Good morning all

We have a new challenge starting today at

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

our theme is 

Ribbon or Lace

My daughter asked me to make a wedding card for a friend in a shabby chic style

- always a favourite of mine - I loved ma.king this

the inside

the box

I made this card almost entirely with papers, dies, stamps and embellishments from the Sara Davies Shabby Chic collection from Crafter's Companion.  With the addition of some die cut buttons, distress inks and word dies it went together very easily - and the bride loved it!!

We have a lovely sponsor this week who will provide a voucher to spend instore at 

so you can stock up o  those ribbons and bows!

Hope you'll join in with our challenge this week -I'm looking forward to seeing lots of pretty lace and ribbons 

hugs Judith xx

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

Green and Orange and Black......

Good morning all

I'm guessing that one way or another we're all facing the change in the season - whatever that means to you depending on where you are in the world!!

To me at themoment it means a little bit colder, windier, darker.... I don't really mind any of those things what I hate most about this time of year is not knowing what to wear!! - it's definotely not summer but it's not cold enough for winter clothes so I end up changing clothers 2 or 3 times a day!

Anyway I digress....

Today's share is a little bonbon box that I intend to fill with Halloween sweets for my granddaghter Eva. At just over 2 years old I think her most favourite thing in the world is chocolate - so it will go down very well!  If i gave her the bag ofsweets I think he'd be just as pleased - I could have probably saved my time - but I'm a proper Grandma so it has to be done properly : )))    Besides these little boxes are so quick and easy to make with just a square of paper.  

I followed the theme of this weeks challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges 

Green Orange Black

I decorated each side of the box as shown

(I haven't added the sweets yet because I'd eat them - far better for my diet to wait!!)

This is what I did.....

Papers -  Mariposa pad from DCWV to make thebox

          -  halloween pps from MME ( very old pad)

Orange, black and white card

Stamps are a Halloween set from G45

Coloured with SN markers

Alphabet die - Fashion dies from Crafters companion

Flower dies - memory box

Challenges I'm entering with this project

Sasayaki glitter stamps - Halloween/harvest festival - closes end of month

Show us your pussy cats challenge - furry things goes/meowleen closes 5th nov

unicorn challenge - autumn or halloween - closes end of month

Good morning it's been a while!

I'm so happy to be back posting today, I've had a bit of a hard going summer with a huge health scare that has changed me forever and to be honest I'm more than a little bit relieved to get back to a quiet crafty life!

My lovely Fab'n'Funky challenge is back today with a new challenge

It's the anniversary of the birth of St Francis of Assisi today - patron saint of animals

so our challenge in honour of this is

All Creatures Great and Small

(all living creatures - animals, birds, fish, insects.... no fantasy creatures and please remember teddy bears aren't real living creatures, neither are fairies or dragons - I'm sure you catch my drift!)

I thought I'd better get a move on with my Christmas cards as it's not long now! - but that's a whole other blogpost!! So I have a lovely stag centre stage on my card

This is what I did....

Dies

 Dashing Deer - Crafter's Companion Sara's Scandi collection

 Snowflake corners - Wild Rose studios

 Ovals - Tattered lace

Papers - Crafter's Companion traditional Christmas

Dark red card, pearl and ribbon from stash

Hope you'll join in with us this week

did I say I was so happy to be back 😃

biggst of hugs Judith xxxx

Buttons and Bows at Fab'n'Funky this week

Good morning all

There's a new challenge starting over at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

our theme is 

Buttons and Bows

another really simple card from me this week using a pretty stamp from Leonie Pujol

I stamped this image  and coloured with Spectrum noir pencils.  The  background/shading was created with Tim Holtz distress inks

This is what i did....

Stamp - by Leonie Pujol for Crafters companion

Coloured with Spectrum noir colourblend pencils

Paperd - from an (old - sorry dont know whih one!) LOTV paper pad

Black card - crafters companion

Label  cut with MFT label die

And some buttons and bows!

Hope you can join in with our challenge this week

hugs

Quick and easy Christmas cards chllenge at Fab'n'Funky

Good morning all

There's a new challenge starting over at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

our theme is 

Quick and Easy Christmas Cards

- something we all need t make sometime!

I used a Diesire create a card die from Crafter's Companion

called Winter Wonderland

I made this card in it's simplest form

 - by cutting the die into white cardstock and then mounting onto silver glitter card

A greeting and a quick bow finished it off 

- easy peasy - but so pretty!

Hope you'll join in with our challenge this week

Hugs

Judith xx

Floral cards - everyone's favourite!

Good morning all

It's time for a new challenge at 

Moving along with the Times

Challenge blog

the theme this time is 

June Blooms

I used the new Gemini Stamp and Dies to make this card

Quite a quck and easy card to make with just a few mats and layers 

and the lovely stamp and die make the image easy to work with too

This is what I did....

Image and die - Gemini poppy stamp and die set

Coloured with - Spectrum noir sparkle pens

Backgrounds also created with SN sparkle pens

Stitched circle die - MFT

Black card and gold luxury cardstock from Crafter's Companion

sequins from my stash

hope you'll play along with us this time!

Hugs

Judith xx