#2017 - Happy Saturday! - happy planning with my crafty Happy Planner!!

Good morning all

I hope you're all warm and well this wintery Saturday morning

(well it's wintery in my corner of the world!)

We had a small amount of snow that only lasted yesterday

and I live only about a mile from the sea where there have been some spectacular tides crashing up

thankfully not doing any damage - but a wonderful display of nature

I't's been a busy week craft wise has this one!!

If you pop over to Fab'n'Funky Challenges you'll see we have some lovely new teamies.

Running a DT takes a lot of work sometimes and this was one of those weeks!

But I've got everyone up and ready on the blog and our new sponsors sorted for the year 

(well except one closed before the year started so  - we're on the lookout for someone to cover a couple of weeks! - - any offers or ideas lol

I've also been busying away with my new crafty goodies for the year

continuing with my 'crafting for a purpose' theme

and here's the beginning of the beginning - so to speak!

I got myself a lovely 365 Happy Planner (the craft version!)

and aim to use it!!

I started off colouring the cover, using my Clouristapens from Crafter's Companion

- they're great for this type of colouring if you've never tried them

I loved how it turned out but it wasn't really what I wanted

- it's a bit too .....nice ha ha

so I had a lovely couple of messy days and made some covers of my own design

and this is the one I chose to go with

Still quite flowery but in a messy sort of way 

and it says something about me and what I'm aiming to do with it

- not your bog standard planner cover

I used Sheena Stamping card and coloured it with my Ranger Dylusions paints in bubblegum pink, crushed grape, fresh lime and cherry pie - just sort of slapped it on with a baby wipe - it blends beautifully, I then stamped and painted in the details and dotted about a bit with the handle end of the brush - I loved the messyness of it! - a bit scary but very satisfying

The flowers are Sheena Douglass Day of the Dead Floral Fiesta

and I then layered up using the coordinating dies

- these Perfect Partner dies really are perfect!! 

I didn't want it too dimensional or 'big' because I wanted it to fit inside the plastic cover. After all if it's going to get regular use it needs to be hard wearing lol

After that I added just a few odds and ends, buttons, brads,beads and a key

and finally added the inspiring words which are again stamps from Sheena Douglass

I just stamped them very simply, cut them by hand and stuck them on  in a random way

and in the top corner die cut   -   #2017   - and that's what it's all about!!

I've started to decorate my pages as I go - I've even written i it lol

I'll keep you updated as I go 

.... I think this will be fun

The flowery colouring didn't go to waste, I liked it to  much!

- I've used it on the inside cover, which is still a work in progress

 - I'll show you the back another time!!

Why don't you join me - you don't need to buy a fancy planner, it could be done with any reasonabley sized diary - and they'll be reduced in price  by now as the shops scramble to get rid of them before the end of January

Happy Saturday, Happy planning

Challenges I'm entering with this card 

Challenge up your life - a self made background 17/1

Just us girls- all over stamping 20/1

art by miran - Anything goes 20/1

Creative artists mixed media - anything mixed media goes 30/1

hugs Judith 

xxx

We would like to see Christmas scenes at Moving along with the times

Hi all

We have a lovely new challenge for you this week at

Moving Along With The Times

just in case you had forgotten

- Christmas is on the way!!

We would like to see

Christmas Scenes

I love really traditional Christmas cards, Santa, Poinsettias, Christmas trees, green red....
This card just about has it all!

This is what I did

Image, sentiment and embossing folder - from Nordic Christmas range by Crafter's Companion

Coloured with - Spectrum Noir watercolour pens

Poinsettias made with Sheena Douglass perfect partners Poinsettia dies

Card - Cored'nations Card - darks

Black card from Crafter's Companion

Pebeo silver gilding wax

Hope you'll play along with us this challenge - it's another great excuse to make a Christmas card!

Don't forget to enter my candy draw! - here



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Challenges I'm entering with this card

Addicted to stamps -Christmas
A gem of a challenge - Anything christmas goes

Hugs

Judith

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

Pink or blue at Winter Wonderland

Good morning all

Well we're definitely full swing into Christmas crafting at

Winter Wonderland

our lovely Plony has set us a pretty chalenge theme this week

Pink or Blue

we are sponsored this week by the lovely 

and Teresa is offering a great prize of £8 to spend in store

I have gone with the blue theme (with a bit of pink for luck!)

This is what I did 

Baubles -  Christmas Baubles stamps and dies from Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners range

Foliage - Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Foliage stamps

Background - created with Spectrum Noir Aquatints perfect primaries

Baubles -coloured with Spectrum Noir markers PP4,5,6  OR1,2  TB3,4,5 JG1,2,4 IG1, DG2, LG4

Hope you'll show us your Christmas projects at Winter Wonderland

hugs

Judith x

Another gorgeous fairy from Flights of Fantasy - meet Darcy

Good morning all

I'm back with my next fairy from Morgan Fitzsimons Flights of Fantasy collection

Yet another birthday card - this time for a special friend 

(it feels like all my friends and relations were born in March!!)

