Enchanted Place

Our Beloved Queen

2022-09-19T00:00:00.001+01:00

Rest in Everlasting Peace

My wish for you is every good thing

2022-09-06T18:19:00.000+01:00

Hello, how are you? Today I am playing with a new stamp which I received as a birthday gift from a friend - MFT Fairy Best Friend Stamp. It is a lovely set with little fairies and flowers, and the most lovely sentiment. As they are small I immediately thought of using them on artist trading coins, as I make a lot of coins to swap.

If anyone is new to the coins, I thought I would write the details on how to make them, or at least how I make them!

Artist trading coins are always a 2.5 inch circle. You can choose what to cut it from, a lot of people recycle food packaging which is a wonderful idea. I usually like to watercolour mine so I cut them from watercolour paper. I am hopeless at keeping the backs clean so I use regular card to cut another circle to go on the back.

On the back of the stamps you write your name, date, the title of your coin and the number of how many you have made. If you made 3 you would write 1 of 3, 2 of 3 etc. There are several stamps available which are made especially to stamp on the back of coins, but you can easily write all the information yourself.

I began by water colouring a background, but of course you could use any medium. I love the sentiment “My Wish For You Is Every Good Thing” I stamped and then embossed it.

I then stamped some of the flowers from the set around the edges of the coin, and used glitter gelly pens to colour them.

After stamping and water colouring, I fussy cut the cute fairies, not forgetting to add magical glitter their wings. I adhered them to the coins using 3D sticky pads.You can use any theme to create your coins, the possibilities are endless.

They are now all ready for me to swap, I have made some inchies using this stamp set too.

I hope these little details have been helpful to anyone new to making coins.

Thank you so much for visiitng. Take care and stay safe xx

I would like to enter my My Wish For You is Every Good Things into the following challenges.

Happy Little Stampers Water colour

Crafty Friends Fairies & Fantasy

Paperbabe Stamps Anything Goes

In Memory of Raymond Briggs

2022-08-13T13:16:00.000+01:00

I don’t think anyone could imagine Christmas without The Snowman, he is an intrinsic part of Christmas. Raymond Briggs gave the world The Snowman, Snowdog, The Bear, Fungus the Bogey Man, When the Wind Blows, and Ethel and Ernest. We are all so grateful for his talent and imagination.

I have made these two tags in his memory.

Thank you for visiting, take care it is very hot here at the moment xx

Mini book Soul Whispers

2022-08-04T21:23:00.000+01:00

I recently took part in a Facebook swap to create a mini book which would fit into the palm of your hand. I don’t think I’ve ever made a book that tiny before! I used water colour paper for the cover and, pages and also scraps of patterned paper for pages.

I die cut some hearts to make into balloons.

A little pocket holds a mini tag

I used one of my bubble backgrounds for a page

All of my images were stamped and watercoloured.

I included a little pocket in the centre pages to hold a little surprise

There are lots of fun swaps and challenges on Facebook.

My pages were 5cm x5 cm

The recipient of my little book thankfully loved it, and the one I received in return was just brilliant too.

The final page.

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely day xx

I would like to enter my mini book into the following challenges

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour challenge

We Love to Craft Anything mixed media

Classic Pooh Card

2022-07-08T12:25:00.001+01:00

Hello I hope you are doing well. I have always loved the Classic Pooh stories written by A.A.Milne, and wonderfully illustrated by E.H Shepard. So I am thrilled to be creating with these gorgeous Classic Pooh stamps.

I water coloured the background and the images, I also used some sparkly pens on some of Pooh’s stash of honey pots!

Thank you for visiting, stay safe xx

I would like to enter my Classic Pooh card into the following challenges.

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

Paperbabe Stamps Anything Goes

Alice Day 2022

2022-07-03T23:37:00.002+01:00

Hello, I hope all is ok with you today. It is July already, and in the UK the first Saturday of July is always Alice day when fans of Alice celebrate. In July 1862 Lewis Carol was boating on a lake with Alice Liddel and her sisters when he told them a story, which of course became Alice in Wonderland.

