Happy New Year

Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you have all had a very Happy Christmas with family and friends enjoyed your Christmas lunches and that Santa brought you some lovely presents with hopefully some crafty items to play with.

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

Something New

(house, baby, job etc.)

I have made a very quick CAS card using a pre-coloured image from Pink Gem to which I added a few peel off dots for the sparkle in the wine and a Happy New Year sentiment courtesy of Hannilie (Desert Diva)

Have a good day.

Away in a Manger

Good Morning Peeps,

Today sees our last challenge of the year over on Christmas with the Cuties and for this challenge our theme is:

Carols and Songs

Our sponsor for the challenge is the delightful:

 

I chose to use this image as it reminds me of the beautiful Christmas carol

“Away in a Manger”

 

Image - Lacy Sunshine

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Crafters Companion

Poinsettia die - Marianne designs

Glamour Dust, Sentiment, Nuvo Drops, Snowflake

Challenges Entered:

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

 Sweet Stampin - Anything Christmas

Patties Creations - Winter/Christmas (5-1-19)

Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas (6-1-19)

Moving Along with the Times - Anything Christmas

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Christmas

Cute'n'Crafty - Anything Christmas

Shopping Our Stash - Tis the Season

Another Cute Elf

Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today on My Time to Craft where the challenge for the next 2 weeks is:

More than one fold

Image - My Favourite Things

Colouring Medium - Copics

Glamour Dust, Gold Doily, Sentiment

Challenge entered:

Kitty Bee designs - Santa's Helpers (30-12-18)

Thank You

Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope today is going to be a better one than yesterday when it was really foggy and damp all day.  Monday was very wet but we had a day out in York where the sun was shining in the afternoon and we had a lovely time wandering around the Christmas markets.

On now to our challenge at Fab'n'Funky, this week I am hosting and I thought for a change from Christmas we would have a challenge of:

Thank You Cards

Something we all tend to need a few of in the New Year.

I used a floral image coloured with Copics, papers are from my stash and I added some enamel dots, lace and a sentiment.

Would love to see you joining in with our challenge this week.

A Little Elf

Good Morning Peeps,

It's a lovely sunny morning here which is rather nice after the torrential rain we had yesterday, I had to go out to the Opticians yesterday and got absolutely soaked.  

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

One Layer Cards

I always seem to struggle with one layer but I decided to use this lovely stamp set from My Favourite Things, I must admit I really like this set and have made quite a few of my Christmas cards this year using various elements from it.

I used one of the Elves from the set, the Christmas Tree and the cute sentiment, I also stamped a few stars on it with a little star stamp I bought in France in the summer.  I coloured with Copics, added Glamour Dust and doodled around the edge with a black liner pen.

Have a good day and I hope the sun is shining for you too.

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stamping - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Get Ready for Christmas
Cute'n'Crafty Christmas - Anything Christmas
The Holly and the Ivy - Anything Christmas
Less is More - One Layer Card (Holiday)

Crackers!!!!

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend and not been too cold, seems to be warming up a little again here as it was bitterly cold on Friday and Saturday.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over on Christmas with the Cuties where for this month our challenge is:

Anything but a Card

Our sponsor for this month is the fabulous:

 

with a great prize for the winner.

I chose to make a couple of Christmas crackers:

Images - Snowman Frame available here

Herbie the Bear  available here

Colouring Medium - Copics 

Cracker Die - Tonic

Papers - Graphic 45

Ribbon

There are some lovely projects made by the Design Team over on the challenge blog so please do take a look and we would love to see you joining in our challenge this month.

Christmas Hugs

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is having a good week, I am having a quieter one than last week when I didn't seem to get any spare time at all though I did manage to go to the Sincerely Yours Craft Show at Leigh and picked up a few bits and pieces.

Today I am hosting our new for this week at Fab'n'Funky where we have our monthly challenge of Christmas.

 

Image - Polkadoodles

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Anna Marie Designs

Sentiments - LOTV

Poinsettia die - Marianne Designs

Ribbon, Nuvo Drops, Glamour Dust

There are some great projects by the Design Team on the challenge blog so why not take a look and maybe join in with us, not long until Christmas!!

 

Let it Snow

Good  Morning Peeps,

It’s Friday so time for a new challenge over at My Time to Craft, where this week our challenge is:

“Let it Snow”

I made a very simple card using an Apple Blossom embossing folder and added a image by Crafty Sentiments coloured with Copics and fussy cut, I also added Glamour Dust.

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

Have a good weekend.

Fantasy

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week.  Starting today we have a new challenge over on Fab’n’Funky where this week we are sponsored by:

Digi Stamps4Joy

and our challenge is:

Fantasy Creatures

The design team were lucky to have a choice of images from our sponsor and I chose:

Meireenya (Coloured)

http://digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26&products_id=1805

Papers - Studio Light

Charms, String, Sentiment, Stickles

Yesterday was our youngest Granddaughter Lauren's 10th birthday and I thought that this card would be just right for her.

