Anything but a square !

This time at the Christmas card club its Clare's turn to set the challenge !

Great one Clare I have been making a conscious effort 

to not make square cards recently !!!

So .......... I had a few up my sleeve lol !!

For the blue one above I used my XXL GO-Kreate dies to make the shape of the card,

LOTV image, Doh-Hickey tag, Snowflakes from Asda !! and papers from Nitwits !!

The red one below ...... I used my NEW XXL scalloped dies !! 

THANK YOU Margaret !! hehe she treated me to a set !!

Again image is LOTV, holly branch die from Cheery Lynn

and papers from Nitwits. 

And yes there is another below .......

A Vintage one ...... I used my Marianne Oval Anja Die

for this one !!! Cheery Lynn holly die and 

image from a CD and  lots of pearls !!

Phew ...... thats it honest !!! 

Hope you like them !!

Happy Crafting and Have a great Xmas !!!

Let it snow !!

Oh please yes let it snow and then we can make snowmen !!!

I love playing in the snow !!!

This week Margaret set the Challenge at the Christmas card club !

SNOWMEN !!!

Well ........ I said I had my card made ........ 

Mmm could I find the photo I took .....

No !!! So I made another !!!

I tried to do something different but it just didn't work in the time I had ......

So its my usual I'm afraid !!

LOTV image, nitwit papers, Marianne star with WOC flowers!!

Hope you like it !!

Great Challenge Margaret !!!

Now I know I have the cards ready for the next challenge 

as I have the post scheduled already !!! lol !!

Happy Crafting !!

Off to go get a tree this afternoon so mince pies and mulled wine tomorrow

when we decorate it !!!

Yikes another two weeks have passed ............

 where have they gone !!! 

I have been making Xmas cakes and sweets and not many cards at all !! 

Oh boy I best get my mojo back soon !!

This time at the Christmas Card Club Hazel set the challenge !! 

Bright colours ........ oops I thought it was the Snowman Challenge but thats next time !!! 

So I had a search through my cards I made earlier and hope this is ok !! 

Its Bright red !!! 

Still I'm all ready for next time lol !!!

I used LOTV image, XXL Go Create dies for the card, Martha Stewart Punch,

Dohickey tag and of course my Snowflake tree dec !!!

Pop over and check out the other ladies creations links are on the sidebar !!

Happy Crafting everyone !!

Sugar and Spice

I can't believe two weeks has passed and I haven't made a card !!!

This time its Zoe's turn to set the challenge at

the Christmas Card club !!!

She chose Sugar and Spice !!!

Here is my card............ 

Sugar and Spice and all things nice, THAT'S what little girls are made of !

The card is made by using a Marianne Anja Oval die

Image from a disc, Cheery Lynn holly and flowers !!

It takes a lot of pearls to do this card but I think it was worth it !!

Hope you like it !!!

Musical delights !!!

Mmm ..... It wouldn't be a delight if it were I singing !!!

Again these are some cards I did earlier !!

The Christmas card club challenge this time was set my myself,

and is a musical theme !!

So I have two done for this challenge !!!

(Only because I set the challenge after looking at the cards I had !!)

I love this image from LOTV !! 

This square card is boxed too and in tissue paper !! 

ooh I say !!! 

The snowflakes are just about run out now .....

so come on Asda get those Xmas decs in !!

Music stamp and Sentiment from LOTV,

papers from Nitwits and die cut from Cheery Lynn !

Secondly this round card was cut using Grand spelbinders, 

papers from Nitwits, flowers from WOC.

Just love this layout !!

Phew ............. 

If anyone fancies joining us girls then just email us !!

Check out the other cards you can find the blogs on my sidebar !

Happy crafting everyone !!

I'm off for a walk ........... walking seems to take my mind off stuff

and I seem to be able to cope better in the day as a result of it!

Missing Grandma terrible.

A "Blue Peter" job ..........

Oh boy I feel so bad ....... I really feel I am letting my friends and blog family down trying to deal with lifes events ..... so here is one I made earlier !!! Hence the "Blue Peter" title !!! 

Its time at the Christmas card club to post our fortnights challenge card. 

This time Sylvie set the theme Red and White !! 

Well .......................

I just so happened to have made this before I went on holiday how lucky is that !!!

I used one of the new Wild Rose Annabelle Christmas pre-printed images !! 

Ooh they are so beautiful !!!

Of course a Christmas card had to have one of my favourite Snowflake tree decs on !!!

 Can't wait till Asda get them in again I'm nearly out !!!

 I Also used The Whimsy postcard rubber stamp and 

Cheery Lyn die cut of holly swirls along with a Spellbinder die with the sentiment. 

Paper is Nitwits !!! All my favourites !!

So ...... I am going to try to get back into things, 

starting with posting cards I make just for making sake !

 I'm not sure I'm ready to focus on cards I have to make just yet ........

But know my blogland family I really appreciate all your 

emails and comments it really helps.

Happy crafting !!

Sending Hugs

Well I liked the effect of the style of my last card so much I made myself get my craft things out and made this using Cuddly Buddly's pre-coloured image Don't feel too good.

I also used these wonderful papers A Portfolio of papers - Brown and A patchwork of papers - blue. The sentiment is from 12 round Greetings. I used Marianne dies flowers and leaves and leaf swirl.

Happy crafting everyone and thank you all for the lovely comments and emails about Grandma!!