Wet or dry embossing required at Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge

Good Morning all

We have a fun new challenge starting over at 

Winter Wonderland

and our lovely Marlene has chosen the theme

Wet or Dry Embossing

I never really got embossing until quite lately but now I've got into it in a big way!! - I love embossing and even prefer embossed backgrounds to papers these days

 (10,000 paper pads needing to be offloaded anyone lol) 

My project today uses wet embossing onto Sheena Douglass' Perfect Partners Poinsettia

 dies and stamps to make Christmas tags

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous

who are offering a prize of 3 digis of the winners choice

This is what I did....

Stamps and dies - Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Poinsettias

Stamped onto black card and embossed with Creative expressions fine detail gold embossing powder

Black card and Centura pearl old gold card - from Crafter's Companion

Tag dies - plain and stitched from MFT

Black organza ribbon - from my stash

Quite simple really - but will dress up your Christmas gifts beautifully

Hope you'll join in with our challenge this week 

Challenges I'm entering 

Crafty ribbons - Tags with ribbons

Hugs

Judith x

Happy New Year - and something else New!

Happy New Year everyone

Well I finally kicked myself into gear and here's my first post of the year

I'm setting myself off on a new blogging start for the year

-after a pretty disastrous end of last year

the only thing I can say is I had a great holiday in November

and Christmas and New Year were pretty good too

So - line drawn under 2015

and a happy 2016 is here!!

We have a "New" challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

the theme is 

Something New

(new house, new baby, using new stash etc)

My card is a wedding card that my daughter asked me to make for a friend last summer

the theme of the wedding was sunflowers

I think you could even say a wedding fits the new theme - it is after all a start of a new life together

but as well as that I used some new dies 

Absolutely brand new are the Dies from Sue Wilson

They're the ornate pierced rectangles from the Noble Collection
I just love this collection

I also decorated the inside to match

I don't know if these photographs do this card justice, it was quite a large card and the layering looked really effective with the black and yellow and it was also  really quite easy to make -

Our fabulous sponsor this week is

Live and Love Crafts

who are providing a £10 voucher for our prize winner

What I did...

The whole list of items used

Dies - Ornate pierced dies Sue Wilson Noble die collection

Sunflower dies - MFT

Black Card - Crafter's Companion

Yellow cards - Cor'dnations from Crafters Companion

Sentiment tag - Anna Griffin Chalkboard Sentiments

Sentiment inside of card - LOTV

Ribbon and jewelled embellie from my stash

I do hope you'll join in with us at Fab'n'Funky this week to get the 'New' year off to a flying start

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Incy winsey - white with a splash of colour (16/1)
our crafty corner - anything goes (31/01)
ruby's rainbow - something new (28/1)

Hugs

Judith xx

Delightful challenges are back again!

Good Morning all

I'm delighted to be here today with our first new Challenge at 

Delightful Challenges

We will be here on the 3rd Thursday of every month with a new challenge

and the theme will be

Anything Goes

I chose to use this gorgeous image called Flowering watering can

available here
ant the lovely day sentiment
available here

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils

Pen Colours - OR1,2, TN1, IG1,3,9 CG1,3,4 BT1

Pencil colours 117,120

A lovely summery image and so much fun to colour

This is what I did...

Image - Flowering watering can from Digital Delights

Sentiment Lovely day from Digital Delights

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils
Pen Colours - OR1,2, TN1, IG1,3,9 CG1,3,4 BT1
Pencil Polours 117,120

Papers Rondelle by Prima

Black card - Crafters companion

Sunflower dies - My favourite things

Stitched square die - Memory box Stitched squares

Pinked enge rectange - MFT Blueprints 19

Daisy punch - woodware

Black ribbon - from my stash

We'd love to see you at our challenge this month

hugs

Judith xx

Summer is here at the Paper Shelter!

Good morning all

Hope it's still bright and sunny in your little corner of the world - we're still having lovely warm days and I've been able to walk about 5 miles a day with the dog (with a coffee stop!) almost every day.

I also got my lovely new car yesterday - I just love it - but I've pulled a muscle in my wrist pulling the hand brake on!! it's a different shape to the one in my last car - my DH says I'm not safe to be let out - maybe I should just stay in and craft instead : )

I'm here with my first post of the day to tell you about our challenge this week at

The Paper Shelter

Our theme this week is 

Summer

I chose to use this cute little sailor girl - one of the newer digis 

called Pretty little Sailor - available here

I decided to keep this card very CAS - this pretty little girl deserves centre stage!

Just coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and Pencils and mounted on some neutral card and paper 

As always we have a fab prize at TPS for our winner

 

Here's what I did.....

Image - Pretty Little Sailor from TPS
Coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens and Pencils
Colours used  Skin - FS3,5 TN2 CR5 - pencil 59
                       Dress and shoes - TB1,3,5 Pencil 120
                       Hair - TN2,4,6 pencil 91
                       Hat Pencil 120
                       Wheel TN2,3,4 pencil 91
                       Shadow - pencil 112
Card - Kraft Card from Crafters Companion
Paper - Father knows best from LOTV
Sentiment - LOTV
Stitched Die - from MFT blueprints 14

I'll be back later with my DT card for Fab'n'Funky Challenges - we have a fun song themed challenge going on there this week

Challenges i'm entering with this card

Without words - brown and blue
Crafting when we can - summer fun

hugs

Judith x

Penny Black and more challenge GDT spot - Die cuts

Good morning all

I was really delighted to have my card chosen in the challenge over at 

Penny Black and more

to be GDT in this months challenge

The theme is

Use die cuts

(remember you must use a penny black stamp)

here's what I came up with

using this lovely floral from Penny Black

it's called Botanical Notes (40-276)

I just love the floral stamps at Penny Black - and this one is especially gorgeous!

This is another lovely big 8x8 inch cards - I love working with this size

Here's what I did....

Stamp - Botanical notes from Penny Black

Coloured with copics and Spectrum Noir pencils

Papers - LOTV Bear essentials

Card - MFT

Sentiment stamp - Heartfelt creations

Corner dies - both from memory box and quite old now - Macarena corner and Bow flourish

Labels - MFT - labels and stitched labels dies

Pearls and butterfly from my stash

Gold shimmer gilding wax on and around image

Thank you to the DT at Penny Black and more for choosing me - I really enjoyed making this card

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Penny black Saturday challenge - trees or nature (M)
Addicted to stamps - Flowers
Fashionable stamping - things with wings
Stamping sensations - Flower power(M)
Great impressions - celebrate spring (M)

Hugs

Judith xx

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