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

Christmas Crackers challenge day at MAWTT

Good morning all

And a Ho Ho Ho to you all this morning!

We've got a new challenge over at Moving Along With The Times and the theme is 

Christmas Crackers!

What we want to see is funny Christmas Cards

Lets make it a real happy Christmas with lots of fun on our blogs - instead of all the moaning I've seen lately (myself included!) about being too busy, being stressed,not getting things done.... you know what I mean.  So heres my attempt to raise a smile in blogland! 

I didn't go for the out and out funny card, just thought to myself - use a snowman and find a silly sentiment - 

so here it is!

This cute little snowman is Snowday from Stampart by Kathrye over at Whimsy stamps.  I love how simple this image is - it made me smile just to look at him - a real childlike appeal and as for cold twigs - warm heart, I don't know about you but my twigs are freezing these days lol.

We are sponsored this week by 

Sir Stampalot

Who have provided this great prize for us to give to this weeks lucky winner

Here's what I did.....

Image - Snowday from Stampart by Kathryne at Whimsy Stamps

Coloured with Copics

glitter glue from Martha Stewart in hematite and silver

Papers - My minds eye - Christmas

Gems - Kanban

Die cuts - Frostyville wreath by memory box, corner die by whimsy stamps and snowflakes and flag dies by   dienamics

Sentiment - produced in word

So go on over to the MAWTT challenge blog and let the girls give you some Christmas cheer with their cute funny cards - hope you all have a smiley day!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Sweet stampin Challenge - Christmas
Crafts and me - no blue
Stampavie and more - christmas
Crafty sentiments -snowflakes
Incy Wincy challenge - snowflakes

Hugs 

Judith x

Too cute to spook - thats us girls at MAWTT!!

Good morning all

Its almost Halloween - the scariest night of the year!  But over at Moving Along With the Times challenge blog our Debs has decided that we should not be scary at all!!  So to match with all of us gorgeous MAWTT DT girlies - we are after all the cutest DT this side of Halloween!! - the theme is

Too cute to spook!!

We would love to see your cute Halloween projects - but nothing too scary

Our sponsor this week is

Dis Digi downloads

Who are offering one lucky winner 3 images from their great store

So here's my - not so scary Halloween card

And this is what I did....

Image - Nicky the sweet witch  from Inky Impressions (I just love that cat!!)

Coloured with Copics

Papers -my minds eye

Card

Bazzill basics

Dies -All spellbinders

Purple glitter glue (which is on just about everything!) - Martha Stewart

Spider - Imaginations

Pins - my crafty heart

Black pearls - Kaisercraft

Wicked die cut - Cricut expression - mini monsters cart

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Stampinroyalty - halloween

The paper shelter - halloween

Creative belliblog - hallween

Check back later for my second DT card today for Digital Delights

hugs 

Judith x

No patterned papers challenge at Fab'n'Funky Challenges this week

Good Morning all

How the weeks are flying by - we have suddenly arrived at the first Wednesday in October - how did that happen!

Todays challenge over at Fab'n'Funky is themed

No Patterned papers

I have to admit that I don't find these kind of challenges easy!  I don't have a lot of embossing folders and I don't really like plain.  I'm on a bit of a Christmas thing at the minute (aren't we all when we panic and count the weeks to Christmas - then panic again!) and I have got a few Christmas embossing folders so decided that would work best for me.

 our sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy I used a digi from their winter collection called Molly Winter 2  I used my favourite blue and white colour combo - I just love this combination for Christmas cards

This is what I did...

Image - Molly winter2 from Stamp Fairy
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Embossed Bazzill card - using sizzix Merry Christmas embossing folder
Snowflake  - die cut with spellbinders snowflake dies
Sentiment and shaped card - craftwork cards
Ribbon white ruffle edged and stick pins - Sam Pooles creative studios
small snowflakes - Martha Stewart
Snowflake border - memory box die - frosty border
silver mirriboard - create and craft
little iridecent embellies - meiflower centres from my crafty heart

I'm entering this card into the following challenges

Created with love challenge - Christmas
Make it Monday - anything goes
Cutie pie challenge - use a digi
The craft place - make your own background

See you later with this weeks DT card for the new inky impressions Challenge

hugs

Judith xx

Seeing Red at MAWTT!

