An autumn themed bag for Inky Impresssions

Hello again

I have another gift bag today that I've made for the Inky Impressions challenge toady

Which is 

Anything but a card or Pink themed

I bought a "bakers dozen" pack of these bags at Michaels - so far I've used 3

 - so I'll leave you to do the maths!!

a close up of the image

I'm enjoying making these bags - such a change from cards and you can go bigger on the embellies 

and as we all know bigger is better!

Here's what I did....

Image - Lili playing in the leaves by inky impressions

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Paper - K & Co

Card - bazzill basics

Frame and small leaves - mariannes die

Flower,large leaves and corners - spellbinders dies

Pearls - inky impressions

Ribbon - creative impressions

Lettering - cut with sizzix eazy peaesy die 

Why dont you pop over to the Inky Impressions challenge blog to see what my teamies have made - I'm sure you'll be impressed - such fabulous inspiration.

challenges I'm entering with this card

Critter sketch challenge blog - favourite part of fall ( autumn leaves)
The crazy challenge - handmade flowers

hugs 

Judith xx

No patterned papers challenge at Fab'n'Funky Challenges this week

Good Morning all

How the weeks are flying by - we have suddenly arrived at the first Wednesday in October - how did that happen!

Todays challenge over at Fab'n'Funky is themed

No Patterned papers

I have to admit that I don't find these kind of challenges easy!  I don't have a lot of embossing folders and I don't really like plain.  I'm on a bit of a Christmas thing at the minute (aren't we all when we panic and count the weeks to Christmas - then panic again!) and I have got a few Christmas embossing folders so decided that would work best for me.

 our sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy I used a digi from their winter collection called Molly Winter 2  I used my favourite blue and white colour combo - I just love this combination for Christmas cards

This is what I did...

Image - Molly winter2 from Stamp Fairy
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Embossed Bazzill card - using sizzix Merry Christmas embossing folder
Snowflake  - die cut with spellbinders snowflake dies
Sentiment and shaped card - craftwork cards
Ribbon white ruffle edged and stick pins - Sam Pooles creative studios
small snowflakes - Martha Stewart
Snowflake border - memory box die - frosty border
silver mirriboard - create and craft
little iridecent embellies - meiflower centres from my crafty heart

I'm entering this card into the following challenges

Created with love challenge - Christmas
Make it Monday - anything goes
Cutie pie challenge - use a digi
The craft place - make your own background

See you later with this weeks DT card for the new inky impressions Challenge

hugs

Judith xx

Summer fun at Inky Impressions

Hello from sunny Florida!

Oh its such a lazy life and I'm lovin it! 

Was really busy before I came away and got as many DT cards done as I could and just uploaded them to a post name - trouble is I don't know what I did for half of them!!  This one I know is one of the fab new Inky Impressions stamps called Christopher mowing - he's so cute and I loved making this card.  These papers are so perfect for a garden card  like this one- I won them from my MAWTT DT buddy Lisa in her bog candy draw a while back  - thank you Lisa xx.  I knew they would be perfect for this card, I can see them in my mind as I'm sitting here in 92 degrees by the pool!!! but can't for the life of me think what they're called!!

What I did...

Image - Christopher mowing - Inky Impressions new summer stamps
Papers - from Lisa can't remember what they're called!
Die cuts - spellbinders
Ribbon - carnmeal cottage
Watering can embellie and sentiment sticker - K & Co
Card - Bazzill basics
Gems from my stash

Thats it from me for today - got some lazing in the sun to do!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

That craft place - trees and nature
Here comes the boys - anything goes
One stop craft - for the boys
Lexis creations - for the man/boy in our life
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Simon says - anything goes

hugs

Judith x

inky Impressions blog hop

Good morning blog friends

Have I got a treat for you- today is the start of the Inky Impressions Summer bloghop!

Are you ready to get Inky?

Today the Inky Inkettes are sharing lots of fabulous Inky creations

to welcome the summer weather we've all been waiting for!  

Today not only are there some fantastic projects from all the DT girls, 

but we are also releasing 6 brand new Rubber Stamps!

