Thinking Spring is in the air I made a couple of spring cards last night. Actually they are going to be sent to a couple of people who didn’t receive Christmas cards this year …Oooops!
I didn’t want to use glossy or coated card stock for these so I painted some bulk standard card (only type I can get hold of) with gesso and then coloured the stamped images using some basic felt tips.
I’ve been crafting quite a bit this week. We have had no rain since before Christmas so I decided to get the Beast and Hector out. Would you believe it. There is rain forecast for the weekend! I did manage to get a few projects started but nothing to show for my efforts at the moment. Oooo! Ethel’s cousin Matilda may be making an appearance over the next couple of weeks. I managed to find some lamp shades at the second hand store. Just got to sort out the body! The puppets AND mine me thinks! lol!
Happy Crafting,
Florence.
You inspired me… How exciting what you make in this craft world… Sorry I have just found time to visit all your posts… Fascinated me again… Angels, muses and the sun be with you always dear Florence, Thank you, Happy creative spring days, with my love, nia
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Hi Nia. You have made my day with all of your lovely comments and kind words. Many thanks.
Regards Florence xx
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had a chance to poke around on your blog – love your creations! what a unique sensibility you have. i’m curious – how did you end up in spain?
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Hi there, Great to hear from you. We used to live on a sailing boat and one year we wintered in Spain and never left. It was never planned. It just happened. So, that is how we ended up here. Thank you for your visit and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence x
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I have really enjoyed exploring your blog! You are quite a talented lady! I love the puppet, your woodworking tools, and your gorgeous cards! The coloring on these Spring cards is beautiful and seeing the stitching made me smile! I have a sewing machine, but my husband knows more about how to use it than I do! But I’m making an effort to get it out of the closet and start experimenting sewing my card mats together. I love this handmade detail. It adds so much to the card! Lovely creations! ~Vanessa
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Hi Vanessa. Thank you so much for such a lovely comment! I am so pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit. You have made my day.
Regards Florence xx
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Beautiful cards, quite exquisite in fact. You are so talented. Can’t wait to see Ethel’s companion.
Hugs, Neet xx
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Neet! Hi! Great to hear from you. Hope all is well and that you had a fabulous day!!!! Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comment.
Regards Florence xx
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Oh so awesome!
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Hi Jan. Hope all is well. I think you have already visited me on this one! he he! Always lovely to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words.
Take care,
Florence xx
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Love your cards Florence and you have achieved some amazing colouring with ordinary pens 🙂
Hope your keeping well
Hugs Von x♥x
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Hello you! Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xxx
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These are both so pretty, the floral images are gorgeous and beautifully coloured, especially love the colours and textures on the first one. Hope you are well
Lindsay xx
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Hi Lindsay. Great to hear from you. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Take care,
Florence xx
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I’m just having a little bit of a catch up, so worth it to visit here. Another puppet looking forward to that am completely in awe of your skills. Beautiful cards, made me wonder if you have ever tried stamping in Gesso? can produce amazing results just make sure you clean your stamp right away! XOXO Zoe
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HellO!!! Hope all is well!!!! I have tried stamping into modeling paste but not tried stamping into Gesso. Sounds interesting. Will give it a go. TFS. Really lovely to hear from you Zoe. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments. Keep in touch.
Regards Florence xxx
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Hi Florence! As usual I am late visiting you! I love those flower stamps and I really need to take the time to work on my shading. Your cards are very beautiful as always!! It has been a long winter, my body needs sorting out as well!! LOL!!
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Hi Sweetie. Hope all is well. We have started diets and healthy eating. It is all this comforting eating in the winter that is the problem! lol! I was thinking about you yesterday. Have you still got snow? From last year I think your spring comes a bit later than here. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.. Always great to hear from you when ever you get a moment. Even if it is just “hello”.
Regards Florence xxx
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these are gorgeous…. I’m truly inspired!
