Hello I'm back - with a very late DT card for creative craft challenges

Hello again

I've finally managed to get a connection to my broad band and make a post!  Its still not quite working properly but at least we can use it now.  Since we changed the router it wouldn't work at all and we found that the TV was causing interference - we've moved the router so at least we can connect but I   think the old one was actually better (and probably our broadband signal is hopeless anyway) 

- so much for improvements.  

I'm not sure if its the end of this story but at least I've been able to post again.  Luckily I had a few posts already scheduled this week so I haven't been totally absent.

I've got a card here tonight that I made for the Creative Craft Challenge this week but didn't get to post it - so here it is

Creative Craft Challenges are celebrating their 3rd birthday this week -so the theme of the challenge is 

Three (3 or three of anything)

My three are "let it snow let it snow let it snow" for the sentiment

Well done to Sandra who has brought CCC through these last three years

its a great challenge blog

This card caused me such problems and probably should have gone in the bin, it was originally blue and had totally different paper and embellies - not really the same card at all!!  I recoloured the image green and paper pieced her wings to cover the glittery blue they had been 

- I'm not one to give up on a job ha ha

As you can probably see its a very glittery shiny card - I love shiny Christmas cards

This is what I did...

Image - Lili of the valley winter fairy

Coloured with copics and prismacolour pencils

Sentiment -from  Lili of the valley - Christmas grungy sentiment set

Papers - raspberry road (free in a magazine)

Lace - Create and craft

snowflake border die - Memory box

Leaves - martha stewart punch 

Flowers - Spellbinders poinsettia die

gems - from my stash

Silver glitter glue - Martha Stewart

Hopefully I'll manage to stick around to post some more next week - see you soon

Chalenges I'm entering with this card

Whimsey stamp challenge -all things sparkly
Cute card Thursday - Glitter
Lili's little fairies - anything goes
ABC christmas challenge - anything goes
flutterby wednesdays - any winged creature 

Hugs 

Judith x

Delightful challenges Hallween treats

Good morning blog friends

Hope this Thursday finds you fit and well, if you don't feel so good today then I'm sending you a great big nearly Halloween hug xx

I'm back today with another DT post for Delightful challenges.  The theme for this weeks challenge is 

Halloween Treats

and we are sponsored this week by the wonderful Whiff of Joy Stamps 

Whiff of joy was one of the very first Stamps I used when I started stamping - I have quite a collection of them and I just love the cute little characters.

I made my card with one of the new release digis fom Digital Delights  from last month called Pumpkin Kiddle - just so cute and not at all Halloween scary - just the way I like Halloween!!  - I have to confess I'm  a bit of a whimp when it comes to scary stuff - yes I'm the one who screams in the cinema in the bits that make you jump - and I have a far too active imagination.

This is what I did....

Image - Pumkin kiddles  by Digital delights
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Sentiment - Halloween sentiment from Digital Delights
Paper  - fom Halloween DP set from Digital Delights
Scalloped circle dies - spellbinders
Web and spider - cut with cricut expression - mini monsters cart
Large spider - Reflections dimensional sticker
green gems (for eyes) - from my stash

Challenges i'm entering with this card

Crafting for all seasons - Spooky
Nutcrafters - round and round
Scrapalicious - halloween

An autumn themed bag for Inky Impresssions

Hello again

I have another gift bag today that I've made for the Inky Impressions challenge toady

Which is 

Anything but a card or Pink themed

I bought a "bakers dozen" pack of these bags at Michaels - so far I've used 3

 - so I'll leave you to do the maths!!

a close up of the image

I'm enjoying making these bags - such a change from cards and you can go bigger on the embellies 

and as we all know bigger is better!

Here's what I did....

Image - Lili playing in the leaves by inky impressions

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Paper - K & Co

Card - bazzill basics

Frame and small leaves - mariannes die

Flower,large leaves and corners - spellbinders dies

Pearls - inky impressions

Ribbon - creative impressions

Lettering - cut with sizzix eazy peaesy die 

Why dont you pop over to the Inky Impressions challenge blog to see what my teamies have made - I'm sure you'll be impressed - such fabulous inspiration.

challenges I'm entering with this card

Critter sketch challenge blog - favourite part of fall ( autumn leaves)
The crazy challenge - handmade flowers

hugs 

Judith xx

Its 15th October so that means another blog hop at Inky Impressions!

Can't believe I'm here twice on a Monday - I NEVER post on Mondays!!

