Bright Future (DT) Dies To Die For

Morning all, happy weekend to you!

I'm one of those crafty weirdos who doesn't mind making male cards, so when a new male image becomes available I get a little bit excited.

MFT Pure Innocence - Bright Future MFT-PI-319

MFT Clear Stamps - Spring Wreath MFT-CS-559

MFT 6x6 paper - Road Trippin' MFT-EP-71

Sunny Studio Comic Strip Speech Bubbles dies SSDIE-157

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Dark red card is DCWV from stash

I don't have the die for this stamp so little chap has been fussy cut

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Dies To Die For (DT) Cat-Astrope

 Hiya chaps, sorry I'm a bit later than my normal lateness but

this little Squirrel has been and had my second Covid vaccine today.  Got there 15 mins ahead of my appointment, went straight in, jabbed, out, and home again only 5 mins after the actual appointment time!  Now to wait for three weeks for it to be as efficacious as it can be.

Anyhoo, here is a dose of furry feline cuteness for you today

MFT Birdie Brown - Cat-Astrophe stamps  MFT-BB-104

MFT DieNamics Cat-Astrophe dies MFT-1764

A cocktail of MFT 6x6 papers

and a random sentiment from my stash

Kitties painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

Hope you all have wonderful weekends

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Medium

Hello chaps, it's time for a new theme from

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

This time we'd like to hear about your Favourite Medium

It's watercolours for me, usually Distress Inks (ReInkers) as I have for this card, although I do occasionally have a dabble with my Zigs.  I've tried alcohol markers but never felt the love, and occasionally I'll dabble with pencils, but the comfort blanket is the DIs.

Whimsy Stamps - Birfday Dragons

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

and an unnamed border die

Our sponsor for this challenge is

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Freshly Picked Bouquet (DT) Dies To Die For

Things are springing in the garden, buds are opening and

colour is spreading.  It makes me happy.

Even though it is pouring with rain this morning, Mr Blackbird is out there giving it full voice and that always lifts my spirits.

MFT Clear Stamps - Freshly Picked Bouquet (stamps) MFT-CS-568

MFT Die-Namics - Freshly Picked Bouquet MFT-2003

MFT Clear Stamps - Spring Wreath (stamps) MFT-CS-559

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) - I'm sorry that the camera doesn't show the subtly of the shading, it just seems to say "ooh, ok, yellow" 

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Dragon Water Fun (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello peeps, on this wonderfully wet Saturday!  Rain, at last, we've had the occasional brief shower this week, and some hailstones, but now we have a good, old-fashioned, wet to the bone, downpour.  I can almost hear the garden sighing with relief!

This little chap is totally prepared

Not many ingredients this week

Whimsy Stamps Dragon Water Fun stamps WS-DP1046

Whimsy Stamps Fantabulous stamps WS-CWSD364

Whimsy Stamps Slimline Paper Pack - Buttercup WS-WSDPS04

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours.

Dragon was fussy cut, it took some patience, but I got there in the end!

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Way to Add Ribbon

 Thursday again folks, so that's another new challenge from the

As You Like It Challenge

This time the theme is

Your Favourite Way to Add Ribbon

Is it very wrong of me to say I don't enjoy using ribbon?  It never stays where I put it, unless it's nailed down, and bows are the frippery of the devil.  However, I did make an exception with this rather sexy piece of black ric-rac ribbon, which was nailed down with ultra-sticky double sided tape.

This very 1920s style card was made using

CC Designs 20's Gals

CC Designs 20's Fellas

DoCrafts Foiled Art Deco card stock

Simon Says Stamp - Big Greetings 1

and yes, ribbon - black ric-rac ribbon from stash

Images painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

The sponsor for this challenge is, appropriately

FANTASTIC RIBBONS

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

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Curvy Girl Gardener (DT) Dies To Die For

Is it just me or is it chuffy cold at the moment?  I'm looking out at all that needs to be done in the garden and thinking "nah, I'll wait 'til it's warmer"

This little lass however seems to be having great results with her blooms

For this I have used

Stamping Bella Curvy Girl Gardener sb-eb790

Sunny Studio dies Comic Strip Speech Bubbles SSDIE157

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

I've painted her with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and fussy cut (she may have lost a strand or two of hair in the process).

