As You Like It (DT) Favourite Christmas Critter

 Hoorah!  It's Thursday, it's challenge day, and I'm ON TIME!

Yes folks, it's another challenge from the AS YOU LIKE IT team and this time around

the theme is Your Favourite Christmas Critter (and why)

I do love a teddy at Christmas, they're cuddly, cosy, and oh-so-comfy to squeeze, there is

something reassuring about a snuggly bear, especially a slightly plump one

So we have

Whimsy Stamps Teddy Bear Christmas Eve

painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

absolutely no idea about the Christmas word die (sorry)

the wishes word is from a Clearly Besotted typeface set

Matting layers, including Lawn Fawn 6x6 papers

and please don't ask me about the stencil

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lawn Fawn

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Halloween or Fairies

 WhoooooooooooooOO!  

As You Like It Challenge

has gone a bit supernatural for this theme and are asking for

Halloween or Fairies as your choice (and your reason)

We don't celebrate Halloween at home, but have friends who do so I always end up

making a card or two, especially if we haven't seen those friends for a while.  Anyhoo, I don't really

need an actual excuse to get a a gargoyle out!

Whimsy Stamps (Dustin Pike) Gargoyle And Friends

Lawn Fawn 6x6 Papers

Sunny Studio 6x6 Papers

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Alphabet

Martha Stewart Goo Border Punch

Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

Our sponsor for this theme is

DIES TO DIE FOR

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Animal

 Oh my goodness me, there is late, and then there is my style of late, so let's pretend

it is still Thursday shall we.

The new challenge theme from As You Like It Challenge is

Your  Favourite Animal (and why)

I love all animals so this was a difficult choice, but in the end I went down the fantasy

route and chose a dragon.  I'm particularly partial to cute dragons, especially this sort.

The joy of them being fantasy is that you can use whatever colour you fancy!

Isn't he just super cute all covered in sugar frosting?!

The things I used for this make are:

Whimsy Stamps DP1052 Birfday Dragons, and

CWSD354 Simple Sentiment Strips

HoneyBee papers HBPA039 Giddy For Gingham

Taylored Expressions papers TEPP120 Playful Patterns Sweet

MFT papers Petite Plaid

and lots of Distress Inks (ReInkers) as water colours

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lawn Fawn

I do hope you will find time to join in the animal fun!

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Addicted To Stamps And More Challenge #453 - Birthdays

As You Like It Challenge (DT) To Beach Or Not (Holidays)

 It's time for another new themed challenge over as the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

It's all about holidays, your favourite, to beach or not to beach!

I only live about 8 miles from the coast, so spent most of my childhood on beaches.  Our beaches though aren't beautiful soft, golden, sand, they're hard and lumpy pebbles!  I do like a day-trip to the beach, for a picnic or a paddle, but I couldn't spend a week there, I'd be bored rigid after one day.

So I have used one of the uber cute Dustin Pike dragons from Whimsy Stamps

Dragon Water Fun

and a tiny shrub from Colorado Craft Company

with the Mini Cloud Edges Stencil from MFT

all painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Papers are a mixture of Sunny Studio Designs

Our sponsor for this theme is DIES TO DIE FOR

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Non-Birthday Occasion

 So, when January clicked around this year, I was determined to be a better blogger than last year.  Well that worked well didn't it?!  Unfortunately, due to the change in family circumstances, I have far less crafting time than previously, so I'm not getting as much made as I would like

However, I have so far managed to squeak in a make for the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

and this time around our theme for the fortnight is

Your Favourite Non-Birthday Occasion

I like making get well cards for poorly friends, to give them a little lift of spirits or a

smile when they are feeling low.  I made this one for an elderly friend when she had a bout

of shingles, apparently it hurt when she laughed, which wasn't part of the plan!

So, I have used

Whimsy Stamps (Dustin Pike) Get Well Dragons

MFT SY On Solid Ground

Layered with a piece of MFT 6x6 spotty paper

and painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

And the sponsor of this one is

Lee Holland

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Pearls or Gems

 I had started this year with the plan of blogging more often, but here we are into April and I'm actually blogging less than before.  Sigh.  Must try harder.

As it is a Thursday, you just know I am here with my DT card for the new challenge over at

AS YOU LIKE IT

and the theme this time is Pearls or Gems (please explain your choice)

There's a time and a place for blingy gems, and that, for me, is Christmas for that little bit of sparkle. For the rest of the year, a more subtle effect is required, and that demands the softness of pearls.  I actually shocked myself by how many of both I have stashed away!

