Delightful challenges are back again!

Good Morning all

I'm delighted to be here today with our first new Challenge at 

Delightful Challenges

We will be here on the 3rd Thursday of every month with a new challenge

and the theme will be

Anything Goes

I chose to use this gorgeous image called Flowering watering can

available here
ant the lovely day sentiment
available here

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils

Pen Colours - OR1,2, TN1, IG1,3,9 CG1,3,4 BT1

Pencil colours 117,120

A lovely summery image and so much fun to colour

This is what I did...

Image - Flowering watering can from Digital Delights

Sentiment Lovely day from Digital Delights

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils
Pen Colours - OR1,2, TN1, IG1,3,9 CG1,3,4 BT1
Pencil Polours 117,120

Papers Rondelle by Prima

Black card - Crafters companion

Sunflower dies - My favourite things

Stitched square die - Memory box Stitched squares

Pinked enge rectange - MFT Blueprints 19

Daisy punch - woodware

Black ribbon - from my stash

We'd love to see you at our challenge this month

hugs

Judith xx

We're celebrating friendship at Delightful Challenges

Good morning all

I love this cute little challenge we have at delightful challenges this week.  The minute I saw the theme 

Celebrating Friendship 

- I knew it had to be all about a dog!

The image i have used is one of the new release images called 

Walking the dog available here

Isn't this just the cutest little dog! - I just love this image

All little boys need a dog!!

on that note I have a lovely photograph to share of my grandson Jacob 

with his best friend - my dog Glenn - he just loves to snuggle in to him on the floor

Glenn was the first word he said -it's a real love affair!!

This is what I did....

Image - walking the dog from digital delights

Coloured with copics and Prismacolor pencils

Papers - I think they're K & co - a very old pack!

Ribbon - vintage seam binding from crafty ribbons

Gems from my stash ( coloured with blue copics)

Bestfriend and dogs stickers came from QVC in a pack yeeeears ago!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafty ribbons - Anything goes
Divas by design - friendship


hugs
Judith x

There's nothing like a good old game of bingo.....

..... and as the old joke goes - this is nothing like a good old game of bingo lol

Good morning all

We are having a fun game of bingo at Delightful Challenges this week - so come on all you bingo ladies - we want to see your two fat ladies, two little ducks - legs eleven!!

Here is our bingo board for the week

and here's my bingo card lol

I used the middle line (tag/ribbon/die cuts)

This is the cute graduation Dan available here 

with the sentiment from the keeping in touch sentiment set available here 

a very topical card for this time of year I think 

- we have our own graduate in our house this year - my youngest son Tom
- all my babies have grown up : (

Our sponsor this week is

http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/

Who are offering a fab prize of 3 sets from their store

This is what I did.....

Image - Graduation Dan from Digital delights

Sentiment - Keeping in touch sentiment set

Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils

Paper - lost and found from MME

Crystal embellies - say it in crystals

ribbon - dark red vintage seam binding 

Die cuts - Scalloped circles - spellbinders

               Bitty blosoms - spellbinders

               tag - dienamics
               swirl - magnolia doohickey swirl

So all you bingo ladies lets see you over at delightful challenges this week 

hugs 

Judith x

New release day at Delightful challenges - and its a pretty one!

Good morning all

How did it get to be Thursday again? The weeks are just flying by - come to think of it how did it get to be May!!  But being a new month it means these new release days are coming along and today its  a great one from Digital Delights - this months new digis are just sooooo cute - you really need to have a look at them all

Our challenge today at Delightful Challenges is 

Add  ribbon

and we also have a fab sponsor and a great prize too -

Your Prize!!!

$15 store gift card

Here's my card using the very cute Flowerpower basket of daisies available here
  sentiment - have a fabulous day- is from the keeping in touch sentiment set available  here

I was originally going to do the usual pretty flower colours thing!  But as I was looking through my papers I saw this dark brown and beige coloured one and I knew I had some lush dark brown ribbon so this is how it turned out! I was pleased with the result - just because it's different to the pinks and yellows I was first thinking about - and to be honest the mo-jo's a bit slow at the minute.  Sometimes you've got to look for inspiration if it doesn't come to find you first!!

Here's what I did...

Image - flower power basket of daisies

Coloured with - copics and prismacolour pencil (warm grey and light umber)

Sentiment - (have a fabulous day) from the keeping in touch set at Digital Delights
Papers - MME - sunshine

Circle dies- Spellbinders

Butterfly die - Whimsy stamps

Flower die - Memory box - honeysuckle sprig

Corner die - Whimsy stamps corner die set

bird and bird box - Marianne die

Ribbon- silky crush  from Sam Pooles creative studios
Brown pearls -Kars from Cuddly Buddly

Hope we see your creations at Delightful challenges this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Stampavies and more - use lots of die cuts
stamping for all seasons - monochromatic
Nutcrafters - bingo - ribbon /pearls/die cuts
As you like it - favourite die cuts (whimsey butterfly and any flower dies!)
Crafty ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
DRS designs - butterflies
Sassy studios - all about hats

Hugs

Judith xx

New challenge day at Delightful challenges - I appreciate you

Good morning all

Its challenge day again over at Delightful Challenges

and the theme is

I appreciate you

I used the cute Water Melon Time set to make my card - available here

This week we are sponsored by 

http://www.markerpop.com/catalog/

who are offering a great prize of a $15 gift certificate from Marker Pop

I took a totally different approach to making this card - its's not my usual style at all.  I found a paper distresser that I had bought last year in the bottom of a bag of ribbons and it all started from there!  I was really pleased with the result when I finished - my problem was knowing when I was finished and it was a fine line between finished, too much and not enough

This is what I did.....

Image and sentiment  - water melon time set from Digital Delights

Colored with copics, prismacolor pencil and white gel pen

Papers - market from MME

Pearls and very old flower from my stash

Heart banner die - la la land

Doly die - spell binders

Seam binding ribbon from crafty ribbons

butterfly - prima

There are all kinds of interpretations on this theme on the Delightful Challenges blog this week - have a look at what my very talented teamies have made and join in with our challenge this week to show your appreciation!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Charisma cards - polka dots
Little Miss Muffet - food glorious food
Digidesign challenge - use a digi
Stamp and create - use at least one die cut
Link up for pink - appreciation/encouragement/breast cancer awareness/ healthy reminders

hugs

Judith xx

Colour my world challenge at Delightful Challenges

Good morning all

At last the sun is shining! and I'm celebrating with this weeks challenge at Delightful Challenges! I have to say it feels a bit OTT making a card like this with the amount of sun we've got but you've got to make the most of good weather when it comesw these days (or so it seems after the long dismal winter we've had) So if this is the first summer you've seen - enjoy this card lol.

The theme this week is

Colour my world

(anything colourful)

We're going with having fun in the sun! with the cute Pauly in Paradise available here

Summer surfin fun sentiment set available here

 and ice cream parlour furniture (that's the cute umbrella) available here

I coloured Pauly with copics and cut him out and mounted on foam pads

The sun umbrella is paper pieced with sticky backed paper from  K&Co 

We are being sponsored by 

Who are offering a fab prize of

A set of spectrum noir pens

This is what I did...

Images Pauly in Paradise and ice cream parlour furniture set from Digital Delights
Sentiments - Summer surfin fun set from digital delights
Papers - K& Co - Paper piecing
             Beach babe from fancy pants designs (the best magazine freebee I ever got!)
Embellishments from jollees (flip flops and cocktail glass)

Hope we see your colourful designs at Delightful challenges this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Nutcrafters - anything goes
Sweetstamps blog - a rainbow of colour
Creative creations - Colour inspiration

hugs

Judith x

Going round in circles - that's me!

Good morning all

Well! - if ever a challenge was all about me its this one!

Over at Delightful Challenges we have a new challenge and the theme is 

Round up

(must include circles)

If ever anyone spends their time going round in circles its me! - sometimes I'm sure I met myself coming back!  Life's really busy at the moment - some of you may know that I scribe/type for my son who is severely disabled and doing a degree course.  It's his final year this year - that means dissertation 10,000 -words of it- due in early May! - he's almost there but there's lots of redrafting and moving of text going on so its pretty full on, then there's two essays and a presentation by the end of May -on top of that that there's just normal life to get on with - roll on June, then it's off to California for me yippee!! - but for now its back to the grind lol.

Ballerina Bobbi available here

and Spring sentiments available here

I just got this one done by the skin of my teeth (sorry Larelyn!) - I try to work ahead with my DT projects - sometimes one goes a bit astray - well a few of late if the truth be known - but I do get there in the end!

My main problem with this one was I forgot what I was doing!  I had intended to make a circular easel card - one of my favourites - but forgot that bit and after I'd coloured it - promptly cut it into a square!  and had half the card made before I remembered about the circle bit.  So I had to do a bit of a rescue job to make it back into a circle again and this was the result!

We have a fab Sponsor this week



and the prize is a $15 store gift card

www.scrapyland.com 

This is what I did...

Image - Ballerina Bobbi by Digital Delights

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Sentiment - from the spring sentiments set

Papers - first edition birdsong

card - bazzill basics

Circle die  - Spellbinders

Heart banner - lala land die (cut in half (just love this - my newest toy!!)

