It's a Fab'n'Funky Halloween

Good morning all

Well today is a new month- October is here and we're counting down to Halloween at

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Our lovely Dawn is hostess this week and the theme she has chosen is 

Halloween

we have a fabulous sponsor this week 

The Paper Shelter

Who are offering a $20 prize voucher to our lucky winner

The DT got some fabulous Halloween images to work with - there are some really fabulous ones over at TPS - you really should take a look over there!

Here's what I made - its a bag to take out for trick or treat

or to fill with Halloween treats

using Fly Pumpkins Fly available here

and 

one of the Spooktacular signs papers - available here

This is what I did....

Image - fly pumpkins fly from TPS
Coloured with copics
background paper (sized to fit my bag) - spooktacular signs from TPS
plain kraft giftbag - from Michaels
Halloween ribbon from  recollections at Michaels
(lots of) - diamond stickles

Hope you'll join in with our Halloween challenge this week

hugs
Judith x

The last post!

Hello - yet again!!

Here I am with my final card of the day (a little late because I left it in draft by mistake!!)

This card is for the challenge over at 

Pennys Papercrafty Challenge

Sorry for the rubbish picture - I took the photo then as I moved it to take a better one I stuck my finger in the stickles on the scarf and smudged red right down the front of the snowman grrr! 

He's currently in the snowman repair shop so this is the only photo I have for now

Our theme this week is 

Spots and Stripes

The cute image is Snow mail from Stampart Design by Kathryne 

available here

Here's what I did ....

Image - snowmail from stampart design by Kathryne

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

papers MME vintage christmas

Snowflake die - Whimsy stamps snowflake label

Card cut with spellbinders grand nesties

Button greetings - Anna Griffin

Hope we see you at Pennys this week  - pop over and see what my teamies have created for your inspiration

hugs

Judith xx

Starry Starry night....

Good morning blog friends

Hope you're all having a great week.  I'm still on a frantic DT and blog catch up but things are getting a bit better!!

It's my turn to host over at

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

 this week for our last week of the month challenge which is always the theme of 

Christmas

here's my card that was inspired for me by the fab image and also Van Gogh!!

this image just reminded me of the boxy buildings in one of his paintings called cafe terrace - we used to have a print in out dining room years ago - and of course the star made me think of Starry Starry Night! 

I love the Don MacLean song  Vincent so here's another post from me to put a song in your head for the day - but if you live in my world every day's a bit like that - so join me lol

Starry starry night

paint your palette blue and grey.....

This image is called Mini Bethlehem and its available here

from our great sponsors

I enjoyed colouring this in an abstract sort of way and there's glitter on the gold parts - but you can't really se it in the picture - I haven't really done anything like it before, and I don't suppose it would work for many images - but I really like it ; )

Here's what I did...

Image and sentiment -Mini Bethlehem from Doodle Pantry

Coloured with copics

Diamond stickles glitter glue

Paper -LOTV - father knows best

Star die - MFT

- very simple really!

Hope you'll join us at Fab'n'Funky this week and tick off another Christmas card off your list! 

Hugs

Judith xx

Show us your folds!!

Good morning all

Well I'm having a really busy blogging day today -three in one day!!

So here's my first post for 

The Paper Shelter

where our theme for the week is 

Card of Many Folds

I decided to go with my favourite easel card with one of the cute little boy images from TPS

He's called Say Arr! and is available here!

I'm sure it will be claimed by my daughter for one of her friends little boys - there's a whole little bunch of them all coming up to be three years old 

I took my inspiration from that swirly paper that reminded me of waves in the sea and surounded the image with swirls that I cut with a memory box swirl die and cut into pieces

This is what I did....

Image - say arr from TPS

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Paper - candles and cake from LOTV

Swirls - memory box swirls

letter dies - vintage market from Tim holtz for Sizzix

Nautical dies from MFT

Sentiment stamp - Anna Griffin

I'll be back soon with my DT card for Fab'n'Funky Challenges - see you there! xx

Away with the fairies at Moving along with the Times Challenge this week

Good evening all

Well, I'm here better late than never!  I can't believe that I missed posting this morning for the challenge at 

Moving along with the Times

- infact this challenge could have been named for me!!  I knew I was running late with this card with my post holidays catch up, but I let our lovely Hazel know that it would be here... now that was last night - what I want to know is who pinched the day that goes between Wednesday and Thursday - I obviously thought there was one!!  I finished off my card and tootled off to post it on the challenge blog to discover the challenge went live this morning???

So I think I win the prize for this weeks challenge 

the theme is

Away with the Fairies

(a fairy on your card)

I decided to make the most of the chance to make a Christmas Card

This is the very cute 

Ava Mistletoe Fairy from Bugaboo

(only on my card its holly!!!)

I had a quick count up of the Christmas cards I've made so far and was pleasantly surprised that its now the grand total of 15 - so although I haven't hit my target of 2 a month its more than 1 a month - much better than previous years efforts.

This is what I did...

Image - Ava Mistletoe fairy from Bugaboo

Coloured with Copics

Papers - MME 

Glitter glue a very large bottle branded "glitz" - thought I'd give it a go and its fab!!

Tree and wreath stickers - bought at Michaels

Ribbon - gold organza from Carnmeal Cottage

I'm sure I'll regain my sanity fairly soon - please bear with me : /

hugs

Judith xx

We're embossing at Penys papercrafty challenge this week

Hello again

Just like buses my post! - nothing for ages then along come two lol

(see below for my fab'n'funky DT post)

This week at 

Penny's Papercrafty Challenge 

our theme is 

Embossing 

I went with dry embossing and used a lovely hessian design embossing folder on this autumn style card and the image is a lovely autumn scene  called Autumn Wagon from Stampart design by Kathryne available here

We have two fab sponsors this week

and

Here's what I did....

Image - autumn waqgon from stampart desin by Kathryne

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Embossing folder - hessian from crafters companion embossalicious range

Bird box die - la la land

ivy die - Marianne designs

corner die - whimsy stamps

flower - 

ribbon from my stash

sentiment - LOTV

Paper - MME

Bronze guilding wax 

TH distress stickles in teadye

Hope you'll play along with us this week - and call in at penns to see the lovely crations my teamies have made this week 

Hugs

judith x

Hi honey I'm home! - just in time for the new challenge at Fab'n'Funky

Good morning all

I can't believe its almost a month since I last posted.  3 weeks in lovely Florida and a week to recover - I'm still not sure what sides up - but that just normal for me lol.  We had real problems with our wifi when we were there this time -no phone and no wifi most of the time- it was like the end of the world - what did we do without all this technology in the old days - actually it was a real rest from it all!!  I had to phone my Mam when we could get free wifi in the theme parks 

.....hello Mam I'm sorry I haven't rung .... just giving you a quick call while we're waiting in line to meet Winnie the Pooh.... (ha ha - no that is a real conversation I had - with our two year old Grandson with us, the holiday was totally different to say the least!!)

Anyway I'll catch up with you all later - and I think I've got a few apologies to make! 

but for now here's my card for this weeks challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

our theme this week hosted by our lovely Pat K is 

Show us a number

(your card must contain a number)

Our sponsors for this week are the fabulous Bugaboo

I just love their fun images - and this one is no exception

The fun Stellas birthday- 29 again!!

Here's what I did...

Image - Stellas birthday - 29 again from Bugaboo digis

Coloured with Copics

Papers - free with a magazine

Ribbon  American crafts

Shaped card - Craftwork cards

hope we'll see you at Fab'n'Funky this week

hugs

Judith x