Monday 4 December 2023

Winter birthday


 
   December's theme for the Aud Sentiment challenge is embossing folder and/or winter/New Year.
I have chosen to make a card for a winter birthday using several pages of a design from Hunkydory's Little Book of seasonal Greetings and decoupaging the image.

   I would like to enter this inti the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional make them smile
   Moving Along With the Times - winter animals
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Sparkles - winter animals
   Creative Moments - winter
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Saturday 2 December 2023

Winter wishes

  
 
   December's theme over at the Send A Smile for Kids challenge is winter.
   I have used another image from Hunkydory's Little Book of Snowmen to decoupage these snowmen. What could be more wintery?

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with make them smile
   Creative Inspirations - contemporary Christmas colours
   Scrapping 4 Fun - non traditional Christmas colours
   The Paper Shelter - colours of winter
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with option blue and silver Christmas
   Fab n' Funky - snowmen
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Creative Moments - winter
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design -  anything goes


Monday 6 November 2023

Mr and Mrs Snowman


 
   The theme for December's Aud Sentiment challenge is a gift tag/packing and/or Christmas.
I have chosen to make a Christmas card using a leftover scrap from paper printed using a My Craft Studio CD ROM for the sky background and torn white thick paper for the snow foreground. The snowman die was from Tattered Lace and the colours were added using Promarkers.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Pat of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional show some flowers
   Allsorts - anything goes with the great outdoors
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Pearly Sparkles - Christmas/winter

Saturday 4 November 2023

Happy winter holiday


   Send a Smile 4 Kids November challenge is to make a card with a holiday theme.
   I have used pages from Hunkydory's Little Book of Snowmen to decoupage an image for a winter holiday.
   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with show some flowers
   Allsorts - anything goes with the great outdoors
   Crafty Calendar - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional in the forest
   Craft Rocket - winter time
   C.R.A.F.T. - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Pearly Sparkles - Christmas/winter


Saturday 7 October 2023

Let's celebrate


   The Send A Smile 4 Kids October challenge has the themes of holiday or celebration.
   I am very partial to the dragon digi stamps from Lee Holland. This one which I have coloured using Promarkers is called birthday dragon. The frame was cut using a carnation Crafts rectangular eyelet and ring die. I also used another Carnation Crafts die to cut the sentiment.
 
   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Moving Along With the Times - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Allsorts - vintage with optional anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with favourite colour combination
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - show us some colouring
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Monday 2 October 2023

Autumn hedgehogs


 
   This month the Aud Sentiments challenge has the themes of ink blending and/or Fall/thanksgiving.
I have chosen the autumn theme and used pieces from Hunkydory's Midnight Garden decoupage book.  I have added two peel off leaf strips which I coloured using Sharpie pens.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional spots /stripes
   Moving Along With the Times - anything goes
   Allsorts - anything goes with autumn trees, leaves and berries
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with autumn colour
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - signs of fall
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes


Saturday 2 September 2023

Autumn scarecrow


 

   This month the theme for the Send  A Smile 4 Kids challenge is a cute fall or Halloween card.
I have chosen an image from Hunkydory's Little book of autumn,  decoupaged it and then outlined it with strips of copper coloured peel offs. The sentiment was cut using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Allsorts - anything goes with optional sunflowers
   Incy Wincy Designs - colours of autumn and/or not square or rectangle
   Crafty Calender -  anything goes
   Creative Knockouts - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Friday 1 September 2023

Thank you sunflower


 
   This month the theme for the Aud Sentiment challenge is tag it and/or thankyou.
For my thank you card I have decoupaged an image from Hunky Dory's Little Book of Autumn. The sentiment and the label on which it is were cut using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Incy Wincy Designs - colours of autumn and/or not square or rectangle
   The Crafter's Cafe - colours of the garden
   Creative Knockouts - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional heroes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Monday 7 August 2023