This lovely fairy is called Darcy

I wanted to create a mono type image with just a burst of colour in the flowers, which I think are morning glory, they are usually blue or shades in that spectrum, I decided to colour her with my Spectrum Noir alcohol pens.  Whenever I see images coloured in this way with a pop of colour it's nearly always with red, so I thought the blue would make a good contrast and that I'd be able to blend it in with the greys that I coloured the image with.  I did this by transferring the blue directly onto the grey pen tip to keep it subtly blended on the image. I then added some sparkle - because a fairy simply has to have some! - with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens

The background was created by embossing  navy textured cored'nations card then sanding back and embellishing with gilding wax.  The black frames were also embellished with the silver gilding wax

 - I just love this stuff!!

This is what I did....

Image - Darcy from Flights of Fantasy by Morgan Fitzsimons from Crafter's Companion

Coloured with Spectrum Noir alcohol pens -colours IG1, IG2,IG4, TB4, TB9

Sparkle pens - colours silver, starry sky and clear

Flower and leaf die - Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Country Cottage Plain Honesty

Embossing folder - Embossalicious flutterby butterfly folder

Silver pebeo gilding wax

Sue wilson pierced noble dies and frames

Sentiment - LOTV

Ribbons from my stash

Matt black card - Crafter's Companion

Navy Core'dnations card - Crafters Companion

Silver detail embossing powder(on sentiment) creative expressions

Hope you like her as much as I do - I'm not sure that the full effect comes across in the photograph, but i really loved it when I finished - one of those cards for someone els - that you really want to keep for your self!!

Challenges i am entering with this challenge

Chocolate baroque - colour challenge 20/04

glitter and sparkle challenge - use a die/punch  10/04

Stamping sensations - one for the girls 27/04

the ribbon girl - anything goes - with ribbon

have a great day

hugs 

Judith x

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

You really do need a rosy Outlook!

Hi again

Well I'm sure everyone's having some sort of bad weather here in the UK 

apparently there's a lot of snow in the North West  - here in the North east the rain is tipping down

so what we all need is a Rosy Outlook!!

That's the name of this fabulous Stamp and Die set from 

Sheena Douglass' Perfect Partners

I made this card and box using the stamp and die and coloured them with the fabulous new pens that have been launched on Hochanda (channel 39 on freeview) this morning

they are the vintage hues and the colours are fabulous.  I saw my card and box on the TV - right at the front - the feeling never changes - a great boost to my day!!

Here's what I did....

Spectrum noir sparkle pens in Hearthside, and Sage

Perfect Partners Rosy Outlook stamp and die

Sentiment on card from Sheena Douglass's A little bit sketchy silhouette grasses

Sentiment on box was free with Crafter's Companion magazine

Embellie from my stash (ebay)

Core'd'nations card from CC

Black card from CC

Box made with Crafter's Companion ultimate pro

There are lots of shows on Hochanda this weekend with lots of lovely new launches with SAra, Leanne, Sheena and Debbie Shore - be sure to check it out!

hugs

Judith x

We're celebrating LoVe at Fab'n'Funky Challenges this week

Hi all

Sorry I'm a bit late with my post today we've got a few things going on with very poorly people in our family at the moment and it's been a bad couple of days - but better late than never

I'm here to share my DT card for 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges 

our theme this week chosen and hosted by our lovely Jan is

LOVE

I decided to make this into a Mothers Day card project - I'm a bit loved out with the recent Valentines makes so thought it would make a good compromise - and it still fits the theme with the papers I've chosen

This card was made using the image from a paper pack from TPS

Called Two shades of Romance available HERE

The papers are as the name suggests - only two shades - but I printed it in two sizes onto Crafter's Companion Watercolour card and coloured the lovely vintage floral design with my Spectrum Noir Watercolour pencils, and I have to say I was rather pleased with the result! - it was very easy to do as the images are so well drawn with shading anyway.

The DT were lucky enough to be able to work with images from our lovely sponsor this week

The Paper Shelter

Why not check out the blog at Fab'n'Funky and see all the great makes the girls have come up with for your inspiration this week

This is what I did

Image - from Two shades of romance paper set (8 papers in the set)

Coloured with Spectrum Noir Watercolour pencils Colours used : 

 - Petunia, Persimmon, Papaya, Oregano, Rose, Pineapple, Hyacinth, Ebony
Sparkle added with Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen

Butterfly - Sheena Douglass perfect partners die and stamp

Heart Die - from Sara Davies Love  signature collection

Letters cut with Sizzix TH Vintage Market strip die 

Black card

Watercolour card 

Core'dinations TH Colours card in Dusty concorde

Embossalicious Embossing folder from Crafters Companion - Vintage floral wonder

Ribbons from my stash

Buttons or bows or both at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Good morning all

Ok - a question for you! - who - like me wakes up with a song in their head every morning - what was it today? - There's no rhyme or reason to the songs that pop in there - today o-bla-dee- o bla- da. - A hit for The Marmalade in the late 60's I think but actually a great Paul McCartney song. There now I've totally spoiled your day lol - try getting that out of your head

