Saturday 31 December 2016

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)

Saturday 17 December 2016

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.


Wednesday 7 December 2016

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:



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.

Saturday 3 December 2016

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.


Monday 28 November 2016

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



Wednesday 23 November 2016

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.

 

Saturday 19 November 2016

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.

Wednesday 9 November 2016

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:
 


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

Saturday 5 November 2016

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.


Wednesday 26 October 2016

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

Saturday 22 October 2016

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.


Saturday 15 October 2016

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

Wednesday 12 October 2016

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.

 


 

Saturday 8 October 2016

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.

Wednesday 28 September 2016

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:



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



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.
 

Saturday 24 September 2016

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.


Friday 16 September 2016

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




Wednesday 14 September 2016

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:


 
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


Saturday 10 September 2016

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.





Friday 2 September 2016

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






Thursday 1 September 2016

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.



Saturday 27 August 2016

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.

Friday 19 August 2016

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.


Wednesday 17 August 2016

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:



 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




Saturday 13 August 2016

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.


Monday 1 August 2016

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.

Saturday 30 July 2016

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.


Friday 29 July 2016

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)


Friday 22 July 2016

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

The Paper Shelter

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:



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.






Wednesday 20 July 2016

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:


 

Using Top line Pearls, Tag Ribbon 

Image - Poppies (pre-coloured)  by Doodle Panty available here
Papers - Free from Magazine
Pearls, Ribbon and sentiment tag