Valentines or Hearts challenge at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Good morning all

Well we're really on a roll with the Valentines now! - its hard to find a challenge without a heart so we jumped on the bandwagon at Fab'n'Funky challenges!

This week our theme Chosen by the very talented 

Pat K

is 

Valentines of Hearts

I decided to be a bit controversial

(no change there then!)

and make a new baby card - with hearts on it

There's only so many Valentines a girl can make - I just felt I needed the change lol

 

I used a cute image from one of our sponsors this week 

Lili of the Valley

who are offering a  fab prize of a £10 voucher to spend in their store

We are also sponsored by the fabulous 

Stampart Design by Kathryne

This is what I did......

Image - Baby with Teddy from LOTV 

Sentiment -  vintage sentiments (occasions) from Lili of the valley

Tags -sentiment tags  from Lili of the valley

Coloured with copics

Paper - New Arrival from Forever Friends

leaf punch - Martha Stewart

Circles and Border die cuts - spellbinders

Flowers - Wild orchid craft

Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage

Glitter - stickles diamond shimmer

Charm, twine and pins - from my stash

The DT girls at Fab'n'Funky Challenges have made so fabulous cards this week you really should go over and take a peek

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Lej designs - Anything goes
Papertake weekly - Anything goes
Sweet stamps - think pink
Tuesday throwdown - hearts and twine
House of gilli - anything goes with pink and bling
Pretty little ribbon - Anything goes

Hugs 

Judith x

New beginnings and New Management at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Good Morning Blog Friends

Today I have some exciting news!  

I have taken over the management of Fab'n'Funky Challenges from the lovely Lou! 

 Lou decided that she can no longer commit to the time it takes to run the blog and to stand down. 

 Rather than see this Fabulous challenge blog close (as so many seem to be lately) 

 I agreed to take over from Lou. 

Over the last couple of weeks I have been getting to grips with what goes on behind the scenes of running a blog like Fab'n'Funky Challenges.  I have to say "all hail" to all you lovely ladies (and men!) who do all the organising and running of all our challenge blogs - and to Lou for keeping ours going for so long - so successfully, it definitely doesn't happen by itself. 

 I think many of us don't appreciate just how much work goes into these things - just for fun.  

Sooo - on to this week, I'm really chasing my tail trying to get all my DT cards done before I go on me hollies on Saturday - can't wait - though isn't it typical that just as I'm going away we get good weather - I feel cheated that I'll miss the good weather at home - maybe I shouldn't go lol.

With all of  this going on over these last couple of weeks I haven't had much visiting time to all your blogs - sometimes it comes down to a choice make a card or blogging doesn't it

 and well, we all have to work hard at our cards in this game!!!!

The challenge this week over at Fab'n' Funky Challenges is very appropriately

New beginnings

We want there to be something new about your card, it could be a new baby -any occasion that falls into new beginning or you could have used something new on your card or to make your card.  to qualify for the prize you have to tell us what the "new" is on your card

We have a fabulous new sponsor

Dis digi Downloads

who are offering a great prize of $10 to spend in store

So here is my "new beginnings" card

I love this little girl! - I was lucky enough to win some Digis from Di's shop a few weeks ago and this is one of the ones I chose-  being used today for the first time.  Sorry - I'm back on the easel thing - I find myself looking at challenges now and thinking - can I make an easel card for that lol.

This is what I did...

Image- Dis Digi Downloads -Izzys flower barrow

Papers - Rasberry road - barnyard blowout (also new)

Yellow card - Bazzill 

Flowers - wild orchid craft - sweetheart blooms

Die cut fence and barrow - Cricut expression - Paper dolls cartridge

Die cut frame - Spellbinders -labels 10

Butterflies - Martha Stewart and Fiskars butterfly punches 

pale lemon gems and ribbon from my stash from my stash

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafts and me - fabulous flowers

Digidesign challenge blog - show us that bling

Creative inspirations - Anything goes
Flourishes - Use a flower image 

Thats all from me for today - hope you're all enjoying sunshine where you are 

See you tomorrow for an other challenge over at MAWTT

Hugs 

Judith x

Its Garden Day at Moving along with the Times!

