Spring Flowers for Allsorts

Good Morning All 

It is Allsorts Challenge time again and  Brenda has chosen the theme of

Spring  Flowers

Our sponsor is Pinksy and she sent us this lovely digi of a Vase of Daffodils to use.

She also provided the lovely backing paper too, they are called Wibbly stripe and come in lots of colours.

I used a Groovi border grid on peachy yellow coloured parchment and I coloured the image with Polychromos.

Pinksy Doodles

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Wendy L

Notebooks for Charity

 Good Morning All

I have made some more notebooks in Pockets to go in the box to raise funds for La Finca Castellana.

As we are back at slimming group yesterday, I filled another box with goodies - Notebooks, Bookmarks and Cards.

These were made with a freebie from Gi Kerr  - Happiness in Crafting

In the link above you will find all her Freebies in the Files section.

I made the pockets from a gardening book and decorated  with Snippets I had already made for Junk Journals.

I love making these and I found a notebook for 85cents in the China shop so  cut the pages to the size I needed and managed to get 5 from the one book.

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I have been making mini books to house my Stick Pins which I have for sale in my Etsy

My Etsy Shop - wendysworksES - https://www.etsy.com/shop/WendysworksES?ref=search_shop_redirect

 but if you would like some please

email me or message me on Messenger for price.

Here is a video too.

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I meant to share this with you on Tuesday with the Mothers day card.

My nephew in the UK started a business a while ago making and selling fudge and cookies.

I ordered some for my Mum both for Christmas and Mothers da

He sent me a pick of the ones he sent on Sunday and he also sent me some in the post and OMG, if you are a fudge lover you should try these, they are so creamy and yummy and a great range of flavours.

He posts round the UK so have a look on the linked website, you wont be sorry.

Also you get a 10% discount on your 1st order.

Andy & Sarahs.co.uk

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Wendy L

Mothers Day

 Good Morning All

This is the Mothers Day card I made for Johns Mum.

I used the Groovi Henry Border grid plate, I did have a bit of trouble getting to grips with this one but managed it in the end.  The centre piece is the Groovi club monthly plate which I coloured with Polychromos.  All matted onto Clarity designer paper.

I do love using the border grid plates but the embossing is not good for my creaky thumb.

After afew restrictions were lifted in UK my Sister was finally able to visit my Mum 1 to 1.

Here is a pic of them both.  Mum is 96.

xxxx

Wendy L

Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

My Challenge this week  is another sketch and here is my card.

This topper I have had in my box for years, I think I was experimenting with cocktail sticks and pearls on the ends.  Infact I have a couple more with tiny knitting on for baby cards which I shall make up and show in another post.

Sketch

Last week was a sketch also.

My card

Claire

Dawn

Denise

Eve

Christine

The name drawn was Eve.

The Craft Club ladies are still enjoying this so I shall carry on with it until we can meet up again and see all the cards in person.

xxxxx

Wendy L

A Stamped Image for Allsorts

 Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge time again and Helene has chosen a theme of

Use a Stamped Image

I used Johns Camelia Ring Elements stamp from back when he was with Creative Expressions.

I inked the backgrounds of both cards with Distress Oxides, I am still playing with these so there are a couple of strategically placed butterflies!!!

I think the next one is a Lavinia Stamp, not sure as it was given to me.

Both fairly simple card but pretty.

We have a sponsor

Stamp Addicts

Stamp Addicts are showcasing brand new stamps on Hochanda TV on Wednesday 15th at 5pm, tune in to see lots of Butterflies, Flowers and Shrink Plastic. 

xxxx

Wendy L

Groovi

 Good Morning All

Back to Groovi which I have got into again, hopefully we can start our classes again soon when it is safe to do so.

I did an online class with Tina Cox from Clarity.

It was how to stitch on your parchment work.

I have already shown this on the Groovi group page on Facebook so some of you may have already seen this first one.

I didn't have the same plate she was using so had compromise.

The stitching is on the flower petals, it looks very pretty but boy oh boy does it take some time as all parchment work does.

One I am working on at present is taking hours, I must have already spent about 3 hours on it and only half way through.