 But ....its the 15th of the month again - can you believe we're half way through October already!- and its also bloghop day over at Inky Impressions 

The theme for this hop is Designers choice also as it is breast cancer awareness month I've gone with a pink theme and made this cute card with the  gorgeous LiLi's slumber party available here

Also in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month the prize for this bloghop is the Lilis awareness ribbon stamp - see it here, also a sampling of cute Inky embellishments.  In order to be in with the chance of winning just leave a comment at each stop on the hop.  All comments must be in by 5 pm (EST) on 23rd October.  The winner will be announced on the Inky Impressions challenge blog on 24th October. 

 So here's the list for the bloghop hope we see you there.

Inky Impressions' Inspirational Blog

Audrey

Babette

Carrie

Judith

Karen

Kerry

Margreet

Nanette

Tonya

Vicky

Inky Impressions' Challenge Blog

You should have arrived here from Carries blog and the next stop is Karen  

Here's what I did to make my card .....

Image - Slumber party Lili from Inky Impressions

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Scalloped card and sentiment- craftwork cards

Paper - Forever friends -New arrival 

White pearl card - Crafters Companion

Die dut corners - memory box madeira corner die

Pink pearls - Inky Impressions

Butterfly charm - Inky impressions

Ribbon -  ribbon from a scrap ribbon bundle

Butterfly punches - large - Martha Stewart, small - woodware

Hope we to see you at the hop!

Challenges I'm entering with this card 

Crafty mess challenge - Anything goes

In the pink challenge - lots of pink plus one other colour 

hugs 

Judith x

Moving home with Myrtle from Digital Delights by Loobylou

Good morning - happy Monday to you all

Can I firstly apologise for not doing much visiting lately - I'm having HUGE problems with my internet connection - we changed the router on Friday - but its actually worse!  I'm having to spend my internet time giving priority to answering emails and getting my posts posted and anything after that is a bonus - hence not much visiting, hopefully we'll get it sorted soon - its been going on for a while now and I'm sick to death of it - I'm sure you've all been there!

It's my turn to host the Monday post over on the Digital Delights blog today.  Its my first hostess Monday post since I joined the DT at Delightful Challenges, and I have to say I'm just loving being on the team.  I decided to make a framed easel card, firstly because I really like making them and secondly - its a while since I made the last one!  I really enjoyed making this card - I love colouring images with lots of shading and I could see huge potential for this little lady with her fabulous shell.

Here's what I did...

I  printed the digi called Moving house Myrtle so it would fit into the second size spellbinders labels 10 die

 then coloured the image with copics and prismacolor pencils.

Copic marker colours

Shell - E40,E41,E43, G63, G61

Body G28, G29, G24

Hat and house and toe nails! BG15, BG13, BG11, YR16, YR15, Y06, Y02

Grass G61, G63, G20, E43

Prismacolor pencils for shading 

Cool grey,Grass green, Olive Green, Crimson (cheeks)

  I then mounted onto a piece of petrol blue card from bazzill basics cut with the largest size labels 10 die   I made a narrow frame by using both dies and sanded it to give a slightly distressed effect.

These dies are the perfect size to make a frame on a 6in x 6in card.  I decorated the card base with paper from My Minds Eye called Fine and Dandy Boy and mounted on the same blue card. The New Home Circular Sentiment  is also from Digital Delights and I recoloured it before printing to fit the spellbinders scalloped die.

  I then finished off with buttons punched with a Martha Stewart punch, scraps of ribbon and flowers.  The folded side conceals a greetings tag stamped with a Lili of the Valley greeting in a pocket that goes under the tag

I then mounted the contrasting paper onto the folded part of the card, decorated with a ribbon, button and Sweethear blossom flowers from wild orchid crafts  and stuck the frame topper so that half of the topper is above the folded card

And this is the finished card

  I enjoyed making this card so much -the image was just a dream to colour and I was just so pleased with the finished card - hope it gives you some inspiration

Challenges I'm entering with this card ...

Fussy and Fancy Friday - easel cards
Southern girls challenge - lots of ribbon

hugs Judith xx

Tag it! at MAWTT

Hello again

Here I am at last - sorry to my teamies for rolling in late this week I thought I had myself all organised but had a few last minute things came up last night and although I had my project for this week done it just wasn't photographed or posted on time - a bit ironic really because i was a day early with my Delightful Challenges post - me thinks I need to sort myself out, I'm not really having a problem with the DT work - its the days of the week - they sneak up!!

