Madcap Manor

Hi, guys! We have a new challenge at CRAFT Challenge and it's a good one: Shaped Card - but NOT Square or Rectangular! I have an old octagonal die by Spellbinders which is about 10 cm wide, and I thought it would be ideal for a small card. I drew areound the outside onto a piece of folded cardstock, then die-cut the mat and finally drew around the inside of the die and cut out the patterned paper. The adorable image is Little Boy Blue from Melonheadz Doodles. I added Glossy Accents to the horn. It was lovely to work on such a small scale, the trick is to find papers whose patterns aren't too big. Our sponsor this week is Melonheadz Doodles Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Hi, guys! We have our regular Christmas theme at CRAFT Challenge! This cute Santa is from the Christmas Junk Drawer set by Melonheadz Clip Art. The papers are from an old Papermania pad. I used a Memory Box Frosty Border die for the snowflakes and covered them in Glamour Dust. Santa's fur trim has been stickled. I hope all is well with you! This weekend we are visiting beautiful Shropshire for a family reunion, and the Irish contingent are flying in tonight, so I've been madly cleaning and tidying! We have a travel cot which is such a pain to fold up that we tend to leave it in the bedroom, where it gets filled with blankets, pillows etc. So now I have to put them all away in the right cupboards!! Serves me right for being lazy!!! Anyway, I hope you all have a great weekend, too! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

When you read this I will be on the way to Dublin to celebrate my grandson's first birthday! I hope I get the scheduling right! It's time for our regular Christmas theme at CRAFT Challenge. I have used an adorable pre-coloured Elf by Melonheadz from the Christmas Bobbleheadz Clip Art set. I used papers from 'Pink Christmas' which is an old Papermania pad. The holly die-cuts are made with a Marianne Holly Branches die and the glitter snowflakes are from the old Frosty Border die by Memory Box. I added red stickles for the holly berries. The sentiment is from an old Hero Arts sentiment set, and is gold-embossed. The ribbon is from stash. I added stickles to the Elf's hat and Glossy Accents to his boots. Our sponsor is Melonheadz Thanks for looking, and enjoy your weekend! love Mags B x

Good morning! I'm delighted to tell you that I'm a Grannie for the second time! My daughter in Dublin has produced a sweet baby boy, named Oscar. So exciting! Now to get down to business, our regular Christmas Challenge at CRAFT Challenge I used one of the Christmas Elves by one of our lovely sponsors, Melonheadz Doodles The papers are from an old pad by Kaisercraft called 'Mint Twist,' as is the sentiment. I matted everything on silver and red card, and the image mat is cut with a Spellbinders 5 x 7 Detailed Scallops die. Our lovely sponsors are Melonheadz Doodles and Sheepski Designs My teamies have made some lovely cards, do go and see them and be inspired! I leave you with a picture of Oscar: Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Morning, all! We have another great challenge at CRAFT Challenge - Make Your Own Embellishment . Our lovely sponsors this week are: Sassy Studio Designs and Melonheadz Doodles I used a sweet ready-coloured image from Melonheadz Doodles called Mary Mary Quite Contrary She is so cute! I used papers from Nitwits Collections Perfect Pair - Lili of the Valley is no longer producing paper pads of Nitwits and other designs, sadly, but the digis are still there! My Embellishments are the three pinwheels, made out of squares of 1.75 inch paper, with a button from stash glued in the middle. The lace is also from stash and the sentiment is by W Plus 9 from their Greetings and Salutations set, stamped in Memento Luxe Espresso Truffle Pigment Ink. Go and get some inspiration from my teamies' gorgeous DiY embellishments and join in the fun!! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Good morning! It's well and truly autumnal today, damp and windy, and fallen leaves are everywhere! Time to have a look at this week's CRAFT Challenge methinks! Our theme this week is Shaped cards - but no squares or rectangles! Instead, go for a circular card, or a hexagon or even a dodecahedron!!! I took the easy route and went with a circle. You'll notice it's another Christmas card! I used Grand Circles and a Grand Scalloped circle and my Grand Calibur to cut the base, gold card, green card and paper (which is from stash and very old!) The 'Noel' sentiment is printed from a fab digi Christmas Alphabet Blocks by Melonheadz Doodles . I hadn't come across them before, but they have some fabulous images, and their alphabets are fun! Melonheadz Doodles is one of our sponsors, the other is: The Stamping Boutique Go and be inspired by my teamies' creation, then take up the Challenge of a Shaped card! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x