Poinsettia Card.

 

I made this card using a set of Tim Holtz/Sizzix dies.  It has eight dies.  I die cut the outlines from some pale bronze coloured foil card.  Because the dies were a bit on the intricate side, I used some lunch paper on top of the card, just to make it easier to get all the tiny cut out bits out of the die.  I glued some very tiny gold Beadz in the center of the flower.  Yes I know they could have been done in yellow, however I  preferred gold Beadz!  The card is quite sparkly, but because I used my flash you can't see the sparkle.  The red flower is die cut using some lightweight sparkly card/paper.  The stamped words came from an SU stamp set I have.

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Something Cute!

I found this cute bloke, above, one night when I had gone to close the back door.  He was coming down the path towards me, so I ran inside and grabbed my camera to take this shot.  It was almost dark but I was able to get a decent photo of him by using my flash.

Abd here, below, is another cute bloke!  This is one of the baby ducks that comes here every day with his mum, Daisy, to be fed!  It's quite funny, Daisy hisses at me and vaguely threatens me.  The babies, there's 3,are not scared of me one bit and walk all over my feet and peck my toes!  They run to me when they hear my voice and are so cute!  This baby was sitting at my feet looking up at me when I took this photo.  There is another mother duck that comes each day, and she has 11 babies!  I feed them as well!  Oh, and there's also Chuck the male duck, whom I presume is the father of the three babies, and he comes every day too!  I feed them all!  Chuck and Daisy have been coming here every day since last Summer, and I feed them.

These two flowers are just a couple from  garden.  The above is one of my first Ixia's that has flowered.  I bought the bulbs early in the year.  Tere are also a couple of yellow ones, and I think a white one is about to flower.  I love Ixia's!

 These flowers, above, are some of my Freesias that are in full bloom right now.  Unfortunately we've had some heavy rain which almost flattens them.  However, once the sun comes out and it dries the flowers out, they bounce right back again!  I have all kinds of colours of these.

Ok, no cards today as I am a bit tired and just don't have the energy to craft. Soon...

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Make Your Own Background Paper!

 

I stamped some Christmas images (above) on to some white cardstock, using four different SU stamp sets.  Then I cut that stamped sheet into four equal sized pieces, and glued each piece onto some SU Poppy Parade card stock.

From there I adhered a piece of dotty red and white ribbon across the card front. (Below) I added a punched & embossed Poinsettia flower, with some green leaves.  (I couldn't find my Poinsettia die that had leaves so I used a random punch for the leaves.  The flower has sponge tape underneath to give it some dimension.  I swiped my white ink pad over the Poinsettia for some nice effects, and added some tiny yellow seed beadz to the center of the flower.

I glued the red card to some folded white card and the card was done!  I will stamp a greeting inside the card before posting. I made four of these.  I enjoyed making my own background paper and am sure I will make some more!

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Sparkly Snowflakes!

 Just one sparkly card today.  After I stamped and die cut the snowflakes,   I lay them face down on some Grafix Artist-Tac paper then after I lifted them off the paper, I sprinkled them with some fine clear glitter.  I like how they turned out and think I might try some other shapes!

Update on my health:  I am fine and no signs of having Covid:-)

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Bright and Easy Breezy Christmas Cards!

Still feeling angry and hurt by my friends comments she made to me yesterday, I have channeled my anger into creativity and  finished off the 'half made cards from yesterday.  I made them all using the SU Frosted Gingerbread stamps/dies.

I have chosen not to use 'traditional' colours - I am not motivated by red and green and all the usual Christmas colours at all!  I'm bucking the trend this year!  Although having already made lots of Christmas cards, those are in the traditional Christmas colours.  Lockdown is doing funny things to me!

Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day. As always, remember to be your authentic self and shine bright each and every day!

A Double Shock!

 I received a Covid alert message today saying I MAY have been in contact with Covid-19 at my local supermarket on the 5th of October.  That came as a complete shock to me.  I have been double vaccinated and I always wear a face mask and wash my hands after I come  home.  I don't go far and shop local.

But a bigger shock was to come.

I have a friend who lives close by who feeds my cats when I am in hospital.

I sent her a text saying I MAY have been exposed to Covid-19 and if so would she please come and feed Romeo IF I had to go in to managed isolation.

She has refused saying she wouldn't come and feed him!!  She refuses to get vaccinated against Covid, in spite of her husband having been vaccinated for it.  (I've had both my vaccines).

It was like a kick in the guts hearing her say she would not come to feed Romeo:-(  I am shocked and hurt, and disappointed.

This is someone I have known for most of my life.  But at least I know where I stand now.

She doesn't care less about my cat, Romeo.

Sorry this isn't a card - I have some half made, maybe tomorrow.  I just needed to get this out and on to paper, well, it's not really paper is it?!

Ok, thanks for reading this and letting me vent!  As always, be your authentic self and shine bright each and every day!

Some Random Cards...

I'm back with a few cards I made.  My heart isn't in it at the moment:-(  I am bored, depressed and sad.  Being in lockdown for so long is affecting my inspiration and creativity.  With nothing open and so many businesses either closed or completely closed down, life is boring:-(  We should get some news about places opening up next Monday, so I have my fingers and toes crossed!  Anyhow, these are a few cards I have managed to make.  The top and bottom cards were made using a SU stamp/die set called, "Frosted Gingerbread".  It's a fun set, I'm just low on inspiration right now!

The card above also uses an SU stamp/punch set called "Sweet Strawberry".  Another fun set.  I used and SU stamp pad called "Poppy Parade."  A yummy color!  I need to make sure my cards are straight when I photograph them!  None of these are!  You would think I was on a rocking ship photographing these! (I wasn't!)

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