Check it Out

Good Morning Peeps,

Quiet weekend for me starting today, hubby and the boys have gone to Silverstone for the weekend to the Formula One Grand Prix so I am going to have a day at the Trafford Centre and enjoy a little retail therapy and tomorrow, weather permitting, go to the garden party at the church in our village.

Today it’s time for a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Check it Out

Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - My Mind's Eye
Flowers - Sue Wilson die
Border Die - MFT
Sentiment - Computer generated
Nuvo drops

Have a good day.

Stars and Stripes

Good Morning Peeps,

It’s another lovely sunny day here, I could get used to this!

We have a new challenge starting today on Fab’n’Funky where I am the host and as tomorrow is the Fourth of July I decided on a theme of “Stars and Stripes”.

Image - Sheena Douglas
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Stash
Die cut stars, Sentiment, Lace, Glamour Dust

Would love to see you joining in with us this week.

Enjoy your day.

To the Beach

Good Morning Peeps,

Summer has arrived here at last!  Beautiful day yesterday and hopefully it’s going to last for a few more days.  Not much planned for today besides going to the hairdresser this morning so I may have a lazy afternoon reading outside.

We have a new challenge for you today on My Time to Craft and the theme is:

Oh I do Like to be Beside the Seaside

 

Image - Joanna Sheen CD

Papers - Artemio

Bakers Twine

Have a good sunny day.

A Spotty Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend,  I had a busy day yesterday in the morning I went to the Sincerely Yours craft show at Leigh, it was quite busy and I bought a few new stamps and dies and also some Distress Oxides to have a play with when time allows.  In the afternoon we had a family party at our eldest son's as our second granddaughter was 18.

Today see's the start of our new challenge over on Christmas with the Cuties our challenge is:

Spots and Dots

Image - LOTV
Colouring Medium - Copics
Trees die - Creative Expressions
Star die - Magazine freebie
Red spotty card, Sentiment, Glamour Dust

Have a good week.

Christmas Robins

Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you are all having a good week.  

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where this week I am hosting our monthly challenge of:

Christmas

Image - Polkadoodles
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Anna Marie
Glamour Dust, Ribbon, Sentiment, Nuvo Drops

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this week.

Enjoy your day!

Cottage

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you have all had a good week, despite maybe having to get the wellies and winter woollies out again.  It has been really wet, windy and cold here again I can't believe we are almost at the middle of June.  

We have a new challenge for you today on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks the challenge is:

Watercolour

(use watercolour paints, pencils etc)

I used a set of Derwent Inktense pencils that I have had for years and never really used, felt quite out of my comfort zone, but it didn't turn out too bad.

 

Image - Sheena Douglas

Papers - Stash

Sentiment

Have a good day

Emma's Birthday

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week.  We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our challenge is:

Something New
(New Baby, New Home, etc. or some new stash)

My card is made using new stash and I made this for my granddaughter Emma whose birthday was last week.

Image - Polkadoodles
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Artemo
Daisy Die - Sue Wilson
Sentiment, Nuvo Drops

There's some great inspiration on the challenge blog from the DT why not pop over and maybe join in with our challenge this week.

Have a good day.

A Krafty Card

Good Morning Peeps,

Well we are back home again after having a really lovely week in Devon, the sun never stopped shining until we left on Monday when it rained while we were travelling home.  We had a leisurely week, visited a few places did quite a bit of walking and ate too much.  

As it is Friday we have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft and for the next two weeks our theme is:

Let’s Get Krafty

Image - LOTV

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Santoro Gorjuss

Scallop edge die - My Favourite Things

Large heart die - My Favourite Things

Small heart dies - Sue Wilson

Sentiment and Glamour Dust

We would love to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Have a good day and a great weekend.

Tag It

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you have all had a good weekend and that you have a great Bank Holiday.  We should be on our way home when this publishes after having a lovely holiday for the past week in Sidmouth Devon.

