Happy New year! MerryChristmas!

Good morning all

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year!

We had a break over on the Fab'n'Funky Challenges blog until last week and I had intended to start off the year with our new challenge , unfortunately my blog year didn't get off to a very good start as our internet went down last week with what BT termed -' a major fault', we were down until Friday so  I just decided to write off the week and start back this week with our  new challenge set by our lovely Monika

She has chosen the theme 

Angels

it seemed to me to be a great opportunity to get off to a flying start with this year's Christmas cards - so here we go with Christmas card number one for 2020!!!

I made the task fairly simple by using an image from one of the Hunky Dory little books, there are 4 of each image in the book and I've already used one of these images before, its so pretty and delicate - as well as being very cute - a perfect little angel

This is what I did.....

Image - from Hunky Dory little book

Silver mirri card and blue card from Crafter's Companion

Poinsettia die - Memory box

Merry Christmas die - Crafter's Companion

Paper - an old LOTV paper pad

Gems and ribbon from my stash

I hope you'll come over and join in with our chalenge this week!

Hapy new Year and merry Christmas 

hugs

Judith xx

It's Wedding season - join in with us at Fab'n'Funky

Good morning all

Greetings from not so sunny Florida where I'm still on holiday

- lot's of rain the last couple of days but under the lanai by the pool where I camp out it doesn't much matter - it's hot rain and I can while away the time with my book and wait until the sun comes out again 😎

It's challenge day at Fab'n'Funky Challenges again 

(these Wednesdays come round so fast! )

and our theme this week 

chosen and hosted by our lovely Neva is

Wedding

so let's see your Wedding cards, boxes and decorations

and inside with a pocket for a gift voucher

I made this one a while ago for a special friend  - I love that Lili of the valley stamp - I've used it so many times for wedding cards , you can sort of personalise the colouring with hair colour and wedding theme colour.  The papers are also LOTV I think and I think the die inside is from creative expressions.  I added a little pocket inside for a gift card and it was all boxed up in a matching box tied up with a big bow!

hope you'll join in with our challenge this week

Hugs

Judith xx

and yet again - it's Christmas!! - and it might be cancelled due to injury lol

Hi all

Well - some days just don't go to plan at all and this was one of them!

I was supposed to come back early and post this post but.....

I usually do a late morning session with a personal trainer at the gym on Wednesdays but he had an early session cancellation this morning so off I went. I just got the the end of some bench dips (technical term I know lol) when I sort of twisted awkwardly as I stood up and pulled a muscle in my upper chest - just what I need - I think I'll live but I sooo hate being out of action.  I decided to soldier on like the martyr I am and did my Aldi shopping on the way home (so i didn't have to go out again), put it away, had a snack, made a tagine for dinner and put that in on a slow cook, tidied around like you do - then I sat down and fell asleep lol. 

So how do I feel now - I'm not sure, definitely I can feel it when I 'push'  - I've got this pushy pepper mill thing and that was sooo painful to put pepper in the tagine lol.  I'm just hoping I wake up better in the morning - I really want to do my spin class tomorrow night lol.  Have I got a problem - probably, I'm a spinning addict I think.  Don't worry I won't do anything stupid but I'm so annoyed with myself, I just started a 6 week fitness challenge last night and it looks like I've fallen at the first hurdle - the best laid plans as they say!!

Anyway enough of my moaning back to the real blogging reason

it's our  Christmas challenge week at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

and the theme is just

Anything Christmas

  

I love art pads for Christmas cards, if you're going to make your own Christmas cards every little helps when it comes to quicker makes -the LOTV ones are particularly cute

This is what I did

Image - LOTV (artpad)

papers - from a very old papermania pack

sentiment stamp - Anna Griffin

snowflake die - whimsystamps

craft card and various odds and ends from my stash

Still very much on the use up the stash thing - and it would save me a fortune if I stopped buying new stuff lol

Have a great week everyone

Challenges i'm entering this card

Christmas at sweet stampin  - anything christmas
Cute n crafty christmas- christmas/winter

hugs

judith xx

Who wouldn't love some flowers on valentines day!

