Love

Good Morning,

Saturday, still cold and snowy, just the day to stay in check out the new challenge at My Time to Craft, and have a look at the great inspiration from the Design Team where this week for a change we have a sketch for you to follow:

Following the sketch I made this card which is for my granddaughter Heidi's 6th Birthday tomorrow

Card Recipe:

Image - Saturated Canary

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Papermania and First Edition "Isabelle"

Ticket - Tim Holtz

Swirl die - Memory Box

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Heart Charm - All About Beads

                                  (My daughter's Website)

Extras - Pearls

Challenges Entered:

Copic Marker Europe - Anything Goes with Copic Markers
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Winter Birthdays
Divas by Design -  Girly
Paper Shelter - Winter Blues
City Crafter - Winter Blues
Everybody Art Challenge - Girl
Papertake Weekly - Baby it's Cold Outside
Card Mania - Girly
Squigglefly - Winter Blues
Stampin' for the Weekend - Something Girlie

Y for Yummy

Good Morning,

It's Friday morning, very cold and we have had light snow all night, not as bad as places in Wales according to the news this morning and I hope anyone in the areas of heavy snow are keeping safe and warm, definitely a day for staying in and crafting if you possible can.

On a brighter note there is a new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge today and today it is:

Y for Yummy
we would like to see some food featured on your project

Card Recipe:

Image : Paper Shelter Digi

Colouring Medium : Copics

Papers : Melissa Frances

Flowers : Wild Orchid

Tools : Heart border punch, corner punch

Extras : Roller boot charm, sentiment, lace

Challenges entered:

Digital  Tuesday - Flower Power

Dance

Good Morning,

Well I hope everyone is managing to keep warm in this cold snap, we had snow on Monday morning and though the roads cleared by late afternoon it is still over all the hills and the footpaths and still quite treacherous underfoot.  

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Fab'n'Funky, this week brought to us by our lovely Shirley and the challenge is:

Get Moving

(Show us something that has someone who is moving or doing some kind of activity!)

We have a fabulous new sponsor this week MayzyArt who are offering a great prize.

The Design Team were lucky enough to have been able to chose images to play with.

Card Recipe:

Image : MayzyArt Digi Dancer - Line Dance

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - My Mind's Eye

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Corner Die - Whimsy

Extras - Metal sentiment, button, string

Challenges Entered:

LEJ Designs - Use Metal
Digital Tuesday - Flower Power and use a digi (image)
Bearly-Mine - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's - Anything Goes
MayzyArt - Anything Goes

Spotlight Technique

Good Morning,

 Oh my how much colder it has become and the forecast is for snow later this weekend or Monday brrrr, but on to today and time for a new challenge at My Time to Craft, this week we have as a challenge:

"SPOTLIGHT TECHNIQUE"

I have to admit I didn't know what this was but Shell put a link on for us to have a look at a tutorial, and if you too have not heard of it please take a look here

Image : Lavinia Stamps

Colouring Medium : Copics

Papers : From stash and magazine

Butterfly die : Cheery Lynn

Corner Die : Joy

Extras : Ribbon, sentiment, adhesive stones

Challenges Entered:

Brown Sugar Challenge - Butterflies
Fun with Shapes - Not a square card
Moving along with the Times - Floral Delights
Flutterby Wednesday - Anything Goes with a Fairy or Butterfly

Winter Wishes

Good Morning, 

Today sees the first Challenge of 2013 at Fab and Funky and this week our challenge is set by our lovely teamie Jackie and she has chosen the theme of:

WINTER

DigiDarla is our super sponsor this week and the design team were lucky enough to have images to play with, so do take a look at the Challenge blog and see the great projects made by them.

We also have a regular 1st prize sponsor:

Card Recipe:

Image - Snowman with Tree by DigiDarla

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - LOTV

Sentiment - Crafters Companion 

Cloud and Corner Dies - Memory Box

Snowflakes die - Cheery Lynn

Extra - Ribbon

Challenges entered:

Creative Card Crew - Snow and Ice
Card Mania - Winter Wonderland
Love to Create - Winter Wonderland
My Craft Spot - Frosty Days
Gingerloft - Christmas or Winter
Crafty Hazelnuts - Christmas - no Santa
Simply Create Too - Let it Snow

New Home

Good Morning

It's time for another challenge at My Time to Craft and our subject this week is:

All About the New

(anything new - New Home, New Baby, etc BUT NOT new stash)

Do pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at the great DT samples for your inspiration.

 Card Recipe:

Image - Chocolate Barouque

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - My Mind's Eye

Sentiment - Free magazine stamp

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Extra's - Bunting, bakers twine, punched leaves, charms

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Stamp - Something New
Stamp n Doodle - New Beginnings
Unique Crafters Challenge - New Beginnings
Crafty Sentiments - New
Crafty Ribbons - New Beginnings
Milk Coffee Challenge - New Beginnings
Pixie Dust Studio - It's All New to Me
Totally Papercrafts - Something New
A Gem of a Challenge - New Beginnings

Spots and Stripes

Good Morning  and a Happy New Year.

I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.  We spent lots of time with all the family and had a really enjoyable time.

Well here we are with my first card share of the year and this is a DT card for our challenge at The Alphabet Challenge which this week is the letter X and the challenge is:

X Marks the Spot

(we would like to see Spots and Stripes on your project)

Card Recipe:

Image - Saturated Canary

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - My Mind's Eye, & from my stash
Flowers - Wild Orchid
Corner die - Whimsey
Butterfly die - Cheery Lynn
Extra's - Sentiment, ribbon, pearls

Challenges entered:

Divas by Design - Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes