Music challenge at The Paper shelter

Hi all

I'm a little late with my DT project for TPS this week

I'm slowly catching up with myself and thank goodness I'm almost there

except for the yucky cold that has now appeared 

I'm sure things can only get better lol

We have a new challenge at 

The Paper Shelter 

Music Maestro Please!

I used one of the newer digis called

Music Director

This is an aperture card - just for a change - a bit of a challenge with those layers!

here's another view

I quite liked the effect -but not a good photo I'm afraid : /

The prize at TPS  is as always 

This is what I did....

Image - music director from TPS

Coloured with spectrum noir pens FS3,6,7  GG2,4,5  CR7,9  DR2  BGR1,2

Embossing folder - music notes free in Crafters companion inspiration magazine 8

Black card and Christmas red Centura pearl card from Crafters Companion

Old gold guilding wax

Sentiment added in word

Aperture cut with Tattered lace oval die

Hope you'll play along with us this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Cardz 4 guys - something begining with M (Music)
Little red wagon - embossing
Artistic inspirations - anything goes /touch of black

Hugs

Judith xx

Craft for Christmas at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Good Morning all

I hope you've all been enjoying the lovely weather these last few days

I even sat in the garden in a strappy top yesterday - lovely!

We've got to make the most of every sunny day now 

- winter is on the way - together with ....

Christmas!!

talking of which we have a new challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Christmas Crafting 

......is what we want to see

I thought I'd share a project I made a few weeks back that I didn't get round to sharing

its a gift bag - I made it for Crafter's Companion TV design team

for one of the Sheena's stamping shows 

This was really quite an easy make using Sheena Dougalass Stamps and dies

From the Perfect Partners range

Our sponsors this week 

are

who are offering an online class as this week's  prize

This is what I did....

Stamps and dies - Sheena Douglass Festive fancies Christmas foliage set

Background created with Crafters Companion Spectrum Noir  Aquatints essentials 

on Crafters Companion Watercolour card

Fircones made with Crafters companion Kraft card and TH walnut stain DI

Fir tree branches made with Tim Holtz Distress Co'rinations from Crafter's Companion

Bag from Michaels

Ribbon from my stash

Black Card - Crafters Companion

Hope you'll come and join in with us this week

Call back later for my DT project for TPS this week

Challenges i'm entering with this card

A snowflakes promise - christmas or winter
Die cutting divas - anything goes (with a die cut)
Simon says stamp - anything goes

Hugs

Judith xx

Glitter and sparkle at WagsnWhiskers challenge

Good morning all

It's challenge day over at Wags'nWhiskers today and our theme is

Sparkle and glitter

I've used one of the cute images from Wags'nWhiskers 

called Ellie and Squeak

I was going to colour this little cutie traditional elephant grey

  but I threw caution to the wind and made her pink instead 

why not I thought - life's too short for boring elephants!!

I must admit it doesn't look to sparkly or glittery in the photo

 - but it does have a nice subtle glittery look in real life

I decided on a soft look and coloured it with my Spectrum noir pencils
colour numbers 36,37,38,62,85,112

Here's what i did...

image - Ellie and squeak from Wags'nwhiskers

Coloured with spectrum noir pencils

Papers - first edition blank canvas

Stitched square die - memory box

leaf die - Sue Wilson curled vines

Flower die - MFT  (Sunflower I think - it was a give away in store so has no package)

Sentiment tags - LOTV

glitter details - stickles

Have a look over at Wags'nwhiskers challenge and see what my teamies have made - theres some seriously cute sparkle going on over there!

hugs

Judith xx

A card of many folds challenge at The Paper Shelter

Good morning all

Hope you are all coping with our decline into autumn - where did summer go 

or when did it come really - we've had some lovely sunny days

but a lot of rain here lately - booo!

Anyway it's time for another challenge at 

The Paper Shelter

This week our theme is 

A card of many folds

I've been so busy these past couple of months 

you might have noticed that I haven't been around much lately

What with the normal summer holiday time and ordinary family things

mainly I've been scribing for my son Tom (who is disabled)

He's just a few weeks away now from completing his masters degree

at Newcastle University - but many months have gone into his dissertation

and I've shared the journey - and we're still travelling on : )

Sooo I decided to make the quickest easiest card I could

using one of the pre- coloured  paper and image sets

available at 

The Paper Shelter

She's called Autumn Trends available here

I cut two sets of papers to make my easel card 

stuck it onto Kraft card and a tan mat 

then just cut out the cute little girl in the frame which I raised on 3d glue gel

The die for the sentiment is an old spellbinders label die

I stamped a sentiment from a heartfelt creations set

and gave a little definition to the labels with TH distress ink in Tea Dye

and the ribbon from is my stash - easy as that!

