12 Days of Sizzix – Day 1 Cards

Hi friends! Hope your week is going well? Mine is so-so but we do have some dry, sunny weather this week so that makes a pleasant change.  As for the crutches… yes I am still on crutches!!!  That makes seven months so far. :/  I am joining Bleubeard and Elizabeth over on Tea Stands for Tuesday as they are featuring a birthday card I sent back in April, but the [...]

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I Meant To Behave But There Were Too Many Other Options – Stamptember Tag

Hi friends! Hope your week is going well?  Do you remember the plums from my last post, well I defrosted some pastry today and I went out to the garden to pick the plums, with the idea of making a pie or tart, and all the plums were shriveled up and dead!!!  I can only put it down to the cold temperatures we have had over the last two days, [...]

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Orange is the New Black? September 2024 Calendar Journal and Tim Holtz Sizzix Live with Miss Lily

Hi friends! Look at me posting my September journal page and it’s only the 8th LOL  That might still be about eight days later than intended but it’s a whole lot quicker than the last few month’s pages!  How was your weekend?  Mine was SUNNY and DRY for a pleasant change and I spent a little time pottering in the garden.  Not for long, and not doing anything strenuous, I [...]

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Felix Says Boo! – #scrappy8challenge #sssmchallenge and AJJ September

Happy Friday! I hope your Friday is going well and that you have something fun planned for the weekend!  Wanderlust 2025 early bird pricing also went on sale yesterday and I had already decided, like with so many other things, not to do it next year, but then I also said that last year, haha, and then I look at the schedule, and the teachers, and the new format, and [...]

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She Was A Strange Little Girl – More Than Words September 2024 Challenge

Happy New Month! As it is the very first day of the month, I am excited to share my DT inspiration project for September at More Than Words with you.   This month’s challenge is all about making your inner child happy and I’m sure it’s probably obvious what would make mine happy! LOL There’s a few ways of interpreting this challenge, between letting your inner child play and fulfilling [...]

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And That’s A Wrap – August 2024

Welcome to this month’s wrap up! Here’s everything I’ve managed to achieve this month all in one place . . . So that was August . . . Yes I am STILL on crutches, come back in a month or so for any updates.  But at least I was able to get some arting done and catch up on a few challenges that I wanted to complete.  Also working my [...]

Go Tell The Bees August 2024 Calendar Journal

Hi friends! I completely forgot about this month’s calendar journal page, what will posting all the #seekgathercreate and other stuff,and now here we are at the end of August  – oops!  This will be my last post for this month though you’d expect it to be the first!  Anyway, let’s take a look at the art… Today’s art . . . This is my August calendar page, posting a little [...]

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Seek Gather Create August 2024 – Hubble Bubble Week 3 and Wicked Boo Week 4

Hello Friends! Well I’m sure you won’t believe but yes I am STILL on crutches…. for at least another month *sigh*.  Funny story, but actually not really, was that my car was due for service and MOT last week and they came to collect it and it wouldn’t start because of course not, no one had driven it for six months.  Then we got it jump-started and it wouldn’t move [...]

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18th Birthday Card for August Birthday

Hello Friends! I’m back with another birthday card for an August birthday!  This time it’s for an 18th birthday for female friend. This was not the card I planned to make but I really like how it turned out.  I had ordered a new stamp set but it didn’t arrive in time to use it on the card so I had to improvise, and after that I started to wonder [...]

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Scrappy 8 Challenge – Salt (August Prompt)

Hello Friends! I’m back with more of last week’s art journalling.  As mentioned in the previous post, I wanted to catch up with a challenge that I started but didn’t get to do due to injury. It’s a challenge called #Scrappy8 run by eight people for eight months on Instagram, February to September.  I started with the August page and then went back to February and worked forward. Today I [...]

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