Another Christmas Elf

 Good Morning Peeps,

Quick post today for our last challenge of the year at Fab’n’Funky which is quite simply:

CHRISTMAS

Our host for the next two weeks is our lovely Sue.

For my card I used a Whimsy stamp and backing paper by Anna Marie Designs and finished with a sentiment.

Hope you can find time to join in with our challenge this time.

Have a good day!

Cute Elf

Good Morning Peeps

 

Hope you are all well and have had a good weekend, it's been very wet and dark here all weekend, but while writing this I have just seen the Santa Express steam train go through the village from my window, full of lots of excited children.

 

It's our last challenge of 2023 at Christmas with the Cuties and for this challenge the theme is simply:

 

Cute and Christmassy

 

 

For my card I have chosen this cute little elf stamp from Whimsy, I coloured her with Copics and used a snowflake circle die by Phill Martin, backing paper by Lawn Fawn and a sentiment from MFT and added a few snowflakes.

 

We would love to see you joining in with this challenge with your cute Christmas cards.

 

Have a good day!

 

Another Snowman

 Good Morning Peeps,

Beautiful cold and very frosty morning here, everywhere is white, it looks very wintery.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks I am hosting and I have chosen an easy Christmas theme:

SNOWMEN

(or women or snow families)

I have made a rocker card using some papers from Hunkydory, a Sue Wilson die set and another snowman image from the Winter set by CC Designs, coloured with Copics and I love this sentiment from the same set of stamps.

Hope to see your joining in with our challenge, there are some lovely creations by the Design Team to inspire you.

Enjoy your day!

Christmas Bear

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend, been rather cold and frosty here but it’s that time of the year.

We have a new challenge for you today over on Christmas With the Cuties, where our challenge is as always:  

 Cute and Christmassy 

with the option of 

Something with Die Cuts

For my card I used a LOTV stamp, coloured with Copics, the background paper is by Crafters Companion.  I cut the image out with a Phill Martin snowflake die and added some more snowflakes, a sentiment and some glitter.

I do hope you can find the time to join in with our challenge as not long left to get all those Christmas cards ready.

Have a good day!

Christmas Blues

 Good Morning Peeps

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where our host for the next two weeks is our lovely Buffy with her choice of:

ALL BLUE HUES

For my card I used a Polkadoodles image coloured with Copics, the rainbow corners are using a die from MFT and I used all shades of blue card.  The background is made with an embossing folder and I added a sentiment, snowflakes and glitter.

There are some lovely samples on the challenge blog by the Design Team and we would love to see you joining in with our latest challenge.

Enjoy your day!

Christmas Santa

 Good Afternoon Peeps, 

from a beautiful sunny but very cold Lancashire, I hope you are all enjoying this sunny spell too.

I am here today to share a card with you that I've made for the Christmas Bingo Challenge, I was really pleased that my card was chosen as the winner in their last challenge and this will be the last challenge for this year and from January it will be an All Occasions challenge not just Christmas.

 

My image is a Whimsy stamp, coloured with Copics, papers are by Catherine Pooler and I added glitter, twine and a sentiment.

I would like to enter the following challenge:

Christmas Bingo Challenge - Using column O

(layers, faux stitching and twine)

We Love Stamping Challenge - Christmas Characters (30-11)

Enjoy your weekend!

Kingfisher

Good Morning Peeps,

 

I hope you are all having a good week.  Quiet one here at the moment so getting a little crafting done.

 

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our challenge has been chosen by our lovely Sue with her choice of:

 

Masculine

 

It's our eldest son's birthday this month so I have used the card I have made for him.

 

I used a Kingfisher topper the papers are from My Favourite Things and stash and I added a sentiment.

Lots of inspiration on the challenge blog from the Design Team and hope to see you joining in with us.

Enjoy your day!

Something Different

Good Afternoon Peeps,

I hope you are all well and not been affected by the terrible flooding and winds, it was quite windy here on Friday, but over the weekend the sun has been shining.

