tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40541353013026421922024-03-18T07:45:57.863+00:00Onions and Papercooking and craft - two of my greatest pleasuresJane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-72951800902562278722021-11-22T11:21:00.004+00:002021-11-22T11:21:54.384+00:00Christmas easel card<p> I've been having a good rummage through the snippets box and the Christmas snippets box. In my main snippets box, I keep a section for "basics" - black, white, kraft, cream, silver and gold - where i know that even the tiniest scrap can be used. However those tiny scraps build up - and this card has shifted an awful lot of the scraps of kraft. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV8Kyz03GaBOd-1FyUOyK_VL_1Hf0en1fa2jwebIVfWDnRjqHB1adx78C75HSlrVJi4slwelkCgeRo-lPF7KY1cK83Ek5kdZIh-UsTdUN3RLDyhDuO6S1jGdpcYWxYaTFmU5wweKzRQYzfp4VbwpVewqzJLR_w6Br3k4GJUr074z0YBDon88JY772XAA=s2912" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="2780" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV8Kyz03GaBOd-1FyUOyK_VL_1Hf0en1fa2jwebIVfWDnRjqHB1adx78C75HSlrVJi4slwelkCgeRo-lPF7KY1cK83Ek5kdZIh-UsTdUN3RLDyhDuO6S1jGdpcYWxYaTFmU5wweKzRQYzfp4VbwpVewqzJLR_w6Br3k4GJUr074z0YBDon88JY772XAA=w610-h640" width="610" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu31j2WCq7bSlX4J_FDD44dUYJTHub9OeeYJ_S2BKuSZE2awC279CIxZBgcmq7WLwZsGkjhIm39hlQJubm9m7y3lPkWkWHgk21kZUrUQwzia97-GayZ4vKSPAn1P-lNmDj5E-F_GnVcTgKCwmE8zmFe90gtT1tuzwlUgj4Fq_ah2dhHsVBoyRsS9Kp5A=s3071" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3032" data-original-width="3071" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu31j2WCq7bSlX4J_FDD44dUYJTHub9OeeYJ_S2BKuSZE2awC279CIxZBgcmq7WLwZsGkjhIm39hlQJubm9m7y3lPkWkWHgk21kZUrUQwzia97-GayZ4vKSPAn1P-lNmDj5E-F_GnVcTgKCwmE8zmFe90gtT1tuzwlUgj4Fq_ah2dhHsVBoyRsS9Kp5A=w640-h632" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqzLzXJtQOj-3G-N3qOLqmaUwlw3RY2XQNv6nuV8m0pKMeZeiLk_ZdF7tqoLNckpSx9OaoeIlOVhD2cAPQ904YzX-IfGdG39u8Ny7it5riYUKP5gFW9tzKlFMWd9KURpWtlGjOrMi-L78aNCZc1V_vw1VN1x8cjm1Qz32ksj8C0QVp3edZLwfHXWlq4A=s2898" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="2898" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqzLzXJtQOj-3G-N3qOLqmaUwlw3RY2XQNv6nuV8m0pKMeZeiLk_ZdF7tqoLNckpSx9OaoeIlOVhD2cAPQ904YzX-IfGdG39u8Ny7it5riYUKP5gFW9tzKlFMWd9KURpWtlGjOrMi-L78aNCZc1V_vw1VN1x8cjm1Qz32ksj8C0QVp3edZLwfHXWlq4A=w640-h576" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I added a sheet of tartan paper from a pullout collection that was in a craft mag a few years ago, and added lots of snippets that were part of the same collection - even the snow scene tag is a snippet. These are the very last scraps of the papers - but I saved a download of the designs and I'm sure I will revisit them - especially that pretty snowflake paper. </p><p>In the spirit of using things up, the felt snowflake border is the very last scrap from a huge spool of it I've ben using for years, and the crystal "fruit pastilles" are the last three from a much loved sheet. I'll have to try and source some more of those! </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Pixie's Snippets Playground - <a href="http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2021/11/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-416.html" target="_blank">Challenge 416</a></p><p>and the challenge which this month is acting as a "sister" challenge, with Miss Di as guest designer, </p><p>Christmas Kickstart - <a href="https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/christmas-kickstart-challenge-56.html" target="_blank">Christmas Snippets </a> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivf4KvA4hSSUrcl7ey5UXPaGBoIa99QOmHNY-ragi6QZjdE1yYQZ1ZUkwzyrn_r1tqqFBW7XM75p007sAQV7GEGMq1o1ntB8aa4Z3nhWxkZ0p2NUGP4DgLtZoztMSe0ee_e2FoW7Idaflg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivf4KvA4hSSUrcl7ey5UXPaGBoIa99QOmHNY-ragi6QZjdE1yYQZ1ZUkwzyrn_r1tqqFBW7XM75p007sAQV7GEGMq1o1ntB8aa4Z3nhWxkZ0p2NUGP4DgLtZoztMSe0ee_e2FoW7Idaflg/" width="256" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-2919102955100883552021-11-19T07:00:00.006+00:002021-11-19T07:00:45.703+00:00Feeling slothful <p> My granddaughter is crazy about sloths, and with her birthday approaching I couldn't resist this sloth stamp that came with a recent issue of Creative Stamping. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnbbJPB0SzsnVRI8UASZaJeWpCOUMYB3fKPc5YEmB4lzsP4q7aXIwb5vVhjZRbeyXH911akx7gJWmejOpVBd1A7HCb1EZ7Y_a5sNeWlU6HcjGHxQ8AJoPB3eLQjjz8uIS2B9QsaT-Cq55ldk-71_v4wWbDzJAyTPqlu50QOzGvQHCGXgjy3iAuFapJzA=s2858" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2822" data-original-width="2858" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnbbJPB0SzsnVRI8UASZaJeWpCOUMYB3fKPc5YEmB4lzsP4q7aXIwb5vVhjZRbeyXH911akx7gJWmejOpVBd1A7HCb1EZ7Y_a5sNeWlU6HcjGHxQ8AJoPB3eLQjjz8uIS2B9QsaT-Cq55ldk-71_v4wWbDzJAyTPqlu50QOzGvQHCGXgjy3iAuFapJzA=w640-h632" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The accompanying magazine included instructions for a bridge fold card which I adapted slightly to make it stronger, as it need to survive international postage. Everything is coloured with Promarkers, and the sloth isn't that pale in real life, but these gloomy November days mean that everything has to be photographed using flash and sometimes it just isn't possible to edit out that washed out look (same goes for humans, too, on these dreary November days!) The background is made using stamps from the set - there are two different contrasting backgrounds although one of them is hiffen behind the image, in the recess of the bridge fold. </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Addicted to Stamps and More - <a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-418-birthdays.html" target="_blank">Birthdays </a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI76Oy-d6TRqvhBQb4qLk9yztpGjCZXrNEB88MADeI2zmXahi6rH1BfYyDsRyn0b3t0VoOog-JQrH9yruFWJmtlsYA4hY9d3BdZtlnzfyZxd9gB1pIvNTSj7mjWR78xcRXx24AxhwmFmYw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="400" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI76Oy-d6TRqvhBQb4qLk9yztpGjCZXrNEB88MADeI2zmXahi6rH1BfYyDsRyn0b3t0VoOog-JQrH9yruFWJmtlsYA4hY9d3BdZtlnzfyZxd9gB1pIvNTSj7mjWR78xcRXx24AxhwmFmYw/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Little Red Wagon - <a href="http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-628-no-patterned-paper.html" target="_blank">No patterned paper </a></p><p>AAA Birthday - <a href="https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/2021/11/game-31-animals.html" target="_blank">Animals </a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJQ3UjAPMl51gCBnbExtykMAT5qRZwoe7z6xLG_4ChIk9LMxAfpRl_Of_uVITbaDYW5BrpeFr6sNAJhQ-HzbCqO_iuZ-wGtPfDhcm1rUDUSSeKfci4fW3BQumblzD5Kh1AZW_6GADhAub/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJQ3UjAPMl51gCBnbExtykMAT5qRZwoe7z6xLG_4ChIk9LMxAfpRl_Of_uVITbaDYW5BrpeFr6sNAJhQ-HzbCqO_iuZ-wGtPfDhcm1rUDUSSeKfci4fW3BQumblzD5Kh1AZW_6GADhAub/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-9940815356855948792021-11-15T07:41:00.002+00:002021-11-15T07:41:33.020+00:00Acetate Butterfly<p> This butterfly wasn't going to be acetate - I had planned to make a one layer card, with the butterfly heat embossed on the background, but then I got an urge, and you know what it's like when you get an urge.... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS5ng5dXRTcYjlWGAT7Udgd26OxtFLsk2yH6x7CIt5fJW9cBIumCAdLMjT7zIUMa9l1v9EnTpWjhwr9jT0tnA4UgLIIE2RhH-_cciBO2qLNzyEzBPk1W-ZwEZ9SEqFGbZr4j6I-YkytN4VuaepXi_FCvUxzd9CwixnYlBzNKLJunxZKgWRpl9qFUW1Lg=s2475" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="2380" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS5ng5dXRTcYjlWGAT7Udgd26OxtFLsk2yH6x7CIt5fJW9cBIumCAdLMjT7zIUMa9l1v9EnTpWjhwr9jT0tnA4UgLIIE2RhH-_cciBO2qLNzyEzBPk1W-ZwEZ9SEqFGbZr4j6I-YkytN4VuaepXi_FCvUxzd9CwixnYlBzNKLJunxZKgWRpl9qFUW1Lg=w616-h640" width="616" /></a></div><br /><p>I started with my blank card, masked off the edges and filled the space with blended inks in shades of orange, gold and brown. Then I used a large Crafters Companion collage stencil to lightly stencil all over the background in one of the orange shades, and used stamps from a recent Indigo Blu magazine kit to randomly stamp words and a tailoring pattern stamp over the background in brown. </p><p>This is the point where I was going to stamp and emboss the butterfly, also from the Indigo Blu set. But I felt it would have a bit more life to it if it was a separate layer, so instead I stamped and heat embossed it on acetate. As I heated it and watched my acetate curl and melt into a soggy mess, I remembered that I have a pack of heat embossable acetate.... So one more butterfly later, here is the finished card. </p><p>I am sharing this with</p><p>Crafty Calendar - <a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-challenge-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes </a> </p><p>Taylormade Cards 4 U - <a href="https://taylormadecards4u.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-challenge-fall-colors.html" target="_blank">Fall colours </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-44869229562362662512021-11-09T13:10:00.002+00:002021-11-09T13:10:30.646+00:00The Archer <p> No, not the radio series (and if you are in the UK, you may well be humming the theme tune now) but a gnome archer complete with very rustic bow and arrow. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh39lBsVm3q9KIVSx1mvjbEPenC57h56k5D2SBrZlPVIB2gNfer5RxqscIdp9DlVIZAq2x03j4DhKbTi2yKNXPjX0MbcYsazX64xmtClN5L1fsLycvaU84FmgrBnwB3Qf3SQS9cAD_YCaDCyteO29SYlBiCsbtXMg2cOF8wvMyubmt_SuDFOH7e44ifUw=s2917" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="2805" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh39lBsVm3q9KIVSx1mvjbEPenC57h56k5D2SBrZlPVIB2gNfer5RxqscIdp9DlVIZAq2x03j4DhKbTi2yKNXPjX0MbcYsazX64xmtClN5L1fsLycvaU84FmgrBnwB3Qf3SQS9cAD_YCaDCyteO29SYlBiCsbtXMg2cOF8wvMyubmt_SuDFOH7e44ifUw=w616-h640" width="616" /></a></div><br /><p>The stamps I have used are from a NBUS set I won from Imagination Crafts a few months ago. The packs weren't labelled so I don't know which of their brands it comes from, but I have a whole host of gnomely images. I haven't used them so far as nearly all are Valentines Day oriented and it was after V-Day when I won them. </p><p>I used the arrow image to create a wobbly "flight" of arrows across the page to give the sentiment somewhere to sit. Then I stamped the archer, coloured him with pencils and fussy cut him, and attached with 3D adhesive. </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Allsorts - <a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/week-649-from-boys-to-men.html" target="_blank">from boys to men </a> </p><p>AAA - <a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2021/10/game-202-sketch-optional-twist-gnomes.html" target="_blank">sketch/gnomes </a> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICGrGd5Y18kqtcKq0n7V_ZMIeg-l0QisoIfrzoY0RsxRCOKeBBihChMCa0hfytRVG9hnMwKDO1-V0hKmLN7m-LOhcPB8Z2XC_s7Zn1sWO5Hj5fXxAWbn1ufBv_Ebf1a0jbswecbwOhQDi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICGrGd5Y18kqtcKq0n7V_ZMIeg-l0QisoIfrzoY0RsxRCOKeBBihChMCa0hfytRVG9hnMwKDO1-V0hKmLN7m-LOhcPB8Z2XC_s7Zn1sWO5Hj5fXxAWbn1ufBv_Ebf1a0jbswecbwOhQDi/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfGuTvXNlLYdYZOnetJ4UHGWyUxR4gxYsq0kPAsdCqMyxgDtye6iiq_aWLlelxFk8YFMGEUm-6c5UN6_ywogPdrDjPuhGf6pngf3qF4i-oTjORUWh-2lpZx3fahPX5-NABNThXHpd7c6O/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfGuTvXNlLYdYZOnetJ4UHGWyUxR4gxYsq0kPAsdCqMyxgDtye6iiq_aWLlelxFk8YFMGEUm-6c5UN6_ywogPdrDjPuhGf6pngf3qF4i-oTjORUWh-2lpZx3fahPX5-NABNThXHpd7c6O/" width="240" /></a></div><br />The Male Room - <a href="https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-156-gnomes.html" target="_blank">gnomes </a> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXy83ZFz563ea3Tnykpkr2Z3kI_j8Sif2WnT27mGr8ywoR8E2Ov0NmSuGKTkh6oIk35pEe-FXPIb-AQSRv25GuKgWjbJT0Ce5AU0OE723k9oabumm4BbSNxEyJh8_kZiUbRvlR9RLdeCX/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXy83ZFz563ea3Tnykpkr2Z3kI_j8Sif2WnT27mGr8ywoR8E2Ov0NmSuGKTkh6oIk35pEe-FXPIb-AQSRv25GuKgWjbJT0Ce5AU0OE723k9oabumm4BbSNxEyJh8_kZiUbRvlR9RLdeCX/" width="240" /></a></div><br />A bit more time to craft extra - <a href="http://abitmoretimetocraftextra.blogspot.com/2021/11/abmttc-extra-november-challenge.html" target="_blank">anything goes</a><p></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-30264490145469464812021-11-07T10:41:00.003+00:002021-11-07T10:41:44.410+00:00London in the Snow<p> Yesterday I shared one of the cards I made with the stamp sets I bought from Clearly Besotted's October release. Now I've used the second set - also NBUS until now. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4wIFuk7gbOwOPfkuf67eiF4VOGzYBMOos2adG1XQNIqtkdnd3nvpez-fVYFR3s2jlKZea_II0cjMnlKVQmybogOqL9vZEHDrSrd5w1dLgKjbuF8DPSJAlh4XrGOjX-zMyMo3sqZZ61d1gYZc9LQHe94jh3Y8ilmNXBdI0qfORLCN1VqpUB8yacAwug=s2839" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2839" data-original-width="2822" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4wIFuk7gbOwOPfkuf67eiF4VOGzYBMOos2adG1XQNIqtkdnd3nvpez-fVYFR3s2jlKZea_II0cjMnlKVQmybogOqL9vZEHDrSrd5w1dLgKjbuF8DPSJAlh4XrGOjX-zMyMo3sqZZ61d1gYZc9LQHe94jh3Y8ilmNXBdI0qfORLCN1VqpUB8yacAwug=w636-h640" width="636" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>First I made the winter sky background with blended inks and splattered gesso, then I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the images and attached them, with the buildings image flush with the background and the roadside image raised slightly with 3D adhesive. I love that so many London icons are there - how many can you spot? </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - <a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/chnc-challenge-567.html" target="_blank">Anything goes</a></p><p>Watercooler Wednesday - <a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/wwc328-tristans-challenge-all-about.html" target="_blank">All about Occasions </a> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE194VlS2Q4oY02QeysBCwUAJPtUVQHyxsRlxEAWoxYhLhg31WEmkwD-5fxkgBaVTxuXLbQghMsJ5ZnqRO64PiT4kgbxt2mGWQHIy6alqEfWKlyYxtCZyIc0RfcxrOPhnHlJqXqb_PbMnW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE194VlS2Q4oY02QeysBCwUAJPtUVQHyxsRlxEAWoxYhLhg31WEmkwD-5fxkgBaVTxuXLbQghMsJ5ZnqRO64PiT4kgbxt2mGWQHIy6alqEfWKlyYxtCZyIc0RfcxrOPhnHlJqXqb_PbMnW/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Pearly Sparkles - <a href="http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-68-merry-christmas.html" target="_blank">Merry Christmas </a></p><p>NBUS - <a href="https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2021/11/nbus-challenge-32.html" target="_blank">NBUS</a></p><p>Craft Rocket - <a href="http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-87-wintersnow.html" target="_blank">Winter/snow</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-14903619516326671992021-11-06T09:35:00.000+00:002021-11-06T09:35:06.212+00:00Meery Christmas! <p> No, that isn't a typo. It's a meerkat themed Christmas card. With cacti, of course. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj97LVY8QM5m9rlpWOg90Owo-BEuggUMzoe463TnpUn0kW33DG06-zl9vWseYRrwxAqRq5IR3jHeFg78a7UZC6WzdUWhSkMvf2EOYEkBexdXMresVb_D4edu6bMbyqwcuPDxK5ULE_NtzLo1Hzuc381eCBHXpvlB63mk4j16LqhM3EQcV63Az-CIJYukw=s2697" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="2692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj97LVY8QM5m9rlpWOg90Owo-BEuggUMzoe463TnpUn0kW33DG06-zl9vWseYRrwxAqRq5IR3jHeFg78a7UZC6WzdUWhSkMvf2EOYEkBexdXMresVb_D4edu6bMbyqwcuPDxK5ULE_NtzLo1Hzuc381eCBHXpvlB63mk4j16LqhM3EQcV63Az-CIJYukw=w638-h640" width="638" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I bought a couple of stamp sets from the Clearly Besotted October release, and what with family visits and health issues have only just got around to playing with them. This is my first make from the first set. <br /><p>I used die cut circle waste and masking tape to create a dome shaped space and blended red ink into it. Then I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the meerkat and cactus images and attached them with 3D adhesive. </p><p>I am sharing this with</p><p>Sweet Stampin' - <a href="http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/use-red.html" target="_blank">Use red </a></p><p>Fab'n'Funky -<a href="http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-538-christmas-is-getting.html" target="_blank"> Christmas is getting closer</a></p><p>Critter Crazy Challenges - <a href="https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-56-anything-goes-with.html" target="_blank">anything goes with a critter</a></p><p>CAS Christmas - <a href="https://caschristmascardchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/cas-christmas-november-challenge.html" target="_blank">Christmas Critters </a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFmXFPLMsPcrjxo3VawGbb6C2BX1Rl1GqAO41BQfWQ0Q-gW7Fh4HtjdsOz5uBc5J2rqNX1Gk1n39IQ1foKuwb35U7bAtHbHlRqvh1uyuZ7h_P4PhJodLpDXIMfNL8mx6G4NfNX76g5Se4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFmXFPLMsPcrjxo3VawGbb6C2BX1Rl1GqAO41BQfWQ0Q-gW7Fh4HtjdsOz5uBc5J2rqNX1Gk1n39IQ1foKuwb35U7bAtHbHlRqvh1uyuZ7h_P4PhJodLpDXIMfNL8mx6G4NfNX76g5Se4/" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-11176350992377626102021-10-31T07:56:00.001+00:002021-10-31T07:56:10.176+00:00Embossed embossing #2 <p> Catching up after the family visit, here's a last minute second entry to <a href="https://letssquashit.blogspot.com/2021/10/lets-squash-it-challenge-13-double.html" target="_blank">Let's Squash It,</a> with a different form of embossed embossing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirkR0O4FzAAQfV5E8pJbibo8UcREinOJIjKa7D_5ARn2J-vIVFprioal2BglEHkwn-CdU1Rh7lwV0l29OLjN72Xhp1vgopsJOWy-AgJbUzcjNuPyF1tmd8e4OphyCS0dSrxzt2N-cmp1kSSJFqbmxqeQlIl-dQgsJCVcWivoxWt_M0avTIyK1_SJ-0xQ=s2955" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="2712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirkR0O4FzAAQfV5E8pJbibo8UcREinOJIjKa7D_5ARn2J-vIVFprioal2BglEHkwn-CdU1Rh7lwV0l29OLjN72Xhp1vgopsJOWy-AgJbUzcjNuPyF1tmd8e4OphyCS0dSrxzt2N-cmp1kSSJFqbmxqeQlIl-dQgsJCVcWivoxWt_M0avTIyK1_SJ-0xQ=w588-h640" width="588" /></a></div><br /><p>This time I used watercolour paper which I had dampened, then swiped the embossing folder (an old magazine freebie) with distress inks before embossing. This left the paper clean(ish!) on the raised area and with a blended watercolour background. Once it was dry, I smooshed a clear ink pad over the raised area and embossed with clear powder. However being a nice juicy pad and a fairly open design, I have actually embossed the whole of the lower area of the card as the ink went onto the flat areas too. Oh well, it gives it a nice sheen and a contrast in texture to the unembossed space at the top, which I finished with a die cut butterfly. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-26636033313625293512021-10-30T12:48:00.001+01:002021-10-30T12:48:14.488+01:00Christmas Kitty <p> A very quick post to share the second card I made for the Cat Lovers Hop - getting in just before it closes for the year! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIwAYpoYTtf9en7VW0dw476uCD_1YrYOKjYSq1e-Xhml6KEjt1fEMekuvnwCodflM4ecHjBFr_NCceR4_njrymiqweLEKeuaBMII8dsdozvbSDudenNHIjQ025v_b25dpcboD6SA6tSGMIORrKdX_jKqTvnTMsYYIyMvo3buTlcDf2K9hv6fFHjh16zA=s3323" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3323" data-original-width="2955" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIwAYpoYTtf9en7VW0dw476uCD_1YrYOKjYSq1e-Xhml6KEjt1fEMekuvnwCodflM4ecHjBFr_NCceR4_njrymiqweLEKeuaBMII8dsdozvbSDudenNHIjQ025v_b25dpcboD6SA6tSGMIORrKdX_jKqTvnTMsYYIyMvo3buTlcDf2K9hv6fFHjh16zA=w570-h640" width="570" /></a></div><br /><p>This is made using a very old Dutch decoupage booklet - it must be over 20 years since I bought it and I've still only done about half a dozen of the 24 designs. I get easily bored with all that fiddly cutting out and the lack of creativity - but on the other hand it's a handy thing to be able to do on my lap while all my craft supplies are packed away for the family visit. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdgobTAJ0rFGVCZVi9R4agtqxrBAWB6-bSMQTFNctWdwPtPxCChra97htFQqt69OS-f1l_Y5qeeYfEDxY-Dbl02bm4PN4bvoegX-AEkGPdfgYs94nIzTLpIFkzUVBJpZXbiP_d9BzgBj3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="320" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdgobTAJ0rFGVCZVi9R4agtqxrBAWB6-bSMQTFNctWdwPtPxCChra97htFQqt69OS-f1l_Y5qeeYfEDxY-Dbl02bm4PN4bvoegX-AEkGPdfgYs94nIzTLpIFkzUVBJpZXbiP_d9BzgBj3/" width="320" /></a></div><br />I am sharing this with <p></p><p><a href="https://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2021/10/main-hop-page-2021-cat-lovers-hop.html" target="_blank">The 2021 Cat Lovers Hop</a> at Her Peaceful Garden </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - <a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/chnc-challenge-566.html" target="_blank">anything goes </a> </p><p>Jingle Belles - <a href="http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2021/10/not-creature-was-stirring.html" target="_blank">Not a creature was stirring </a></p><p>Show us your Pussycats -<a href="https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2021/10/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-71.html" target="_blank"> furrything goes </a> </p><p><a href="https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-rudolph-days-challenge.html" target="_blank">Rudolph Day</a> at Scrappymo's </p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-52088967921209343782021-10-29T11:27:00.003+01:002021-10-29T11:27:26.247+01:00Black and white cat<p> .. and if you are not now singing Postman Pat I'm not sure we can be friends. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnfGUXRuKEMHhz_wZVvh7VszeP4NdFDJ0d_gzTP07JH1OcUDrQoaxf7JvAAHeCW-4K8E_G2cXzT3lPncVy26u24QeINlO4FdH0j7JdF9507K65nBKhVy6w7D3Jy7c3UCN_e-br3KJUOHYQpaGcPl7uPqqgxG1Bq1VFrvK3jU12YpYbdhl0Ix1ardx0gQ=s2435" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2435" data-original-width="2389" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnfGUXRuKEMHhz_wZVvh7VszeP4NdFDJ0d_gzTP07JH1OcUDrQoaxf7JvAAHeCW-4K8E_G2cXzT3lPncVy26u24QeINlO4FdH0j7JdF9507K65nBKhVy6w7D3Jy7c3UCN_e-br3KJUOHYQpaGcPl7uPqqgxG1Bq1VFrvK3jU12YpYbdhl0Ix1ardx0gQ=w628-h640" width="628" /></a></div><br /><p>It's the <a href="https://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2021/10/main-hop-page-2021-cat-lovers-hop.html" target="_blank">2021 Cat Lovers Hop</a> over at Her Peaceful Garden and I'm very late to the party. But I have a very good excuse, miss! When I signed up to play along, I didn't notice that it clashed with the dates my daughter and her family were coming over from France to visit, the first time we've been able to get together since Christmas 2019, and I've been AWOL all week as I didn't want to miss a precious moment with them all. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam7ok4SrLxE4zFnCumFd4uujCVfvE8Y5EvWOAa3tuH31YdNhl5dXh-jk6MGy8EakZKrMOpaJNk4J2y57uFkucbEgHy9iXzQs4ECgqqsq_yo95zw8g7N-Xi11U9IiNgsJTPpxlJd9zZFFp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="320" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam7ok4SrLxE4zFnCumFd4uujCVfvE8Y5EvWOAa3tuH31YdNhl5dXh-jk6MGy8EakZKrMOpaJNk4J2y57uFkucbEgHy9iXzQs4ECgqqsq_yo95zw8g7N-Xi11U9IiNgsJTPpxlJd9zZFFp/" width="320" /></a></div><br />Anyway, I'm here now and have managed to make a couple of quick cards for the hop, so here is the first. The kitty stamp is a very old unmounted stamp, I think it's either PSX or All Night Media, and the sentiment is a Tim Holtz snarky sticker. I've kept it masculine looking by keeping the whole card to black and white, just adding interest by covering the milk bottle with Glossy Accents to give it a glass like effect. <p></p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p><a href="https://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2021/10/main-hop-page-2021-cat-lovers-hop.html" target="_blank">Cat Lovers Hop 2021</a></p><p>Stamping Sensations - <a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-animals-birds-and-bugs.html" target="_blank">Animals, birds and bugs</a> </p><p>Cardz 4 Guyz - <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/2021/10/282-any-animal-actual-or-animated.html" target="_blank">any animal </a></p><p>The Male Room - <a href="https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-155-black-white.html" target="_blank">black and white</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjZ4NG2eUdMnZV2Bwhf5Crq-OcC3gs4D-YibVIJxvWYwKF7qL9VHTsEsx_ME7oCdvI2_lK9QrYRYZUeCKmogcTx21OmArYFKgE7jrZZUxv4f_06r9dOyS3kEnwRXmwuC7a-0mIRmuMrdG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjZ4NG2eUdMnZV2Bwhf5Crq-OcC3gs4D-YibVIJxvWYwKF7qL9VHTsEsx_ME7oCdvI2_lK9QrYRYZUeCKmogcTx21OmArYFKgE7jrZZUxv4f_06r9dOyS3kEnwRXmwuC7a-0mIRmuMrdG/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-22585256949471659992021-10-20T09:24:00.000+01:002021-10-20T09:24:03.528+01:00Embossed Embossing<p> This month's Let's Squash It challenge is a technique I love - heat embossed dry embossing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0Izxm6G4uMu5OrNo4mDemKrPB-fKPywL2njepOMreX342NuIFdJiOergBFQPwQN1O5UV5njHPpBnWqXJbAy1ln6JczdSxc1-y68eOZygrFiwJJn5qhgxTPnumX_x9snZVLBNHuQ4hYKRk4bUK0m9ikJiyYtyv3K1KwrKXp_w9baJiBUYqsy4vWNx1Cg=s2975" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2975" data-original-width="2967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0Izxm6G4uMu5OrNo4mDemKrPB-fKPywL2njepOMreX342NuIFdJiOergBFQPwQN1O5UV5njHPpBnWqXJbAy1ln6JczdSxc1-y68eOZygrFiwJJn5qhgxTPnumX_x9snZVLBNHuQ4hYKRk4bUK0m9ikJiyYtyv3K1KwrKXp_w9baJiBUYqsy4vWNx1Cg=w638-h640" width="638" /></a></div><br /><p>For this card I used an NBUS embossing folder, which was a magazine freebie some years ago. I've got quite a few NBUS embossing folders, especially ones that are Things rather than patterns, because I'm never quite sure how I'll use them. </p><p>Anyway, I embossed this one on green pearl card, first swiping the flat surface of the folder with embossing ink. Then I heat embossed with baby blue pearls embossing powder. With one dragonfly already in the scene, I absolutely HAD to fill that space with a couple of die cut ones! </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>River of Creativity - <a href="https://riverofcreativity.blogspot.com/2021/10/river-of-creativity-challenge-6-wildlife.html" target="_blank">Wildlife </a></p><p>NBUS - <a href="https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2021/10/nbus-challenge-31.html" target="_blank">NBUS </a> </p><p>Let's Squash It - <a href="https://letssquashit.blogspot.com/2021/10/lets-squash-it-challenge-13-double.html" target="_blank">Double Emboss </a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GdMy00QKPnRNlPTE0jbWDJ2saoFdf6xgTOKNzKdm6bc95EfmMy3ilJhxSk2b_VsRjEM7cHimgJYb_EigJiky9iVOjvFKkZTvDWkcpiTbkNwEXs91if6m-EUllFoWncK8_2AzPR2O8SFU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="245" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GdMy00QKPnRNlPTE0jbWDJ2saoFdf6xgTOKNzKdm6bc95EfmMy3ilJhxSk2b_VsRjEM7cHimgJYb_EigJiky9iVOjvFKkZTvDWkcpiTbkNwEXs91if6m-EUllFoWncK8_2AzPR2O8SFU/" width="184" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-11822761194451443812021-10-17T07:25:00.002+01:002021-10-17T07:25:57.899+01:00Further Festive Fungi<p> A few days ago, I shared some Christmas cards that Mark had asked me to make for his foraging friends. Today I have another for you - actually it is one of a pair of identical ones. I was printing a background big enough for two cards and it's as easy to print two copies of a digi as one, so it made sense to make two. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFQ5kDuFPdFGkIbfiPQv09lkdC5z8tmfGQairM4OXJOaM4AXxQyNT2kyQ9RipGjfc5bvu8Aa38tw-ba0B0Ab1iKScQrSY6kvMWS5nfMMcdmSMq4i-aoSY6ceLlMwxQUz3NNter7SqnYfzX69LEJuKC-3mH_D4-ZBJTAOaXHaanRxmYIo1w8ons1VD1Lw=s3151" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3151" data-original-width="3091" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFQ5kDuFPdFGkIbfiPQv09lkdC5z8tmfGQairM4OXJOaM4AXxQyNT2kyQ9RipGjfc5bvu8Aa38tw-ba0B0Ab1iKScQrSY6kvMWS5nfMMcdmSMq4i-aoSY6ceLlMwxQUz3NNter7SqnYfzX69LEJuKC-3mH_D4-ZBJTAOaXHaanRxmYIo1w8ons1VD1Lw=w628-h640" width="628" /></a></div><br /><p>I wanted a digi of morel mushrooms, and found this lovely one at Power Poppy. The only snag is, they are sprouting from a bed of very un-Christmassy violets. However by colouring the violets red to blend into the background and covering them with die cut poinsettias, I think I managed to conceal them! </p><p>The background is from Joanna Sheen's "Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady" CD and for a bit of variety I printed it onto thin printable acetate (I got mine from Create and Craft about 750 years ago - to ease its journey through the printer, the printing side is matte and there is a narrow paper strip along the leading edge for the printer to grab hold of). </p><p>Finally the sentiment, which makes me giggle every time I see it and is the reason the mushrooms had to be morels. I generated this with my Dymo electronic label maker, my new favourite toy. </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - <a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/chnc-challenge-564.html" target="_blank">anything goes </a></p><p>CD Sunday Plus - <a href="https://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/cd-sunday-plus-challenge-71-hosted-by.html" target="_blank">anything goes</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-15201760139899623202021-10-16T11:00:00.007+01:002021-10-16T11:00:00.342+01:00Everything Pink at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers <p> I was delighted to be invited to be the guest designer at <a href="http://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers,</a> thanks to being chosen as Queen of Snark recently. The theme Edna has chosen is "Everything Pink" .</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWAkr7gN3l06rWP5jlGt7B38quMzWA1miiM_SJfDJZEE46aalqowEbDnU8a9Urb2TrXd0UdSiU76rEQjxCrg0KGZHJMcCMFFqJoW9tHRjRhKTUjGmoOhJO0KuQ88NHPiDXHtZ4_0ONJjWcROO1Dmn_zY2jDYHVv6csxfdx4V2H_IXtJLlXPtBEYQ1qdA=s2789" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2755" data-original-width="2789" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWAkr7gN3l06rWP5jlGt7B38quMzWA1miiM_SJfDJZEE46aalqowEbDnU8a9Urb2TrXd0UdSiU76rEQjxCrg0KGZHJMcCMFFqJoW9tHRjRhKTUjGmoOhJO0KuQ88NHPiDXHtZ4_0ONJjWcROO1Dmn_zY2jDYHVv6csxfdx4V2H_IXtJLlXPtBEYQ1qdA=w640-h632" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Not being a great fan of pink, there isn't a lot of it in my stash but I had a rummage and came up with: </p><p>Pink patterned paper</p><p>Pink ink</p><p>Pink foil - used to cold-foil the edge of the patterned paper</p><p>Pink glitter gel - stencilled over part of the background</p><p>Pink twine</p><p>Pink liquid pearls - dotted around the perimeter</p><p>And with such a variety of pink stuff, the sentiment, from a Tim Holtz snarky sentiments pad, was obvious! Then I had to find a stamp of somebody who looked as if they might be saying that - this rather puzzled looking lady from a very old Viva Las Vegas pound o'rubber was just the job. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg10v8iXHG8ygg3JR5OhrR2W1mVKcBv9iMiQGeohCSVlCXcM8a19ohOaVCJJvbomIv_v0u4L0RgthxQWfoCBSjO16s60jDXOP6fCLHa-4Vcspsxa_4bR7biNYUhgYNf20lQjj2qoLmT08tcMQpYw6_HzYDcMw8snpjEyOgoy7Z2JN0lUFQsF-E54FvKJg=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg10v8iXHG8ygg3JR5OhrR2W1mVKcBv9iMiQGeohCSVlCXcM8a19ohOaVCJJvbomIv_v0u4L0RgthxQWfoCBSjO16s60jDXOP6fCLHa-4Vcspsxa_4bR7biNYUhgYNf20lQjj2qoLmT08tcMQpYw6_HzYDcMw8snpjEyOgoy7Z2JN0lUFQsF-E54FvKJg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>It's great to be back on board with the Sistahs, I hope you will join me there. Dress code: Pink. Snark: Optional but preferred. </p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-2305060795287715212021-10-13T11:36:00.000+01:002021-10-13T11:36:07.091+01:00Festive Fungi <p> The other day, Mark came up with quite a challenge for me - as a keen mycologist, he wanted me to make some fungi themed cards for his foraging friends. Fungi themed CHRISTMAS cards. </p><p>Well, mushrooms and Christmas aren't usually a crafting combination that springs to mind, but I had a rummage through my stash and found some lovely fungi themed stamps and combined them with some festive stamps and dies. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKT-zED1bU2skt8Wv-PWonFiJH_-CTFnyqtUd-Ln66cP6qC8xgkQIa-b38Ya3TtVUrGQ4dh8dUSEgK64CsunoNHJoyqiMtC3TSCr_PmQDrkFuwPe8Qw7tq0RzwLmRCoR2ZGpLYlFlk3AEUabPOwmRy8pT2VQ1IVRkBo9CYaKrvl2LhqhCOwfG2bwxGdw=s2665" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2570" data-original-width="2665" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKT-zED1bU2skt8Wv-PWonFiJH_-CTFnyqtUd-Ln66cP6qC8xgkQIa-b38Ya3TtVUrGQ4dh8dUSEgK64CsunoNHJoyqiMtC3TSCr_PmQDrkFuwPe8Qw7tq0RzwLmRCoR2ZGpLYlFlk3AEUabPOwmRy8pT2VQ1IVRkBo9CYaKrvl2LhqhCOwfG2bwxGdw=w640-h618" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The first card is an absolute snippet-fest! I used snippets of card in greens and brown, plus lots of my white snippets. I cut the pine boughs using a very old Spellbinders die set and the ivy using a die I bought from Joanna Sheen, although I can't recall whether it is her own brand or a Marianne Creatables one. The fungi are stamped with a very old Graphicus set of botanical stamps (now reimagined and sold by Chocolate Baroque under the name Nature Table) and a Hunkydory set that was a magazine freebie 4 or 5 years ago. I coloured all the images with Promarkers and fussy cut them. <div>I christmasified it with a holly stamp and sentiment, and added clear liquid pearls for the holly berries, then used Stickles to give a frosty ground for the fungi to grow from and Wink of Stella to add a touch of frost to the cones. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am sharing this card with </div><div><br /></div><div>Pixie's Snippets Playground - <a href="http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2021/10/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-413.html" target="_blank">challenge #413</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watercooler Wednesday - <a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/10/wwc326-helens-challenge-all-about.html" target="_blank">All about occasions </a> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3oCMw5l8xT0syqK8rMjTAPL4FRcHtCx9VUVS5bJaQcMBOflAM8bikIX2uP4orNY4m-52WzCpZA1ikmcCQOG3Q04lHYxbUY7YGqxHmhfBuOSktavKaD6eyMuYfB-raL5qMA-MMCS5Hnfj/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3oCMw5l8xT0syqK8rMjTAPL4FRcHtCx9VUVS5bJaQcMBOflAM8bikIX2uP4orNY4m-52WzCpZA1ikmcCQOG3Q04lHYxbUY7YGqxHmhfBuOSktavKaD6eyMuYfB-raL5qMA-MMCS5Hnfj/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ8fME-xgZeW5TURhgmpVsvuencm5s6Kxn_pAPnazLNBRSAd_m4bPS5CmRi5B3YzC3vS0NXRwCrxT1Ae__pvrnnRX_MAjGcu2prRDa9yTazhn3QIG40Qan4yt2YS18wE7530MxjL3gSobAkZmFbWAlBQCv0vnfRAwi-3gpvUQXsxXdLUsALyROmER46w=s2788" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="2788" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ8fME-xgZeW5TURhgmpVsvuencm5s6Kxn_pAPnazLNBRSAd_m4bPS5CmRi5B3YzC3vS0NXRwCrxT1Ae__pvrnnRX_MAjGcu2prRDa9yTazhn3QIG40Qan4yt2YS18wE7530MxjL3gSobAkZmFbWAlBQCv0vnfRAwi-3gpvUQXsxXdLUsALyROmER46w=w640-h624" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>My next card is a cute version. To the same basic elements, I've added a gnome - coloured as a Santa version - peeking over a toadstool. Apparently I'm not supposed to call it a toadstool, I'm supposed to call it Ammanita Muscari. But it looks like a toadstool to me. </p><p>I'm sharing this with </p><p>Passion for Markers - <a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/week-613make-it-cute.html" target="_blank">Make it Cute </a> </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - <a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/chnc-challenge-563.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgw3xcoinIoIl-A6fX5f5GngJGzDJqDCuNH_VwoHVh_R0HXOJUdygg-vgkyaTepvYETGXyR5UZPMr9RQ3N6ra3yYTRHeLiPJ6lhsMHlvAv3KA3htVqX-BEbHwo4hC028renz-fJz1QQv4C9YTmeGJPyMAkLB9X6AwGNQsNQVt1A22YkhCio151C7A_Tg=s2803" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2734" data-original-width="2803" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgw3xcoinIoIl-A6fX5f5GngJGzDJqDCuNH_VwoHVh_R0HXOJUdygg-vgkyaTepvYETGXyR5UZPMr9RQ3N6ra3yYTRHeLiPJ6lhsMHlvAv3KA3htVqX-BEbHwo4hC028renz-fJz1QQv4C9YTmeGJPyMAkLB9X6AwGNQsNQVt1A22YkhCio151C7A_Tg=w640-h624" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>On to my third and final card (for now - I am working on more fungi themed cards in a different style) and this is my favourite of the three, even if it isn't quite as festive. I just love the way those Oyster Mushrooms turned out! I tore the top of the tree stump rather than cutting it, to make it look as if the tree had fallen down naturally rather than being hacked with a chainsaw (and anyway I haven't got a chainsaw). </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Craft Rocket - <a href="http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-86-autumn-andor-mushrooms.html" target="_blank">Autumn and/or Mushrooms </a></p><p>Retro Rubber - <a href="https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2021/10/challenge-169-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything goes </a> (those mushroom stamps are at least 20 years old, possibly nearer to 25!) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-60012767294161559412021-10-08T10:36:00.002+01:002021-10-08T10:36:19.604+01:00Christmas Deer <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpFNvdvhZI5O4aqZAPqR2ItUWVBcAJzcc6NDFfG-g6eRwKf7X2ujPNy_F7aF7Evw5WET32vOlV3TJmWmOkzGMdkKIEPouk_5kMAOG9eLHgwOJ-FPcWE46DCyP5vkVCNfue53-nVbUo37pD6ocmzRHW77ImUrVeXRM5y0r-V4pTYoG39q3BLw0zxf6X3A=s2689" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2589" data-original-width="2689" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpFNvdvhZI5O4aqZAPqR2ItUWVBcAJzcc6NDFfG-g6eRwKf7X2ujPNy_F7aF7Evw5WET32vOlV3TJmWmOkzGMdkKIEPouk_5kMAOG9eLHgwOJ-FPcWE46DCyP5vkVCNfue53-nVbUo37pD6ocmzRHW77ImUrVeXRM5y0r-V4pTYoG39q3BLw0zxf6X3A=w640-h616" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Another quick-to-make Christmas card to help boost the stock, this time using elements from The Paper Boutique's "A Christmas Visitor" collection. These beautiful papers and toppers really need no help to look gorgeous, although I did enhance all those Christmas Roses with a gentle swipe of Wink of Stella. <p></p><p>I am sharing this with: </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - <a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/chnc-challenge-562.html" target="_blank">anything goes </a></p><p>Sparkles Christmas - <a href="http://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/129-flora-and-or-fauna.html" target="_blank">Flora and Fauna </a></p><p>A bit more time to craft extra - <a href="http://abitmoretimetocraftextra.blogspot.com/2021/10/abmttc-extra-october-challenge-anything.html" target="_blank">anything goes </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-63698178330216484862021-10-08T10:18:00.000+01:002021-10-08T10:18:55.692+01:00Juke Box Jury<p> Does anyone remember Juke Box Jury, that TV show of the late 1950s/early 1960s where new singles were played sand a panel of celebrities declared them a "hit" or a "miss"? I always think of the catchphrase as having been "I'll buy it and give it 5" but I think that was actually one of the other pop shows, maybe "Ready Steady Go!". Anyway, it was shows of that era and genre I had in mind when I made this card. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz53G4ul9L4sFIuPe2GxDwysI0F6yTYQiPCr3WIAD1NYRhnbHBlMsVGWlC6rC8JFmdh35pN9x_3krRKZYxd-NBOMj_rKpfAcxxM9OnyAmcH29dcg3iibVTKGWqUH9f9b1xYDaD9XGaEtoYjmXyiJqpYY8ecr7RY77JUlFB4Hf87f3OPLOT_lkCi8_mNA=s3120" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="3120" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz53G4ul9L4sFIuPe2GxDwysI0F6yTYQiPCr3WIAD1NYRhnbHBlMsVGWlC6rC8JFmdh35pN9x_3krRKZYxd-NBOMj_rKpfAcxxM9OnyAmcH29dcg3iibVTKGWqUH9f9b1xYDaD9XGaEtoYjmXyiJqpYY8ecr7RY77JUlFB4Hf87f3OPLOT_lkCi8_mNA=w640-h630" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The Juke box and sentiment are stamped using a pair of Hunkydory stamp sets and coloured with Promarkers. The papers are a selection from my stash, and I've added a die cut fanfare of notes and a length of music stave self adhesive border that I got from a remnants box at a craft show a few years ago. </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -<a href="http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/10/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-october.html" target="_blank"> anything goes</a></p><p>Shopping Our Stash -<a href="https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2021/09/shopping-our-stash-455-musical-notes.html" target="_blank"> Musical Notes </a></p><p>Use Your Stuff - <a href="http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2021/09/432-retro.html" target="_blank">Retro </a> </p><p>Passion for Markers -<a href="https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/week-612use-red.html" target="_blank"> Use Red </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-3657003661719822472021-10-04T09:23:00.002+01:002021-10-04T09:23:32.920+01:00Oh Christmas tree<p> Another quick make to help fill the Christmas card box. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDzATxtbdjSijGVv1DuXC7Jp16mSFo-gA6ecjML5ZYkmBPoqyAuD4Z5tUSWcq2VhaKOaqQyFEywaDveemsYXXFx_h2yV_9wn6gg_yiUbU596UN74ynEKEl73RMXBDHv64mdnXDbIByMsp/s3797/IMG_20210929_094615_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3797" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDzATxtbdjSijGVv1DuXC7Jp16mSFo-gA6ecjML5ZYkmBPoqyAuD4Z5tUSWcq2VhaKOaqQyFEywaDveemsYXXFx_h2yV_9wn6gg_yiUbU596UN74ynEKEl73RMXBDHv64mdnXDbIByMsp/w526-h640/IMG_20210929_094615_2.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghel-cfIAKZnbMy0swP_trALt8gsLM3ncYuYSAfTxl0hjgM8uU8YqMmXLIbp9uFAGoqdkKULMoL5l9W-Pfm5NhbFzj6Uvckz5Rz2bBchLkv28ll41yJ-3iYvSGCzaO9z4QiAOSXUPpyTA6/s4160/IMG_20210929_094619_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghel-cfIAKZnbMy0swP_trALt8gsLM3ncYuYSAfTxl0hjgM8uU8YqMmXLIbp9uFAGoqdkKULMoL5l9W-Pfm5NhbFzj6Uvckz5Rz2bBchLkv28ll41yJ-3iYvSGCzaO9z4QiAOSXUPpyTA6/w480-h640/IMG_20210929_094619_0.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>I've often wondered why Hunkydory printed card sheets are laid out the way they are, and it's taken me all these years to realise they've been planned that way in order to give us an almost-ready-made Z-fold card. Just a couple of scoring lines and the basic card is there waiting to be embellished. Add a topper and sentiment from the same bundle and there you go. </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Christmas Crafts All Year Round -<a href="https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-challenge-something-that-starts.html" target="_blank"> something that starts with S or T </a>(Tree - and some snow) </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - <a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/chnc-challenge-562.html" target="_blank">Anything goes</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-12231127364462633002021-10-03T07:08:00.000+01:002021-10-03T07:08:00.093+01:00Halloween<p> I don't really bother much with Halloween, it's not an occasion that has ever held much appeal for me, so I don't really have any Halloween related stash. However, some of the elements in the Graphic 45 "Master Detective" range work pretty well for Halloween related cards, so I've made a card that will fit several challenges. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_JClQjy3XIYQFL6Ij2xoDE2B7xJWTb0v-kc5008DYfetOdTrPsHbqqZr4PetmKTVRecoEI1k7hGZZXuZMpyiC15v3S44Be_UGKQ9zZ5ogHhhRtWul3Pw0bBQfO5DT2AgdWsD-Cw12ZUY/s2495/IMG_20211002_100724_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2406" data-original-width="2495" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_JClQjy3XIYQFL6Ij2xoDE2B7xJWTb0v-kc5008DYfetOdTrPsHbqqZr4PetmKTVRecoEI1k7hGZZXuZMpyiC15v3S44Be_UGKQ9zZ5ogHhhRtWul3Pw0bBQfO5DT2AgdWsD-Cw12ZUY/w640-h618/IMG_20211002_100724_5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This is a large 20cm square card and papers, a tag and a sentiment topper from G45. The cobweb is a die cut (sorry, I can't remember the brand of the die). </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Just Us Girls - <a href="http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/just-us-girls-challenge-604-word-week.html" target="_blank">Halloween </a> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmPFyhf2juwEVHahboUoDso1IwvMTdPYoVTv6hyphenhyphenoFxa_mQnppKnCX_zEhgQR1Fss7JIbfErcz8LVOFTqUFrbda_e3s7ifEPbfpG-9UGi6r677HxRav8Rd9jBc6rB-t_IcIi6aC0qhDoCp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="399" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmPFyhf2juwEVHahboUoDso1IwvMTdPYoVTv6hyphenhyphenoFxa_mQnppKnCX_zEhgQR1Fss7JIbfErcz8LVOFTqUFrbda_e3s7ifEPbfpG-9UGi6r677HxRav8Rd9jBc6rB-t_IcIi6aC0qhDoCp/" width="274" /></a></div><br />Country View - <a href="http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-autumnal-colours-andor.html" target="_blank">Autumnal colours/Halloween </a> <p></p><p>Crafty Calendar - <a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-challenge-halloween.html" target="_blank">Halloween </a> </p><p>Pearly Sparkles - <a href="http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-67-autumn-andor-halloween.html" target="_blank">Autumn and/or Halloween </a></p><p>Taylormade Cards 4U - <a href="https://taylormadecards4u.