Do take a look at the challenge blog to see the fabulous creations by the Design Team.

Have a good day

Three Penguins

Good Morning Peeps,

I am a little late posting my DT card for My Time to Craft, but we were out for the day yesterday and I just didn't get time, so here we are.  For the next fortnight we have a sketch for you to follow:

Image - Bugaboo

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stash

Ric Rac ribbon, Sentiment

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this time.  Have a good weekend.

Seasons Greetings

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week, we have been having plenty of sunshine for the last week or so, but this week it seems to be decidedly colder.  Anyway my eye seems to be getting better each day though I haven't been doing any crafting, luckily I made a few of my DT cards in advance but today's is the last one so hopefully I will be able to get back into crafting soon. 

Well today we have a new challenge starting on Fab'n'Funky where we have our monthly challenge of:

Christmas

Seasons Greeting die - Creative Expressions

Poinsettia die - Marianne dies

Embossed card, gold paper, pearl

Have a good day.

 

Wrap up Warm

Good Monday Morning Peeps,

I do hope you have all had a good weekend and that you have a good week to come.

We have a new challenge starting today on Christmas with the Cuties where for this month our challenge is:

Wrap up Warm

Our sponsor this month is the fabulous

 

with a prize of a voucher to spend in store.

Image - Mo's Digital

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Crafter's Companion

Sentiment, Ribbon, Doily, Glamour Dust

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this month

Halloween

Good Morning Peeps,

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

Halloween 

Image - Paper Shelter
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Stash
Ribbon, Cat button, Bat confetti

Have a good day.

Pretty Pansies

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and having a good week.  We had a good weekend, it was my birthday on Saturday and we had a lovely family meal with the 14 of us at the Italian Restaurant in our village. 

On Monday I had a cataract removal operation and so am not seeing too well yet but hopefully should soon get better.

Anyway on to our challenge at Fab'n'Funky this week where we are sponsored by:

 

Crafty Ribbons

with a prize of a voucher to spend in store.

Our challenge for this week is:

Embellish with Ribbon or Lace

Colouring medium - Copics

Papers - LOTV and stash

:Lace, Sentiment, Nuvo Drops

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

Colours of Autumn

Good Morning Peeps,

Wednesday has come around again so it's time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our host is our lovely Judith and the challenge is:

Colours of Autumn

 

Image is from a Making Cards CD

Papers from stash

Tree die - Memory Box

Sentiment - Courtesy of Desert Diva

There is some great inspiration from ther Design Team on the challenge blog so why not pop over a take a look.

Have a good day.

 

Merry Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

I have a card to share today which is my DT card for the challenge at My Time to Craft on our new challenge day which has changed to Friday.

Our challenge this fortnight is:

Use Kraft Card

I used some embossed white card cut out Merry Christmas in kraft card using a Crafter's Companion die and the poinsettia and foiliage was a Cottage Cutz die cut out three times and I decoupaged the poinsettia.

Please pop over to the challenge blog to see some great inspriation from the Design Team.

Have a good weekend.

Cosy and Warm

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday and so time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week we have another "Just for Fun" Challenge which is:

All Creatures Great and Small

Image - LOTV print

Papers - Hobbycraft

Sentiments - LOTV

Gingham ribbon, Wooden Snowflake, Cosmic Simmer Glitter Paste, Nuvo Drops

There is some great inspiration by the Design Team on the Challenge Blog so why not check it our and join in with our challenge this week.

Have a great day

 

Sooooo Sleepy

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you have all had a good weekend, it was a nice sunny day yesterday so we managed to get out for a walk after such a rainy week.

Today we have the start of our monthly challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and this month our challenge is:

For a Child

(nice and easy, but don't forget it must be cute and Christmas)

This month our challenge is "Just for Fun" but we will have a Top 3.

Image - Pink Gem Designs

Colouring Medium - Copics

Sentiments - LOTV

Embossed Card

Doily, Ribbon, Glamour Dust, Nuvo Drops

Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen

Well we are almost at the end of September and Christmas is looming so why not join in with us and make a start on your Christmas cards if you haven't already done so.  Look forward to seeing your creations.  Have a good week.

Christmas Snowflake

Good Morniing Peeps,

Hope you are all well and having a good week.  We came back on Sunday from a lovely sunny week in Guernsey, we had a really relaxing week doing some walking and sight seeing, Alan did some sketching and I had a good read.  Now the holidays are all over I need to get back into some crafting and blogging.

On to the challenge for today over on Fab'n'Funky where this week it is our monthly challenge of:

Christmas

Once again we have no sponsor this week just a Top 3.

