New Baby

Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and have been enjoying the lovely frosty sunny days this week, though yesterday was quite foggy here.  Anyway it is almost the New Year and we have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft:

Something New

(Use your new stash you got for Christmas or New House, New Baby etc.)

Image - Pink Gem Designs

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Blue Bazzill, Craft Creations Gingham

Flower Die - Memory Box

Olive Branch die - Sue Wilson

Edged with lace, computer generated sentiment, pearls

Wishing you a very Happy New Year, have a great 2017 when it arrives

Challenges Entered:

Allsorts Challenge - Something New (7-1-17)
Polkadoodles - Something New (13-1-17)

Pink Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all well and ready for Christmas, only one week to go.  We have a new challenge for you today at My Time to Craft and that challenge is:

Non-Traditional Christmas Colours

(no reds, greens, golds etc.)

I made this card and thought it would be suitable for my youngest granddaughter Lauren.

Image - LOTV

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Bo Bunny, Magnolia 

Wooden Snowflake coloured pink and glittered

Pearls, Ribbon, Glamour Dust, Sentiment

Maybe you have one last card to make so make it to our theme and join in with us this week.

Make Someone Smile

Good Morning Peeps,

Quick post from me today got lots to get on with.

We have a new challenge at Fab'n'Funky today where our host is our lovely Alison with her choice of:

Make Someone Smile

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Bugaboo

with a super prize for the winner.

The design team were lucky to have been able to choose images to play with and I chose to use:

Puppy - Enough Reindeer

Image & Sentiment - Bugaboo

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition

Tree die - Marianne

Glamour Dust, Ribbon

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this week and making us SMILE.

Mouse Choir

Good Morning Peeps,

Saturday morning and time for a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where this week our challenge is:

Christmas Animals

Image - Di's Digis

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition

Ribbon, Glamour Dust, Sentiment, die-cut tree

Hope you can join in with us this week and take a look at the challenge blog where we have some new DT ladies joining us with some fabulous creations.

New Challenge Blog - Christmas with the Cuties

Good Morning Peeps,

Today sees the start of a brand new  monthly Challenge Blog

 CHRISTMAS WITH THE CUTIES

 

 and I am so lucky and excited to have been chosen to be on the Design Team.

For the first challenge this month it's an easy one for you all:

ANYTHING GOES

(as long as it is cute and Christmas)

The challenge this month will be Just for Fun and you have until 16 January 2017 to enter, so why not pop over to the blog and maybe join in with us.

Image - Lili of the Valley

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Graphic 45 and My Minds Eye

Snowflake die - Joy

Sentiment, Glamour Dust, Snowflake charms

Challenges Entered:

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Christmas
Sweet Stampers - Christmas
Crafty Creations - Christmas

Craft Rocket Challenges - Winter Time

 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Glitter

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week, today sees the start of a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our host is our lovely Sharon with her choice of theme:

Things with Wings

 Our lovely sponsor this week is:

 

 with a super prize for the winner

The team were lucky to have their choice of images to play with and I chose:

 Winter Song Birdies Wrens available here

 

Image (pre-coloured) and Sentiment - Doodle Pantry

Papers - First Edition

Ribbon, Glamour Dust

There are some great projects by the DT on the challenge blog, please take a look and maybe join in with our challenge this week.

 

No Layers

Good Morning Peeps,

Well the snow we had yesterday is still here on the gardens. rooftops and cars but the roads seem clear now so I will get out today for some shopping with just the car to scrape.   Then I think I will have a couple of hours crafting before watching Andy Murray on TV this afternoon.

Hope you are all keeping nice and warm and looking forward to the weekend.

We have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft where this week our challenge is:

No Layers

My card is very simple using an old free stamp from Craft Stamper coloured with Copics and an added sentiment.

Please take a look at the challenge blog where you will see some beautiful creations by the Design Team.

Krafty Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Oh it's gone so cold this week hope you are all keeping warm.  We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where our host this week is our lovely Helen with her choice of:

Get Krafty

(let's see some Kraft card or paper on your project)

Our sponsor this week is:

 

Dr Digi's House of Stamps

Image - Tiddly Inks

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition

Noel - Cut with free magazine alphabet die

Wooden snowflakes

Lace, Glamour Dust

Please take a look at the challenge blog to see some fabulous projects by the Design Team and we hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Challenges Entered

Digistamps4Joy - Christmas is Coming
A Gem of a Challenge - Snowflakes

Distress It

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week and maybe looking forward to a bonfire tonight.  We are going to a family bonfire at our youngest son's combined with a party for our youngest granddaughter Lauren who will be 8 tomorrow, so it should be a good night.

