#66 Here come the boys ~ Anything Goes for Christmas & New Year

Good morning Crafters, 

 It's here, the 1st of December have you finished the Christmas shopping?  

No??? 

me neither, in fact I've barely started, I need to pull my socks up and get the presents bought & wrapped, then there's the food, the tree and cooking to do.

 Ooh don't you just love this time of year :o)

Anyway...how about a nice easy challenge? 

At Here come the boys today is an

 Anything Goes Christmas & New Year Challenge

and here's my contribution

I made this Gift Bag for my hubby, the chocolate is for decoration lol, hubby will get something different in there, he's not a big fan of chocolate (I know, how lucky am I)

For this Gift Bag I used Pion Papers, Forever Friends Bear painted with distress inks, the postcard stamp, the little tags are LOTV ones and these gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl ~ 25mm Sable Satin Berisford Ribbon, White Pom Pom Trim, Mixed Dahlia 'Easter Spice' and Mixed Dahlia 'Stormy Skies'

Don't forget to pop over to Here come the Boys theirs lots of Christmas inspiration waiting for you

See you again shortly

Hugs

Here come the Boys ~ Sentiments only Challenge

Good morning Crafters,

 hope you are well this morning, 

It's time for another challenge over at Here come the boys today and our theme is

 Sentiments Only

I've made another Criss Cross card, bookmark & Tag

For this one I've used Maja Design papers called Irreplaceable Time, die cut holly leaves,

Roses are WOC, Tiny red Berries and green Satin Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

The sentiment reads...

It's the Memories

 of the Season

that we Treasure

Most of All

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We are sponsored by our wonderful Team Leader Woo 

who is offering a $4 gift certificate for

The Girls have made some great cards for your inspiration so feel free to pop along to Here come the boys and take a look, hope you can join us in this great Sentiments challenge. 

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and that's it!

I hope you have an enjoyable Sunday

Hugs

Here come the Boys ~ Christmas in Brown & Cream

Good morning Crafters, 

How are you getting on with making those Christmas cards? not long to go now eh?

Are you way ahead or still got a long way to go like me...

Well help is on it's way because this weeks challenge at Here come the Boys is Christmas in Brown & Cream, so here's another card made :)

I've had this lovely stamp for a while now and thought it was high time I used it, I've seen it on so many beautiful cards in blog land and loved it. 

Our lovely team leader Woo, is sponsoring us this week with a digi of your choice from

 Tiddly Inks

Well done to the winner & top 3 last week, everyone's cards were brilliant! 

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I'm off to get a coffee and enjoy the day with my family, it's not often these days we are all together on a Sunday there's always usually one working, but today we are all home yay!

Take care and have a fabulous Sunday.

Hugs

Here Come The Boys ~ sketch challenge

Good morning Crafters

Hello and a happy Sunday to you :)

I'm not only happy to be back but...my eye is better yeah!

I thought if I took a little break from the PC it might help and it has :o)

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Did you have an enjoyable World Card Making Day yesterday? 

I was crafting away happily most of the day, so pleased to get so much done.

This card is for the new sketch challenge, starting today over at Here come the boys

These are of course Pion papers

I've used James and the snowman from Lili of the Valley and a LOTV sentiment too

those gorgeous jingly bells and green pearls are from The Ribbon Girl and a mix of WOC flowers.

Come on over to Here come the boys and join in the fun, here is the sketch for you, created by our lovely team leader Woo

Have a great Sunday and see you again shortly

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HERE COME THE BOYS ~ BABY BOY CARDS

Good morning and happy Sunday to you :)

Today is Here come the Boys Challenge again and didn't that last fortnight go quick, my goodness soon be Christmas!

This week we have the lovely theme of Baby Boy cards

all together aaahhhhh :)

I made this one using Maja papers, 

lovely lace, Pearls, String Pearls and Roses from The Ribbon Girl

I've used Frantage on the heart banner, the lovely bottle charm and resin frame were from Live & Love Crafts.

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(I apologise for the short post, if you haven't  already seen on facebook, I've got a poorly eye and having to use antibiotics ointment four times a day so my vision is a little blurry, I was worried I wouldn't be able to craft but I've been die-cutting leaves and other useful die-cuts today, well I can't stay out of the craft room can I lol.)

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I hope you can come along and join us at Here come the Boys for this lovely new challenge, your cards for the Blue Christmas challenge were brilliant. 

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Have a fantastic Sunday

hugs

Here Come The Boys ~ #60 Blue Christmas in September

Good morning dear Crafters

Yes, as the title says it's time for another challenge at Here come the Boys

and this fortnight's challenge theme is Blue Christmas in September.

This is one of my favourite LOTV stamps from last year, 

Delivering Presents by Lili of the Valley

and the grunge sentiment is an LOTV one too. 

I've used more of my Pion papers, these are from the new Winter time in Swedish Lapland collection.

