Floral delights challenge at MAWTT

Good morning all

We have a fab new sponsor over at MAWTT 

A Passion for Stamps 

are sponsoring us this week 

for our

Floral Delights Challenge

(anything with flowers)

The DT girls got to choose a sponsor digi to use in this challenge and I have to say I was delighted with the gorgeous floral images we had to choose from - they are all so pretty - and there's some fab inspiration on the shop website too - you really should go on over and take a peek

I chose the gorgeous Morning Glory digi to work with - I love morning glory - they are just so pretty - it also reminds me of a lovely novel I read years ago of the same name - by Lavyrle Spencer -  I remember the story so well - just a simple tale, set just after the depression in America, that has stayed in my memory for all these years, a real old fashioned love story beautifully written

 give it a try if you love this sort of story - I'm sure you'll love it

 for me the book and the flower always remind me of each other!

Anyway back to my card, I kept it really simple to keep the focus on the image, I always think images like this look so much better kept plain and simple 

This is what I did....

Image - Morning Glory from a Passion for stamps

Coloured with copics

Happy birthday stamp - from  Anna Griffin flower set

Die cut behind sentiment - spellbinders
Die cut corners - whimsy stamps

Card - from my stash

There really are the most gorgeous cards on the MAWTT blog this week

 - go on over and be inspired - after all spring is just around the corner!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

ABC challenges - clean and simple

Crafty bloggers network - flowers
Whoopsi daisy challenge - die cuts
crazy challenge - no design paper

Hugs
Judith xx

Our first challenge this year at Fab'n'Funky Challenges - Its Winter!

Good morning blog friends

Well I recon Jackie got it just about right when she set this weeks challenge over at

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Winter

she said!

and winter it is!

Our first really cold day this year and I don't like it one little bit!

The best bit about this challenge is the really virtuous feeling I got having made my first Christmas card this year - I'm really full of good intentions(aren't we always at this time of year)

I'm going to try to make a Christmas card every other week for the rest of the year

Not even every week - I don't want to be too ambitious after all lol

We have two fabulous sponsors this week at Fab'n'Funky challenges

Our regular first prize sponsor 

Who is regularly sponsoring our challenge this year with a special first prize 

and 

I chose a really cute digi fom

 Stampart Design by Kathryne

over at Whimsy Stamps 

She is called 

Raggedy Girl Sled and is available here

I was actually feeling a bit down about not making Christmas cards

- because no matter how busy it can be 

they really are the very best cards to make 

you can go totally OTT with the sparkle and bling like no other time of the year!!

So I decided to have a real glitter and sparkle fest with this one and I got to use those gorgeous glittery snowflakes that didn't even make it out of the box and onto my last years card - what a waste!

This is what I did....

Digi stamp - Raggedy girl sled from Stampart by Kathryne

Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils

Papers -  recollections blue Christmas from Michaels

              the blingy snow flakes and words are also from recollections

Die cut snowflakes - Dienamics dies

Die cut frame - spellbinders labels ten

Ribbon and check card  from my stash

Pearl sticks - cut from pearl sticks from Wild orchid crafts

Glittered with - Diamond stickles

So if you want that virtuous feeling that a Christmas card in January can bring come on over to 

Fab'n'Funky challenges this week and bring a winter card with you - see you there!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Canyoudigiit - sparkle

Crafty sentiments designs - sparkle / glitter

Creative card crew - snow and ice

The ribbon carousel - winter spirit

The ribbon reel challenge - snowman or snowflake with ribbon/twine/trim

Crazy4challenges - ribbons and bows

Dis digi design challenge - try something new - new sparkly snowflakes

hugs 

Judith xx

All about the New at My Time to Craft Challenge Blog

Good morning blogfriends

Well here we are at the first weekend of 2013 with the first challenge of the year for MTTC.  which is

All about the New

I have to confess that I didn't do very well with this challenge - totally because I didn't read it properly!- something that all bloggers who enter challenges suffer from from time to time!!  For this challenge the new can be New Year, new baby, new house but NOT new stash - and that's where I went wrong - when I read the challenge I though it said and new stash - so off I went and made my card - which is not the one I've posted here!!  I made a lovely card with lots of my new goodies that i got from santa - lovely new colours for my copics, new dies and a lovely stamp - but totally wrong for this challenge!!