We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where this week our challenge is:

Distress It

Image - Kenny K

Colouring Medium - Copics

Paper - LOTV

Embossing Folder - Crafter's Companion

Dies - Memory Box and Spellbinders

Pearls and Glamour Dust

Hope you can join in with our challenge today.

Halloween

Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you over on Fab'n'Funky, this week our host is our lovely Judith with a challenge of:

Celebrate Halloween

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous:

Lemon Shortbread

  

Image - Halloween Girl available here

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stash

Sentiment - Computer generated

Bats,  Witch charm

Autumn Colours

Good Morning Peeps

Hope you have all had a good week and have a good weekend.  As it is Saturday it is time for a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where this week our theme is:

Halloween or Autumn Colours

As I don't particularly like making Halloween cards unless I have to I have chosen to do Autumn Colours.  I found this lovely decoupage in my stash and thought this would just fit the bill, I add some papers from my stash. gingham ribbon and a sentiment.

There are some lovely cards on the challenge blog from my teamies so why not pop over and take a look, and maybe join in with our challenge this week.

Zoe's 17th

Good Afternoon Peeps,

Hope you all having a good Saturday, lots of people around our village today as the "Flying Scotsman" is here all weekend on the East Lancashire Railway and it travels right through the village.

Anyway I thought I would share a card with you today made for our granddaughter Zoe's 17th birthday last month.

Image - LOTV

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers from stash

Frame die - Tattered Lace

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Ribbon, Sentiment

Challenges entered:

Di's Digi Challenge - Add a sentiment

ArtbyMiran Challenge - Anything Goes

Cardz4Galz - Use at least one die

Crafty Cardmakers - Birthdays

WhoopsiDaisy - Dies/Punches 

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Creative with Stamps - Sentiment

Baby Penguin

Good Morning Peeps,

It's time for a new challenge over at Fab'n'Funky and this week our host is our lovely teamie Jan with a challenge of:

Shades of Grey and/or Lots of Sparkle

Our sponsor this week is the amazing

AuroraWings

 

The Design team were lucky to have images to play with

Image -  Using Baby Penguin in Santa Hat available here

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stampin Up

Ribbon, Sentiment, Card Candy, Glamour Dust

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

 

 

Noel

Good Morning Peeps,

 I have been quite busy this week, we went to Southport for the day on Tuesday and it was so warm had a lovely walk around, we went to the Art Gallery to see a watercolour exhibition (Alan's choice) had lunch and sat ouside having coffeee.   On Wednesday we went to Media City, Salford, to watch a recording of a BBC show of Michael Buble, it was fantastic we were on the second row where I had an aisle seat and he was on the stage about 10 feet away for most of the performance and in between his songs he was interviewed by Claudia Winkleman who was so funny, we really enjoyed it.   Can't wait to see the show on TV now, it is supposed to be on air on 3rd November.

Anyway back to today where we have a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where the challenge this week is:

Fancy Folds

I made this shaped card in blue dotty card and covered it with various dies, the second photo shows it opened out.

Noel die - X-cut
Tree die - Memory Box
Bauble and stars dies - free magazine ones

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

Here comes Santa

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday so time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our host is our lovely Monika with the theme of:

Christmas

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous:

Paper Shelter

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

"Yep I have my Methods"

Image - The Paper Shelter

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition

Ivy die - Joanna Sheen

Ribbon, Glamour Dust

Hope you are able to join in with our challenge this week.

 

Blue Baby

Good Morning Peeps,

What a lovely week we have had, bright, sunny and warm the only problem being it getting dark so early in the evening now but we can't have everything, here's hoping the sun stays with us for the weekend.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over on My Time to Craft and the challenge is:

Anything but a Card

A few weeks ago my friend became a grandmother for the second time and I crocheted this matinee coat for her new grandchild and so I thought this would be suitable for this challenge.

There are some lovely projects by my team mates on the blog so why not take a look and maybe join in with us this week.

O for Oval

My second post for today for our challenge at Alphabet where this week we are up to the letter O and the challenge has been chosen by our lovely teamie Silvi with her choice of:

O for Oval

Image - Beccy's Place

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stampin Up

Oval Die - Spellbinders

Lace, Pearls, Sentiment

Hope to see you joining in this week.