Hi all

I'm late today with my DT post! - stayed in bed a bit too long this morning and didn't have time to post before I went out this morning - but I digress....

Today is the start of a new challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

and our theme - because it is the month of lurve is

Hearts and Flowers

I had an engagement card to make last week and thought this image was perfect to use and was useful forthis challenge - and it still fits in with my - use the stash you already have Judith! - resolution for 2019

Nothing on the front of this card is new!!!

 - not even bought in the last year

 - I feel so proud lol

- but the tag die on the box isn't new and 'a gift for you' inside isn't either 

 - not so proud (he he)

the inside has a pocket for a giftcard

and here's the box just for completion 

This is what I did....

Image - Love Balloon by Lili of the Valley

Sentiment - from Lili of the Valley 

Coloured with Copics, Spectrum Noir Illustrators and Prismacolour pencils

also TH DI and spectrum noir clear sparkle pen

Card created with Sue Wilson hexagon die from creative expressions

Papers - first edition

Heart banner die - La La land

Flower dies - impression obsession

label and 'for a gift' die - Heartfelt Creations

Hope you'll join in with our challenge this week - see you there

hugs 

Judith xx

and christmas is still going on here!

hi all

I'm late with my post today - having a busy day/week!

It's hubby's birthday tomorrow and it s a big one! - sixty years young, not only that but our best friend had that same birthday yesterday so it's been a few of busy crafting days making not theeasiest thing - special men cards and trying desparately to finish off a keepsake book - that's still not finished, maybe it'll come in handy for 65 or 70 lol

Today's other big event was a trip to the dentist to have a tooth capped, it had a filling in that had cracked - yuk, never mind all done now.

I'm still in Christmas card making mode and decided to make a few quick easy cards with some of my artpads.  This one is from a lili of the valley pad I've had for ages ans I also used some paper from an old LOTV Christmas paper pad and a Dovecraft paper pack

We have a Christmas Challenge over at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

 this week - so this came in very handy!

I'm really enjoying using up my old Christmas stash and I'm determined to keep going with it - just slap my hands if you see me going near a Christmas stamp, die or paper pad lol.  There are some lovely cards on the blog this week for Christmas inspiration - hop o over and see what we all made - and get out your stash to enter our challenge ad to add to your Christmas pile for next Christmas

Hugs Judith xx

Christmas Birds

Good morning all

Just a quick post from me this morning

Today's new challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges 

is

Birds

( birds or feathers to be precise!)

I've had - and still got a really busy week

so went for a quick and easy card

and added to my Christmas stash as well!

I used one of the old LOTV art pads, some ribbon, die cuts and stickles 

and that's pretty much it!

Here's what I did

Image - LOTV (now discontinued) art pad

Papers - Docrafts 

Dies - Crafter's Companion Sara's Contemporary Christmas Collection holly leaf and bauble dies

Glitter - gold stickles

gems and ribbon from my stash

Have a lovely day!

Hugs

Judith xx

Let's all make it a bright Christmas this year!!

Good morning all

So there's another month gone by and it's the last week of April already

so that means we have another Christmas challenge at

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

our lovely Buffy has chosen the theme

Bright Christmas

I had to have a little hunt around to see what I had in my unblogged cards for Christmas as I didn't have time to make a card before we left to go on holiday (yes I'm not really here!!)

I made a whole batch of these cards last Christmas - all 8x8 inch - they made lovely special Christmas cards for the family -I  hope I've got a few of these images left for this year, these artpads really help out at Christmas when the pressure's on!

I think this card will pass for bright - it's got a lovely bright red ribbon and holly berries and with the white background on the paper it's definitely not dark!!

our lovely sponsor this week- for the last time is Bunny Zoes crafts 

who are offering a fab prize of a £1o voucher to spend in store

not only that but as there is also 30% off in store - so even more crafty goodies!

This is what I did...

