Masculine card with French Foliage

Father’s Day is coming up soon, so here’s a little masculine card inspiration for you, using that gorgeous stamp set, French Foliage, and the lovely Comfort Café Designer Series Paper.

We’re using a different stamp set (By The Tide) but these are the colours and the papers for my forthcoming Father’s Day class on 18^th May. The closing date for registration is 11^th May (who knows why I made it so close to the actual date – ridiculous!) but please note that there is now strictly only ONE PLACE LEFT – there really aren’t enough tables in the room for any more people after that.

Hope to see you there!

Stamps: French Foliage, For My Family

Cardstock: Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Paper: Comfort Café

Ink: Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Summer Starfruit

Accessories: Naturals Buttons, Linen Thread

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Bird punch thank you card

Yet another “use it before we lose it” project (that’s colours, not other products, so don’t panic just yet. We’ll get our retiring list on 1^st June).  

Keeping this brief as exhausted after a fabulous weekend, crafting with some of my stamping friends with Monica Gale on her retreat!

Stamps: Oh, Hello

Cardstock: River Rock, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red

Ink: River Rock, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Bird Punch

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Caturday - Raturday!

Squeamish readers look away now... because Pooboo has caught a prize bigger than we could ever have imagined. Yes, this appears to be a fully-grown rat. 

I think it must have been pretty heavy as he was walking VERY slowly up the garden. Unless it was more of a victory march, so that everyone could admire his prowess. And I have to admit it's a pretty impressive achievement. 

The old adage "you're never more than six feet away from a rat" certainly seems to be true when you live in the countryside, surrounded by neighbours who keep chickens. In fact, it's one of the reasons we got rid of our own chickens. 

This was definitely too close for comfort, even though - as you can probably tell - we observed the predator from behind glass! *Shudder* Needless to say, we are now treating Pooboo with respect and suspicion... and being extra vigilant with hygiene after handling ALL the cats. Blech.

Oh Hello thank you card with retiring colours

Another product of my “use it before we lose it” craft session, using River Rock, Not Quite Navy and Riding Hood Red cardstock. It’s a great colour combo, so grab it while you can (IF you can, some items are out of stock).

Stamps: Oh, Hello

Cardstock: River Rock, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red

Ink: River Rock, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Neutrals brads

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Summer Silhouettes and International Bazaar DSP

It’s a gloriously sunny day so this card feels appropriate. It’s part of a set I made for a friend’s birthday, all packed up in a decorated box which I’ll show you eventually.  It uses International Bazaar paper which is packed with brightly-coloured patterns and funky designs – right up my friend’s street. And the stamp set is one of my favourites – Summer Silhouettes – which we all received free at Convention last year.

Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Itty Bitty Banners

Cardstock: Pacific Point, Whisper White

Paper: International Bazaar

Ink: Old Olive, Pacific Point

Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, Bitty Banners framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Scallop Dotted Ribbon – Old Olive

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By The Tide thank you cards with Oh, Hello

Here are this month’s thank you cards to place with orders. I love these little half-size cards, they’re very cute (and quick to make, too!). I’ve used some retiring River Rock cardstock, as well as some of the products we’ll be using at my Father’s Day class on 18^th May. There’s only one place left, by the way, so hurry if you want to grab it. (Might be able to squeeze two of you in if you prefer to travel in pairs.)

I’m really enjoying using this By The Tide stamp set, hope it makes it into the Big Catty!

Stamps: Oh Hello, By The Tide

Cardstock: River Rock, Very Vanilla

Paper: Comfort Café

Ink: Soft Sude, Midnight Muse, River Rock

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Caturday - feline foursome

Quantity not quality today - four for the price of one, although they are very out of focus.

You know when a footpath takes you through a farmyard, it feels a bit awkward? Well it feels even more awkward when there's a dog barking at you, even if it's chained up. But I couldn't resist grabbing a quick snap of these four, staring down at us as we stomped (rather quickly) through their back yard.

Coming back was worse, though, because there was NO dog on the end of the chain... which meant it could have been snapping at our heels. Fortunately there was no sign of it and we made it back to the car safely.

Daughter told me off for not recognising Caturday's first anniversary! How remiss of me. But can you believe Caturday has been going for more than a year?