An Entry

I never find time anymore to enter challenges always so busy doing this flippin house and garden up, so I have taken time out to enter http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ this one instead of just being a Guest DT. It's theme is "add some texture", so some embossing from the parchment and ribbon and a little decoupage is my bit of texture. Now back to the garden.

April Guest Card

This time on http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ it's "Cute and Cuddly" I do hope you can join us with your interpretation of Cute and Cuddly.

I made a shutter card, been a long time since I hand cut one of these, it's also been a long time since I used peel off's, I forgot how fiddly they were, with arthritic fingers. The centre piece of embroidery was done on my machine and I found a Spellbinders Die to make a frame for it.

Take a look on my website http://craftybrensembroideredtoppers.weebly.com/ for more embroidery you can use on your cards.

March Guest DT Card

My card this month for http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Is not an embroidered one, I have had such a lot on this last few months I sort of ran out of time to make the embroidery pattern. So instead I have used my computer to make the background and image, from one of Docrafts discs, then glued a button in the centre of the flower and sprayed it all over with Spray and Shine, boy does that stuff stink, I then cut out a card blank on ScanNCut and attached my image to that. The theme this month on http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ is "Button it Up" hope you can join us this time.

My February Card

My Guest DT card for February 7th challenge on http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

The theme is "Decorate a Corner/or two"

For mine I once again embroidered the two corners and the words, used my ScanNCut to make the white frame, I used a punch for the two corners, the pine cones and the stopper are from Klever Konstructions. The whole thing being mounted onto an easel type card.

To purchase this embroidered design just drop me an email ( see shop website for email address http://craftybrensembroideredtoppers.weebly.com/), as the design as a whole is not in my shop.

New Year 2015

Happy New Year to you all

Once again it is time for me to sponsor http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ for this challenge it is "Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas".

Maybe some of you have had enough of Christmas, but if you start now there won't be the rush on at Christmastime.

For your chance to win £10 worth of goodies from my shop http://craftybrensembroideredtoppers.weebly.com/ just pop along to http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ and enter.

This is my Guest DT Card, both the card and the embroidered lace bird are from my shop. I have added the happy Christmas ribbon and red backing card from my stash.

What a CRAP COMPANY

Has anyone else had any problems with IDEAL WORLD

I ordered a pack of cars with 12 free batteries, got the cars NO BATTERIES, now they are trying to tell me  I ordered the wrong thing so how come I have the print out from their web site showing the cars with the batteries.

There were 3 options

 A pack of two cars with 12 batteries £34.99 (the one I ordered)

A pack of two cars with 12 batteries £69.98

A car on it's own with no batteries £34.99

So if I ordered the wrong lot how come I got a pack of two for £34.99

Honestly folks if they are so hard up they have to cheat a pensioner out of £4.99 what sort of a company are they

It's not  the batteries it's the principle that they offer a package deal then welch on it.

CHNC December

For my December card as Guest Designer on http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  I have embroidered the main scene and words then used my ScanNCut to make the card and stand I then found a die that would give me a frame to pop over the raw edges of the material.

Please join us this month Hazel has some great prizes to give away