  Sometimes the songs change over the day, but they're always there.  For me yesterday was an Eagles day - they often are for me, I play The Eagles a lot as I craft, and I was so sad to hear of the death of Glenn Frey,  The Eagles have always been my favourite band - right back to the early seventies when I started my love affair with music.  My dog Glenn was named after Glenn Frey because we picked him up on the way back from an Eagles concert in Manchester. But its funny - as I started off saying -what my brain picks as the song of the day - with all the massive Eagles songs, and I have lots of favourites, yesterday was the little known early song Whatever happened to Saturday night.  (this is the link to a youtube video) I love the easy country style of the Eagles as well as their big blasting hits.  Ah well - end of an era - but it was a fun, great one.

It's my turn to host over at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges 

so I chose an easy theme for you!

Buttons or Bows or both

I'm sharing a card that I made last year but never got round to blogging

but feel that it's appropriate - just to remind you that.....

Christmas is coming lol - you really should start now so that you're prepared lol

I visited Cathy's blog yesterday and she's in the swing - and so should you!!

Anyway - now that you've been reminded its back to my card I really loved making this one lots of crafting - stamping, colouring, embossing and die cutting

and don't you just love that image  

-it's by Sheena Douglass for Crafter's Companion

from the little bit festive range and the dies and stamps are from the Perfect Partners Festive Fancies range (some of these were in the January sale over there

 - if you're lucky you might just get them at a bargain price!)

 We have a great prize on offer at Fab'n'Funky Challenge this week from our sponsor

the prize is 3 images up to a value of $10

What I did to make this card....

Image - Sheena Douglass a little bit festive window into Christmas 

Coloured with Spectrum noir pens - DR2 TB4 OR2 HB3 TN3,4 DR1,2 IG3,4 FS3 LG2 JG3,4 

Dies - Sheena Douglass perfect partners stamps and dies - Christmas ivy and Merry and bright

Embossing folder - Sheena Douglass -festive

Mounted on Crafters Companion Mat Black and kraft card

Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage

Distress ink - TH Tea dye

Hope we see you playing along this week with your buttons or bows or both!

Hugs

Judithx

Just a little flight of fantasy....

Hi All

Just thought I'd call in and share one of my makes for the Spectrum Noir TV Design team

I'm still here on my hollies in Florida but we're having a lazy day today - preparing ourselves to party with cookies and hot chocolate at Mickey Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom tonight!!  Our grandson Jacob - who will be 4 next week just can't wait - he loves Mickey, Parties and staying out late at night he has decided, so I think we're in for a night of fun, 

This is one of the lovely new stamps from Morgan Fitzsimmons

Flights of Fantasy range

I made it for the Shows last week on Create and Craft

 coloured with Spectrum Noir pens

What I did

Spectrum Noir pens DR2, PP3,5 GB5 DG2,3 TN2 FS2,3, IG1

Fantasy of flight stamp - Genevieve
Papers from fantasy of flight CD
Downton mirror die
Kraft Card from Crafters Companion
TH Cored’nations card
Sheena’s perfect partners poinsettia and ivy dies and stamps
Sentiment -Nordic Christmas stamp

Hope you're all doing well with your Christmas crafting and preparations

Hugs

Judith x

Just because I can....

Good morning all

And - happy guy Fawkes day to all my UK buddies - to be honest I forgot it was Guy Fawkes day today until I saw it on another blog this morning.  Aren't we a funny lot in the UK - having a special celebration day to remember when a man named Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the houses of Parliament - and all therein! - and from my school days as I recall what they did to him when the plot was foiled - ooo I shudder to think about that!!

Anyway I digress - I 'm posting today just because i can! - no challenges or have -to-makes....

I seem to have a whole queue of cards and projects that I haven't blogged so thought I would share  a set of card samples that I made for Crafter's Companion Spectrum Noir a couple of months back for one of Sheena Douglass TV shows, using the lovely Perfect Partners Victorian Floral stamps and dies available HERE

 The first two are from the bluebell set which is a great set because you get two for the price of one! - the flowers and leaves allow you to make either a bluebell or lily of the valley.  I really loved the lily of the valley when it was finished, although obviously just a white flower I also heat embossed it with a shimmer embossing powder and shaped the flowers with a ball tool.  It looked so pretty.

the last one was probably my favourite - the sweet william, Probably because I love these flowers in real life, always so pretty, make a lovely display - and last for ages!

I coloured the flowers with my Spectrum Noir pens and also coloured the centura pearl card in the first two cards to match in blue and green so they toned perfectly with the colours of the flowers and leaves.  I used collall 3d glue gel to create dimension in the flowers - it's great for this type of project.

It takes me back to summer sharing these today! - wouldn't a nice light,warm sunny day be nice! 

Thank you for calling in to see me today

Hugs

Judith xxx

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Creative knockouts - lace ribbon twine