As You Like It Challenge (DT) Santa or Snowman

 Yes, it is Saturday and not Thursday, so I am shockingly late again with my

DT make for the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

This time the theme is Santa or Snowman

(please explain your preference)

I love both, and have copious numbers of stamps, but for a burst of colour I tend

to favour a Santa, he works especially well for a simple CAS card

So, I inked a band of Distress Inks colour across the card and overstamped

with the little stocking motif which came with the Santa stamp set

The MERRY lettering is die cut from the 

MFT Stitched Alphabet dies in white card

MFT Yuzu Holly Jolly Santa

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and fussy cut to add to the card

The sponsor for this theme is

Lili of the Valley

I do hope you will be able to join in with the festive fun

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Food

 Hellooooo (waving), how are we all then in the sunny month of May?

It's a Thursday, so it's time for a new challenge theme with the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

and our theme this time around is Your Favourite Food

(please explain why it inspired your make)

If I'm not well, or if I can't be bothered to cook, or if I want something quick ..... soup!

There is something so comforting about a bowl of soup and thick bread or a roll (buttered).

My favourites, in order, are cream of chicken, oxtail, vegetable, and tomato.  Nothing fancy, but oh so delicious.

I really ought to make my own soup more often, but I couldn't bear to see this in my stock pot!

Whimsy Stamps - Get Well (DP1033)

Honey Bee 6x6 papers - Gingham Galore: Fall and Playful Pastels

MFT DieNamics Single Stitch Line Rounded Square Frame (MFT-1056)

Crealies XXL Double Dot Squares XXL50

Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Our sponsor for this challenge is

LAWN FAWN

I do hope you will find time to come over and make us salivate!

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AS You Like It Challenge (DT) Sketch

 Hello peeps, almost time for the Bank Holiday (UK) weekend, hurrah!

Now, before you all dash off to the beach or out to the barbeque, it's time for another challenge over at

 the As You Like It Challenge.

Our theme for this one is Favourite Sketch (and please explain your choice)

We all get stuck for ideas from time to time, of course we do, and it is so easy to repeat something over and over because you feel comfortable with it, so when I get stuck or need something fresh I pop over to the MFT Blog for a mooch through their library of past sketches.  I have used 2 or 3 of them a few times but this one is winning at the moment as my favourite.  It's very simple, but can be very effective with the right choice of papers and little extra details.

For this I have used

Stamping Bella - Mini Oddball Has A Present

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens

Papers are Lawn Fawn 6x6 Flower Market

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Rectangle

Mama Elephant Mini Everyday Messages

Our sponsor for this theme is

Lee Holland

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Dies To Die For (DT) Gnomes With A Secret

Morning all.  Well, another dad episode I'm afraid, he had another fall this week and we were woken by a phone call from the neighbour at 5.00am Thursday morning.  Dashed over there to find him on the floor but seemingly unhurt, the neighbour didn't want to move him (and would have struggled on his own) so between the three of us we got him up and into a chair.  There is some mystery as to how this happened but he'd been off-colour for a couple of days with a chill, so it's possible he woke up disorientated and wobbly, and down he went, bless him.  My gift to him this week has been a Zimmer frame.  I can hear the protests now but I'm not taking any nonsense from him!

Oh, and mum is missing the ear pieces for her hearing aids.  She thinks mice might have made off with them.  Sigh.

Anyhoo, on to this weeks make for Dies To Die For

Stamping Bella Gnomes With A Secret sb-EB802

MFT Background Stamp Best Friends MFT-BG-140

MFT DieNamics Stitched A2 Circle Stax MFT-1675

MFT DieNamics Stitched Mini Slimline Stax MFT-2117

Lawn Fawn papers

Great fun inking this one up with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

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Snowman Friends (DT) Dies To Die For

Morning chaps, hope this finds you well.

A quick update on dad's poorly arm - he was discharged from the hospital care a couple of weeks ago as he no longer needed wet dressings.  He has been handed over to the care of Nurse Mum who is very experienced with dry dressings, and making sure he does what he's told.  How that horrible wound has healed is nothing short of a small miracle.  He showed it to me last week, and I have to say that it looks marvellous.  Still not quite there, but not far off now.

Thank you for all your good wishes to him, I have passed them all on.

Anyhoo, I seem to be a little bit obsessed with snowmen this year!

Gerda Steiner Designs - Snowman Friends gs-GSD-445

Whimsy Stamps Sentiment Assortment - Merry Christmas CWSD391

MFT DieNamics A2 Stitched Circle Stax MFT-1675

MFT 6x6 papers

Distress Inks (ReInkers) for snowman, a scrap of Dovecraft paper for the snow flecked blue behind him, and a couple of Woodware corner punches to finish off.

Chilly hugs

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Dies or Stencils

It's time for another challenge with the AS YOU LIKE IT team

and this time your choice is Dies or Stencils

 OK, I couldn't choose.  I use dies a lot, but I also love stencils for making pretty backgrounds, so I decided to rebel and combine them.

