Phoenix Inspirations

 I am ashamed to say that these days I have many stamps and stamp sets that I am yet to use! Gone are the days when new stash was used within 5 minutes of being delivered - time was taken up caring for family members. But now I have precious time to spend crafting and I am rediscovering all my favourites and new ones too. Today Peekaboo Farm makes it’s debut - take a look  All the elements for this card were stamped and coloured with my markers and then fussy cut. Each piece was attached with 3D foam pads. Don’t you think he’s a cute little piggy? Well this little piggy is going wee wee all the way into the following two challenges!! NBUS Challenge CAS Colours and Sketches Hope you like today’s card - see you soon xx

 Over in The Male Room they want cards with embossing on. Now I could have used an embossing folder but my Big Shot is deep in a cupboard and it would prove too much of a faff to drag it out! Instead I took a piece of card stock and with my score board I embossed lines to create a grid. I used this as my background for the card adding my coffee cups and coffee beans. The images are from the Stampin’ Up online exclusives - Latte Love. The Male Room Thanks for stopping by today - see you soon xx

 The sun is starting to shine a bit more and the days are getting longer - Spring is finally here!! It’s lovely to hear all the birds singing too and watching them building their nests. Today’s card is very spring like and has lots of birds. It’s an easel card which is one of my favourites to make and they do look quite stunning. I am entering this card into the challenge over at  Make My Monday #223 National Picture of a Bird  I’m off to sit in the garden for 5 minutes with a cup of coffee and enjoy the sunshine - hope you’re having a good day too - see you soon xx

 Posting has been a bit sparse lately due to a fibro flare  - nevermind I have had a little play today and this is the card I have made  I had a mad tidy up in my craft zone a couple of weeks ago and I found a huge pile of bits and pieces that I had saved from the bin! I pulled out a few pieces and the card above was created. It only took a few minutes to make too! Here is a quick pic of the scraps (snippets) I used  I am going to enter this card into the challenge over at the  Snippets Playground Thanks for taking the time to pop over to my blog - hope to see you here again soon xx

Today’s card is celebrating Spring and one of the flowers that blooms so magnificently at this time of year (in the UK). I love magnolia trees and this year they are blooming all over the place - there’s even one outside my mum’s window at her nursing home. So that being said I had to create a card with one on and this is the result - take a look  This stunning image is from Stampin’ Up in the Online Exclusives page and it’s perfect for colouring in. I’ve used both marker pens and watercolour pencils for this and I am so pleased with the result. I am entering this card into the following two challenges  Freshly Made Sketches CAS Colours and sketches Well March sneaked away quite quickly didn’t it? And then Easter passed by too but what a lovely time it was especially as I got to spend time with my daughter, son in law and granddaughter. Penny is 22 months now and loves drawing and colouring - good job Grandma (me) doesn’t mind the mess!!!

 I have a CAS card to share with you today - take a look  It’s good to be minimal once in a while and what could be more minimal than a line of coloured bunting? I added a Congratulations sentiment and then as I thought it needed just a little bit more I added the hand drawn frame. I am entering this card in the challenges over at  Addicted to CAS Well after a beautiful sunny day yesterday we are back to rain now in Soggy Shropshire! I’m also off to visit mum in the care home - it’s a lovely place but it’s deep in the countryside and it’s quite a trek to get there. It’s even worse in the rain 🌧️  Mum is doing very well at the moment and she seems very settled apparently she has the staff in stitches with her exploits when playing bingo! I would love to be a fly on the wall when that’s going on! Thank you for dropping by today - see you soon - J xx