Pink feathers - from Joanna Sheen (had them for years!)

resin rose and pearl heart - my crafty heart

Other embellies from my stash

I think this ones an easy challenge - look how easily i turned a square into a circle!! - my teamies at Delightful challenges have made some fab cards - call on in and bring your circle card with you 

see you there

Challenges I'm entering with this card

CCEE stampers - recipe -2 papers 1 circle 1 square
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Digistamps4joy - anything goes
The stamping chef - girly
Tip top Tuesday -boys and girls come out to play

hugs

Judith xx

New release day at Digital Delights

Good morning

Can you believe its April already - I think someone forgot to tell the weather!  though we have had a couple on nice bright days - its still freezing - I'm sick of wearing boots - I neeeed to get wy sandals out of hibernation!!

Anyway on to this weeks challenge over at Delightful Challenges

the theme is 

All about Music

We have some fab new music theme digis over at Digital Delights - you really need to call over and see them - just so cute - with papers and sentiments to match.

I used Singing Sally available here

and the new groove on sentiment set available here

We are sponsored this week by

http://want2scrap.com/store/

and the fab prize is  $25 to spend in store

Heres what I did....

Image - Singing sally from Digital Delights
Colured with copics
Sentiment - Groove on sentiment set
Papers - from a magazine
Card - Bazzill basics
Stars -Nellie snellen dies
Vintage seam binding - crafty ribbons
Flag tail dies - dienamics

Hope we see you at Delightful Challenges this week with your musical creations

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Top tip Tuesday - boys and girls - top tip -shade your colouring with a grey pencil to add depth
Ladybug challenge  - anything goes
Kaboodle doodles challenge - use 2 different papers
Stamp and create - use at least one diecut

Hugs Judith x

Hippity hoppity over to Delightful Challenges

Happy Maundy Thursday!

And the cold and snow goes on......

Our challenge over at Delightful challenges is a spring one but there's no spring around here - we have the tiniest sign of a few crocuses in the garden but I have a feeling the poor things will wish they'd stayed where they were -and there's no chance of us going out to start tidying the garden this Easter holidays - which is something we often do if we get  a nice  bright day over the holiday weekend. 

- I don't care how bright it is - our garden will stay untidy as long as this freezing weather continues!

So spring is remaining firmly indoors and it's as good a reason as any to get crafting

At Digital Delights the theme is 

Hippity Hoppity

that's something with a cute bunny theme, flowers - anything spring

Here's my card for the week made with the cute Easter Bianca

 I just love the cute little girls in the Digital Delights range of stamps and they are often sitting like this one is - I  just sit them on the edge of a circle - like I did with this one

 - that's me life on the edge lol

Don't you just love those ears! - I wanted them to be outside the circle as well and after much faffing with dies (that's a very technical term) finally got them there

I've gone totally spring flower overboard on this one - I think its a hysterical reaction  to the weather but  thought I'd better call a halt to how much was on the front of this card - I think its pretty obvious its an Easter themed card just by looking at it

 - it doesn't need the word Easter anywhere on the front of this card!

But it does need it inside...

So I printed the Hoppy Easter sentiment - available here - super sized and put it inside, I didn't think it needed any more than that though I was tempted to keep on sticking those flowers - I decided to just let the paper do the talking

Our fab sponsor this week is

Crafty Ribbons

Website: www.craftyribbons.com

and we have a lovely ribbon prize from them so get hippity hoppitying!!!

Anyway - this is what I did......

Image -  Easter Bianca

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils 

Sentiment Hoppy Easter sentiment

Papers - spring drop from first edition

Circles cut with spellbinders dies

Flowers - fabulous Phlox from Memory box dies

Butterfly - Whimsystamps die

Lace flower trim- (could be Anna Griffin) its been in my box of tricks for ever!

Pearls from my stash 

Have a hippity hop (are you sick of this yet!) over to Delightful Challenges -there are some fab Easter and spring projects on the blog

Challenges I'm entering

Oldie but a goodie - Easter (lace flower trim, pearls)
Cutie pie challenge - Easter
forever friends - lots of flowers
shellys images - anything goes

Hugs 

Judith x

Get Well challenge at delightful challenges

Hello again

Here I am with my second post of the day

This time its for the new Challenge today at Delightful Challenges 

The theme for this weeks challenge is 

Get Well

Here is my card for this weeks challenge using Splish Splash Suzie - available here

and a sentiment from the Feel better sentiment set available here

I really like this image for a get well card - just a little bit different together with the sentiment

Our sponsor this week is 

The Robins Nest

Who are offering a fab prize of a $15 gift certificate

This is what I did...

