Another christmas card from me - Digital Delights Anything Goes challenge

Hi all

So sorry that I'm arriving late with my card for

 this months Challenge

at 

Digital Delights

I've had very intermittent internet service over the last couple of weeks and haven't been able to post much at all - thank goodness for my phone that I could at least keep up with email!

but at least I can still share one of the really cute Christmas Images

on our new release at 

Digital Delights

This is the cute 

Gift Giving Cedric available here

and 

Magical winter wishes sentiment set available here

I decided to go non traditional with the colours

matching up with the lovely papers from My Minds Eye

and my favourite Easel card shape - what could be better!!

With the focus on the image I simply used the papers and 

the fairly simple Christmas tree die from Marianne - Simple

Coloured up with Spectrum noir pens and pencils 

-it was a pretty easy make really

and now here is my very own Christmas elf!

My Grandson Jacob in his Christmas elf sweater 

all ready to meet Mickey Mouse!!

We're off to Florida in a few weeks and we're all booked up to go to Mickeys Christmas party night at The Magic Kingdom 

so this is Jacob trying his sweater out for size!!

cute or what!!

I'll be back again tomorrow with another DT card - this time for the challenge at

The Paper Shelter

see you then 

hugs Judith xx

Use dies for our challenge at Wags'n Whiskers

Hi again

I'm back with my DT card for 

Wags'n Whiskers

This challenge our theme is

Use Dies

- how easy is that!

I used the cute 'boy' image Go For Goal - available here

This is what I did...

Image Go for Goal from Wags'n Whiskers

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens 

Papers - sorry lost the cover!!

Star dies - Crafters companion die'sire stars

Oval dies - Tattred lace

4 - Tim Holtz vintage market dies

Hope we see you playing along this week 

Challenges I'm entering with this card...

cute card Thursday - masculine

creative card crew - masculine

Hugs

Judith x

PPP pick up a penguin! - and join in at Winter Wonderland!

Good morning all

I'm here today to share my DT card for 

Winter Wonderland Challenge

Our theme this week is

P P P Pick up a  penguin

Now I'm sure all our UK ladies will understand that perfectly

for the rest of the world ... well you'll just have to wonder lol!!

I used this cute little guy from Digistamp boutique

very plain and simple - but with images in this style I quite like that

I also dug out my old favourite sizzix holly die

 - one of the first dies I ever bought and I still love it

I gave the berries and leaves a bit of dimension with my ball tool so it's not so flat

We are sponsored this week by

Crafts You love

who are giving our winner a £10 gift voucher to spend in store

hope you will play along with us

This is what I did....

Image - Digi stamp boutique - cute penguin set

Coloured with spectrum noir pens JG1,3  GG5,7,2  CG1,3  CR7,9  DR2 CG1, OR1,2

Papers - LOTV

Holly die - sizzix

Collall 3d glue to raise the holly

Pierced die square - sue wilson for creative expressions

Black card - crafters companion

Holly cut with red and green scraps

See you later with my Wags'n'Whiskers DT card

Challenges I've entered with this card

Mod squad challenge - things with wings
Aud sentiments - christmas
cut it up - back to nature with a die cut

Hugs

Judith x

Music challenge at The Paper shelter

Hi all

I'm a little late with my DT project for TPS this week

I'm slowly catching up with myself and thank goodness I'm almost there

except for the yucky cold that has now appeared 

I'm sure things can only get better lol

We have a new challenge at 

The Paper Shelter 

Music Maestro Please!

I used one of the newer digis called

Music Director

This is an aperture card - just for a change - a bit of a challenge with those layers!

here's another view

I quite liked the effect -but not a good photo I'm afraid : /

The prize at TPS  is as always 

This is what I did....

Image - music director from TPS

Coloured with spectrum noir pens FS3,6,7  GG2,4,5  CR7,9  DR2  BGR1,2

Embossing folder - music notes free in Crafters companion inspiration magazine 8

Black card and Christmas red Centura pearl card from Crafters Companion

Old gold guilding wax

Sentiment added in word

Aperture cut with Tattered lace oval die

Hope you'll play along with us this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Cardz 4 guys - something begining with M (Music)
Little red wagon - embossing
Artistic inspirations - anything goes /touch of black

Hugs

Judith xx

Craft for Christmas at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Good Morning all

I hope you've all been enjoying the lovely weather these last few days

I even sat in the garden in a strappy top yesterday - lovely!

