Happy New Year!

These first two cards were inspired by Jo Rice from Lavinia Stamps. I love the simplicity of these cads and ha fun creating them.

The card below is one I made for a friends Birthday. It measures 5x5 inches. I used a sheet of the new Scene Scapes papers from Lavinia. It has some sparkle on it, but I don't think you can see it. I used a clear Wink of Stella pen on the wings. The sentiment is one of Suzanne Canons beautiful creations. I love her Calligraphy!

The last card below, was inspired by Eileen Godwin. I used one of Lavinia's sticker stencil for the large Hare in the background. I hope you can see him, he is very pale. Then I used the stamp that matches that image. I finished the card by placing it on a black piece of cardstock, That was after I had taken this photo! I had fun creating these cards, but was 'interrupted' with some health issues. Long story short, I was unwell NYE and had the Ambulance here twice in one day, and ended up  in hospital for a few hours while they did some tests. I am VERY happy to be home and to get back to my artwork!  (The cats are also very happy to have home!) 

Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

 

Two Christmas Cards!

I found a quick video from Jo Rice (Lavinia Stamps) on making these cards. She used Kraft cardstock, I have used Soft Suede from Stampin' up! One of my all time fave colours from SU! They really were quick and easy to make. All Lavinia stamps.

Now I have a head start for next Christmas, and hopefully won't have the same stress I had this Christmas. I had a quiet Christmas day and it was really nice. I had absolutely no stress in making thee cards, I made them because I 'wanted' to, not because I 'had' to. I might make some more cards today, I'll see how it goes! I hope your Christmas was fun and full of all the good happy things! Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

Merry Christmas!

Here's a little face cloth Bunny I made for a friends Birthday. The box underneath has a bar of Lavender soap inside. Her Birthday is in about ten days, and I will be posting it to her, as she lives 3 1/2 hours North. I used to make these a few years ago and old heaps of them. They're fun, and easy to make! Thanks for dropping by! Wishing you all a Happy Holiday Season! Stay safe and healthy! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

Santa's Sweet Sleigh!

 

I made this sleigh yesterday. Gathering together different sweets, I used strong glue dots to hold everything together. To begin with, I added a small piece of red cardstock and attached the two candy canes using glue dots. Then I just added small packs of various sweets. I stamped and cut out the Santa image and coloured him using some markers. I "bent" Santa a the waist(or where I assumed his waist was, hard to tell with a plump cuddly Santa!) and once again attached him to the stack of sweets. I punched  a tiny hole in his mittens and added the gold cord.  I learnt a few things along the way,  and will make more of these as gifts. This was oodles of fun to create! Instead of a stamped image of Santa, you could use a small Santa ornament. Below is a photo of the sweets all stacked up ready for Santa to be placed on top! I'm going to check the $2 Shop today, to see if I can find some small Reindeer so I can add them to the Sleigh! That's the plan anyway!

And YES! I admit it, a couple of those mini Milky Way bars were consumed by me as I was creating this! Well I had to make sure they tasted ok...! Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self and shine bright each and every day!

Here's Why I'm On Santa's Naughty List!

These are some of the items I purchased recently, the ones that got me on Santa's Naughty List!  

I love the style of writing on the stamps above. There are also matching dies in behind the stamps. 

Above and below are a set of banner dies. Five different sentiments. "Merry Wishes", "Let it Snow", "Happy Holidays", "Peace Love Joy," and "Merry and Bright".

The die below is called, Dashed Rhombus, and it perforates the card an cuts out the edges on all sides.

 

  The stencils I used on the card below is also new, so I am still learning how to use them!

 

Below is a new background stencil, called Snowy, I think. I also used the Dashed Rhombus stencil on the card. I popped the card (above) up on some foam tape then on to a folded white card. Below is what the Snowy stencil looks like. You can see what the Dashed Rhombus looks like, below. 

What is this, (below) you maybe asking! A good question! I also bought a Grip Mat, which is 8 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches, I think. OMG! It holds my stencils SO well while I'm using them! I really wasn't sure about it at first, but after watching a few videos on using them, I decided to get one. I chose this size because as well as the postage collage stencils, I have some bigger size ones, and  wanted to be able to use them with Grip Mat too. I love this tool! I have mine stuck to the lid of my stamping tool. The lid is detachable so it works well. I also clean the stencil I used with a damp cloth while it is still stuck to the mat. I find it easier than taking the stencil to the laundry to have to clean it. So that's what the photo below is! Hard to see it I know.

I still have a couple of things to come, but they may not arrive until net week, if I'm lucky! As far as I'm concerned, these are my Birthday gift to myself! Yes, it's my Birthday today- all day! Yesterday my beautiful boy, Romeo-Valentino, had his 15th Birthday, so we've had a 48 hour celebration!  So much fun! And on the topic of Birthdays, a big thank you to Andrea for the voucher she gave me to spend at Lavinia Stamps! (Yes, I still love Lavinia Stamps, and I love other brands of stamps too!) That was such an awesome surprise!  My laptop is doing some seriously weird annoying things as I am doing this post. I am a cat's whisker away from biffing it out the window!! I had 'issues' loading the photo's, it kept deleting them as I was loading them. On  top of that,  the space bar is a sensitive wee thing and will only put a space between words if  I press it directly in the center of the bar! And for some obscure reason sometimes it jumps up a line and before I now it I am writing in the middle of the sentence one line above! Grrr! I really don't want to have to buy anew laptop, or Santa will have me on his Naughty List for the next ten years! Ok, thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHNE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

I'm On Sana's Naughty List!

I stamped the (new) houses on some wooden stars, and coloured them using Posca's and water colour pencils. Lot's of fun creating these! I used Texture paste for the snow, it works really well for that. Before the paste was dry I sprinkled on a tiny bit of silver glitter. 

A couple of quick postage collage cards. On the card above I used a mix of the Poinsettia set, and the Gingerbread set. The snowflake was a free die I got with the Gingerbread set. It's just the right size for these cards!

So, yesterday I discovered that several craft places were having online 75% off Christmas sales! It was too tempting to resist... so I went shopping! My poor bank balance! Now I just wait for things o arrive in the mail! Then I had to go out to buy some ew summer thongs (Jandals) as my old ones were wearing out, and had become dangerous because they were too loose. Now for 99% of people, you just walk in to a shoe store and choose a pair of shoes off the shelf.  Not so for me! I have very small feet, and have big trouble finding something I like, that actually fits. I spent about 45 minutes in the shoe shop trying on multiple pairs of shoes. Everything was too big, too loose. Luckily I did eventually find a pair that fit, were comfortable, and I liked them. And they were on a 75% off the original price sale, as the craft stuff I bought online was!! So this is why I'm sure I'm on Santa's Naughty List - spending too much money! Ok, that's it for today. Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

THANK YOU ANONYMOUS!!

 Thanks to 'Anonymous', I found the deleted post and have restored it! I will remember how to do it incase I do it again! It was an older post that I wanted to add an update, but somehow managed to delete it, oops! Sanity restored! Thank you Andrea...I think?!