We have a new challenge for you over on Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our challenge is as always:

Cure and Christmassy

With the added option of

SOMETHING NOT A CARD

I made a couple of pairs of Christmas tree earrings and a pyramid gift box for each.

Enjoy your day!

Flowers

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab’n’Funky, where our lovely Neva has set us the challenge of:

Make it Female

I made my card for granddaughter Zoe for her birthday in September.

The image is from Bugaboo and I coloured with Copics, the papers are by Catherine Pooler, sentiment is a Uniko stamp and I added some Nuvo drops.

Hope you can find time to check out the lovely inspiration from the Design Team on the challenge blog and maybe join in with us.

Have a good day!

Christmas Bingo Card

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and having a good weekend.  It has been quite sunny and warm here for the last two days after days of rain last week.  Lorna and I went to the garden centre in our village for lunch yesterday and they had most of the Christmas decorations out it always has a nice warm and cheery feeling walking round with the Christmas lights on.

I have made a card for the Christmas Bingo Challenge I have used Column N - Clean and Simple, Free and Hand Coloured Image.

The image is by Jan Mayhew and I coloured with Copics, sentiment is a download from Hannilie - Desert Diva, and I doodled a frame with a gold Sakura gel pen.

Enjoy your day!

Challenges Entered:

Christmas Bingo Challenge - Column N Bingo Board

 

Teddy's Flower

 Good Morning Peeps,

 

Hope everyone is well.  We are off today for our Flu and Covid jabs it doesn't seem five minutes since we had the last ones but time flies.  

I haven't been around much these last few weeks as I just can't seem to get motivated to craft or blog at the moment, really need to find my mojo somewhere.

 

We have a new challenge today over on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Pat K has chosen the theme of:

 

SHOW US SOME COLOURING

 

 

I made this card a couple of weeks ago for a friend's birthday.  The image is from LOTV and I coloured with Copics, the paper is from my stash and the rainbow corner is a dies by MFT, flower die by Lisa Horton  and I added a sentiment.

 

Please pop over to the challenge blog to see the fabulous creations by my teamies and maybe join in with us this week.

 

Have a good day!

 

A Shiny Card

 Good Morning Peeps,

Well here we are at the start of the last week in September and have you started making your Christmas cards yet, if not here’s your chance to get started,  we have a new challenge today over on Christmas with the Cuties where this month our challenge is as always Cute and Christmassy with the option this month of  SOMETHING SHINY.

For my card I used another snowman from the Winter Snow set by CCDesigns and coloured with Copics, the sentiment is also from the same set, the background is embossed the outer circle is a Tonic die and I added some die cut snowflakes to it (both cut out in silver paper).  Hope to see you joining in our challenge this month.

Have a good day!

Wheels

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab’n’Funky, it’s my turn to host and for the next two weeks I have chosen the theme of:

Wheels

(On cars, bicycles, fairgrounds anywhere you find wheels)

For my card I have used a stamp by Crafty Individuals and coloured with Copics, the background paper is from My Favourite Things, the flower die is from Lisa Horton and I added a stamped sentiment.

I hope you can find time to join in with our challenge.

Enjoy your day!

Jolly Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

 

.....and what a lovely morning it is too, summer has finally arrived here be it only a couple of months late but it's lovely and much appreciated.  I've been sitting outside in the sunshine reading for the past few days and apart from putting washing on the line I've banned housework for the rest of the week, longer if the sun keeps shining.

 

We are back after our summer break at Fab'n'Funky with a great challenge set by our lovely Chris:

 

Wings or Scales

 

I bought this Woodware stamp at a craft show recently, I thought it was so cute for Christmas, I coloured with Copics and added a little glitter on the branch.

Hope you can find time over the next two weeks to join in with our challenge.

Have a good day!

 

Snowy Christmas

 Good Morning Peeps,

I hope everyone is well and looking forward to a good Bank Holiday, some sunshine would be nice after a really wet weekend.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties, where as always your project must be CUTE AND CHRISMASSY with this month's option of SOMETHING SNOWY..