 - so be warned - NOT new stash.

I managed to find a card that I hadn't posted before that fit that challenge perfectly - something I made ages ago, the card was really lovely and sparkly and shiney - the photo is terrible - and for that I must apologise. I've always photographed my cards - long before I started to blog just to serve as a reminder if i want to make something similar again, and this was just a quick snap really!

   It was so last minute when I went to post the card - even though I hadn't rushed to make it -that I didn't have time to make another on top of that my mojo isn't doing very well at the moment - I think he's still on holiday, along with my craft stuff which was also put away for the holidays, I just can't seem to get it together all at the minute - hopefully I'll get it right soon!!!

anyway onto my card

This is what I did (from what I remember)....

Card  -  made from plain blue card, white card and silver miri card - layered together

Lettering -  cut on Slice die cutter (which I borrowed to try out a while ago)

Labels and congrats  - also die cut on slice

Edges done with a martha stewart edge punch

Baby sticker, ribbon and button - from my stash

It really was a very easy card to make. I decided not to go with the slice and bought a cricut expression instead. Though to be fair the slice is very portable, easy to us, good for layering and I could have found a home for it among my craft tools and I think its a lot cheaper now than it used to be (well if you import it from the US it is!!) - but at the time it seemed a bit expensive for what it was.

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Totally papercrafts - something new

Crafts for eternity - something new (MM slice)

link up for pink - a dash of pink

a gem of a challenge - new beginings

Crafty calendar Challenge -Whats new?

Have a great weekend

Whimsy Stamps January blog hop - Happy New Year!

Happy new Year!!

Oh I feel like I've been away for ages, I packed all my crafty stuff away for the holidays and have paid only the occasional visit to blogland - I've really enjoyed our quiet family Christmas and New Year and I'm slowly getting my pens and papers and all the other paraphernalia out to make a brand new start for 2013, and this is my very first inspiration card this year for the Whimsy Stamps blog hop 

So here we go - Welcome to the January 2013 digital release blog hop!!!!

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by

Marika Collins Collection

Moon Cookie Gallery Crissy's Digi's

Stamp Art Design

Lia Stampz

Dana's Digi's

All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality.You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project

To find all of today's new releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there will be 2 mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts!

These winners will each win a Whimsy digital image of their choice. The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, which is Laura’s Blog

This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the Whimsy Stamps Store

The hop will run for 1 week and end on Wednesday 9th January at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced.

Below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way 

Tammy Ortiz 
 Anne Cullen
  Charlene Brown
  Debbie Dunn
  Judith Hall
  Kelly Mannix
  Kim Taylor
  Lisa West
  Sarah McLaughlin
  Laura Palmer 

So after me you need to visit Kelly 

For my Card I have used the gorgeous

 Danii 

by 

Marika Collins

you can get her here

and 

One of  new Smile Sentiments 

by

 Rainbow Echo Designs

available here

a close up of the sentiment

This is what I did....

Image - Danni by Marika Collins  at Whimsy Stamps
Sentiment - new smile sentiments by Rainbow echo designs at Whimsy Stamps
Papers are MME
Frame - cut with spellbinders labels 10
Flowers - cut with Dienamics flower and leaf trio
Leaves - spellbinders foliage die
Glitter - Martha Stewart silver glitter glue
Pearls and buttons from my stash
Heart stamp in background is from a dawn bibby set but I've lost the label with the name!

So get hopping to Kellys blog and see if you can win your first prize for 2013.

