Today's the Day

Good Morning All

Todays the day, Hollie Day.  Gosh, cant wait for 10pm, they should land at 9.25, by the time they get through.

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I dont think I have shown this before but It was my team leaders Birthday on Allsorts a while ago and this was the card I sent her.

Whenever I see Poppies, I always think of Brenda.

xxxxx

Wendy L

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She looks so grown up with her hair in a pony tail.

Dressing up with her cousin.

She asked me last night, would I have the paddling pool ready for when she got here.
What could I say, too dark, too tired, we will see.
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Cute Forever Friends

Good Morning All

I am still on a mission to use some of my old stash and these are two cards I have made using a set of decoupage and toppers from Forever Friends.  I made loads of cards from this set and could post one each day for the next two months LOL.

There were some little gift bags and tags in the set too, which I thought was nice, especially for a Christening card.  Quick cards to make so I now have alot in my boxes ready for the charities.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Forever Friends 'Anything Goes' Midway reminder

Good Morning All
This is to remind you that the Forever Friends Monthly Challenge is half way through and for my DT card I chose a Bugaboo image called 'Butterfly' Tag.

 I made a crochet butterfly and stuck it on a Cheery Lynn heart die cut.  To be honest alot of the other bits were on my desk just waiting to be used.  When I cut anything, I always cut two or three and I always keep the waste bits, which I have used here on the corners. 



CHALLENGES ------
Flutterby Wednesday # 239 - Open
Catch the Bug Challenge  - 3 Strikes
 






And here is my Forever Friends creation, I have tried to do something a little different.

 A base 6 x 6  white card folded at 6" then 7.5", 9" and 10.5.

I bought a brilliant Forever Friends pack when I was in the UK at Easter called 'New Arrival' ultimate Die cut pack and it had loads and loads of stuff in it - Diecuts, sentiments, papers and letters, so all the images and sentiments are from this pack.  I also bought a lovely pack of blue pearl embellishments including the stars.

Crochet hearts with a pearl centre.
Ribbon from stash and two heart shaped brads.

This is the side view showing how it stacks up and I glued a little stand on the back.

This is the back and biggest layer.  I use X Cut Large dies for the shape.

This is the second layer, I used different shades of blue card and inked the edges of the pale ones.

Finished card decorated with crochet hearts, ribbon, heart brads, heart button with twine tied through it and blue pearls and stars.





I hope you like my cards and they have given you a little inspiration to hop over and join in this months challenge.


CHALLENGES ----
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - New Arrival
Unstampabelles # 23 - Easel card
Hobbycutz # 6 - More than one fold
Clearly I stamp - Celebration


Bugaboo are our sponsors this month and the winner can choose 7 of their lovely images.


The Forever Friends favourite is sponsored by Di's Digis, but remember, to win this you have to use a Forever Friends image or product.

$10.00 voucher to  spend in their on-line store.


I hope you will join in the challenge, if you haven't already done so, and     HAVE FUN.                              
xxxx
Wendy L

Paper Piecing

Good Morning All
We are half way through this months Forever Friends Challenge and the theme is 'Paper Piecing'. 

My card shows a Pink Gem digi

 I cut out his shirt and boots in yellow paper to match my colour scheme of orange and yellow and brown.



Dies used---

Sissix Framelits Scallop Square

This shows how I folded my 12 x 36cm card - scored at 12cm, 24cm, 28cm, 32cm and 34cm.

My Forever Friends paper piecing is this one and I pieced the checked shawl.

 Crochet a little blanket and a heart.

My Mistake------------------------
 
This is the first card I have made is a 'Pink Gem' image which I think is so cute.   I have made corners with parchment and pierced and embossed them. I made this card thinking that the challenge was 'Paper Piercing' not 'Paper Piecing'.  A senior moment, not reading correctly, but I wanted to show you this one as I thought the image was so cute.

Winner Sponsor is The Ribbon Girl

and Forever Friends Favourite it Pink Gem Designs

                 

Have fun this month.
xxxx
Wendy L

I would like to welcome my newest followers too - Thank you for joining me.

