Use two or more designer papers at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Good morning all

I've managed to get my crafting and blogging head back on a bit this last week - still haven't quite picked up my my visiting, but it's an improvement - tank you to everyone who has been sticking with me - I really do appreciate it

We have a new challenge kicking off at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges 

(see how I got that football reference he he)

and our theme this eek chosen by our lovey Alison is

Use two or more designer papers

I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to add to my Christmas card stash - every little helps!!

I used an image from our sponsor called

Peace on Earth - angel kisses collection available HERE

There is so much Christmas crafting going on at the moment - I'm in full Christmas crafting mode and that helps with the motivation I think - because I loooooove Christmas lol

our sponsor this week is the lovely Lacy Sunshine

offering a great prize of 3 images of the winners choice

This is what I did 

Image - Peace on Earth from Lacy Sunshine

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen

colours skin TN1, FS7, 3, PP2,3  hair GB1, TN2.3  clothes/wings BGR1 GB1.6.7 

holly DG2,4 CR8, shade BGR1, 

Papers from Firsy edition - guided Christmas and Vintage noel pads

Kraft card from Crafter's Companion

Poinsettia die  - Sheena Douglass perfect partners

Ivy die - Sheena Douglass perfect partners

Letters cut from die'sire essenials only words dies

distress inks - TH Wild honey, teadye and gathered twigs, shabby shutters

distress glitter - stickles shabby shutters

Hope you can join in with us at Fab'n'Funky this week - we'd love to see all your lovely designer papers

hugs

Judith x

April showers ..... bring MAY FLOWERS!

Good morning all

Firstly I must apologise for my absences over the last week I've been completely put off course because my Grandson had chicken pox which meant I had him all day every day instead of the normal afternoons after nursery school, luckily he wasn't very poorly with it and was fine towards the end of the week - so needed to be entertained!  Fortunately we had a supply  of card and paper and ribbon to make all kinds of crafty things - he really enjoyed it and spent the days saying - Grandma what can we make now!!

Not only were my days filled but my evenings have been spent scribing for my son Tom for his masters degree work.  Not only that but the whole of the bank holiday weekend was spent locked away in his room - working away, I switched off my phone and he had a really productive week  - only one essay left to finish now - but still lots to do - I forgot how tiring study is - I slept well each night after those marathons - unfortunately poor Tom is having a hard time switching off and not sleeping well at all - the joys of being a student

I was really pleased that I had been organised and had worked ahead, I had nearly the whole weeks posts scheduled and all but one card made.  but I'm totally back to nothing in hand but a couple of odd cards and I'm going on holiday in two weeks eeek!! 

Never mind - I'll do my best and see where I get with it all!!

but for now its on to this weeks challenge at

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

it's my turn to host and the theme is

May Flowers

we were very lucky not to have too many April showers - 

but I'm sure our May flowers will still arrive lol

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by the fabulous 

Lacy Sunshine Stamps

who are offering a prize of 3 digi stamps to the lucky winner

I chose to use this cute digi called Pablo 

available here

when I saw this cute image I thought it would be fun to make a really colourful card

I wasn't sure about it at first - but i did some extra shading on the image with my spectrum noir pencils and it really brought him to life

This is what I did...

Image - Pablo from Lacy Sunshine stamps

Coloured with copics and spectrum noir pencils

Papers by The sweetest thing tangerine from MME

Card - Bazzill basics

Dies from Dienamics 19 from MFT

Sentiment tags LOTV

Ribbon - Michaels

I hope I can get myself back on track to do some catch up visiting this next few days - see you soon!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Stamping sensations - Flower power
Allsorts challenge - April showers bring May flowers
Creative fingers - anything goes (8/5)
Fussy and fancy - lots of flowers

hugs

Judith xx

Colour challenge at Buckwells Crafty Challenge

Good morning all

Hands up! - who's been caught out as an April fool today!

well not me - it's still a bit early - but I'm on my guard

How can it be April and so bloomin' cold, we had snow yesterday, not that it stayed but it was freezing and windy, it hasn't snowed at all this year ...and waits until now!!

But it being 1st of a new month means its time for our new challenge 

at

Buckwells Crafty challenge

And the theme is an easy one 

just use this colour chart

You can't help but make a pretty card with lovely colours like that

heres mine using the cute Lizabeth Rockabilly

from Lacy Sunshine

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by 

and our winner will receive 3 images from Lacy Sunshine

Here's what I did....

Image - Lizabeth Rockabilly by Lacy Sunshine

Coloured with Copics

Papers - LOTV one birdie lane

card - Bazzil basics

Stitched square die- memory box

Flowers - made with Heartfelt creations botanical rose stamps and dies

Coloured with TH DI spun sugar and bundled sage

Label - Heartfelt creations 

Leaf punch - Martha Stewart

Glitter glue - Diamond Stickles

Hope we see you over at Buckwells this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Artistic Inspirations - flowers
Aurora wings - anything goes (20/04)
Make my monday - flowers (5/4)

Hugs

Judith xx

Three in a row (bingo) challenge at MAWTT

Good morning all

It's time for our new challenge at

Moving along with the Times 

and it's our lovely Sue's turn to choose the theme

Which is 

3 in a row

(or bingo)

here's what you can choose from

There is also a lovely prize for this weeks challenge
its a cute Beau Bunny image by Crafters Companion

and here's my card

using the middle row of the grid

Flowers/Image/Charm

Here's what I did....

