Holly and or Ivy for crafty litle Fairies very last challenge : (

Hi all

Well here I am back home back from my lovely nearly three weeks in  Florida and I almost got all my blogging right and scheduled - well except this one!  I actually came back yesterday and should have scheduled this one too - but for some reason I forgot!! - I just realised that I hadn't done my post tonight so here it is!!

I'm very sad to be doing this post as its the very last one for 

Crafty Little Fairies

not just for me but for the whole challenge 

December 2014 challenge is our last challenge : ( 

and our theme is 

Holly and /or Ivy

I'm sure almost everyone will think - Christmas 

but nope - not me - I thought - 90th Birthday card!!

My friend asked me to make a card for an aunt who was 90 last month

and as she likes to have a glass of wine - that should be the theme

Whenever I get asked to make a particular theme of card I always have a look at Justinklined stamps for inspiration  and I have to say they haven't ever let me down.  I thought this digi was just perfect and as it was 'a shelf' I decided that it would work well as an easel card.  The pub blackboard looked a bit bare at the top so I decided to trim it with ivy - and there you have my not Christmas card that fits the theme!  I don't know if you can see from the picture but the image is decoupaged with several layers at the shelf - and that's where I think it's not quite right once it was all finished I realised that I should have shaded the glasses to reflect the blackboard behind but hadn't spotted it until it was all layered up because the glasses were coloured separately and layered on.  I gave them a good coat of glossy accents so they look very 'glass'  - but hey ho I can't meet my own perfection all the time! - I would have redone the glasses but I hadn't saved the size and I knew I'd never get the glasses the right size to be able to substitute them.
There's also a little pocket underneath with a verse on a label with a little pull out ribbon (you can just see it peeking out of the side) - and a lovely box -but neither saw the camera I'm afraid!! - I think I was in total holiday mode at this point and completely forgot!!

This is what I did...

Image -All the Best Chalkboard from Justinklined available here
Colored with copics and prismacolor pencils
Age is just a number sentiment - created in word
Die cuts - Circle and mount for sentiment - spellbinders
                 Ivy - Marianne dies

I hope you'll join in with us for our very last challenge to help us to bow out with a bang!!
hugs

Judith x

Time for another Christmas card!

Good morning all

Hope you're all well today- and looking forward to Christmas lol!  

Its time for another challenge at 

Christmas Fun Challenge blog

And the theme this time is 

Anything goes 

(with optional twist of a green Christmas tree)

I decided to go with the easy anything goes option and used a card I made last Christmas that has never been posted - anything for an easy life lol.  I haven't had a lot of spare time lately and the few moments I had this last week I decided to make the most of the good weather and get outside to enjoy it.  

I'm working a few extra hours to get things caught up - before I leave!!  I only have a couple of weeks left after working as a government employee for the last 38 years - a lifetime I'm sure you'll agree.  I've done all kinds of jobs over the years - from payroll to staff training, projects on an NHS specialist team and currently healthcare in the EEC.  I applied for early retirement at the turn of the year and was accepted - so here I am counting down the days, its an odd feeling after all this time - but I'll be glad to go - thats if I get caught up before I go or they might not let me out the door lol.  

So please forgive my absence around here - which will be followed by my holidays - but after that I should have more spare time than I've ever had in my life  and I intend to enjoy filling it with my hobbies and lots of other lovely things I haven't even thought of yet

Anyway back to my card

This is what I did....

Image - 4 Robins from Justinklined available here

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Mounted on silver mirricard

Ribbon - vintage seambinding from Crafty Ribbons

Crystal embellie - SIC from Prima

Sentiment produced in word

With anything goes as an option there's no reason not to join us - I won't accept any excuses lol - we all need to make Christmas cards and you know you'll thank me for this nine months from now!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

C.R.A.F.T. challenge - Christmas
Crafty ribbons - anything goes with ribbon

Hugs

Judith x

Non traditional christmas colours at the new Christmas Fun challenge

Good morning all

It's another two card day
(not a AnotherTequila Sunrise - sorry I'm a biggg fan of The Eagles sometimes the words of songs just pop into my head - you really should live in here its a very musical place lol)

I digress- what I really want to say is
 I'm so excited to be here with my first DT card for a brand new
Christmas challenge Blog

Christmas Fun is a fortnightly challenge that started on 1st January this year
 and this week its the turn of team B

The theme for the challenge is 

Non Traditional Christmas Colours

I found this fab image in the JustInklined digi shop 

its called Three Kings and is available here

and thought it would make a perfect card for this challenge

I  love this image its also perfect to celebrate Epiphany - which was just last week 

 when the wise men visited the infant Jesus 

I enjoyed colouring this in some totally different colours - mostly colours I don't often use.  Then i simply surrounded the image with gold stickles (it looks better IRL!)

So come on - join me in getting ready or next christmas - while you can still remember the pain of last Christmas when you hadn't made enough cards lol

This is what I did....

