Hello there! Well its time for Christmas card Club again and this fortnight the focus is on the sentiment. I have made 5 cards using the same design - in slightly different colours....
My shining star

Sunday, 15 May 2022
Sentiment focus at Christmas Card Club
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Best Friends
Hello there! I am returning to the Countryview Crafts blog today with the doggy entry for my challenge - its called Best Friends.
Sunday, 1 May 2022
Cats and/or dogs at Countryview Crafts
Hello there - well first of May already - and its a very special one for me as I will be collecting my sister from the airport - first time we have seen her in 5 years so its long overdue! so excited!
Another exciting thing though is a new challenge over at Countryview Crafts - this month the theme is cats and/or dogs. Its my choice of theme - and on this first day of the challenge I have a twofer for you ...using a combination of TH cats and Lavinia mice plus a Lavinia stencil.
Saturday, 30 April 2022
Clean and simple at Christmas Card Club
Hello there!
Well I am a day early for Christmas card club as I already had a post going out live tomorrow - so I thought I would just slip this one in. Its clean and simple this fortnight and I think this was my mums choice. My cards - very cas - and slightly wonky - featuring a stamp from IndigoBlu.
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
More Spring at Countryview Challenges
Hello there! I am over on the Countryview Challenges blog again today where the theme for the challenge this month is Spring. This time I made a card using Spring flowers into a wreath ...
Sunday, 17 April 2022
Cats and/or dogs at Christmas Card Club
Hello there! Well I have thoroughly enjoyed this theme - and have 6 cards to share with you today - 3 cat cards and 3 dog cards!
Sunday, 3 April 2022
Christmas embossing folders at Christmas Card Club
Hello there! Well these fortnights truely role around quickly! This time the theme for the Christmas card club ladies is Christmas embossing folders - I made a real mess with my first attempts - so they went in the bin and I started again - reasonably happy with my makes this time - I used a crafters companion 3D embossing folder - and the verse is from a stamp set by Alison Bomber.
Friday, 1 April 2022
Spring is here - new challenge at Country View Challenges
Hello there! Well March has passed me by and here we are onto April....and there's a new challenge starting at Countryview Challenges - this month we would like to see Spring like makes. For full details check out the original post here- you can link up your entry there too.
My card was made using bird stamps and sentiment from Hobby Art, a bit of drawing and a blossom bud/leaf stamp from Kay Carley at Paperartsy.
I started by stamping the birds then I drew the tree before adding the buds and leaves. Next I used distress oxide tumbled glass to colour the background. The rest I coloured in using clean colour pens.
I do hope you can join the challenge which you will find here .
Enjoy the Spring!
Rachel x
Sunday, 27 March 2022
My niece is sweet 16!
Hello there! Well its been a busy wee while - been doing lots of walking - did a 20 miler last weekend with my friend Anita - training for the Mighty Hike at Northumberland in July. Yesterday I did a 10 miler - part of the Lancashire coastal path walk that I| started in October. I'm doing that with my friend John - we try and manage a walk every couple of months! Other than that just busy with life really! And enjoying the glorious weather we've been having!
My niece is going to be 16 in April and I have made her a card using Noof - the newish stamp from Lavinia.....
Sunday, 20 March 2022
sweet treats at Christmas card club
Hello there - well these fortnights roll around fast don't they? Its time for Christmas card club and its Sweet treats this time out - I have used a pink Ink Designs stamp and made multiple cards of the same design.
Friday, 11 March 2022
More Flowers for mother's day
Hello there!
Well more flowers here today for the mother's day challenge over on the Countryview Challenges blog. This time I have used the same Kay Carley set as last time - but chose the muscari flowers. I love muscari - they were the main flower in my wedding flowers/invitations when I married Shaun many moons ago.
Sunday, 6 March 2022
Bells at Christmas card Club
Hello there - well I'm running late - so this will be brief - its bells at Christmas Card Club today - I struggled to find a stamp so have gone anything goes with a stamp from Hobby Art,
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Mother's Day at Countryview Challenges
Hello there! Pinch punch its the first of the month! I can hardly believe its 1st March already! Wow - this year is fairly speeding away. Of course, being the first of the month means its time for a new challenge at Countryview Challenges and the theme is Mother's Day. My card doesn't say Happy Mother's day on it but it is one I will be sending when Mother's day rolls around at the end of the month. Luckily my mother in law doesn't look at blogs so its safe to post it here.
Sunday, 20 February 2022
Penguins at Christmas Card Club
Hello there! I do hope you have been keeping safe during this stormy weather - its certainly been awful hasn't it? Well I love todays theme - and it seems highly appropriate as my Penny (aka Penguino) has her 14th birthday today - so perfect!
I have made 6 cards for this fortnight's theme : My first two are duplicates using a stamp by Katzelkraft that I added some Christmas hats to.
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Yellow flowers on a Spring day
Hello there! I hope you are doing well! Time for some more flowers and hearts for the theme at Countryview Challenges this month. This time I have been enjoying doing some masking and using a variety of Chocolate Baroque Floral stamp images plus a background stamp from Crafty Individuals. The Colouring was done using Clean colour pens.
Sunday, 6 February 2022
Gifts at Christmas card Club
Hello there! Well its time for the first February outing of our Christmas card Club and the theme this time is gifts. So I made three using a die set from Tim Holtz and then two others from recycled Christmas Cards.
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Hearts and Flowers at Countryview Challenges
Hello there! Well its already time for a new month and that means another challenge at CountryView Challenges - and the theme this month is Hearts and Flowers. For my first make I've gone all Chocolate Baroque on you and used IndigoBlu Flake for the stamps.
Thursday, 27 January 2022
Final post for Chocolate Baroque
Hello there! Rachel here for my final post as a regular DT member - its been a pleasure working on this team but I find myself moving in a different direction and heading off on a different road! I am trying to reduce my carbon footprint in any way I can - and that includes reducing my purchases of crafting items. I will continue to make purchases but hopefully they will decrease - and I will get time to use all the wonderful stamps I already have.
These small stamps can be used in so many ways - as the other DT member have already shown this month - here's a couple of ideas from me..... simple stamping to create a wreath....