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Alicante, Spain
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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Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Fave Colour Combo for Creative Craft Cottage

Good Morning All
Creative Craft Cottage Challenge this time is to show your favourite colour combination.
Now this is quite hard as I have so many, pink and black, pink and lilac, brown and beige, brown and blue etc etc etc.

I coloured this sweet image from Lacy Sunshine, our sponsor, their digis are so cute.


I dont know why but I wanted to colour it in yellows and oranges, not usually my colours but heyho there we go.
I chose a card blank that I bought at the Ellesmere Port craft show when I visited with my sister last December.  I had to hand cut some matts for it.  Once again all bits from my stash, when I make flowers I tend to make quite afew of them and store them in mini drawers, so that is where the big flower came from.
Hop over to the challenge blog to see all the other wonderful DT creations.

xxxxx
Wendy L
CHALLENGES
House of Cards - Texture and Colour

Sunday, 4 October 2015

Rueda de Tapas

Good Morning All
By the time this goes live I shall probably be feeling abit the worse for wear, why ----
Here in our village, this weekend is Rueda de Tapas which means  Wheel of Tapas.
This starts on Friday through until Sunday, and each bar in the village has 2 or 3 tapas each of the days, you tour around as many bars as you can and have a tapa and a wine, beer or soft drink, and you get a stamp on a card, then you vote for your fave tapas bar at the end of the weekend!!!!
That's if you are still standing !!!!!

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Back to crafting.  I borrowed this die from a friend at our craft meet and when I cut it, I did wonder what to do with it.
If you have the same die I would love to see how you have used it, please mention in your comments and I will visit your blog.

Still busy making loads of Christmas cards for the charities I support here, and making my own too.
Trying to get all mine ready  for posting so that I can take them with me to UK and distribute or post while I,m there.


xxxxx
Wendy L

Saturday, 3 October 2015

Nature for Allsorts

Good Morning All
This week at Allsorts Challenge, Tracy  would like to see Nature on your creations.

I decided to use this cute topper from LOTV.


Lots of die cuts that I had already cut in a drawer, buttons with twine, all on Centura Pearl card.

Our sponsor this week is Digistamp Boutique
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xxxx
Wendy L

Thursday, 1 October 2015

Fairy Enough for MAWTT

Good Morning All
A definite change in the weather this week, I had to get a cardi out on Monday !!!!
 The wind was quite chilly.

A night out for me tonight with the girlies and Gary, we are going to a drag night at a local bar and 'Shirley Bassey' take off so should be a good night.
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Susan is hosting out Moving Along With The Times Challenge this time and she wants Fairies.

I used a die cut decoupage mounted onto Spellbinders Ornate Square, inked on the edges.  The tag from the same die set with a tiny envelope and card.  The backing paper has fairies on too.


Pop over to the challenge blog and take a peek at the other DT creations.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Monday, 28 September 2015

Christmas card for Noah & Aurora

Good Morning All
Well by the time this goes out I shall be taking Mum to airport for her flight home, I think she has enjoyed herself even though she has had a bad cough.  At 90 years old though, she does very well, cant walk very far but OK.
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I have got into the swing of Christmas and this is the card I have made for my Grandson and Granddaughter (my eldest sons children).
I,m trying to get all mine made and then I can get them written ready to take with me when I go to UK in December to post and give out.




I have made a box card again.  The 25th die is one from a friend at our craft meet.

I added lots of bits that were in my Christmas box, tags, snowflakes, sentiments etc.


I was given these cute bags, they are about 2cm tall, but so sweet.
I thought I would fold some money and put it inside for Mum & Dad to spend on the kids.  I buy little bits for them but they have loads of toys so I tend not to buy anything like that for them.





xxxxxx
Wendy L

Saturday, 26 September 2015

Pick A Tune for Crafty Friends

Good Morning All

Team 1 time on Crafty Friends Challenge and the theme is Pick a Tune based on a song.

I went really old fashioned
'Congratulations' by Cliff Richard.


I used this gorgeous image from the sponsor All Dressed Up.
Coloured with Promarkers and cut out with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis  Square.  Then use Sue Wilson Gemini Cygnus die in Centura Pearl card for the base over pink card.
I added a 'Good Luck ' acetate sentiment and surrounded by paper roses.
A ribbon bow with a bead decoration to finish it off.
I,m really pleased how this one turned out, I think it's the Sue Wilson die that does it.

All Dressed Up


Pop over to the challenge blog to look at all the other great DT creations.
xxxx
Wendy L

Numbers at Allsorts

Good Morning All
It is my turn to host the challenge at Allsorts this week. 
I would like to see NUMBERS on your creations, so that leaves a wide choice for you.






I made a selection of A6 cards with various numbers on for Birthdays.




This is the one on the Allsorts challenge blog using Marianne Butterfly die  CR1205.  This is one of the first dies I ever owned, I won it on a blog candy I think.



All very simple, using stuff from my stash that I have had for a long time.





We have a wonderful sponsors prize this week from Marianne Designs.


xxxxx
Wendy L

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Julias Patchwork

Good Morning All
Abit late this morning as I forgot to do this post last night and just realised.

I watched Julias first show  on Hochanda the other night and loved this technique but cant remember what she called it, I used bits of scrap paper.



All the flowers and leaves are bits lying around, and needed to be used up.

Have a nice day.

xxxxxx
Wendy L

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Friend

Good Morning All
This is a book fold I completed a while ago.
The pattern was bought from Etsy, Patterns for Pages HERE, the owner is very helpful and will make a custom pattern for you.  She made 'Hollie' for me which I am going to fold when I go back to UK in December, and  I will  leave it there for her to put in her bedroom. 




I am very pleased with how this one turned out, a lovely fold and I am happy with the decorating too.

This has just been taken off my hands and gone to a good home.

I love making the flowers from pages I have to remove from some books, nothing goes to waste in this house !!!!!


xxxxx
Wendy L

Monday, 21 September 2015

Anything Goes for Creative Craft Cottage

Good Morning All
Creative Craft Cottage this time is nice and easy Anything Goes.

I used this cute digi from the sponsor, Rick St Dennis


I coloured it with Promarkers, cut out with Spellbinders scalloped circle die and mounted that onto a base card with Sue Wilson mini snowflake striplet cut in silver mirri card.
My Christmas box is out of storage now so Christmas cards here I come !!!!
Need about 2oo for the charities and about 30 for me.

xxxxx
Wendy L

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