Just to show I have been playing nicely !!

My lovely friend Sue, from Sue's Art Stuff , sent me a huge envelope full of goodies for me to use on my charity cards, so just to show I really haven't been swanning round country piles all the time, here are a few of my latest cards, around 60 I think - mostly finished, just a few to finish off, adding inserts and putting into bags etc ...

Hug a Tree

Getting away from crafting for a change, we have visited lots of lovely National Trust properties over the past month, since we have had gorgeous weather, we both decided to use our lovely picnic hampers and go out and do something different ...it's surprising what you find when you aren't looking for anything !!
These were taken at Bodnant Gardens in North Wales - some of the trees there are so seriously huge, you feel very humble, and of course, you have to hug them !! ~The laburnum arch is a famous spring feature of the gardens ..

OPH - Summer

I made this ATC as part of a set a while ago, and I think it epitomises Summer for me, so shall use it for the One Powerful Hour challenge. Why not pop over to One Powerful Hour and see what summer means to other people.

New Award - One Lovely Blog.

Thank you to Risa and Loretta, their links are both on the comments page of my OPH Viva Espana post - for this award. I don't visit so many blogs at the moment, so don't have too many people to pass this award on to, so I am going to be completely selfish and lazy and say Thank You ladies, and send (((hugs))) and smiles ........

TMTA - Frogs

What a wonderful theme over at Think Monday, Think ATC it's Frogs - I say wonderful because think it's so different, plus I have had a couple of froggie stamps for years and not used them much - sooooo, now's the chance. I made these two ATC's, green backgrounds of course and scraps of card from my stash ....why not hop over to TMTA and discover how many different ways you can make Frog ATC's :-)

Sympathy Card

My cousin's mother-in-law just died - here is the card I made to send to them ....

picture stamp is Paper Inspirations, stamped in Black Stazon and chalked, and the background flower, stamped in pale gold is Penny Black, Sympathy stamp is Inkadinkadoo.

One Powerful Hour - Viva Espana

This week I am so proud to be Guest Designer for OPH - hope you like my Flamenco !!
How I made the card is over on the OPH blog, why not go and see all the lovely images created for Viva Espana.

OPH - Lace (Two challenges in one)

One Powerful Hour this week has a lovely challenge. I used a Stamps Happen stamp, painted with Twinkling H20's - took me a bit longer than an hour, but I enjoyed it. I am also entering this for the SBS challenge, Flowers ....the links for all my sisters are down the left hand side of my blog.
Pop over to One Powerful Hour to see all the lovely lace...

OPH - Asian

Over at One Powerful Hour this week the challenge theme is Asian - which is a lovely theme and open to all kinds of interpretation. I have made an ATC with, I think, Asian colours and orchids. I touched the orchids with a Glaze pen to bring out the colours, also the swirls were touched with a Glaze pen to accent the colours on the background.

More Blog Candy !!

Hey everyone, just look at the photo - what gorgeous blog candy. Pop over to
Kards and Klay and leave the very talented Kristen a comment, and post the photo and a comment on your own blog - simple eh?? and what goodies !!!

SBS Thinking of You, and other cards ..

Here is a mixture of hand painted and stamped cards - I used cuttlebug embossed backgrounds and words, Tilda images sent to me by a friend, and various background papers from my stash .....I also used a K and Co. buttons embellishment on my Thinking of You card, entered for the SBS challenge today.

One Powerful Hour - Vacation

Bit late for this challenge, but I really don't know where the week has gone. The theme this week is Vacation, so I chose a view of Canada, vintage postcard stamp by Inkadinkadoo, and, of course, Wish You Were Here !! Happy Holidays!! Pop over to
One Powerful Hour and look at everyone's ideas of vacations ...

DRUM ROLL FOR THE WINNERS !!!

Thank you to everyone who took part in my Blog Candy draw. The two names picked were
............Drum roll ................taa raaaa

CHRISTINA

LYNIFYNI

If you two ladies would please email me with your snail mail addresses, I will send our your goodies. Happy Crafting everybody. xxx

BLOG CANDY

THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED, A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO VISIT ME, HOPEFULLY ENJOY MY BLOG, AND OF COURSE, LEAVE ME A COMMENT.



Hello crafters, today is such a lovely spring day, bit of a breeze but lovely, and I am happy!! So happy, in fact, that I want to make TWO more people happy (hopefully) Who fancies some BLOG CANDY including a Fiskars punch, Cee-dees rubber stamps and sheets of embellishments and alphabets. I won't post a photo, because I have no idea yet what I am going to include, apart from what I have said, but I think it will be worth a smile or two :-) I don't mind where you live, will post to anywhere. If you would like to be in with a chance to win, please leave a comment, and a mention on your blogs, and on SATURDAY, 16th MAY I will put everyone's name in a hat and choose two people. luv Ed xx

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TMTA - Jewels

Hi folks, the theme over at TMTA this week is Jewels. I toyed with the idea of using one of my cat stamps, but then saw this tiny basque and bead bag, and thought long black gloves, and strings of beads - An Evening Out - the pearls and beads are interspaced with tiny jewels, and the handbag has jewels on it's clasp - think that's enough glitz for one ATC :-)