Lovely day out

Had a really fun day yesterday meeting up with some crafty friends from blog land. From L to R we have: Sam (Hettie), Di (Pixies Snippets), me, and Sarn (Stamping for Pleasure)

We all met up in my home town of Southampton so I did taxi service for Sam (Hettie) & Sarn who travelled from Wales (!) & West Sussex (that's dedication for you!) then we met up with Di for a very nice lunch. 

Lots of giggles, some lovely gifts exchanged, hints & tips flying across the table, a mini tutorial from Di on bows & charms, and lots of yummy food :-)

It was a lovely day, and there are plans afoot for a repeat performance, next time with a visit to a duck pond :-)

Debs x

Men's cards

This card is a mix of snippets & leftovers! When I use shop bought decoupage (in this case a stacker from Buzzcraft) there are usually too many layers. Problem for postage! So I tend to split them into 2 if possible, and this one is made from 'leftovers'.

The beautiful background papers are from the Wellington bear 12x12 kit - fab for men's cards, and great colours! The stacker and sentiment were mounted on snippets of dark red textured card, sadly the last teeny bits of this one [sigh]

Love the paper with the vintage rugby, football, golf & cricket balls - just perfect for this card :-)   Finished off with a few red card candi - again, they work really well for men's cards - pretty straightforward but a cute card. 

Linking this to Pixies snippets playground, now off to the dentist :-((

Thanks for stopping by

Debs x

Dufex stickers used!!

Hurrah! I have tons of these stickers that I bought years ago when I first started crafting & was attracted to anything shiny or sparkly. I have been challenging myself to use up old stash & leftovers/snippets - conscience tweaked partly by my growing mountain of stash & partly by the amazing work of the playmates in Pixies Snippets challenge.

Anyhoo.....it was proper wintry weather here yesterday, so I carted my snippets box, ribbons & some card stock downstairs & spent a happy afternoon playing in front of the tv while hubby sorted out his music collection   And these are the 3 so far....

The toppers are Dufex stickers (engraved metallic images) layered on mirror card & card stock. The background papers are all from my snippets box - the red one has big glitter polka dots and has been languishing in the box for many years, waiting for a chance to shine lol! Even the ribbons are from my scraps bag - the gold & green one rescued from a box of chocs :-)

Linking these to pixies playground and off to sort the washing while its not raining!

Thanks for stopping by

Debs x