Paper - Crafter's CompanionChristmas Wonderland Pad

Snowflake die - Creative Expressions

Glamour Dust, Sentiment, Pearl

Have a good day.

Under the Sea

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good week.  My daughter Lorna and I had an enjoyable day yesterday at the Craft Show at Event City, Manchester, when we had finished shopping there we went over to the Trafford Centre had a lovely Chinese meal and continued our shopping trip there.

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

Under the Sea

 

Image - All Dressed Up

Colouring Medium - Copics

Paper - Free from Making Cards Magazine

My Favourite Things die

Starfish charm, Shells, Sentiment

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Have a good weekend.

Bingo

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 Buffy and she has given us a Bingo board to play with:

 

Gems	Yellow	Die-cuts
Blue	Flowers	Ribbons
Lace	Circular	Red

We have no sponsor for you this week but we will have a Top 3.

I made this card for my oldest friend Sandra her birthday is today and we first met when we started school together when we were 5 years old, which was many moons ago!!!

For my card I used the end column:

Die-cuts, Ribbon, Red

Colouring Medium - Copics
Paper - from stash
Die cut - Tonic
Doily, ribbon, sentiment

We would love to see you playing along with us this week.

Have a lovely day.

Snow-One Like You

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Bank Holiday Monday and I hope you all have a good one whatever you have planned.  If the weather is not so good maybe you would like to make a card for our new challenge over on "Christmas with the Cuties" where we have a new monthly challenge starting today with a theme of:

Snowmen

Our sponsor for this month is the fabulous:

 

with a great prize for the winner.

Image - Bugaboo - Two Snowmen (available here)

Colouring Medium - Copics

Sentiment - Bugaboo

Paper - Anna Marie Designs

Tag Die - My Favourite Things

Glasmour Dust, Enamel Dots

Christmas is only four months away so time to get started on those Christmas cards!!!

Have a good day.

Happy Snowman

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and had a good week.  Not posted for ages but we have been on holiday and had a great time with a family holiday in France, the weather was hot and sunny and we all enjoyed ourselves.  Now it's back to the challenge for the next two weeks over on My Time to Craft and our theme this time is:

Christmas in August

 

The image is coloured with Copics, papers are from my stash, sentiment LOTV and I added Glamour dust, enamel dots and ribbon.

Hope to see you joining with our challenge this time.

Have a great Bank Holiday weekend.

ATC's

Good Morning Peeps,

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

ATC's

 

Image - Kenny K

Colouring Medium - Copics

Paper - Stash

If you like making ATC's why not join  in with our challenge this week, there is some great inspiration for you over on the challenge blog.

Have a good weekend whatever you have planned.

 

Christmas Elf

Good Morning Peeps,

It may be hot and sunny here but over on Fab'n'Funky it's winter with our monthly challenge of:

Christmas

Our lovely Neva is the host this our new challenge for two weeks, once again we have no sponsor for you just a Top 3.

Image & Sentiment - My Favourite Things

Colouring Medium - Copics

Paper - Christmas Jingle by Anna Marie Designs

Glamour Dust, Nuvo Drops, sentiment

There is some great inspiration on the challenge blog by the Design Team, hope to see you there joining in with the challenge this week.

Have a good day.

Add some Sparkle

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend, we enjoyed a family get together on Saturday and hubby cooked us all a Paella on the BBQ, everyone enjoyed it and though the sun was not shining all the time it was still warm enough to sit in the garden until the evening.  

We have a new challenge for you today over on Christmas with the Cuties where our challenge this time is:

Add some Sparkle

We do not have a sponsor for you this month but there will be a prize for the winner.

 

Image & Let's Chill sentiment - Mo's Digital

Colouring Medium - Copics

Paper - Stash

 Edging Die - Creative Expressions

Glamour Dust, Sentiment, Enamel dots

Would love to see you joining in with our challenge this month and please take a look at the great creations by the Design Team on the challenge blog.

Wedding Day

Good Morning Peeps,

Saturday and I hope you all looking forward to the weekend whatever you have planned.  There's a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where for the next fortnight our challenge is:

Wedding, Anniversary or Engagement

 My card is one I made last month for the wedding of my cousin's granddaughter.

Image - pre-coloured LOTV

Papers - LOTV

Lace doily - Tattered Lace die

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Sentiment, Ribbon, Glamour Dust, Nuvo Drops

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this week, and take a look at the challenge blog for some great inspiration from the Design Team.

 

Jude's Birthday

Good Morning Peeps,

It seems very quiet in blogland at the moment must be too hot for crafting!  Today I am hosting our challenge at Fab'n'Funky where I have chosen the theme of:

Let's see some Gingham

This week's challenge is a "Just for Fun" challenge, no sponsor but we will have a Top 3.

