Autumn Dog ........

Can you tell I just love this little doggy, (from squigglefly)

The last one was black and white, this time I have coloured him with my

water colour pencils (no water tho).

I followed Penny's challenges sketch,

The theme of Autumn from Fun With Shapes,

Autumn days Theme from Allsort's,

and Punches or die cuts from Dare u2 Digi,

I even coloured the dear little pooch in white and then a few strokes of grey

The leaves that make the frame and in each corner are all hand punched and glued individually.

Right, I am of to knit for the evening,

So back tomorrow with more crafty bits,

Thanks for popping by,

Hugs

Angie

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Black 'n' White Elegance ....

Oh my, where has today gone to?

I have made this elegant card this morning,

something a little different, not only black & white but the fold as well.

The gorgeous doggy comes from Squigglefly,

The Paper comes from Kaboodledoodles,

The theme is Black & White at Squigglefly,

Animals theme at Stampavie & more,

Animal antics theme at Saturday Challenge.

I think this cute dog has been up to something with that look on his face, lol

Thanks for looking

hugs

Angie

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Honoured to receive this award

Thank You so much Liz from Lace Ribbons Buttons & Bows

for this wonderful award,

I am truly honoured to receive it,

Please if you can pop over to Liz's Blog

and take a look at her awesome work.

And if you are one of my lovely followers and commenter's

please take this award with my love.

Thanks Liz, means the world to me.

Back later today with craftyness.

Hugs

Angie

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Hummingbird Heaven

For my last card of today, I did this beautiful hummingbird,

stamped and embossed in gold.

I used the Lili of the Valley sketch,

Funky Fairy Papers and theme of doodles (see stitching on card)

and Paperplay's theme of spots.

I hand drew all the stitching around all pieces on the cards,

and added a couple of flower gems in blue to match the colour scheme.

Back tomorrow with more craftyness,

Thanks for popping,

means a lot to receive the lovely comments.

I appreciate them all.

Hugs

Angie

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Cuttlebug Centrepiece

For my centrepiece for this weeks Cuttlebug challenge,

I made this lovely flower holder for the centre of the table.

you will have to excuse the artificial flowers I have used as I don't get

real flowers given to me any more (sob, sob, sob - lol)

I carried on with the theme of the bells I have been using this month for

Cuttlebug challenges, and embossed with my cuttle bug folder the centre of the bells.

added 3 mini bouquets of flowers, one to each bell.

This is made around a small beaker I was going to throw away so is also

recycling, which I like to do.

Thanks for looking,

Back later with another crafty item.

Hugs

Angie

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Flowers & Butterfly Card

This is a card I made today in between making something else which

I will post a little bit later

For this card I used miniature artificial flowers and roses,

I followed the sketch from Carol's Sketch Fun,

Theme from Danni's Dreams,

and colours from The Colour Dare

Above you can see a close up of the pretty flowers and butterflys.

and below is the inside, which is a a lilac embossed butterfly.

Thank You for looking,

Will be back later with another crafty item.

Hugs

Angie

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Nice Mr Posty came today with ..........

Nice Mr Posty came today with this wonderful candy that I won

a couple of weeks back from Bumblebee Creations

Thank You so much, going to enjoy using these.

Hugs

Angie

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Sneak Peek ...........

Here is the sneak peek I promised you yesterday,

but I can not reveal all till this time next week,

you will have to pop back next Tuesday to see all.

Hugs

Angie

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Some fabulous blog candy,....

Please pop over to Indiana Inking,

and Donna has some fabulous candy

runs till the 4th October.

Go support Donna, and you might be a lucky winner.

sporting sketch,

Today's crafting ended up with a card that I am happy with,

I used my new stamp from Whimsy, and water coloured it,

the marbles grey background and sport ball paper are from my stash.

There is a little stop watch at the bottom of the baseball player.

I followed the sketch over at papertake weekly,

the theme of sport from Charisma Cardz,

Stitching (faux) from Simon Says,

and Whimsy's challenge this week is eyelets, I don't have any

eyelets or the tools to do them with, so I drew eyelets on,

not sure if it will count, but hey worth a try. lol.

It sure feels good getting back to card making,

my shoulder is good now, so hopefully will be to normal with lots of posts etc.

Thanks for looking,

Hugs

Angie

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Awwwwwww No One missed me,,,,,

Oh well,

no one missed me over the last couple of days,

all weekend I have been cleaning, bleaching, scrubbing,

and decluttering my house,

Today I made time to craft,

I made a couple of cards,

one you can have a sneak peek of later as can't show it yet,

and the other you will see as soon as my son uploads

the photo's of my phone, as being no techy I am not sure

how to it properly.

Back later if there is anyone left out there that's missed me.

Hugs

Angie

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Beanie Hats times 2,

I finished of one of these by sewing in the ends,

and finished crocheting the other this evening.

so a good productive day after all.

My son has nicked one of them, and the other I have put on ebay for sale.

They are crocheted with a acrylic aran wool.

will fit from approx 11 year old to most adults including men.

Thanks for looking,

I am now of a lovely hot long bath, then might start knitting

a Mr Bump.

Have a great weekend,

Hugs

Angie

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What a lovely day,

Well, it is a lovely day, I nipped out to Tesco's this morning,

bumped into a friend and ended up in Pizza Hut for lunch,

I won't be eating tonight, but must admit have remembered why we don't go in

Pizza Hut anymore, apart from the prices, the staff have forgotten manners,

and customer service is rubbish, what happened to the days where the customers

where priority and you had to serve with a smile?

I did make this wonderful card for a order I have of a regular customer.

this card is decoupaged, inside and out.

The papers came from crafters companion vintage times floral disc.

Am of to catch up on housework I haven't done,

and maybe some knitting to get that bad unicorn out of my mind.

Might manage to fit in another card today, but if not will be card making again

tomorrow.

Hope you all have the most wonderful weekend.

thanks for stopping by,

it means so much to me.

The above card is being entered into the challenges over at -

In the Cottage Studio - Inside & Out

Crafty Cardmakers - 3d

Penny's Challenges - Bird

hugs

Angie

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Pink ELephants..........

I have been having fun today, getting back to crafting,

For this card, I wanted to try a new shape, and my new digi image,

this fabulous elephant is a new digi image that I bought from

Ellephantasticcards

I used water colours on both of my elephants,

The second elephant is used on the inside as a pop up,

this is the first pop up card like this I have done,

I did it for the decorate the inside challenge over at

creativecardcrew.

Thanks for looking,

might be back a little later with another card I am working,

that is for a order I received yesterday.

hugs

Angie

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Yehaaaaa I am back crafting, but can ya guess what it is?

Today I have finished off this knitted creation, can you tell what it is?

Can you tell that I am not happy with it?

Its meant to be a unicorn,

but I don't like it, I am hoping someone out there will buy him,

to help with the labrador rescue charity that I support.

He is approx 13" long, and approx 11" high from the tip of his horn to the bottom

of his feet.

I have made a card as well,

but I can not show that one as the person who ordered it does not

want the photo's I used of her children shown on here.

so you will have to wait for a card.

Hugs

Angie

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I cant stand it no more .........

I can't stand not crafting anymore,

Not that I would have had time to today anyways,

It all started when my youngest didnt feel well enough to go to school,

so I knew it was going to be a pestered day,

then this afternoon, a man (who I knew) came to use my phone as he had found a man layin in a garden and couldnt find anyone else in, so he could ring the police,

well it ended up that the unknown man was in my friends garden,

so I rang her and found her daughter home who freaked out when I told her to not panic and that there was a man in the front garden, she started screaming, so I started running and went to her, (not a pretty sight me running - lol)

the police, ambulance and air ambulance arrived at the house the same time I did,

I only had to run about ten houses down the road,

she came back with me after I had calmed her down,

it ended up the man was asleep in her garden as he had been drinking,

and was homeless and didnt know what to do as he was Russian,

My shoulder feels a lot better today,

so I might sneak in a bit of crafting tom,

I have a fantastic finish to my day, I found out I won the Tuesday Taggers

challenge, and will be a guest dt on there soon,

so watch this space.

