtz embossing folder 'stitches'

and Magnolia Doohickeys Fairytale Tag,

bling, embroidery thread and mirror card from stash.

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Yellow mono fairy

I am so very happy to be receiving comments on my blog. I think I have managed to switch the word verification thingy off so please let me know if I haven't. This is all still very new to me. I am still in fairyland today but as I used a sakura stardust pen there isn't too much glitter about. I don't know why this little fairy slipped to the bottom of the box as she is such a sweetie and I enjoyed colouring her. I have made an attempt at keeping to a single colour choice so hopefully it has worked.

Image - Dandelion Clock stamp from lotv 

coloured with letraset pens and sakura stardust.

 Paper and card - card blank is a 6x6 from Joanna Sheen
  backing paper is from a nitwit digi

and the card is from my stash.

Dies used - Memory box kaleidoscope butterfly ,

Spellbinders eyelet square and Lifestyle lace square,

bling from stash.

Challenge covered :-  Monochrome lili of the valley

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