Image is from a LOTV art pad of the cute James bear

Papers - also LOTV

Sentiment - prodiced in word

Holly die cut - Wild rose

Gems and ribbon from my stash

stickles added to his hat for a little extra sparkle

Hope you'll join in with us at Fab'n'Funky this week

Hugs

Judith x

It's that Chistmas thing again at fab'n'Funky Challenges

Hi all

I hope you've all recovered from all those chocolate eggs!!

We had a lovely if not busy Easter weekend with birthdays galore then a lovely (if not cold!) day out yesterday at Alnwick garden.  What with all these birthday cards to make I haven't had a lot of time to get down to my DT work so I pulled out a Christmas card I had in reserve for such occasions lol.

This is a cute card made with one of the LOTV art pads that we will all miss

featuring the cute James Bear

It's a large 8x8 inch card using (also sadly missed) LOTV Christmas paper pad!

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous KennyK stamps

who are offering a fabulous prize of  digi stamps

This is what I did

Image - James bear from a now discontinued LOTV artpad

papers - LOTV

Holly sprig die - Wild rose

Jewel embellie - Creative expressions

Sentiment - Anna Griffin Christmas seals

Card, Ribbon and gems from my stash

Hope we see you at Fab'n'Funky this week with your Christmas creations 

Hugs

Judith x

there's a purple 'thing' going on at MAWTT!

Good morning all

It's another one of those Thursdays when I have a DT card to post for 

Moving Along With The Times

where do the weeks go!

This time we want to see 

Purple

not a colour I use a lot - not for any particular reason - I think I must forget about it now,

 And yet (as any good Donny Osmond fan knows!!) it was Donny's colour and I had a lovely purple bedroom in honour of that when I was a young teenager -it's funny how things come back to you.  I remember being allowed to plaster my walls with pop posters,( the Osmonds, The Jackson five, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, David Essex, The New Seekers. the O'Jays ..... what a collection, all because the man that my Mam got in to wallpaper put the pattern of the paper on upside down!! - happy days - how I'd love that happy carefree place now, my lovely purple room with my posters and music - and my dog Kim, Radio Luxemburg and the Fab 208 magazine - oh I'm really off on a memory trip here - and cream eggs! - why do cream eggs pop into my mind, I haven't had one for years - and all this because of purple : )

This week I have made 3 purple thede cards  one posted yesterday and  one today and I haveanother  following tomorrow - a bit like buses lol

I've had this pretty stamp from LOTV for a little while and never used it, I bought it because I love tulips - so for today's card purple tulips seemed the perfect thing to do! - and I'm still on the watercolour pencils thing! - I just love them, so quick and easy to use

This is what I did....

Image - Tulips from LOTV
Coloured with Spectrum Noir Watercolour pencils and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens
Pencil colours - Iris, hyacinth, wild orchid, cypress, sorrell, beeswax, asphalt,
Sparkle colours - inspired violet, olive Jade, aquamarine, clear
Papers - Kimono from Crafter's Companion
Card - Cor'dnations from Crafters Companion
Frame die - Spellbinders
Square cut with sue Wilson noble die
Ribbon and gems from my stash

Hope you'll play along with us this week

Hugs
Judith x

It's a spotty dotty day at MAWTT

Good morning all

Hands up who's seen the sun this year - not me lol.  This has to be the wettest most miserable, grey start to any year ever!! - and it's getting colder too.

We had a lovely start to the year with a New Years Day wedding- the daughter of our very best friends.  But even that was  a grey and miserable day, I got hardly any photographs and not a single decent one of me (nothing new there!!) - it was just so dark that my black dress looked like a v neck jumper and my flouncy facinator/hat was like a shadow on my head!! - Still it was a lovely day and a very happy way to start off the year 

It's also time to kick off the new year at

Moving Along with the Times

and our first challenge of the year is an easy one

Spots and Dots

My card is one that I made at Christmas 

- in my last minute rush to finish my Christmas cards

it's a large 8 x8 inch card 

Here's what I did...