My card is one I made for my granddaughter Jude a couple of weeks ago:

Image - Kenny K

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Craft Creations and stash

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Die Cut leaves - Sue Wilson die

Ribbon and Sentiment

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Buttons and Bows

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week, my post today is scheduled as we are away for a few days in Norfolk this week.

Our new challenge today at Fab'n'Funky is brought to you by our lovely Judith with her choice of:

Buttons and Bows

(your project must have BOTH buttons and at least one bow on)

Our sponsor this week is:

Poppy Image

Colouring medium - Copics

Oval die - Creative Expressions

Paper - First Edition

Ribbon, Lace, Nuvo Drops, Sentiment. Buttons

There is some great inspiration on the challenge blog from the Design Team, so please pop over and take a look and maybe join in with our challenge.

Sketch Time

Good Morning Peeps,

Saturday morning so time for a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where this fortnight we have a sketch for you to follow:

 

Image - Simply Print design from LOTV

Paper - Kaisercraft

Glitter and Sentiment

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge.  Have a good weekend.

 

Christmas Tags

Good Morning Peeps,

Another beautiful hot day I have just been sat outside having my breakfast but it's already got too warm to sit without any shade, not complaining though.

We have a new challenge at Fab'n'Funky today one to cool you down it's out monthly challenge of:

CHRISTMAS

The host for the challenge this week is our lovely Wends and she has asked for some quick and easy Christmas makes.

 

I decided to make some tags I printed a sheet of card from a Nitwits folder cut them out with a Sue Wilson tag die, added poinsettias that I have had in my Christmas embellishment boxes for years, some small Kanban sentiments, silk thread and gold glamour dust.

Hope to see you joining in this week and have a good day.

Blue and White

Good Morning Peeps

Hope you have all had a good weekend with plenty of sunshine.  

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties where for this month the challenge is:

Blue and White

 Our sponsor for this month is the fabulous Crafty Sentiments:

 

The Design Team had images from our sponsor to play with:

Image - Crafty Sentiments

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Hobbycraft pad

Punched snowflakes, Nuvo Drops, Glamour Dust

Hope to see you joining in with us this month.

Monochrome

Good Morning Peeps,

It's a little damp here this morning I hope it clears up for this afternoon as I am off to watch Heidi and Lauren's Sports Day with my youngest son Dan.  

We had a great time on Saturday at the Billy Joel concert we were quite near the stage so had a good view, the only downside was trying to get off the car park afterwards it took us ages to get home and we only live half an hour away from Old Trafford.

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Pat K is the host with her choice of:

Monochrome

Our sponsor this week is:

 

Image - Madala 1 by Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stampin Up

Creative Expressions Dies

Sentiment, Pearl

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week and do take a look at the great creations by the Design Team on the Challenge Blog.

Birthday Greetings

Good Morning Peeps,

Where has all the sunshine gone today, it is very grey and drizzley this morning and I have a really busy day and desperately wanted it to be sunny and at the very least dry.  We are off to the wedding of my cousin’s granddaughter this afternoon but not able to go to the reception as we are going to Old Trafford football ground to see the fantastic Billy Joel tonight, where we have seats on the pitch with no cover.  We have seen him a few times before but not for a few years so I am really looking forward to tonight.

Anyway on to crafty business now, we have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft which is to:

Make your own Backing Paper using a Stamp

Flower Die - Elusive Images
Dotty Die - Cardio
Colouring Medium - Copics
Sentiment - Courtesy Desert Diva
Frame Die - Creative Impressions

Have a good weekend whatever you have planned.

Summer Holidays

Good Morning Peeps,

Saturday once more so we have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft where for the next fortnight our theme is:

Holidays

(Summer holidays, Christmas etc.)

 

I have made a simple card using for my image a copy of one of my husband's water colour paintings of Ceret in France where we spent a lovely family holiday a few years ago.  The bp was free from a magazine and I just added some ribbon and a ticket sentiment.

I hope you all have a good weekend whatever you have planned.

 

Furry Friends

Good Evening,

Quick post from me as I am so late in posting this card for this month's challenge at Christmas with the Cuties, with Monday being Bank Holiday and me having three different hospital appointments this week I just forgot....well better late than never.

Our challenge for this month is:

Festive Furry Friends

and our sponsor is the fabulous;

 

 

Image - Di's Digis

Colouring Medium - Copics

Banner - La La Land Die

Lettering - Free die from magazine

Glamour Dust, Snowflakes

Ahoy There

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you all had a great Bank Holiday weekend with lots of warm sunshine, we enjoyed seeing the family and had a BBQ at our eldest sons, eating and playing games in the lovely weather.

On to today where we see a new challenge at Fab'n'Funky with a challenge of:

For a Child

 our sponsor for this week is:

Miss Muffet

with a great prize for the winner

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

Swings n Slides Pirate

Image coloured with - Copics

Papers - Stash

Sentiment and Anchor

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