Floral birthday


 
   This theme for this month over at the Aud Sentiments challenge is not a rectangle and/or use washi tape.
   During a recent clear out I came across this printed paper and  matching die cuts. I believe they were from Tattered Lace. So using other bits and pieces in my stash I created this card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Calendar - anything goes 
   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with dots and/or stripes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Cupcake Inspirations - and a bow/ribbon


Saturday 5 August 2023

Birthday mice


    
   This month we would like to see you birthday cards for kids over at the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge.
I have been looking through my craft stash recently and I came across a House Mouse decoupage sheet of this cake and candles. I matched it with some coloured pieces of card and added a happy birthday peel off. One more piece of stash used!!!

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   House Mouse - anything goes with optional sparkles
   Allsorts -anything goes with anything but square
   Crafty Calendar - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Craft Rocket - animals
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Monday 10 July 2023

Graduation


 
   This card was made for someone who is graduating soon and then intends to travel the world. The lettering is cut using Tattered Lace dies and the image is part of a Carnation Crafts vignette cut using the matching die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - use dies / punches
   CD Sunaday Plus - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - graduation
   Sparkles - no stamping allowed
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Monday 3 July 2023

House mice in snow


 
   July's theme for the Aud Sentiments Challenge is stencils and/or Christmas.
   I matted and layered 'snowing'  paper printed using the My Craft Studio Winter CD ROM onto silver mirri and red card. I then used pieces left over from House Mouse decoupage sets to create  a decoupaged image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   House Mouse and Friends - anything goes with celebrate it
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - four legged friends

Saturday 1 July 2023

Dragon with Christmas star


 
   The theme for this month's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is Christmas in July.
   I have chosen to use a digi stamp from Lee Holland called 'Dragon with Christmas star. After colouring it using Promarkers and Derwent Coloursoft pencils I matted it onto gold mirri. The background paper was printed from a Tattered Lace download.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes withm optional stencilled background
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional embossing
   Allsorts - anything goes with optional summertime
   Crafty Calendar - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with stars and stripes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Jan's Digi Stamps - anything goes
   Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Monday 5 June 2023

Cricket anyone

 
   The theme for this month's Aud Sentiments challenge is fun fold and/or summer.
Here in England many schools play cricket during the summer so I have made this card using papers printed from an old Crafter's Companiion CD ROM called Hobbys.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional cute for a guy
   Allsorts - use a die with anything goes
   Crafty Calendar - summertime
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - men/boys
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   My Time to Craft - masculine
   Pearly Sparkles - masculine
   CupCake Inspiration - anything goes



Saturday 3 June 2023

Roaring birthday


 
   The theme for this month's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is a card for teens/tweens.
   My card is made by decoupaging several pages of the same image taken from Hunkydory's Little Book of Dinosaurs.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with for a guy
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with birthdays
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   My Time to Craft - masculine

Thursday 1 June 2023

Swallow


 

   This card is made using various dies and printable downloads from Carnation Crafts.

   I would like to enter it into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with add flowers
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Craft Rocket - use dies
   Sparkles - things with wings
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Cupcake Inspiration - anything goes


Thursday 11 May 2023

Gold wedding


 
   I was asked to make a 50th wedding anniversary card and to include gold on it. I hope this fits the bill - I have used gold mirri card and cream card. The word were cut using Tattered Lace dies and everything else was cut using Carnation Crafts dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Crafty Calendar - anything but square
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional mother's day
   Everybody Art - wedding
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   My Time to Craft - monochrome

Saturday 6 May 2023

Greatest guy


 
      This month the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge has the theme of dads or special guys.
The decoupaged image I have used is from Hunkydorys Hobbies for him book. The 'golf' stri was printed using the All grown up CD ROM from My Craft Studio's From a Man's Point of View collection.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - make it masculine
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Monday 1 May 2023

