Just For You

Hello, I realise that I have been absent in blogland for several weeks, but I am glad to report that I have finally got some time back and am able to return. My husband managed to break his elbow before Christmas, which was very traumatic for us both and meant I had to step up to the challenge of supporting him and taking on all his household chores. I have to say that it has definitely made me appreciate just how much he does, and it has also made me admire people who live on their own even more. Thankfully he is now on the mend and I am getting a bit more time for my hobby again. I hope to be able to visit you all more now too.

I recently found a number of foiled pieces that hadn't been made into cards, so decided to put that right. Here are 2 of them. This little basket of flowers is a hotfoil stamp by Couture Creations. After foiling I cut it out with a circle die and matted it onto a circle of metallic card. The white panel was diecut and embossed with a stitched square die. The sentiment, by Uniko, is stamped and clear heat embossed.

You can see the shine on the picture below:

The second card is made in exactly the same way, but I didn't have a piece of the blue glittery card big enough for a full mat so I just placed strips at the edge. I think it works.

I am sharing the first card at:

CAS on Friday #326 - Monochrome

I am sharing the second card at:

Inkspirational challenge 359 - shades of blue

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it. 

Card Chain Challenge December Reveal

Happy New Year, it will take me a while to get used to it being 2026, but as today is 2nd of January it is time for the Card Chain Challenge big reveal. This month (December) 20 card makers took part and I sent my card to Patricia in Texas. I signed up behind Patricia when I realised she has sent to me twice and I have never sent a card to her. Time to change that.

Our options this month were to use something NBUS, our 3 favourite colours and an animal, flower or fruit. I decided to get my December card made early and as luck would have it, I had just taken delivery of several dies and stamps from The Greetery.

Here is my card:

My favourite colour is green, so I have included various shades and also a touch of red and gold, just to help the green shine!

In order to soften the glare of the white card in the middle, I created a mask with one of the smaller dies from the set and lightly inked the area with wintergreen ink by Catherine Pooler. I then used an ALL & Create stencil to add some interest. The flower die is a paperwhite and the Greetings die is by A Pocket Full of Happiness. I cut the filigree border and the flower centres from mat gold card. I used the stencil to decorate the insert and the envelope. I also have the bitty holiday botanicals stamp and stencil set, so I was able to add a small paperwhite to the insert.

I was pleased with this one. I hope Patricia was too. It did take it's time to find Pat in Texas, but I am pleased to say that it arrived before the end of the month, although not in time for Christmas.

I was very lucky to receive this gorgeous card from Daja in Germany. My picture doesn't do it justice as it is an easel card and has some lovely shine on it. She also very generously enclosed some little gifts. Thanks Daja.

If you would like to take part in the next card chain challenge, you have until 6th to sign up here.

Life has been chaotic here recently so my time in blogland has been severely restricted. I hope that will change soon.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.