 

 

For my card I used a CC Designs stamp which I coloured with Copics and fussy cut, the background is a snowy embossing folder the centre cut with a Phill Martin Snowflake circle and the insert is a piece cut from a Hunkydory paper pad, sentiment is a Sue Wilson die.

I hope you can find some time to join in with our challenge this month as Christmas is coming up fast and it's never to early to get those cards made.

Have a good Bank Holiday, whatever you have planned!

Birthday Gnome

 Good Morning Peeps

 

At last I am back, no I haven't been on holiday again - we have been off the internet again for over 2 weeks this is the third time in 8 months so we have changed our provider to hopefully a more reliable  one.

I need to catch up with everyone now but in the meantime I have a card to show which I made for granddaughter Abbie's birthday last week.

 

 I used a Polkadoodles image, coloured with Copics, papers are by Catherine Pooler and I used a Tonic Scribbled Frame layered die to which I added some small flowers with Nuvo Drops centres, finished with a sentiment.

Enjoy your day!

Summer Fun

Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope everyone is well.   We have just returned from a lovely holiday in Austria, been to some beautiful places, Salzburg, Vienna and we even went into the Czech Republic to the lovely old village of Ceski Krumlov.  

Now onto the main subject, we have a new challenge starting today over on Fab’n’Funky, where our lovely Chris has chosen the theme for us of:

Summer Fun

We will be taking a summer break after this challenge but we will be back in September.

For my card I chose a very old Fun Stamps stamp, coloured with Copics, the papers are by MFT and I added a sentiment.

We do hope you can find time to join in with our summer challenge this time.

Have a good day.

Black and White

 Good Morning Peeps,

Well here we are it's Wednesday again and time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky.  Our lovely teamie Buffy has chosen the theme for the next two weeks and that is:

Monochrome with a Pop of Colour

For my card I chose some black and white gingham card added a sentiment cut in white with a black shadow cut with a Sue Wilson die, the flower is another Sue Wilson die cut in black and red and I added some small die cut flowers and some Nuvo Drops.

We look forward to seeing you joining in our challenge this week.

Warmest Wishes

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you have all had a good weekend with not too much rain, thunder and lightning, we had quite a lot of all three especially the rain on Saturday night.

I did get some time in between watching the Cricket and Wimbledon to make a card for the new Bingo Challenge, I would like to enter this challenge each time hopefully to stock up a few more Christmas cards.

 

 

I used one of Phill Martin's new snowflake squares die, cut out in white and layered onto kraft card, blue gingham paper is by MFT, circle die by Tonic and the snowman image is by Digi Doodle Studio, coloured with Copics, sentiment is by LOTV.   I added some glitter, snowflakes and Nuvo Drops. I used the B column of the Bingo card - Digi Image, Check Plaid or Gingham and Blue.

 

Have a good day!

 

Challenges Entered:

 

Christmas Bingo Challenge - Column B on Bingo card (Sept 2023)

Sweet Cavalier

 Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday so we have a new challenge starting over on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our host is our lovely Pat K with her choice of theme:

Four Legged Friends

I chose this image from Paper Shelter as it reminds me of the last two dogs we had one tri-coloured Cavalier and one brown and white Cavalier.

I coloured the image with Copics, papers are from Crafters Companion and stash, flowers are an MFT die and I added a sentiment.

There's lots of lovely inspiration from the Design Team over on the challenge blog and we hope to see you joining in with us.

Have  good day!

Mr Fox

Good Morning Peeps,

 

I do hope you have all had a good weekend and enjoyed some sunshine.

 

Today we have a new challenge starting over on Christmas with the Cuties where this month our challeng is:

 

Cute and Christmassy with the Option of Fur or Feathers

 

 

 For my card I used an image by Mo's Digital, coloured with Copics the paper is from Spellbinders and I added some gold snowflakes, gold frame and a sentiment.

Enjoy your day!