CHALLENGES ----

Sarah Hurley # 79 - Projects with a Character  1st card - footballer

Inky Impressions # 105- Paper Piecing

Paper Pretties # 253 - Buttons

Bearly Mine # 81 - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown # 142 - Fancy Fold

Lots of Flowers

Good Morning All
Forever Friends Monthly Challenge time, mid month reminder,  and a lovely one it is too, good for me as it is titled 'Lots of Flowers'. 

I love this pre-coloured Whoopsi Daisy image, she is sooooo cute.  And she is a freebie on their site (link is below)

I made it into an easel card then added loads of extras - homemade butterfly, heart shaped pin, die cuts, feather and flowers (in stash for ages), lace, Core-d-inations card.  A lovely blue paper flowers and afew smaller buds and a leaf.  All on a lovely blue flowery/stripey paper.

This shows the butterfly I made from crepe paper - scrunched together in the middle with wire and a large gem added as shown.

 

I decided to make another card for the DT again using Whoopsi Daisy image and I have been playing around with one of my newish Spellbinder dies - Layered Elegant Swirl.

I used a cream piece of card 12 x 36cm.  Finished card

closed and tied with a satin blue ribbon - decorated with Spellbinders Bitty Blossom Flowers.

Open showing inside decorated with a floral print paper.  The image is mounted onto Marianne Creatables die.

 I wanted the inside image to stand out so I attached a piec of folded acetate attached to the card base and the image.

Showing the image standing proud a little bit.

CHALLENGES ---

Bunny Zoes - Girly

Artistic Inspirations # 32 - Flowers

Created With Love # 32 - A Different Fold

Incy Wincy Designs - Things that begin with 'F'   Flowers

We are sponsored this month by Digi Stamp Characters

She will supply the randomly chosen winner 3 digis of their choice.


The Forever Friends Favourite is sponsored by Whoopsi Daisy
 who will give the winner 4 sheets of images - Great Prize.



 
xxxxx
Wendy L



Forever Friends Give-away

Good Morning All
Today is the start of this months give away over at Forever Friends Challenge blog.  It is on offer all month.
I have made a card with one of the digis from Oak Pond, a lion, which I think is rather cute.

 The Giveaway is two digis from Oak Pond Creations and they have some great ones too.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Forever Friends News

Good Morning All
I have some news concerning the Forever Friends Challenge Blog, but first there is some fantastic candy on offer over on the blog here.

From March 2013, you will be able to see the Monthly DTs

fabulous inspiration on 2 postings per month

The Monthly challenges will now start

on the 1st day of each month

with an inspirational mid-way challenge reminder

on the 14th day of the month

(the Fortnightly challenges remain the same - every other Monday)

The candy runs from Wednesday 6th February 2013 at 2.00pm (GMT)

until Thursday 28th February 2013 at 2.00pm (GMT)

 

Birds Butterflies Animals

Good Morning All

Forever Friends Monthly challenge is sponsored by Joanna Sheen and the prize is some of her goodies.

1 tin of water colour crayons
1 stamp set - vintage babies
1 stamp set
1 stamp set
1 stamp set

And the Forever Friends Fave is sponsored by Saturated Canary

who will give the chosen winner 2 digis.

The theme is Animals and /or Birds and/or Butterflies, so that covers a multitude of options.

I have made a card for the birth of twins, it's a double easel with a pink Forever Friends Bear on one side and a blue one on the other and each one has a little yellow ducky.

The two circular sentiments are FF products aswell.  The base paper has 'Congratulations' on it and I stamped 'Best Wishes ' onto beige card then cut a pink and a blue scalloped circle.  Coloured peeloff corners and a gorgeous teddy charm  from Mei Flower tied with white organza ribbon on each corner. Finished off with some lovely pastel coloured lace I have had for years.

