Pollyanna Pickering

I love the new Pollyanna Pickering card making kits that I found in The Range and thought they would make great cards for the men in my life! They come with loads of toppers, sentiments and backing papers. As they are reduced - I treated myself to the Tiger, Dormouse, Fox and Otter kits!

These are the first few cards of many I hope!

Cheeky Monkey!

A couple of cards for young boys - I know several  who can be cheeky monkeys at times!

A Parliament of Owl Cards!

Not sure why, but I've just realised that I have been making several owl themed cards recently! 



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A space of my own.....

As my son has now moved out to be with his girlfriend, we now have a spare bedroom which I have rapidly converted into a craft room! 

It is lovely to have a space of my own - but moving all my papers, embellishments, ribbons, inks, stamps, die cuts, scissors and card blanks in made me realize how much stash I have for this hobby that was supposed to help me save money! I know it looks a bit messy but it is great to have everything to hand.

I have had to invest in a new desk lamp but it is wonderful to be able to keep all my bits and pieces out and not tidy them away after a crafting session. Hopefully it will spur on my creativity so I can make even more cards and atc's!

Something for the boys!

Birthday cards made with the Kanban T Shirt Toppers and some button embellishments - for those 'difficult' teenagers and young men in the family!

Mix and Match ....

Still trying to make a dent in my ever growing pile of stash! 

 I made these 3 cards using a variety of old papers, stamps, ribbon, embellishments and sentiments - none of which are from the same sets. I've used the black card mats to try and tie them all together

Embossed grass ...

These 3 embossing boards were free with Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine and I couldn't wait to use them !

I loved the idea of a black cat stalking through the long grasses, so teamed the embossing background with a Poppy Stamps die cut cat and black spotty Craftwork Cards sentiment to make this simple card.

Simply Cards Magazine ....

Was chuffed to see one of my cards featured in this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine when it popped through the door this morning - it's the black T-shirt card. 

The Kanban T shirt toppers have been great to make up birthday cards for the teenagers and men who don't want to have cars or sports on their cards

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It Pays to Plan Ahead!

I knew that I would be out of action craftwise for 10 days whilst we had the lounge decorated - what I didn't realize is that they would uncover several problems when they started that would lead to lots more building work, including a new floor and skirting boards - most of our furniture has had to go into storage!

Here we are over 3 weeks later and they still have not got round to painting the walls yet. Luckily I has made my Mothers birthday card in advance, unluckily I hadn't made a Mothers Day card for her. Being optimistic, I hope that everything will return from storage before then!!

The Girl With Hearts in Her Hair!

I love this stamp which was from the Spring Fling set free with Creative Stamping mag last year. I've stamped it in Grey ink with has a bit of a shimmer to it, then added turquoise smooch highlights. She is layered on a turquoise and lime butterfly freebie paper and then one from the Sew Lovely range by Docrafts.

I've now got the decorators in and have had to pack away all my papercraft stuff for the next 10 days - not looking forward to going cold turkey from crafting for that long!

Sew Lovely Birthday Cards

I treated myself to the latest Docrafts goodie bag with the 'Sew Lovely' range of papers and embellishments and teamed them up with the Tim Holtz mannequin die for these cards.

 

I was chuffed to be recently approached by a complete stranger who somehow had found one of the birthday cards I had  posted on this blog a while ago, and wanted to commission a similar one for this nephew!

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Men's Cheese & Wine Cards

After the last few girly cards, I thought it was about time that I produced some men's cards -  so have made a few featuring cheese and wine.

 You may spot a couple of butterflies have sneaked in as a hangover from my previous post!

Butterflies Galore!

I had a bit of a manic card making session - you know the sort where you just can't stop and just have to keep going until you get it out of your system ! 

Looking back on them, there is a bit of a butterfly theme going on, although I used a range of different papers and embellishments including Hunkydory, Madame Payraud and  Craftwork Cards. 

Why do cats sit in the awkward places?

This is one of my cats Moxxi - who insisted on squeezing on the smallest place on my dining table right in the middle of a crafting session!

Quirky New Home Cards

Whilst searching the bottom of my stash pile, I came across these house ovals by Craftwork Cards - goodness knows how old they are, but they still look fresh to me!

I teamed them with some scraps of paper and coloured them with Promarkers to match - now all I need  are some friends or relatives to move house so I can give them away

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Gilded Flakes

A few cards made with Indigo blu gilded flakes and my new swirl die -unfortunately its hard to capture the lovely effect of the gilding on camera.

I feel there is a bit of a 'nature' theme on these cards!

Lavender Liquid Pearls

I recently bought a bottle of lavender lace liquid pearls - I have had a bottle of Ruby Red for years, but have only ever used it for the holly berries on Christmas cards.

I dug out a few cards that I had made previously and had great fun adding a few dots of pearls here and there - I hope you think that they have improved the cards as little!

I had some great crafty gifts including swirl dies, a border punch and some more Promarkers to add to my collection, so I feel a crafting session coming on soon. 

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Yuletide Greetings Winter Wishes Cards for Pagans

I know several people who are either pagans or non-Christians, so I always try to make a few cards for them at this time of year. 

I've gone for 'Winter Wishes' as the sentiment. The top card has an image from Joanna Sheens 'Dancing with Shadows' CD.

I now have a blog where I sell cards suitable for Pagans to send or receive over Christmas time at Pagancards.blogspot.co.uk

I would like to wish you all a Happy, peaceful and contented Christmas and if Santa visits you, that he brings lots of crafty presents!

Celebrations Collection

Occasionally I treat myself to Creative stamping Magazine - this time I was drawn by the Celebration Collection of freebie stamps which include a Rocking Horse and Bottle of Champagne and the sentiment 'Time to drink champagne and dance on the table'.

As usual, I couldn't wait to try them out and made these three cards. I hope 2014 will being us all lots of good reasons to celebrate!

Little Wooden Penguins - What a Bargain!

I found a pack of these very cute little wooden skiiing penguins in the Ipswich branch of the Range last week reduced to only 50p. There are 16 in the pack with 4 different types - and I couldn't wait to use them!

I coloured them with Promarkers and then teamed them up with bits

and pieces from my stash to make a whole set of blue and green based Christmas ATC's.