Hope your all well,

hugs

Angie

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No Crafting but had a wonderful day ......

Started off by thinking my friend Holly and I was going for a frappucino

and we took a deter to the 'cheap shop' (yes thats what its called) at Tiptree, in Essex. (not far from where we live).

As you can see we had a laugh,

this is my friend Holly's first time in there, (its like Aladin's cave)

it doesn't look much from the outside but wait till you go inside.

they do everything, from card making items, material, wool, patterns, etc etc,

The above photo is Holly falling in love cuddling some awesome wool

that she found there, awesomeisms as my son would say.

I was ever so good I bought a couple of mini canvases, and some wool in

cotton to crochet some dishcloth's from.

On the way home we detered into Franky and Bennie's for a fantastic dinner.

Hoping to be able to craft tomorrow.

Thanks for a great day Holly.

Hugs

Angie

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KABOODLES CHALLENGE #14 DT CARD

Hi, Hope you have a great weekend,

I had a lazy one, as meant to be resting my shoulder so did not craft

much at all.

Today at Kaboodledoodles is a new challenge.

Challenge #14 is a recipe challenge submitted by our team member Irit.

Recipe
1 solid cardstock
2 patterned papers
3 embelishments
use a digital image

The design team used images from our sponsor this week - Softpencil - who has kindly offered 5 digital images for our prize for this challenge! Be sure to stop by the Softpencil blog as well.

I used two papers from Kaboodles and the lovely digi image from Softpencil which I watercoloured.

I used my two favourite colours at the moment which is pink and cream.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges

Corrosive Challenge - Kids Birthday

Stamp Something - Favourite Colours

Saturday Challenge - Girly

La La Land - 3 Embellishments

Simon Says - Recipe

looking forward to seeing your lovely creations in our new challenge,

hugs

Angie

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Miniboox Bell Album,

Today I made this little miniboox Bell shaped album,

I just had to use my new glitter girls miniboox board that arrived today.

and made this little bell shaped album,

I embossed the centre of the front and back of the album with my cuttlebug

folder, and added a die cut rose.

In the centre there are plain pages shaped in bell,

and a ribbon tied down the spine of the album.

I am entering this into the cuttlebug challenge which is mini album.

Thanks for looking,

hoping your all having a super day.

Hugs

Angie

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I know I shouldn't have, but I just had to

I know I should be resting, but I just had to make a card,

and here is the results,

I am also entering it in multiple challenges so see list at end of which ones.

I stamped and embossed the guitar and little music swirl.

then followed Carol's Sketch.

The challenges are :-

Carol's Sketch Fun - Sketch

Saturday Challenge - Teenage Boys

Fun With Shapes - Just a Note

Magic in the Air - Emboss

Treehouse - Round Corners

I am of to rest my arm now,

maybe back later today with another,

if not will do a card tomorrow.

Hugs

Angie

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Good Morning, and a question?

Good Morning All,

I have a question for you,

if you don't mind helping me please,

I adore digi images, but when I go to water colour them,

the ink I printed them with tends to bleed as well.

I have a Hewlett Packard c280 all in one printer.

I use 200 gram plus paper for the images.

Can anyone please tell me what I can do to stop the ink from bleeding.

as I love to water colour not just using my pens instead.

Thanks for taking the time to read,

and for your answers.

Hugs

Angie

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Update on Doctors visit

Well thanks to my friend,

I went to the doctors and stayed for my injection,

I can already move my arm better without the stinging pain I used to have,

but its very achy and sore at the moment,

the doctor said it will be very stiff for a couple of days,

but to rest it and then get back to normal asap after that.

So I might not be crafting for a couple of days depending on

how my shoulder and arm react to the steroids.

I am hoping that I can, as I cant cope without my crafting.

will still be blog hopping tho,

so still able to leave comments.

hugs

Angie

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Just to let you know,

I am of to the doctors this morning,

to get my shoulder sorted,

should be having a steroid injection in it.

I am so nervous etc, as I hate injections, dont like the thought of

needles, hence why I have never had a tattoo either.

Not sure of the effects,

so I might not be crafting today,

but if I am ok, I will be back crafting.

