Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all having a great weekend. Today I have one of my recently made cards; This card was for Bob's niece who as you can see was celebrating her 50th birthday. I chose a 6 x 6 scalloped card with a Honey Doo floral spray stamp.  I stamped the image in Versamark direct onto the card then embossed in Gold EP.  I then repeated that on a scrap of card & cut out the main flowers with a couple of the leaves still attached to the central 4 flowers.  These were decoupaged over the main image.  A few flat backed gems for some bling around the spray.  The greeting was a stamp I have had for a while which I also stamped in Versamark & Gold EP then die cut it with a rectangular die with a scalloped edge to mirror the card.  To finish it I heat embossed the edge.  My number dies were not the right size for this card so I used peel off numbers. That's me for today 'Bye for now.

Wishing all you Mum's & Grandma's a Happy Mothers Day I hope you are all spoilt rotten. Here's a little something for you .................................................................................................................. A rose for my Mother sadly no longer with me. It may be 22 years now - but I still miss you every day & wish you were with me at this time ...................................................

Today is 31 March & a Mold II member has a birthday Happy Birthday Elma Have a lovely day

............... British Summer Time starts tomorrow morning ................ early!! So set you clocks 1 hour forward as you go to bed then you will be right for the morning & the rest of the day.

Good afternoon everyone - another lovely day. It is so cheering. This afternoon I have the second set of photos from the Mold II meeting on Tuesday evening.  This time they are of their project for the evening. The project was shown by Dot who introduced the ladies to her scrap-book calendars that she regularly makes for her family. Here is one of the pages that Dot brought along previously as a sample The pages are double sided & joined together by book rings. Here are the pages made by the ladies & are in different stages of completion; You can only go Aah! at this page can't you. Absolutely delightful all about Carolyn's little dog. A lovely delicate floral page from Madeline. In this photo you can clearly see the holes that are punched at top & bottom edges to attach the pages together.  The finished calendar then folds up concertina fashion. Fun! is really apt for this delightful sunny & cheerful page by Annette. ...

Good evening everyone & what a lovely day it is.  Nice blue sky & warm sunshine.  More of that please. This evening I have the first set of photos from the Tuesday meeting of the Mold II group.  They are of their Show & Tell cards, where I asked for a card, any theme but in just Kraft & White.  They did not disappoint; A lovely Christmas card version from Carolyn.  It really is very effective. I had one like this amongst my Christmas cards last year. A swing card from Madeline with a lovely filigree die from Crafter's Companion (possibly) designed specially for this style of card. A second card from Madeline also using a die-cut. Very effective. An Easter card from Annette, where she tried out an idea she had. Two dies / punches have been used - the egg shape & then the bunny cut into the egg shape. Brilliant idea & effect Annette! Elma used texture paste through a stencil for this beautifu...

Good afternoon everyone. Sorry, once again, for the delay in showing you this set of photos.  The days go by so fast I don't always realise that a couple of days have been missed. The photos today are of Mold ladies project from last Thursday's meeting where I showed them how to make the Dutch fold card; Rachel has used one of those lovely "stained glass" style stamps for her topper, along with a sea themed border. Janet went for a very floral theme & didn't quite have time to put her heart topper on the card. Really pretty papers. Joan decorated the inside of her card with one of those over the edge greeting dies. Looks really classy on the inside. Sheelagh decided to decorate the front of her card with smaller images. I love that paper it makes you think of spring which isn't far away now. Hopefully! Joanna used this lovely shade of green papers for her card & for the topper simply stamped the outline fl...

Today is 26 March & a Mold II member has a  birthday Happy Birthday Rita on your special birthday Have a brilliant day.

Good evening everyone. This evening I am showing a collage of Show & Tell cards, sent in by Joanna of Mold club.  I said in yesterdays post that Joanna had turned most of her samples into cards & that she would photograph them for me & send them in. Here is the collage; There are a couple of different styles in this selection.  The one top left was created on black card & for the finished card has been sliced into 5 sections.  The one middle top has been given the spotlight technique. It is a clever way of creating an interesting image.  So far I have had one play - but must go back to it & see what I can create. So watch this space. Tomorrow I will be showing the project photos from the meeting. I hope your weekend is going OK. 'Bye for now.