The image is painted in distress reinkers, I've used the postal stamp and frantage around the image and frantage on the papers

Gingham ribbon, pale blue roses and lily from The Ribbon Girl & other Roses are Wild Orchid Crafts.

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Challenges

Sparkles Christmas Challenges ~ Non Traditional Colours

Totally Gorjuss ~ Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog ~ Winter Wonderland

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We are sponsored again this week by the wonderful 

Please go to the Here come the Boys blog for more information

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday

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Here Come The Boys ~ Lazy Summer Days

Good mornnnnnnnnning, (shouting) sorry to wake you but

guess who's feeling on top of the world again, yeah me!!!!

I always hate feeling poorly, it's lovely to be back feeling good again, I've been cleaning the house like mad since feeling better :o)

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Righty oh! 

First up today is Here come the Boys Challenge Lazy Summer Days 

ahhh! ...don't you just love them.

These cute little mice are a lovely stamp by Pink Poison, I bought them yonks ago and still like using them. 

I made this card for a lady who wanted this for her Dad

the tag inside says Happy Birthday Dad. 

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Our sponsor this week is DR DIGI House of Stamps

who is offering the winner a digi of their choice

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We can't wait to see your Lazy Summer Days cards at Here come the Boys

Don't forget your cards must be for a boy or man, no girly cards.

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Well I shall be back shortly with another DT card, 

time for coffee :o)

Hugs 

Here come the Boys ~ #58 Only Squares

Good morning, 

It's another challenge over at Here come the Boys today

and it's 

Only Squares 

I've use this cute Snowman stamp

I've had this one for ages and I forgot I had him

the Christmas papers are Maja design

and the square sentiment is an LOTV Grunge stamp

with a little square Christmas brad to complete the look :)

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Our marvelous sponsor this week is 

So pop over to Here come the boys and see what wonderful cards the DT have made for your inspiration. 

Hopefully see you later

hugs

Here come the Boys ~ Sketch Challenge

Good morning

Here we are Sunday again :o)

I love Sundays because everyone's home

well they will be by lunchtime, our youngest is at work until lunch today.

It's just comforting having everyone home relaxing...I know I'm a soppy Mum

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Anyway...

Our dear Team Leader Wendy (Woo) at Here come the boys has come up with another fab sketch for us this week and here it is 

and here's my card

I hadn't used my Forever Friends stamps for a while and I do love them.

The papers are Maja design, I used my little x cut punch for the flowers and added Kort & Godt pearls, the leaf punch is Martha Stewart and those little buttons are from Dunelm Mill. 

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I hope you can come and join in our challenge at Here come the boys

I have another card coming up later so it's 

bye for now ;o)

 and see you again shortly. 

hugs

Here come the boys ~ Use a Digi Stamp

Hello and a very good morning to you :o)

I am absolutely walking on cloud nine here today, I've had a wonderful couple of days so far with my Grandsons, they went to see their other Grandparents last night but they are coming back later today and we are taking them out, they are great kids, so well behaved and full of cuddles, they are adorable!

Right where was I? ...Oh yes, blogging :o)

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Today is Use A Digi Challenge at Here Come the Boys

 So I chose this ol' favourite Bambino by Sugar Nellie

The girls have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration, so please pop by to Here Come the Boys and don't forget to check out our winner & top 5.

Have fun making those cards.

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 See you all again shortly

 Hugs 

Lets go dotty ~ at ~ Here Come The Boys

Good morning World and HaPpY FaThErS DaY to all the Dads out there :o)

...and what a beautiful day it is too, the sun is shining and it's a gorgeous blue sky.

It's time for another challenge at Here Come the Boys today, I'm so pleased I'm on this Design Team or I would never get round to making my boys/mens cards.

This week we are going Dotty, as you can see I used these Maja Design papers and luckily for me there's a lovely fine dotty one. 

The buttons are a Memory Box die and I've used raffia sewn through them.

The lovely LOTV image is another from the LOTV Artist pad. 

Magnolia Starbright die tag with 'Happy Birthday' sentiment and the lovely boys cap charm & natural hemp twine are from The Ribbon Girl.  

So scoot on over to Here Come the Boys and take a good look at the DTs wonderful cards for your inspiration.

Don't forget to check to see if you are last weeks winner or in the Top 5

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Have a fabulous Sunday and don't forget to spoil your Dad today :o)

Hugs

Here come the boys ~ Add ribbon

Good morning :o)

Can you believe we are into June already, the time is going by far too fast

and talking of time... it's time for another great challenge at Here Come The Boys!

This week we are using ribbons on our cards

I used this cute little topper from the LOTV artist pad, isn't he cute and I stamped the sentiment on the side. 

The papers are Maja design

The football boot charm & ribbons are from The Ribbon Girl. 

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Have fun making those Boys/Men cards with ribbon we can't wait to visit your blogs to see them. 