Good morning campers!

Hope it is a good one for all of you.

There's another new challenge at MAWTT set by this week hostess

the lovely Laurie

The theme is 

Seeing Red

I'm sure you get the message - very simply we want to see Red - and lots of it

Our sponsors this week are the fabulous Crafty Pad

Now to me this challenge just shouted "Christmas" so that's what I did

I used my very very favourite Lili of the Valley stamp - I think I must have used this stamp more than any other one that I own - lots of Christmas cards have been made with this little lady

I have to confess that I always colour her the same way - red coat and a goldy vintagey colour skirt and  blonde hair, but I use different papers and embellies every time - each ones an exclusive lol!  I might have to ring the changes a bit - that gives me a good excuse to use her all over again this year - maybe I can feel some pale blues coming on.....

This is what I did....

Image - lili of the valley - Christmas dance
Coloured with - copics and prismacolor pencils
Red card - Kanban
Kraft card - QVC
Stripe paper - my minds eye - merry
Die cut corners - spellbinders
Snowflake embellie - Anna Griffin - so old I didn't know i still had it!
Gems and sentiment from my stash
White glitter glue - Martha Stewart

Challenges i am entering

Southern girls challenge - stripes
For fun challenges - stamped images
my mums craftshop - stars
stampavie and more - sparkle
try it on tuesday - lots of layers

inky Impressions blog hop

Good morning blog friends

Have I got a treat for you- today is the start of the Inky Impressions Summer bloghop!

Are you ready to get Inky?

Today the Inky Inkettes are sharing lots of fabulous Inky creations

to welcome the summer weather we've all been waiting for!  

Today not only are there some fantastic projects from all the DT girls, 

but we are also releasing 6 brand new Rubber Stamps!

These are

Angelica the Bride

Angelica's New Puppy

Independence Day Lili

Sassy Lili

Christopher Mowing

Gardening Lili

All you have to do is comment at each stop along the way then One lucky winner will win this fabulous prize package

Winners choice of one of the new release stamps and tow other rubber stamps -

• Nickies Birdie 
• Hula LiLi

as well as the following embellishments

1 package of Turtle Charms

1 Package of Wicker Daisy Basket Charms

1 Package of Flower Heart Charms

1 Package of 4mm flat back Pearls Bubblicious

1 Package of 4mm flat back Pearls Golden Yellow

1 Package of 5mm flat back Pearl Hearts - bright White

Great prize! you have until Friday June 1st to comment and add our blog hop information to your personal blog sidebar to be eligible for the prize,

You should have arrived here from Kelli's Blog,, if so you are in the right place. If not, go to the Inky Inspirational blog as that is the first stop

Inky Impressions inspirational blog

So if you haven't been there yet head on over there and start hopping!

I chose the gorgeous Gardening Lili

and this is what I did...

Image - Gardening Lili by Inky Impressions

coloured with - Copics and prismacolor pencils

Card Bazzill Basics

Ribbon - carnmeal Cottage

Twine - the twinery

butterfly Charm - Inky impressions

flatback pearls - Inky impressions

Die cut flowers - Dienamics die

Die cut shaped mounts -Spellbinders

Sentiments - Craftwork cards

Butterfly Dies- Martha Stewart and fiskars

I do hope you'll join us in the fun hop - go on off you go!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges

Alphabet Challenge - h is for handmade flowers

My mums craftshop - 3 flowers 2 papers 1 ribbon

Phindys place - 2 designer papers and 3 embellishments - ribbon, twine,pearls

 

Hugs Judith

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

A little distressing

Good morning blog friends

Don't worry I'm not here to tell you a sad story to get distressed over - but we do need some distressing over at Creative Craft Challenges this week!!

We have the wonderful Lili of the Valley sponsoring this weeks challenge

 and so we want to see your projects on the theme 

Distressing

I had such problems making this card, had chosen the card paper and ribbon - even coloured the image but I just couldn't put it together for the life of me - and it certainly didn't start life as an easel card!
I messed on with it all day on and off - took the dog out for a walk, did some work, came back to it and eventually stuck it together and photographed it - but it still didn't look right -when I looked at it I had forgotten to do the shading with my prismas to give it a more distressed/vintage look, by then I was blending the black prisma pencils onto the mostly finished card - I'm amazed that it didn't end up in the bin!! As if that wasn't bad enough when I came to try to photograph it the second time I ended up chasing it round the garden!!  I like to take my photos outside if I can - but didn't think it was quite as windy as it was....