 

Pink Rose

 Good Afternoon Peeps,

Just a quick post, having a busy week this week but I wanted to make a card for the challenge this week at Allsorts.  Hope everyone is well and having a good week.

The rose image is by Chocolate Baroque and I coloured with Copics, paper from LOTV and the sentiment is a very old Hero Arts stamp.

Enjoy your day!

Challenges entered:

Allsorts Challenge 733 - Blooms, Bees or Butterflies

18th Birthday Card

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and having a good week, I am ready for some cooler weather now, I have been enjoying the sunshine but it's getting a little too hot for me. 

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

Use a Sentiment

My card is an 18th birthday card I made for our granddaughter Emma a couple of weeks ago.

The image and sentiment are by Pink Ink and I coloured with Copics  The background paper is by Honeybee stamps, the wreath circles are an unknown brand I bought off Ebay and the flowers are from a Lisa Horton die with some black pearls in the centre.  I added some die-cut hearts and a number 18.

We would love to see you joining in our challenge which will run for the next two weeks.

Have a lovely day whatever you have planned.

Challenges Entered:

Addicted to Stamps & More - #448 Birthdays (28.06)

Digi Chooseday - #23 Anything Goes (26.06)

PammiesInkyPinkiesChallenge #2323 Anything Goes (20.06)

Use Your Stuff - #486 - Flowers (21.06)

Allsorts Challenge - #732 Birthdays (17.06)

Hello Sunshine

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday so we have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Buffy has chosen the theme for the next two weeks of:

 

ONE LAYER - Clean and Simple

 

My card seems quite apt this week with all the lovely sunshine we are having.

 

I used an image and sentiment from Whimsy Stamps and coloured with Copics.

 

We look forward to seeing your creations if you can find the time to join in with us.

 

Enjoy your day!

 

 

 

Christmas Hat

 Good Afternoon Peeps,

I have just been sat outside reading and thought I would take a break to enter the new Christmas Bingo Challenge, I made the card last weekend but haven't posted it yet, been too busy enjoying the sun this week.

For my card I used Column N on the bingo board (hand coloured image, die cuts and sequins).

 

My image is from Whimsy, I coloured with Copics, bp is by Spellbinders, circular die by Sue Wilson and snowflakes die by MFT.  I added some red sequins to the snowflakes and finished with  a stamped sentiment.

 

Challenges Entered:

 

Christmas Bingo Challenge - Bingo board (15-06)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #679 - Christmas (08-06)

The Holly and the Ivy #140 - Anything Christmas (30-05)

 

Something Simple

 Good Morning Peeps,

What a lovely weekend it has been, lots of sunshine and warm days, looks like summer has arrived!

Now is the time to forget about summer and concentrate on Christmas as today is the start of a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our challenge is:

Anything Cute and Christmassy with the option of:

"Something Simple"

For my card I chose an MFT elf stamp and sentiment, I coloured with Copics added some glitter and a pen doodle around the edge.

We would love you to join in this month and look forward to seeing your creations.

Enjoy your day!

Special Birthday

Good Morning Peeps

Hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying some sunshine.  I seem to have had a busy couple of weeks, not had much time for crafting or blogging, but today I am the host of our new challenge at Fab'n'Funky and for the next two weeks I have chosen the challenge of:

Special Birthdays

I made my card for my daughter Lorna's 50th birthday last week.  We had a family party with 17 of us at our village Italian Restaurant and everyone had a good time especially the birthday girl.

My stamp is from AALL & Create, and I coloured with Copics.  The backing paper is by My Favourite Things, I cut the image out with a Sue Wilson die and put a die around it by Tonic.  The flowers are cut with a Lisa Horton die with Nuvo Drops in the centre and I added some small hearts.  The sentiment is computer generated cut with an MFT die and I added a small 50.

There are some beautiful cards to inspire you on the challenge blog and we would love to see you joining in with us.

Enjoy your day!

