Less is More week 247 - sketch

Two posts in two days, scary eh?! Decided the sketch over on this weeks LIM challenge would be perfect for a new die that I haven't used and another Christmas card to add to my collection! Come and see:

The die is called over the Mantlepiece and is really lovely. I used the freebie stamps from this months Creative Stamping Magazine to embellish the baubles, coloured the swag and added little red berries with a Paper Pen. The sentiment is stamped in gold, believe it or not!

Here is the sketch that I followed:

Poured with rain overnight and stopped about 11am and we now have a glorious afternoon! Hope it's nice where you are :o)

Celebrations!

Afternoon and it's a lovely sunny, warm autumnal day unlike in Somerset where it is my sister Karen and her husband Tony's Silver wedding anniversary! Such a shame as Karen says it's wet and windy!
Come and see the card I made for them:

So difficult to photo anything with mirri card but you get the idea! I used SU Everything Eleanor stamp set which is a favourite of mine and one that was a present to me from Karen!

I also made a celebration box frame with their details and photos in but I forgot to take a photo!

I'm looking forward to Friday as Keir, Lara, Charlie and Phoebe are coming to stay for the weekend and we have lots planned including a lunch party for friends to meet Phoebe.

I have the pumpkin ready and have made a Halloween lantern for Charlie as well.

I saw these on the DoCrafts post and they are so effective with battery night lights inside.

I hope Phoebe will be attracted to it as well and here is a photo of her having a laugh! Can't believe she is 8 weeks old tomorrow.

I'll be back on Saturday with some exciting news!

Less is More week 246 - Theme

This is the first time for ages that I've taken part in a challenge as I was accumulating so many cards and I do like to make personalised cards for friends and family. Anyway after my crafty refurb I thought I'd get back in the groove and of course it had to be a LIM card! Here is the criteria:

Autumn has decidedly started to make an appearance here in the UK.
There's a definite nip in the air and the trees are really starting to show off their autumnal beauty! 

There were some lovely cards in our gallery reflecting this last week too.

On to this week and our theme is simply

MASCULINE

I double checked and it doesn't specify birthday so I thought I'd make a Christmas card, come and see:

I used a new MB die and the freebie stamps that came with Creative Stamping magazine this month which are lovely.

I have a couple more cards to show you, the first is another pop up box baby card for my friend's great neice

This was a card for my talented goddaughter using the cute House Mouse.

An anniversary card for my OH which it seems was our

 Sapphire ( 45 )

Finally I mentioned in my last post that I was going on the BB afternoon tea tour and thought I'd show you a couple of photos, we were so lucky with the weather, great afternoon! We had front seats upstairs.

Now it wouldn't be right not to show you Phoebe!! Here she is looking gorgeous 

And here is proud grandad with his best friend Charlie :o)

Sorry it's been photo heavy that's the trouble when I don't post regularly!

A couple of cards and of course Pheobe.....

Hi everyone it's been a little busy and I haven't managed to post anything for a couple of weeks but I have a couple of cards to share with you and of course a photo of Phoebe!

My first card was for Lara's mum and I used all diecuts in black and white although because of the angle of the photo and it's centura pearl the colour looks weird!!

My 2nd card was for my very good friend, Jackie, once agian using diecuts.

My 3rd card was for my cousin and was generated on Craft Artist using a digi stamp.

My 4th card was for my god daughters eldest daughter and I used Craft Artist to create a scene and use a photo of her with her horse in it.

Finally a couple of photos of my gorgeous granddaughter Phoebe:

Not sure what she's dreaming about!

Eyes open!

My friend and I are having afternoon tea on a converted London Routemaster as it does a sightseeing toour of the capital on Monday, should be good! We are going down to Portsmouth for the weekend as it's Lara's birthday so I'm in for lots of cuddles :o)

Isn't she lovely, Isn't she wonderful, Isn't she precious, Less than one week old.............

Hi everyone and apologies to Stevie Wonder for changing the lyrics! Phoebe is gorgeous!! She's so dinky and although she weighed 1oz more than Charlie she is so petite with a cute little head and lovely dark hair.

Lots of cuddles and a lovely time at the wedding on Friday where everyone wanted to have a photo with her :o)

This is the card I made for Keir and Lara and is inspired by Monia who makes gorgeous cards:

Yesterday we took Charlie to an open day at Southsea Fire station which was a big hit! Lots of engines to sit in as well as police cars and ambulances. Firemen absailing up and down the tower rescuing people, great fun.

Very serious being a policeman!!

Cheesy grins at lunch, it's catching!

Lovely day here today but I had to have the heating on when we got back last night! Definitely autumnal.

It's a girl!

Hi everyone just a quick post to introduce you to my beautiful new granddaughter!
Phoebe Jane was born on 1st weighing 7lbs 11ozs and mum and baby doing fine.

We are going down tomorrow morning very excited to meet Phoebe! 

We will all be going to the wedding on Friday and I think Phoebe may take some attention away from the bridal couple ! 

Here is the wedding card I've made which is another tealight one:

 

I'll be back to show you more photos of Phoebe and also the card I made :0)

Still waiting........

Hi everyone on this very soggy bank holiday monday! We usually have a full house this weekend as we have a bbq for my eldest son, Dom's birthday but Lara obviously didn't want to be so far from home and we are on standby for the baby :o)
My craft room is finished at last and it's very organised although it will take a while for me to automatically reach for a particular tool or stamp! I'm determined to keep the floor clear and have had a good clearout! It's amazing the things you find hidden away, come and see my new room:

7' x 3' sloping under front steps, used to be the coal hole!

Hope to keep it tidy!

Very useful peg board storage

You may have caught a glimpse of Dom's birthday card on my desk and here it is:

An embossed background from Tim Holtz with silver gilding wax to highlight. Some silver card and a piece of dp to make a book and a stamped pen fussy cut and gilded too. The other card lying flat is waiting for some liquid pearls to dry so maybe next time although that was the first card that I made today in my new room!

Pregnant pause........

Hi everyone I'm in a state of anticipation waiting for my new grandbaby to arrive! He/she is due next Friday but early would be nice!
I've a couple more cards to share with you and some digital scrapbook pages so grab a cuppa and off we'll go:

Charlie and his best friend Emily May at the baby shower wearing his engine drivers hat!

The following pages are from the wedding we attended last week

A birthday card for a friend who has started playing bowls

This was for my great niece, Daisy, who has just become a teenager and loves all forms of dance.

I cut the shape using my Silhouette portrait.

This was for Keir, obviously, apologies for the photo

and this was for a friend yesterday

and one today!

Finally this was for a friend who enjoys good wine!

Thanks for bearing with me, ooh that sounds baby related!!

Hopefully I'll be back with some news

Celebrations.....

Hi everyone I'm hoping the weather stays fine today as we are off to a wedding at 3pm and tomorrow it's off to Portsmouth for birthday celebrations. Keir, Charlie's dad is having his yearly BBQ for his birthday and we get to spend 3 days with Charlie!
Just thought I'd show you the wedding card I made which is a book card and I've scheduled this post for later just in case the recipients are browsing the internet, come and see:

Card front cut with MB dies

More MB butterflies and fancy edge from C&C die

I may be back to bore you with photos next post :0)