With love at Christmas!

Happy Thursday!

Well I suppose Christmas is well and truly over and forgotten for most of us now.  It's that funny (or not so funny) time of year whe we look back at that busy, happy, expensive time of year and sit in cold miserable cold January wishing we could do it all again!  - well at least I do.  We had a lovely family Christmas that I so enjoyed but I suppose at least now we have a whole new year with lots ofblank pages to write in - and who knows what it will bring!

I always like to start the year by making a few Christmas cards - just to get off to a good start for the next one which will come around all too fast!  Sadly if other years are anything to go by my good intentions soon fall by the wayside, but the good intentions are there for now.

So I decided to make a christmas card with a heart to fit our chalenge over at 

Moving Along With The Times

the theme is 

Have a Heart

I used a cute stamp from a lovely set from Hunkydory Crafts

For the love of stamps - Furry and bright

I added a lovely  red velvet covered heart button onto the ribbon 

- I've had it in my stash for ages just waiting for the perfect card to use it on!

This is what I did

Image and sentiment - Furry and Bright - by For the love of stamps

Coloured with - prismacolour pencils

Papers - hunkydory Christmas erfect backgrounds stamping pad

Snowflake corner die - Wildrose Studio

Ribbon and heart shaped button from my stash

Centura pearl cadstock - crafters companion

Hope you - have a heart - for our challenge - see you there!

Hugs

Judith xx

Anything Christmas at Moving along with the Times

Good morning all

I'm hoping that this scheduled post has posted!

I'm away on holiday at the moment and this week is our Christmas present to ourselves - a real treat that I'm so excited about.  We are doing a 4 day 'Very Merry Christmas' cruise on the 'Disney Dream' to the Bahamas - just the best thing ever!!  We won't have any wifi as it's sooo expensive and it's actually lovely to have a break from all social media - a real holiday when we can focus on just having fun together : )

But for now I have a card to share for our challenge at 

Moving Along with the Times

and our theme is 

Anything Christmas

This is another fairly easy card to batch make

simpy cut the shapes and arrange on a circle to create a wreath shape

 - add a few pearls as berries - voila!!

This is what I did.....

Dies - Diesire Christmas accent dies

Sentiment - Diesire - Peace, Goodwill & Joy

Pearls and ribbon from my stash

Hope you'll join in with our challenge

Hugs

Judith xx

A bit of upcycling with Winter animals

Good morning all

I've been looking for some different (and quick) ways to make some extra Christmas cards this year and remembered that I had saved some of last year's cards that I received to 'do something with' - like you do - then don't - if you know what I mean lol

So I spent a day or two making new cards out of some of the lovely cards I received last year.  I realise now that I should have taken before and fter photos but I can't do much about that now!

Here is one that I made with the challenge at

Moving along with the Times 

 in mind

The theme is 

Winter Animals

The original card was actually just the black and white background with the trees and 'Winter Wishes' sentiment - quite pretty and sparkly but it could have been so much more.....  see below for what I did.....

The challenge at MAWTT still has a week to run so you have plenty of time to enter your Winter Animals cards.  Sorry to Wendy, our lovely host Jackie and my teamies that I'm a week late!  I had a horrible ear infection last week and got totally mixed up about the challenge week - and I got no crafting or blogging done at all - thankfully after antibiotic, hydracortisone and seroid ear drops (7 times a day - there just wasn't enough hours in the day!!)  I'm on the mend

Here's what I did....

I made a frame with black card using Sue Wilson pierced square dies

Mounted that onto champagne coloured satin card

I then cut a new moon and Stag with a Crafters Companion die using a thin gold craft metal that I got from a Create and Craft sale day a few weeks back - I love this it has a fabulous finish

and that - as they say - is that.  It looks so much nicer than the original card and I was quite pleasd with the result -  making a card like this was definitely a bit of a novelty! - I've made a few more now - series to be continued .......

Hope you'll join in with our challenge at MAWTT

hugs

Judith x

Something for the man in your life!

Good morning all

Some love them - some hate them

noooo not the man in your life lol

 Cards for men!  

I have to say I quite like making 'man' cards they're a differnt sort of challenge - you have to get in touch with your masculine side and I always find that making a card that relates to the man in question makes it an altogether easier job!

So with that in mind we have a new challenge over at 

Moving Along with the Times

our theme is

For a Man

Here's the card I made

I made this card for a sixties loving man of a certain age!

someone who loves music, The Beatles, 

a sort of groovy baby card -if you know what I mean!!

This is what I did....

Stencil and flower and record/ record player stamps- Sheena Douglass' swinging 60's range

Assorted word and number dies to create the wording

TH distress inks 

Black card - Crafter's Companion

white card - Sheena Stamping card

I love getting messy with inks to create backgrounds, I've been having some fun with my art journal lately doing just that - not quite finished but I'll be back to share soon!

Hope you'll play along with us at MAWTT this week 

Hugs

Judith xx

How's this for a bit of colour!

Hi all

I hope everyone is safe and warm in this (horrible) weather we've been having!

i'll be glad to get back to normal next week with some rain 😄

I have a quick share with the lovely Singing in the Rain collection from Heartfelt Creations.

This is for the new challenge at

Moving Along wth the Times

the theme is 

Rainbows

I decided to make a colourful Mother's Day card - working ahead of time for a change!  To be honest I'm still not sure that I like it! -I don't use such bright colours that often, I'm hoping it'll grow on me - maybe I need to embrace the change lol. 

This is what I did....

Papers, stamps and dies - Singing in the Rain collection from Heartfelt Creations
'Happy Mothers Day' die -by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions
Stamps coloured with Distress Oxides, Spectrum noir sparkle pens and SN pencils
Ribbon from my stash

hope you'll play along with us

Hugs

Judith xx

Embossing (wet or dry at Moving along with the Times

Good morning all

And here I am again - two days in a row after after nothing for weeks - I'm putting the effort in to get back on track after my hollies : )

We have a new challenge starting today over at 

Moving along with the Times

our theme this time is 

Embossing 

(wet or dry)

my card has both - just for good measure!

I made this card a while ago and kept it for this challenge as I knew i'd be struggling to catch up.  

it's made with the Sara Davies Signature Shabby Chic range from Crafter's Companion

The dies are all dry embossed then 'wet embossed' with Stampendous Frantage powder for that real shabby chic look! - this is such a lovely range and makes it easy to create that Shabby Chic look - I know some people find it difficult to put together 

What I did.....

Papers and image in centre of heart - 12x12 Shabby chic paper pad

Heart die - Die'sire essentials from Crafter's Companion

Dies all fro the Shabby Chic range except the heart

Stamp and flowers Shabby Chic from Crafter's Companion

Hope you'll play along with us this challenge - can't wait to see what you make!!

hugs

Judith x

Flutter by butterfly ......

Hi All

Hope you are all fit and well on this bright sunny morning

We have a lovely summery challenge for you at 

Moving Along With The Times

we want you to show us your projects with

Butterflies

My card definitely has butterflies lol

This 6x6 card was made almost entirely with Sara's Shabby Chic collection 

from Crafter's Companion

this is what I used

6x6 square card

Shabby Chic 12x12 paper pad

Shabby Chic -ornamental border embossing folder

Shabby chic -Chic butterflies dies

Shabby Chic - vintage lace edge die

Shabby Chic linen script ribbon

Shabby Chic paper flowers

Shabby Chic metal die and stamp set

Crafters companion Die'sire square and scalloped square essential dies

Tim Holtz distress ink - gathered twigs

Kraft Card

Hope you'll pop over and join in with our challenge - we look for ward to seeing your lovely butterflies flutterby!

Hugs Judith xx

Birds of a feather.....

Good morning all

We have a new challenge starting at 

Moving Along with the Times 

our theme is 

birds or feathers

I made this card for a dear friend's birthday 

using this cute owl stamp from Woodware

I decided to go for a bright cheerful card rather than a serious floral

- sometimes we need a bit of fun in life : ) 

and the inside to match

This is what I did....