Hi again

What a busy blog week -well maybe not for some of you prolific bloggers but definitely for me!  This is my fourth and probably final post for this week - unless I conjure up some time from somewhere!

Its our lovely Mau's week to play hostess for our challenge and I know she's been stressing over her very 1st challenge as the main lady! - Don't worry hun I'm sure you've done the biz just beautifully- if not our wonder woman Hazel will have rescued you by now lol.

We have been sponsored this week by 

Stitchy Bear Stamps 

Who are offering a fab prize this week of $10 to spend in store and we DT girls were given some gorgeous digis to play with 

I used this cute little boy called   

"Flowers for Mom"

There are some lovely DT cards over at the

 Moving along with the times blog 

this week so go over and get some inspiration and get gardening!

This is what I did.....

Image - Stitchy Bear - flowers for Mom
Coloured with - copics and prismacolor pencils
Papers - K & Co Sweet Nectar (large check) and from my stash (small check)
Butterfly punches - Martha Stewart and Woodware
Seam binding ribbon - Sam Pooles creative studios
Flowers - Wild orchid craft
Die cut sign - Cricut expression - paper dolls for everyday cartridge
Inked with - Tim Holtz distress ink - fired brick
everything else - from my stash


I'm entering this card into the following challenges 

Scrap it with a son g - spring fever
The house that stamps built - card for a woman you love (flowers for mom stamp - so for Mom!)
The pixie cottage - for mom - stamp is flowers for mom 
stampavie and more - spring
truly scrumptious - distressing and die cuts (sign is die cut and distressed)
oldie but goodie - on the farm or in the garden - papers, ribbon and punches all old stash
Shopping our stash - starts with a "B" - boy and butterflies

Catch you all later 

Hugs 
Judith x

Animal antics at Creative Craft challenge

Hi blog friends

Its another challenge over at Creative craft Challenges today and the theme is 

Animal Antics!

Which basically means - put an animal on your card!!!

We have some great sponsors for this challenge, Bugaboo and Robyns fetish are both offering prizes as well as Joanna Sheen, so why don't you have a crafty play and lets see what Animal Antics you can get up to.

Heres my DT card that has been made with one of the fab images supplied to the DT by the sponsors. This one is from Bugaboo

 I loved this little image as soon as I saw it and it said to me "I'm a bee!"  I coloured it all up and glitterd his wings - very bee like I thought and found a sentiment to match.  When my husband was giving his obligatory comment - like all good crafty husbands do - he said yes its very good but isn't it supposed to be a butterfly!!  Well now that you mention it he's probably right but you've just got to go with your instincts - and mine are obviously way off lol.

a close up of the glitter details

I did a bit of recycling with this card  the raffia came on a lovely bunch of flowers that I bought that I knew would be perfect for a card.  And the flowers - although they're from wild orchid have had their middles pulled out! and replaced with a lovely black gem to finish off the look

Heres what I did

Image - digi from bugaboo (since found thats he's butterfly bear!!)
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Scalloped card - craftwork cards
Sentiment - is a digi - can't remember who's but I'll update if I find it
Flowers -wild orchid crafts
Paper - prima sun kiss
Everything else is from my stash

Why don't you stop by to see what the design team has done with their images - you'll find some real inspiration from my talented teamies!

i'm entering this card in the following challenges

Ooh la la creations - bright and bold
Made especially for you - recycled  (raffia tied around card)
2 sisters challenge blog - use a digi
crazy 4 challenges - use black cardstock on your project
Di's digi design -lets meet your animal friends
Twisted Tuesday Challenge - Child inspired with a funny sentiment

Hope you all have a bee-utiful day

Hugs Judith xx

On all fours at Fab'n'Funky Challenges - with clever rabbits!

