What Fun

 I hope everyone had a wonderful christmas day.

I had geat fun, I got a video whatsapp from my granddaughter (technically from my daughter) wishing me merry christmas and thanking me for her presents. So that was lovely.

Youngest daughter and I also started a new christmas tradition, PANCAKE breakfast. Yes pancakes, smothered in butter, maple syrup and topped with fruit. 

Sorry forgot to take a pic but just imagine...........fluffy pancakes stacked 2 high............maple syrup drizzling over the edge.........and.......big beautiful blueberries & strawberries sitting majestically on top....

....oh no, I'm hungry now.......lol

I got Lego for christmas, yes Lego.

I know I know, that might sound unusual but as well as loving Lego.....I'm also an avid gamer. 

One of my favourite games is...............

It's an exciting post-apocalyptic open world adventure game 

I know you are now wondering what this has to do with Lego..

 

.....WELL....

 

Lego have special edition kits

 

And 

 I GOT A TALLNECK!!

 This is one of the very few passive beasts in the game, by climbing this huge machine you get map information as well as a great view of your surroundings.....it is so majestic.

 

 And of course

 

 I had to build it, (in between cooking the christmas dinner), with my youngest helping, naturally.

WOOHOO

Climbing up the Tallneck is the Heroine of the game, Aloy

But you know I had to personalise it 

 

by adding figurines of myself & my hubby's (no, not specially made figures) 

This will now take pride of place on a shelf in my living room for all to see. It was such fun to build.

Well I better get back to being inventive with all this turkey....LOL

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

All wrapped up

 So many things to do, so little time......Aaaaaaaaaarrgh!!!!

It's fine....no really it's fine. We have all got this, we're crafters! We can do anything....

I have 4 snowflakes crocheted and I need at least 30 more................I CAN do this..............

Hmm......should I make a red cloak for the card deliveries? If I made the hood deep enough it would garantee nobody sees it's me. Although no-one's spotted me yet, or they haven't said anything thankfully.

Nope, I need to make more wrapping paper, which conviently goes with our challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters

CHRISTMAS

so I have made my wrapping paper by recycling

And then Buffy? I hear you cry...

And once that's done?

And of course the final stage of the process, wrapping the pressies

 

 

The secret is to not colour every stamped image.

It's very satisfying to know I've rescued paper and given it a new life, even if it's only briefly. At least some of this wrapping will become a firelighter. Cozy

I apologize for the tiny writing on some of the photos, I underestimated  how small they would look on here.

Our fabulous DT have made some super creations, so go share some holiday cheer with them....Here

Stamp set - FtLoS - Festive Flok Art Stockings & Baubles

Inkpad - Momento Tuxedo black

Pens - Kurtake Brush pens

Happy Yuletide, Merry Christmas, Season Greetings

Joy & Peace to you

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

Christmas is approaching Beware of cute animals

 How fast has this year gone?!?!? I know time is supposed to pass faster as you get older but DAMN!!! An entire year in 5 minutes......I want a recount!!

Well on the plus side we are still preparing for Christmas over at Fab'n'Funky challenges. Our latest challenge is.....

Christmas Animals

Yes cute little Christmas creatures, the cuter the better 😉

 Of course this meant digging out and brushing off a firm favourite stamp set of mine, For the Love of Stamps - Furry & Bright

 Aren't they just the cutest little guys

 

 

 

 I have definitely gotten into CAS (Clean And Simple) card-making this year, although I'm not sure how strictly CAS they are.

This little set of Christmas card had multiple masking layers.

I always start with my main character (creating a mask on a sticky note), once that's stamped and the amsk is on I work out what & where. In this case it was the presents next as I wanted them to be in front of the tree, these then needed masks. Finally I stamped the tree.

So this is why I'm not 100% sure these are full CAS, technically they aren't that simple. For seasoned card-makers it would be so simple, but if you're new to card-making is it?

 Hmmm, maybe a video tutorial is in order.........I've not done a youtube one in some time.......

Oh alright you twisted my arm, I'll make one this afternoon, edit it tomorrow morning and hopefully have a link up here by tomorrow afternoon. 

You're so demanding........😁

Back tomorrow

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

Christmas in July

 Morning 

So I've been busy creating my charity card sets. Each year I like to create a few packs of cards to donate to charity shops for them to sell. 

As a DT for Fab'n'Funky Challenges I like to share my makes in hopes of inspiring others to do their bit to

As you might have guessed, this weeks theme is:

Anything Christmas

(but seasons greeting is also good 😉)

So without further ado, here is my inspiration creations

I used a cute little gingerbread man die as my main focal point.

I made a mask before stamping the candy canes so the eyes, mouth,etc, would remain blank when the topper was added.

Promarkers for colouring in the canes and to finish off the cute little gingerbread ribbon I discovered in the bottom of a box.

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

Christmas at Fab'n'Funky

 So it might seem a little early but is it ever to early to start making your Christmas cards? At Fab'n'Funky challenges we think 

NO!

One card each month and by Christmas, you have some lovely cards for the ones you love. 

This little fairy will be appearing a lot in my card-making this year, I have decided that she will be trying out different looks.

In this incantation she is a Christmas/Yule fairy, with a red poinsettia and elf coloured outfit.

I coloured her in using ProMarkers.

It's a little hard to tell but the edge of the mushroom and the grass beneath are covered in frost (Sakura clear glitter gel pen).

The snowflakes around the card are from my TL Advent calendar, day 1. Simply cut from white cardstock and took my Sakura clear glitter gel pen to them and added clear glitter gems for extra sparkle.

I have also done a little bit of recycling on this card, the sentiment in the top right was cut out of one of the cards we received.

Check out our lovely DT designs and leave them a little love.

Back soon with more sharing

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx

No Card Christmas

 Hello 

"It's the most wonderful time of the year", I believe that's how the song goes and I totally agree. 

I treated myself to a Tattered Lace Advent calendar.

I love having a grown-up crafting advent calendar, it's far less calorific 😉

So on the 5th day of advent my calendar gave to me

Prancing Deer Die

And thanks to this wonderful little self indulgence, I found inspiration for our fun challenge over at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Christmas themed but No Cards

So we want to see your Christmas themed creations just take a break from cards this week.

I had quite a bit scrap cardstock which we all have and with my little friend above, I was able to whip up so simple but effective gift tags

I think a handmade gift tag on a present is such a nice treat in this age of throw-away society.

The red tag bases are all made from off-cuts of other projects (like exploding boxes), the deer are also made from scraps of cardstock and so are the white label sections.

It's easy to be waste conscious if you keep a couple of scrap tubs, one for biggish off-cuts and one for smaller scraps. 

(It also means more crafting when money might be tight 😁)

I will share more advent adventures shortly.

Please remember to visit my lovely teamies over at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx