Silver Wedding Anniversary

 Well, I'm not sure how we achieved it, but me and the Toad celebrated

our Silver Wedding Anniversary this past week.

How can it possibly have been 25 years?  That actually scares me to think

how much has happened in that time, but how quickly the years

have flown past.

Anyhoo, we had a lovely day, including a marvellous lunch out, and

are now working on year 26!

C C Designs - Grandparents Clear Stamp Set

(I know we're not, but the image was too cute to resist using)

Waffle Flower Happy Anniversary Duo Stamp Set

a mixture of grey toned papers from Honey Bee, Sunny Studio, and MFT

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours and fussy-cut

Hugs

All Hail

 Yes, I know, I know, I have been totally rubbish at posting lately, but there has been so much going on that crafting has rather had to take a back seat, even though it was probably the one therapy that I really needed.

Anyway, there's going to be a few catch-up posts and this is the first one.

A while ago I made a card with an Oddball stamp that caught the eye of a FB friend and she asked if I could do one for her but as an anniversary card rather than birthday.

Stamping Bella Oddball Julius

MFT SY On Solid Ground

MFT Stencil Mini Cloud Edges

Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

Sentiment computer generated

Reports back are that the Roman era obsessed husband was pleased!

Hugs

Old Friends (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello everyone, I'm here (eventually) - treated myself to a bit of a lay-in this morning.

I hope this finds you safe and well in these troubling times we find ourselves in.

Today is mine and the Mr's 22nd Wedding Anniversary.  How can that possibly be?  Where have the last 22 years gone?!

Thankfully he laughed when he opened this earlier.

Ingredients for this one are:

MFT Birdie Brown - Old Friends stamps MFT-BB-107

MFT Die-Namics - Old Friends dies MFT-1795

MFT Die-Namics - Love You Circle Frame die MFT-1661

MFT 6x6 papers

The old couple have been painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours.

Are you up to anything nice?  Whatever mischief you have in mind, stay safe and have yourselves a good weekend.

Hugs

PS.  Hand on heart I swore I would not enter this year's MFT Superstar Contest as the previous years have been too much stress and humiliation.  However, as this card wasn't made with the challenge in mind, but will fit in the CAS category, and tomorrow is the closing date, I might just sneak it in under the wire.  Who knows, maybe a card full love will finally do the trick.

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DTDF (DT) Lovey Gnomes

Morning all, happy weekend!

If you have seen the new Stamping Bella release then you will know that there is an awful lot of gnome-ness coming your way.

I am finding these little critters irresistible so I made my parents' anniversary card using a pair from the last release.  It's their 59th in a couple of weeks, and honestly, this could be their wedding photo, lol!

And the list of loveliness that I have used to make this is:

Stamping Bella - Lovely Gnomes

Die-Namics Pierced Circle Stax

MFT Essential Sentiments

MFT 6x6 papers - Sweet Celebration

MFT 6x6 papers - Bundles of Blossoms Brights

MFT 6x6 papers - Tiny Hearts Pastels

MFT Mini Cloud Edges Stencil

The gnomes and the background are painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

It's pretty obvious but the hills are freehand!

Hugs to all

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Mouse With Rose (DT) Dies To Die For

Hello chaps, it is the weekend (yay) and Spring really does seem to have sprung now, at last!  We have a busy weekend ahead, what with Mother's Day tomorrow, Church twice, the start of the 2017 Formula 1 season (yippee!) and I have some special design work to get on with.  So without more ado, here is my make for the DIES TO DIE FOR blog today.

Whimsy Stamps: Lee Holland Collection - Mouse With Rose

MFT Die-Namics Double Stitched Circle Stax

MFT Die-Namics Dainty Doily Die

MFT Watercolor Wash 6x6 pad

Your Next Stamp Hugs And Kisses 6x6 pad

All the linked ingredients are available from the

Dies To Die For on-line store - the links will take you to the right pages

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and I used the off-the-page technique

with the rose.  It proved a little tricky with the double-stitched die but I got there

in the end

Heart punch from the bargain bin at Hobbycraft

I have made this for my Oldies' wedding anniversary for this coming Tuesday.

A little while ago I had a phone call from my dad, it isn't often he will make a call so I was a little concerned, but I had to have a chuckle.

Dad:  You know what this year is?

Me:  Yes dad, it's 2017.

Dad:  Me and your mum have been married 60 years.

Me:  No, you haven't.

Dad:  We have.

Me:  No dad, you really haven't.  It's 58.

Dad:  Are you sure?

Me:  Yes dad, you got married in 1959, that's 58 years.  You have 2 years to go.

Dad:  Oh bugger.

😕

Bless his little heart.  But it did give me the opportunity to remind him that it might not be an 0 anniversary, but it is an 0 birthday for my mum.  He was grateful that I had mentioned it, and asked me to remind him again nearer the time!

Hope you have a super weekend, whatever you are up to

Hugs, Squirrel xx

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And more elephants

There's a bit of a joke with a certain friend over a customer who wanted an elephant card.  Said customer is, fair enough, quite particular but not very forthcoming with information, so for her daughter in law's birthday I ended up with a surplus of elephant cards.......it took a few makes for her to choose one she really liked (which was nothing like the original brief!).

So when said certain friend's husband emailed me asked me to make his anniversary card to said friend, and he mentioned the elephants, it was a challenge I could not refuse.

I used the MFT Adorable Elephants stamp set, aren't they just the cutest?

The little twiddly heart between them is in the set too

Coloured with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Sentiment from Paper Smooches

Martha Stewart border punches, top and bottom

Purple papers are Nitwits and the pink is Dovecraft I think (but might not be)

I think said friend was happy, her husband certainly was

Hugs to all

Squirrel xx