Image - the wise men from justinklined

coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Ribbon - Vintage seam binding in teal from crafty ribbons

Gem embellie and papers - Michaels recollections

Kraft - MFT

Glitter - gold stickles

Sentiment - produced in word

Hope we see your gorgeous Christmas creations this week  I'll be back later this morning with my GDT card for Crafty Little Fairies - don't forget to come back to see what I've got cooking!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

ABC Christmas challenge - anything Christmas
Divas by design -  Ribbon
Digistamps 4 joy - glitter and sparkle
The glory of Christmas challenge - the 3 kings
Kenny Ks Krafty Krew - anything goes/use black(black gem)
Stamp'n'Doodle - use an animal

Hugs 

Judith x

Who stole that week!!

Good morning all

Well we're back to the rain again here - its absolutely tipping down here this morning and as I write this post I can't hear myself think because the rain is hitting the roof of our conservatory so loudly - you can hear it through the whole house!

I've got here by luck rather than good management this week - just when I was congratulating myself on my organisation skills lol.  I'm on the countdown to my hollies next week when I will be away for 4 weeks and I'm busy getting my DT cards sorted out and posts posted.  I usually do my DT comments in 2 visits  - one a couple of days into the start of the challenge and the other last thing so that I can catch any last minute entries.  I called into MAWTT last night to do my last minutes and shock horror!! - it wasn't a team A week - the good thing was I had no comments to do - the shock horror was I had a card to make for today EEEK!!   Now I'm not pointing the finger here but someone has definitely stolen a week somewhere - you know who you are and I'll be round to have a quiet word with you later!!!

Sooo.... onto the business in hand - challenge day at Moving Along With The Times.  This is going to be the last challenge for a while - we're having the whole summer off - people are busy, mojos need to be recharged and Hazel our big boss lady decided that it was a good idea just to break for the summer and come back when we've al got over the sun stroke and jet lag!!!

We're using a fun easy- peasy sketch for our challenge this week - I'm getting to love sketch challenges - it gives my brain a bit of a break when it comes to the idea thing and we can all do with that from time to time.

I decided to make a fathers day card for my son to give to his Dad, we're going to be away for fathers day so thought I'd give it a bit of a hoiday theme - then I remembered Reg Butterthwaite - isn't he just fab!! - I downloaded him a while ago from Justinklined - they have some fabulously funny men digis if you're looking for anything for fathers day - take a peek here

and here's the easy peasy sketch

you've got plenty of space for any embellies you want to use - i just kept mine fairly plain - it being a man thing!!

Here's what I did.....

Image - Reg Butterthwaite from just Inklined 

Papers were bought at TK Max for £1.99 -by Crate paper? never hear of this designer but they're a sort of travel theme called Story Teller
sentiment - part of the film strip stamp set from whimsy stamps

Bunting Die- from Whimsy stamps

Stars die - marrianne dies

Silver mirri - fom very old stash when we all mounted everything on mirri!

Letters punched with a punch bought from QVC a verrrry long time ago!

We'd love to see you at MAWTT for our last challenge before summer - I think that's what summers waiting for - when MAWTT takes a break - Summer begins - don't quote me on that one lol!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

A gem of a challenge -bring on the sunshine
Delightful challenges - for dad
Creative craft challenge - for the fellas
Lacy sunshine challenge - anything goes
Fitztown challenge - anything goes
Digi Darla - fathers day
Simon says challenge -anything goes

Hugs Judith xx

There's a man thing going on over at Moving along with the times...

.... and I nearly missed it!  I got my weeks mixed up totally  and thought this card was due next week - I'm  sure someone stole a week from me lol

Anyway here's my card for the challenge over at MAWTT this week

And our lovely Carol  is hosting her first challenge for us

One for the guys!

I thought this was a good opportunity to make a fathers day card

I came across this image a while ago at just inklined

and bought it knowing it would come in handy

its called 

Its a mans world

I just think its so funny - suitable for lots of men!!!

A lot of people don't like male themed cards but to be honest I don't mind them at all I  think the secret is to keep it fairly plain and simple (a bit like the man its going to lol)

So that's what I did with this card - made the most of the image and even kept the colours fairly neutral and I don't think you can go wrong!

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by the fabulous   

Jo Channon and Lets Create.

The Prize is e a Die (Spellbinders Floral Border) from Jo's Store

This is what I did....

Image - its a mans world from just inklined

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Papers - MME dolled up

Card - Bazzill basics

Banner and corner dies - both from whimsy stamps

Letter cut with a letter punch from QVC (years ago)

We'd love you to visit MAWTT this week to see the team A DT girls fab card - and bring along a card for a guy!

challenges I'm entering with this card

Paper crafting journey - anything goes

Crafty cats - inspired by a song - its a mans world

delicious doodles - something for the boys

sister act card challenge - anything goes

hugs 

Judith x