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-challenge-orange-and-black.html" target="_blank">Orange and Black </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-83689930640544060202021-10-02T10:33:00.000+01:002021-10-02T10:33:08.894+01:00I love coffee, I love tea.... <p> I love a Java Jive and it loves me....</p><p>Those old enough to remember the song may well be humming along now. </p><p>Today I have used another piece of the hand made paper I made the other week. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dpuEw_nmTLDpJKbzCGKFBtSZOPKirD-f3bhkm4k5mWp7mhfvqUJTKMgTydYje_x_SH_dED5BRIk3EJn5Pu0y61L78FYV3hqwk49tO0qPekAFlrxJ3s35CaEal7sFcbKAZGApyo25IJAv/s2049/IMG_20210912_090316_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="2039" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dpuEw_nmTLDpJKbzCGKFBtSZOPKirD-f3bhkm4k5mWp7mhfvqUJTKMgTydYje_x_SH_dED5BRIk3EJn5Pu0y61L78FYV3hqwk49tO0qPekAFlrxJ3s35CaEal7sFcbKAZGApyo25IJAv/w636-h640/IMG_20210912_090316_2.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><br /><p>This time it is paper made with coffee grounds added to the pulp. As well as a creamy coffee colour, the paper has a subtle scent of coffee too, so naturally I had to make a coffee themed card with it. I thought my old Cuttlebug swirls folder would be perfect for a background, although wasn't sure it would work with the paper, but it did. I swiped an inkpad over the raised surface to emphasise the swirls. The paper was bigger than the embossing folder, but I didn't want harsh cut edges so I revived the old trick from when we all were Mulberry paper mad, back in the 1990s, and ran a wet paintbrush along the line where I wanted the paper cut, then very gently teased the paper apart along the wet line. </p><p>I stamped and coloured the image, using alcohol markers, fussy cut it and added the stamped sentiment. </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Allsorts Challenge -<a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/week-644-i-love.html" target="_blank"> I love....</a> (Stamping, embossing, colouring, "I love coffee") </p><p>Make My Monday - <a href="http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/09/158-embossing-either.html" target="_blank">embossing</a> (either kind) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-13288626897723242662021-10-01T06:38:00.002+01:002021-10-01T06:41:34.154+01:00What I've been cooking/eating during September<p> I don't have many photos for you this time as most of what I've cooked hasn't been very photogenic (although sometimes, that didn't hold me back) but here's a rundown of some of this month's goodies. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSIxKeBFiHARKE22m1wS_5WlgnQLlBZHb_IrcRp9TgIJxi2hEOP0jm6Kmu_Eitj-wF2P4WK-vX1CNRBQKXxKvCFwwnpSr28pYB34DWnSJEymF2x6d24scGolZM3X1E84O3kFFXM0CYdzi/s4160/IMG_20210902_195106_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSIxKeBFiHARKE22m1wS_5WlgnQLlBZHb_IrcRp9TgIJxi2hEOP0jm6Kmu_Eitj-wF2P4WK-vX1CNRBQKXxKvCFwwnpSr28pYB34DWnSJEymF2x6d24scGolZM3X1E84O3kFFXM0CYdzi/w640-h480/IMG_20210902_195106_0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Nachos - I had an avocado that was starting to go soft, and a handful of tomatoes from the garden (most were lost to blight) so I made the tomatoes into a salsa, then fried a chopped red onion, added a tin of red kidney beans and some chilli powder and roughly mashed the mixture. I spread tortilla chips over a foil lined baking tray, layered the bean mixture and salsa over the top then grated a little cheddar cheese over the whole thing and gave it a 15 minute blast in a hot oven. Then I mashed the avocado with a pinch of salt and the juice of half a lime, and topped my nachos with dollops of that and of sour cream. Perfect for grazing in front of the TV! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J-OqnjmhzOYOgkKbozcgue1CnTuBZ3anSe-pX5FLisUKksFrpMYiF5c97eSlG0Tx1FZq0cRoZ_1nCp9OICcG-r8APX86HhQTdvCYpe0OQ3DB38OcTg28Cw95WMnqLu-njyc0-MXLsIZW/s4160/IMG_20210915_123853_7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J-OqnjmhzOYOgkKbozcgue1CnTuBZ3anSe-pX5FLisUKksFrpMYiF5c97eSlG0Tx1FZq0cRoZ_1nCp9OICcG-r8APX86HhQTdvCYpe0OQ3DB38OcTg28Cw95WMnqLu-njyc0-MXLsIZW/w480-h640/IMG_20210915_123853_7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Then we went away for a few days - I've already shown you a photo of the lovely afternoon tea, but here's another look at it. I wish we could buy those little pots of Rodda's cream in the shops, a whole pot of clotted cream is often too big for the two of us. </p><p>Now a section where I forgot to take photos. Although the break was for our wedding anniversary, we also wanted to cook something special at home, so we treated ourselves to a piece of rolled rib of beef from the butcher - a bigger, more expensive piece than we would normally buy. Mark made roast beef and Yorkshire puddings - he makes the most amazing Yorkshire puds. Next day, there was enough beef left to have it sliced and reheated in the leftover gravy, There were still some scraps left, and a little bit of gravy. Not wanting to waste any of the beautiful meat, I thought about mincing the scraps to make a cottage pie, but we decided to try something different. Mark trimmed off all the fat and rendered it down very slowly to give us a little pot of beautiful beef dripping (and the crispy bits left behind after draining off the dripping were yummy "beef scratchings". The rest of the scraps I diced, put into a pan with a small chopped onion, the leftover gravy and enough water to cover, then simmered very gently for an hour or so. Then I separated the solid matter from the liquid, and used a stick blender to whizz up the solids with a knob of butter into a very thick paste. The liquid went back on the heat and I boiled it hard to reduce to a few tablespoonfuls, then mixed it into the meat mixture to give a thick spreading texture and seasoned it. I packed this firmly into a small basin then poured melted butter over the top. The result was a delicious potted beef that did us another three meals (and that was us being greedy with it because it was so good). So our apparently expensive piece of beef gave us 5 delicious meals each, plus dripping, and not a single scrap was wasted, much to the disgust of our semi-tame crow! </p><p>Right, enough writing, back to the pictures! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHFydN0n7p7gT9l716qciPzS4yI1f_vHwtJRHcyfWWvCnBqCxIRZ7T7Dt-xWNtZjl6m1tsaVoTzmhRhAQ50gKcW38OXvBql-VW97acgoh8TXiXy3OSty2Kx2oudv-JXOtptDOh_KYQeiM/s2411/IMG_20210922_195100_7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="2411" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHFydN0n7p7gT9l716qciPzS4yI1f_vHwtJRHcyfWWvCnBqCxIRZ7T7Dt-xWNtZjl6m1tsaVoTzmhRhAQ50gKcW38OXvBql-VW97acgoh8TXiXy3OSty2Kx2oudv-JXOtptDOh_KYQeiM/w640-h558/IMG_20210922_195100_7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Back in August, I won one of those meal-in-a-box kits for a Korean meal. I was actually pretty unimpressed with it, the produce supplied wasn't very fresh and the cooking instructions unclear, even for an experienced cook like me. But it DID include a way of preparing and cooking tofu without all the breaking up, spattering and disintegrating that I usually encounter. </p><p>First, wrap the tofu in several sheets of kitchen paper. Place it between two plates and put a weight (eg 3 tins of tomatoes) on the top plate, and leave for a couple of hours. Then remove the paper, dry the surface, dice the tofu, spread it on an oven tray, drizzle with oil and bake for about 20 minutes in a hot oven. The result is lovely light, crispy tofu which I simply tossed with spring onions and chillies and scattered with salt and pepper. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjkhmSSrQeEtVdd8FUlCKWYO7Gzr25b93koaXCoYBAC-fw9Ko0QYAb_x5HjEuQLWGKyeiFOousG-88R8YPvnMSa_Y5vvP1ORTsMV6zYbHpNw3w0xEkhAgwvwtFGNOfxzfBMH5nXFiETeE/s3056/IMG_20210922_195309_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="3056" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjkhmSSrQeEtVdd8FUlCKWYO7Gzr25b93koaXCoYBAC-fw9Ko0QYAb_x5HjEuQLWGKyeiFOousG-88R8YPvnMSa_Y5vvP1ORTsMV6zYbHpNw3w0xEkhAgwvwtFGNOfxzfBMH5nXFiETeE/w640-h606/IMG_20210922_195309_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I served the tofu with some noodles, fried with beansprouts and finished with dark and light soy sauce, and drizzled home-made sweet chilli sauce over everything. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHbhXHboQmvGPZVkQOJNk3Du3ZJT3N_32ucF08eXWgcltbmSD1y5eCwoUOxof00ebkv8ugqlRfuRtRKSMfg7A1_cAbZSpHJgant3Wh5NZz05ntzEn9U2693nk9mWy4ATUuQ9TEnP6e8gg/s3556/IMG_20210926_185932_7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3556" data-original-width="2870" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHbhXHboQmvGPZVkQOJNk3Du3ZJT3N_32ucF08eXWgcltbmSD1y5eCwoUOxof00ebkv8ugqlRfuRtRKSMfg7A1_cAbZSpHJgant3Wh5NZz05ntzEn9U2693nk9mWy4ATUuQ9TEnP6e8gg/w516-h640/IMG_20210926_185932_7.