Birdcage

Here we are again, a quick visit to say Thank You to my blogging pals for their kind comments and so pleased you liked what I did with my bridge. A special Thank You to Wilma http://scottish-crafter.blogspot.co.uk/   for being such a great pal. A big welcome to Hazel http://hazelsbasketsofjoy.blogspot.co.uk/ on her arrival in blogland, look forward to you joining us for more after your holidays, please be totally relaxed about being here.
This was one of these cards which I fiddled with too much, still I did also enjoy having a play. I inked the coordination card, put it through the embossing folder and then sanded it and quite like the effect I got. 
I will also be putting a couple of new photos of our build up, as you can see we are a bit like that famous company but we really are getting there, lol.
I should say sorry for hogging the good piece of weather the country is having but believe me we do need it. Hopefully I will get around to a bit of wandering and commenting later but I do have a couple of errands to run today and the sunshine is beckoning. 

Paper and card - card blank is a C5 made from Papermill card 

lilac and flowery backing card from the scrap box, 

 Dies used :- Darice Grass embossing folder, 

Cheery Lynn  Birdcage,

Magnolia Doohickeys Sprawling fern,

Spellbinders Celtic Motifs and

IO birds from the Birdbath die.

New Season

Hello to my wonderful crafty pals, Thank You all for your lovely comments and I hope you are all well. I have no idea which season of the year it is, I am totally confused so I think my card shows it, lol. When I saw this bridge die it was one of those must have, living so close to the city which admires Brunel so much. So I had a wee play with colours and bits of scraps and had great fun. I was also very naughty and added  Grand Decorative Ovals 1 and the Grand Decorative labels 1 to my die collection, well a lass shouldn't get left behind should she, I must say I am impressed with them. The weather has slowed our building work down but come rain or shine we must get on with it. 

Paper and card - card blank is a 6" square 

dark backing card from my old photographic stash, 

 Dies used :- Spellbinders Grand Decorative Labels One, 

Memory Box  Marvelous Bridge, Orchard Tree Frame

and Lamp Post Frame .

Butterfly and bits

Hello to my wonderful blogging pals and thank you for all your lovely comments and kindness. My desk is a mess and not because I have been busy crafting but it is a convenient place to dump things, a bag of buttons, a camera, torch, helpful notes etc etc. I did make a card from some bits and pieces that were lying around from pure playing, so apologies if I get where they came from confused.  
Last week I was posting two cards and one of them was a belated card and I was heading out the door with them and realised I had sealed it in it's envelope and not written my message. I think that says it all - I like my card making to be totally relaxed and at the moment I have a zillion (slight exxageration) things buzzing around in my poor wee brain. 
I have been lurking in the background and enjoying your blog posts so please all know that you are creating wonderful things. My keyboard is refusing to spell the things I would love to type about your works, I think it has to do with numb fingers from chipping render of a stone wall - see what an exciting life I lead. On the brightest of notes we have had the most wonderful weather and it does me so much good being outside. Anyway hope you are all well and enjoying life and hugs to all who need a bit of a lift.

Paper and card - card blank is a C5 made from Papermill card 

dark backing card from the Papermill, 

 Dies used :- Spellbinders 3D basket weave embossing 

highlighted with pink & Resplendant Rectangles die, 

Memory Box  Lace circle, Chloe & Tristan Butterfly and

Die-namics layered rose.

Time Flies

Oh! my goodness, I hope my wonderful crafty pals will forgive me for being absent for so long. I have been trying to keep up with what is happening with our renovation bits and pieces and to help as much as possible. Added to this I took a second tumble within one week in our garden and ended up with a suspected broken nose. I have had my knee replacement operation cancelled twice. I get so cross especially and this time when the doctor asked me if I wanted stronger pain killers I had to ask him if they would stop me falling down, if he doesn't get this sorted out this time he will get his marching orders. 
I think I have forgotten how to make cards so this was a bit of a struggle, I don't think I got the embossing folder to produce what I expected. I will try to get around to some blogging in the next couple of days hopefully and then we start again, we have been so lucky with the weather up to now so fingers crossed that the dry days come back. 

Paper and card - card blank is a C5 made from Papermill card 

co-ordination backing card using the Spellbinders 3D creative Cogs, 

 Dies used :- SCACD Steampunk Wing Set,

Sizzix Tag (shortened) and

X-cut pocket Watch.

More Bodies

Thank you to all my crafty pals for your lovely comments. I did enjoy reading them very much and I was so pleased my Torso gave you a chuckle.  I do enjoy things haberdashery and even own a vintage Chil Daw canvas mannequin. It is adjusted using cogs and was designed for a time when lassies had waists. It will take pride of place when I have a proper craft room.

I really must get back to using some of my stamps before my inks dry out but this die cutting is a bit of an addiction. Before I do so I will make this quick haberdashery card. I am using some very old threaded stash here and a little inked sentiment from House Mouse.

Paper and card - card blank is a 6 inch square 

my backing paper from Prima Nature Garden collection, 

 Dies used :- SCACD Ribbons and Bows Dressform & Torso Charm,

Marianne Vintage Scissors  and

Go Kreate Ornament Frilly #2.

Chocolate Time

Thank you to all my crafty pals for your lovely comments. Well it is officially the coldest March, in Somerset, in the last forty years. I do so feel for my pals who are stuck with worse weather and hope you are all safe. Thinking that it is perhaps always time for chocolate and at the moment hot chocolate I don’t think this waistline is quite correct, lol. I do like this torso die, I think they are fun so as I was doing some die cutting I thought I would play. My background card was for another project, I printed it off and put it to one side, the following morning I needed a piece of  card so picked it up and happily cut into it without checking the reverse – duh – now how did it end up upside down (I expect it is those naughty fairies again). Anyway sometimes I don’t get the result I want !!!!! so here is my too busy card. 

Paper and card - card blank is a 6 inch square 

my backing paper was printed from an old download, 

 Dies used :- Sizzix Framelits Tags Rounded,

Memory Box Winged Swirl and bits of  stems. 

Magnolia Doily Flowers and 

SCACD Alice's Clock Statement Corner & Blank Canvas Torso.

Dusted it off

Thank you to all my crafty pals for your lovely comments. It has been all stop start, going to do something but the weather has put paid to most of what we had a mind to do. Why should I be surprised, we seem to have had over a year of rain with just the occasional blast of snow and a couple of days of sunshine (global warming indeed). 

I swapped my glue for some mortar and did a little repointing and general dogsbody as the boss laid the first row of blocks (but I am told the most difficult) of our new kitchen.  I have now been instructed to design what I want in the kitchen so that the electrics etc can be set so I will remain a bit missing although I am wandering in blogland and enjoying your beautiful creations. 

Now the important bit of info amongst all this waffle and thus the title of this post - I dusted off my old craftrobo as Poppystamps have started doing digi file die cuts. I bought 3 of them for 99 cents each and this Calypso Swirl is the first I have cut. I popped it onto a quick Thank You card along with some freebie die cuts I received and a bit of a stamp. It won't stop me using dies and of course buying them, lol. Sending hugs and do take care all and I will pop in to see you all by the by.