Good morning everyone. Today I have the first set of photos from last nights Mold club meeting & they are of their Show & Tell cards.  This month they had to make a card using one of the "string pull" items they had made at January's meeting. Here is a reminder of what the "naked", so to speak, string pull design looked like. Here are the cards they made; Mair's card is beautifully simple, crisp & clean. This would make a rather nice Sympathy card. You wouldn't do one off - but a session of creating basics would be ideal & they could be made into whatever occasion occurred. Sheelagh has embellished hers with pretty butterflies & those lovely almost oriental style words. Beautiful!   Lynn has given the image her mixed media style. It works really well too.  It's a very versatile image - as the ladies are proving. Janet made two cards & this is the first one. The string pull des...

Good morning & I hope you are all well. This morning I have a member showcase & today it is one from Rita of Mold II club.  It's been quite a while Rita - good to see you back in the magazines.  This one was featured in Creative Stamping magazine; I am sure this is just what Rita wants considering all the work going on around her house.  Make sure you treat yourself in a few days for your birthday Rita! Thank you for sending it in. I have some more member news to share, new things that have been sent in & some things which I have had a little while.  So watch this space over the next few days. This evening it is the Mold club meeting so there will also be photo from that to show  over the next few days.  I am just off to put everything in my box ready - last month I forgot to take a raffle prize.  Duh! Before that though I have another visit this afternoon to Glan Clwyd for the results of my CT scan I had last week, That's ...

Good afternoon everyone. I am hoping to have a little run out today for some shopping - so this is actually going to have been written on Tuesday & scheduled for today. Here is the card; I started this background sometime back, then gradually layered & embellished it.  I wasn't sure at the time who I would give it to & then this month realised it was ideal for our grand-daughter who had a birthday last Saturday.  She is very arty & at least this one, for me, is a little different & out of the ordinary. Now - where shall I go shopping tomorrow?  Or perhaps this should say - I wonder where I will have been shopping today.  😃 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone. Another member showcase for you today, once again from Joanna & her lovely sewing. This time I am showing 4 place-mats.  I should have blogged these earlier as now I cannot remember, sorry Joanna, as to whether one of these is the back of another one.  But whichever way round - they are all beautiful. I love the tiger motif in the centre of this place-mat Thank you for ending these in Joanna - so sorry it has taken me so long showing them. That's it for today - I have one of my recent cards to show you tomorrow. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone what a grey damp day - I believe it is supposed to brighten up - lets hope so. Today I have a member showcase for you.  Its one I have had for a little while & is of more of that lovely sewing that Joanna, of Mold club,  has been doing. Some more lovely place mats; Front Reverse These are really lovely Joanna. I will be showing the others that Joanna has sent me photos of over the next few days. She has also created some different items so I will show those also at some time. More from me tomorrow with a card that I have recently made. Don't forget if you have been making things - please send me photos.  These days I have some "dry" days - they are due to perhaps me not creating anything, hospital visit & me feeling tired with a lack of mojo. Ir is on these days that your photos are useful. Keep warm & dry & take care. 'Bye for now.

Happy St Patrick's Day Whether you are Irish, have Irish friends or just love the Irish Have a great day

Wow! where did the last 3 days go? Well for me I did use up quite a bit of Tuesday having my CT scan. I now wait until Thursday next week for the result. Yesterday I sorted out some notes for a forthcoming demo I will, all being well, doing at the HSNW club.  I am going to be part of a multi-evening I think there are 2 or 3 other ladies showing techniques as well.  I will tell you more about that later. In the meantime another recent card - or as I did a few days ago - two recent cards. They are both made using the watercolour mono colour technique that I have taken to. The top one in shades of blue & the lower in Sepia tones. I made them for 2 ladies of the Mold II club that were having birthdays early this month. I do like the sepia finish it was the colour I first saw the technique done in. Again, like the one for our daughter, the backgrounds had been made before when I was showing the technique & so for the 2 birthdays I added some more det...