Good Morning blog friends

I've had to be very strict with myself this morning!  I knew I had  a post to do today because its another challenge day at Fab'n'Funky Challenges but I'm back to work tomorrow and if I didn't get the ironing caught up I wouldn't be able to get out of the door!!  So I've spent the morning doing catch up on ironing and all sorts of jobs and  I've now let myself log in - believe me it hasn't been easy, think I might need some help with this blogging addiction of mine lol.

This week at Fab'n'Funky the theme is

"on all fours"

......ooh er what does that mean you may ask!  Well, its easy really - use an animal on your project -preferably a four legged one.  I've used a cute Lili of the Valley stamp for mine that my daughter bought me for my birthday and its brand new out of the packet - now these rabbits on here are particularly clever! - normally they stand on all fours - but just to pose for this picture they stood on two!!

 This week we are sponsored by

Lili of the Valley

who are offering the winner a ......

This is what I did.....

Stamp - Lili of the Valley - bunches of love
Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolour pencils
Paper - K&Company Sweet Nectar
Border and leaf punchs - Martha Stewart
Die cut corners and circles- Spellbinders
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon - Toffee seam binding from Sam Pooles creative studios
Sentiment stamp - Whiff of Joy
Sparklies and Kraft card - from my stash

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Pollycraft Monday challenges - Fabric (seam binding ribbon)
Scrapbook sisters - anything goes
Critters sketch challenge - Critters
365 cards - critters

Well that's it from me for now - I've fed the addiction so its back to the ironing

See you tomorrow 'cos it's MAWTT challenge day so see you over there

Hugs

Judith xx

An easel wedding card

Happy Good Friday!

I've been rushing about trying to get s wedding card finished for my daughter to take to a wedding they are going to this weekend.  Her husband Steven is best man so it hasd to fit the "special" bill.  I've made various cards over the last few year for Claire - who is the bride and she always loves her handmade cards so I know it will be well received.

I decided to use this lovely Lili of the Valley stamp, I've used it several times for wedding cards, its so simple that I think it allows you to go a bit overboard with the embellies whereas if the image is fussy I'm inclined to hold back a bit - suppose it depends what sort of card you want really.

I've use the three photos to try and show the card off to its best.  its a really dull day and I just couldn't get a good photo in or outside so hopefully you've got the idea!

What I did....

Stamp and sentiment - lili of the valley
Coloured with - copics and prismacolor pencils
Card - craftwork cards
Papers - prima meadow lark
pearl swirls - personal impressions
Flowers - wild orchid and others
Die cut swirl - memory box
Die cut circles - spell binders
Ribbon - carnmeal cottage
Glitter glue (on veil) - martha stewart silver

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Lilis little fairies - ribbons and bows
Totally Papercrafts - Bingo (pink, glitter, pearls)
Wags'n Whiskers - say it with flowers
The pretty little ribbon - Dies to die for
4 crafty chicks - flowers

Thats all for me today
See you tomorrow

Hugs

Judith x

It's Easter at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Hi there blog friends

Here I am with my very late post!  I've had a total nightmare with blogger over the last few days - could only get in for about 10 minutes at a time before getting booted out and up loading photos was nigh on impossible - just about did my head in!!  So sorry  that I haven't been visiting these last couple of days but to be honest I just gave up - I'll try and do a catch up x

Anyway back to the real business

Today is challenge day at Fab'n'Funky challenges and the theme is

Make an Easter card

a closer look at the detail

We are being sponsored this week by

I just loved this little girl when I  saw her -a perfect Easter image and I could just see her in a little denim dress and black shiny shoes - so thats what she got.  I decided to bling up her Easter eggs with different coloured glitters and then I couldn't stop! So she got glitter on her dress, in her hair flowers and the bow on her basket, only the bunny escaped but if he'd had a bow round his neck he'd have got it too - funny how glitter does that to you lol!  After all that glitter I thought I'd better hold back on too many embellies

This is what I did ...