There's lots of inspiration waiting for you here

See you again shortly...

hugs

Here come the boys ~ Must have buttons

Good morning Crafters

I can't believe it's Sunday again, that week went quick.

It's time for another challenge at Here come the boys and this time it's

Must have Buttons

I've used one of those lovely topper images from the LOTV art pads, I love them for making boys cards, they make life so much easier, these lovely garage papers are from Raspberry road and I've attached my buttons with twine on top of a piece of hessian.

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Don't forget to pop back to Here come the boys to see if you are our last challenge winner, your cards were brilliant, can't wait to see what your buttons cards.

Take care and have a lovely relaxing Snday.

hugs

Here Come The Boys ~ Paper piercing Challenge

Hello... I'm back again.
Yes it's time for another great challenge at HERE COME THE BOYS and we are paper piercing this week, as you can see I've paper pierced Edwin's shorts, T.shirt and shoes

I've used shabby white Frantage for the white sandy beach and added seashells

Also used this little bottle from The Ribbon Girl and I put some Tim Holtz film ribbon inside.

there's a lovely little passport charm too in the bottom left hand corner.

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Come and take a look at what the clever DT have made here

Have fun paper piercing, we can't wait to see your cards.

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Little boy blue ~ Here come the boys

Good morning, 

and another lovely day it is too :o)
the sun is shining, the birds are singing...aahhh, I love Spring.

 Time for another challenge at Here come the boys
this week our theme is...

Little Boy Blue

I chose this cute Edwin

with Maja design papers
little Jingle bells & button twine from The Ribbon Girl
and Magnolia sentiment. 

You made such fantastic cards for the sketch challenge, we can't wait to see your Little boy blue cards, the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration here
I'm off to get a coffee and catch up with some commenting :o)
See you later
hugs

HCTBs Sketch challenge

Good morning ladies,

We have a super challenge for you this week at Here come the Boys

Woo has drawn up this fabulous sketch for us

I love sketches to work with, don't you?

Here's my card using Cool Ian from The Greeting Farm stamps

 

I've used Maja papers, layered & stitched, a die cut burlap star with button & twine, I also used the postcard stamp and Magnolia 'especially for you' sentiment.

I hope you will join us in this great challenge over at Here come the boys , don't forget to pop back and see if you are this weeks winner or in the top 3

The girls have some fabulous inspiration over there waiting for you.

See you again shortly. 

hugs

Teresa xxx

Here come the Boys ~ Picture Inspiration Challenge.

Hello again, I'm back with my card for Here come the Boys

we have a great picture inspiration for you this week

and here is my card for this challenge ...

I chose to take the colours green and blue and the aeroplane from the picture, you can choose whatever you like from the picture, for more inspiration take a look at what the clever  DT have made here 

I've used Edwin with aeroplane, Maja papers, the sentiment is a Magnolia one, Calico die cut star with a cap/hat attached with twine and pearl stars. 

Thanks for looking, thank you to all my new followers and a very special thanks to all of you who have left comments the past week, I've had such a busy week I haven't had much time for commenting but I aim to put that right today :o)

 Have a wonderful, relaxing Sunday

Hugs 

Here come the boys ~ No stamping!

Good morning and a happy Sunday to you.

Oh boy, oh boy do we have a challenge for you, over at Here come the boys today we have been making cards with no stamping, it may sound easy but when you love your stamps as much as we do it can be quite difficult...

here's what I made, a Christmas card with a postcard of Santa using all the gorgeous Pion papers, I was a bit worried about the lace & rolled roses because it has to be for a male but  my dear hubby said it looked fine (he's such a sweetheart) 

The DT have made some superb cards here so please take a look if you get chance and I hope you will join us in this challenge, good luck with your no stamping cards! 

Have a super Sunday and I'll see you again shortly with another two DT cards. 

Hugs

Here come the boys ~ Lots of layers challenge.

Good morning, 

It's all go here today :o)

1st up we have a brilliant challenge over at Here come the Boys I love this challenge it's 

Lots of Layers

yes I love using lots of layers don't you.

Here's a stamp I haven't used in ages, Forever Friends bears are so cute and for this one I did a bit of paper piercing on his present.

I've used Magnolia papers, kraft card, hessian, brads, cheesecloth and buttons with twine

 and of course the lovely sentiment (one of my favourites)

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CHALLENGES

Forever Friends fortnightly challenge  ~ Anything goes

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I hope you can join us in this challenge and just to whet your appetite there's some great inspiration from my team mates here

Have fun crafting and see you again shortly

Here Come The Boys Sketch Challenge

Good morning, or is it afternoon, I'm sorry I'm late I can't believe I overslept, I never sleep past 6am  oh my goodness must be all that packing!

Anyway its another super challenge over at Here come the boys

we have a great sketch for you.

Your cards last week were amazing! 

We can't wait to see your cards using Woo's sketch.

Pop over to Here come the boys and take a look at all the great cards the DT have made.

See you again shortly. 

hugs