A Birthday Card for Just for Josh.

 My neighbour's nephew will be 18 in March, so I've made a card for Josh. I was told he liked cars and golf.  I started last month and have only just finished it last week...good job I started early! I've used one of my favourite card folds, and used a paper from my stash with cars, which I printed on photo paper. Then hunted out some free golf papers that came from Papercraft Inspirations magazine many years ago...

 

 

There's also a hiden magnet to close the card. Sorry about the bad pictures. I forgot to take any photo's and the sun was shinning in so brightly the first few were too shiney to see. (Note too, I was crafting on my ironing board .

I also added cogs and wheels die cuts and acetate to help support the opened card and add the Happy Birthday and his name Josh. 

The inside has a space to add a sentiment or even a number. There's also a hiden pocket to hide a gift card or money.  Hope he likes it, my neighbour did! Thank you for stopping by!  

WOYWWednesday! #871 Another Receipts Master Board

 Morning! Happy Wednesday peoples. Here's my WOYWW island in the kitchen where I'm still House/Dog sitting. So much for me promising birthday cards and even a freebie last week. Sorry, things got a little bit hectic here for a few days! Tyres getting punctured, twice in two days, because of our very pot-holely roads (Not mine luckily!) Then poor Bronte woke up limping. It wasn't her paw, maybe a pulled muscle. (which it was)Trying to get permission from her owner in Spain back to the vets, for me to take her to the vets, took all day! Anyway, once that got sorted, off we went to the vets. She's been given medication. (the only way she would take it is with chicken and rice for their evening meal. (Remi got rice and chicken too!) Then, me and the dogs, Remi and Bronte, nipped upstairs to another appartment, to sit with Annie and Max the dog, wile her hubby was fixing his tyres. 

Having cups of tea with Annie and Max 

 The next day poor Annie fell and an ambellane was called and yesterday I walked Max around the garden with the girls looking very puzzled and barking, from the sunroom. Today, Annie should be home from hospital. Above is Max. He knows I have treats in my bag. 

Back to the crafting, which I have managed to do....using till recepts, (I've done this before) I'd grabbed a 12x12 paper pad from home, containing mostly papers I probably would never use, so I can scan them in once I'm home, and use them to make other things...I noticed the dates on some of these tickets go back to 2013! I really must have a throw out when I get home! 

I'll tidy it up a bit later and save it as an A4 or! take it to the stationers and have them print it...then all the lumps and folded bits are flat and smooth. Like the one below.

 Tomorrow I'm nipping out to walk Dexter, and on Saturday, Lola's coming for the weekend. (I have retired, honest!) I'll be home then, and will start on the 'clearing things out'. 

 Above, carrying on from last week, I have made some more Christmas Tags. Sorry not to get around to all of you last week, will try harder this week. Have a great day. Coming up next is a birthday card  for Josh that I promised ages ago I'd post,when it was finished. Happy WOYWW! Pop over to Sarahs Crafty Shed and join in. Thank you for stopping by!

WOYWW #870 Just in Time! For Next Years Xmas Tags!

   I've been trying to make a post for WOYWW for weeks now. (Pop over to Sarahs Craft Shed and join in!) I took loads of pictures but, as usual,  never found time, the days and weeks came and went...Still, I'm here now... in the Sun Room, as I'm House/dog sitting again. It's pitch black outside and the dogs are snoozing...unless the fox or some deer turn up, then it's 'Let's bark as loud as we can! Coz we want to go out and chase them! 

  'I have sort of been crafting. These pictures were taken on the kitchen counter. The lady of the house left me all her Christmas cards....so I've been die cutting them up into tags and tabs. Some of them aren't half bad, even if I do say so myself!

 At the moment these two are my favourites...but I've still got loads more to do.  Will later put some ties on them too, then box them away, and by next Christmas, I'll forget where I put them!

 Above and below are some three fold tags

And then this pocket tag with more tags. It's got paperclips on it as I forgot to bring some glue to stick the backing on...

And then a group of them....I could keep going, but you've probably fallen a sleep by now- as its getting late! Sorry about the state of the pictures, the lighting bouces off of them! So! Hope you all had a great Whats On Your Worktop Wednesday...Tomorrow, I'll tell you all about what happened over the last weekend and then show you two birthday cards I managed to finish... Thank you for stopping by! 

Ohoo, ps, I found my wacom pen! So might also do a freebie

Another Gnomey Christmas Card!

I'm on a roll....I mean, not a ham roll, but my chair, it's nice and 'rollie' (At home there's no room for my chair to go anywhere as there's too much stuff crammed against the wheels! New Year? I'm getting it tidied up!! (at some point, maybe!) Well, let's get to the 'point', here's another Gnomey (a Santa Gnome) decoupaged Christmas Card. This went to the lady who lives where I'm staying. (She said she liked it so much she was going to take it with her) Where's she going? There's a clue on the card! To see the Northern Lights! Fabulous! I've still not found the Christmas cards I made last year.... but now thinking about it, I might've posted them! As I said, somewhere, I'm still house sitting, and Bronte, one of the dogs it up here with me (upstairs in their office as the internet is soooo much better) I've got the telly on and every time a dog, or other animal appears on the very large screen she barks at it!  Grrrr! She must think they're monster dogs, as they're so big!