Merry Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Friday morning so timed for a new challenge over on Winter Wonderland where this week our challenge is:

Use at least 2 dies and/or Add some Sparkle

or sponsor this week with a prize of an £8 gift voucher to spend in store is:

Card Recipe

Papers - First Edition

Merry Christmas die - Crafters Companion

Poinsettia die - Spellbinders

(edged with gold Glamour Dust

Ribbon and pearls.

Challenges Entered:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Christmas Die Cuts (15-10-16)
CRAFT Challenge - Christmas
CCEE Stampers - Die Cuts only

Autumn Leaves

Good Morning Peeps,

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

Inspired by Nature

Our sponsor this week is:

Lacy Sunshine

 

with a prize of 3 digis for the winner

For my card I used Lacy Sunshine digi Autumn Melancholy Moppet I coloured her with Copics, papers are by Santoro and First Edition.  I stamped the leaves from a See D set onto watercolour paper, coloured them with Distress Inks and cut them out, I added some ribbon and  a sentiment to my card.

Challenges entered:

City Crafter Challenge - Add leaves
Fairy Tale Challenge - Falling Leaves (27-09-16)
Make my Monday - Autumn Colours
Whoopsi Daisy - Autumn Colours (1-10-16)
Di's Digi Designs - Autumn
 Simply Create Too - Fall Colours

Post in time for Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all keeping well and looking forward to the weekend.  We have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft where this week our challenge is:

Stitching (real or faux)

Image and Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Colouring Medium - Copics

Snowflake die - Creative Impressions

Vellum, Charm, Ribbon, Pearls, Glamour Dust

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

Chilly Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Friday so that means there's a new challenge over on Winter Wonderland and our challenge this week is:

Cute Christmas Characters and/or an Easel Card

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous:

with a prize of 2 digi's for the winner.

Image - Pink Gem (Chilly with Lamp)

Papers - Joycraft

Snowflake Die - Creative Expressions

Glamour Dust, Vellum, Sentiment, Ribbon

Angels or Fairies

Good Morning Peeps

1st of September and time for a new challenge over on Sparkles Christmas Monthly Challenge, where this month our challenge is brought to you by our teamie Brenda with her choice of:

Angels or Fairies

(but don't forget it must be a Christmas project)

We are sponsored this month by our teamie Sandra and her prize of this lovely rubber stamp:

Image and Papers - LOTV

Colouring Medium - Copics

Ivy Die - Joanna Sheen

Pearls, Charm, Ribbon, Sentiment, Glamour Dust

The ivy die is cut in lilac mirri card but it looks very dark on the photo, better IRL 

Now is the time to get started on those Christmas cards if you haven't already, take a look at the projects on the blog by the Design Team for some great inspiration.

Up, Up and Away

Good Morning,

Nice and sunny here this morning, hope it's the same with you.  Almost at the end of August and I have been having a quiet time in the crafting department but I really need to get down to some card making as I have quite a few birthdays coming in September and am finding it really hard to get motivated.  Anyway we have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft today where for the next fortnight our theme is:

Something that Flies

Image - Wee Stamps

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Free from Making Cards Magazine

Flowers - Prima

Leaf die - Joanna Sheen

Sentiment, Dewdrops

There are some great projects by the Design Team on the blog so why not take a look and maybe join in with us this fortnight.

Mythical Mermaid

Good Morning All,

Looks like summer is over today, well it was nice while it lasted.  Back to crafting then and I have a card for you today for our challenge over on Alphabet Challenge where this week we are up to the letter M and it is my choice of theme so I have chosen:

M for Mythical

 (so let's see Mermaids, Dragons, Fairies etc.)

 Image - Lacy Sunshine

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Free from Making Cards magazine

Starfish charms - All About Beads

Sentiment, Lace, Shells

Do take a look at the challenge blog to see the great projects by the Design Team.

Celebrate Today

Good Morning,

Hope you are all having a good week and enjoying some sunshine.  Time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our challenge is:

Anything Goes

We have a great sponsor for you this week:

Kenny K digi stamps

 Image - Kenny K

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - My Minds Eye

Rose Charm - All About Beads

Doil, Pearls, Glamour Dust, Sentiment, Ribbon

Challenges Entered:

Craft-Dee Bowz - Handmade bow (1-9-16)

Dream Valley Challenges - Pretty in Pink (29-8-16)

Whoopsi Daisy - Pink and Girly (1-9-16)

Robyn's Fetish - Glitter and a Bow

Snow Friends

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all well and having a great August, I have been having a bit of a rest from crafting while things are quiet on the blog front.  Not so quiet at home, we are looking after our eldest son's cocker spaniel while they are away and then onto rabbit duty when our daughter goes on holiday.  We were out at the Trafford Centre last Monday when our granddaughter Abbie was 15 so we took her to choose a present and out for lunch.  Monday next we are off with Lorna, Abbie and Emma for the day to Blackpool Zoo so hope the weather is good (hopefully no rain).