Dragonflies

 Good Morning Peeps,

It's time for another challenge at Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our host is our lovely leader Chris with her choice of:

Things with Wings

 

 

I made two ATC's using one of the stamps from a set called Sweet Sunflowers by Creative expressions, I made the background using a stencil by Lavinia and Distress Oxides, coloured the Dragonflies with Copics and a glitter Spica pen (which doesn't show up very well on the photo) and the sentiment spring from a Jofy stamp set.

Please take a look at the lovely creations from the Design Team on the challenge blog.

Have a good day!

A Christmas Carol

 'Good Morning Peeps,

 

Hope you have all had a good weekend, today we have a new challenge starting over on Christms with the Cuties where our challenge for this month is:

 

Cute and Christmassy with the option of a 

Hand Coloured Image

 

 

For my card I used a LOTV image and coloured with Copics, the papers are from Crafters Companion and stash, the sentiment is by LOTV and I added some die cut snowflakes and glitter.

 

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

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Happy Easter

 Good Morning Peeps,

 

Hope everyone is well and has had some of the lovely sunshine we have had over the past few days, really makes me feel like summer is at last on the way.  I may not be around for a while after the Easter weekend as I am having another eye operation for my glaucoma on Tuesday so won’t be able to use my computer, but hopefully won’t be away too long.

 

Well the Fab'n'Funky Challenge is on it's way today and being hosted by our lovely Sue who has challenged us to:

Use Die Cuts

I decided to make an Easter card using a Whimsy stamp, coloured with Copics, I used an old Marianne die for stem and leaves and a tiny flower die by Sue Wilson and added a centre in Nuvo drops.  The papers are by Whimsy and finished with a stamped sentiment.

Enjoy your day!

Hello Robin

 Good Morning Peeps,

 Hope you have all had a good weekend, it's been a quiet one here. 

Today see's the start of a new challenge over on "Christmas with the Cuties" where our challenge for this month is as usual Cute and Chrismassy with the option this month of:

"Use a pre-coloured Image"

For my card I used a pre-coloured image from LOTV to which I added some glitter, the paper is from Crafter's Companion, the tree is cut out of glitter card with a die from My Favourite Things and I added a sentiment.

Please take a look at the inspiration from the Design Team on the challenge blog, and hope to see you joining in with us this month.

Have a good day!

Is it Raining?

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have had a busy few days here with two family birthdays (hubby and youngest son) and Mothers Day, so two meals out with the family and now a couple of days rest before looking after eldest son’s dog for four days, not that I mind he’s no trouble.

Back to today where we have a new challenge starting over on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Neva has set the challenge of:

Lots of Layers

I made this card for my granddaughter Heidi's birthday a few weeks ago.

The stamp is from Pink Ink and called Rain Mouse, I love this stamp and it is so easy to colour.  I used Copics to colour, the sentiment is from the same set, papers are from Catherine Pooler,  MFT and my stash.  I used a Spellbinders border die and added a watering can charm on an MFT die cut flower.

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this fortnight, there is some great inspiration for you over on the challenge blog, do please take a look.

Challenges Entered:

Use Your Stuff #480 - Animals (2-4-23)

Stamping Sensations March - Wings/Tails (31-3-23)

 

Have a good day!

Vintage Lady

 Good Morning Peeps,

It’s been quite nippy outside this week but we have had some lovely sunshine and luckily no snow though it is forecast for Thursday, I do hope the forecast is wrong as I have an appointment with my eye consultant and I have been waiting 18 months so I hope I can get there ok.

It's Wednesday so it's time for a new challenge at Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our host is our lovely Buffy with her challenge of Vintage/Retro.

For my card I have used a Lacy Sunshine image that I have had for years, I coloured her with Copics, the papers are by Do Crafts and Prima Marketing, die cut flower and leaves MFT and I added some cotton lace and a sentiment.

Hope you can find time to join in with our challenge this week.

Have a good day!

Santa's on His Way

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you have all had a good weekend.  Lorna and I went to the Sincerely Yours Craft Show in Leigh yesterday, first show I have been to since covid began, it was nice for a change but there were not as many stands as there used to be.