 I'm going to lookout for any Christmasy Challenges. It used to be so much easier to join in with them but I think a lot of them have closed down..Happy New Year (again!) can't say that too many times!! Thank you for stopping by! 

Challenges 

allsortschallenge-840. -winter-animals-anything goes (reindeer) 

Last WOYWW of 2025! #865

 

Happy last WOYWW of 2025! Wellll, I nearly didn't make it as once again, I'm house/dog sitting over the holiday (plus visiting family etc) and time just bubbles by with furballs, doggy things, Christmas decorations and fairy lights...  It's a very frosty morning here where I'm staying. I do have the odd picture of what I've been making....mostly a mess, as life comes in like a tidal wave and things can only balance in a push-back pile for so long, so I was using the Hall floor as well.. 

 I was going to do a freebie but still haven't found my wacom pen....it's out there some where. Was thinking of buying myself a new wacom, but eeeekkkk.... I need a bit more, a lot more, Christmas money!! 

Last time I was staying here dog sitting, I was covering boxes... or maybe cutting out little file folder thingies, when I went home...

 So you may've seen these pictures before... 

Mostly this month I've been, when I could squeeeeze in the time, making Christmas cards, using these papers...

Here's a finished card...this one I kept flat as it was going to be posted

And to finish off...the dogs I'm looking after. Remi and Bronte.

 Remi...

and  Bronte, snoozing.

There's also a cute little cat that pops in when I'm at home... That's it!!! Have a great New Year....(I'll be waiting to watch Stranger Things) Pop over to Sarahs Craft Shed and join in! Thank you for stopping by!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year....

 I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas, just the New Year to get through now! I have been making Christmas Cards. Well I mean, it is the season....or was! Above is a gnomey Christmas Card I made for S-i-l and her hubby, using one of my favourite folds and papers. I made  some of these last year, but could I find them?? No! Still, I made more and will be showing them in up coming posts! 

It's just an 8x8 card with half the front cut off, turned around and covered, then adding a smaller card, covering it, leaving the left opened side last so you can add the acetate to add the sentiment too and help support the card, then fix that to the inside of the bigger card and jobs's done... 

 Sometimes I use magnets to close it or ribbon, this time I just left it 'hanging'.  That's it for now. Here's wishing you all a great new start to 2026. Thank you for stopping by.

#It's WOYWW Time #862

 Back of Finished Folder

 Morning Peoples! Yes I'm here today. You wouldn't believe the month I've had. Disaster in every corner and its still not over yet! So many things going wrong-far too many to list here. Let's just say I have spent HOURS and hours/all day, three times this month just waiting at the garage to get things fixed. 

 

The main one, was that my car got 'recalled!' Something 'dangerous' had to be checked! Anyway! Enough of that already, as it's WOYWW time! So pop over to Sarah's Craft Shed and join in!! 

Pictures show what I've been doing this week, (inbetween everything else) cutting up and fixing together one of VectoriaDesigns freebies.

I also bought a set a few weeks back...then had an email stating an extra 60% off and I thought, I think I'll buy that one, not realising it already had 70% off so, in the end I paid more! Tinne did warn us in the email.... And guess what??? A few days later I had a refund of the over payment! Thank you Tini! 

 Inside the folder

The one I bought I haven't finished cutting up yet, so I'll show you that one later.

Also, in the pictures above,  you can see I've also cut up one of my masterboards, using the banner of my digis and a 6x6 paper pad. I don't think it came out too bad....will be better when finished. Well, that's is for now, as I'm off to walk Frankie. They've just moved house... from #25 to #13...how strange is that? Have a great WOYWW day!! Thank you for stopping by! 

WOYWW 859! Nothing much but an ALWAYS FREEBIE for Wednesday!

Happy WOYWW!?  I'm still here, house and dog sitting, so not a lot of crafting has been done. Although I did manage to finish SIL's birthday card, but it was only really made out of the scraps I had...

 

...sorry about the shadows, it was quite sunny for a while... I wanted a cat or dog image on the front but settled for a 'Happy Birthday' 

Inside there's a pocket for an Amazon gift card and a pop up  little diecut cat I had, by Tim Holtz (Halloween)....very small pieces!! The card is from a 12x12 as that was all I had, made a little stranger by the add ons... 

I also cut up these lables, tickets and tabs from a 12x12, hopefully to use on something else when I get home. Next is the freebie...
 

...You can see on my laptop above, I'd started doodling this lined thingamejig...I'll leave you to colour it or add anything to it you want! Just click and save. I'll be packing up to go home tomorrow. Just got to move the van a little closer to the front door! Yesterday I found the bumber had been smashed! But as least it wasn't the lights this time!  It's all been sorted out and booked it for repairs next week. Off in a mo to walk the dogs again, 3rd walk today and it's not even 9 '0 clock! They love chasing squirrels!! and voles.Then I'll nip out to see Dexter! Buzy BuZZy Buzzzy!! Or should that be bizzy? Happy WOYWW!? Everyone!! Thank  you for stopping by!