christmas wreath and box

 

i know i am not doing many creations this christmas , but Lewis (my youngest) thought a flower wreath would be a nice gift for his teacher this year .. so we started to make it together ..he soon lost interest ... so this wek i have been making this wreath and the box for it to go into.

above is the top of the box, i have used the sketch over on ~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY 2 ~ sketch #190

(oh dear!!!! just seen i should have added buttons and ribbon to my creation!!)

used craftwork cards paper and circle sentiment, nestabilities circle and square dies, creative expressions flower and leaf dies , marianne holly dies, quickutz corner dies, finished with stickles glitter and H20s.

below is the flower wreath

used craftwork cards papers, some diecut flowers and card candy, various sizzix flower dies, ribbon, gems, brads from my stash ~ finished with stickles glitter.

x hope you are having a great weekend x

BROTHER...

 

well i know i wasn`t going to make any Christmas cards this year .. am on a crafting break but i thought i would make my Brother a  8 x8 card, that he can look at while still in hospital..

used the sketch over on SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY 2 #35

used Imagine That winter fun paper and "B" die cut, nestabilies label dies, memory box snowflake border and bauble dies, card candy, silver ribbon and thread from my stash , finsihed with a little stickles glitter.

below is a xmas card my mum has asked me to make for her hairdresser... so that is two card i have made!! used this wonderful saturated canary image and coloured with promarkers and spectrum noirs.

below is the back of the card

Now onto my trip over to California to see my brother , it is now six months since his accident..as you can see he is now breathing by himself, and we enjoyed a week of chat , and watched him have physio and speech therapy ..his long time memory is amazing ..but he still doesn`t understand what has happened to him..or that he now lives in America.. this  can be very upsetting for his wife...

this is the first time i met my brother , (after our 24 hour journey from England) he recognised me, with my husband and my nephew and niece ..i was able to wheel my brother out to this room (above), so we could all be together..

........and below in his room ..after spending 10 days with him, he is even waving here ...

my Brother is making slow progress, but amazing progress , what a fighter ... the next big step is looking for a kidney donor,as the medication he was given while in a coma has stopped his kidneys from working, so still having dialysis three times week ..

i am so very greatful that he is still with us, prayers and healing thoughts are still very much appreciated .. XX THANKYOU XX

merry christmas to you all

JUST TO SAY HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY (creative) NEW YEAR  !! ..and thankyou to all my crafting friends for visiting and leaving such lovely comments..see you in 2013  xxx

love,peace and joy

just loved making this christmas card..... used the sketch  by francesca over on :~
SUNDAY SKETCH AND STAMP #125

STAMPTACULAR SUNDAY CHALLENGE#182 ~BLING IT ON

2012 CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE WEEK #43 ~INSPIRATION PHOTO ( used colours)

FAB `N` FUNKY#140 ~STARTS WITH F ~ flower/fairy

FLUTTERBY WEDNESDAY#207~OPEN CHALLENGE

CREATIVE CARD CREW#20 ~PURPLE

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used pennyblack stamp, coloured with promarkers, elusive images word stamp, nestabilities circle dies, marianne holly die, crafts~too star embossing folder, crafttime purple glitter paper, card candy, papermania transparent/multi coloured gems, flower from stash, finished with lots of stickles glitter.

a merry little xmas

well spring is here and i am thinking about christmas cards???..need to make 60 or more that can be posted on a 1st class stamp (not large letter!!) so been having a play!!

to help with this have entered these challenges:~

WINTER WONDERLAND ~ A PHOTO INSPIRATION (WHITE WITH RED/WHITE WELLY BOOTS) ~ see my cards above

CHRISTMAS CARD WEEK#14 ~EMBOSSING (Used craftworkcards star embossed card stock)

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used LOTV christmas images, memory box snowflake corner die, nestabilities label die, studio g word stamp, glittered card from my stash (which doesn`t show up in the photos).

HELP NEEDED :~ when in my dashboard a blog keeps coming up that i am not following..not listed as "i`m following" ~(so cannot unfollow) not clicked on the blog link as worries about it , as it is not a craft blog, and the titles look very dodgy !!!! ~any help ~to get rid of it?? anyone else finding the same or has found the same???