Image and sentiment - from Woodware stamps
coloured with spectrum Noir Colourblend pencils
Papers - LOTV Birdie Lane
Dies - Circles and scalloped circles - Grand nestabilities
        - flowers , leaves and border - MFT blueprints
       - Happy birthday - Sara Davies birthday signeature collection From Crafter's Companion
       - inside  word dies - Tattered Lace

Hope you can join in with us at Moving along with the times this challenge.

Hugs

Judith xx

Handmade or die cut Flowers

Good morning all

Hope you're all having a good week - i'm really enjoying the change in the weather - doesn't a bit of sunshine make all the difference!

We have a new challenge for you this week at

Moving along with the Times

It's a lovely floral challenge 

(perhaps spring really is in the air!)

Use Handmade or Die cut flowers

I made this cute card with handmade flowers

The stamp is from LOTV - one of the first I bought

and still a favourite

This is what I did.....

Image from LOTV
Coloured with Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens
Papers from MME - lost and found Heirloom
Flowers - Crafters Crafters Companion Sara's country garden dies
Butterfly - Diesire essentials butterflies die
Kraft card from Crafter's Companion
Pearls, ribbon and swirls from my stash

Hope you'll play along with us this week at MAWTT

hugs
Judith x

For a Man at MAWTT with very old stamps! - does anyone else have these!

Good morning all

Whoops sorry I'm late!

I didn't schedules it properly - it was set for 10 past 10 tonight lol

Anyway....

We have a new challenge over at 

Moving Along with the Times

our theme is

For a Man

This is a card I made for a good friend

it's not really that I forgot his birthday

just we always exchange cards by hand and it was after his birthday when it was given

and the inside

I used some stamps from Creative Expressions called Murray and Ethel

I've had them for years! - they're some of the first rubber stamps I ever bought

So much fun for cards for that certain age!!

Here's what I did .....

Images and sentiments - Murray and Ethel by Creative Expressions

Coloured with Spectrum Noir watercolour pencils

Papers - Just for Men from Crafters Comanion

Tag dies - MFT

Hope you'll join in our fun challenge this week

hugs

Judith x

Swirls and Curls for Moving along with the Times

Good morning all

Well look at me! - two days n a row lol - and I'm back again tomorrow (if I ever get to the end of tiny pink flowers!! - cards finished tiny pink flowers aren't lol)  I think I've finally got back into my blogging thing : )

Anyway.....We have a cute swirly and curly challenge for you this week !!

at 

Moving along With The Times

Our theme is 

Swirls and Curls

I made this gift box with card that is covered in swirls

and added some die cut swirls too

This is what I did...

Box made with Crafers Companion A3 luxury cardstock

Swirls Die -by Anna Griffin

Flower and sentiment stamp -tropical nectar 

from Laguna Beach a little bit sketchy collection by Sheena Douglass

coloured with spectrum noir pens

Ribbon and sparkle heart from my stash

Hope you'll join in with our challenge this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Craftrocket - add a bow
Crafty gals challenge -add a heart
Simon says stamp - anything but a card
ATG with create with TLC challenge - Anything goes

hugs

Judith x

We would like to see Christmas scenes at Moving along with the times

Hi all

We have a lovely new challenge for you this week at

Moving Along With The Times

just in case you had forgotten

- Christmas is on the way!!

We would like to see

Christmas Scenes

I love really traditional Christmas cards, Santa, Poinsettias, Christmas trees, green red....
This card just about has it all!

This is what I did

Image, sentiment and embossing folder - from Nordic Christmas range by Crafter's Companion

Coloured with - Spectrum Noir watercolour pens

Poinsettias made with Sheena Douglass perfect partners Poinsettia dies

Card - Cored'nations Card - darks

Black card from Crafter's Companion

Pebeo silver gilding wax

Hope you'll play along with us this challenge - it's another great excuse to make a Christmas card!

