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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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Sunday, 8 December 2024

Happy Sunday Challenge

Good Morning All

This weeks challenge at my Craft Group was a Sketch

My PINK card!!


Sketch to follow

Although we are not at Craft Group until the New Year the ladies do like me to keep the challenge going for abit of fun.
Friday was another Red day here so everywhere was shut.
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Last weeks challenge

My card

Dawn

Denise

Just 2 this week and the name drawn was Denise.



xxxx
Wendy L


Friday, 6 December 2024

Floral Notebooks

 Good Morning All

No Craft Group today as it is what we call a Red day (Bank Holiday) here in Spain so everywhere is shut.

So I guess I will be in my craftroom!!!!

Perhaps making some more of these Notebooks.

I took a box of them to my Slimming Group and sold quite afew, I didn't realise how many I had made over the months, until I put them all together to take to group.

They are about 4x6 and I use all the offcuts of paper  left over from my card inserts.



Very handy to keep in a handbag and they do make a nice little gift too,
xxxx
Wendy L


Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Christmas Colours for Outlawz Colour Challenge

 Good Morning All

Outlawz Colour Challenge this month is

Christmas


I stuck with Traditional Colours of Red and Green and made two cards.

Last year my sister gave me some card blanks in these colours.

I think I was given this first topper, matted onto green sparkle card and Gold Mirri card.


CHALLENGES ENTERED

This one is a PB stamp coloured with Polychromo pencils, onto Mirri card again and an odd piece of ribbon from Crafty Ribbon UK.


CHALLENGES ENTERED
Christmas Cuties   87  Sparkle Shine



xxxx
Wendy L


Sunday, 1 December 2024

Happy Sunday & MAWTT Christmas Character

 Good Morning All

As its the 1st of the month its Moving Along With The Times Challenge time and the theme is

A Christmas Character ( Santa, Snowman, Elf, Carolers)

I pulled out a decoupaged Santa, which has been in my stash for ages.


The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons UK and some snowflake card matted onto gold Mirri.

CHALLENGES ENTERED

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Gifts I gave out were Little bags of Skittles.
I have given these out before but as the group is so small at the moment I always have plenty left for another week!!!



As its Sunday it is challenge time too so here is the sketch and my card,
This is the challenge I set my Craft Group on Fridays.

My card

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Last weeks challenge was a Sketch too.


Dawn

Denise

Eve

A new participant  Jenny

Val J

The name drawn was Val and  she was lucky enough to win the raffle too. 


xxxx
Wendy L




Friday, 29 November 2024

Not A Card for MTTC

 Good Morning All

My Time To Craft Challenge this time  has been chosen by Maria.

Not A Card

So, guess what, I made a Folio.  It is Sunflower themed from a kit by FabiArtStudio on Etsy.

There are pockets, tags and journal cards all included in the kit and I added a notepad made from card insert offcuts.


This is the front  tied with seam binding  and a Dangle added to the spine.


A back view once folded out, there is a pocket on the back with journal cards.



Inside, the notebook is on the left and under it is another pocket.

This is inside the front fold with a pocket with tags added and the notebook on the right.

I love making these and they make great gifts or Happy Mail or I sell them for the charities or include one with a journal.

xxxx
Wendy L


Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Tonic Toppers

 Good Morning All

A while ago I bought a couple of packs of Tonic Toppers from the Craft shop in Quesada where I do my classes.

They make quick easy cards for the charity boxes and here are afew.




All using offcuts of card so that's a bonus too.

xxxxx
Wendy L


Sunday, 24 November 2024

Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

The challenge I set my Craft Group on Friday was a Sketch

My card.

I used a topper from a pack I bought in the local Craft Shop, Elipacrafts in Quesada, they are all Animals so will be very useful.


Sketch to follow

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The gifts this week were Mini Fudge bars.


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Last weeks challenge was a Bingo chart.


My card  -  Cat Square Ribbon
or
Cat Leaf Emboss


Everyone used Cat Square Ribbon

Claire 

2 from Dawn


Denise

Eve

Val J

The name drawn was Denise.
xxxx
Wendy L







Friday, 22 November 2024

Christmas Envelopes

 Good Morning All

As you may know, I give the ladies in all my Craft Groups a little gifts bag at Christmas.

They usually contain a gift of some sort and a Christmas Cracker made with JND die containing sweets and chocs, and  an envelope with a voucher for the craft shop.

Here are the envelope I have made to put the voucher in.

I used  my envelope punch board to make them,  closed with a bellyband and decorated with a sparkly wool bow and a tiny dinglebell charm.


Here are the crackers I made too.  I dont add a snapper, just tie each end with organza ribbon.
I made about 20 of these each year!!
Some of them I decorate with JND Poinsettias diecuts.




XXXXX
Wendy L



Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Decoupage pages for Bea Grob

 Good Evening All

It is time for my Bea Grob Design Team Project and this month I have used some tissue paper to decoupage onto a page in my journal.

This came about because I ordered myself some new Trainers on Amazon Prime week and they were wrapped in tissue paper within the box.

So I thought I would use Bea's stamp set. 


I used Archival ink then it wouldn't run with the Modpodge


I added some to black pages and some to Amazon packaging paper pages.




It does look OK when its dry, this one is still abit damp.



This looks better.



This is a good way of using up some of that packaging that we all have.
What do you think.?

I have a video showing the process in full.

Links to Beas Blog and Shop.

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