We have a new challenge for you today over on Christmas with the Cuties, our host is our lovely Sarah with her challenge for this month:

Tag It

(don't forget it must be Cute and Christmas)

Image - Aurora Wings

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition and stash

Sentiment - LOTV

Ribbon, Glamour Dust

Please take a look at the great inspiration from the Design Team over on the challenge blog.

Have a lovely day whatever you have planned.

A Foxy Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our challenge is our monthly challenge of:

CHRISTMAS

Image - Mo's Digital

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Anna Marie Designs
Poinsettia die - Creative Expressions
Gold Shimmer Shake, Sentiment, Enamel Dots, Glamour Dust

Do pop over to the challenge blog and see the great inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a good day.

Tag You're It

Good Morning Peeps,

It’s been a lovely week here, we went to the Lowry Theatre on Wednesday to see “The Mousetrap” really enjoyed it I have always wanted to see it so was really pleased that it came on tour.  We took advantage of the weather yesterday and spent the day at the coast it was very warm and we sat eating fish and chips watching the sea and the world go by lovely and relaxing.

Now it’s time for a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Tag You're It

 

Background paper - Crafter's Companion

Stamps - Jofy

Colouring Medium - Copics

Lace, Ribbon, Nuvo Drops

We would love to see you joining in with our challenge this fortnight.

Have a lovely day.

A pot of Flowers

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and had a good Bank Holiday.

We have a new challenge for you over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our host is our lovely Wendy who has returned to our Design Team.

Our challenge for this week is:

Anything Goes

I used a stamp from Crafter's Companion, I stamped it twice and decoupaged a few of the flowers and leaves.

Colouring Medium - Copics

Dies - My Favourite Things

Paper - Craft Creations

Sentiment, Ribbon, Enamel Dots

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this week and do take a look at the inspiration from our Design Team.

Have a great day.

Clean and Simple

Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Clean and Simple

I found a lovely set of Penny Black stamps in my stash, they had never been used and I have no idea where they came from or how long I have had them!!!!  I used this sweet little hedgehog and the lovely sentiment from the set.

Hope to see you joining in with us.

Vehicles

Good Morning Peeps,

Another Wednesday so another challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our challenge is:

Transport

(cars, trains, planes, bicycles etc)

Image - Craft Individuals
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Artemio
Sweetheart Flower Die - Sue Wilson
Sentiment, Nuvo drops

Feature a Creature

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is enjoying their Easter break in this glorious weather.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Chjristmas with the Cuties and for this month I am the host with my choice of theme:

Feature a Creature

(any creature as long as it is Christmas related and cute)

Our sponsor for this month is the fabulous:

 

The Design Team were lucky to have images to play with from our sponsor and I chose:

Cat and Puppy Dog available here

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stash 

Nuvo Drops, Sentiment, Washi tape

Challenges Entered:

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes (26-04-19)
Cute'n'Crafty Christmas - Anything Goes (30-04-19)
Sparkles Forum Christmas - Feature a Creature (01-05-19)

We would love to see you joining in this month and getting a start on your Christmas cards.

Have a great day.

Spring Flowers

Good Morning Peeps

Beautiful sunny warm day here for Good Friday, there will be a lot of Easter fun going on on Holcombe Hill where an Easter Service and activities are on all day, I can’t climb the hill anymore but can see from our front window all the people gathering at the top.

I hope you all have a lovely Easter whatever your plans.  We are going out with Lorna today and to our youngest son for a BBQ on Saturday and to our eldest son for Easter Sunday lunch so looking forward to that.

Well back to the challenge for today, it’s our new one for the next two weeks at My Time to Craft and our challenge this time is:

Spring Flowers

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Magazine freebie

Sentiments - Jofy

Oval die - Creative Expressions

Lace

Have a good weekend

Challenges Entered:

Patties Creations - Flowers 

Cute Card Thursday - Flowers 

Krafty Chicks - Flowers 

Moving along with the Times - That Spring Feeling 

The Crafter's Cafe - Easter or Florals (30-04-19)

FabrikaFantasy - Flowers (29-04-19)

Pearly Sparkles - Flowers or Showers (28-04-19)

Sparkles Forum Challenge - Flowers or Religious (14-05-19)

Fairy Scene

Good Morning Peeps,

We had a lovely day yesterday, we went to Nottingham to see Zoe at University, we haven’t seen her since Christmas and it was nice to see her flat and her friends.  We had a walk around the city and had lunch in a lovely old church that had been made into a restaurant.  The day went too quickly but she will be home next week for Easter so not long until we see her again.