We've got to make the most of every sunny day now 

- winter is on the way - together with ....

Christmas!!

talking of which we have a new challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Christmas Crafting 

......is what we want to see

I thought I'd share a project I made a few weeks back that I didn't get round to sharing

its a gift bag - I made it for Crafter's Companion TV design team

for one of the Sheena's stamping shows 

This was really quite an easy make using Sheena Dougalass Stamps and dies

From the Perfect Partners range

Our sponsors this week 

are

who are offering an online class as this week's  prize

This is what I did....

Stamps and dies - Sheena Douglass Festive fancies Christmas foliage set

Background created with Crafters Companion Spectrum Noir  Aquatints essentials 

on Crafters Companion Watercolour card

Fircones made with Crafters companion Kraft card and TH walnut stain DI

Fir tree branches made with Tim Holtz Distress Co'rinations from Crafter's Companion

Bag from Michaels

Ribbon from my stash

Black Card - Crafters Companion

Hope you'll come and join in with us this week

Call back later for my DT project for TPS this week

Challenges i'm entering with this card

A snowflakes promise - christmas or winter
Die cutting divas - anything goes (with a die cut)
Simon says stamp - anything goes

Hugs

Judith xx

Glitter and sparkle at WagsnWhiskers challenge

Good morning all

It's challenge day over at Wags'nWhiskers today and our theme is

Sparkle and glitter

I've used one of the cute images from Wags'nWhiskers 

called Ellie and Squeak

I was going to colour this little cutie traditional elephant grey

  but I threw caution to the wind and made her pink instead 

why not I thought - life's too short for boring elephants!!

I must admit it doesn't look to sparkly or glittery in the photo

 - but it does have a nice subtle glittery look in real life

I decided on a soft look and coloured it with my Spectrum noir pencils
colour numbers 36,37,38,62,85,112

Here's what i did...

image - Ellie and squeak from Wags'nwhiskers

Coloured with spectrum noir pencils

Papers - first edition blank canvas

Stitched square die - memory box

leaf die - Sue Wilson curled vines

Flower die - MFT  (Sunflower I think - it was a give away in store so has no package)

Sentiment tags - LOTV

glitter details - stickles

Have a look over at Wags'nwhiskers challenge and see what my teamies have made - theres some seriously cute sparkle going on over there!

hugs

Judith xx

A card of many folds challenge at The Paper Shelter

Good morning all

Hope you are all coping with our decline into autumn - where did summer go 

or when did it come really - we've had some lovely sunny days

but a lot of rain here lately - booo!

Anyway it's time for another challenge at 

The Paper Shelter

This week our theme is 

A card of many folds

I've been so busy these past couple of months 

you might have noticed that I haven't been around much lately

What with the normal summer holiday time and ordinary family things

mainly I've been scribing for my son Tom (who is disabled)

He's just a few weeks away now from completing his masters degree

at Newcastle University - but many months have gone into his dissertation

and I've shared the journey - and we're still travelling on : )

Sooo I decided to make the quickest easiest card I could

using one of the pre- coloured  paper and image sets

available at 

The Paper Shelter

She's called Autumn Trends available here

I cut two sets of papers to make my easel card 

stuck it onto Kraft card and a tan mat 

then just cut out the cute little girl in the frame which I raised on 3d glue gel

The die for the sentiment is an old spellbinders label die

I stamped a sentiment from a heartfelt creations set

and gave a little definition to the labels with TH distress ink in Tea Dye

and the ribbon from is my stash - easy as that!

The image is quite large standing top to bottom of my 6 inc card

it makes a great statement card - in pretty quick time

When I have more crafty time she's one I'm looking forward to colouring

 - so much lovely detail

As always there is a fab prize up for grabs at TPS

Hope you'll come and join in with our challenge this week 

Hugs

Judith xx