Don't forget to enter my candy draw! - here



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Challenges I'm entering with this card

Addicted to stamps -Christmas
A gem of a challenge - Anything christmas goes

Hugs

Judith

Happy happy birthday (cake!!)

Boo! - there's a monster watching!!

We have a really fun challenge starting at

Moving along with the times

- we want to see

Monsters and /or Aliens

for me this was just the perfect excuse to make a cute kids card with one of the lovely birthday monster Stamps over at the Digistamp Boutique (available here)

Cute birthday cards are always in demand by my grandson Jacob who at 4  is at that age when every other week there's a birthday party!!

I always add the name of the birthday boy or girl and my cards go down a treat!

So the space at the bottom right will have a name on when it gets given

(to a child with a short name in the case of this card!!)

This is what I did ....

Image and sentiment- birthday monsters from the digistamp boutique

Coloured with Crafters companion spectrum noir markers

Paper is from an unnamed pad in my stash!

Button die - MFT blueprints 16

Bunting - whiff of joy banner dies

Letters - spellbinders sapphire alphabet strip

Card - American crafts and asortment of bright scraps

We're So 80's at Moving along with the Times!!

Good morning all

We have a quirky challenge for you over at 

Moving along with the Times

our theme is 

So 80's

we would like to see anything that is 80's themed or 80's inspired

 -be it  colour style or anything else that makes you think

 - that's so 80's!!

I chose this cute and colourful card

using on of Tim Holtz Crazy birds

and created a background with Spectrum noir aquatints

these colours with the splashes that remind me of tie dye 

it made me think - yes that's so 80's

This is what I did

Image - Crazy birds from tim holtz

Sentiments and corners and splats(!) - Crafter's Companion Elements stamps

Bird - coloured with Spectrum noir aqua pencils

Background created with Spectrum noir Aquatints in primaries then bleached out with water to create the splodge effect

Hope we see you playing along with us this week

Hugs

Judith xx

Won't you come dancing with us!

Good morning all

We have a fun new challenge starting at

Moving along with the Times 

Our lovely Hazel has chosen the theme 

Come Dancing

I had this pretty card already made up that I thought fit the theme perfectly

it's a stamp and sentiment from the Cinderella Collection

 by Christine Howard at Crafter's Companion

this one is the Christmas Fairy,  She is coloured with spectrum noir pens.

The card is made completely with elements from the Cinderella CD

The papers and bow were printed off and I created an easel card with shaped cards from craftwork cards with the addition of a spellbinders die cut on the base and some punched butterflies and a pearl it was quite a quick and easy card.

Hope we'll see you playing along in our fun challenge

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafty girls - anything goes 14/04
crafting for all seasons - punches and dies 12/04
crafty creations - for a girl
creative moments - twist of a song - tiny dancer by Elton John 12/04

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

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

It's out birthday over at MAWTT

Good morning all

It's our 6th birthday over at 

Moving along with the Times 

and we'd love you to come along and celebrate with us

I have a pretty floral card to share with you today that I made with stamps and dies and the matching paper pad from Heartfelt creations  - a birthday present I got this year that I just loved!!
It's a big 8x8 card that really makes a statement IRL with all of those die cut flowers
it's one that I really enjoyed making

Here's what I did....

Dies - Heartfelt creations Botanical  wings, butterfly wings and Botanical Rose
Paper - hearfelt creations - Butterfly medley
Stamps - Heartfelt creations - Botanical Rose and Botanical wings
Coloured with TH DI - spun sugar, milled lavender, mustard seed, bundled sage and shabby shutters
The leaf dies are Anna Griffin
The label is from Hearfelt creations all occasions stamp set

I hope you come and join in with our birthday celebrations

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Aud sentiments - bingo and sentiment (middle row)
As you like it - favourite flower - and why - I love flowers that grow wild - I think there's nothing more lovely than a field of wild flowers - these I think are like briar roses.
In the pink - things with wings
scrap&craft - tag it (make or add a tag)




Hugs
Judith xx