Have a great day everyone.

Hugs

Angie

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Had lovely day .....

Well as you can see by not many posts today, I have been busy,

I went out with my mum and dad, and got myself some more white card to stamp on,

and bought a 12 x 12 scrap album ready to do for them for a christmas gift.

They then went and got their holiday pictures, so I borrowed the disc and

now have nearly 300 photos to choose from to put in their album.

After I got back, I started on this recycling project,

and tied it in with a few challenges as usual. (see list at bottom of post)

This vase started its life as a fruit juice carton,

I cut of the top, then covered it in funkyfairy paper,

punched the scalloped edges on the green paper.

I stamped one of my favourite images, and water coloured her.

then cut the edges with my scallop scissors, and distressed them with pale green.

Becouse these are water proofed this would make a lovely flower container as a

little extra to give when giving a bunch of flowers.

The challenges are -

Whimsy Monthly - Distressing

Die Cuts R Us - Anything (including punches or die cuts)

Stampavie and more = Think Pink

Funky Fairy - Recycle

Cute Card Thurs - Pink & Green

Penny's Challenges - Scallops

Thanks for looking,

Hugs

Angie

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This is a fun way to enter for candy, I just had to do it, so why dont you have a try?

The blog candy is over at Ellephantastic Cards

to celebrate Helen opening her online store,

http://ellephantasticcards.blogspot.com

All you have to do is pop over and read the instructions,

my example is above, tee hee hee.

Hugs

Angie

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New Shop Opened - Go Visit

MY DEAR FRIEND HELEN FROM ELLEPHANTASTIC

HAS OPENED UP HER NEW ONLINE SHOP

SO PLEASE GO VISIT

SHE HAS SOME LOVELY DIGI IMAGES TO BUY.

http://www.ellephantastic.co.uk/

I WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS WITH IT HELEN.

HUGS

ANGIE

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3D Christmas Card

The base card is a hammered white, to give more effect of snow,

I printed and hand cut the decoupaged victorian scene from Cute Companions,

Decoupaged it up using pinflair glue gel.

then when that had dried, I mounted it on silver mirri board.

I have a green ribbon with christmas sentiment running acroos the silver mirri

board strip, and 3 green shiney stars in the top right hand corner.

I have added sparkles to lots of different places where the snow has

mounted up.

(this looks miles better in real life - its raining still cant get a good photo.)

the door even opens to show the inside of the shop as well.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Tuesday Morning Sketches - RIBBON

The Crafty Pad - Christmas Sparkle

Winter Wonderland - Vintage Christmas

Penny's Challenge - Sketch

In The Cottage Studio - Wood Grain (see the doors)

Thanks for looking,

No More posts today as going to play the wii or knit.

Hugs

Angie

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Oriental A4 Birthday Card

Another quicky that I made this morning,

A large A4 oriental birthday card,

This card was made up with a A3 piece of card folded in half,

then the front half folded back on itself.

then using a oriental backing sheet made the insert.

for the front panel I used two oriental coins and a smaller card front

mounted onto gold mirri board.

This is for the Oriental challenge over at Simon Says.

So glad they said you dont need to have a oriental stamp to join in,

as I dont have any yet, but will shortly as won a lovely set from Carol's Sketch Fun Challenge.

Thanks for looking,

Back again later with more.

Hugs

Angie

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A Simple Card and a Gift Bag

It is horrible here today, Rain, Rain, and more Rain,

so apologies for the photo's as cant go outside to take nice ones.

spent the morning crafting,

here is the first things that I have made,

Its a matching card and little gift bag,(ideal for earrings, rings etc.)

I used my cuttlebug folder to emboss the die cut scalloped oval,

on both the card and the little bag, then added the peel off words with love and

a couple of hearts.

The other oval has a little bouquet of artificial flowers on it.

These are being entered into the challenges over at

Cuttlebug - Matching card and Gift Box/Bag

ABC - Die Cuts

Tuesday Taggers - Die Cuts

Crafty Creations - Embossing

thank you for looking,

Back later with some more crafty bits

Hugs

Angie

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