From Saturated Canary I chose this gorgeously cute image 'Butterfly Baby'

I didn,t think she needed much embellishments so I just added a ribbon (Joanna Sheen) and some Bitty Blossoms flowers and the little tiny pink ones on the scalloped circle are from Mei Flower
Hop over to the challenge blog and play along with us this month for a chance to win a great prize.
xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Craft Ribbons # 38 - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine # 72 - Anything Goes
LEJ Designs # 39  - Anything Goes 
Crafty Bloggers # 8 - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon and or Lace
Pile it On # 5 - Fancy Folds
The Paper Shelter # 98 - Alter or More Folds
The Pretty Little Ribbon Feb - Anything Goes  1st card - twin easel
 

Birthday Forever Friends

Good Morning All
Forever Friends Monthly challenge starts again today  and it is a very easy theme --  Birthday ---

The Digi Garden is sponsoring the winner and is offering 7 digi imagesas the prize,  AND

 Michell Perkett is sponsoring the Forever Friends favourite.

For my card this month, I chose 'Joe on Fishing Trip' from The Digi Garden

Gems, Paper and Ribbon and Chipboard Flower all won on either challenges or candy
Spellbinders scalloped circle die cut
Buttons from ebay
Sentiments freebie
I have done a second card using all Forever Friends items

Ribbon and tiny silver and pink flowers from Mei Flower
All sentiment are FF products
Trellis die borrowed from John Next Door (he has some amazing creations on his blog)
A nice easy challenge this month so go ahead and have fun.
xxxxx
Wendy L

PS.  Visit again on Saturday 5th as I will have news of a lovely giveaway from Forever Friends.

CHALLENGES -----
Charisma Cards # 52 - Monochrome (Pink card)
My Mums Craft Shop # 1- Anything Goes
Paper Shelter #93 - Anything Goes (pink card)
Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Forever Friends Christmas card

Good Morning All
Time for our monthly challenge at Forever Friends and it is Christmas, believe it or not.  We are sponsored by Di's digi Downloads
                                                    and they will give $10 for the winner.

 The Forever Friends Favourite is sponsored by Meljens Designs and they will give 4 digis to the winner.

  For my fisrt card I used all Forever Friends product, which I love.

And for my second one I used a Meljens digi of a post box.

Have fun with this one as we have fun visiting your blogs and looking at your creations. 
xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
Ribbon Girl - December Challenge
Charizma Cards # 48 - Christmas
Delightful Challenge - All About Christmas
Crafts and Me # 113 - Anything Goes with optional extra
 Ready Teddy Go # 17- Clean and Simple
   

Afew Friends

Good Morning All
I am one happy bunny today, why? Because I saw last night that I won some Promarkers candy from
'Crafty Cuttings Of Wiccababe' but the trouble is I cant link onto her email, I,ve tried leaving a comment with my email so I hope she gets in touch with me.  This is a good type of candy for me as I,m trying to lose weight.  I spend too much time sat on my bum in my craft room !!!!!!!!

A Wedding Card------------

 A Birthday Card-------

A couple of Forever Friends cards, as you know, I love FF  and I am so happy to be on their Design Team.
The Wedding card is still using bits up - Gems, odds of ribbon and the sentiment paper I,ve had for years.
The Birthday card has a piece of acetate on the front to make it look like a window.  The gorgeous pearl swirl is some that I won a while ago on a blog hop with Zva Creations, wonderful embellishments they sell too.
Have a lovely day and try to keep dry in the UK, we saw the weather forecast this morning and it looks awful.
I would just lilke to say a big WELCOME to my new followers too, thank you.
xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
Card Mania # CMC 8 - Pearls and Swirls  (2nd Card)
Craft Your Passion # 137 - Scraps
Amusing Challenge - Folds
Dream Valley Challenge # 45 -Anything Goes

Gone Fishing

Good Morning All
I should be back from hols by the time this post goes out but I have scheduled it just in case.
This months challenge at Forever Friends is 'Anything Goes' so that's a nice easy one and we hope to see lots of entries, and remember, you dont have to have an animal image on your creation anymore, but to be considered for the favourite, you must use a Forever Friends image, and the sponsor for this is Sugar and Spice who will give the chosen winner some embossing powders.