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Hi, Great to hear from you. Thank you for popping over and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence x
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And you too!! I love your creations! keep crafting ❤ -Nicole
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Florence,
Thanks for stopping by my blog, I am very slow to get it rolling and still amazed when someone actually looks at it! Your work is very nice and looks so effortless – beautiful. If you would ever like to do an exchange or swap let me know. I am curious as to how all these challenges get started and how you find out about them.
happy spring,
Lisa
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Hi Lisa. Lovely to hear from you. I was absolutely amazed yesterday, after 12 months, I finally worked out how to find wordpress craft blogs. It was a real treat to find your blog. As for the challenges. I used to join in Just For Fun but that has now finished. If you click on to any of the blogs on my sidebar a lot of my (paper crafting) blogging friends take part in various challenges. They will have links to challenge blogs on either their sidebar or a link contained in a post. I will send you an e.mail with a bit more info.
Lisa, there seems to be something wrong with the link (above) to your blog.
Thank you for calling in and for your kind words. Looking forwards to following your blog.
Happy Crafting,
Florence x
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Link sorted.
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two beautiful cards, don’t think I have a favourite!!
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Hi Maureen. Great to hear from you. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Do you have a craft room? I wonder sometimes when I see your wonderful projects about what your organizational patterns are. Silly, but you have so many cool crafts, makes me wonder!
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Hi there. Lovely to hear from you. I am quite lucky that I have a good sized craft room. It’s about 20 sq M in size. I have wall to wall racking for storage. Nothing gets thrown away!! lol! One half of the room is for paper, paint and altered art projects and the other half is set up for quilting and sewing projects. I have three good sized tables in the room so I can change and work on different projects at any time. We have good weather for the majority of the time so the turning machine, scroll saw and power tools are used outside on the patio. Maybe one day I will be brave and show a photo!
Regards Florence xx
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Amazing! You sound so well supplied! Hopefully one day I have a craft room, or at least a craft table:]
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Two beautiful cards Florence. I wish I could send you some of the rain we have had in Scotland lately!!
Siobhan x
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Hi Siobhan. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. It is great to hear from you. If you could send us some rain I could send you some sun shine in a jiffy bag! lol! Have a wonderful week.
Regards Florence x
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Hi Florence, such beautiful spring cards and the colouring is divine on these beautiful images. Cant wait to meet Mathilda my breath will be bated until then !! Hope you got some rain !
Marie
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Hi Marie. Hope all is well. We have had drizzle! It is forecast sleet and rain over the next couple of days. We definately need the rain. Thank you for popping over and for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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Beautiful spring cards Florence – I love them both.
xxx Hazel.
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Hi Hazel. Lovely to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words.
Regards,
Florence XX
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I am sorry that I am so late viewing your latest cards. They are beautiful! I hope that someday I will be able to shade my stamps half as good as you. Bring on Spring. Miles would love to have a Beast in his work shop. Looking forward to your next creation. 🙂
Joann
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Hi Joann. Hope you both are well. Listen, it is always so lovely to hear from you when ever you get a chance to pop in. Absolutely no need to apologise. I wish I had Miles’ workshop!! LOL! I have a wall! Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards to you both.
Florence xx
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Your cards are just beautiful Florence, the daffodil one is so fresh and the colours of the fuschia one remind me of tartan! Can’t wait to meet Matilda! xx
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Hi Suze. Hope all is well. I can see what you mean about tartan! Thank you for calling in, always great to hear from you, and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Beautiful spring flowers to cheer us up on a foggy day. Lovely colours and pretty backgrounds. Looking forward to seeing your puppets xx
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Hi Joy. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for popping in and for such lovely comments.
Take Care,
Florence xx
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Beautiful cards! I love the stamps you have used. Thank you for leaving a lovely comment on my blog x
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Hi Emma. Hope all is well. The fuchsia stamp is one of my favourites. I have had it for years. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence x.