So these terrible photos were taken in my conservatory and I
 couldn't do any better so gave up and this is the best I got!

I decided to pick out the green, pink, blue and peach in the papers - more colours than I would normally use together and carried it through with the embellies so this card is not really me at all - I'm usually a two or three colour girl at the most.  The only thing i can say is it does actually work and looks better in real life than in these photos!!

This is what I did.....

Image - Lili of the Valley - Party girl
Coloured with copics and prismaclour pencils
Papers - First edition - spring feast
Sentiment Lili of the valley
Ribbon - Sam Pooles creative studios
Butterfly punches  Martha Stewart and papermania
Roses - dienamics dies with a pink dew drop inside
Green pearls - kaisercraft
Distress ink - Tim Holtz - tea die
Die cut circles - spellbinders
Die cut flower border and corner (used as leafy sprig) - Memory box

Challenges I am entering with this card

Crafty cardmakers - birthday with balloons
Ooh la la creations - ribbon or twine
Love to create challenge- Bingo - Ribbon /punches/flowers
Lilis little fairies - use your favourite craft tool (Grand Calibre die cutting machine)
Delightful challenges - Distressing
Willow Sketchie challenge  -handmade flowers

Well that about the end of my distressing tale!

See you all tomorrow

Hugs Judith xx

Its Summer sunshine at MAWTT - who am I kidding!!!

Good morning blog friends

Its Thursday yet again - and time for another new challenge at Moving Along with the Times.  This week our lovely Claire is hosting and has chosen the theme summer sunshine.  I presume this is wishful thinking from Claire cos we sure ain't got any!! .... but I'm pretty sure that if enough people join in with the challenge we could have some by the end of the week at MAWTT at least!! 

 I found this challenge a bit challenging!  Couldn't come up with a DT card at all - then I saw this digi on another blog and it was love at first sight!  It is from stamping dragon designs  and called beach scene.

the inside

I have never coloured such a big scene before and I quite enjoyed the challenge but when I finished felt as if something was missing probly because it has no central figure so decided to add some glitter for a bit of extra focus and I was even pleased with that too! There's very little to this card really but it reminds me of holidays and sunshine so that can't be a bad thing.

What I did....

Image - Beach scene from stamping dragon designs
coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Papers - Sun Kiss from Prima
Sentiment -cut with cricut expression
Foam sunshine and palm trees - American crafts
Glitter - selection of Martha Stewart colours
Ribbons - Carnmeal cottage
Gems - from my stash
Sentiment inside - Anna Griffin

Challenges I am entering with this card

canyoudigiit - sunrise and sunset
[pin]spirational challenges - picture inspiration
crafty boots challenges - yellow
The crazy challenge - Summer/beach
Made Especially for you - inspirational colours (yellow/blue/green/brown)
One stitch at a time -Here comes summer

Thats all from me today

Hugs
Judith xx

Lace and Pearls over at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Morning all

I haven't been around much these last few days - been really busy trying to catch up with things  (the story of my life!!)but should be able to do some visiting over the next few days.

Today is challenge day at Fab'n'Funky challenges and the new challenge is being sponsored by

 The Digi Doodle Shop 

Our theme for the week chosen by the lovely Pat is

Lace and pearls

Here is my DT card, which I made using one of the lovely images from The Digi Doodle Shop Called Daisy Girl, isn't she just so sweet!

Two other views of the card

As you can see I'm still on my easel card "thing" - each time I see an image my mind says - that would make a nice easel card - don't know if I've got a bit of an easel problem and has it got bad enough that I need help lol....

I've stood the easel right back so you can see the sentiment but really it  looks better when it stands in front of the sentiment on the lace - oh that lace it gave me such problems this week - made my DT card and completely forgot the lace part of the challenge so this is the second, and completely different card I made - note to self - read the challenge when making a  DT card!!

Anyway enough of the chat

This is what I did ......