Our sponsor for the challenge  is Bugaboo Stamps

And they will give the winner----

And here is my card using one of their digis - Sunbonnet Fish and this makes a great 'man' card

And inside

The backing card here is some I bought in New Zealand in 2007, it is of Paua shells, which are found there and I bought some lovely jewellery there too.  (I,ve just found out that Paua is a Maori name given to edible see snails)
I cut an aperture with Spellbinders Scalloped Hexagons in the front of a 5 x5 card blank and coloured the edges with blue Spectrum Noir.  Decorated the front with Papermania Corners and a star, buttons and a charm, homemade sentiment 'Son'.  Inside I mounted the image onto the hexagon shape in blue.  Image is coloured with both Promarkers and Spectrum Noir.
Please join in the fun on the challenge, I know the Design Team enjoy looking at all your creations.
xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES

Deep Ocean Challenge # 37-Sporty outdoors 

Die Cutting Divas # 89 - Anything goes

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/the-ladybugs-need-p.html

Whoopi Daisy - Punch it out

Crafty Emblies # 4 - Under the sea

Here Come the Boys # 39 - Punches Dies 

Pile it on # 44- Birthday boy

Taking a Nap

Good Morning All
Forever Friends Monthly challenge again and this one is a BINGO (see below for details)

                                                       Gems  -   Pink  -  Ribbon

We are sponsored by Di's digis

for the winners prize

AND
for Forever Friends Favourite is sponsored by Milk Coffee

My card is using a Milk Coffee digi 'Lizbeth Takes a Nap' isn't she a cutie? Coloured with Promarkers
I used green gingham paper  with pink  crinkled paper, both from stash
Punched flowers
Homemade bead pin
Freebie sentiment
Green doily cut up for corners
Stick on gems and pearls

BINGO table- to use accross, down or diagonally

Ribbon - Pink-       Gems

Glitter  - Buttons - Hearts-

Tag -      Lace-       Blue


See  FF challenge blog for all details and have fun
xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Pin &  Tack # 2 - Anything Goes
Card Mania -Homemade flowers

Forever Friends - Pretty Ballerina

Good Morning All
Another month gone by since our last Challenge on Forever Friends MonthlyNo. 9. This month we are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl

and look what the winner gets - all this yummy ribbon.

 And the theme is, believe it or not,  Use a Ribbon on your creation - what could be easier.

Everything on my card is from Forever Friends Elements 'Pretty Ballerina' except the ribbons and they are from stash, a gorgeous dotty pink one and white organza.
Have fun with this challenge as there is that yummy  prize on offer and the favourites prize too.  ALSO there has been a change in the rules - you do NOT have to feature an animal on your creation

And our favourites prize is  sponsored by Scrappers Delight which is $5 to spend in their web store.

To win this you must use a Forever Friends product.
Have fun
xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Joanna Sheen - Going Dotty
My Mums Craft Shop # 73 - Anything Goes
Papercraft Star # 111 - Make it Girly
City Crafter # 125 - Monochromatic
Tuesday  Alchemy # 30 - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door # 34 Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Black & White

Good Morning All

It,s time for the new Forever Friends Monthly Challenge and the theme is Black & White.  This month we are sponsored by   Di's Digi Downloads and the winner will receive  a prize from them.
Also there is a favourites prize of 2 Forever Friends Elements stickers, but you must use a Forever Friends image to be in with a chance of this one
My card-----------------

A5 black card.
Matted using both black and white card from stash and top layer of white is embossed with hearts.
All embellishments are Forever Friends 'Going to the Chapel' outline stickers (which look abit green against the black but they are holographic.  The main image I stuck onto acetate and cut out.
Satin ribbon from stash and homemade pin with black & white bead on.
Hearts cut using Nellie Snellen Dies.
Congratulations sentiment from Forever Friends too.
I do hope you like it and will pop over and join in this months cahllenge.  I, as one of the Design Team, do enjoy hopping onto your blogs to see what you have created.

xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Hooked On Craft # 23 - Lets Celebrate
 

With Love

Hi again

I have just finished this one with the help of my sisters stash. This one will suit my son for his birthday in June as he loves Strawberry cake and champagne!!!!