I began by watercolouring a background, and while that was drying I started a lot of fussy cutting of little Alice characters from one of the gorgeous Graphic 45 Alice papers. I scribbled some quick toadstools on some copy paper and coloured them before adhering to the page. My little Alice characters then jumped on to the page. There were some disagreements about who wanted to go where but they soon all agreed and settled down

I stamped the quotation, “ How long is forever, sometimes just one second” which is one of my favourites.

Our Alice Tea

Thank you so much for visiting, take care Covid numbers are very, very high xx

I would like to enter my Alice Day art journal page into the following challenges.

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

Paperbabe Stamps Anything Goes

More Than Words Wonderful

Wonderland is certainly wonderful!

Playing Poohsticks

2022-06-21T17:45:00.003+01:00

Hello how are you? Isn’t this sunny weather just lovely. A perfect day to play Poohsticks ! As everyone knows I love Classic Pooh so I am thrilled to be sharing this Poohsticks card today. I watercoloured the image, and even managed to use up some of my pile of patterned papers as a mount. A light green organza ribbon tie around in a bow added the finishing touch.

Last time I mentioned we were going to attempt to make the new Jubilee pudding.So I thought I would post a picture of the result. It was delicious.

Thank you so much for visiting, let’s hope this sunny weather continues for the rest of the summer.

I would like to enter my Playing Poohsticks card into the following challenges

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Dragon Fly Dreams Outdoors

Happy Little Stampers Anything goes

Happy Jubilee !

2022-06-02T08:00:00.001+01:00

We are having a four day celebration for the Queens Platinum Jubilee here in the UK. Six years ago I made this Papercraft cake for the Queens 90th birthday, so I thought I would update it for this years Jubilee.

I stamped new flags and Coldstream Guards, and added the Jubilee 70th logo, also adding a more recent photo of our beloved Queen.

We have our bunting and balloons up, and are looking forward to all of the celebrations. We are going to try and make the Jubilee Pudding, you can see the recipe here. It looks stunning, not sure that ours will look exactly the same 🤣

I wish everyone a very Happy Jubilee celebration.

Jubilee Ready

2022-05-23T12:51:00.002+01:00

Hello I hope you are doing well, and are looking forward to the upcoming Jubilee celebrations.

This little lady is very excited for the Queens Platinum Jubilee, and is all ready with her Union Jack in hand.

I delved into my craft cupboard to search for the Union Jack stencil for the background, and eventually found it! I overlayed it onto one of my bubble backgrounds which I made a few years ago. The post with details about how I created it is here.

The little lady is a stamp by Tracy Easson, I added a little crown, which she loved. I used my favourite water colours and some sparkle pens to give her some colour, and then fussy cut her. I was very careful not to snip her as she would have not been very happy! I used foam pads to adhere her over the stencilled flag.I stamped another flag and made a little stick for it so she can eagerly wave it back and forth in delight. I finished by stamping “Queen of Hearts” on some card and adhering with foam pads.

I would like to enter my Jubilee Girl into the following challenges.

Happy Little Stampers Water colour Challenge

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today, stay safe xx

Classic Pooh Birthday Card

2022-05-07T17:35:00.000+01:00

Hello how are you today? I haven’t been crafting for a while as I’ve had two unexpected operations this year. I have a biopsy next week, and I hope that will be it for a while. Today I am sharing a Classic Pooh card. I love E.H.Shepards original drawings in the Pooh books and these stamps have been inspired by his wonderful art work.

I water coloured the map and used a uni pin fine line pen to add detail.The map is based on Ashdown Forest where all of the Pooh stories were set. I also water coloured and fussy cut Pooh, and added some glossy accents to his beloved honey flowing out of the honey pot which he is lovingly clinging on to.I also managed to use up some of my large pile of pretty patterned papers as a mount 😁

I will finish with this photo taken in the Ashdown Forest some years ago, I am looking towards Gills Lap known as “The Enchanted Place “ in the Pooh books.

Thank you so much for visiting, wishing you sunny & happy days xx

I would like to enter my Classic Pooh card into the following challenges

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Creative Artiste Anything Goes

Craft Challenge Birthday

Hope for 2022

2022-01-01T11:39:00.002+00:00

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2022, let’s hope it is a much better year! So many of us with autoimmune illnesses, and are disabled, have been staying home for such a long time now. So

hopefully it will be the last year of this dreadful pandemic

A new year means a new yearly little scrapbook, so I have made this cover for it. Everything was water coloured as usual, and the 2022 was die cut.

Thank you for visiting, and fingers crossed for the new year. Stay safe xx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

Merry Christmas

2021-12-24T08:00:00.004+00:00

I sincerely hope everyone can stay safe, but things are not looking too good are they.

I always make a December Daily journal each year. I won’t have very much to put in it again this year, but we are doing our best to hold on to the Christmas Spirit.

I started by making a little bag to hold my journal, my mother taught me how to use a sewing machine last year, but I am pretty hopeless at it! My excuse is I cannot feel my foot so I don’t know when I’m pressing the pedal !

For my journal I used a small book binding kit I received as a blog prize quite a few years ago. I had not made this type of journal before. You use thread to stitch the pages in. I also cut down my old Christmas papers which I’ve had for years, so it was a bit of a mismatch. But I have so many scrapbook papers I really need to use them up.

Our Christmas tree this year.

I wish you the happiest Christmas it is possible to have , stay safe xx

Christmas Eve

2021-12-08T23:21:00.000+00:00

Hello, how are you? I hope you are enjoying the festive season so far. I have finished making all of my Christmas cards, and today I have written and stamped them all! A task and a half! I have lots of cards to share, and today I’ve chosen a card that I’ve Called “Christmas Eve” as it features Father Christmas, and his reindeer. I decided this reindeer is Ruldolph. so I have of course given him a red nose. I used watercolours, Sprinklets, white pen, and lashings of glitter. I also used some old Christmas scrapbook paper to make an extra special envelope for the card. I am on a mission to use up my mounds of patterned paper 😁

I made a larger size of the card too.

Thank you for visiitng today, and please stay safe xx

I would like to enter “Christmas Eve “ into the following Challenges

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

Paperbabe Anything Goes

We Love To Create Anything Goes

Country View Challenges Christmas Anything Goes

A Wagon full of Stars

2021-11-29T09:12:00.003+00:00

I hope all is well with you.Today I am sharing another Christmas card. I know some crafters make them all year round which is such a good idea.I usually make them a month or so before. I used lots of paper piecing on this Christmas card, as it is a good way for me to use up all the little scraps of patterned paper, which I am guilty of keeping!

Thank you for visiitng, stay safe xx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Paperbabe 157 Challenge

We Love To Create Anything Goes

Joy

2021-11-17T11:29:00.001+00:00

Hello I hope all is ok with you. I have finally been able to post this, I have had it saved as a draft for some time.

I have made a few Christmas cards, and as always they are all in watercolour, and my new favourite white gouache for snow. I also paper pieced the snowman’s scarf. I need to do more paper piecing, as it would help to use up some of my many pretty patterned papers.I used some of my extensive Christmas papers to make envelopes for my cards. I have also used them to make my December Daily this year, and I have managed not to buy any of the new lovely Christmas designs!

Thank you for visiting, and please stay safe, sadly this pandemic is very far from over xx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

HappyLittle Stampers Christmas make a scene

Unicorn Challenge Winter/Christmas

Lest We Forget

2021-11-11T08:00:00.001+00:00

Lest We Forget

Christmas Gift Tags

2021-11-06T00:31:00.002+00:00

It is feeling a lot more wintery recently, so thoughts immediately turn to Christmas. I have all of my gifts sorted out already, I don’t actually have them yet but I know what I am going to buy.So that is a good start, thank goodness for online shopping! A few weeks ago I made some special tags to tie onto my gifts. I still have a lot more Christmas cards to make, I hope to be able to make some more soon. The list gets longer and longer every year!