Image - A LOTV James Bear from an old set of toppers I still had
Papers Dovecraft Christmas papers
Snowflake die - Whimsy stamps
Snowflake border - memory box
Sentiment - from Nordic Christmas stamp from Crafters Companion
Jewelled embellie - creative expressions
Black card and Ribbon from my stash

We'd love you to play along with us this week at MAWTT - hope to see you there

Challenges I'm entering with this card

ABC christmas challenge -anything christmas (28/1)
Chocolate baroque - colour challenge (29/1)
Whimsy inspiration -winter (11/1)


Hugs
Judith x

Summer is here at the Paper Shelter!

Good morning all

Hope it's still bright and sunny in your little corner of the world - we're still having lovely warm days and I've been able to walk about 5 miles a day with the dog (with a coffee stop!) almost every day.

I also got my lovely new car yesterday - I just love it - but I've pulled a muscle in my wrist pulling the hand brake on!! it's a different shape to the one in my last car - my DH says I'm not safe to be let out - maybe I should just stay in and craft instead : )

I'm here with my first post of the day to tell you about our challenge this week at

The Paper Shelter

Our theme this week is 

Summer

I chose to use this cute little sailor girl - one of the newer digis 

called Pretty little Sailor - available here

I decided to keep this card very CAS - this pretty little girl deserves centre stage!

Just coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and Pencils and mounted on some neutral card and paper 

As always we have a fab prize at TPS for our winner

 

Here's what I did.....

Image - Pretty Little Sailor from TPS
Coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens and Pencils
Colours used  Skin - FS3,5 TN2 CR5 - pencil 59
                       Dress and shoes - TB1,3,5 Pencil 120
                       Hair - TN2,4,6 pencil 91
                       Hat Pencil 120
                       Wheel TN2,3,4 pencil 91
                       Shadow - pencil 112
Card - Kraft Card from Crafters Companion
Paper - Father knows best from LOTV
Sentiment - LOTV
Stitched Die - from MFT blueprints 14

I'll be back later with my DT card for Fab'n'Funky Challenges - we have a fun song themed challenge going on there this week

Challenges i'm entering with this card

Without words - brown and blue
Crafting when we can - summer fun

hugs

Judith x

We want to see babys over at MAWTT challenge!!

Good morning all

Well I think I've finally caught up with myself!! - not before time I hear you say

Today's card is for the challenge at 

Moving Along With The Times

and we want to see 

Babys!

It's a sad week for us over there because our boss lady Hazel has decided to step down from the challenge - we're all so sad to see her go - thank you Hazel - you gave me my first DT job and I love the team you created - hope you'll find your craftyness again soon xx

But the good news is that the lovely Wendy (Spanish Crafter) has stepped up to the mark and taken control of things - because like all of us she didn't want to see things come to an end

 - we really are a lovely team!! and thank you Wendy for taking us troublesome lot under your wing 

I think there could be a few DT spots to fill - so if you're interested keep a look out for our DT call soon to follow - or maybe ask Wendy nicely if she has a place for you : )

MyDT card today come just at the right time as one my daughters best friends just had a baby girl two days ago - and I know she'll be wanting a card to give her

this cute image if from LOTV

One of my favourite baby images called Balloon Basket - available here

I've used this image so many times - it makes a lovely christening card too

I coloured this image with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils

- kept it very simple and baby pink!

Here's what I did...

Image - balloon basket from LOTV

Papers are also LOTV which have been discontinued I think - I've lost the front 

            but they're baby papers called something like Bear necessities 

pale lemon pearls from my stash

Heart drop die - memory box

Stitched square die from MFT blueprints 14 set

Kraft card - Crafters Companion

diamond stickles on heart shapes

Spectrum noir pens used -skin - FS2,5,7

                                         balloon, hearts,ribbon and blanket - PP1,2,3

                                         basket - TN2,3,4

                                         stars - CT2

                                         blue shading - TB1

Spectrum Noir Pencils for definition - 36,64,109,

We'd love to see you at MAWTT this week - come over and share your Baby's with us!

