Crafting @ Eighty

Good afternoon everyone. I see it has been a month since I posted anything. I am getting slower & slower with my work, but when I have made something I will continue to show it here.  Because I am currently not involved in any challenges I am not being read by other people.  But I don't mind - when I do get around to blogging, it is helping to keep my mind alert. Anyhow, those recent cards; Several small Clean & Simple cards Very simple white on white except for a small amount of silver to lift the design. There is also some lines scored into the front of the card to take the plainness off - they dont always show up well in a photograph. The die is unknown (probably from Aliexpress) Although a new stamp I just cannot remember what make it is. I just loved its simplicity. Finally these 2 cuties. The images are from Pngwing (I was introduced to them by a lady who shows her cards on Clean & Simple Facebook Group.) I have also had several family cards to make for October, &

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 Hello again.  Today I have a couple of cards in the "Clean & Simple" style that I made this week, to share with you. I recently joined in the Face Book group "Clean & Simple Cards", so these were for showing on there.  Recently I had had one of my cards declined as falling outside the rules. It was only the second card that I had tried. So I decided to stand back & watch what was being produced by others to help me choose the right style.  It is of course a very much "in the eye of the beholder" style. So, here are 2 cards I made this week. I have uploaded one of them to the group which is now pending, waiting for administrators approval.  If this one is OK I will then post the second one. I stamped the snowflake in Versamark Ink & heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. Then lightly coloured some of the little squares on the arms of the snowflake, in pale blue & pale lilac pencil. The "Merry Christmas" is a peel-off i

Hello everyone - isn't it hard to believe we are now into September?  My! this year is rushing by. Today I have a photo of a card I made last week for a challenge at one of my clubs.  The theme was the "Passing of Summer".  Quite a challenge! To help me when I was thinking of the design, we had a beautiful late summer sunset one evening - so that gave me the colours.  Then I turned to Google, as you do, & searched for images & quotes to do with the ending of summer.  The images gave me an idea of the stamps to use, but I also found a really lovely quote.  So, here is the card; I am not the best at colouring & creating things like sky, but I am quite pleased with this. I used Distress Inks diluted with water & then brushed gently across the card. The trees, which are one stamp,  were basically for an autumn image so had bare branches. The set that they came from also had a cluster of leaves stamp, so I used that in 2 shades of green across the branches.  Th

Good afternoon everyone.  I hope you have something special arranged for the forthcoming Bank Holiday Weekend. Let's hope the weather is going to be kind to us. A few weeks ago I treated my lovely husband to an afternoon tea trip in a vintage train on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway.  There were two types of ticket - one in the ordinary carriage & one in the refurbished "first class" carriage.  Unfortunately when I booked all the first class spaces were gone.  But never the less it was still really good where we were. It was also a very nice afternoon tea with sandwiches & cake & tea or coffee. As always on our days out & holidays, I took quite a few photos & just had to make a little album.  This one is a gate-fold album & the pages are made from C6 envelopes with two 5 x 7 cards creating the left & right sections to hold the pages. Here are just a few of the pages to show you; The cover. It is held closed by a magnet under the logo

Hello everyone. The last couple of weeks I have slowly been making myself another photo album.  It took this long due to the hot weather which cut down the length of time I could sit in the craft room. The album style is from a video I watched by Vanessa Peter of "Scrappin It Up". She named this album Garden Party - not sure what I will call mine, but at the moment due to its vintage look I may possibly use for it for old family photos.  This will go along side my research into my family history. Here are some photos of sections of the album. The front cover. The base of the album is 12x12 Kraft card. This is the inside left page. It has 2 flaps one which opens to the left & one which opens to the right. Giving me 5 pages in total. This is the right hand page It is also the basis for a large pocket.  It has a flap with a pocket on the front which opens to the right & gives me 2 pages plus the pocket. This is the reverse side of the large pocket. The tab at top left is