Lovely Landscapes

 Those topper books from Temu just keep on inspiring me to make more cards

The soft, dreamy pastel shades are so pretty ....

and are so easy to match up with backing papers.

TEMU Toppers

 I spotted 4 books of seasonal topper images on  Temu recently, there are some beautiful scenes in them

 I have been inspired to make loads of cards already

which also helped to use up some patterned papers I have had for ages

However, I guess the images must be AI generated, as there were a couple of weird ones that stood out

Now, I've visited London many times, but never spotted any mountains nearby!

Nor did I spot any when visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris!!

More for the Men

 

Had a go at making more masculine cards - not so easy as cards with flowers and butterflies!

So made music, gaming and motorbike themed cards instead.

Plus a wooden dinosaur one for the kids!

Peel Off Cards continued .......

 

Here's a type of card I don't make very often! Although the peel off cars are Sports or Classic cars, it seems to work well for passing your  driving test.

And here's a cute green peel off froggy trying to catch a fly

And finally, some birthday party themed peel offs against a bright, multi-coloured patterned paper

Peel Off Cards

 

I've now made so many more cards with the big pile of peel offs that were gifted to me in April

There were lots of butterflies, sentiments and flowers

In lots of different colours, some were holographic!

Forced me to make different styles of cards from my usual, including several masculine and childrens' cards - still lots of peel offs left for when inspiration strikes again!

A Special Card

 I was asked to make a card for a lady who had reached the grand old age of 105!

I dug out lots of gold mirri card and some dies to make this for her - apparently she loved it! Not a good photo , but the best I could get with all the reflections.

I've also been gifted lots of peel offs from someone who has given up card making, 4 were used in the corners of this card.

A Kind Gift

 I was kindly gifted a carrier bag full of scrapbooking papers, frames, photo mats, stickers and alphabets by Creative Memories (a USA Company)  by a friend of my Mother

There are lots of duplicates papers and packages,  and not in the usual style that I would choose

So I have had to be creative and come out of my comfort zone to utilise them

and despite have made over 30 cards from them so far, there is still much, much, much more left !

New Year, New Stamp, New Cards

 

Floral Oval Frame & Masks

Treated myself to a new stamp from Honey Doo Crafts - the Floral Oval Frame with the Oval Mask & Stencil Set which were in the sales. Was delivered within 2 days, so very impressed!

Made several cards with the stamps and stencil in different colourways this morning, lovely crisp images with super sentiments to go with them!

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and crafty 2025

Forgotten Stencils

 

I know exactly when I bought this delphinium flower stencil because I blogged about it in June 2016!

I tried it a couple of times with paste and spray paints, but never like the effect, so it sat at the bottom of a drawer, forgotten and neglected for 8 years.

Now, I have discovered it makes a lovely birthday card for gardeners using pink, purple and blue distressed oxide inks. Finished it off with a metallic purple dragonfly brad, that I have probably had for 8 years too!

Finished cat card

 

Following from my previous post - here is the birthday card with the cat face on it - this stamp is called Tabitha's Portrait by Anita and is one of my oldest and most favourite stamps.

It also featured on my blog 12 years ago and also in 2015 !

Forgotten Embossing Folders

 

Moving on from my forgotten stamps post, I dug out and dusted down some embossing folders that were lurking at the back.

Made a couple of birthday cards suitable for children

 And this wedding card - think I need to get a bit more texture in my future cards!

Forgotten Stamps

 We all have those forgotten stamps, that have been unused and un-inked for years, don't we?

So I dug out a couple of old stamp sets from Inkadinkado that date from 2008 & 2009 to use again

Despite being 15 years old, they still stamped nice and crisp images.

Cloudbusting

 

I bought a very cheap 'cloud edge' stencil off Temu, that arrived today - only took 8 days to come from China.

The first cards I made with it are these these 2 new baby cards with a flying elephant - for a boy and girl.

I then found some die cut birds to put against a cloudy background.

Think it was a bargain!

Latest batch of cards

 This card was made with one of my more older, and favourite stamps from Woodware, 'gone to seed', and has appeared in my blog many times before!

This card was made with a freebie stamp - possibly from creative stamping magazine?

I thought this card would make a nice generic card for any adult.