These are

Angelica the Bride

Angelica's New Puppy

Independence Day Lili

Sassy Lili

Christopher Mowing

Gardening Lili

All you have to do is comment at each stop along the way then One lucky winner will win this fabulous prize package

Winners choice of one of the new release stamps and tow other rubber stamps -

• Nickies Birdie 
• Hula LiLi

as well as the following embellishments

1 package of Turtle Charms

1 Package of Wicker Daisy Basket Charms

1 Package of Flower Heart Charms

1 Package of 4mm flat back Pearls Bubblicious

1 Package of 4mm flat back Pearls Golden Yellow

1 Package of 5mm flat back Pearl Hearts - bright White

Great prize! you have until Friday June 1st to comment and add our blog hop information to your personal blog sidebar to be eligible for the prize,

You should have arrived here from Kelli's Blog,, if so you are in the right place. If not, go to the Inky Inspirational blog as that is the first stop

Inky Impressions inspirational blog

So if you haven't been there yet head on over there and start hopping!

I chose the gorgeous Gardening Lili

and this is what I did...

Image - Gardening Lili by Inky Impressions

coloured with - Copics and prismacolor pencils

Card Bazzill Basics

Ribbon - carnmeal Cottage

Twine - the twinery

butterfly Charm - Inky impressions

flatback pearls - Inky impressions

Die cut flowers - Dienamics die

Die cut shaped mounts -Spellbinders

Sentiments - Craftwork cards

Butterfly Dies- Martha Stewart and fiskars

I do hope you'll join us in the fun hop - go on off you go!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges

Alphabet Challenge - h is for handmade flowers

My mums craftshop - 3 flowers 2 papers 1 ribbon

Phindys place - 2 designer papers and 3 embellishments - ribbon, twine,pearls

 

Hugs Judith

Its another challenge day at Fab'n'Funky challenges - today we are celebrating maleness

Hi blog friends

Another week has gone by and here it is Wednesday - where did that week go!

Thank you to everyone who sent their hugs and kind comments yesterday after my sad post about Tilly yesterday - its nice to know that you've given me a little thought in your busy day.

Today's challenge at Fab'n'Funky challenges is celebrating maleness and we are being sponsored by the fab Crimson cloud

I had such problems with this card!  Not the actual card but deciding what to do.  My Mother in law asked me to make a card for her neighbour - who is 90 at the week end so decided to combine this with the challenge.  But what do you make for a 90year old man that you don't know!!  I made some enquiries and found out he likes gardening, going to church,bring and buy sales and is teetotal!  To me that's more challenge than any you're likely to find in blogland!!  So out of that I went with the gardening.

I had to go looking for a digi stamp for this and found this lovely little set at digi boutique.  I bought this one and a female garden version for only £1 each - they're on offer at the mo.  Considering I had no clue as to what this card would be when I started I was pleased at how it turned out - I think my 90 year old gardening, church going,bring and buy teetotal man will like it.  As for the celebrating maleness challenge well I think I win!! -My man being celebrated is 90 years old so has been male for longer than most - that's something to celebrate all right ha ha.

This is what I did ...

Digi stamp - digi boutique - male garden
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Papers - K and co - I think- (had them so long I'm not sure)
Little pot of flowers and trowel are K and co stickers
Card candy - craftwork cards
Twine - from my garden shed!
Sentiment - is a new Anna Griffin one that I just got in a set from QVC - lovely bunting and greetings stamps - just love them
Card - Bazzill
90 - cut on cricut expression - cindy loo cartridge

See you later with my first Inky Impressions challenge card - yes I know I said that yesterday too - but I never know what day of the week is which for which challenge  - if you know what I mean - I'm amazed I get here at all sometimes!!

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Fresh brewed - tic tac toe -die cuts twine flowers
Pennys paper-crafty challenges - happy birthday
Celebrate the Occasion - Male birthday - must use circle
Digital Tuesday challenge - Bugs and Blooms
Tuesday throwdown -In the Garden
Here Come the boys - Hobbies

Hugs Judith xx

Lace and Pearls over at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Morning all

I haven't been around much these last few days - been really busy trying to catch up with things  (the story of my life!!)but should be able to do some visiting over the next few days.