Image - Easter Kiko from Mos digital pencil
Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils
Scalloped card - Craftwork cards
Lilac card- Bazzill basics
Papers - Prima Meadow Lark
Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage
Flowers - Wild Orchid crafts sweetheart blooms
Bunny (under ribbon) - cut on cricut expression - Gypsy Wanderings cart
Sentiment - computer produced
Die Cut circles - Spellbinders
Pearls - from my stash

Thats all from me for today - and what a beautiful day it has been x

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Mo's Challenge blogspot - Bling it on
Inky impressions challenge blog - Flower power
Simon says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge -Circles and Squares
Rubys Rainbow - Easter
Dream valley challenges -Easter
Delightful Challenges  Easter treats


Hugs

Judith xx

Creative Craft challenge -anything but a card

Hi there blog friends

Its challenge day again over at  Creative Craft Challenge  and this weeks theme is 

Anything but a card

Our sponsors for this challenge are Some Odd Girl

My anything (but a card!) is a plaque to go on my baby grandson Jacobs' bedroom door

His bedroom is decorated in the same jungle theme with the shapes all cut on the Cricut Expression.  This plaque is made of card but the ones we made for the bedroom were cut in vinyl and look lovely and colourful.  I still don't have a photo of the finished walls but heres a peak of part of it at the end of our first session - it took about 4 afternoons to finish it (especially as Jacob put in an early appearance and was there to supervise the last two!!)

The finished room has a lion, tiger, rhino, zebra more swinging monkeys, flowers and all sorts!  Its very colourful and looks great. The walls  are a pale green and the room has all sorts of jungle themed soft furnishings that came from Verbaudet.

This is what I did ....

I used mainly the Zoo Baloo, Stretch the Imagination and Paper Dolls for Everyday cartridges
The card is Bazzill - it has such lovely textures that I  think you can partly see in the photo. 
The little flowers are from Wild Orchid - sweetheart flowers

That is basically it - very simple really.  The only other thing I'd add is that for making a project like this, where there is a lot of measuring up to fit all the elements into a small space, I find the Cricut Gypsy invaluable, you can just layer everything up on your screen and see that its going to work before you start to cut it out  - and you can do it all sitting on the sofa watching TV at the same time, not standing over a cutting machine or on a computer - very easy.

Lets see you all over at Creative Craft Challenge with your anything! (but a card).  The DT girls have come up with some very creative ideas that might just inspire you  - hope to see you there x

Im entering this "anything"! into the folowing challenges

Sundays with Crissy - Animals (birds, animals and name are all 3d)
Forever Friends - 3d
Challenge up your life - zoo animals
Robyns fettish - kids card (don't know if i'm pushing it with this one but it is made of card and definately for a kid!!)
Well thats all from me now

Hugs

Judith x

Its challenge day at My time to Craft

Hi Blog friends

Today is challenge day at My Time to Craft and the theme for this fortnight is

Make an Easel Card

I'm not big on easel cards and haven't made one for ages but I did enjoy making this card and I might just do it again soon. I think the only thing about easel cards is that not everyone (as in non crafters!) knows what to do with them. 

I made this card for my daughters birthday - her birthday is actually today - Happy birthday Alison.  Not that she'll be reading this because she's gone to Centre Parks in the Lake District for the week with her husband and little baby son, to celebrate her birthday (today) her husbands birthday (also today) and their wedding anniversary (also today) !!! 

I got some new papers through the week and just love them.  As soon as I saw this one - its sunkiss from prima - I knew what I was going to do with this card, isn't it great when that happens - certainly gets the mojo going

a close up of the detail

the base of the card

This is what I did

Papers - Sunkiss by prima
Stamp - Pretty bouquet by Lili of the Valley
Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils
Scalloped card - craftwork cards
Flowers by Prima and Wild Orchid crafts
Charm - a little complementary charm I got in a lovely little bag from My crafty heart  - ah thanks
Sentiment -  with Paintbox poppets from Crafters Companion
Diecut (behind sentiment) spellbinders
Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage
pearls from my stash

So let's see you over at My Time to Craft with your easel cards and go on over and have a look at the other DT girls cards - we really have got some stunning cards this week