MFT Clear Stamps - This Hug's For You MFT-CS-616

MFT DieNamics Stitched Mini Slimline Stax MFT-2117

Stamperia Christmas Rose - Flowers stencil

Bear painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and background

stencilled with Distress Inks (Oxide)

Our super duper sponsor for this challenge is

DIES TO DIE FOR

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Hog Heaven (DT) Dies To Die For

  Piggy, Piggy, Piggy

Oink! Oink! Oink!

Morning all, hope you are ok.  What a week it has been.  My poor old dad had a nasty fall late Wednesday night; mum had to get the neighbour round to get him off the floor.  He'd hurt his arm badly and the ambulance was called, but they were a no-show. unfortunately.  I didn't hear about any of this until Thursday morning (!) so I took dad to the GP surgery who took one look and packed him off to A&E.  Getting dad in and out of a car and into a wheelchair these days is a challenge, but at least he was sitting down.  I won't give you the gory details (it was pretty horrible) but I'm taking him back this afternoon for a wound check and a dressing change.

Anyhoo, on to something happier.  I made this for the Toad's 60th birthday which was, guess when, yes, Thursday!  Not the best way to spend your birthday, bless him, but I couldn't have done it without him.

Ingredients

MFT Birdie Brown - Hog Heaven stamps MFT-BB-131

MFT DieNamics Hog Heaven dies MFT-0912

MFT DieNamics A2 Double Stitched Rectangle Stax MFT-2055

MFT DieNamics In Stitches Lower Case Alphabet MFT-2041

MFT 6x6 papers

All the images painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

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I'm sure I don't need to tempt you too much, but Tracy has had lots of yummy new things arrive in store

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Polar Bear Pals (DT) Dies To Die For

  Yes, yes, I know .... but it is still Saturday!

And the ingredients used are:

MFT Birdie Brown Polar Bear Pals stamps - MFT-BB-40

MFT Clear Stamps Bitty Holiday Wishes - MFT-CS-417

MFT DieNamics Stitched Tag Corner Square Stax - MFT-1225

MFT DieNamics Sweet Snowflake dies - MFT-1852

MFT 6x6 papers Cheerful Plaid - MFT-EP-80

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Pile On The Hugs (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello peeps, here I am again.  One of my Dies To Die For teamies has shamed me into making a start

on the C cards, and it is still only August.  I may never recover from this.

So, I have used

MFT Birdie Brown stamps - Pile On The Hugs MFT-BB-115

MFT DieNamics dies - Pile On The Hugs MFT-1879

MFT Birdie Brown stamps - Holiday Penguins MFT-BB-113

MFT DieNamics dies - Holiday Penguins MFT-1841

MFT DieNamics Stitched Snow Drifts MFT-546

MFT DieNamics Sweet Snowflakes MFT-1852

MFT 6x6 papers - Perfect Plaid MFT-EP-79

Images painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Background sort of went a bit streaky, but I quite like it, it looks like the wind is whirling the snow around.

Additional blobbed on snowflakes added with an opaque white detail paint which I am still trying to clean out of my brush.

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Mon Cheri (DT) Dies To Die For

  Ooh la la, bonjour mon petite pois!

You know you can always rely on me for a little bit of class.

Today's goodies used are:

MFT Birdie Brown - Mon Cheri stamps MFT-BB-130

MFT DieNamics - Mon Cheri dies MFT-2035

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

MFT DieNamics Stitched Basic Edges 2 MFT-1015

MFT DieNamics A2 Circle Stax MFT-1790

MFT Sassypants Birthday Greetings 3 MFT-CS-582

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Au revoir!

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Favourite Shape (DT) As You Like It Challenge

 So, here we are at Thursday again, so that means it is a new theme from the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

This time around AYLI are asking for your Favourite Shape for a card

(but NOT a square or rectangle please)

Personally, I love squares and rectangles so I had a bit of a job with this one.  I cut circles and ovals, and weird shapes, but somehow none of them floated my boat (or would stand up) so I'm afraid I ended up with a rather predictable hexagon card.  I do like a good hexagon and use the shape a lot ON cards, but haven't made many AS cards.  I quite enjoyed it!

I have used:

Rodney from CC Designs

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes sentiment set

Lawn Fawn 6x6 papers - Snow Day

MFT DieNamics Stitched Hexagon Stax

Rodders has been painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and I used a tiny bit of some thick and goopy white paint that I bought for his freckles.  His nose highlight is just bare paper.

And this is the FIRST of my Christmas cards made this year!

Our sponsor for this challenge is

LILI OF THE VALLEY

Did you know that LOTV are doing stamps again?  Hurrah!  They have recently released two polymer stamp sets, one for the boys, and one with cupcakes and cute animals.  I had to have both, naturally, but hubby has bought me one of them for my birthday (grin).

Anyhoo, let's be hearing about your favourite shape for card base (that isn't a square or a rectangle)

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Stitching

 Hello all (and especially to Faith, waving) I hope you are all ok.