We have a new challenge starting today on Fab’n’Funky where this week our challenge is:

Fantasy

Fairy Images - Lavinia stamps
Vine image - Lavinia stamps
Bulrush images - Clarity stamp
Background - Lavinia Scenescape

Challenges Entered:

Sheepski Designs Challenge - Wings (01-05-19)
 PammiesInkyPinkies Challenge - Anything Goes
ThroughtheCraftRoomDoor Challenge - Anything Goes (16-04-19)


Enjoy your day.

Christmas Elf

Good Afternoon Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good weekend.  Gorgeous warm day here today with loads of sunshine so naturally I decided to make a Christmas card when I felt like doing a little crafting this morning!!!

Image - My Favourite Things stamp

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Crafters Companion

Sentiment - Courtesy of Hannilie Desert Diva

Glamour Dust, Nuvo Drops

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

CraftyHazelnutsChristmasChallenge - Anything Goes 

Jingle Belles - Three of a Kind (Nuvo dots) 

Winter Wonderland - Cute Christmas (01-05-19)

Christmas at Sweet Stamping - Anything Goes 

Cute-n-Crafty Christmas - Anything Christmas or Winter 

 The Holly and the Ivy - Anything Chritmas

 Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Easter

Good Morning Peeps,

I hope everyone is having a good week, it’s been a quiet one here not much happening this week so I have been tidying up my craft room.

On to my card for today for our new challenge over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our theme is:

Easter or Hedgehogs

Image - LOTV
Colouring medium - Copics
Paper - First Edition
Dies - My Favourite Things
Sentiment

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Animal Friends Challenge - Sheep or Lambs ((01-05-19)

Have a great day..

Hats

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is having a good week.  We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where I am the host for this week with my choice of:

Hats

(on their own or being worn,  mens, women’s, childrenn or Easter bonnets)

Image - Stampendous stamp

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Crafters Companion and stash

Flower Die - Sue Wilson

Sentiment stamp - Sheena Douglas

Ribbon

Do take a look at the challenge blog and see the fabulous cards by the Design Team and maybe join in with us for the challenge this week.

A Cuddle for Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Well what a change this weekend we had beautiful sunshine for most of the time, warm and bright, I  changed into a t-shirt it was so warm let's hope it continues.  Even the garden got a lot of attention, hubby cut the lawns and sorted out new plants. 

Anyway we have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties

White on White

Our sponsor for this month is the fabulous

Crafty Sentiments

Image - Crafty Sentiments (Benson & Betty)

Colouring Medium - Copics

Creative Expressions, Tonic and Hunkydory dies

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this month and getting a head start on your Christmas cards.

Fresh Flowers

Good Morning Peeps,

I hope everyone is having a good week, we have had quite a good week after our really wet weekend when the River Irwell which runs through our village broke it’s banks at Ramsbottom just a couple of miles down the road, the motorway was flooded and had to be closed, all the roads around were congested so couldn’t get out to do any shopping, thankfully it was much better by Sunday.

Well back to today where we have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft

Mother's Day or a card for a female

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stash

Die cut corner - Joy craft

Nuvo Drops, Sentiment

Have a good weekend.

Butterflies

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and having a good week.  We have finished the decorating and so hopefully some time for crafting and relaxing this week.  

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our lovely Monika is the host with her choice of:

Butterflies

Image - from a Hunkdory topper book

Papers - My Mind's Eye, Crafter's Companion

Sentiment - Polkadoodles stamp

Sweetheart Flower Die - Sue Wilson

Nuvo Drops

Have a good day!

 

Hamish the Dog

Good Morning Peeps,

It's been a busy week this week, lots of appointments while trying to keep up with the decorating of the bedroom, next week promises to be quieter.

My card today is for our new challenge over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

It's Raining Cats and Dogs

(so any project which features a cat, dog or both)

Quite a simple card, the dog image (I called him Hamish as he looks like a Hamish to me), the plaid background and sentiment are very old Kanban pieces, the hessian type paper is from my stash as is the piece of hessian type material.

Hope to see you maybe joining in with our challenge this week.

Music, Music, Music

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday so we have a new challenge for you over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our host is our lovely Buffy with her choice of:

Music

I decided to use this really old stamp from Butterfly Kisses which I think is a really fun image and I think fits the challenge.

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Free magazine ones

Sentiment, Ric Rac Braid

Why not pop along to the challenge blog and see the great inspiration from my teamies and maybe join in with our challenge this week.

Have a good day.

Beginning with B......

Good Morning Peeps,

What a beautiful weekend we have had, so warm just like summer and today is so warm already, think we may take advantage of this and have a trip to the coast.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties, this is our first challenge of 2019 after our Christmas break.

Beginning with B......

Bear, Blue and Buttons

Image - James Bear by LOTV

Colouring Medium - Copics

Sentiments - LOTV

Papers - Crafters Companion

Glamour Dust, Nuvo drops

Challenges entered:

Jingle Belles - All that Glitters
Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes Tribute
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes (28-02-19)
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes (12-03-19)
Cute'n'Crafty Christmas - Anything Christmas (6-3-19)

Hunkydory Blog Review

Good Afternoon,

I was recently asked if I would like to do a blog review on some products of Hunkydory.  I was given a choice of products to use and give a review.

These are the products I chose to review:

 Moonstone Dies - Marvellous Mandala - Code MSTONE008 - £14.99

Topper Decks - All Occasions - Code DECK015 - £7.99

Spring Days and Country Life Inserts and Paper Pack - Code SPRINGLIFE102 - £4.99

Diamond Sparkle Gemstones - 3mm Pastel Pearls - Code GEM13 - 99p

  Moonstone Dies - Marvellous Mandala - Code MSTONE008 - £14.99

This set of dies contained so many dies for different uses and I wasn't disappointed especially with the Mandala die which could be used in so many ways using 1, 2, 3, and 4 pieces. it cut and came away from the die easily and didn't take much to get all the bits out of the die. 

Topper Decks - All Occasions - Code DECK015 - £7.99

I had seen these at the Craft Show at Event City at the beginning of February and thought they were a

really good topper size at 3 ½” x 2 ½” and could be used on cards and ATC's and I chose the All Occasions pack with so many different uses (Engagement, Wedding, Birthday etc.)

Spring Days and Country Life Inserts and Paper Pack - Code SPRINGLIFE102 - £4.99

I chose this pack as I like to use patterned paper on my cards and found this to be really good quality paper, double-sided and matched well with the Topper Deck.  The inserts were good quality and I used some parts of them on my card fronts too.

Diamond Sparkle Gemstones - 3mm Pastel Pearls - Code GEM13 - 99p

These were beautiful pearls in gorgeous pastel colours, suitable for all crafting.

I have also used some embellishments from my stash and created sentiments on the computer.

On this card I cut the Mandala four times.

Again cutting the Mandala four times but piecing together as a doily, also using the flower dies and leaves.

Two pieces of the Mandala on this easel card, finished across the bottom with the die strip, the flowers and leaves again and the lovely sentiment die.

Using the papers from the paper pack

Using papers, dies and pearls.

Finally using papers, dies and pearls.

Pink and Girly

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is enjoying some nice warm weather, we are going to Freshfield today with Lorna and the girls to hopefully see some red squirrels and have a walk on the beach.