Hugs

Judith x

                                       

Penny Black and more challenge GDT spot - Die cuts

Good morning all

I was really delighted to have my card chosen in the challenge over at 

Penny Black and more

to be GDT in this months challenge

The theme is

Use die cuts

(remember you must use a penny black stamp)

here's what I came up with

using this lovely floral from Penny Black

it's called Botanical Notes (40-276)

I just love the floral stamps at Penny Black - and this one is especially gorgeous!

This is another lovely big 8x8 inch cards - I love working with this size

Here's what I did....

Stamp - Botanical notes from Penny Black

Coloured with copics and Spectrum Noir pencils

Papers - LOTV Bear essentials

Card - MFT

Sentiment stamp - Heartfelt creations

Corner dies - both from memory box and quite old now - Macarena corner and Bow flourish

Labels - MFT - labels and stitched labels dies

Pearls and butterfly from my stash

Gold shimmer gilding wax on and around image

Thank you to the DT at Penny Black and more for choosing me - I really enjoyed making this card

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Penny black Saturday challenge - trees or nature (M)
Addicted to stamps - Flowers
Fashionable stamping - things with wings
Stamping sensations - Flower power(M)
Great impressions - celebrate spring (M)

Hugs

Judith xx

Get reading for our challenge at MAWTT this week

Morning all

I hope you are all waking up to a sunny morning this morning - it's lovely here in the frozen north!  Warm and not a cloud in the sky and the day has bearly begun. 

 I have to say I haven't had the best of nights - our house alarm kept going off - 3 times we got woken up with a start.  of course the first time you go looking for burglars in your sleepy stupor -  only to realise that as you  didn't actually  set the alarm it wouldn't be that!!  

Turns out we've had a series of power cuts through the night  - that means that the alarm circuit is broken so it goes off automatically (my clever electric man husband tells me) and as the back up battery in the alarm must be flat there's nothing to stop it - all I know is I haven't had a good night's sleep.  As for alarms we don't and never have used the blooming thing - it just came with the house - hands up who thinks alarms are a total waste of time - how many times have you rung the police when you heard one going off.... or do you just moan about the noise and ignore it?! 

Anyway I digress....We have a great challenge for you at 

Moving along with the Times

this week - totally up my street!

we want you to

Get Reading

in other words either a card based on a book or alternatively use a bookprint page on your card

I decided to make a card based on the book Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

I just loved this stamp when I saw it over at LOTV together with the happy birthday large sentiment it makes a quick and easy CAS type card

This is what I did ....

image - A lick of paint from LOTV

Coloured with copics

large birthday sentiment - LOTV statements (fabulous)

sentiment tag - LOTV

Papers - from MME Bramble rose pad

HAPPY letters - cut with TH vintage market dies from sizzix

If you're an avid reader like me then this challenge is just perfect for you - show us the story - in a card - we'd love to come and visit

Challenges im entering with this card

4 crafty chicks - inspired by a book
scrapbookersphd - focus on the sentiment
Southern girls - get wordy
creative card crew - sentiment
die cutting divas - include something that can be found in the garden (fence!)
paper minutes - wood

hugs

Judith xx

Sending you flowers!

Good morning all

It's Friday again - where has yet another week gone!

and its time for a brand new challenge at

Wags'n'Whiskers

This time our theme is 

Flowers

I decided to make a framed easel cards

with this cute image called

Gemma and Bella's Spring Fun available here in the UK
and here for US crafters

I decided to make all the flowers to go on the card and used a selection of dies and punches, pearls and gems - I rather like the effect

This is what I did...

Image - Gemma and bonnies spring fun from Wags and whiskers

Coloured with copics

Papers - dolled up from 

Card - Bazzil basics

Flowers made with dies - Sue Wilson daisy dies

                                         Tivoli flower from MB

                                         Small daisy punch 

Leaf die - Sue Wilson

Pearls/gems and ribbon from my stash

Tag stamps - LOTV

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafters cafe - animal antics
Crafting by Designs - shaped cards
Creative moments - anything goes spring/easter
Chocolate coffee cards - use a diecut
Sister act card challenge - anything goes

Hope you have a great weekend

Hugs
Judith xx

There's a boy thing going on at The Paper Shelter this week

Good morning all

Hope you are all well and happy-
 I've been having a wonderful little time to myself over the last week!

I started off last Wednesday with a lovely trip to the theatre to see Wicked - I took my Mam along for  coffee and cake  (except I forgot my purse so she had to pay :  / ) - then we went to the afternoon matinee - it was just a fabulous show, I really loved it.  The only downside was that the girl who was playing the lead roll took in 45 minutes into the show and they had to stop the show for 30 minutes to get the understudy on - I assume that's how long it must take to paint someone green and get ready to take over the role!!

We then went off to Sorrento on the Amalfi coast in Italy for a looong weekend.  We went with our bestest friends and had just a wonderful time! -relaxing, eating out for drinks and sight seeing.  Pompeii was amazing - I was just totally in awe of  how advanced they were in this wonderful place while we were still living in mud huts! And the Isle of Capri was just so beautiful, it was such a lovely treat and a shame it was all over so soon.  Now I need to catch up on  my blogging and crafting - busy busy busy!!

But onto this weeks challenge at

The Paper Shelter

Our theme this week is

For the boys

this is my card made with the cute
Graduated with Great Honour available HERE
I used the pre-coloured version for a quick and easy card

I made this card for my son Matthew to give him when he came home at Easter
He got his results for his Masters degree earlier in the year
he is now an MSc in Business and Marketing and started a new job just yesterday.
So it's a double celebration  card for his new start!

As always there is a fabulous prize on offer at TPS



I do hope you'll join in with us this week

We also have a masculine challenge going on at

 Fab'n'Funky Challenges

 this week too sponsored by the lovely Doodlepantry. - So if you have a card to fit in at TPS challenge - pay us a visit and enter at Fab'n'Funky too - I think that's a two for one in my book!

This is what I did...

Image - Graduated with Great Honour from TPS (precoloured)

Papers - Father knows best from LOTV

Kraft Card - Crafters Companion

Sentiment stamp from LOTV

Scalloped edge die and circles dies both spellbinders

Congratulations  die - Tattered Lace

Ribbon and pearl from my stash

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Try it on Tuesday - new beginnings 

Creative corner - cute critters

Di's digi designs challenge - add an animal

Fantastic Tuesday - add some pearls

I'll be around to catch up on my visiting soon - after I've caught up with the holiday washing!!

Hugs 

Judith xx

From one brother to another!

Good morning all

I hope you are all enjoying some sunshine where you live - it's been just lovely here this last few days (after the very wet, cold windy fiasco of Good Friday)  We had a lovely walk right over the hills with the dog yesterday then ate lunch outside at a little cafe in the village on the way back - it's just amazing what a little sunshine can do to cheer you up!

I hope our challenge at

 Fab'n'Funky Challenges

 will also cheer you up! 

Here's my card using Summer holiday from Dr Digis house of stamps

A close up of the sentiment tag

"What you do today is important

Because you are exchanging a day of your life for it"

My youngest son Tom asked me to make a card for him to give to his brother Matthew - it's actually his birthday next week but we are celebrating it today as he is going back up to Edinburgh today where he moved last year.  It's been lovely to see him over the Easter holidays  and he's enjoyed having his washing, ironing and cooking done for him while he's been home!!!  He starts a new job next Monday and has to go off on a training course in Nottingham so he's flying down there on Sunday evening- he doesn't half get himself about!! - so this card sort of suits him at the moment - always off somewhere -He just came back from Berlin last week where he went to do the Berlin half marathon and have his annual reunion with his housemates from Uni.  It was his first big run and he really enjoyed it, He raised about £200 in sponsor money for SCOPE (his brother Tom has Cerebral palsy, so it is a charity close to his heart)  -and had a great experience running through the streets of Berlin.

Anyway - back to the challenge!

Our sponsor this week is 

Dr Digi's house of stamps 

 

and here is our bingo grid for this weeks challenge

"Bingo"

Use Kraft	Shaped card	Stitches(real/faux)
Sentiment	Digital Image	Die cuts
Punches	Flowers	Charm

I used the middle row for my card

This is what I did....