Anyway over at MAWTT this week we have a fab little challenge 

set by our lovely teamie Pami

The theme is 

TAG IT!

We had a bit of discussion on the DT blog about what was and wasn't allowed and it was decided that as long as your project has a tag that you've made then it fits the challenge.  so not just Tags but cards that have tags are also OK.

Our fab sponsors this week are 

Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

The DT girls got some lovely digis to play with and here's what I did with mine

I decided to make a gift box to go with the tag as often if I make a tag just on its own it gets sort of put to one side and lost - now I have a ready made gift box - so I'll have to go out Christmas shopping and buy gifts to fit my boxes instead of the other way round lol.

Heres what I did ....

• I made the box with white pearl card for the base and striped card from a large DCWV pad I've had for years.  I used my Crafters Companion ultimate pro to make the box and lid - it really is so easy to do - you just follow the grid lines and the base and lid fit each other perfectly
• The tag is cut with spellbinders labels eleven - I used the Kraft card to mount the white tag as the stripe card has a vintage shaded look to it - you can see it on the RH corner.  I then inked the two tags with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink and threaded it into Red organza ribbon
• The cute snowman image is coloured with copics  to match the colours of the box lid
• I decorated the box with the same ribbon - its just attached to the box lid in a cross and attached neatly inside the lid. 
• Finally I made a snowflake with a spellbinders snowflake die set and blue glittered paper and a WOJ pearl brad.  Then I made a small snowflake and pearl to finish off the tag

why don't you have a look over at MAWTT challenge blog at what the other girls have made - i have to say I was so impressed by the different tags they all came up with - I'm sure you will be so inspired that you'll all rush off full of ideas to enter our challenge - at least that's the plan!

Challenges I'm entering with this tag - Christmas is just around the corner (closes 1st dec)
Simon says stamp - dies ans punches
Cdee - designs challenge
Pennys paper-crafty challenge - anything but a card

Hope you all have a great weekend 

Hugs 

Judith xx

Digital Delights Sketch Challenge

Good morning again

I'm back again today with my DT card for Delightful Challenges.  I have to say this card caused me more problems than any card I've made in a long time! - even down to posting it on the wrong day at one point whoops!!  I chose the cute bride and groom image because I had a wedding card to make for some good friends of my daughter - and this image reminded me of the bride so much - it was just perfect.  I was all set to make the card last Thursday when my daughter rang and asked if I would help her to make a "keepsake box" for the bride and groom - they are very special friends and her husband was best man at the wedding.  So we arranged that she would come round the next night and I would make the card and she would decorate the box - or so I thought - and I really should have known better!!

What actually happened was she turned up with the box - and just the box which was about 2 ft long! and I ended up decorating it  - with my stuff - and no wedding card got made - and the wedding was the next day!!  so after she went home at about 10:30 pm I set about making the card  and completely forgot about the sketch I should have been following for my DT card.  The card and the box turned out beautifully and she called in next morning to collect them on the way to the wedding - dropping off her 9 month old baby to stay for the day and night as she went - What a wonderful mother and grandma I am!!!!

It wasn't until I went to upload the card on the challenge blog that I realised what I'd done -so another wedding card  was rattled off last minute to fit in with the sketch - and I wished I had just made this one first - it would have saved me so much time and bother lol.  On the other hand I've also got a lovely wedding card that I haven't posted yet - so watch this space.

This is what I did.....

Card
Image -Bride and groom - Digital Delights
Sentiment - wedding/anniversary set - Digital Delights
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Card - Bazzill basics
Papers  K and Co (sorry don't know what they're called)
Pearls - Kaisercraft
Ribbon - vintage seam binding fromSam Pooles creative studios
Dies - Honeysuckle vine - Memory box and Small flower - Die-namics
          Scalloped circle and ovals- Spellbinders

Box
Box from ebay
Card - Bazzill basics
Paper (flowers) - K and Co
Ribbon -Sam Pooles creative studios
Dies - Large scalloped circles - spellbinders
          Leaves -Spellbinders foliage
          Flowers Spellbinders spiral blossom one
          Lettering sizzix - Tim Holtz Vintage Market

Challenges I'm entering with the card
Divas by design - anything goes
Crafts and me challenge - anything goes

Challenge I'm entering with the box
Pennys papercrafty challenge - anything but a card
Have a great day

Hugs

Judith x