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O Florence, today I bought 4 printed flower cards, but they compare nothing to your beautiful ones….
….and a hint: something yellow enveloped arrived in the mail on Monday.. Will be posting about it with my next recipe post! 😀 I’m sorry I forgot to do that when I put up the curry puffs post…
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Hi Fatimah. Hope all is well. Please don’t apologise. I never thought you would add it to a post. I am just so pleased it arrived. Hope it was all in one piece!!! Now my question is why are you buying cards?! We will have to get you stamping! lol! Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Take care,
Florence xx
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Oh I know, right? We should get stamping instead! I used to make lots of really pretty cards with my mum and sister, but that sort of died out after we finished our collage draw.. after that happened, we sort of left it up to mum to make cards with whatever we bought from time to time 🙂 they’re still really pretty, but nothing like yours….
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Hi Fatimah, What do you mean “Oh I know, right!” LOL! I remember one of the first comments you ever made on my blog was that you had been making cards.
Lovely to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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OMG! Ethel blew my mind – that is one serious bit of artwork, it really is FABULOUS!!!!
Loved the names for the woodturning and cutting machines – you really are multi talented xxxx
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Hi Cathryn. Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for such lovely comments. So pleased you liked Ethel.
Regards Florence xxx
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Two beautiful spring cards,love how you layered them up, gorgeous.
Look forward to seeing Matilda.
Yvonne x
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Hi Yvonne. Thank you sweetie for calling in and for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you.
Regards Florence x
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very pretty and amazing coloring!
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Hi Jan. Great to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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These are gorgeous,
Lucy x
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Hi Lucy. Lovely to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for popping in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence x
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Yay for lovely Spring! Your cards are stunning as usual. xxx
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Hi. It will be here soon! I bet your garden looks amazing in the Spring. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Hi Florence,
Sounds like you have been very busy,love both your cards,spring is on the way.Looking forward to seeing your new puppets.
Janet x
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Hi Janet. Hope all is well. Lovely to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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You´ve been very busy, they´re lovely. And yes, Spring is definitely in the air here, my daffs from the UK are in flower 🙂
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Hi T, Great to hear from you. I love daffs. Ours have a way to go yet. Those extra meters make all the difference. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Hi Florence, gorgeous cards, I love all the stitching and beautiful colouring. I can’t wait to see Matilda as Ethel is superb. I did look like a Beatle by the way, my Mum always liked George Harrison so my cut was probably modeled on him. I feel quite tempted to upload one of my old school photos then you can see my hair was truly dreadful, mind you it didn’t look much better in the 80s, my sister used to call me Brian May!! xx
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Hi Paula. You are a star. I haven’t laughed so much for ages! When I saw your comment come in earlier, Freddie asked me what I was laughing at. Real fits of giggles and tears! You must post a photo. I know the Brian May look…. I still have it! LOL!!!
Great to hear from you. Thank you for popping in and for such a lovely comment.
Still giggling.
Florence xx
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Wow, how cute is Ethel, and how come I missed her debut last August? Have always loved puppets, had a Pelham one as a child but couldn’t get him to work properly. Went to a puppet show year before last while on holiday in Somerset with the Gsons and I think I enjoyed it more than they did.
Beautiful cards as well Florence.
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Hi Ann. How funny is that. My love of puppets come from the Pelham puppets I had when I was small. I only had two of them which I still have in their boxes. They fascinate me. Great to hear from you Ann. Thank you for calling in and for sharing.
Regards Florence xx
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These are both lovely cards & so beautifully coloured Florence! Look forward to seeing your puppets.
Alison x
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Hi Alison. Great to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence x
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I like the use of Gesso on your cards, always a must have supply. Beautifully coloured images.
Wishes
Lynne
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Hi Lynne. Hope all is well. Thank you so much for popping in and for your lovely comments. I am having a bit of a blogging wobble at the moment so it really does mean a lot.
Regards Florence xx
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