Image - summer holiday from dr digis house of stamps 

Happy birthday to you sentiment - dr digis house of stamps birthday sentiment set

Coloured with copics

Papers - K & co
Card Bazzill basics

Dies

3D Suitcase made with with matching stamp, die and labels, from Heartfelt creations luggage and tags stamp and dies sets, stamped onto paper from LOTV Father knows best paper pad and distresse with TH teadye DI

Frame - Anna Griffin

Circles - spellbinders

Stars - from MFT blueprints set

Sentiment on label - Tim Holtz for stampers anonymous

Swirls printed on labels with TH teadye distress ink also from the same set

Number one brother sentiment - LOTV

Twine - MFT

black pearls from my stash

Stenciled clock in the background -  creative expessions stencil with TH tea dye DI

I do hope you'll join in with our fun challenge this week

Challenges i'm entering with this card

Whimsy Stamps - use a die cut
Fantastic Tuesday - use a diecut

Hugs

Judith x

Colour challenge at Buckwells Crafty Challenge

Good morning all

Hands up! - who's been caught out as an April fool today!

well not me - it's still a bit early - but I'm on my guard

How can it be April and so bloomin' cold, we had snow yesterday, not that it stayed but it was freezing and windy, it hasn't snowed at all this year ...and waits until now!!

But it being 1st of a new month means its time for our new challenge 

at

Buckwells Crafty challenge

And the theme is an easy one 

just use this colour chart

You can't help but make a pretty card with lovely colours like that

heres mine using the cute Lizabeth Rockabilly

from Lacy Sunshine

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by 

and our winner will receive 3 images from Lacy Sunshine

Here's what I did....

Image - Lizabeth Rockabilly by Lacy Sunshine

Coloured with Copics

Papers - LOTV one birdie lane

card - Bazzil basics

Stitched square die- memory box

Flowers - made with Heartfelt creations botanical rose stamps and dies

Coloured with TH DI spun sugar and bundled sage

Label - Heartfelt creations 

Leaf punch - Martha Stewart

Glitter glue - Diamond Stickles

Hope we see you over at Buckwells this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Artistic Inspirations - flowers
Aurora wings - anything goes (20/04)
Make my monday - flowers (5/4)

Hugs

Judith xx

Focus on the image at Fab'n'Funky challenges

Good morning all

What do you know it's Wednesday all over again!

The weeks are flying by, the days are getting longer and we've had sunshine!

It's lovely to think that another couple of weeks and it will be spring, I love when the weather gets warmer and we can have the doors and windows open and warmer weather.

We have a lovely challenge for you at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges 

this week it is

Focus On the Image

What we want is - lots of image - few embellies and papers lol!

The image I used is the lovely Pansie

from Artbymiran available here

I have to confess that this is a bit less CAS than I would usually make for a challenge like this 

- but.... and this is getting to be a bad habit of mine! 

- I didn't read the challenge properly

Not that I put a whole card together or anything but I cut, coloured and glittered a whole batch of flowers and leaves to make a pretty big ornate card, only to realise that I wasn't supposed to be making that sort of card at all!! - but I just had to use at least one flower, so I allowed myself to use just one and hoped you wouldn't notice lol. - the rest will be following on another card I think.

Our lovely sponsor for this challenge is 

and the prize is 3 digi images of the winner's choice

This is what I did.....

Image - Pansie by Artbymiram

Coloured with copics

Flower and leaf stamps - Sheen Douglas

Coloured with copics and TH distress inks

Glitter - Martha Stewart

Sentiment stamp- Its only words from Ladybird crafts

Paper - LOTV - timeless victorian

Stitched rectangle die - Mama Elephant

See - it is fairly CAS!

Hope you can be a bit more focused on the image than I was  - see you over at Fab'n'Funky

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Artbymiran - anything goes (19/3)

Fresh brewed - flowers (17/03)

hugs

Judith xx