So for this little chap I have used

Whimsy Stamps Early Birds DP1018

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

I've used a selection of old Nitwits paper pads (because the colours were right and they make me think of spring tulips)

Mama Elephant Mini Everyday Messages

A little snippit of Lawn Fawn 6x6 Really Rainbow

and some pink and blue pearls from my bottomless stash

Our sponsor for this theme is the lovely Tracy at

DIES TO DIE FOR

Do come over and share your fabulous makes with us

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Freestyle or Stencil

Hellooooooo!

Thursday again chaps, they come round fast, and here we are with another

new challenge theme from the AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

This time the theme is

Your Favourite (Background) Freestyle or Stencil

My collection of stencils has been slowly growing over the past couple of years, I have formal ones, casual ones, graphic ones ..... they all have their uses.  I've now started to stencil through stencils (which pleases me no end) which is how I formed this heart shape.

So I have used Garden Dragons from Whimsy Stamps

Taylored Expressions "Flickering" stencil inked through a home made heart stencil

Lawn Fawn 6x6 papers

Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Ink Pads

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lawn Fawn

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Knights In White Satin

 Now I have reached that certain age where I just don't give a fig what anybody thinks, I believe it is time for me to admit that for absolutely years I thought the Moody Blues song was Knights In White Satin.  It was always a puzzle because surely Knights are roughty toughty and wear armour and don't go rolling around on silky bedsheets.... 

Anyhoo, I made this for a friend's husband for his birthday

Whimsy Stamps (Dustin Pike) Knight Dragons stamps

Painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

Matting paper is MFT 6x6 Floor To Ceiling

Sentiments are from a retired set of Clearly Besotted stamps

Thanks for popping by

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Birthday Witches

 Three days in a row, whoop whoop, don't worry, it won't last and will soon

revert to the usual chaos.

A friend and work colleague has a Halloween birthday.  She is also addicted to coffee, you rarely see

her around the office without a mug of java in her hands, usually in a takeaway cup.

Told you there would be another witch from the

Clearly Whimsy Stamps So Witchy set

Sentiment made up from an older Honey Bee set that I can't find a link for any more

Papers from Honey Bee 6x6 Fresh Brewed

Image painted as watercolour in Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Will I make it back for another posting this week, or will I make you wait until the weekend...guess it'll be a surprise!

Speaking of surprises, a few years ago I bought a Halloween themed bowl from a local discount store.

I'm going to fill it with Toad's "favourite" things for this evening ..... heheheh.

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And Another One...

 Hello peeps, yes, me again (twice in two days, aren't you the lucky ones) with another

card made but not previously posted.

When Toad worked in London, one of his team was a fabulous Brazlian lady who we are still friends with and keep in touch with, even though it has been almost three years since he left that job.

She lurrrves Halloween and witchy stuff, in fact Toad used to call her Witch (in affectionate

terms of course) so it has become a tradition that I sent her a witch themed card at the 

end of October.

When Whimsy Stamps released this set, I just knew I had to have it

Clearly Whimsy Stamps So Witchy

sentiment from the same set

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Purple paper from an old Dovecrafts Back To Basics set

Green and black card from stash

There'll be a different witch from this set here tomorrow

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Another Catch Up

 Morning all, hope you are ok today.  I'm pleased to report that apart from some bunged upness in my nose and ears, and being very tired, I am just about back in the land of the living after Covid.

So, I'm here with another catch up post and this one was a birthday card for my BFF.

I've combined two stamp sets with some masking

Gerda Steiner Designs - Monster Party

Sentiment from the same set

Whimsy Stamps Calories Schmalories

Papers are Echo Park Birthday Girl

Purple card from stash

Images watercoloured with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

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As You Like It Chalenge (DT) Warm or Cool Colours

 Yoo-hoo (waving madly), how are you?  I hope everyone is well.

It's time for another new theme from

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

and this time the theme is Warm or Cool Colours

(please tell us about your choice)

I had to have a think about this, because I like all colours, and I'm not afraid to mix it up, but on balance I seem to favour the cool shades more, the blues and purples.

So for this one I've used

Whimsy Stamps/Wee Stamps "Sarah" rubber stamp

MFT DieNamics Modern Serif Alphabet dies

A dotty background stencil, and while I was inking the stencil, I inked up some stripes

from which to cut the SNOW lettering

Sarah is painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

MFT 6x6 gingham paper

and I think the Let It Snow is MFT Snow Globe Sentiments (maybe)

In case you're really not sure what's hot and what's not, here's a simple colour wheel to help

And just before I go, our sponsor for this challenge is

Lili of the Valley

Hope to see you there

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Food

 Hellooooo (waving), how are we all then in the sunny month of May?