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY CREATIVE BLOGGING FRIENDS.....THANKYOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LEAVE SUCH KIND COMMENTS!

thought i would share this family photo of myself, husband and our boys taken in October.

i will be back BOXING DAY with my DT card for CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS..for a blog hop and a small prize...... until then have a wonderful christmas time, wether at home or away!

santa`s midnight snack

well at last i can show my last christmas card..(well 2 really)

used the sketch over on :~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#132~51 (i won last week!!!)

STEMPEL~MAGIE#50 ~BINGO ~ RED&GREEN/XMAS/RIBBONS ( left to right diagonal)

CHARISMA CARDZ CHALLENGE#49~LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS MAKE

DUTCH DARE CARD#143 ~BINGO/TIC TAC TOE ~BLING/DIECUT/RIBBON (right column)

4 CRAFTY CHICKS#68 ~ CHRISTMAS CARD

CRAFTY CATZ WEEKLY#113 ~SANTA`S HAT

SWEET STAMPIN ~SPARKLE AND BLING

ONE STOP CRAFT#162 ~CHRSITMAS SPARKLE

CRAFTY HAZELNUTS#51 ~ANYTHING GOES

used basic grey xmas paper, whimsy santa`s midnight snack stamp, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities and kanban dies, ribbons/bling/bows from my stash ~finished with stickles glitter.

below is the fastest xmas card i have made ever ~ LOTV image diecut (used inside of card), crafts~too embossing folder, sizzix tree die, nestabilities label dies (for frame and "hole" on front of card), craftwork cards circle word die, finished with stickers and glitter...ideal for xmas cards next year !! (make large note to self..then won`t be still making cards a week before xmas day)

sunday morning again(6am) , and the house is still sleeping..so some me time....start checking that xmas "to do" list, now the xmas cards are made.....don`t forget tuesday is the last posting day!!!!..now of for a nice warm cup of tea and some dunky biscuits before the "madness" begins today!!!

naughty or nice ?

another christmas card to show today... forgot i had this image and never seen the light of day or been inked before!!..or this paper (no idea where it is from??)

used the sketch by barbara over on :~

SUNDAY SKETCH AND STAMP#85

STAMPTACULAR SUNDAY#142 ~CHRISTMAS GLITZ

CUPCAKE CRAFT#172 ~DON`T LOOK AT THE LIGHT (SPARKLE)

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY ~I`M DREAMING OF A RED AND GREEN CHRISTMAS

JOANNA SHEEN ~CHRISTMAS WISHES

PAPERPLAY CHALLENGE #WEEK 50 ~CHRISTMAS

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used some paper found in my stash,used high hopes ginger bread friends stamp, coloured with promarkers, cuddly buddly circle word stamp, kanban,nestabilities and quickutz various circle dies, quickutz swirl and photo corner dies, finished with lots of buttons from my stash,thread and ribbon,and plenty of stickles glitter (doesn`t show up so well in the pics!!)

well both my boys break up from school today after lunch for their xmas holidays..... i`m guessing little craft time for me now...still have a few cards to make....hope you are up to date with your card making.....oh yes and where is this snow??? ~yet again no snow down here on the dorset coast!!

jolly good time

here i am again ,yes another xmas card ..the card list is getting smaller..only two more to make.....

used the SKETCH over on :~

PENNYBLACK SATURDAY

SECRET CRAFTER#164 ~ ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

ONE STOP CRAFT#161 ~TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

CRAFTY HAZELNUTS CHRISTMAS# 50 ~TRADITIONAL COLOURS

BASIC GREY#59 ~ANYTHING GOES

PAPER SUNDEAS#99 ~ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

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used basicgrey wassail noel paper, various pennyblack clear stamps, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities label dies, quickutz pionsettia dies, sizzix corner die, finished with card candy and stickles glitter.

below is a picture of my lewis (aged 7) at his christmas concert yesterday, he was a carol singer at the front ~in the story of scrouge..... it was just amazing!!! (sorry about the red eyes~MIL took the photo on her camera!)

well must get back to making the last few xmas cards to do!!