Image - Molly fishing from Lacy Sunshine

Coloured with Copics and prismacolour pencils

Papers - Happy day - from MME

Card - Bazzill Basics

Flower die - Sue Wilson

stitched/punched rectangles - Mama Elephant

Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart

Gems/pearl/Charm from my stash

Hope to see you playing along this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

aud sentiments - use a two word sentiment
In the pink - for a special lady (in pink)

hugs

Judith x

Anything goes at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges

Hello again

I'm back with my second post of the day - this time for 

Pennys Paper Crafty Challenges

and the theme is an easy peasy 

Anything Goes

and yes - another Christmas card from me!!

It's another 8 x 8 inch card - I've been enjoying these lately - I really like that they're so big when they're finished!!

I had to photograph this in poor light ( I was a bit last minute finishing my card) so the colours are a bit subdued - it looks a bit brownish - but its really green!!

This is the cute Sammi Boo Carolling from Lacy Sunshine available here

we are sponsored this week by 

Lacy Sunshine Stamps

Who are giving a fab prize of 3 digis to this weeks winner.

This is what I did....

Image - Sammi Boo Caroling from Lacy Sunshine 

Coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils

Papers - LOTV

Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage

Sparkly embellie - Creative Expressions

Joy Die - by Sue Wilson  from Creative Expressions

Large die (with image) - Spellbinders

Glitter - glamour dust

pearls from my stash

I hope we see you over at Penny's this week - after all anything goes!!

hugs 

Judith xx

Anything goes at Penny's Paper Challenge

Good morning all

It's time for a new challenge at 

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge

and this week its 

Anything Goes

I decided to use the opportunity to make a childs birthday card

using this cute image called Wilkes the Pirate and parrot Whiskey
from Lacy Sunshine 

available here

Our sponsor this week is Lacy Sunshine digis
  

who are giving a prize of  3 digis of the winners choice
 to this weeks challenge winner

Anything goes at Penny's Papercrafty challenge

Good morning all

Another week has flown by an its time for a new challenge at 

Pennys Paper Crafty Challenges

This week the theme is 

Anything goes

and I have taken full advantage and made just anything lol

this little cutie is called 

Adele - Paris city girl and is available in the Lacy Sunshine Shop here

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Lacy Sunshine

who are offering a prize to our winner of 3 digi stamps from the Lacy Sunshine Store

I had myself another inky adventure with this card - I'm really enjoying getting back to inking, embossing and some good old craftiness these days - I even bought myself some gilding wax and used it liberally on this card and I just love the effect

This is what I  did

Image - Adele - Paris city girl from Lacy sunshine

Coloured with Copics, spectrum noirs (skin) and prismacolor pencils

Papers - Bramble rose from MME

Labels and postcard stamps - LOTV le jardain and vintage backs

Embossing folders - Anna Griffin

Distress inks - TH tea die, frayed burlap, antique linen

Guilding wax - autumn glory from creative expressions

Ribbon - santoro

Corner - Michaels

Eiffel tower die - Dienamics

Butterfly and lace - Lilibet from dovecraft

Accent stamp in background of image - from Paris stamp set 

Challenges I'm entering with this card 

Lacy sunshine - Anything Goes

Fitztown challenge - shabby chic

Hope you'll come and join us for our challenge this week 

Hugs

Judith x

We're getting distressed at Fab'n'Funky challenges this week - in a nice way!

Good morning all

I was starting to think nobody loved me anymore - after z couple of manic days I haven't had much blogging time  and just foundh post still on draft grrrrr! - so that's why no one visited today! - anyway here it is -  off to the gym now but I'll pop on later to see you all xx.......

We have a brand new challenge at Fab'n'Funky challenges this week - almost as if it was made for me with my vintage/ distress thing going on at the moment

The challenge is 

Distressing

I decided to go with a different effect this time - not something I've done a lot before - but I like to experiment.  I used my TH distress tool to distress all of the edges and curled the corners to give a distressed look.  I decided not to use my distress inks to keep it fresh looking and I think I quite liked this first attempt

I chose this cute little image called Bows 'lil Santas helper from Lacy Sunshine

 Available here  

She's a sort of messy little girl and the distressed look quite suits her!

We are lucky enough to have two fabulous sponsors at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges this week 

Flonzcraft

prize $20 shop voucher (plus free shipping)

also offering 12% discount in their shop to all challenge entrants 

and

Lacy Sunshine

 

who are offering a prize of 5 Digi Images

This is what I did ...

Image - Bows 'lil Santass helper from Lacy Sunshine

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Glitter - Martha Stewart silver glitter glue

Paper - K & co swell noel

Ribbon - vintage seam binding from crafty ribbons

Sentiment labels - LOTV

Card  cord'inations contemporary Christmas

Wooden embellie star - Kars

Hope we see you over at Fab'n'Funky this week - any distressing will do!

hugs Judith x