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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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Saturday, 11 December 2021

Wings & Tails for Allsorts

 Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge time again and our theme has been chosen by Ellie and is

Wings & Tails

When I made this card I was making a load of Man cards for my charity box and I saw this topper in the pile from LOTV and thought it fitted the theme perfectly with Birds, Butterflies and a Bear.

The gems are what has been left over from a Crystal Art picture I did.

Two prizes of Woodware stamps 




XXXX
Wendy L


Thursday, 9 December 2021

Cute or what

 Good Morning All

Here are two cute cards made with some toppers I found in my stash.

No one can resist pups so they make perfect cards for the charity box.

The toppets are matted onto coloured card and then onto an embossed card using CE Paws EF.



On Tuesday we had our Groovi class and I had a complete newbie there, she had never done parchment at all and was visiting family in the area.
How good is that!!!!

Anita (new)  Sue  Liz and Jill
They all did a great job


This is mine before I added glitter and some gems.  I had to make it quick on Monday as thats when I got the plate.
I will adorn my Christmas tree with it when I put decs up at weekend.


xxxxx
Wendy L





Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Home and Groovi Class

 Good Morning All

I am back home after my visit to Ricks.  I had a wonderful time with them all and my 1st ever Christmas day with them which we had on Saturday.  A lovely Christmas lunch cooked by Lorien and we exchanged gifts too which was wonderful.  It was great to see the girls open the pressies I bought them and we also had a great time making crackers and I bought them two Crystal Art cards to make for their Mum and Dad.

It is my Groovi class this afternoon but this is what we made at the last one-


Here afew they made



I think they did really well.

This is what we are attempting this afternoon.
This is one I made very quickly yesterday, hence the branches are not decorated very much.
It is not stuck together so  I may add some glitter to the branches and then use it for the top of my very small Christmas tree.

Here are a couple of pics of the girls - 
Tess making crackers

My son with Hollie and Tess

Thanks for visiting
XXXXX
Wendy L










Saturday, 4 December 2021

Use a Die for Allsorts

 Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this week is

Use A Die

I used a digi from one of our sponsors, Ruth Hamilton Designs, called Sunflowers.

I coloured with Polychromos.

I did use afew dies on this  -  CE pierced Oval,  Tattered lace Butterfly and Xcut sentiments tags.

The papers are Phill Martin.

Prize on offer is

Tattered Lace Floral Edges cut and emboss



And Ruth will give 3 digis too.

Ruth Hamilton Design: I have enjoyed crafting all my life and have been involved in the craft industry for several years. I started drawing images to use on cards for my own use and then went on to design some stamps for a well known craft company.I am an avid lover of nature so most of my drawings are of flowers, birds and animals. Even when I can’t travel I love spending time in the garden, growing plants and looking after them. I hope you enjoy colouring my digi images, I have several YouTube videos here.

xxxx
Wendy L


Friday, 3 December 2021

AG for Crafty Ribbons

 Good Morning All

At Crafty Ribbons they have a wonderful selection of Gingham ribbons in gorgeous colours and various widths.

I altered some paperclips and used the ribbon to add on to the ends.

I also used seam binding on some.  I added a flower to each to compliment the ribbon.




The papers are from Gi Kerr on Etsy.
Very happy with these.
XXXXX
Wendy L




Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Fancy Fold for MAWTT

 Good Morning All

As it is 1st of the month it is Moving Along With The times Challenge time.

The theme is 

A Fancy Fold

So I made an Ephemera holder or a journal card holder for a journal and this is made from a used A5 envelope that I received my Clarity monthly plate in.

This has 2 pockets at the top and 1 at the side.






The 'Handmade by' ribbon on the edges if from Crafty Ribbons and perfect for this project.
(link in sidebar)

I love making things like this and nice to include in Happy Mail or give to my Junk Journal class ladies.

I do have a tutorial on how to fold and cut this


Pop over to the challenge blog to see what the other DT have been making.

xxxx

Wendy L

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

A couple of cards for the Kids

 Good Morning All

One of my Craft Club ladies gave me some Peter Rabbit images so I thought I would make some kids cards for the charity box.

The paper is from an LOTV pad backed onto peachy coloured card.


This second card is using the scraps left over from the first one.


Just tiny bit of snow here in Corby and very cold, but that is fine by me.
I die cut some of John's (JND) crackers before I came here so that Hollie and Tess could decorate them.




xxxxx
Wendy L


Sunday, 28 November 2021

Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

As this post goes live I shall be waking up in the UK with Hollie and Tess, and of course, Rick and Lorien.

Here is my challenge card for this week for my Craft Club.  Yes, it is another Christmas card with a topper from LOTV.

This will run for 2 weeks as I am away having cuddles with Hollie & Tess.


Here is the sketch I followed.



These are the gifts I gave them on Friday, and they are yummy, I did have to sample a packet!!!!!

The  paper I made the boxes from is very beautiful and its 

by Craft Consortium, it is from a pad I bought at the craft shop.

I found the biscuits in a local supermarket and they have about 6 cream filled biscuits in.


Now onto last weeks challenge.
Sketch





My card

Dawn

Denise

Eve

Maggie

Val C

The name drawn was Eve.

xxxx
Wendy L








Saturday, 27 November 2021

A Stamped Image for Allsorts

 Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this week is

Anything Goes with Option of a Stamped Image

So I used one of the Oxide backgrounds I made a while ago and used a stamp from a set from Inkadinkadoo.


A nice flat card for posting too.

We have Ruth sponsoring us for this challenge with 3 images as a prize.


Ruth Hamilton Design: I have enjoyed crafting all my life and have been involved in the craft industry for several years. I started drawing images to use on cards for my own use and then went on to design some stamps for a well known craft company.I am an avid lover of nature so most of my drawings are of flowers, birds and animals. Even when I can’t travel I love spending time in the garden, growing plants and looking after them. I hope you enjoy colouring my digi images, I have several YouTube vidoes here.

and a prize of two border stamps.

xxx
Wendy L




Thursday, 25 November 2021

Last Two

 Good Morning All

I promise this is the last two Christmas cards other than DT project.

They are all in my suitcase ready to go on Saturday.


I think all these papers are from Making Card Magazine and very nearly all used now.



xxxxx
Wendy L


Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Only 4 more

 Good Morning All


I promise, this week is the last of my Christmas cards, 2 today and 2 on Thursday.

 I go to my sons on Saturday, so all my cards are written ready for posting while I am over there.

I have near enough used all my old stash except for afew papers so I am a happy bunny.


The die cut sentiment is JND and the Tree is CE I think


Thanks for joining me and see you Thursday

XXXXX
Wendy L

 

Sunday, 21 November 2021

Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

My challenge this week for the crafty ladies is a sketch. here is my card.

Another LOTV Topper of a cute Penguin and using scraps of Mirri card left over.  A boot charm tied on with Gingham ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.



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These are the gifts I gave out to my ladies - Tic Tacs.
I am coming to the end of the goodies I bought in the UK so its a good job I am going back soon.
I cant wait, it has been 2 years since I have seen Hollie and Tess and their Mum  and Dad.
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Now onto last weeks challenge which was to make a Male Card.
This is just one of the ones I made as I needed to fill my charity box up with some Man cards.


Maggie

Christine made 2


Dawn made 3



Denise

Eve made 2


Sharon

Val J

The name drawn was Dawn.
Thanks to all

XXX
Wendy L








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