It's time for another As You Like It Challenge and the theme this time is

Stitching (real, doodles, or dies)

I used to doodle my stitches onto cards, but then came the advent of stitched dies and I have never looked back.  I love that this tiny piece of detail can add so much to your layers without being intrusive, it is the perfect finishing touch.

Stamping Bella - Flowery Gnome

Lawn Fawn 6x6 papers - Watercolor Wishes

MFT Stitched Hexagon Stax

Crealies XXL Stitched Squares

Gnome painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers)

And our sponsor of this theme is

LAWN FAWN

Looking forward to seeing you there and hearing about your favourite way to add stitching to your makes,

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Bring Out The Sunshine (DT) Dies To Die For

 Well hello!  As we are now into Spring (don't forget to change your clocks tonight UK) I'm bringing you a Spring-feel card today, because we all need a little sunshine in our lives (well, you'd get rickets without it).

Lovely things used from DTDF

MFT Birdie Brown : Bring Out The Sunshine - MFT-BB-71

MFT DieNamics : Bring Out The Sunshire - MFT-1521

(Special Offer in store - stamps and dies £10)

MFT Clear Stamps : Mini Meows - MFT-CS-533

MFT DieNamics : Mini Meows - MFT-1905

Mama Elephant Creative Cuts : Hilly Hello - me-19-71

MFT DieNamics : Stitched Scallop Edges - MFT-545

and the papers used are a selection of

MFT 6x6 papers

Lawn Fawn 6x6 papers

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

I used MFT Stitched Cloud dies (retired) but there are lots of similar available

I've used Zig pens again on this one.

Have yourselves a wonderful weekend

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Birthday Wishing (DT) Dies To Die For

 Hello peeps, isn't this a rather damp and chilly Saturday?  Still, last Saturday it was snowing, so that's an improvement at least.  My schedule has been thrown to the wind by a rather hectic and erratic work week,, but, never mind, I made it, eventually.

Something cute and fluffy for you today ......

And the things I have used are:

Colorado Craft Company - Birthday Wishing stamp set : CCC-AJ373

Colorado Craft Company - Birthday Wishing die set : CCC-AJ374-D

MFT Clear Stamps - Bitty Hugs & Kisses : MFT-CS-532

MFT DieNamics - A2 Stitched Circle Stax : MFT-1675

MFT DieNamics - Stitched Sentiment Strips : MFT-1028

MFT 6x6 paper - Gift Wrap : MFT-EP-73

Bunny painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours.

I hope that whatever you are doing today it involves keeping warm and lots of crafting!

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Winter Kisses (DT) Dies To Die For

Hello chaps, did you miss me last week?  Sorry about that, things all went a bit wobbly for a while.

Anyhoo, not to worry, here are some Winter Kisses for you.

Things used

MFT Pure Innocence - Winter Kisses : MFT-PI-315

MFT 6x6 papers - Party Plaid : MFT-EP-67

I used the double stitched stax dies on this but the single stitched are

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Oval Stax : MFT-521

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Rectangle Stax : MFT-506

Impression Obsession - Holiday Bottom Word Edgers : io-die233

Image painted with Distess Inks (ReInkers).  I couldn't buy the die for this one so she has been fussy cut.

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Pile on The Hugs (DT) Dies To Die For

 Hello peeps, flying by today with another dollop of Birdie Brown for you, and you know how much her designs make me happy.

So lots of ingredients, remember, the links below will take you to the right place

MFT Birdie Brown - Pile on The Hugs : MFT-BB-115

MFT DieNamics - Pile on The Hugs : MFT-1879

MFT DieNamics Stitched Snow Drifts : MFT-546

MFT 6x6 paper - Gift Wrap : MFT-EP-73

Lawn Fawn - Snowflake Border : LF2431

MFT Clear Stamps - Cheerful Christmas Greetings

MFT DieNamics - Sweet Snowflakes : MFT-1852

Images all painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

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Say What? (DT) Dies To Die For

Morning all, how are you this morning?  For some, lockdown is starting to ease, but I am still safely tucked up at home, only venturing out once a fortnight for food.  Monday to Friday finds me nestled into the box room study which has become my home office, so I still very much look forward to my weekends!

Anyhoo, she's bright, she's sassy ...... are you ready?

Ingredients used:

CC Designs - Rockabilly Gals CCD-0128

Clearly Whimsy Stamps - Say What CWSS121

MFT DieNamics - Stitched Ric Rac MFT-1513

MFT Clear Stamps - Purrfect MFT-CS-388

MFT Purr-fect dies MFT-1503

MFT 6x6 paper - Spring Whimsy MFT-EP-61

I loved colouring up this one as I managed to purchase a couple of extra colours for my Zig collection, including Blush and Tea Rose, which will help with skin tone shading.  The husband has already been told that he will be adding to the collection for my birthday next month, LOL!

That's me for today.  Stay safe, whatever you are up to.

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