The image is quite large standing top to bottom of my 6 inc card

it makes a great statement card - in pretty quick time

When I have more crafty time she's one I'm looking forward to colouring

 - so much lovely detail

As always there is a fab prize up for grabs at TPS

Hope you'll come and join in with our challenge this week 

Hugs

Judith xx

Our cute and creepy Halloween new release at Digital Delights

Hi all

I'm here to share one of the cute new release digis from

 Digital Delights

I've use the cute

Kandi Kids Devil

available here

together with the sentiment

from the ghoulish sentiment set available here

Don't you just love him!

Do you like my cute pumpkin?! - I made it with a Sheena Douglas Christmas bauble stamp and die - topped and tailed it to makeit pumpkin shaped!

We still have a challenge going on at

Delightful challenges

an easy peasy Anything goes - we'd love to see you there!

This is what I did...

Image - Kandi kids Devil - from Digital delights

Sentiment - Ghoulish sentiments from Digital delights

Coloured with Spectrum noir pens

 - OR1,2  IG1,3,4,6  FS3,7  TN3

and Sprectrum Noirpencils 22 and 120

Papers and tickets - MME Marvelous Mavela

Pumpkin made with sheena Douglas - festive baubles stamp and die and cut pumpkin like!

Ribbon - michaels

hugs 

Judith xx

Winter Wonderland - add a sentiment challenge

Hi all

It's time for a new challenge over at 

Winter Wonderland

and we'd like you to 

Add a Sentiment

(make the sentiment to focus of your card)

I used one of the lovely stamps from Sheena Douglass 

called The first Noel from the A Little Bit Festive range

great for quick cards 

(and I'm in need of quick cards at the moment as craft time is pretty limited)

(sorry about the rubbish wonky photograph!)

This is what I did....

Image - The first Noel from Sheena Douglass alittle bit festive range at Crafter's Companion
Coloured with Spectrum noir pens  - TN2 and TN5
Inked with - TH distress inks - Tumbled glass, faded jeans, mustard seed and faded linen
Card used - Black card, Centura pearl old gold, Sheenas stamping card all Crafter's Companion
Ribbon - from create and craft 9Far to many years ago!)
Star die - memory box
Card base - Papermania

Hope you'll come and join in with our challenge this week
- you know you need to make those Christmas cards!

Hugs
Judith x

Calling all cute little critters!

Good morning all

It's challenge time again at 

Moving Along with the Times

we are back up and running after a slow and easy summer

under new management and with some lovely new teamies too

Welcome to all of our New DT girls 

Our challenge this week is

Cute animals

(the cuter the better!)

I've used a cute stamp from Crafter's Companion Makey Bakey mice range

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils

I was aiming for a simple vintage look - I think it worked out

It's a really simple card - easy to put together 

and the image is lovely to colour too - with lovely shading in the stamp

it practically colours itself!!

This is what I did..

Image and sentiment -Makey Bakey Mice -Stitched with love from Crafter's Companion

Coloured with spectrum noir pens and pencils

Colours - pensTN2,TN3,TN6 IG1,IG3,CR3

                pencils - 117,119,120

Papers MME Rambling Rose

Kraft card - crafter's companion

Distress ink - TH brushed corduroy

Stitched square die - Memory box

Button die and twine - MFT

Ribbon - from a card of ribbon from Walmart

Hope you'll come and join in with us this challenge and call in to welcome our lovely new DT girls

Hugs

Judith xx

We would like to see embossing at this weeks challenge at TPS!

Hi all

OOO so sorry I'm late - bank holidays have a lot to answer for! 

- yes I knew it was Wednesday and yes thats challenge day at TPS

but my bank holiday brain still thought that tomorrow was challenge day!!

....And here we are in September - seriously scary!!

Its also time for a new challenge at

The Paper Shelter

our theme for the week is 

Embossing 

(wet or dry)

I decided to use this cute image called 

Holiday Shopping  - available here

I decided to keep it really simple so my embossing is also fairly minimal - just the flowers and leaves and the embossed stitching around the square (which is now a diamond!!)

As usual we have a great prize at The Paper Shelter

Here's what I did...

Image - holiday shopping from TPS

Coloured with spectrum Noir pens and pencils

pen colours -FS3, FS7, TN3

                  TN2,TN4,TN6

                  IG1 , IG3, IG6

                  DR1, DR2, DR6

Pencils 89,117,119,120

Papers MME Blush

Flower and leaves dies - Crafter's Companion Die'sire lace bloom die

Stitched square die - memory box

happy birthday die - spellbinders

Black Card - Crafter's Companion

Hope you'll come along and join in with our challenge at TPS this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Spectrum noir monthly challenge - Embossing

hugs

Judith