Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year May 2017 be a good year for everyone from Gloria

Good afternoon everyone. I am  back today with the member showcase I mentioned yesterday. I first heard about it in an email from Rita (Mold II club), who had just had another of her cards & letter published, as had Annette (also Mold II club). Then a little later I heard from Carolyn (of Mold II club) with more news. Here is Rita's letter & card; a nice mention of the club there, Rita! Here is Annette's letter & card; I do't know about Harry aged 7 I have a "mature" son who is mad about Minions - he would have loved it too This post is about a hat trick - so here is the third letter & card that was published; Well did you ever -- I got one published as well! I think it was Annette that suggested that I send the card in - so thank you Annette. Well done once again to Rita & Annette for their success not just this time but throughout the year. Hope to see more of your work in 2017. OK - that's...

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Good evening ladies. Oh my goodness I do hope you are all keeping well wrapped in this very cold spell today & more is forecast for the next couple of days.  Do, also, take care if you are out driving in these conditions. I have given this post the title I have because I have had emails today from Rita & Carolyn (both of Mold II club) about some member showcase news. I have been sent some information about it & as soon as I can get it onto my computer to blog it I will.  Probably tomorrow sometime.  It is a slightly bigger showcase than usual. Just thought I would raise your curiosity. 'Bye for now.

Good evening everyone. I do hope you all had a lovely Christmas & that Santa brought you all that you had wished for. Today I have the last set of Christmas cards that I made, to show you.  It is the last set - but after that I have one more card to show you & that will be the one I made for Bob.  Perhaps tomorrow. Earlier today I started on birthday cards for friends & family who have birthdays in January.  I love the Christmas season but when so many cards have to be made I do feel at the ed of it that I don't want to see another snowy scene or snow flake or Christmas tree. But it won't last long & then I will start wondering what I will do for 2017 Christmas. So now the flowers can come out again & perhaps some "different" images.  I am quite looking forward to what 2017 will bring in ideas & techiques. That is me for today. 'Bye for now.

Merry Christmas to you all Have a wonderful time best wishes from Gloria.

Today is not only Christmas Eve - 24 December but it is also the birthday of a Mold II club member Happy birthday Dot Enjoy your day!

Good morning ladies This morning the member showcase is from Rita of Mold II who has just had another of her cards featured in a current magazine; Well done Rita We are all looking forward to seeing your work continuing to be featured during 2017.

Hi everyone Earlier I asked Bob if he would check the instructions on how to leave a comment & then leave one for me.  He was successful. But he noticed a difference in the wording o my tutorial & the actual screen.  I had stated that when you had typed your comment to select the "post as" box, & then select Anonymous & then click on "post comment".  The option in that box now reads - "Publish". I have accordingly changed the tutorial & the change is marked in red. I will also repeat here - that your comment does not immediately appear in the bllog.  It appears in a list of comments that only I can see & I have to select it to be published. I chose this method because there used to be people who would come across blogs like ours & then leave unconnected & sometimes unpleasant comments.  This way none of them get through to your pages of the blog. Another recent problem was that Blogger - through whom I create the...

Hi ladies Sylvia of Mold II club has been trying to leave a comment on the blog & has had problems - so she sent me an email.  Here is her message .... "Hi Gloria Tried to leave message on your craft page but as usual with me, couldn't figure it out. Just to wish you and all the Mold II members a Merry Christmas and healthy and happy 2017. Sylvia" I am still looking into why some of you have problems leaving comments o the blog.

Good afternoon ladies Just popping in with a couple more of my cards to show you. I think apart from the one for Bob - most of the remaining cards I have to show you are all Card-io style. I still have a few more as well. 'Bye for now.

Today is 20 December & a Mod II club member has a birthday Happy Birthday Chris enjoy your day!

Good evening ladies This evening I have a couple more of my Christmas creations to show you; This Christmas wreath was part of a freebie set on a magazine recently. I found that one of my scalloped circle dies was just the right size to cut it out. This was another of my "quick" designs.  I coloured the background card with Fired Brick Distress Ink & then used a circle stencil / mask with a wet wipe to remove some of the ink & create the circles of light. The Christmas & the Poinsettia clock are from a Steam Punk Christmas set I bought a couple of months ago. Well that is me for today.  I hope your weekend is going well. 'Bye for now.

