Whitby Abbey

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers sorry I've not been around much this last week I was away for three days with my Golden Girl Friends visiting our friend who lives in the Wirral we all had a brilliant time. I'll post some photos later when I get them from my friend.
My card today is one I made a while ago and was one for the Craft Group ladies to make. We decided we rarely make men cards so this is a male card for a change. I used a great stamp that I've had for years of  Whitby Abbey from Crafty Individuals. If you have never seen their stamps they do some amazing designs.

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Card Recipe

6x6 blank Kraft Card

Papers are Lili of the Valley Country Gent no longer available

Stamp is from Crafty Individuals stamped with Sepia ink and lightly painted with Distress inks

Square Stitched die 

Brown Card Ross Papercraft

Corrugated card came in a parcel from John Lewis so waste not want not I knew it would be useful.

Trim is from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook Shop

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley Happy Sentiments

Craftwork Cards Candi

Wooden stars from Ross Papercraft Show

Well I hope everyone is having a great weekend I'm catching up on some Design Team cards today in between the washing and  ironing.. I am way behind with visiting your amazing blogs but I hope to get caught up as soon as I can I seem to have spent all this year doing catch up for one reason or another. I'll be back later in the week with another post. Love and  hugs to you all Carole x

Beside the Seaside

Good morning to  all my lovely friends and  followers. Thank you all so much for the lovely comments you have all made on my last post they are lovely. Also today I want to welcome my latest blog follower Natalia so glad you have started to follow my blog and  I hope you enjoy my posts. I know Natalia's work its fab as she is one of my Buddies on the docrafts blog.

We just came back yesterday from a couple of days in Whitby stayed at a lovely place called The Marine on the harbour and  this is a photo I took yesterday morning from our small balcony what a view we just wished it was warmer to sit out with a glass of wine. Never mind the reason we went was for the Jazz night and we had a great evening. I'm sure this will be added to our return list for the future.

 

  

 

My card today is one I made a few weeks ago at my craft group. We had planned to do encaustic art that day but it was cancelled so we made things from the stash in the Craft Group cupboard. I selected this decoupage image and  some matching papers and  made this man card. I only realised when I got home that the image is actually St Mary's Lighthouse at Whitley Bay not far from me and a place I visited a lot as a child searching for winkles with my Dad very happy days!!

 

I think its turned out Ok as men cards go never my favourites.

 

 

 

Card Recipe

Blank 5x7 card Craft Group

Papers from my Craft Group

Grey Metallic thread DMC from Craft Group

Card from my craft bag think Ross paper craft show

Small round Sentiment LOTV calendars

Happy Birthday sentiment Pink Gem Designs

Buttons free in a magazine

Twine from my stash

Ships wheel charm Whitby Crafts

 

 

I hope you enjoy these seaside images today and that you all have a great weekend. Hopefully I will be back over the weekend with a Ruby Wedding card commission I am just finishing .