Gardening Gems at My Time to Craft

Hello again!

It's my busy week for challenges this week and the second for today

Today's challenge at My Time to Craft is

Gardening gems

Heres my DT card for the challenge

I love this little girl and I have to confess she reminds me of myself when I was little, my hair was just like that.  My husband said the same thing when he looked at the card , probably because we had the old photos out quite recently, so he was reminded.  I have to confess that this card was a happy accident.  I made it for another challenge that I thought was ribbons and pearls but it turned out to be lace and pearls so it didn't fit!  I could have pulled that gorgeous ribbon off and replaced it with lace but I just couldn't bring myself to do it because it wouldn't have looked half as nice and  I knew it would fit in with another challenge sometime - and this is it!

This is a lovely challenge - a chance to get out all your flowers and pretty papers and garden related stash and make a lovely spring themed  card perfect for our sunny spring days - that we're not getting, but at least you can make a card and pretend lol !!

Heres what I did....

Image - digi from Digi Doodle Shop  "field of flowers"
Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolour Pencils
Card - Coredinations Kore Kraft by Tim Holtz - distressed by sanding the edges
Organza Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage
Tag - cut on Sizzix
Flower and leaves - Spellbinders - build a rose
Pearl brad  - Whiff of Joy
Paper - My Minds Eye  - Fiddlesticks

Challenges I am entering with this card

B'n'W challenge blog -spring is in the air
The shabby tea room - Ribbon and flowers
Truly madly crafty challenge - make your own flowers
Card makin mammas - make a girly card
Prairie Fairy fridays  - anything with flowers
Sweet'n' Sassy challenges - make it old

Well  that's all from me for today

See you tomorrow with another challenge

Hugs

Judith xx

Va Va Voom at MAWTT challenge this week!

Hi there

We have a great new challenge over at Moving Along With The Times this week.  Our hostess with the mostest for this week is Shell and she has chosen the theme

Va Va Voom!

 so sexy ladies or men is what we want to see!

Here is my creation for this week

Don't really know what happened to my photograph here -my colouring looks a bit wishy washy and the mustard distres ink looks very yellow - but it doesn't look like that in real life! - Oh well...

This is a big 8"x8" card and I was going for a distressed/vintage sort of look, it took me a couple of attempts to get it right but I loved colouring this image.

Our sponsor this week is the fab Kenny K

and the winner will receive 5 digi images of their choice!

This is what I did

Image  - Kenny K Lady Victoria

Coloured with - copics and prismacolor pencils

Papers - K and Co

Music paper - Mariannes designs - songbird

Distress inks - Tim Holtz - Mustard seed and Fired brick

Dark red card - Tim Holtz distress cordinations

Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage

Black gems - kanban

Stick pins and swirls - Creative expressions

Swirl stamp - Anna Griffin

Lace - from my stash

challenges I am entering with this card

Papertake Weekly Challenge - anything goes

Truly Scrumptious - Use lace on your creation

Whimsy Stamps challenge- use ribbon on your creation

http://sundayswithcrissy.blogspot.co.uk/- your favourite colour combination - red and black

The poodles parlour - Going Dotty

That's me for today

See you tomorrow

Hugs

Judith x

Cute baby card

Hi Blog friends
Heres my 3 in a row for this week.  I'm so thriled to have been nominated for my very first blog award this week - not once but three times!! Thank you Pat P, Pat K and Nikki for thinking of me - I am honoured to accept the Leibster Award.

The origins of the Liebster Blog Award are somewhat unclear but the general consensus is that it originated in Germany, Liebster meaning favourite or dearest, to showcase bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. Upon accepting the award the recipient must then pass it on to five more blogs of note

Here's what to do on receiving your Award
1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you.
3. Copy and paste their blog award on your blog.
4. Present the Liebster Blog award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve recogniti
5. Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.

Here are the well deserved blogs I have chosen to pass the award to :

Kim

Chaitali

Rachel

Rachel

Judit

 I made this card for a friend who just had a baby girl, it was lovely to  make a little girl card for a change, everyone has had boys for ages now so a lovely pink little baby is a real joy to do!  I got my copics out to do most of the colouring on this one - I so like the tone of the paler pinks and lemons in promarkers but I stuck to my tried and tested copics for the skin tones (E11, E00,E000,E0000,R30)   I used my new memory box swirl die for the first time on this card - I think I'm in love - its absolutely gorgeous - so delicate - think you might be seeing a bit more of this!  I followed the sketch from this weeks lillis little fairies challenge for this card,  I was happy with it on the whole but not sure if the design is a bit "top heavy" but I didn't want to add anthing else to the bottom as I think there's enough going on!

What I did....

Image and new baby sentiment- LOTV (baby with teddy image)
Coloured with - promarkers, copics and prismacolor pencils
Papers - Forever Friends - new arrival
Pink card - Cordinations christmas pastels
Swirl - memory box
Flowers - Wild orchid crafts
Die cut oval and circles - spellbinders
Leaves - docraft punch
Pearls - Kaisercraft
Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage
You are so cute! stamp - Dawn Bibby woodland friends
Distress ink round oval - dusky rose

Challenges I am entering this card into

Crafty sentiments Designs - congratulations
Crafts and me challenges - Spring colours
Paperplay challenges - spring colours
Papercrafting journey - pretty pastels
Lilis little Fairies - Jacques sketch

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