A snowflake topper

 

Morning all, I made one or two or these last year, anyone that's been before may remember, anyway, I just think they are a nice way to top a little gift, this one is all in black and gold, ...which seems to be a theme this year here.....

I die cut several snowflakes on paper I had already splashed lots of gold ink on. Then edged them with gold wax. After which you simply layer them up and crinkle a bit so to make them stand, put a nice little bobble in the centre and done..

Punched out a tag from the same paper too, its not one of my gifts, its for Mia who has bought this for her brother. all very hush hush, haha. I just hope its OK for a young man, I can go OTT at times :))

Before I added it ontop, should have shown this first I suppose, never mind it all counts. BTW, it you make it in light weight card or paper it frills up better, well my others did.

Thats all again, thanks to you girls that commented on yesterdays post, blogger is really messed up right now, fingers crossed it gets sorted soon.

Anyone else having problems.

 Are any of you getting posts on your reading list from years ago. This started yesterday and is driving me nuts. Some go as far back as 10 years, blogs that have long since gone. Please say its not just me .......

Thankyou for any help you can give.xxx

A few little envelopes...

 

Hello everyone, sorry its been awhile since I posted but things were hectic here and I wasn't at my best, anyway, yesterday I sat in the kitchen and made a few money envelopes, these gorgeous papers are my latest grab from Temu, the designs are just gorgeous  and I couldn't resist using them for Christmas.

I simply did the fold and cut, then snipped the edges with my good old reliable rounder, honestly I have had that for years, Sizzex, fingers crossed it will carry on. This is them before I stuck the edges together.

This is them all ready to be filled with my cash, I am glad some of them still want cash, I hate the thought of a cashless society...But, those papers, do you agree they are stunning or is it just me.....

I am almost there with the gift shopping now, a few wanted GV and they are done, the little ones are getting gifts of course and I always have something for everyone to open, it wouldn't right not to, I still get excited with a gift do you .....

Thats about it for now, I will try to post again before the big day.

Do hope you are all keeping well, oh and BTW, I hope by now you have all had a card from me. Only a few have told me when they got theres, now heres the odd bit, I posted out before the end of November and so far they have all been arriving at odd times, hope you get one anyway.

A few tags..

 

Good morning lovely people, hope your all enjoying this frost and snow we are having...( sorry I just love it )

Before I show my tags to you' can I ask if anyone has had any trouble following new blogs. Well I have, at first I thought it was just a blogger  problem but apparently its happening all the time, that means you have no chance of getting any new followers either, its hard enough now without this, so, if you have any info; please tell.

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Right onto my tags, I always give our postie and delivery guy a bottle of something for Christmas, saw these bottle bags on Temu and got them, so made some tags to go with, thought the black was ok with it being men, am I wrong, hope not, Mia likes them so I took that as a good sign, hahaha.

This is the line up, one to spare in case, simply stencilled in gold and rubbed round the edge and added some gold string. Wrote on them  with gold pen.

These are ready to go when we get abit nearer. Two good wines and one Whiskey, well Ian is a good Scot and likes a tipple and he has been our post man for years, always helpful and a real good sort, harder to find now. Hope they are ok and not to 'dark' for Christmas time. Anyway thats it for today, I am not able to get in the craft room this week really, its far to cold and its a fridge in there unless the sun comes out and warms it up for me. I hope you all managed to stay warm and well. Take care.

More quickie Christmas cards.

 

Morning all, I hope your all well and staying warm, its been really cold last few days hasn't it, but then again it is November so why the surprise I wonder, hahaha.

Right, onto the cards, ran some card through the big shot with a lovely Crafters Companion folder which a kind crafter once sent me. Then grabbed these sweet little stickers and placed onto red card cut into circles, added a branch or two with touches of white ink, the merry Christmas is from a pack I bought , I like these because they are sturdy and you can use in the plain wood or colour them up and your done.

Placed onto red cardstock and then white card, they do have slight differences but so cute.

Next up is a simple die cut tree backed with gold card and edged with same and deckle edged, I also have a small piece over so made a tag to match., Sorry about the photo, I stood it on a box in my room and then found I couldn't cut it down, thems the breaks as they say.

The sentiment is from a set I bought which really doesn't cut that well, abit sad really but thats what you get sometimes don't you. The gold string I bought on a day out with my girls last weekend, its a really big ball on a gorgeous little woodern dolly, it cost a fiver which I think was great value, think it was TKMAX, I had a real nice afternoon out, spent more than I should, like you do, got some lovely bits and bobs for Christmas gifts, went for lunch and by the time I got home was exhausted but it was so good, of course Mia says we should do it again next week Nan .....errmmmm, can I wait a week or two first please, hahah

Thats all for today I think, I am hoping to get a few more things done later today and I have a few envelopes to make too, its all go, hahaha, how I ever got time to work I'll never know !!!!!!

Christmas is coming....

 

Have been seeing a few of this style card about and yesterday managed to crawl into my craft room, my back has been so bad the last few days, anyways, these are easy to make, you don't need much in the way of Christmas 'things', so lets have a look.

Kraft card, some corrigated card cut to look like trees, some angel hair, stars, a nice mdf sentiment, oh and I stencilled a few snowflakes around, once all assembled, I sprayed with 'Spray and Shine and that was it, made two as they are so easy and I am a few cards short.

Hope you like, I love a quick job and it saved me back from sitting too long too, win win. !!!

Right, off to see what the day brings, not much as moving can still be a beggar, but you have to keep trying.

Have a safe Bonfire night everyone, take care.

Happy rainy day Monday.....

 

Hello all, hope you all had a good weekend and are well, so many bugs about. My DIL has been quite ill, it started on her birthday last week so as yet not seen her, she is so lovely and I always say we are so lucky to have her in the family, fingers crossed we will get to see her soon.

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OK, so I bought these little flat pack boxes but didn't realise they subject matter, it was all lovey dovey,  usually I would make my own, but thought for once I would take the easy route !!!! was I wrong, anyways, I had these beautiful papers from temu, so decided to use them.

This is how they started

Here they are

Edged with gold wax, hadn't changed the ribbon at this point just wanted to see what it looked like.

Thought they would make nice table gifts at the dinner table come Christmas, filled with some deliciousness of course.

Anyway this now lives with Mia of course haha.

I am off to do some house work and then who knows what, I have a new book looking at me, I pre-ordered it last February, it finally got here last week and I just haven't got round to it. Its Al Pacino, Sonny Boy, I love him, especially when he was younger and his story sounds worth reading about, so maybe I will get round to it.

Have a good day friends, a big 'THANKYOU' to those of you who always make it here with every post I do, I really appreciate the loyalty to me and my blog, so many can't be bothered anymore, its sad really but there you go.