Flowers done with an old Woodware medium daisy punch, with Craftwork Cards foiled Card Candy for centres.  Sentiment is from Personal Impressions.

When I went to attach the Candy centres, I discovered that silicon glue is not nice after it hasn't been used for a very long time.  I appear to currently have a large tube of slimy snot - guess that is heading for the bin.  Thank goodness for emergency foam pads!

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Sitting Pretty (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello chaps, hope you have something lovely planned for this super sunny Saturday!

Well, Spring is well and truly in the air now (you should have seen me scraping the frost off the car yesterday morning), flowers are blooming and the trees are greening

So for this floral explosion I have used

MFT Spring Wreath stamp - MFT-CS-559

MFT DieNamics Spring Wreath die - MFT-1983

MFT Birdie Brown Sitting Pretty stamps - MFT-BB-122

MFT DieNamics Sitting Pretty dies - MFT-1980

Sentiment from MFT Birdie Brown Polynesian Paradise stamps - MFT-BB-109

MFT 6x6 papers - Road Trippin' MFT-EP-71

I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens for the inking up on this one.  I'm not sure what's going on with the photo as my camera doesn't seem to like a particular shade of pink that I used for the right hand tulips and her t-shirt, IRL they are very definitely pink!

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Favourite Season - Spring or Summer (DT) As You Like It Challenge

 Well here we are again on a new Thursday which means a new

theme over at As You Like It Challenge.

Our theme this time around is

Your Favourite Season - Spring or Summer

(please explain your choice)

Oddly, being a Summer baby, I much prefer Spring.  It's fresh and clean, smells wonderful, and is full of new life and bright light.  The bonus is that it is too early for wasps.

Whimsy Stamps - Lucky Ducky

Whimsy Stamps - Fantabulous

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers Classic Sunburst

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

The sponsor for this challenge is

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Looking forward to seeing you there.

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Adorable Adventures (DT) Dies To Die For

  Assuming you're not still in a queue for Primark or Debenhams, good morning - honestly, I think the world has gone mad.  Rushing into town to buy a new pair of flip-flops has been pretty low on my agenda for this week.

Anyhoo, I am here with another Birdie Brown make.

Stuff used

MFT Birdie Brown - Adorable Adventures stamp set MFT-BB-108

MFT Dienamics Adorable Adventures die set MFT-1797

MFT Birdie Brown Greeting Galore MFT-CS-335

MFT Stencil Slimline Cloud Edges MFT-ST-149

MFT Stencil Slimline Drifts and Hills MFT-ST-150

Whole scene coloured with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Distress Ink pads.

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Knitting Dandies (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello chaps, Saturday is here again, hurrah!

Now, I am useless with knitting (I am much more proficient at crochet, although a beginner still), I get into all sorts of tangles, so this stamp really caught my eye and tickled my funny bone.

Stamping Bella - Dandy Lions : Knitting Dandies sb-KF1030

MFT Stencil - Card Sized Confetti Stencil Set MFT-ST-117

Lawn Fawn 6x6 - Watercolor Wishes LF-1355

Sentiment comes with the Dandies stamp.

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours and

stencilled dots done with Distress Ink pads a finger daubers

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Stencils or Embossing

 Yoo-hoo!  Happy Thursday chaps, hope you are all ok.  I was supposed to be taking my Oldies for their second vaccine this coming weekend, but mum took a call on Monday to say that the vaccines had arrived so would they like to attend on Tuesday.  As I was working, Mr Toad became their Uber driver for the afternoon - he was gone an absolute age.  Looks like everyone who was booked in for the weekend was called in for today, he said he had never seen so many pensioners in one place!  Anyhoo, the relief is that they are done for now, let's just see what happens about boosters in the autumn.

Right then, it is AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE day, and we have a new theme over there for you of Stencil or Embossing (your favourite, but please explain why)

I haven't used an embossing folder for aaaaaages, in fact I think my collection is suffocating under cobwebs.  I do seem to have developed a fascination for stencils though, I love that you can add depth and interest without adding too many layers or papers.