Back to this one, I laid it onto Clarity designer paper  just to take a photo, so not completely finished yet.

And here it is now finished.

These next two are from 2 plates I bought for the March class, but I am not able to make it now.

But the plates are really pretty and versatile.

Both backed onto Clarity paper with brads.

I have a good collection of Groovi cards for  friends here in Spain, as these are both 8x8".

Here is a You Tube video with some of my Parchment work, I hope you enjoy it

xxxxx

Wendy L

Cute Little Lady

 Good Morning All

I am still trying to clear my box of ready made toppers or at least reduce it as I can barely get the lid on now.  I seem to enjoy making toppers and ephemera more than making cards these days .  I think it all depends on what I am watching on You Tube, maybe I should watch more -making cards- videos.

I dont know where this topper came from but I backed it onto some pretty paper from my stash with a die cut, also from stash.

Whenever I am die cutting, I dont like to leave part of the cutting plate empty, so I used odd bits of card and cut whatever will fit.  Then I store them in the correct colour co-ordinated folder.

I have a new Video today for JaneybJournals.

A beautiful digi kit.

See ya soon.

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Wendy L

Happy Sunday Challenge

 Good Morning All

I have a sketch for my Craft Club ladies this week, and you too, if you would like to join in.

Here is my card, I used an LOTV topper and cut it out with CE Pierced ovals.

A piece of mirri card embossed in a tied knot folder

Sketch to follow

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Onto last weeks challenge which was Tic tac to.

My card followed afew lines -  Pink flower heart or Gem ribbon heart or Purple flower gem.

Val C -  blue pink purple

Denise made two -  Pink flower heart

 Square flower circle

Val J - Pink flower heart

Dawn - Heart, ribbon, gem

Eve pink, heart, flower

And Wow, Claire made 4

Pink, flower, heart

 Circle, flower, square

Heart, ribbon, gem

 Blue, flowers, ribbon

Christine - Pink square gems

Name drawn was Denise

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Wendy L

Use Yellow for Allsorts

 Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this week is hosted by Lynn and her theme is

Use Yellow

Which is not a fave colour of alot of people but I made this Groovi card and coloured the flowers Yellow.

It is matted onto pale yellow and then onto silver Mirri.

Yellow pearls on the corners, yellow sentiment tag and yellow butterflies.

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Wendy L

Tags

 Good Morning All

I have been playing with a sheet of freebie prints on Cara Brandons Page on Facebook.

I decorated the tags with the bits provided.

The bits of lace are cut from a ladies top I got in the charity shop, waste not want not Haha.

These will go into my stash ready for my next journal or folio..I have a video on how I made these.

I also have a giveaway on my You Tube channel.

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Wendy L

Anything Goes for Crafty Ribbons

 Good Morning All

I have been using my left over pieces from Crafty Ribbons.

I keep my earphones at the side of my chair and they are always getting tangled.  So I thought I would make these wraps to keep them tidy.

I bought myself a Snap (popper) machine after watching a video using them for closures on folios, so I thought it would come in quite handy.

I cut  a rectangle of felt then used the sewing machine to attached the short piece of ribbon.  Used the snap machine to attach the popper at each end.

Crafty Ribbons have their monthly selection box on sale HERE

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Wendy L

MAWTT & Crafty Friends

 Good Morning All

As it is the 1st of the month, a new challenge starts over at Crafty Friends and Moving Along With The Times.

So first I shall show my Crafty Friends make.

The theme is 

Happy Birthday

so a nice easy one.

I have a lovely digi from our sponsor - Hetty Clare and I made my Grandaughters birthday card.

I coloured with Polychromos.

Spotty ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons (link in sidebar)

Here it is with her name added and a number.

I made another card for this challenge too.

A Groovi border Grid plate and Groovi flowers all mounted onto Clarity designer paper.

We do have a sponsor for this challenge - HettyClare

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Now onto Moving Along With The Times

The theme is 

Spring is Coming

I found this cute image in my stash from Crafters Companion and I thought the Chicks looked cute and they are born in Spring so Spring Chicks.

The sentiments are what I have printed myself.

I added a flower charm.

xxxx

Wendy L