Well here is the first Christmas card for this year posted for the start of challenges at Christmas with the Cuties where as always your project must be Cute and Christmassy but with the option of Something with a Sentiment.

For my card I used a Whimsy stamp coloured with Copics and paper pieced the sleigh, I fussy cut the image out and put it onto some embossed card, I used some kraft card to cut out the sentiment with a Sue Wilson die and also cut some snowflakes with a Crafter's Companion die and added some white Nuvo drops and some Diamond Frost glitter.

I do hope you are in the mood to start making some Christmas cards and look forward to you joining in our challenge.  There is some great inspiration on the challenge blog from the Design Team so do take a look.

Enjoy your day!

Birthday Bear

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all well and enjoying some of the sunny weather we have been having still a little cold but it makes such a change from the rain.  

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where I am hosting with my challenge of  "FOR A CHILD".  I made my card for my friend's granddaughter who was three a couple of weeks ago.

The image is from Lili of the Valley and I coloured with Copics, the paper is from Honey Bee Stasmps and I added a ribbon.

We would love to see you joining in our challenge this week and you will find lots of inspiration from the design team over on the challenge blog.

Enjoy your day!

Birthday Flowers

 Good Afternoon All,

I have been busy all week trying to tidy up my craft room, as yet not looking much tidier even though I have tried to be ruthless and got rid of quite a lot of papers and things I have had for years and never use now.  I also threw out a pile of magazines that I had kept for ages meaning to read again but never got round to as the pile got higher.  Hopefully while I am in the mood will carry on next week while I seem to have some spare time.

I thought I would share this card with you today, I made it for my friend whose birthday is on Valentine's Day.

I found this image in my box already die cut and I have no idea where it is from, but I coloured with Copics, the papers are from My Favourite Things and I added a sentiment and some Nuvo Drops.

Hope you have a good weekend, whatever you have planned.

Valentine

 Good Morning Peeps,

 

It’s another dry and hopefully sunny day today and after some frosty starts the days seem to be warming up a little so we have managed to get out for a couple of short walks this week which certainly makes me feel much better after all the rain of the past month or so.

Well we have a new challenge starting today at Fab'n'Funky where our lovely teamie Pat K is hosting with her choice of:

 

Valentine or Hearts

I decided to dust off one of my Hanglar stamps none of which have been used for ages, I coloured her with Copics then paper pieced her dress,  I fussy cut her and placed her on the doily on foam pads. I cut  heart from the same paper pad by MFT added the heart doily and sentiment.

Hope you can find time to take a look at the great inspiration from the Design Team over on the challenge blog and maybe join in with your Valentine's cards.

Enjoy your day!

New Home

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and having a good week.  Been quite a busy week here for us with one thing and another, one granddaughter had a birthday and eldest granddaughter Zoe set off on her travels for 4 months, Singapore first stop then Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and everywhere else in Asia, we have had some photos and she seems to be having a good time.  This week is  bit quieter and thankfully a lot warmer after the snow and ice of last week.

Well back to today and our new challenge at Fab’n’Funky which is brought to us by our lovely Neva with her theme choice of  New Beginnings

For my card I used a Joffe image, coloured with Copics, background paper is by Polkadoodles and I added some die cuts and a sentiment,

Hope you can find time to join in with us and take a look at the lovely inspiration from the Design Team on the challenge blog.

Enjoy your day!

Shaped Cards

 Good Morning Peeps

Well here we are my first post of 2023.  I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

It’s time to start our challenges over on Fab’n’Funky and our first one is brought to you by our lovely Chris and she has challenged us to make a shaped card (no squares or rectangles).

I made this shaped card (no idea what shape it is called), but I scored my A4 card and folded into this shape,  my image is from Polkadoodles and I coloured her with Copics, added some flowers cut with  Lisa Horton die and added a sentiment.  Sorry about the quality of the picture but it hasn’t stopped raining here for days and it has been so dark it had to be taken with the light on, I don’t know why the background looks blue it is white!

Hope to  see you joining in with our challenge.

Have a good day!