Silver Wedding Anniversary

 Well, I'm not sure how we achieved it, but me and the Toad celebrated

our Silver Wedding Anniversary this past week.

How can it possibly have been 25 years?  That actually scares me to think

how much has happened in that time, but how quickly the years

have flown past.

Anyhoo, we had a lovely day, including a marvellous lunch out, and

are now working on year 26!

C C Designs - Grandparents Clear Stamp Set

(I know we're not, but the image was too cute to resist using)

Waffle Flower Happy Anniversary Duo Stamp Set

a mixture of grey toned papers from Honey Bee, Sunny Studio, and MFT

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours and fussy-cut

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Autumn or Winter

 Brace yourselves, I'm on time this week!  It's another new challenge from the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE team and this one is

Your Favourite - Autumn or Winter (and why)

With the exception of wasps, I love everything about autumn, the soft light, the gorgeous colours, sunny days but (in theory) cooler nights.  I don't even mind it getting darker earlier because I can be cosied up indoors!

This little foxy is from Lili Of The Valley

painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Sentiment from My Favorite Things

and a mixture of papers from MFT and Honey Bee

Our sponsor (with a gorgeous range of autumn animals to choose from)

Lee Holland

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Animal

 Oh my goodness me, there is late, and then there is my style of late, so let's pretend

it is still Thursday shall we.

The new challenge theme from As You Like It Challenge is

Your  Favourite Animal (and why)

I love all animals so this was a difficult choice, but in the end I went down the fantasy

route and chose a dragon.  I'm particularly partial to cute dragons, especially this sort.

The joy of them being fantasy is that you can use whatever colour you fancy!

Isn't he just super cute all covered in sugar frosting?!

The things I used for this make are:

Whimsy Stamps DP1052 Birfday Dragons, and

CWSD354 Simple Sentiment Strips

HoneyBee papers HBPA039 Giddy For Gingham

Taylored Expressions papers TEPP120 Playful Patterns Sweet

MFT papers Petite Plaid

and lots of Distress Inks (ReInkers) as water colours

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lawn Fawn

I do hope you will find time to join in the animal fun!

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Addicted To Stamps And More Challenge #453 - Birthdays

As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Two Colour Combo

 Oooh, it's a colour challenge theme over as

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

this time, and we would like to see (and hear about)

Your Favourite Two Colour Combo

I have lots of favourite colour pairings, but I always seem to come back to

blue and brown, I don't know why, to me it's just a comforting combo, and can be

used in so many different ways.

I've used one of the Lili of The Valley Spring Gnomes stamps

Teamed with a mix of Honey Bee and Sunny Studio papers

and a sentiment from Clearly Besotted

Gnome coloured up with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Polychromos Pencils

The sponsor of this challenge is

Last Minute Manda

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Birthday Witches

 Three days in a row, whoop whoop, don't worry, it won't last and will soon

revert to the usual chaos.

A friend and work colleague has a Halloween birthday.  She is also addicted to coffee, you rarely see

her around the office without a mug of java in her hands, usually in a takeaway cup.

Told you there would be another witch from the

Clearly Whimsy Stamps So Witchy set

Sentiment made up from an older Honey Bee set that I can't find a link for any more

Papers from Honey Bee 6x6 Fresh Brewed

Image painted as watercolour in Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Will I make it back for another posting this week, or will I make you wait until the weekend...guess it'll be a surprise!

Speaking of surprises, a few years ago I bought a Halloween themed bowl from a local discount store.

I'm going to fill it with Toad's "favourite" things for this evening ..... heheheh.

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Food

 Hellooooo (waving), how are we all then in the sunny month of May?

It's a Thursday, so it's time for a new challenge theme with the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

and our theme this time around is Your Favourite Food

(please explain why it inspired your make)

If I'm not well, or if I can't be bothered to cook, or if I want something quick ..... soup!

There is something so comforting about a bowl of soup and thick bread or a roll (buttered).

My favourites, in order, are cream of chicken, oxtail, vegetable, and tomato.  Nothing fancy, but oh so delicious.

I really ought to make my own soup more often, but I couldn't bear to see this in my stock pot!

Whimsy Stamps - Get Well (DP1033)

Honey Bee 6x6 papers - Gingham Galore: Fall and Playful Pastels

MFT DieNamics Single Stitch Line Rounded Square Frame (MFT-1056)

Crealies XXL Double Dot Squares XXL50

Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Our sponsor for this challenge is

LAWN FAWN

I do hope you will find time to come over and make us salivate!

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Festive Old Friends (DT) Dies To Die For

This is the card that I made for my dad for Father's Day - there's a running family joke about how often he falls asleep.

MFT Birdie Brown - Festive Old Friends stamps MFT-BB-123

MFT DieNamics - Festive Old Friends dies MFT-2002

MFT DieNamics Hexagon Pops die MFT-1998

Honey Bee Stamps 6x6 paper - Spring Lullaby hbs-HBPA-012

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Alphabet letters from CC Designs

MFT Stitched Hexagon Stax

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Cats or Dogs (DT) As You Like It Challenge

Hello peeps, I hope this Thursday finds you well and that life is being kind to you.  We all need a little kindess.

There is a new themed challenge at AS YOU LIKE IT today, and that theme is Cats or Dogs (your favourite, but please tell us why).

I've had cats in my life since I was born, literally - Sam, the farm tabby, used to sleep under my pram in the garden and wouldn't let anyone near, he was a fierce guard cat!  I can't imagine being without one now, with their cuteness (when they want), their calming purrs, their antics, scheming, mischief, all in all life would be dull without a furry feline buddy.

For this bundle of fuzz, I have used:

MFT Birdie Brown - Cat-Astrophe stamps MFT-BB-104

and the matching dies

a mixture of MFT and Honey Bee papers

a Whimsy ribbon slider die

Two sentiments - one from the cat stamp set, the other from Personal Impressions

and, shockingly, a beautiful piece of rainbow organza ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons

Kittens all coloured up using Zig Clean Colour Pens

Our sponsor for this challenge is

POLKADOODLES

Looking forward to meeting all your furry friends!

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Harvest Mouse (DT) Dies To Die For

Yes, it's me, sorry about last Saturday's hiccup (did you even notice?), but I am back now.

I have been really struggling with my mood during lockdown, some days I'm fine, bright and chirpy, but other days, such as most of last week, I'm low and tearful and wanting to hide under the duvet.  Working from home in splendid isolation is not suiting me at all.  I really miss the interaction with my colleagues and the buzz of the office.  For heaven's sake, I am even missing my boss!!

Some weeks I find it difficult choosing what to use, I must have bought THOUSANDS of stamp sets from Dies To Die For over the years, and I am not exaggerating on numbers, so this week I had a little rummage through the slightly older, but still available, sets to see what I could find and came across these little cuties.

OK, they are out of season but who cares that it's not autumn yet, let's face it, no one knows for certain what day/week it even is!

And the lovely things used

MFT Birdie Brown - Harvest Mouse MFT BB-24

MFT Die-Namics Harvest Mouse MFT-759

MFT Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings MFT CS-319

MFT Stencil - Mini Cloud Edges MFT ST-100

MFT Stencil - Grassy Edges MFT ST-111

Honey Bee 6x6 paper - Great Outdoors HBPA-004

So, colourwise, I used bog standard Distress Ink pads and finger daubers to use with the stencils for the clouds and grass, and for the mice they are a multi-media mash of Distress Inks (ReInkers), Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens, and Polychromos Pencils.

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