Iam enrering this card into the following challenges

Simon says -Lets Play Bingo - flowers/pearls/charms
Sweet stampin challenge - Anything goes
Lollipop crafts challenge - Anything goes
Hooked on craft - more than one fold
Thats me for now

Hugs

Judith x

Fab'n'Funky Challenges new challenge today

Hi blog friends

Its Wednesday so that means a new challenge at Fab'n'Funky challenges.  This week the theme is

In Honour of Mum

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by the fabulous Doodle Pantry  this week

The DT girls were given some gorgeous digis to play with.  I chose  these cute little birds  and a sentiment to use on my card and this was my Mums mothers day card - which she loved.  I also made her a small scrapbook of some of our old black and white family photos.  She had given them all to me when she moved to a smaller bungalow a few years ago, but we had them out a few weeks ago (trying to decide who our new baby grandson looked like - like you do!) and she seemed to really enjoy them so that's when I decided to make the scrapbook as a mothers day gift.   It took me days of scanning and resizing them to get them all ready to go into the scrapbook.  It was lovely when it was finished and she really liked having her old photos newly printed and all in one place and looking a good deal better than the originals did! - these photo programs are so clever, it even made me look clever as well ha ha.

This is what I did....

Stamp - everyday birdies from Doodle Pantry
Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils
Papers - from my stash (could be from Kanban I think)
Button punch - Martha Stewart
Daffodils - Wild orchid crafts
craft card basket distressed with Tim Holtz tea die distress ink
Basket - die cut on cricut expression - Paperdolls for everyday cartridge


Well Thats all from me for now - going to try to get what should have been my last nights post done later today - had a bit of a dizzy blonde moment last night (I have a few of these but this one was pretty good!)  I'll update you later if I get through today in one piece - off birthday shopping with my daughter at Gateshead Metro Centre now - this its going to be expensive I can tell, as well as her birthday its her husbands birthday and wedding anniversary all on the same day!

challenges I'm entering

Polkadoodles -an animal or a bird
My mums craftshop -lets get digital
Card Makin Mamas - Button
Papertake weekly challenge -Buttons/Flowers/Free
Sundays with Crissy - Animals

Hugs

Judith x

Its challenge day over at Moving Along with the Times

Hello blog friends

Today is challenge day over at Moving AlongWithTheTimes challenge Blog, its my very first since I was lucky enough to be chosen for the design team.

The challenge is

Special Lady

(Card for Mother's Day or any special lady eg Auntie, Sister, Nan, Best Friend, etc, etc)

The challenge is being sponsored by stitchy bear digital stamps who are offering a prize of $10 to spend in store. The design team were lucky enough to be given some of the fab digis to use for inspiration - hop on over to MAWTT and see what the girls did with them - I'm sure you'll be impressed and inspired to join in with our challenge this week

I chose this fab image - called " Sparkles"

This is what I did....

Digi Image - Sparkles from Stitchy bear digital stamps
Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils
Paper - K & Co
Card - Coredinations Tim Holtz Distressed Kraft Card
Flowers - wild Orchid crafts
Pearl swirls - personal impressions
Glitter - Martha Stewart glitter glue (on wings and shoes)
Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage
Sentiment - Computer produced
Die cut leaves - spellbinders

I'm entering the following challenges

One Stop Craft challenge - Mothers day with ribbon
Creative inspirations - Something for Mum
My mums craftshop - mums the word - mothers day card
Delightful Challenges - Someone special
Crafty Sentiments Designs - things with wings
The crafty pad - Mums the word
Well thats me for today

