Charity Shop Bargains

 

Somebody must have been having a big clear out of their craft room as there was a large pile of brand new, unused card making stuff at my local charity shop when I popped in last.

There was a lot of Hunkdory items -books of  toppers, card making packs, sheets of sentiments as well as paper pads and die cuts.

I spent £15 and picked up a lot of  bits to keep me busy for quite a while - and left some for other crafters to enjoy too!

More Charity Shop Bargains

 Popped in to one of my favourite charity shops for St Elizabeth Hospice and found loads of card making stuff!

I picked up loads of Hunkydory shopper sheets in a whole variety of styles

A complete cardstock pack from Hunkydorys Watercolour wings selection, retails at £12.99 - pleased about this, as I already have the matching topper deck.

A large pack of embellishments and toppers from Craftwork Cards

Plus some cute Christmas card kits and lots of Christmas banners from Lakeland  - all for £5.00. The first cards that I made all featured birds. 

Another selection off to charity!

Another batch of cards bagged up and ready to go, I think there are over 50 cards in this bag. These are to raise money for the breast cancer campaign.

I have also been asked to make some cards for a local cat charity - so will be digging out all my cat stamps and dies over the weekend for a play!

Using Up Bits & Pieces

My stash is far too big and one of my New Years resolutions is to try and make a hole in it!

These papers and embellishments have been around for ages and its about time they went.

These cards will soon be making their way to help raise funds for Sport for the Disabled, Cancer Care for Suffolk or St Elizbeth Hospice in Ipswich - all local charities which I donate cards to.

Cards For Charity

Like many people, I get carried away and make far too many Christmas and Birthday cards than I need.  I always give  a box full to my local Cancer Care Centre and also to Macmillan Nurses. This year I've made over 120 cards for each.

I'm also hoping to sell a few birthday cards tomorrow as part of my works Wear it Pink fund raising- and then there is Children In Need next month too.

All good reasons to spend more time in the craft room!

Cards for Charity

Like many of you, I make far too many cards then I personally need! I have advertised on my local freecycle website and 40 cards are now each going to help Myeloma UK, riding for the disabled and a local church group with their fund raising. 

I now have a very good excuse to make some more cards!!

Raising a bit for charity

I am glad to say that I have been able to raise £100 for the Blue Cross charity by selling my birthday and Christmas cards to friends at work

One of the 50 challenges I set myself when I turned 50 in August was to raise some money to build a new re-homing centre for the Blue Cross in Suffolk.

I regularly make cards to raise funds for the Hospice and cancer care and thought it was time to support another local charity. 2 of my cats  Millie and Moxxi came from the Blue Cross as kittens. 

There was an article in the local newspaper about how difficult it was to find homes for black cats - so we welcomed this pair into our home. Despite them coming from the same litter, they are so different in both size and personality!


Moxxi is a long, skinny cat who is friendly, out-going and a bit of a hunter, whilst Millie is a short, fat furball who never ventures further than the bottom of the garden!

Here's a post about them when they were little kittens.

Christmas is a coming .......

And like many people I have been beavering away making Christmas cards ready for this year. Not only have I sixty to make for friends and family, but I also supply 2 local charities. 

This is my first batch of over 100 cards and I hope to make a lot more in the next few weeks. I loved the free  Hunky Dory papers in this months Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine and have made 13 so far, with some papers still left to use.

 Most of these cards made been made with freebies from magazines or recycled cards from last year.

Did I miss Christmas?

Because today I went into the Range and spotted not only Valentine crafty stuff but also Easter too!!!

I'm just finishing off my Christmas cards for the Local Hospice, they want them for an event on Friday. I was hoping to drop them off tomorrow, but I guess that depends on the Weather and if St Jude storm turns out to be as bad as they predict!

Home To Nest

I've just given out over 60 cards to local charities to help with their fund raising, so thought I would treat myself to the new Docrafts goody bag and popped down to the Range.

I really love the new Home to Nest range and think they make lovely cards for both those with green fingers and bird lovers alike!

I'm not too sure about Papermania Spots & Stripes range  - it is a bit too big and bright for me

Christmas Card Marathon is nearly over!

Although I only started in September, I estimate that I have made over 200 cards so far, half of which have gone to the Cancer Information charity in Ipswich. Yesterday I sat down to write out my cards ready to send to family and friends, and couldn't find designs suitable to send to a couple of them, so despite having stacks of cards left over,I will be making more today (note to self: cut down on the cute cards, they are not everyone's cup of tea)

Mind you, I have got a large plastic crate crammed full of Christmas papers, stamps and embellishments. There must be something in there to inspire me!!

More Cards made with ATC's

ATC by Cazro

ATC by Mollicat

Another selections of cards designed around ATC's made by some of my Docraft buddies. These will also be going off to the local Cancer Care charity

ATC by Juliaamy

ATC by Kathleen2006

ATC by Dumbo

ATC by AngyB

Daisy & Dandelion Cards

This months edition of Simply Cards and Papercraft has a pad of  20 free Dandelion & Daisy images. They are not really my cup of tea, but I thought I would have a go and use them to make more cards for the Cancer Campaign charity (see previous post).

I just bought some Spectrum Noir pens, so it seemed a good excuse to use them too!

I thought I would also  *cough*  modestly mention that a card of mine is featured in the same mag to celebrate their 100 issue. I always get a bit of a thrill to see my name in print. It's the closest I will get to being famous!

Watch out for Tatty Teddys!

I made these 2 cards with the free Tatty Teddy stamp in the current Docrafts Creativity magazine and I really like them, but I am worried that I cannot use them on any cards that I make for charity.

Sarpreets blog explains that Docrafts have not yet negotiated an angel policy over their use and so at the moment the images cannot be sold! I hope this can be sorted out soon as there is a whole range of cute Tatty Teddy card making stuff just been released!

Happy Easter Everyone!

After a few hectic days visiting friends, family and the Zoo, I'm looking forward to a quiet day at home today - who knows, if it is another scorcher, I might just have to come indoors and craft to get away from the heat!

I'm trying to make a few teal coloured cards for Scottishmisty over on DoCrafts to help raise funds for Overian Cancer so that is another good excuse to get the stash out, here is my first one.

Poppies Galore for Clarky J

The very talented Clarky J has put out a call for Poppy themed cards to help raise funds for the Poppy Appeal Fund at a do that her hubby is organising in October.

I dug out 3 different poppy stamps to make these cards for her. sorry about the rubbish photos.

If you can help, please hop over to her blog to find out details - the more cards the merrier for this great charity!

Charity Cards off to a good home

Like many of you, I make far too many cards for my own use so I advertised them on my local Freecycle site to see if any charity or community group would like them to help with fund-raising. So now the local Womans Refuge, Childrens kids club and MacMillian Nurses will be getting 25 each to help them.