It's a Thursday, so it's time for a new challenge theme with the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

and our theme this time around is Your Favourite Food

(please explain why it inspired your make)

If I'm not well, or if I can't be bothered to cook, or if I want something quick ..... soup!

There is something so comforting about a bowl of soup and thick bread or a roll (buttered).

My favourites, in order, are cream of chicken, oxtail, vegetable, and tomato.  Nothing fancy, but oh so delicious.

I really ought to make my own soup more often, but I couldn't bear to see this in my stock pot!

Whimsy Stamps - Get Well (DP1033)

Honey Bee 6x6 papers - Gingham Galore: Fall and Playful Pastels

MFT DieNamics Single Stitch Line Rounded Square Frame (MFT-1056)

Crealies XXL Double Dot Squares XXL50

Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Our sponsor for this challenge is

LAWN FAWN

I do hope you will find time to come over and make us salivate!

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) New or Recycled

 Sorry that I have been low-key for a while, I've just had so much else filling my time that my poor old blog has been sorely neglected.

Anyhoo, it's time for another new theme over at AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE and

this time it is NEW OR RECYCLED (pleeeeeeeeeeeasse tell us why)

So, I'm really keen on recycling at home - our blue bin is always packed, and if I can use something again for a new purpose then that's a win BUT for crafting, I admit it, I do love using new stuff - everything fresh and shiny new.

For this romantic wittle wabbit I have used

Whimsy Stamps Wee Bunny

A selection of my precious NitWits papers

MFT sentiments

and a stencil of roses

All inked up with Distress Inks (ReInkers and Oxides)

Our sponsor of this theme is

POLKADOODLES

I hope you can come over to the challenge and join us.

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Non-Easter Easter Character

 So, here we are again, almost officially Spring!  And in the Spring mood, the AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE team are asking for you to share your

Favourite Non-Easter Easter Character (no chicks, no bunnies) and remember that you must tell us why you made your choice to qualify for a sponsor prize

As you are probably learning to expect from me, I have gone a bit off-piste with this but simply because I have fallen in love with these Dustin Pike gargoyles and am trying to use them for every possible occasion!

Whimsy Stamps (Dustin Pike) Gargoyle & Friends

Impression Obsession Happy Easter word die

Clearly Besotted grass border die

MFT Die-Namics Fine Finish Edge die

Mixture of MFY 6x6 papers

Gargoyle and his pals coloured up with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

and our super sponsor for this theme is

DIES TO DIE FOR

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As You Like It (DT) True Love or Fabulous Friends

 Hellooo (waving), Happy Thursday peeps.

It's the start of a new theme over at As You Like It Challenge and for this fortnight we're asking which type of cards you like to make, either for your True Love or Fabulous Friends.

I prefer making cards for my friends, although the hubby does get his share of lurrvve cards, because I can be quirkier with them and they don't have to be too mushy.

I have used Whimsy Stamps (Lee Holland Collection) Mouse With Rose

A Li'l Inkers sentiment stamp from an old set called Between The Lines

(you need to read the small print)

Doodlebugs gingham paper

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scallop die

and mouse painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

I cut part way around the rose so that I could tuck the gingham paper behind it.

You have a fortnight to enter the challenge, so looking forward to seeing what you come up with,

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Peeking Dragon

 No, you're not imagining things, I really am posting on a Sunday evening.

I've had a little crafty spurt since New Year, and today I actually managed to make something to enter into a challenge!

I have used Whimsy Stamps Dragon Holiday Peekers

which were a Christmas present from Himself and this is the first inking

I also used Whimsy Stamps Slimline paper pad - Taffy

for the first time.

The sentiment set is Whimsy Stamps - You're Birthday

Tiny punches from Hobbycraft created the dots and heart from the leftover scrap of Taffy paper

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

and entering into the "New" challenge over at

Sweet Stampin'

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Decorative Gift Wrapping

 Happy New Year peeps!  I hope you managed to have a wonderful

Christmas and New Year break.

So, the AYLI team are back in harness for the first of this year's challenges and this

fortnight's theme is

Your Favourite Decorative Gift Wrapping

(box/bag/pouch etc, but please tell us why)

I really like making and decorating gift boxes, but being the disorganised little Squirrel that I am, I usually don't leave myself enough time to create a quality box, so my safety net is a gift bag, ideal for the smaller gifts like jewellery.

For this I have used

Whimsy Stamps Burfday Dragons

Crealies XXL oval dies

Hobbycraft papers

L'il Inkers small bow die

and a tiny Hobbycraft flower punch

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

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