Image - splish splash Suzie from Digital delights

Coloured with copics

Sentiment - from feel better sentiment set at digital delights

Papers - first Edition sprig drop

Card - Bazill basics

Die cut - Memory box fram (cut up(

Tag - Dienamics

Ribbon - carnmeal cottage

Gems from my stash

There are some fabulous ideas for get well cards on the challenge blog over at delightful challenges - you really should go on over and take a look.

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Shellys images - anything goes

Charizma Cardz - die cuts

hugs 

Judith xx

Have you got One for the Boys!

Good morning blog friends

Hope its nice and bright and sunny where you are.  Its a lovely morning here- nice and bright and very still - I haven't poked my nose out of the door yet so its probably freezing but its just nice that we don't have rain, snow or ice!  

Another nice thing about today is its my birthday and as I worked Tuesday instead of my normal Thursday I even get the day off.  Only thing is at the moment I'm sitting here with my cards and presents that my family left for me and up until now I haven't opened them - somehow it feels a bit sad to open them all by myself - think I'll wait until they all come home tonight lol.

Anyway today is not all about me - its also challenge day over at Delightful Challenges and we have  a day about someone else instead its 

All about the boys!

Our challeng this week is 

One for the boys

Easter Derry from Digital Delights

We have a fab sponsor this week too 

Who are offering a prize of three sets from their store

I decided to make a Easter card for my little grandson with this cute little image 

called Easter Derry available here from Digital Delights

The sentiment is also from Digital Delights - its part of the Easter Sentiments set available here.

This is what I did...
Image - Easter Derry from Digital Delights
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Sentiments- Easter sentiments set from Digital Delights
Papers - Hopscotch by K and co
Card cut with spellbinders scalloped dies
eggs cut with spellbinders oval die
Butterfly die from Whimsy Stamps
Chick from the extras page in spring drop papers from first edition

OOPs!  I started in plenty time but now I'm late posting cos the phone kept ringing with my happy birthdays!! - I'm just waiting for Michael Caine to give me a ring  i feel sure he'll want to celebrate our mutual birthday today with a big celebration - only thin is he's 80 and might not want to share - what do you think - will he give me a call later!!!

Hope you have a lovely card to share with us at delightful challenges this week - I'm looking forward to
seeing it!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Cute card Thursday - Anything goes
Happy Campers - flutter by butterfly
Little Miss Muffett - boys only
digistamps for joy - colour my world  (red yellow blue)
nutcrafters - something begining with B (boy and butterfly)
Stampavie and more - Easter

Hugs

Judith x

New release day at Delightful Challenges

Good morning all

I still can't quite believe that it's March! and its another new release of cute digis over at

 Digital Delights.

At Delightful Challenges we have some fab new digis to show you - all on a get well theme.

we have a great sponsor this week

I have used the cute Dr Dan available here

 also the On the mend accessories set  available here

 and the feel better sentiments available here

The minute I saw these images it took me back to my childhood when I used to get the Teddy Bear comic (I'm really showing my age here!) My favourite story use to be Dr David and Nurse Nancy - two children who had a toys hospital -I remember it so well! -There must be someone out there remembers the Teddy Bear!!

The cute image sentiment and accessories set go together so well to make a get well card - don't you just love that little sticking plaster (or band aid if you're in the US!)-I had to restrain myself from using them all over my card!!  i also remombered why i don't use mirri card too ofter - what a nightmare to photograph - the shine just gets everywhere lol.

This is what I did...

Image Dr Dan from Digital delights

Coloured with copics and prismacolour pencils

Sentiment from the Feel better sentiments set

Accessories from the On the mend accessories set

Blue gingham card and mirri card from my local card factory

Chevron die - dienamics (the little banners are actually offcuts from cutting this )

Glossy accents on glass pieces 

There are some fab cards on the delightful challenges blog - come on over and join in our   

Buttons, Bling and Embellishment things Challenge 

Challenges I'm entering with this card ...

Through the craftroom door -anything goes

Papertake weekly - Anything goes

ABC challenges - anything goes

Created with love - anything goes

Make it monday - anything goes

Hugs 

Judith xx

Threes a charm at Digital Delights this week

Good morning all

Today I have a cute card for the challenge over at 

Delightful Challenges 

This weeks challenge is 

Three's a charm

(use 3 of something)

I used 3 ladybirds on this card

Oh I'm so confused! - still not sure what day it is- again! - my working week has been changed around yet again this week and it really makes a huge difference.  I'm definitely a set in my ways girl!  I was making this weeks card right until the deadline - I had a great idea for this card that I decided wouldn't work - mainly because I hadn't looked at the digis properly - there are 4 dogs in this digi set and I was going to use 3 dogs on this card - but when I looked again - it would have been a mega size card or minature dogs  for that to work lol  - then my mojo just went out of the window!! -I eventually got it together sort of - though my husband said it looked like a card meant for a dog to him - so as I don't send my dog cards to often - I'm really not sure about it!!