We have a new challenge starting today at My Time to Craft where our challenge is:

Pink and Girly

 

Image - Polkadoodles (pre-coloured)

I printed two copies and decoupaged some of the flowers

Papers - Nitwits

Flowers, Nuvo Drops, Ribbon, Sentiment

Have a good day

101 and NOT Dalmations!!!!!!

Good Morning Peeps,

I hope everyone is having a good week.  We have a new challenge starting over on Fab’n’Funky today with the theme of:

“With a Number”

I have made this card for a wonderful lady called Mary who is 101 in a few days time, she lives in our village and is the grandmother of my daughter-in-law Mandy.  

Image - Crafty Individuals
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Craftwork Card
Corner Die - Joy Crafts
Butterfly Die - Cheery Lynn
Nuvo drops, Sentiment, Peel Off Numbers

Have a good day.

One for the Boys

Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft and our challenge for the next two weeks is:

Men Only

I decided on monochrome for my card with a stamp of Phill Martin’s called “Dragonfly Hideout” that I bought some time ago and have not yet used.  The backing paper is a very old one from my stash, the sentiment is also a very old one from a set of See-D stamps and the ribbon is new!

Hope you have a good day and maybe join in with our challenge this fortnight.

Heidi's Birthday Card

Good Afternoon Peeps,

Hope everyone has enjoyed a good weekend.  Lorna and I managed to get to the craft show on Friday, we had a good day out, spent some money and had our Chinese lunch in the Trafford Centre.

I thought I would just post this card today I made it for Heidi’s birthday a couple of weeks ago, sorry about the big shadow on the photo but it was the best I could get it.

Image - Polkadoodles
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - MFT and stash
Doily die - Tattered Lace
Leaf dies - Cheery Lynn and Joanna Sheen
Flowers - Wild Orchid
Ribbons, Sentiment

Challenges Entered:

Moving Along with the Times - Add a sentiment (14-02)

Make a Wish

Good Morning Peeps,

We had snow again yesterday I was supposed to be going to my friends crafting but after doing some shopping on the way I decided it was snowing too much so turned around and went home which was just as well as nothing was moving in the village a couple of hours later and the snow was still falling.   We have now had more snow overnight so will not be able to get out again today so I think it will have to be a day for crafting.

Well on to our challenge for this week at Fab'n'Funky where our theme is:

Fantasy Figures

Image and papers - Lili of the Valley

Colouring Medium - Copics

Ticket Sentiment - Whimsy stamps

Little Daisies - Stash

Doily, Lace, Glitter pen

Have a good day and stay safe if you have snow.

Challenges Entered:

Always Fun Challenges - Fairies or Monsters
 Creativ Fusion Arts & Crafts - Wings

Love Grows

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well,  having a good week and keeping warm.  It has been really cold here this week and we had snow on Tuesday and Wednesday, not too much but it covered the roofs. gardens and cars and even though we had some sunshine it didn't thaw until Thursday.

Back to business now, we have a new challenge for you today at My Time to Craft where our theme for the next two weeks is:

Love is All you Need

 

Image & Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Lili of the Valley

Ribbon, heart charm, enamel dots

Just the right time for making Valentine cards, so why not join in with us.

Have a good day

For a Child

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday so time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky, this week our challenge is:

For a Child

Image - Digital Delights

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stash

Sentiment, Peel Off number

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Winter Birthday

Good Morning Peeps,

.  Hope everyone is well and having a good week.  I haven't been around for the last week as it has taken me all this time to feel better after the bug I had at New Year.  

I managed to make a quick card yesterday for our new challenge over on My Time to Craft where the challenge is:

Winter Birthday

 

Image - Mo's Digital

Colouring Medium - Copics

Paper - My Favourite Things

Ribbon, Sentiment

Have a good day.

 

Recycling

Good Morning Peeps,

Happy New Year, hope you had a good one, mine wasn’t so good as I have had a stomach bug for the past few days and didn’t even get out of bed on New Year’s Day.

We have a new challenge for you over on Fab'n'Funky today.

Recycle your Christmas cards

I used this lovely image off one card and the sentiment off another, with some backing paper from Craft Creations, nice and simple.