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

Fantasy challenge at Moving along with the Times

Hi all

Well I'm back!

Where have you been I hear you ask lol

Well I've been on an adventure of 4 whole weeks in Florida, and we really did have a fabulous time, we've been home almost a week now - it's taken me until now to recover after a very tiring journey home because we were delayed 2 days when our flight was cancelled.  But I have to say we were very well looked after by the airline, but very late nights and early mornings take their toll on top of jet lag

All this is really just an excuse for my post being late lol - for some reason it was in draft not scheduled as i hadleft it -and I hadn't checked to see if it posted - sorry

Anyway .... there's a new challenge over at 

MAWTT

and the theme is 

Fantasy

I have a cute card that I made for my granddaughter Eva

 - she was 2 years old last week (how did that happen)

Eva loves Elsa from the Disney film Frozen (she calls her Selsa)

So when these dies were on sale a few weeks ago I thought they would make the perfect card for her

My favourite sort of Fantasy - a Disney film

This is what I did....

Frozen Dies and embossing folder from Create and Craft
Happy birthday die - tattered lace
Letters and number - Fashion dies from Crafters Companion
Card and acetate from my stash

Hope you can join in with our challenge - it's pure fantasy!

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

Just sending a little Love,,,,,,,

Good morning all

I have a sneak peek of one of the the new release easel carddies from Crafter's Companion to share today - being releasednext week!

this one is the Heart Easel Die

I love easel cards they have always been my favourite to make- no matter what shape

I remember someone ssaying to me years ago that easels meant twice as much space to add lots of lovely details - and it's definitely true!

This is a fab set of dies which includes the hearts/ flowers and intricate detail dies

- so many possibilities

It also happens to be the start of a new challenge at 

Moving along with the Times 

and the theme is 

Love

( valentine, wedding, engagement etc)

So I thought I'd take the opportuity to make it a double event!

This is what I did....

Dies - Die'sire heart easel from Crafter's Companion

Love Die - Sara Davies sigmature love collection

I and you dies - Sizzix

Card - White - Centura Pearl (reverse)

            Red -Core'dnations card

Papers are an old set of papers from My Minds Eye called Love Me

Hope you'll join in with the love challenge at MAWTT- and watch out for this new die being releasd next week!

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

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



http://whatididbyjudithhall.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/a-create-365-candy-draw-to-get-your-new.html

Challenges I'm entering with this card

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

Hugs

Judith

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

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

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

                                       

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

Birds of a feather......

Hi

I'm a bit late with my post today! - still playing catch up lol.

It's the lovely Jessie's turn to host our challenge at 

Moving along with the Times 

and our theme is 

Birds and feathers

in other words - we want to see birdies - or the feathery bits of them (he he)

I decided to take the opportunity to make a quick and easy Christmas Card
in my attempt to do as well as last year with Christmas cards all year round
- you can never start too early - or make too many Christmas cards!!

Here's what I did.....

Image - Robin Chicklets from Digi Stamp Boutique

papers - The sweetest thing Tangerine from MME
Card - Bazzil basics

coloured with copics

Die cuts 

Holly - Wild rose studios

Stitched square - MFT blueprints 16

Rectangle - Mamma Elephant

Ribbon and pearls from my stash

Hope to see you over at MAWTT this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crimbo crackers - die cuts
Southern Girls - Animal Crackers
Crafty boots - Things with wings
Crafty calendar - things with wings (M)

Hugs

Judith x

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

Going wild at Moving along with the Times

Hi Blogfriends

I'm really late with my DT card for 

Moving along with the Times

We've had problems with our phone and internet connection since Wednesday and I haven't been able to do a thing - never mind they came out and it eventually got sorted tonight, but i've got some serious catching up to do!

Our lovely Hazel has chosen the theme

In the Wild

and I had the perfect little stamp for it

I just bought this a couple of weeks ago - my very first house Mouse stamp!

I know most of you are gasping in horror - but yes it's true!

I decided to keep it very simple - to me it just says "Easter"

This is what I did....

Image - Housemouse Easter egg napp

Papers - First Edition Spring drop

Coloured with copics

Dies - Spellbinders Captivating Squares 

(I saw them on the lovely Carol's blog a few weeks back and just had to have them)

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Without words - bunny/Easter

Cute card Thursday - Easter

Deep ocean challenge - Easter/ celebration

Crafting for all seasons - pastel hues 

I hope you'll join us and go wild at MAWTT this week 

hugs Judith xx

Three in a row (bingo) challenge at MAWTT

Good morning all

It's time for our new challenge at

Moving along with the Times 

and it's our lovely Sue's turn to choose the theme

Which is 

3 in a row

(or bingo)

here's what you can choose from

There is also a lovely prize for this weeks challenge
its a cute Beau Bunny image by Crafters Companion

and here's my card

using the middle row of the grid

Flowers/Image/Charm

Here's what I did....