Spring lambs


 
   The theme for this month's Aud Sentiment Challenge is water colouring and/or spring. I have chosen to celebrate a spring birthday, decoupageing an image using several pages from Hunkdory's Little Book of Spring Days. The sentiment was cut using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   The Crafter's Cafe - Easter and/or flowers
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - Easter / spring
   Make My Monday - flowers
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Monday 3 April 2023

Spring blossom



    This month's Aud Sentiments challenge theme is embossing and/or flowers.
   The flowers and lattice work used to make this card were diecut using vingettes and dies from Carnation Craft's Dawn of Spring collection. The dies used for the sentiment were from various Tattered Lace sets.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional Easter
   Lil atch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - spring blooms
   Allsorts - anything goes with in the spring garden
   Crafty Calendar - die cuts
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Creations in Pink - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - Easter/spring
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Make My Monday - p is for .... pink
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Saturday 1 April 2023

On your special day


    The theme for this month's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is a mum or special lady card.
   I have used items from Hunkydory's Precious Poppies decoupage book and added some pearls.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional Easter
   The Crafters Cafe - circles
   Creations In Pink - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - lots of layers
   Make My Monday - p is for ... pink
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Monday 6 March 2023

Rainbow brolly


    This month's Aud Sentiments challenge has the theme of St Patrick or rainbows. I have choosen to use the latter theme.
   The backround paper was printed using a My Craft Studio CD ROM from their Paper Craft Library. The digi called 'brolly bear is from Digi Stamps 4 Joy. I coloured it using Promarkers and fussy cut it. The sentiment is made up from peel off letters and I have tried to indicate falling rain!

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional balloons
   We Love  Stamping - anything goes with spring is in the air
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with optional dots 
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Allsorts - anything goes with optional domestic animals
   Stamping Sensations - anything goes with optional wings and tails
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - for a child
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Jan's Digi Stamps - anything goes
   My Time to Craft - rainbow
   Pearly Sparkles - include a sentiment

Saturday 4 March 2023

Dino-mite


 
   The theme for this month's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is cards for the boys.
   I have decoupaged several pages from Hunkydory's Little Book of Dinosaurs to create this card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional balloons
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes 
   Creatalicious - anything goes with green/4 leaf clover
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Pearly Sparkles - include a sentiment
   Park Hopping, My Happy Place -anything inspired by a theme park

Saturday 4 February 2023

Spring time



   For the February Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge we would like to see Easter or spring cards. 
   I have used a digi stamp from Lee Holland called 'Spring time' and coloured it using Promarkers.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional female birthday
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Allsorts - anything goes with optional love
   Passion For Markers - use die cuts (the frames)
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   

Monday 30 January 2023

New years flowers


 

   The digi used on this card is from Outlawz. I printed it several times coloured it using alcohol pens and decoupaged it then added some small pearls. The sentiment is computer generated.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with three favourite colours
   Dream Valley - hip to be square
   As You Like It - favourite mostly one colour ( yellow/orange because it is cheerful especially for this time of year)
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes 
   Outlawz - anything for outlawz
   Outlawz -  progressive freebie
   Jan's Digi Stamps - anything goes

Thursday 12 January 2023

New home


 
   Apart from the birds which were cut using a Tattered Lace die the rest of this card has been made using dies and downloadable vignettes from Carnation Crafts.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - new beginnings
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Allsorts - something new
   Crafty Calender - add a sentiment
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with something new
   Craft Rocket - not square
   C.R.A.F.T. - new
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Make My Monday - something new
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Pearly Sparkles - no designer paper

Saturday 7 January 2023

House Mouse couple


 
   This month the theme for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is Valentine's day.
   I have used an image of the House Mice printed using the House Mouse Triple CD ROM set and coloured it using Promarkers and Dewent Coloursoft pencils. It is mattted onto black mirri card and th little hearts at the corners are waste from another die cut.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional hobbies
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   House Mouse and Friends - anything goes with optional Christmas
   The Crafter's Cafe - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional something new
   Craft Rocket - not square
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes
   Jan's Digi Stamps - anything goes