Hugs

Judith x

Spring has sprung - again

Hi blog friends

I'm definately on a pretty card thing at the minute - my daughter wanted a birthday card for her mother in law and this is what she got!  Its another of those Lili of the Valley pretty girlies, they're always so easy to colour (I've asked for some of the new ones for my birthday next week and its a suprise which ones I get so I just can't wait).  I started off making this with the LOTV challenge in mind but didn't get it finished in time! not that it matters, but it did make me think outside the box a bit because it was a peaches and cream challenge. I haven't got those colours in copics so I went back to my promarkers and brought in more colour with my prismacolor pencils, I think it worked in the end.  I decided to go the whole fairy thing and give her a real helping of glitter - dres,s wings, shoes wand - the whole shebang as well as the roses, have to say I'm not usually a glitter girl but I did like what it did for this card, I don't think glitter photographs very well as its making it look sort of dirty - but I promise its not its lovely and glittery.

the inside

I don't always photograph the inside of the cards I make but this is such a sweet message I thought it need an outing!  It was cut very simply from spellbinders labels sixteen to match the front and the sentiment is from a Whiff of Joy text set of nine called Magical Wishes.  The tiny buterflies are a fikars punch I picked up in a local craft shop sale bin for 50p- bargin!

You can see the glitter better in
close up

What I did ......

Stamp - Lili of the Valley - pom pom
papers - first edition - spring feast
Card and MAM stamps - craftwork cards
Dies - spellbinders labels sixteen
Pearls - from my stash
Cream ribbon - carnmeal cottage
Tiny butterfly punch - fiskars
Banner dies- Whiff of joy
Glitter -Martha Stewart - topaz glitter glue
Tag - sizzix
Sentiment and stamping on tag - Dawn Bibby
Sentiment inside card - Whiff of Joy Magical wishes
Flowers - wild orchid and Prima
Coloured with copics, promarkers and prismacolor pencils


I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Allsorts Challenge - Things with wings (152)
The Poodles Parlour - Birthday (74)
Crafters Companion monthly challenge - Spring
Flutterby Wednesday - #193 - Spring Time
CES challenges - Flower frenzy

Well thats me for today

Going to try for another card tomorrow - so might even see you then?

Hugs

Judith x

Its Mellow Yellow day over at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Hi blog friends

Hope you're all having a good day - its lovely up here in the frozen north (despite the rumours we do get good weather up here), the sun is shining, the sky is blue ...."and I am happy, happy all through".  walked for miles on the beach this morning with the hound dog, I love it when the tide is right out.  but enough of me...

Its Wednesday so that means a new challenge over at Fab'n'Funky Challenges and
This week , we are again lucky to be sponsored by:

the DT were doubly lucky and allowed to play with an image too. Just to give you the "heads up", there are several freebie images available from the stamp fairy that fit perfectly with this weeks theme which is.....

"Mellow Yellow"

We would like you to make yellow the main focus of the card or have a daffodil or two on it, or even combine the two!! This is in honour of St David's Day which was on 1st March. So lets see you over at F'nF this week, all of this sunshine is enough to inspire everybody to get the yellow paper, pens and ribbons out - or the odd daffodil!

Here's my DT as you can see I went with the daffodil option with a bit of yellow for good measure

What I did....

Shaped card - Craftwork cards
Bunny image - Available to download for free at Stamp Fairy
Paper - Dovecraft - back to basics
Yellow check card - from my stash
Sentiment - from Dawn Bibby - Woodland rabbits set
Flowers -Wild orchid crafts
Yellow pearls Kaiser craft
die cuts - Spellbinders
Ribbon- Carnmeal cottage
Picket fence and heart cut with my cricut expression - My community and Wedding carts
Image coloured with - copics and prismacolor pencils

Its a very simple card really but with a cute bunny image like that what more do you need

Tha'ts me for today

See you tomorrow

I'm entering this card into the following challenges

Stampavie and More - Spring/Easter (3)
My mums craft shop - Spring colours (12)
Sundays with Crissy - animals (38)
Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Spring is sprung (81)

Hugs

Judith x

I've got exciting news x 2!!

Hi blog friends

Was just going to tell you all my exciting news when I looked at my blogger dashboard and got some more!!  I've just been given a place on the Creative Craft Challenges DT, I'm so excited and looking forward to getting going with it.  Have a DT card due next week so that's my project for tonight.  Thanks to all the girls on the DT for really warm welcome - I feel at home already - such a lovely friendly bunch and with a few of us new girls all starting together you've probably got your work cut out lol.

