This tag was created with the October challenge for Tag It Tuesday in mind: Nature. I am also entering it in the Mixed Media with Autumnal Hues challenge over on Country View Challenges as well as the Forever Autumn challenge on the That's Crafty challenge blog. I worked on a #8 manilla tag as I wanted to tie this piece in with a previous tag in autumnal colours: I love this time of year!
I finally bit the bullet and decided that it was time to make my first Christmas card of the year. I don't make a large number as I prefer to donate to charity instead, but I always make cards for immediate family and very close friends. I used a stamp set that I have had in my stash for a while as well as one of the new Tim Holtz layering stencils for Christmas 2017.
This tag was made in response to the fortnightly challenge on Tag Tuesday: All Creatures Great and Small. It was my second attempt, as my first idea didn't work out, but I felt this stamp set by Claritystamp was the perfect one for the prompt!
My crafty friend and I spent the day discussing the amazing time we had at the WOYWW crop in Llandudno on Saturday; totally worth missing a home match (even though Stoke won in our absence). To find out more about WOYWW and our fabulous hostess Julia, visit The Stamping Ground where you will find lots of like minded crafty friends and their desks each week.
My side of the desk shows some of the amazing gifts that I received from fellow croppers (I swapped my tags in return). Everyone was so generous and had obviously spent so much time and thought on their gifts. The journal was my 'not a raffle' prize and the Judikins stamp was a find on the 'maybe somebody else will find a use for this' table. We all came away having raised funds for a worthy charity, spent six hours chatting to the regular visitors to each other's blogs and been exceptionally well fed and watered by Margaret whose catering was magnificent.
I have added the ATCs which I received on the day to my 8th Anniversary WOYWW swaps which adorn one of the walls of the shed between the windows and which I can see whenever I look up from my desk.
This was one of the quickest art journal pages I have completed in a while. The prompt for week 40 at Art Journal Prompts was Collage, and as I have a stash of magazine clippings, I started there. Having chosen some which shared a similar colour scheme of green and grey, I found some background papers which would go with them and the rest was quick and easy.
This card was made for a crafty friend whose father recently died; his funeral is tomorrow. She is a lovely lady who does a great deal for others and I wish her all the best at this sad time.