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0H_bFy5FfFMZe_dP7lAnwVJTP4cCPsEdodvxpP_44uaMOoDfKgg4gkEVhaXtLEYfCyX180B4oJW1DmGrtm_NQk3w6VvGT1Dbbr3tIhwEGa0Y_64_MEltsXkyPW-g3ixnxVcgT54Aqdg1/s4160/IMG_20210926_185944_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0H_bFy5FfFMZe_dP7lAnwVJTP4cCPsEdodvxpP_44uaMOoDfKgg4gkEVhaXtLEYfCyX180B4oJW1DmGrtm_NQk3w6VvGT1Dbbr3tIhwEGa0Y_64_MEltsXkyPW-g3ixnxVcgT54Aqdg1/w480-h640/IMG_20210926_185944_1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Still sticking with the Asian theme, I cooked a dish from this lovely old book. It's one I bought in Hong Kong back in 1978, and I think it was pretty old fashioned even then. It is bilingual and packed with the kind of dishes that were normally only served in the restaurants that didn't offer English language menus because they thought that we "gwei-los" wouldn't like what was on offer. It's a fascinating book and there are some delicious dished in it, like these pork meatballs, slowly braised on a bed of Chinese cabbage with stock, soy sauce and wine until the cabbage sort of melts into a soupy stew. It really doesn't look the least bit attractive - here are two photos, before cooking and once cooked. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-PAg1hyzc9uxdZWFLn4xHLXlduEWuGJ0avqrntGiikTisMOQmt43VIH2HVNruEvxcY1NRbj8_VaQaXxwMhXyTgGufF2gNPOcyaq6IPaeWf0WGgAyNlG9girPlM-5DJ6IThz90wMwDPFq/s3120/IMG_20210926_185852_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="3120" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-PAg1hyzc9uxdZWFLn4xHLXlduEWuGJ0avqrntGiikTisMOQmt43VIH2HVNruEvxcY1NRbj8_VaQaXxwMhXyTgGufF2gNPOcyaq6IPaeWf0WGgAyNlG9girPlM-5DJ6IThz90wMwDPFq/w640-h634/IMG_20210926_185852_0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIU0OnViSvVMjuEzS9aV61AMAKr9rIBvQJ1efbZonz_1AiYqeiq8UMLiZWq61f1GmWxmP49iv2tStxDPZusZEGNTHIc0oGpPZ7-XoY6sGTIhHiS04pqNPBHSrxRhNLAzFSt_-mEmFzE2Tl/s4160/IMG_20210926_195151_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIU0OnViSvVMjuEzS9aV61AMAKr9rIBvQJ1efbZonz_1AiYqeiq8UMLiZWq61f1GmWxmP49iv2tStxDPZusZEGNTHIc0oGpPZ7-XoY6sGTIhHiS04pqNPBHSrxRhNLAzFSt_-mEmFzE2Tl/w640-h480/IMG_20210926_195151_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>That unappetising looking sludge tastes DIVINE! It recaptures flavours I remember so fondly from street food stalls and dim sum palaces in Hong Kong and across South East Asia. </p><p>I had a bit of an incident with a watermelon the other day, I dropped it on the kitchen floor and it shattered. When we sliced up the remains to see what was rescuable, look what fell out! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4ajIzCIUcN19xHjypUP0LClWyayRK30dNS7pd5x0wwvfomIGjFEq3m5x9I81So6iVgaHCgbb5SA9qkzrLO9GfW2G6K76LLcefF5kAJfXYieoHNSQ3iQUqaFDDmI-sg4qfvNC6Jd9j09Y/s4160/IMG_20210929_112032_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4ajIzCIUcN19xHjypUP0LClWyayRK30dNS7pd5x0wwvfomIGjFEq3m5x9I81So6iVgaHCgbb5SA9qkzrLO9GfW2G6K76LLcefF5kAJfXYieoHNSQ3iQUqaFDDmI-sg4qfvNC6Jd9j09Y/w640-h480/IMG_20210929_112032_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Isn't that lovely? The heart shapes weren't cut at all, they just came away like that. </p><p>The end of September turned chilly, in fact yesterday we put the central heating on for a while. And to me, the start of the chilly season means the first Lancashire Hotpot of the season. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYdGuqo3P_uAW9H9XMmS1KzBtQpJb-ipygBLaJhfK2bfOD04xQJeQ4ZbQMVRRIQqDIysLQ8OYlPQA0uOpCtPn-_UwnSpMSh1RFBTH-w56kfkaRymcTKx55Anqja4Rgbedzc-tSxYOXIow/s3264/IMG_20200929_195308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYdGuqo3P_uAW9H9XMmS1KzBtQpJb-ipygBLaJhfK2bfOD04xQJeQ4ZbQMVRRIQqDIysLQ8OYlPQA0uOpCtPn-_UwnSpMSh1RFBTH-w56kfkaRymcTKx55Anqja4Rgbedzc-tSxYOXIow/w640-h480/IMG_20200929_195308.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Served, of course, with red cabbage, sliced beetroot and carrot-and-swede. It's time to get the wooly jumpers out! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-73412367415779521612021-10-01T05:42:00.002+01:002021-10-01T05:42:30.811+01:00Vintage cars<p> While I was rummaging through old kits to find the Hunkydory one for my recent robin cards, I also lifted out the Hunkydory Planes, Trains and Automobiles kit to play with. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0v1WICEMT-DoQAsOJLZD0j9BQSW9tTw77JgegsGfyMvIbzxITA3jpYFhQYdxWFPJuVq6ZwlunHHA4H6Ze9PeJgf3U77xnA8K5H6yQddULTtkVEQlYnoPCUdJLGvR8MLSCVjsWQGfNCRKc/s2896/IMG_20210930_122730_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2306" data-original-width="2896" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0v1WICEMT-DoQAsOJLZD0j9BQSW9tTw77JgegsGfyMvIbzxITA3jpYFhQYdxWFPJuVq6ZwlunHHA4H6Ze9PeJgf3U77xnA8K5H6yQddULTtkVEQlYnoPCUdJLGvR8MLSCVjsWQGfNCRKc/w640-h510/IMG_20210930_122730_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I used a background paper and two toppers from the kit, plus a stamped sentiment and a sheet of light brown satin paper, which I embossed with a cog folder. I distressed the edge of the background paper and inked all the edges, then used my beloved screw headed brads to attach the cog paper to the background. </p><p>I am sharing this with</p><p>Cardz 4 Guyz -<a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/2021/09/280-add-some-metal.html" target="_blank"> use some metal </a></p><p>Creative Crafting Uncles - <a href="https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2021/09/cogsandorsprockets.html" target="_blank">Cogs and/or Sprockets</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmrAr_rtpLzX9xHtys9Ri2TLulXuXOCUVicJJjcpDEGUQXgVZX9j9jYllhmTqcFvFItwLKaDvb9I0FxLFTlQhjsmnVW5os7iPaSLy9W-c1q0WPKa8uO2LPmB6HXVqaIo-tnQFbmIG4taU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="320" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmrAr_rtpLzX9xHtys9Ri2TLulXuXOCUVicJJjcpDEGUQXgVZX9j9jYllhmTqcFvFItwLKaDvb9I0FxLFTlQhjsmnVW5os7iPaSLy9W-c1q0WPKa8uO2LPmB6HXVqaIo-tnQFbmIG4taU/" width="320" /></a></div><br />Watercooler Wednesday -<a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/09/wwc325-heidis-challenge-all-things.html" target="_blank"> All things Masculine</a> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbDa2G6Gi48zuSou8Si8kPvjk6fvWglageg9RIieBL2wgGjxfMh5FP81rLFpo6hTczE3ur6ktJ9IrRPfkq4Wkk1vSkReQwH_mSJmlFv9jtjje9OXNKcp5tHhnQ80Dt88mQvjM_lmw-EFQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbDa2G6Gi48zuSou8Si8kPvjk6fvWglageg9RIieBL2wgGjxfMh5FP81rLFpo6hTczE3ur6ktJ9IrRPfkq4Wkk1vSkReQwH_mSJmlFv9jtjje9OXNKcp5tHhnQ80Dt88mQvjM_lmw-EFQ/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-33334878610742555842021-09-29T12:40:00.001+01:002021-09-29T12:40:06.827+01:00Festive Robin<p> I am waaaay behind with Christmas card making this year, so I need to make a few quickie ones to boost my stockpile. That's where Hunkydory's kits come in handy - these two cards are made using a kit from a few years ago. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD8GFp2vlawPUuP_K5rXjSbcVQlVboLwaLI2SAvGJqGJ7ZxEsdyfttvyRHzWYChzdq58Mb9oETMLOlQLpjbS-NhMPBeH-JD0Ih6GR7XfHmzCy152EAYsyg_a77RmfHZT4sg-LE-rtbgnq/s3120/IMG_20210929_094600_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3040" data-original-width="3120" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD8GFp2vlawPUuP_K5rXjSbcVQlVboLwaLI2SAvGJqGJ7ZxEsdyfttvyRHzWYChzdq58Mb9oETMLOlQLpjbS-NhMPBeH-JD0Ih6GR7XfHmzCy152EAYsyg_a77RmfHZT4sg-LE-rtbgnq/w640-h624/IMG_20210929_094600_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenO7D5hhuzqs0WtJk7kWOrRqzg17juUBkYkjfXaLscIrRKJhYfkewt1fR-78GbZSb7N-TNfaDFoaNYnUa4JZfKyRdcxLhS1aa0gnJwYWiOrlEpv9wlbe7MWRym4xBltZ1SS3uE-V2jKx5/s3021/IMG_20210929_094542_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="3021" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenO7D5hhuzqs0WtJk7kWOrRqzg17juUBkYkjfXaLscIrRKJhYfkewt1fR-78GbZSb7N-TNfaDFoaNYnUa4JZfKyRdcxLhS1aa0gnJwYWiOrlEpv9wlbe7MWRym4xBltZ1SS3uE-V2jKx5/w640-h432/IMG_20210929_094542_9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The first card uses half of one of the background card sheets plus an image, sentiment and frame from one of the die cut sheets. </p><p>The second uses the other half of the background, turned sideways, topped with a border from the die cut sheet. I then used a gold frame, the waste from another of the images on the sheet, and stuck a piece of paper of the same design taken from a Hunkydory "Little Book" behind it, trimming away the excess. I decoupaged the robin and foliage from a second sheet of the same design and attached it with 3D adhesive, overlapping the frame where necessary. Then I finished the card with a sentiment and embellishment, the last items left on the die cut sheet, and some teardrop shaped gold gems. </p><p>I am sharing these with </p><p><a href="https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/2021/09/september-rudolph-days.html" target="_blank">Rudolph Days</a> (Hooray, it's back!) at Scrappymo's </p><p>Christmas Cards All Year Round - <a href="https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2021/09/september-challenge-something-that.html" target="_blank">something beginning with R or S</a> (Robins) </p><p>Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge -<a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/chnc-challenge-561.html" target="_blank"> Anything goes </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-27231299956768316362021-09-29T09:10:00.003+01:002021-09-29T09:10:38.545+01:00Sunrise silhouette<p> I was inspired to make this card by a video I saw on Instagram of a card made using a stencilled sunburst behind a foliage silhouette. Different stamps, different stencil, but the impact is the same! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGhBOzGEuK9SBtO1xI6a8Baw3JG2D9iUx7fJhXVSODxEHVxFlq1jjTo65kNSMf03IOlBSyDGgntOplUY8jYDg5LWzLBCwGCHpOPCZ1kBZBjOSXQdYn0u_njBvA6-dOQf3jFlPEpO_z2nk/s2532/IMG_20210922_091437_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="2519" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGhBOzGEuK9SBtO1xI6a8Baw3JG2D9iUx7fJhXVSODxEHVxFlq1jjTo65kNSMf03IOlBSyDGgntOplUY8jYDg5LWzLBCwGCHpOPCZ1kBZBjOSXQdYn0u_njBvA6-dOQf3jFlPEpO_z2nk/w636-h640/IMG_20210922_091437_0.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I masked the lower part of the card, making sure the sentiment would fit, then stencilled the sunrise above it and stamped the silhouette (a very, very old Trish Bayley stamp) over it. Removed the mask, ruled a line across the card to ground the image, then stamped the sentiment - a stamp from a useful set I recently won in the Allsorts challenge - beneath the line. By happy coincidence, the sentiment is the right width to make it look as if the plants are springing out of the top of it! <div><br /></div><div>I am sharing this with </div><div><br /></div><div>AAA Cards - <a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2021/09/game-199-no-layers-optional-twist-hugs.html" target="_blank">no layers </a>(not using the optional twist) </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym5PN_bRA1Tp4l1uAR8ZtPl9KslUlkb3tN8EabSclHMXqcc5MgIKJ23AuNAUn9lph_TxsbvY6VMjlGlWiQOtEa2Ub0U88AErjCe8wANdAFALx000vFrtTvs6sE4m0FXoTZjx-G29CLlid/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym5PN_bRA1Tp4l1uAR8ZtPl9KslUlkb3tN8EabSclHMXqcc5MgIKJ23AuNAUn9lph_TxsbvY6VMjlGlWiQOtEa2Ub0U88AErjCe8wANdAFALx000vFrtTvs6sE4m0FXoTZjx-G29CLlid/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>Addicted to Stamps - <a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/challenge-415-die-cuts-andor-stencils.html" target="_blank">die cuts and/or stencils </a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA_GPvm6n60OCbt_lrR2tgvtKtYTIGggLBDeBKVaz3zExTW8q2HpXJtQUzuL6kE49Gvj8Z_AihaTYmpEdb4wk42YKLx6WICKcIv13rWAoiMgNJcYsQ478DR1CeZ_GnX-WYrQMGBRkCFI3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="400" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA_GPvm6n60OCbt_lrR2tgvtKtYTIGggLBDeBKVaz3zExTW8q2HpXJtQUzuL6kE49Gvj8Z_AihaTYmpEdb4wk42YKLx6WICKcIv13rWAoiMgNJcYsQ478DR1CeZ_GnX-WYrQMGBRkCFI3/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div>Allsorts Challenge - <a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/week-643-anything-goes-with-option-of.html" target="_blank">Anything goes/nature</a></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-58276208829421699332021-09-24T09:38:00.002+01:002021-09-24T09:38:53.095+01:00Better with age<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXw_w-D9RBUYeewIMOOtRX8op97mTpgb0Duzys-Q5bGltUk_o7bMQppfVBOA4-8TgaFuhw-rfLgfqeZtaLnIjtftDwFcz6C6lqbluPzIGNkgnlGtNALRM49iPHjJiAI1Cnz8GnripH2cm9/s2735/IMG_20210922_091455_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2735" data-original-width="2652" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXw_w-D9RBUYeewIMOOtRX8op97mTpgb0Duzys-Q5bGltUk_o7bMQppfVBOA4-8TgaFuhw-rfLgfqeZtaLnIjtftDwFcz6C6lqbluPzIGNkgnlGtNALRM49iPHjJiAI1Cnz8GnripH2cm9/w620-h640/IMG_20210922_091455_3.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The latest challenge at<a href="http://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/2021/09/soss-194-u-is-for-ugly.html" target="_blank"> the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers </a>is U is for Ugly. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_orvHGIl0otMvT6DeRWhXmx6jOwD46x4GzuZkkAysLFpevQD3mUEvzC5C6UqKX6yA1NoM8fDcpwzR8G-UNMqpEKRKCz05eNXFuVIPGsyxvfn9Shp4IQCKVXnfF1myzs5q3-PIkr9SOZOx/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_orvHGIl0otMvT6DeRWhXmx6jOwD46x4GzuZkkAysLFpevQD3mUEvzC5C6UqKX6yA1NoM8fDcpwzR8G-UNMqpEKRKCz05eNXFuVIPGsyxvfn9Shp4IQCKVXnfF1myzs5q3-PIkr9SOZOx/" width="240" /></a></div><br />I chose this delightfully ugly dog stamp from The Card Hut and teamed it with a Clearly Besotted sentiment that, although not directly saying it, certainly <i>implies </i>ugliness. I gave the dog a background of paper from an old V&A pad that I keep specifically for those times I need some ugly wallpaper on a card (you'd be surprised how often it happens!) and a scrap of woodgrain paper for a floor. <p></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-23708497898281699512021-09-23T08:51:00.002+01:002021-09-23T08:51:24.638+01:00A Slide and Lock card<p> I love making gatefold cards but they have an annoying tendency to spring open which can sometimes spoil the look of the outside. A belly band is sometimes the answer, but over at the butterfly Challenge, Mrs A has come up with a different solution, a sliding lock that slips over the two "gates" and becomes a feature of the card. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIGTlMahIiZSCGf5UcLs9wKmOe-H8sw1uFzCwC-F6rvH2yiKIFMSFnitraVA0rFkIzEHBhgLCNmWq5fr154R6z-CIFNI1c6ddZQ7j37eS7NjVtt2fAbI11lV7JbeMEk29tHvU2FCOTjre/s2586/IMG_20210919_091406_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2586" data-original-width="2537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIGTlMahIiZSCGf5UcLs9wKmOe-H8sw1uFzCwC-F6rvH2yiKIFMSFnitraVA0rFkIzEHBhgLCNmWq5fr154R6z-CIFNI1c6ddZQ7j37eS7NjVtt2fAbI11lV7JbeMEk29tHvU2FCOTjre/w628-h640/IMG_20210919_091406_3.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ifVMAG5d-_lMpJRKdBcs7ifitivWaHyklX175H7-UYxAYZCXxXE7TPKctjwBA-6CtV_dNU_GdvPXoIan3FgsTL7g8Wuvz_pcOqTF9xiqPvu23xyJVnXLd8dqkz5r6cMkbkm7Qf4OH3vO/s2698/IMG_20210919_091442_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2337" data-original-width="2698" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ifVMAG5d-_lMpJRKdBcs7ifitivWaHyklX175H7-UYxAYZCXxXE7TPKctjwBA-6CtV_dNU_GdvPXoIan3FgsTL7g8Wuvz_pcOqTF9xiqPvu23xyJVnXLd8dqkz5r6cMkbkm7Qf4OH3vO/w640-h554/IMG_20210919_091442_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Full instructions for making the card are over on the Butterfly Challenge blog. I used all the suggested colours, and cut the squares and circles with stitched edge dies so I've used all elements in the challenge this time. Not only that, but apart from the white card and the pink, of which I used an entire 12x12 sheet with no viable leftovers, every other element was made using complete pieces of card and paper from my snippets box - even that lovely Crafty Individuals paper on the inside which picks up the plain colours so perfectly. NOT A SINGLE SCRAP WENT BACK INTO MY SNIPPETS BOX!!!! I reckon that for me, that is some kind of a record! </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Butterfly Challenge - <a href="https://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/161-spin-butterfly-wheel-with-s-for.html" target="_blank">Spin the wheel with the latter S </a>(all elements used) </p><p>Pixie's Snippets Playground -<a href="http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2021/09/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-412.html" target="_blank"> Challenge 412</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054135301302642192.post-29802646921456633392021-09-22T09:38:00.003+01:002021-09-22T09:38:39.884+01:00Sparkling Congratulations <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__KiE3_Xwd2ifhBJMpJF4rbVyepfLA4rmoEtT2mLGW0eKYCMF8hCX4zeU3cbLmxS5X67bupuqIFQOM2ni6aVJUESencR4e35n0wA-DjB3hJUNt3xjDk0fX7qWB1Ulx4xl4X_JfOCnrGze/s2544/IMG_20210922_091509_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2505" data-original-width="2544" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__KiE3_Xwd2ifhBJMpJF4rbVyepfLA4rmoEtT2mLGW0eKYCMF8hCX4zeU3cbLmxS5X67bupuqIFQOM2ni6aVJUESencR4e35n0wA-DjB3hJUNt3xjDk0fX7qWB1Ulx4xl4X_JfOCnrGze/w640-h630/IMG_20210922_091509_7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This sparkly card is made using a Uniko stencil and pink and purple glitter pastes, using the pink on top, the purple at the bottom and blending the two together in the middle. I die cut the sentiment in pink, purple and white and stacked the three together so the sentiment has depth, and if viewed at an angle you can see the coloured layers. </p><p>I am sharing this with </p><p>Cardz 4 Gals - <a href="http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2021/09/155-stencils.html" target="_blank">use a stencil.</a> </p><p>Color Hues -<a href="https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/color-hues-26-purple-and-pink.html" target="_blank"> Purple and Pink</a> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaxqNvwDMQ0aIujG0iMEIh9NdLeU6Sc2r7w2gwLzC2-YkjrpCpAxcmp9TUrUGCD_ralmWrUIcj84dPzHX_wZ47P6LLYmGJRoSBBlGEkgX4vJN5SZfQnzEbb4zL5uQvgaVyhTxJbajI3i9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="326" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaxqNvwDMQ0aIujG0iMEIh9NdLeU6Sc2r7w2gwLzC2-YkjrpCpAxcmp9TUrUGCD_ralmWrUIcj84dPzHX_wZ47P6LLYmGJRoSBBlGEkgX4vJN5SZfQnzEbb4zL5uQvgaVyhTxJbajI3i9/" width="196" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.com6