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Hi. I live in Spain with my partner. I am retired and LOVE it. I love life here but I do miss my family back in the UK, two sons and three sisters and my Mum. Crafting is my life, I do something every single day. In the past it has helped me get through some bad times in my life. One such bad time was when my first grandson died aged just 14 months. He had been born 8 weeks prem but was very healthy and was growing into a beautiful, bonny boy. It was such a shock when the call came. A day never passes when I dont think of him. I am now Nanna again to grand daughter, Hollie, born July 2012, and Tess born March 2016. This is my younger son and his partner. I now have another Grandson, Noah, born Nov 2013 to my elder Son and they have 3 daughters Aurora, born March 2015 and Arabella, born August 2017 and Arianna born 2019. Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy my makes. Please leave a comment so that I know you have visited me. I love reading them all. xxxx

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Thursday, 5 August 2021

One Earth for River of Creativity

 Good Morning All

River of Creativity Challenge this month is

One Earth

Wow, I really wasnt to sure how to interpret this one then I remembered that I had an Earth die in my box at the Craft Shop.

The backing is from a Birthday card that Lorien and Ricky sent to me so I stuck the Earth over what was stuck there and matted the whole lot onto blue card.

Added a sentiment tag and some garden string and thats it.

I really like how it turned out.

Xxxxx
Wendy L


Tuesday, 3 August 2021

Stick Pins

 Good Morning All

I am still making stick pins aswell as other things.

I have them in my Etsy shop for sale HERE


They are packed in a nice little booklet with a felt insert.

If any of you are interested I will do a better deal than on Etsy for you.

I have a Groovi class this afternoon and this is what we will be doing, glittering the parchment like on these cards.
I think the ladies will enjoy doing this.



Thanks for visiting
XXX
Wendy L


Sunday, 1 August 2021

Summer for MAWTT & Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

As it is the 1st of the month, it is Moving Along With The Times Challenge and I chose the theme of

Summer Fun / Colours

I went with Colours.

I made this background with Oxide inks then I used a Stencil to get the Sunburst effect.

I stamped the butterflies in Black and just coloured one with gold paint.


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Now onto my Sunday challenge for the Craft Club ladies and you.
I will use the card above and make the theme
More than 2 Squares

I gave out these little boxes containing afew sweets.
I cant give out choccy at this time of year as it melts so quickly.
I tied with ribbon and added a dangle charm.

Onto last weeks challenge which was a sketch.

My card

Claire made 2


Dawn

Denise

Eve

Maggie

Sharon

The name drawn was Eve-

Well done to all and Thank you
XXX
Wendy L







Saturday, 31 July 2021

AG for Allsorts

 Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this time is hosted by Mervi and her theme is

Anything Goes with option of Roses

I made this lovely shaped card which folds flat for posting.

It came about because a friend of mine hosts a card class at the craft shop and she comes up with some amazing cards. She made this one and left it in the shop and one of my craft group liked it and asked me if I could make one and show them how to make it.

So off I trotted to You Tube and found a fab tutorial HERE

This is my version and I did use some papers that had Roses on too.

I'm really pleased with it and it is very easy too.




This is the 1st one I made to try out the design.

XXXXX
Wendy L

Thursday, 29 July 2021

Another Tag Recycled into a Card

 Good Morning All

This is the last of the tags I have repurposed into a card to go in the Charity box at the shop.

I used the Gingham ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and papers from Minxy Studio UK.


I have already shown this card on Crafty Ribbons page on Facebook as part of their Showcase week last week,  so some of you may have seen it there.
XXXXX
WEndy L


Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Recycling Birthday Cards

Good Morning All

Way back in May, I received some wonderful cards for my Birthday and alot were handmade.

So I have recycled them to go in the charity box at the Craft Shop, I checked with the ladies first. 


I think you will agree that there are some lovely  cards there which I cannot throw out so we may aswell get some good from them and raise some money for the dog rescue centre.

xxxxx
Wendy L


Sunday, 25 July 2021

Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

I used a sketch for the challenge at Craft Club this week and this is my card.

The image was already coloured in my stash


Sketch to follow

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I gave out these gift boxes with a mini glue stick inside

I try to add a dangle charm most weeks then they can use on their own cards.



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Now onto last weeks challenge which was to use more than 2 circles.

My card

Val C made 2


Maggie joined in this week too.

Dawn

Denise

Eve

Val J

Sharon

And believe it or not, Eve's name was drawn!!

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Outside my door I have a coffee table and there is two little planters containing 3 very small cacti.
This one was in flower Friday morning.  A beautiful yellow colour.
First time it has flowered.

Thank you all for joining me and dont forget, you are all welcome to join in the challenge for a little prize.

XXXXX
Wendy L













Friday, 23 July 2021

Black & White for Crafty Ribbons

 Good Morning All

Crafty Ribbons are having a showcase week and it is

Black & White

I made two items for this, a card and a mini Notebook.

The card is 5x7 and I used papers from Minxy Studio UK, see link at end of post.

I added a homemade dangle charm to the sentiment tag.

I used 4 different widths of the gingham ribbon HERE





Go to Crafty ribbon page on Facebook and leave a comment  on the original post and you could win this




Minxy Studios UK

Minxys Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/Minxys.Studio.UK

Minxy Studio Etsy Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/MinxysStudioUK

Minxys Linktree - https://linktr.ee/minxysstudiouk



xxx

Wendy L

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

It's A Wrap

 Good Morning All


I bought the Groovi Wrap plates a good while ago and have hardly used them.

I didn't want to make an envelope or wrap though, so I made it into a card for my best friends Birthday.

I added lots of gems and pearls to the scalloped border.


This is inside when you open the flap


I mounted it onto pink card then onto a DL card blank.
xxxxx
Wendy L


Sunday, 18 July 2021

Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

My challenge this week for the Craft Club is

Use more than 2 CIRCLES

This is a Groovi card I have made and it has  4 circles if you look closely


I gave the ladies a triangular box with a tube of Polo mints in, tied up with organza ribbon and a dangle charm.


Last weeks challenge was a Tic Tac To


My card  Man Square Stripes

Dawn

Denise

Eve

Val C


Sharon


Maggie


Val J

Eve was the name drawn out this week.

See you soon
XXXX
Wendy L








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