Good evening ladies This afternoon I cleared away most of my Christmas card making items - stamps, inks, cards etc & so one part of my craft room is a whole lot tidier.  I still have one card to finish - the one for my DH. I also sorted through the various magazines I have collected over the last couple of months - taking out any articles that are of interest & that also cleared a space in the craft room. Who knows if this continues I could have a really tidy craft room to start the New Year with. Before I show you a couple of my recent cards I would like to say a very big thank you to all of you who gave me a Christmas card.  They are all absolutely beautiful & it was lovely to see some of the techniques & styles we have tried throughout 2016 used in many of them. They look really lovely all round my dining room. Now, here are 2 more of my recent creations; The Card-io stamps were well & truly used this Christmas & as I have a selection ...

Good evening ladies. Well, I braved the local shops this afternoon for some bits & pieces .... I really do not enjoy shopping much these days, which doesn't sound full of Christmas spirit does it? I picked up the last of the Christmas presents I had to buy & also sent a large pile of cards. By the way are you aware that the Post Office (that's the shops - not the Royal Mail - which is the post) are going on strike from Sunday 19th for a week.   (Edited after posting - that should read Monday 19th)   So make sure you go to the Post Office for anything you need before Sunday. I thought I would underline that paragraph to make it stand out. Here are 2 of my recent cards on which I used dies & embossing folders; I really like this embossing folder - but I did use it for some of my cards last year - so this is probably its last outing for a while. Despite some very frustrating attempts to use this Crafters Companion die I finally managed to get one...

Hi ladies. Before I show you the cards I have to apologise to Rita, Carolyn & Yvonne who left comments on the blog at various posts which I have only just found. Blogger, every so often changes the way things work & it has changed the first screen that I see when I log on to work.  Before when there were comments waiting to be published they were very clear to see - it is now behind another tab.  So thank you ladies I have now published them under their original post. So a few more cards that I have made for Christmas; A pretty easel card - I really like that little angel stamp & have used it just recently again on other cards. I don't think I have shown these before.   These are the ones I made for then non-crafting group I am part of. I seem to remember talking about them but don't remember, & cannot immediately spot having blogged them before. That's me for this afternoon - more tomorrow.

Good evening everyone - I hope you are all well & not feeling to rushed as Christmas weekend draws closer. I have some more of my creations to show you tonight. I still seem to be making cards but when I looked at my list as I finished some this evening I find I am almost done.  Just a few more - then I must sit & think of how I can going to make the card for Bob. We learnt some great things this year - techniques & designs that I am spoilt for choice as to what to use. Here are some more of my cards; As you can see I am completely in love with Card-io stamps & ideas. Have to go out tomorrow for some shopping & post some of my cards. Will show you some more of my cards tomorrow.l 'Bye for now.

Good evening ladies. Tonight I have some more of my Christmas creations to show you; I have quite a lot of these DL cards & often forget to use them.  For this one I embossed the top section leaving enough room at the bottom to stamp the sentiment.  The snowflakes were part of a freebie on a magazine which I die-cut out along with silver mirri card to back them, then hung them on silver ribbon. For this card I actually had some silver poinsettias left over from the ones I stamped for the frame card that Carolyn introduced us to.  So waste not want not - I cut them out & trimmed one of the layers a little smaller then put them together with sticky pads.  A spare piece of white card was embossed then layered onto silver paper, along with the sentiment being layered in the same way. Then I made this card taking a totally different approach. A red card, with a gold layer & a piece of white embossed card coloured with red Distress Ink ...

Good evening ladies Yesterday evening was the last meeting for 2016 of the CSNW club & a very pleasant evening was had too. I haven't put part 1 in the title of the post as I only have a few photos to show you from the evening. The evenings Show & Tell was a floral theme card using just black & white & the project was Carolyn's box frame card. I experienced quite a lot of problems with my camera & had to bite my tongue so that I didn't say naughty words as it played me up several times.  On uploading them onto my computer I find I only have 2 of the 4 show & tell cards plus the one project that I took.  The other ladies were still working on their project & will bring them back in February at their first 2017 meeting. I have decided to start bringing my tablet to meetings in order to take the photos with, for 2 reasons - it shouldn't play me up & I should get better photos.  So I will start doing that in the New Year. Here are t...

Hello everyone. I am sorry I haven't been popping in since Saturday, but as for everyone, the days are getting a bit busier now with Christmas less than 3 weeks away. My posts will be a little sporadic from now on until the New Year - but I will pop in here as often & frequently as I can. Tomorrow sees the last 2016 meeting of the CSNW club over in Rhuddlan - so Thursday there should be some photos of their Show & Tell & project for the evening. In the meantime here are the cards that I made on Saturday at the Card-io workshop; Sorry this one is a little blurry. This just requires a greeting on the front to finish it. I fell in love with those candles - so had to buy a set. I have never used Liquid Pearls before - so had to take a deep breath & go for it. Turned out OK - which pleased me.  Just a "Merry Christmas" to go on this one. I really liked doing this one & thought I was doing it in black as the name ...

