Now that the days are getting shorter it definitely feels like the garden is starting to wind down. We've been leaving some of our windfall apples on the ground and they regularly attract the deer. At this time of year I love seeing the velvet covered antlers as the small group visits the tree closest to the house. There's something very calming about seeing the wildlife in the garden just being themselves. It certainly sets me up for a happy start to the day. So when I was working on my ... VIEW POST
Peaceful Winter Scenes Won’t Be Long
So as the weather cools down and then warms up we're obviously heading into autumn. We're not quite into sweater weather yet, but it's coming. I think I'm ready, or am I? I suppose my problem is that the actual weather never quite lives up to the exciting or romanticised scenes I have in my head. The only one that comes close is winter after a fresh snowfall. This is of course until I have to start shovelling. It was for this reason that I couldn't resist the Peaceful Place 12" x 12" ... VIEW POST
A Paper Pumpkin Thing – The Adventure Begins
It may be August but today's A Paper Pumpkin Thing blog hop features the July kit called The Adventure Begins, and what an adventure it's been. With everything included to make twelve tri-fold cards it was hard to know where to start. There were so many possibilities. The scenic backgrounds lend themselves to lots of occasions so for today's alternate projects I decided to go with Christmas. Well why not? And just to make the kit stretch even further my two cards used just one card base ... VIEW POST
Another Stella Snowman Card
Today's project kind of just happened. Quite simply it started after a Saran Wrap background popped into my head. Then I thought 'winter' and chose a pale blue and grey colour scheme. Winter of course meant snow, and I opted for snowmen rather than snowflakes. With shimmer and shine provided by a retiring Glimmer Paper and a Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, all I had to do was put it all together. CUSTOM BACKGROUND I began my project with the custom Saran Wrap background on a 3-3/4" x ... VIEW POST
Sponged Night Sky In Shades Of Blue
It's December 1st and winter has officially arrived, even though it's unseasonably warm. So inevitably my thoughts turn to winter weather and the beauty of freshly fallen snow. I don't mind snow when covers the lawn in a blanket of white, just so long as I don't have to shovel it. I think the snowman on today's project agrees with me. So I couldn't resist sponging a night scene in shades of blue and I swear it made him smile even more. SIMPLE PREPARATION I began my bookmark with a ... VIEW POST
Campology For Christmas Cards
Campology is one of those stamp sets that I knew I wanted as soon as I saw it. Apart from having some great images for masculine projects I immediately loved the large group of trees. I could see this image on lots of projects but my immediate thought was 'Christmas'. So when I sat down to make 24 cards in 24 hours recently, this was one I had to try. SNOWMAN SEASON Despite this project beginning with my idea for the Campology trees, it wasn't actually the focal point of the card. ... VIEW POST