Image - Molly fishing from Lacy Sunshine

Coloured with Copics and prismacolour pencils

Papers - Happy day - from MME

Card - Bazzill Basics

Flower die - Sue Wilson

stitched/punched rectangles - Mama Elephant

Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart

Gems/pearl/Charm from my stash

Hope to see you playing along this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

aud sentiments - use a two word sentiment
In the pink - for a special lady (in pink)

hugs

Judith x

Get your bunnies out!

Good morning all

What did you think I meant lol!

No I'm not being rude - honest! - you really need to hunt out all those cute bunnies and join in with our challenge over at MAWTT this week

It's just the right time of year for a cute bunny challenge

So that's our theme for the week

Show us  a bunny

and I knew I had a great stamp that I wanted to use - its a Penny Black stamp that I saw on someones blog a while back - I really loved it and it took a bit of tracking down but I eventually found it - then promptly put it away and never even used it!  

Some of my MAWTT buddies might remember a few months back when we had a hedgehog challenge - I think hosted by our lovely Janice  (Happy Birthday for today Janice! ) - I was convinced that this stamp was a hedgehog  and was going to use it then, only to discover the rabbit asleep on the front - I'm sure he chased the hedgehog away lol.   but no it's taken me until now to finally unveil it! - The bunny's cute - but it's the geraniums I really love on this stamp - and it's a dream to colour : ) - it's a really big stamp too, this is an 8x8 inch card.

Anyway - this is what I did....

Image - Dreaming Geraniums from Penny Black

Coloured with Copics and prismacolour pencils

Papers - K & Co (check) and LOTV  (floral)

Kraft card - Crafters companion

Burlap sheet from DCWV

Punch - Martha Stewart
circles - spellbinders and tattered lace

Burlap ribbon - Michaels

Mothers day stamp- stamping all day (they're great fro customised stamps)
DI - TH walnut stain

I did also have a set of leaves and flowers all made up for this card - but in the end decided it was better without them - sometimes less is more!

Hope you'll join in with our challenge this week - I'm dying to come and see your bunnies!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Pennyblack and more - blossoms and bows (31/3)
creative knockouts - border
Cute card Thursday - punches and dies
aud sentiments - bingo + sentiment (ribbon, punch,two pattern papers)

Deep Ocean challenge - furry friends
Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes - with ribbon
Fashionable stamping - colour between the lines 7/3
Simon says stamp - girly/special lady

hugs Judith xx

Football bears! - show us some sport at MAWT this week

Good morning all

Hope you're having a great week - I've had such a busy time this last week and yesterday I just got myself something else to take up lots of my time - though it will be great when it's all done!!

My youngest son Tom has severe physical disabilities and although he can speak and we have no problem understanding him at home, his speech can be slow and sometimes hard to understand especially in a large environment.  He has been waiting for a while now to get an "eyegaze" communication aid - this will help him hugely especially with his Uni work when he has to do presentations and generally speak out at uni.  - Well it finally arrived yesterday and we had a whole team come to set it up!  Bars to mount it on his power chair, another guy giving some basic training on how it works and a speech therapist - just because that's what speech therapists do!! - For those who haven't got a clue what I'm talking about  - think Dr Stephen Hawkins operating a speech aid with his eyes - that's what we're talking here!! - technology is a wonderful thing ....sometimes

There's a huge amount of work to do to set it up to his requirements and that 's mostly my job I think, but I used to  devise training programs for new computer sytems when I worked in staff training a few years ago- so I sort of know where to start - but I think it will keep me busy for a while - 

so if I'm missing for a while I'm on a computer - just not this one!!

But in the meantime .....Its a time for a new challenge over at

Moving Along with the Times 

and our theme this week is 

Show us some sport

I chose a cute little image from

Crafters Companion Mulberry Wood - Champion

I really enjoyed making this card -very straightforward and fairly CAS - it's a birthday card for my nephew - who is a total Newcastle United nut! - so of course it must be black and white. I cut the happy birthday die cut twice (once black and once white) and layered them to create a shadow
 -that's probably the most complicated part of the whole card
  I think its a bit of a - says what it is on the tin card lol
football - birthday - black and white
that's it - no more to say!!

There's only a couple of days now to enter my happy candy - so if you want to join in here's the link
HERE

Here's what I did....

Image - Crafters Companion Mulberry Wood - Champion

Papers - happy - from MME Vintage

Coloured with copics and Spectrum noir pencils

Gems and Ribbon from my stash
Birthday die - tonic
Glitter glue - stickles


Hope we see you with your sporty cards over at MAWTT this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafty ribbons - Black n White
Seize the birthday - masculine birthday

Hugs
Judith xx