CSF#40 ~ CHRISTMAS

cannot believe it is MONDAY MORNING again and time for a new challenge at CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS ~#40 ~CHRISTMAS!! nice and easy that one ~if like me you still have christmas cards to make.... here is your chance to make another one!!!

used the sketch over on:~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#131

CRAFTY CATZ WEEKLY#112 ~ANYTHING GOES

CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES~C4C117 ~IT`S SANTA

CES#65 ~TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

used my minds eye xmas glittered papers, adorable images, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities circle dies, sizzix tree die, card candy, ribbon, bows and glittered vellum from my stash, finished with glitter.

beginning of the week and the last school week for my boys until christmas count down starts!! ~lewis has his school concert on tuesday (must remember to take photos!) ~his last one at his first school ~next year he moves onto middle school and they don`t do these parent concerts!!
whatever you are doing this week enjoy..and hope you get your christmas cards/gift packages made in time!!

celebrate the christmas lights ~ dad!!

a strange title you may ask?? well we had fun finding/buying xmas tree lights to work this year..the upside is i now have lovely twinkling lights hanging up at my front window and small warm white lights on my tree!!!..thankyou DH..you are a star..and sorry we all laughed at your first buy of tree lights!!(they are hanging up in the window ~which is because they are icicle style)..so this is the xmas card i have made for the boys to give their dad!!

used the fab sketch over on:~

STAMP WITH FUN

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS#129 ~MAGA CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

HANNA AND FRIENDS#123 ~WINTER CARD

CUTE CARD THURSDAY#194~ANYTHING GOES

JUST MAGNOLIA AND HANGLAR& STANGLAR ~"I`M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS"

STAMPIN FOR THE WEEKEND#22 ~CHRISTMAS

WINTER WONDERLAND ~LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

ALPHABET CHALLENGE ~ W FOR WHITE CHRISTMAS

used my minds eye xmas paper, magnolia edwin and snow scene background stamps, coloured with promarkers, kanban word stamp, sizzix snowflake dies, nestabilities oval dies, finished with lots and lots of different white stickles glitters!!!

well here is the tree..not so good in day light is it???..will try a night time one soon..if i can get my camera to do night time!! have a wonderful saturday...only 2 weeks until christmas eve..and i am very slowly ticking off my to do xmas list..and i mean very slowly!!

have yourself a merry little christmas

another christmas card again today ~ a bit of glitter and sparkle !

used the sketch over on :~

OUR CREATIVE CORNER ~"DECORATE IT"!!

LILI OF THE VALLEY#124 ~ PINK/WHITE/SILVER

STAMP & FUNN=CREATIVITY#76~PEARLS

ABC CHRISTMAS ~Y FOR YIPPEE (ANYTHING CHRISTMASSY)

SIMON SAYS ....CHRISTMAS MONTAGE INSPIRATION

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used LOTV stamp, coloured with promarkers, pennyblack word stamp, cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder on different silver card, quickutz photo corner die, magnolia swirl die, pink/siver glitter and wide clear /silver glitter ribbons from my stash, as are the pink pearls. finished with stickles glitter.

well the sun is out here with a blue sky, but a bit chilly...and we have man flu in the house at the moment!! enjoy your friday!!!..nearly the weekend!

ST NICK will soon be here....

one more xmas card made..used the lovely sketch over on :~

SWEET SUNDAY SKETCH ~SSSC146

PAPER SUNDEAS#98 ~sundae bar~ toppings:~ red/stripes/die cuts/stitching ~i used ~red/stripes/die cuts

CREATIVE CARD CREW ~ `TIS THE SEASON

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY ~ANYTHING GOES

MY TIME TO CRAFT#168 ~VINTAGE CHRISTMAS

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used my minds eye xmas paper, molly blooms stamps, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities cirle dies, quickutz poinsettia die, magnolia swirl die, sizzix corner die, stampin`up scalloped edged punch, finished with card candy and lace from my stash.

another christmas card ticked off the list..... do love these molly bloom xmas stamps and my minds eye glittered paper ( just found at the back of my 12x12 paper cupboard~really need to get a unit to stack them in ~ i have so many papers not being seen/used)