Image - Daisy girl from the digi doodle shop (they have some fab images)

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Die cut shapes and frames - Spellbinders labels ten

papers - K & Co

Blue textured card  - bazzill basics

Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart

Pearls and lace - from stash

Sentiment - Dawn Bibby -Woodland butterfly

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

The Paper Shelter - wings and things
Creative Belli Blog - Children
http://canyoudigiit.com/blog/ - Secret garden

Crafty sentiments - use a digi
Diecuttindivas  - garden theme
Incywincy - use digis only
Robynsfettish - spring
My Mums Craft Shop - Favourite song or movie - Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle - if you have the time check out this utube video of the song its a real "Daddys little girl song" - as soon as I saw the challenge I remembered I love this song - the video brought a tear to my eye all over again - sniff!!

Thats all from me for today - see you tomorrow for the new MAWTT challenge this week

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

A very pink fairy!

Hi there blog friends

Hope you've all recovered from your Easter weekend. Holiday weekends always leave me totally confused and at the end of it all I haven't got a clue what day it is.  This one seems to have been worse than most and I've definitely lost a day (or two!) along the way.

I've spent around 20 hours with my youngest son scribing for him for his popular culture essay on Christmas (his disability means he can't write or produce huge amounts of text typing so that's my job!)  I've never had quite so much Christmas at Easter before - but I've been well educated along the way.  The good thing is its all done and he's away off to Uni this morning to hand in his books at the library - and get out the next lot - any one for a 10,000 word dissertation on Convergence Theory!!

Enough of Easter (and Christmas!) - I was caught totally on the hop for my DT card for the My Time to Craft Challenge - didn't realise it was Tuesday already and on top of that couldn't see how a whole two weeks had passed since the last challenge!     None the less it IS Tuesday today and time for another challenge at My Time to Craft.  Our new challenge for this fortnight is

Fairy Nice

So dust off those fairies - yes all those as yet un-inked and hidden away in your stash - and lets see all your pretty -  or even dark and wicked - fairies this next two weeks.  The DT girls have made some wonderful cards  for your inspiration  so get over to the challenge blog to see what we've all done - and show us your Magical cards

I've made the pinkest card ever! - with lots of glitter - I'm sure some little girl out there will love this - who doesn't love a fairy!

This is what I did.....

I wanted to keep it fairly simple, its not exactly a CAS card but its not too busy -I managed to hold back on the flowers this time

Stamp - Lili of the Valley Pom Pom

Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolor pencils

Papers - Forever Friends  New Arrival

Distressed with - Tim Holtz Tattered Rose distress ink

Butterflies - Martha Stewart punch

Glitter - Martha Stewart silver glitter glue

Die cut shapes for mounting - Spellbinders

Seam binding ribbon and clear gems from my stash

Sentiment  - Whiff of Joy Magical Wishes text set

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

ABC challenge - M is for Magical

Sweet Stampin challenge -Dies and Doodles

Flutterby Wednesdays - Butterfly, Fairy or Angel on your project

Allsorts Challenge - Bingo - Pink/ribbon/green (grass!)

Crafty Sentiments designs - Spring - pastel colours

That's all from me for today - hopefully I'll get caught up with my bloging and visiting over the next couple of days -See you tomorrow

Hugs 

Judith x

Its challenge day over at Moving Along With the Times challenge blog

Morning blog friends

Well Its Thursday again so that means a new challenge over at the MAWTT blog

This week Lisa Jane   is hosting the

MAWTT "Easter Wishes" Challenge

and we would love to see your Easter creations

So hop over and take a peek at the Fab DT cards  on the blog.

Our Creations this week are using  really cute images from Digi My World

Who are offering this weeks winner a fab $10 voucher to spend in store :)

 http://digimyworld.com/shop/

I used the cute Cindy Ears for my DT card

a close up of the details

I've had a weird and wonderful week this week (so whats new!!), on Tuesday Morning I found out i had won Lisa Janes blog candy draw - yes our Lisa Jane who is the MAWTT host this week (see above), thanks so much sweetie and I have to tell you my postman is going to start getting worried cos theres some serious stalking about to start!!  Yesterday I got a top 3 in the inky impressions challenge.  But Tuesday night was my absolute corker.... 