My second exciting news is I just found out  I've got a top 3 card in the Sentimental Sundays challenge last week - thank you to the DT at Sentimental Sundays for  that too - todays been a good day all round.  I've even got a card made today as well so crafty things can't get much better.

I wanted to use another of my cute new Saturated Canary digis so chose this one called Dorothy -yes that's Wizard of Oz style Dorothy, I think you'll agree  she's very cute.  I decided to go all out pretty for this one - pink, ribbon, flowers, pearls and butterflies - thought I'd hold on the glitter - there's such a thing as too much ha ha.

a close up of the detail

What I did....

Stamp - Dorothy -Saturated Canary
Paper - New Arrival from Docrafts Forever Friends
Flowers - Wild Orcid crafts
Coloured with - copics and Prismacolor pencils
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Punches (corners and border,butterfly and leaves) - Martha Stewart
Pearls - Kaisercraft
Distress ink (around diecut for image) - Tim Holtz spun sugar
Pink card and seambinding ribbon - from my stash

I had a bit of a happy accident with the ribbon, I tied a double bow then cut through the wrong loop so ended up with a single bow with 3 lots of tails.  At the same time my absolute favourite Martha Stewart butterfly border punch that I use to cut out all the little butterflies totally jammed up - I managed to get one butterfly! I'll have another go with it tomorrow and try to rescue it :(

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

Dream Valley Challenges - Mothers Day/female themed creation
Delightful Challenges - Spring Colours
A gem of a challenge - Perfect pastels
Incy Wincy Designs - something old (punches)/something new(digi stamp)
Ladybug Ink challenge blog - Pink and girly (104)
Stampalot Challenge - take inspiration -inspiration came from the pretty stamp
Well that's me for today

See you tomorrow

Hugs

Judith x

The Secrets out!!

Hi blog friends

Well I just couldn't wait a second longer to tell my secret!  I'm sooo excited.

 I just got my 1st DT team place with Fab'n'Funky challenges, I only started blogging this year - my new years resolution, even though I've been following craft blgs for ages now, it was just taking the plunge - and it makes the blogging much more fun too.   I've enjoyed it so much I've already met such a lot of lovely people and it gives me a reason to make my cards. 

Being on the Fab -Fab'n'Funky design team means I've got even more excuse to make more cards - with lots of inspiration thrown in. The girls have all been so welcoming and helpful to a newbie like me - special big hugs to Wendy for helping me get my 1st DT card posted when I was having problems - you're a star - if I had an award I'd give it to you x

Congrats to the other newbie DT members Sheila and Judit - I'm sure we'll all muddle along together girls!   I think I know how Meryl Streep felt at the Oscars - this is my Oscar speech - and I'd better shut up before I get boo'd off  lol.

So here it is my 1st ever DT card, as soon as I saw the theme for the week I knew I had the perfect stamp. The theme is leap into action - in honour of leap year and sponsored by Joanna Sheen.   The prize is £10 to spend in store and I'm sure you can all come up with some creative ideas of leaping things, animals, people - anything to celebrate our once-in-four-years day. So hop on over to the challenge blog and do your worst - or should that be best!!

closer view of details

What I did....

Stamp - Leaping into Spring from Whiff of Joy by Elizabeth Bell
Coloured with - Copics and prismacolor pencils
Papers  - Kim & Co
Flowers - Wild orchid craft (pink sweetheart) and green prima
Tag - cut with Sizzix
Sentiment- have a hoppy day - Dawn Bibby - woodland friends stampset
Lace and ribbon from my stash
Kraft card and papers distressed with Tim Holtz tea die distress ink

Hope you like it and good luck with the challenge.

I'm also entering for the following challenges

One stopcraft challenge - colour on kraft (distressed kraft card)
Allsorts challenge blog - anything goes
The pretty little ribbon shop challenge blog - Anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday

sketch for challenge 142

See you soon

Very excited hugs

Judith x