Good evening ladies. This week has been one of  bits & pieces. I did get Bob's cold & had a couple of days when it was almost impossible to do things because of a runny nose.  Fortunately it has gone now - so I am pleased about that. I mentioned in an earlier post about the trouble I was having with my Gemini & how I had been in touch with the retailer that I had used through Amazon.  I received an email from them saying that they had been in touch with Crafter's Companion & if I sent them (the amazon retailer) my telephone number they would get CC to ring me.  I did this & then later that day I had a phone all from Paige at CC who asked about the problem. She felt that CC should have the machine to look at it & test it.  So I was asked to pack it up & they would arrange collection.  It was collected the next day & on Wednesday I had another call from Paige saying that she had tested the machine & didn't have a prob...

Today is 2 December & a Mold II club member has a birthday Happy birthday Elizabeth Enjoy your day!

Good afternoon ladies. Last week Bob started going down with a cold.  I told him I didn't want it & as he was going to be working away for3 days I thought I would be OK.  Oh, no! Yesterday I started sneezing, so dosed myself up & today it is down to one of those states where you need a paper hanky handy all the time. Fingers crossed it will go as quick. This morning I took a break from Christmas cards & made an anniversary card for our daughter who lives in the USA. It will have to go in the post tomorrow, along with Christmas cards to make sure it gets there on time. Here is the card; The base is a black 15cm  (6") square card & the background paper is one of the many in my stash. I am trying to use them a little more as I have far too much.   The flourish is a Tim Holtz die that I treated myself to last week.  It came with 2 other dies & they leave the pattern in the paper. I just love them & I have 4 others of his dies...

Good afternoon everyone. The last few days I have been doing well with die-cutting & stamping for Christmas. Then sitting down to do some more, after my shopping spree yesterday, my Gemini started making the most peculiar noises. It sounded like a mixture of the rollers slipping but then something really grating.  So I stopped using it. Thank goodness I still have my E-bosser which I hope will hep me finish the work. I bought the Gemini through Amazon - so went on line & sent an email to the retailer.  This morning I had a message from them to let them have my telephone number (I gave my mobile) & they would talk to the full retailer - which of course is Crafter's Companion!  A company I am not much fond of at the moment due to my problems with their dies. Anyway my troubles dealt with here is something much nicer - the card I made for Nadine to give her mum on her special birthday; This is the box I made to put it in.  After I took the photo...

Good evening ladies I hope you all had a nice weekend. I spent a lot of it die-cutting for some of my "other" Christmas cards & printing inserts for cards, so quite busy sessions. This morning I braved the shops to do a bit of Christmas shopping that I couldn't do on line. Anyway I have a recent birthday card to show you today - it was for Nadine's mother who had a big birthday this weekend. I decided to go with a simple design & chose to die cut my flower sprays out of white card to give a sort of Wedgwood style.  Some blue gems added for bling.  I chose to put her age rather discreetly on the inside, on the insert. The floral spray die is from Tattered Lace - it was free on one of the Tattered Lace magazines.  The petals of the roses have been lifted to give dimension. Tomorrow I will show you the other card I made for her, for Nadine to give her. There was a beautiful sunset tonight - so it looks like being another nice day tomorr...

Good afternoon ladies & what a lovely sunny day it is.  Crisp, cold & frosty - but sunny. That will shorten the winter. Today I have a member showcase for you & one again it is Rita of Mold II club but this time not a card that she has had published in a magazine. The card I am showing you today is one she made after the club night on Tuesday using the frame box design that Carolyn had shown everyone; Another lovely card Rita & that angel is just perfect for the card. That is the nice thing about this design - because of the space behind the frame you can use the slightly larger embellishments that normally would get left out. I hope you all have something nice planned for the weekend that is upon us.  Have a nice weekend. 'Bye for now.

Good morning everyone. This morning I have the photos from the project in Mold II's final meeting of the year - when Carolyn showed them how to make that lovely frame card.  Here are their cards; A lovely silver peacock sits inside Helen's card. Annette used these lovely teddies for her card & I love the way the one that is sitting down is on the outside of the frame. Sue chose some pretty pink roses for her card with a matching greeting. I can't remember the name of the Company that made these images - they have a foiled style finish. It will annoy me until I remember - they used to be very popular. Carol has the same style of image as well - this time delicate lilac flowers & matching greeting. Dot's card is very wintery with its all white finish.  Lovely card. Rita's card uses the "Me to You" bear & is stunning. The box itself was made from black card which really adds drama to the finished ite...