Today is challenge day at Fab'n'Funky challenges and the new challenge is being sponsored by

 The Digi Doodle Shop 

Our theme for the week chosen by the lovely Pat is

Lace and pearls

Here is my DT card, which I made using one of the lovely images from The Digi Doodle Shop Called Daisy Girl, isn't she just so sweet!

Two other views of the card

As you can see I'm still on my easel card "thing" - each time I see an image my mind says - that would make a nice easel card - don't know if I've got a bit of an easel problem and has it got bad enough that I need help lol....

I've stood the easel right back so you can see the sentiment but really it  looks better when it stands in front of the sentiment on the lace - oh that lace it gave me such problems this week - made my DT card and completely forgot the lace part of the challenge so this is the second, and completely different card I made - note to self - read the challenge when making a  DT card!!

Anyway enough of the chat

This is what I did ......

Image - Daisy girl from the digi doodle shop (they have some fab images)

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Die cut shapes and frames - Spellbinders labels ten

papers - K & Co

Blue textured card  - bazzill basics

Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart

Pearls and lace - from stash

Sentiment - Dawn Bibby -Woodland butterfly

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

The Paper Shelter - wings and things
Creative Belli Blog - Children
http://canyoudigiit.com/blog/ - Secret garden

Crafty sentiments - use a digi
Diecuttindivas  - garden theme
Incywincy - use digis only
Robynsfettish - spring
My Mums Craft Shop - Favourite song or movie - Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle - if you have the time check out this utube video of the song its a real "Daddys little girl song" - as soon as I saw the challenge I remembered I love this song - the video brought a tear to my eye all over again - sniff!!

Thats all from me for today - see you tomorrow for the new MAWTT challenge this week

Hugs

Judith xx

It's Easter at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Hi there blog friends

Here I am with my very late post!  I've had a total nightmare with blogger over the last few days - could only get in for about 10 minutes at a time before getting booted out and up loading photos was nigh on impossible - just about did my head in!!  So sorry  that I haven't been visiting these last couple of days but to be honest I just gave up - I'll try and do a catch up x

Anyway back to the real business

Today is challenge day at Fab'n'Funky challenges and the theme is

Make an Easter card

a closer look at the detail

We are being sponsored this week by

I just loved this little girl when I  saw her -a perfect Easter image and I could just see her in a little denim dress and black shiny shoes - so thats what she got.  I decided to bling up her Easter eggs with different coloured glitters and then I couldn't stop! So she got glitter on her dress, in her hair flowers and the bow on her basket, only the bunny escaped but if he'd had a bow round his neck he'd have got it too - funny how glitter does that to you lol!  After all that glitter I thought I'd better hold back on too many embellies

This is what I did ...

Image - Easter Kiko from Mos digital pencil
Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils
Scalloped card - Craftwork cards
Lilac card- Bazzill basics
Papers - Prima Meadow Lark
Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage
Flowers - Wild Orchid crafts sweetheart blooms
Bunny (under ribbon) - cut on cricut expression - Gypsy Wanderings cart
Sentiment - computer produced
Die Cut circles - Spellbinders
Pearls - from my stash

Thats all from me for today - and what a beautiful day it has been x

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Mo's Challenge blogspot - Bling it on
Inky impressions challenge blog - Flower power
Simon says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge -Circles and Squares
Rubys Rainbow - Easter
Dream valley challenges -Easter
Delightful Challenges  Easter treats


Hugs

Judith xx

Creative Craft challenge -anything but a card

Hi there blog friends

Its challenge day again over at  Creative Craft Challenge  and this weeks theme is 

Anything but a card

Our sponsors for this challenge are Some Odd Girl

My anything (but a card!) is a plaque to go on my baby grandson Jacobs' bedroom door

His bedroom is decorated in the same jungle theme with the shapes all cut on the Cricut Expression.  This plaque is made of card but the ones we made for the bedroom were cut in vinyl and look lovely and colourful.  I still don't have a photo of the finished walls but heres a peak of part of it at the end of our first session - it took about 4 afternoons to finish it (especially as Jacob put in an early appearance and was there to supervise the last two!!)

The finished room has a lion, tiger, rhino, zebra more swinging monkeys, flowers and all sorts!  Its very colourful and looks great. The walls  are a pale green and the room has all sorts of jungle themed soft furnishings that came from Verbaudet.

This is what I did ....

