Celebrating Little People at Crafty Purple Frog

Good Morning all

It's almost the end of our challenge over at 

Crafty Purple Frog

Where or theme for the month has been

Little People

I have a card to share that I made for my favourite littlest person - my Granddaughter Eva who was a whole one year old at the beginning of April - where did that year go!

I used the little Angels range from Crafter's Companion and lots of little embellies from

 Crafty Purple Frog


to make this card, together with a few extra dies - I was really pleased with the whole effect when I was finished - it was just so pretty and girly

there's a £10 prize to spend in store up for grabs!!

and here is Eva in full birthday pose!!
a little biased but i think she's gorgeous!!

Here's what I did .....

Giraffe die, Baby Accessoies dies, papers, ribbon and from Sara Davies Little Angels signature collection

Dovecraft Doily, buttons and clothes pegs from Crafty Purple Frog

Stitched banner dies from Mama Elephant

Circle and scalloped dies - Die'sire essentials form Crafter's Companion

Hope you'll hop over and join in with us this month

hugs

Judith x

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

Baby, Baby,Baby

Good morning all

I thought I'd just call in and share a couple of my baby projects from the past few weeks

My Grand daughter Eva was Christened last weekend and I designed and made the invitations

I used the lovely entwined dies from Leonie Pujol

- when I saw them I just knew they were perfect fo rthe purpose !

by the time Id finished making 25 I wasn't sure that they were quite the best choice! 

they were a lot of work- but I loved them anyway : )

As you'll notice they're not identical - but I decided to ring the changes a bit by varying the details - I like to do that with invitations - as I always say - they're not shoes - they don't have to match!!

My second make was bunting to decorate our conservatory - I made this with an assortment of papers and dies and I really loved making this, there was about 30 feet of it in total - no small task and I developed a system after I made the first 6 ft length far to complicated!

It was a totally girly - butterflies and flowers theme

- I haven't taken them down yet they just look so pretty

but they're going to be put up in her bedroom so all is not lost

I'm going to do a tutorial on how I made these - it was incredibly easy and very satisfying to see all the little finished pennants - and not 2 alike!  I cut the bunting at 6 inches and added a label to each then used a Tim Holtz alphabet die for the lettering and the butterflies and flowers were all Sara Davies English Country Garden signature collection dies, the hearts were the freebies from Crafter's Inspiration magazine.

They look so summery up around my conservatory - a real touch of summer
- I may need to make some autumn ones to replace them when I take them down
watch this space!!

hugs
Judith x

Good morning all

Well I think spring is finally in the air and the days are a little warmer

and we even have Sunshine!!

And today we have a new challenge starting at

The Paper Shelter

 our theme is a very seasonal one

Easter

I used this lovely image that I've have for ages but never used 

I think it has a very vintage feel to it and I tried to reflect that in my card

the image is called My Sweet Mommy and is available HERE

I coloured the image to get a very soft feel with Spectrum Noir blendable pencils

as always we have a fabulous prize at TPS

This is what I did....

7x7 inch card

Image - My Sweet Mommy from The Paper Shelter

Coloured with Spectrum Noir blendable pencils

Colours - vintage blue, maroon, raspberry,saddle brown,sorbet,antique rose,nectarine,pink blush,jade,pistachio,canary,lemon

Papers - First Edition spring feast (including all the plain colours)

Embossing folder - Die'sire embossalicious vintage floral, Floral wonder

Dies - Sara Davies signature collection floral delights - leafy flourish and pretty petals

Pearls  and sentiment stamp from my stash 

Teal card - Core'dnations TH distress card 

hope you'll come and share your Easter cards with us this week - I've seen some lovely ones about this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Deep ocean challenge -favourite colour combo - I love pink yellow and blue 04/04
digi choosday - flower frenzy - 12/04
inky chics - happy easter 01/04
whimsy inspires challenge - spring or easter colours 16/04

hugs

judith x

Sadly - it's the last ever challenge at Wags'n Whiskers

Hi all

I'm here to share my last ever card for

Wags'n'Whiskers Challenge

Sadly the blog is closing after this challenge

 but to go out with a smile we have a lovely challenge for you

the theme is 

Wings

I used the cute Fairy Angelica 

I love the fairies at Wags'n Whiskers

 - just the right amount of cute but also girly and pretty

I coloured her up using my Spectrum Noir Watercolour pencils and sparkle pens

I also used my (now very favourite!) new Pretty Petals flowers and leafy flourish dies from the floral delight range that accidentally fell into my basket when I went shopping at Crafter's Companion last week, I've liked them for a while but in real life they are gorgeous - the embossing makes the most beautifully shaped flowers

There's lots of sparkle on this card (just as a fairy should be!) using the Sparkle pens and also the green glitter card that I came across in my stash no idea where I got it and I definitely won't be buying it again - a nightmare to work with but looks very pretty!! 

This is what I did....

Image - Fairy Angelica from Wags'n Whiskers

Coloured with Spectrum Noir Watercolour pencils

colours - peach, apricot, pineapple, bamboo, clay, honeysuckle,

Spectrum noir Sparkle pens 

colours Clear, soft jade, 

Card - Shenna's stamping card

Papers - First Edition Spring Feast

Dies - Sara Davies signature collection Floral Delight - Leafy Flourish and Pretty Petals

Frame made with Sue Wilson pierced square noble dies from Creative Expressions

The card is a 7x7 inch square

It would be lovely if you could join us for our last challenge

Challenges I'm entering with this card 

Dis digis - lots of layers 26/03

My time to craft  - flowers 26/03

lets colour linky party - coloured images 26/03

Fussy and fancy - things with wings 26/03

hugs

Judith x