I think I'll just plead insanity on this one and start again tomorrow!!

On the bright side - I loved colouring him - just so cute and I gave him a ruff shaggy sort of coat that I think turned out well - I used tiny strokes in four shades then shaded again with prismacolor  pencils and white gel pen and I was really pleased with the way the grass turned out too!  

He looked to me as if he was looking at something - so that's why he got the ladybirds.

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by

and the fab prize is a $10 voucher to spend in store

This is what I did 

Image - From lonely pups set at digital delights by looby lou

Sentiment - Mans best friend - from digital delights by looby lou

Coloured with copics dog E70, E71, E74, E49 - nos eE04 and E74 grass G63, G61.G11.YG11; sky B000

Prisma pencils, dark umber,dark green, cream. ginger

Paper-  K and Co Hopscotch Boy

Card - bazzill basics

Die cut corners - whimsy stamps

Die cut easel shape - Spellbinders labels 10

die cut lady bird  - elizabeth craft designs

Vintage seam binding - from my stash

Dog stickers- from a set bought at QVC yeeeeears ago

There are some gorgeous cards over on the Delightful challenges blog - lots of delightful inspiration for you!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafting for all seasons - dies and punches
Divas by design - anything goes
Inky Impressions - splash of red
Cute card Thursday - something old -Dog stickers
Crafty Ribbon challenge  - anything goes with ribbon

Hugs

Judith x

Do you feel frilly this morning - or are you more of a scallop!

Good morning all

Well I'm totally mixed up this week - I'm definitely a bit frilly!! - I swapped my days at work round to fit in with some training days and now that its got to Thursday when I should be at work - I'm not sure what day it is any more.  But as I have a DT card for Delightful challenges - I finally decided it must be Thursday after all.

Our theme at
Delightful Challenges

 for this weeks challenge is

Frilly  
(Scallops and Lace)

I used the pretty digistamp Daisy Flower available here
and the sentiment is fom the spring sentiments set available here

 and following from yesterdays card I'll let you see whats inside too

Frills and scallops to match!

We are sponsored this week by

Who are offering a fab prize of 3 sets from their store

This is what I did....

Image - daisy flower from Digital Delights

Sentiment - from Spring Sentiment set at Digital Delights

Coloured with copics and prismacolour pencils
Copic colours -Leaves -YG61,YG63,G21, Flower R81,R83,R85 Y23,Y35,Y38
Prisma pencils (for shading) - Tuscan Red, Olive Green,Light umber

Papers - 5th Avenue by Mellissa Francis

Butterfly punches - Martha Stewart and woodware (small)

Scalloped circles - Spellbinders

Lace, ribbon and dew drops from my stash

There are some gorgeous frills and scallops over at delightful Challenges - hope we see yours too!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Inky impressions - use Ribbon or twine
Pennys papercrafty - favourite colour combo (pink and green)
Ladybirds crafts ink - pink and one other colour
Tuesday throwdown - anything goes

New release day at Digital Delights - Think Spring

Happy Thursday!

Well here we are in February - where did January go? - but where ever it went it means another new release at Digital Delights and a new challenge this week with the great theme of 

Pastel Colours

(think spring)

I really would love to SEE spring but looking out of my window its still cold and icy out there!

There are some gorgeous new digis in this months release - just so cute!

I have used this Delightful little girl called

Flower Power Daisy - available here
Spring sentiments set - available here
Spring fling digi paper set - available here

I decided to give the pink a rest for the pastel colours and went for blue and lemon instead 

- with a touch of green just for good measure

We have a great sponsor this week

who are offering a choice of stamps in a great prize worth over $30 - how great is that!

This is what I did.....

Image - Flower Power daisy - from Digital delights available here

Sentiment  spring sentiment set from Digital Delights available here

Papers - Spring fling digi papers from Digital Delights available here
The flowers were all cut out fom the paper

Dies - Macrena corner from Memory box

          Circles from Spellbinders

          Tag - from Dienamics tag set

          Vine, bird and bird house -Mariane dies

Stickles - diamond Stickles
Blue pearl card - from my stash

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafty sentiments - Anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody - Anything goes
Make it monday - anything goes

hugs

Judith x