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Simply create -anything goes
Lady Annes challenges - must use a stamp
The paper shelter - anything goes
Inky Impressions - anything goes


Hugs Judith xx

Anything goes challenge at Delightful challenges

Hello again

Here I am back again with my last challenge for this year! and this one is the easiest of all

At delightful challenges this week we want to see 

Anything

Thats because

Anything Goes!

I decided to do a last minute push and make yet another Christmas card

I used this cute angel from the Musical Angels set available here
There are actually 3 cute Angels in this set and a sentiment
and its on sale just now!!!

Sorry about the rubbish photo - its been really hard getting decent phots in the "dark days before Christmas" and on top of that because this card is fairly neutral - it looks a bit washed out!

I decided to keep it fairly plain because there's a whole lot of image going on here!

Heres what I did....

Image - from the Musical Angels set at Digital delights

Rejoice! Sentiment - from the carolling sentiment set

Coloured with copics 

skin E21,E00,E000,R30

Hair E53,E51,E50

ClothersE43,E41,E40,R39

Book YG61,YG63, G21

Wings C1,C3 

Shaded with prismacolour pencil warm grey

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Tea Dye

Papers - a silent night by paper mania

Crown pins - wild orchid crafts 

Pearls - christmas colours from MCH

Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage (it is in fact 2 - a dark burgundy and gold ribbon)

Wishing you all a very merry and bright Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year

challenges I'm entering with this card

creative belli - christmas
Simon says - Christmas
celebrate the occassion - anything goes - christmas
Digital tuesday - layers

Hugs 

Judith xx

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - mid challenge reminder

Good morning all

Whoops! - here I am a day late - I just noticed this morning that my post scheduled for yesterday was in draft - silly blogger! 

Well the days are marching on to Christmas - not long now.  This is just a quick reminder of the challenge this month over at Whimsy Stamps, with a new inspiration card from me.  The theme this month is

Anything Seasonal

and here's my seasonal card

I used this Whimsy Stamps image and sentiment from Stampart by Kathryne called Christmas Candle 

This is what I did....

Image and Sentiment- Christmas candle from Stampart by Kathryne at Whimsy Stamps

Coloured with copics and prismacolr pencils

Papers - My Minds Eye lost and found Christmas
Die cuts - Spellbinders Poinsettia die, circle and scalloped circle, labels
               Memory box - corner bow
               Mariannes - holly
All red on image and sentiment glossed with glossy accents

well must be off  busy, busy, busy!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

digital Tuesday - layers
incy wincy - holly or mistletoe
squigglefly - anything goes with sentiment


Christmas hugs

Judith x

Use ribbon and/or lace at Fab'n'Funky challenges

Good morning all

OOOO! its getting close now - I have to admit I still love that countdown to Christmas.  

We have our last challenge of the year over at Fab'n'Funky challenges this week.

Our lovely Sue has set us a really pretty easy challenge

The theme is 

Use Ribbon and/or lace

I love to use ribbon on cards, its my favourite embellie by far.  I often buy ribbon by the reel - especially at Christmas - but Oh how I hate coming to the end of a ribbon reel lol!!

The card I have for today is one of my quick and easy' s!! I made a whole batch of them using the precoloured toppers from LOTV  this one is from the Christmas  girls set.  I saw on their website that they are phasing these out in favour of some different die cut shapes - such a shame as they are a great size to work with.

This is what I did.....

Image -   LOTV precoloured topper - Christmas girls

Papers - Recollections from Michaels

Die cut snowflakes and corners - Whimsy Stamps

Die Cut letters - from sizzix vintage market

Pearls - Michaels recollections

Ribbon - sam pooles creative studios

Card and paper distressed with - tim holtz tea dye distress ink

This challenge runs until 30th December and the winner will be announced on the blog on 31st December  -Cant wait to see your pretty creations 

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Creative craft challenges - non traditional christmas

holly jolly Christmas - vintage Christmas cards

crafty boots challenge - Christmas

our daily bread challenge - snowflakes

Nutcrackers - lots of layers / sparkle/ bling

Hugs 

Judith xx