the atc's....they just keep coming

last week i had about 9 atc and stiggot books in the post, so today i thought i ought to get on and make my contribution and send them on.
 i also brought the perfect stamp for my hubby's birthday card.
we have 2 tortoises who live in our dining room.

i thought the sentiment was really nice, although i had to change the word turtle for tortoise for les, they look more like tortoises anyway.

this is another easel card, but i have scanned it flat.

the background is stamped with distress inks through sequine waste in 3 different colours. i also included a piece of the sequine waste as extra texture.

lovely dinner

hi world,

i am blogging really early tonight as i am being very lazy. les (hubby) has just made cornish pasties for dinner . .  and they were delicious and now amy (daughter no 2) and matt (daughter' no 2's boyfriend) are washing and wiping up, yay  . . . . no work!! we have had a bit of a tidy up and clear out today . .  even in the craft room, so i have not done much crafting today, but my desk is very tidy!!

here is the card i made for mum -in- law's birthday.







it is an easel card like the ones vicky makes on her blog (here's one i made earlier ).

the stamp is from a set i won from craft stamper on their givaways.

 i have been lucky in the past on winning freebies. it was  a set of mabel lucie attwell designs. 

 i have coloured it in with aqua promarkers and sakura pens, the edges are inked with distress inks and the flowers  are from . . .  somewhere!

i hope she likes it as it has an old fashioned feel to it. . .well she won't mind me saying that she is 84.

 i will definately make this type of card again they are very effective and stand up well.

see ya!

yet more atc's

hi world
well i have been busy making atc's again, but now i have finally finished a book for everyone on the lists (not even thinking of the postage!!!)

The theme here is quite obvious. . . trees, all the stamps I made using my imagepac stamp system, the top 2 were taken at Claverton Manor near Bath.

the bottom 3 are from Eastleigh rec where i live.

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These atc's have the theme of giggle, a bit different for me, as they are not really floral like a lot of my stuff is. 

While i was making these my daughter was clearing her room out and she put some stuff in my bin.

One thing was a bra she didn't like. . .  ahh, thinks I,  my next theme, as it is breast cancer month i decided to make some 'think pink' cards using bits from the bra. I think I like these the best, maybe because it is a cause i support. .  pardon the pun! the backing card was rescured from a birthday card.

I'm of to make a card for my mum in law, i think i will try an easel card like the one vicky made me for my birthday.

atc 's everywhere

hi world
today i decided i must get on with making the atc's for the uk stampers group.

i managed about 4 on sunday and today i made a few more today, here are some of them

it is hard to get started on these  with no ideas so i decided to have a theme. i joined the group at the artisan show so i thought i would only use the stamps i brought there . . simples!

the pink one and the hummingbird i didn't buy there, but i made them before i decided.

the buiding stamp is from crafty individuals,

the theme was sunset.

the next theme i choose was post cards. this is from a stamp set from germany which only cost about £4, brilliant value. the stamp of the lady is one i made with my new imagepac clear stamp maker  . .  it's brilliant much better than the old one, much easier to use. the 'stamps' are real postage stamps. only about another 15 to do.