I used mainly the Zoo Baloo, Stretch the Imagination and Paper Dolls for Everyday cartridges
The card is Bazzill - it has such lovely textures that I  think you can partly see in the photo. 
The little flowers are from Wild Orchid - sweetheart flowers

That is basically it - very simple really.  The only other thing I'd add is that for making a project like this, where there is a lot of measuring up to fit all the elements into a small space, I find the Cricut Gypsy invaluable, you can just layer everything up on your screen and see that its going to work before you start to cut it out  - and you can do it all sitting on the sofa watching TV at the same time, not standing over a cutting machine or on a computer - very easy.

Lets see you all over at Creative Craft Challenge with your anything! (but a card).  The DT girls have come up with some very creative ideas that might just inspire you  - hope to see you there x

Im entering this "anything"! into the folowing challenges

Sundays with Crissy - Animals (birds, animals and name are all 3d)
Forever Friends - 3d
Challenge up your life - zoo animals
Robyns fettish - kids card (don't know if i'm pushing it with this one but it is made of card and definately for a kid!!)
Well thats all from me now

Hugs

Judith x

Beautiful Neveah - with love x

Hi all

I've been dying to use this stamp since I got it - she is soooo beautiful!  I almost finished this card last night when the blade on my cricut machine decided to give up half way through cutting the star borders and my head had run out of ideas of what else to do so I put her away and went to bed.  I had left my pack of new blades at my daughters house (just the sort of thing you leave at someone elses house isn't it - best not to ask!) so had to think of something else to finish off  - it had been a cute "Star" sentiment cut to match the other stars but not to be! So a couple of stars and some glitter had to be rustled up together with a craftwork cards "With Love" sentiment - always handy when you need one!  Besides with all these valentines love challenges around this week perhaps its just as well.

The pretty lilac card used for the layers and stars is from bazzill, papers from K and Co, the ribbon from Carnmeal Cottage.  I coloured her with copics and prismacolor pencils the little stars and sparklies are from my stash.  I quite liked her when I was done, but the making of it did go on a bit!!

I'm in all on my own tonight all my men are out doing their own thing (no I haven't got a hareem of men just two sons and a husband - ha ha that was nearly a good typo I had put 2 sins and a husband!!)  so might make another card or should I do the ironing??? - really should do the ironing or if I'm in wonderwoman mode maybe both!

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Creative Inspirations challenge - Love
Stampavie and more challenge - Love
Fab and Funky challenges - love is in the air
Papertake weekly challenge - Anything goes
My Mums craftshop Challenge - It must be Love
Crafty sentiments designs challenge - Lets get girly
My time to craft challenge - A is for adorable
Mad for markers challenge blog - Rs and RVs - (used to shade on dress and trim on dress)

Thats me for now

Hugs



Judith

Love, hearts and a first kiss!

Hi  again

 I knew straight away today I had to use my  absolute favourite Stampavie stamp - first kiss, I just love this stamp.

 I went looking for some papers in my stash with a heart theme and found these from Dovecraft called Glamour Prints.  I've had them for ages and haven't used them all that much because some of them are very bright - like these ones!  But I decided to rise to the challenge.  I used purple card to tone in from bazzill and toned it down a bit using a pale pink chalk.  The image was coloured with promarkers and prismacolor pencils and the heart and frame were cut with spellbinders die.  The border is a new Martha Stewart punch and the "Love" and swirl were cut with my cricut expression machine from Tie the knot and Cindy Loo cartridges.  The flowers are from Prima and the crystal embelishments bought from ebay.  The best bit of all - the lovely little embellie in the middle of the large flower - recycled from a christmas card I received - thank you M&S!  I was really pleased with this when it was finished having been very unsure about the colours at the start - it just goes to show that you have to just go with it some times. 

Challenges entered with this card
Stampavie and more: Challenge #159 - Hearts  -love stampavie - great stamps - great challenges
Card Makin Mamas - for my new Martha Stewart Punch
Simon Says challenge - my new Martha Stewart Punch
Passion for Promarkers - inspired by a song - "sealed with a kiss"
Papertake weekly challenge - die cute!
Challenge up your life - Bingo (purple, die cuts, sparkle)

Hope you like it

See you soon
Hugs

Judith x