I cut my tags from water colour card and stamped over my water coloured background with these gorgeous silhouette images. I used white Gouache paint for my snow, and added lots of glitter too.You just can’t have Christmas without lots and lots of glitter, but it does get everywhere! I finished by threading some organza ribbons onto my tags.

I decided not to buy any new Christmas wrapping paper this year as I am slightly addicted to buying gorgeous Christmas wrappings 😀 So I am determined to use up what I already have. Hopefully these tags will match the papers.

Stay safe, and thank you so much for visiting ❤❤

I would like to enter my Christmas Gift Tags into the following challenges.

Country View Crafts Christmas Gifting

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

HappyLittle Stampers Christmas make a scene

Unicorn Challenge Winter/Christmas

Happy Halloween

2021-10-30T23:49:00.002+01:00

Just a quick post to wish everyone who celebrates Halloween a very nice day or should I say night.I am sharing a Witchy art journal page made for a challenge on Facebook.

Stay safe xx

Happy 95th Pooh

2021-10-14T21:29:00.000+01:00

Today is the 95th birthday of Winnie the Pooh! I have always loved Classic Pooh, as written by A.A.Milne, and brilliantly illustrated by E.H. Shepard. The first rubber stamps I ever owned were Classic Pooh ones, the good old fashioned wooden ones.

I have created these Classic Pooh cards to celebrate this special day. I have sent them to my fellow Classic Pooh friends. I water coloured my background, and the images. I used a lot of masking to stamp the overlapping bunch of balloons. Pooh always needs honey so of course I stamped him lots of honey jars!

Pooh and friends joined us on a recent trip to the forest, and he enjoyed sitting on his thinking log.

I made a Classic Pooh cake today, with a marzipan Pooh, and a chocolate flake covered log.

Thank you for visiting, and please stay safe, the covid numbers are high, and increasing every day xx

I would like to enter Pooh into the following challenges

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Playing in the Autumn leaves

2021-10-02T09:38:00.000+01:00

As Autumn arrives I feel very fortunate to live with a forest just at the bottom of our avenue. The leaves are starting to turn a multitude of browns, reds, and yellows. Due to the pandemic we have spent more time than ever visiting the forest, and I have started to keep a nature journal. I’ve gone back to childhood activities such as bark rubbing! So hoping things will improve next year…

With Autumn in mind, I have created this card for a swap. I used watercolours for the background, and also to add colour to the characters one of whom has jumped head first into the leaves!

I added some autumnal texture by using sprinklets in both gold and copper.

I die cut a lot of leaves and gave them a wash of watercolour. I have some left over for my nature journal too. Tracy Easson’s girl stamp has her arm by her side so I stamped it again and snipped it off (sorry hope it didn’t hurt) to place it as if she was raising it up in the air holding the leaf.

Thank you for visiting, stay safe xx

I would like to enter the following challenges

Try It On a Tuesday Autumn Blessings

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

CountryView Challenges Autumn colours

Cards 4 Galz Autumn

Paperbabe Anything Goes

Always By My Side

2021-09-13T12:58:00.000+01:00

I haven’t been crafting for a while as I have been unwell, with a dreaded trip to A&E, but the Covid precautions were very good. Today I am sharing another card made with one of my hand drawn die cuts and a cute Mouse stamp from one of Tracy Easson fabulous stamp sets called Just A Girl and Her Forever Friend.

I used watercolours to create the background, and a circle stencil on the top of the card. I drew and fussy cut some heart balloons to tie to the wheelchair. The sentiment also comes from a variety of Tracy Easson stamp sets.