Well onto my card for our challenge at My Time to Craft where this Saturday our challenge is:

Embossing Wet or Dry

For my embossing I used my Die'sire Embossilicious folder "Star of Wonder" and then sprayed the embossed card with Silver spray, which doesn't show up too well on the photo, and the matting is silver mirri which looks black!!!!

Image - Bugaboo

Colouring Medium - Copics

Charm, Pearls, Ribbon, Sentiment, Glamour Dust

Have a good Saturday whatever you have planned.

Christmas Cuties

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend,  we had a lovely time on Saturday at a BBQ at our youngest son's all the family were there, the weather was cloudy but quite warm and we all enjoyed a good meal and the company.

It's the first day of August already so time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Monthly where this month our challenge is brought to you by our teamie Helen N with her choice of:

A Shaped Card

We have a great sponsor for you this month

with a super prize for the winner

My shaped card was made with a piece of card by Kanban, I added a topper, sentiment and some snowflakes from my stash.

There are some great cards on the Challenge blog do take a look and maybe join in and get ahead with your Christmas cards.

Sketch time

Good Morning Peeps,

It's weekend so it's time for a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where we have a sketch for you to follow this week:

Image - Aurora Wings
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Craftstyle
Ribbon, Sentiment, Pearls

Have a good weekend whatever you have planned.

Silver Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

New challenge day at Winter Wonderland where this week our challenge is brought to you by our lovely Marlene with her theme of:

Show us your Gold or Silver 

with our alternate theme of:

Use an Embossed Background

This challenge will last until 26th August.

This week we have 3 super sponsors for you with some great prizes for the winners:

Prize an £8 voucher to spend in store

Prize a $12 voucher to spend in store

Prize a £10 voucher to spend in store

 

Image - Whimsical Winter by Hannah Lynn

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Joy Crafts and stash

Tree die - Memory Box

Sentiment, Glamour Dust, Ribbon

Why not join in with our challenge this week, as you have until the 26th August and maybe win one of these super prizes, remember Christmas projects only and only 3 entries per person.

Challenges Entered:

Kitty Bee Designs - All About Animals (12-8-16)
PDE Linky Party - Christmas in July (5-8-16)
Hannah and Friends - Animals
Christmas at Sweet Stamping - Anything Goes (10-8-16)
Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July
Crafty Sentiments - Animals
Fairy Tale Challenge - Christmas in July
Holly Jolly Christmas - Show us some Sparkle (8-8-16)

Thank You

Here I am again with my second post of the day for our challenge at Alphabet where we are up to the letter K and our theme this week has been chosen by our teamie Jackie,

K for Kindness

I chose to make a Thank You gift tag

 

I used a roses decoupage that I have had for ages and made a tag using gingham from my stash edged with blue and added a sentiment and ribbon.

 

Snow Maiden

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Friday so time for a new challenge over on Winter Wonderland where this week our host is our lovely Alison with another double challenge use one or both of the themes:

Use your Die-cuts and punches

and/or

Add a Charm

We have a fabulous sponsor for you this week

with a prize of a $15 voucher to spend in store

The Design Team were lucky to have digi's to play with and I chose to use:

Snow Maiden

 

Paper - Yvonne Creations, Magical Winter

Snowflake Frame Die - Find It Trading

Pine Sprigs die - Dee's Distinctively

Precious Snowflake die - Memory Box

Glamour Dust, Sentiment

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Tic Tac Toe at Fab'n'Funky

Good Morning Peeps,

We had summer yesterday, today is still warm but we are back to the rain with some quite heavy showers this morning already..............Anyway on to our new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where I am the host this week and I have chosen for this challenge:

Tic Tac Toe

Pearls	Tag	Ribbon
Die-Cut	Digi Image	Flowers
Lace	3 Designer Papers	Charm

any line across, down, diagonal

Our Sponsor this week is:

Doodle Pantry 

 

Using Top line Pearls, Tag Ribbon 

Image - Poppies (pre-coloured)  by Doodle Panty available here

Papers - Free from Magazine

Pearls, Ribbon and sentiment tag