So for this happy little chap I have used:

MFT Birdie Brown stamps - Mice Day to Celebrate : MFT-BB-120

MFT Die-Namics - Mice Day to Celebrate : MFT-1938

Scrap of MFT 6x6 paper Tiny Check Brights

A sentiment from an unpackaged old set that could be Hero Arts

Magazine freebie stencil

and lots of happy coloured Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Our fabby sponsor for this challenge is

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Looking forward to seeing you at the challenge

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Easter Wishes (DT) Dies To Die For

 Hello peeps, so here we are today on Holy Saturday (yep, Easter Saturday is actually next weekend) - you learn something new every day!

I do make a lot of cute Easter cards, but just occasionally there is a need for something more traditional, but why not mix the traditional with a little bit of cute.

Sunny Studio Designs - Easter Wishes stamp set - SSCL-150

MFT Stencils - Mini Cloud Edges - MFT-ST-100

MFT 6x6 paper

A bit of masking, and a good slosh of Distress Inks (ReInkers)

and that really is it, simple but sweet

Whatever you are up to this weekend, take care, don't go crazy, and stay safe

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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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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Springtime Critter

 Hello, and welcome to Spring at last!

Here we are at the last Thursday in March (oh yes it is, next week is 1 April), and it's an 

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE day.

Our theme for this time is Your Favourite Springtime Critter

(and please explain why)

Another tough choice!  I love Spring, the birds, the lambs, the chicks, the bunnies, they all make me happy, but, as we are so close to Easter, for me at this time of year it has to be chicks (although I am a little bit scared of adult chickens if I'm honest) with their significance of birth and renewal.

Looks like this little lady has a basket full of soon-to-be-chicks (hopefully not omelettes)

This is an older stamp that I've had a while waiting to be inked up

Stampavie (Penny Johnson) PEN81 Gretchen Collecting Fresh Eggs (retired)

Honey Bee Stamps - Eggcellent Sentiments HBST-166

and the matching Honey Cuts Eggcellent dies HBDS-166

MFT 6x6 papers - Perfect Pinstripes Pastel (retired)

I've used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens on this one this time, as the colours were a better match to the papers than my beloved Distress Inks

And our sponsor for this theme is

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Looking forward to seeing all your Springtime animal creations

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Floral Corners (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello chaps, a very worried little Squirrel here today

Why am I worried?  I seem to be buying a lot of floral stamps lately, and that is sooooo unlike me!  I mean, where's the cute?

But when they are this pretty, I just can't resist them

Pretty Pink Posh - Floral Corners stamp set

Pretty Pink Posh - Floral Corners die set

Impression Obsession - Happy Easter die io-DIE1092-T

I've painted the flowers with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush pens as watercolours.  They give a brighter effect than Distress Inks, and sometimes that's just what's called for.

Background plain papers are from Trimcraft.

One made, several to go .... and not much time, best get busy.

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Mice Day To Celebrate - again (DT) Dies To Die For

Here we are on a wild and windy Saturday and I really look like I have been blown inside out - jeez, I am in desperate need of a haircut, it's been six months since my last trim, and it was getting longer then.  In another couple of weeks I'll be able to have bunches!!

Anyhoo, the really good news is that I got vaccinated last weekend, hurrah.  Can't fault the vaccination centre at all, I was in and out in 5 minutes.  I felt fine.  Went to bed Saturday night, feeling fine.  Woke up early Sunday morning with the mother of all headaches and joint aches.  Headache had gone by Monday night, but I've had snuffles and a sore throat, and definite tiredness.  BUT all those are minor compared to the virus itself, so I'm a happy little rodent.

So, I did warn you that the mice from Birdie Brown had gone straight into the top 5 on my favourites list, and to prove it, here's another one.

I have used

MFT Birdie Brown - Mice Day To Celebrate stamp set : MFT-BB-120

MFT DieNamics Mice Day To Celebrate dies : MFT-1938

Mama Elephant Creative Cuts - Big Best Wishes : ME-21-10

MFT 6x6 papers

Meece and his box painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours.

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