 Have you ever gone out in the wrong car!  I'm sure you must be wondering what on earth I'm talking about - surely all cars are the same at the end of the day? Well the answer is definately no.  I had taken my son Tom to sea scouts on Tuesday night - about 20 minutes away from home.  Rushed back to get some cards finished off and then went back to collect him for 9:30, that was when the fun began.  Tom who is 19 is a power wheelchair user because he has severe physical disabilities as he has cerebral palsy - not that much stops him - he's doing a degree at university , his duke of edinburgh award, sea scouts all sorts, anyway back to Tuesday.  Got back down to the sailing club to pick him up and got out of the car to discover I had just driven there in my Ford Fiesta - anyone ever tried to get a HUGE power wheelchair in the back of a ford fiesta!!  Tom and all at sea scouts thought it was hilarious, but I had to drive back home, change to Toms adapted car with the drive in ramp and drive back to get him.  By the time we got home and sorted it was after 11 and I'd had enough - just went to bed .  As typical of when these things happen my hubby was working away that night so had to rush around and do everything myself and to be honest I haven't caught up with the things (crafty things of course) that I wanted to do.  I could say I won't do that again but as my husband said - its typical me - my heads always full of something else!!  Anyway back to work today so still no crafting:(

Anyway back to the card
This is what I did......

Image - Digi My World  Cindy Ears
Coloured with - copics and prismacolor pencils
Paper - K & Co sweet nectar
Card - coredinations - christmas pastels
Border - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage
Flowers - Petaloo mini florettes
Die Cut Happy Easter - Cricut expression Plantain Schoolbook 

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Dream Valley Challenges - Easter
Anything Goes - Get ready for Easter
Joanna Sheen - Easter/Spring
Creative inspirations - anything goes
Sweet Stampin' challenge Blog - use lts of green
Truly madly Crafty - colour inspiration - mine are a bit brighter - but all the colours are there!
Craft us crazy - Easter or something sweet - I think shee's both!


Thats me for today

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

Little fairy girl

Hi there blog friends
Hope you all had a great weekend, I don't know where weekends go, I don't often have much crafty time at weekends unless its a rainy Saturday afternoon or something like that, we always are out and about and Sunday is always a family day. 

The weather was beautiful here on Saturday and we took the dog on a long walk over the fields up to the next village along the coast and sat and had coffee and cakes outside at a litle cafe we often go to.  On Sunday we had a tea party for the grannies (as our mothers are known!) for mothers day and I baked cakes and pies and made little posh sandwiches and thoroughly enjoyed it, my daughter entertained the grannies and the men sat in the conservatory and listened to the football  It makes me sound like a real domestic goddess  - I wish!!  - can't even remember the last time I made a corned beef and potato pie before that, but even if I say so myself it was delish and the cakes were disapearing before
they got to the tea table - sounds like little house on the prarie doesn't it but sometimes its just so nice to slow down and do ordinary things at home and not have to rush around.

I started to do some colouring last night withmy new copic colours - lovely! - had a couple of DT cards to do and particularly wanted to enter the LOTV challenge this week because I'd got 6 new stamps from the new release  as part of my birthday pressie from my daughter. couldn't believe when I saw the new challenge was fairies and butterflies because  there are no fairies in the new release just one little girl  who looks like she might be dressed as a fairy so I used her and made some butterfly embellies to fit with the buttefly part of the challenge

 - don't think thats very good planning Lillis little fairies  - releasing new stamps then  having a challenge that you can't use them in!!

a close up of all the glittery bits!

This is what I did ...

Stamp - LOTV - wish upon a star
Coloured with - Copics and prismaclour pencils
Papers - the check is from K and Co, stars - from my stash
Gems - from stash
Die cuts - cricut Cindy loo and Paper dolls everyday
Glitter glue - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage
Kraft card and papers distressed with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink

I'm entering this card into the follwing challenges

lillies little fairies - butterflies and fairies
Incy Wincy Designs - things with wings (my "fairy" only has imaginary wings - but the butterflies   have real ones!!)
Pollycraft monday challenge - checks/gingham
The poodles parlour - Anything goes

I also got two lovely nominations for blog awards from two of my favouite bloggers in the last couple of days  -lovely ladies you know who you are!!  I'll be back tomorrow to tell you about them - this post is already starting to look like a novel !!

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