Doubel easel card
Forever Friends decoupage
Gold mirri
Forever Friends spotty paper
Gems and sentiments form sisters stash

challenges-----------

Here Come the Boys # 27 - Birthday

Cute Card Thursday 216 - Food or Drink
WON THIS ONE - WOW

Teddy opening gift box

Good Afternoon All.

  Bad nights sleep with niggling pains in my knees and hip, just a flipping nuisance, so I got up at seven and came into my craft room to distract myself.

Todays card is a Forever Friend decoupage.  Fairly simple - not too cluttered with lots of embellishments - not too much bling!!!!!

6" white card blank

Pearlised pale brown card corner punched

Pink doily

Teddy opening a gift box (gorgeous)

Punched flowers inked, glitter glue added to centres

Pink & burgudy pearls on pink wire

Label diecut for sentiment peeloff `With Love`

Forever Friends sentiment `Happy Birthday`

Challenges -------------

Forever Friends Fortnight Challenge - Flowers

Craft Your Days Away # 44 - Just for Children

LEJ Designs Challenge # 1 - Anything Goes

Get Well

Good Evening All
I made this card using a freebie from a lovely lady that lives in Greece.  Her blog is When Scrap hits the Fun and she has some inspirational work aswell as some great freebies.

I think this is a cute image which I coloured with Promarkers
Punched flowers with pearl/gem centres
Checked yellow ribbon
Die cut circle using Spellbinders and Cuttlebug
Distressed edge of circle with Tim Holtz ink
Forever Friends Paper
Fabric flowers and leaf
6" sq card blank Paper Mania

Challenges-------

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge # 129 - Stripes or Checks
Whimsey Stamps Challenge Blog 36 - Distressing
Divas By Design Challenge #32 - Buttons and/or Bows
Truly Scrumptious #79 - Distressing and die cuts or punches

Christmas

Hi again
Although I am posting this tonight it is meant for tomorrow (I have still got to learn how to schedule a post).

I am a member over on the Docrafts site and I play along with Snoflake to make a Christmas card every week, so this is my card for next week.

Believe it or not, it is another easel card

Forever Friends Diecut decoupage

Forever Friends paper

Organza & Tartan Ribbons

 Gems

Challenges-------

Moving Along With the Times - Christmas

Crafting When We Can # 16 - Just the two of us

Envelope

Good Morning all
Hope you had a lovely weekend.  We managed to get out a little with Mothers but my Mum doesn,t walk very well so it,s difficult.  We are going to a lovely place after lunch called `Lo Pagan`.  It is on the coast and there is a walk way that cuts through the sea and on one side people go in for a mud bath , they plaster themselves in the mud (which stinks) at the sides of the water, then let it dry and then wash off and swim in the other side.  It is meant to be very theraputic.

Onto crafting- I made this over the weekend, I was just fiddling about and wanted to do something a little different.

It is just something for abit of a change.  I stuck butterflies and ladybirds (mariquita in Spanish, isn,t that a lovely word) inside the litlle concertina book inside.  Heat embossed a Forever Friends image on the black but you cant see it  very well on Pic.  I threaded ribbon through to keep it all fastened together.  Once again I used the Marianne flower dies on hand made paper with gems for centres.

Challenges -

Divas by Design # 31 - Anything but a Card
Tuesday Alchemy  #10 - Spring sweetness
Lexis Creations # 63 - Punches & Dies
Whimsey Inspires # 35 - Punches or Diecuts
Forever Friends Monthly Challenge - Embossing
I Love to Create Challenge # 12 - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy # 25 - Happy Mothers Day and/or Flowers