Today is world Sepsis day, and September is Sepsis month. I have had septicaemia 3 times, the first 2 times were very serious, and I nearly died. The second time I was even discharged from hospital with all the symptoms of septicaemia, and I had to be rushed back in hours later by which time I was unconscious. So many people including Drs are not aware of Sepsis and it’s symptoms. It is very serious, and can leave permanent damage. Be Sepsis Aware #WorldSepsisDay

Thank you for visiting, and please Stay safe xx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

Happy Little Stamper Stencil

Happy Little Stampers Dies I drew and die cut my wheelchair image so I hope that it counts

We Love to Create Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies

Disabled abuse is not ok.

2021-08-16T15:22:00.003+01:00

Hello how are you today? I am not sure what has happened to the summer, we had a few nice sunny days in July, but now we seem to have descended into Autumn.

Today I am sharing a picture, I am not sure if it will be a large card or a picture to put on the wall.

I began by cutting a 17.78cm square from a watercolour sheet, I used a pale yellow wash all over, followed by yellow and lemon brushos on the edges. I somehow managed to get a bit of an orange blob onto it, but it doesn’t look too bad and I will cover it up later. I stamped and clear embossed honeycomb from Artistic Stamper around the edges.

I drew my silhouette ( not exactly wonderfully) and die cut it. It does not die cut very well at a smaller size. I think because the spokes on the wheel are so delicate. I have cut out a few if any of my crafty friends would like one please contact me.

I stamped bees from Indigoblu and Artistic stamper, after water colouring them, I clear embossed their little bodies, and added glitter to their wings. We have had a lot of bumble bees in our garden this year, which is lovely.

I stamped and fussy cut a selection of flowers and leaves, all of them were water coloured and fussy cut. I used black stickles in the centre of some, and a clear beads on the centre of others. I slightly shaped some of the flowers and leaves (after I took this photo).

I used decoupage pads to adhere my silhouette, words, flowers, and added a few gems, and sequins too.

I finished by edging the picture with black.

Stay safe xx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

Happy Little Stampers Anything with a Die

CountryView Challenges Monochromatic

WeLove 2 create Mixed Media Anything Goes

Christmas in July

2021-07-10T08:30:00.006+01:00

Hello, and thank you for visiting, I hope you are keeping safe and well. Wishing England lots of good luck in the Euro football final this weekend.

Christmas in July seems to be very popular, I love Christmas but July emmm… not so sure, but it’s good to get a head start. So I’ve made a Snowman Christmas/Winter card especially for Lost Coast Christmas in July Challenge and Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge.

I created a background with water colours, and also coloured the snowman using the same medium. I stamped the image twice and fussy cut the holly and carrot nose and decoupaged them onto the snowman. I used white acrylic paint to colour the snow drips and sprinkled it with white glitter. I finished by clear embossing his/her eyes, and I also embossed the sentiment.

Stay safe, covid cases are sadly increasing every day xx

The Brightest Star

2021-07-06T11:51:00.002+01:00

Hello, I hope all is well with you. Today I am sharing a picture which I created for the following challenges, Countryview Challenge Stencil, and Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

I am not sure if I will make it into a card or just keep it as picture to put on my wall. A friend sent me some of Tracey’s lovely stamped images. I used watercolours before fussy cutting them and adhering with sticky pads. I created the background with Brushos, regular watercolours, lots of glitter and stencilled in a few stars.

Stay safe, not to sure about all of the Covid restrictions being lifted in England. Those of us who are disabled and ill will probably have to continue to stay in. xx

Alice Day Challenge

2021-06-25T13:49:00.001+01:00

My Alice Day Journal Page

This year Alice Day is on the 3rd of July, there are some wonderful events happening in Oxford this year. I hope to be able to visit Oxford for Alice Day, one day. More information can be found about this years event at The Story Museum.

In 2018 I started a little crafting challenge to celebrate Alice Day. For the last few years it has been kindly held on Facebook at UK Stampers.

The prize for the random winner.

I am sharing some of my many Alice makes below.

Stay Safe xx