Nativity

 

   This Christmas card was made using dies from Carnation Crafts Away in a Manger clean and simple set. Apart from the textured background card the pieces were cut from various scraps of card that had accumulated in my stash!

   I would like to enter this into

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

Robins on wellies

 

   The theme for this month's Aud Sentiment challenge is glitter and/or Christmas.

   I have chosen the Christmas theme and used another image from Hunkydory's Winter Wishes decoupage book to create my card.

   I would like to enter this into

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

Santa Claus' delivery

 

   This month's theme for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is happy holidays.

   I have used an image from Hunkydory's Winter Wishes decoupage book to create my card.

   I would like to enter this into 

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

Autumn wishes

 

      The theme for this month's Aud Sentiments challenge is embossing or fall.

I have used dies and the accompanying vignettes and perfect papers from Carnation Craft's vibrance of autumn collection. The sentiment was cut using dies from their naughty but mice collection. 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz -  anything goes with use a stencil

   Moving Along with the Times - autumnal colours

   Little Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspiration - the season of autumn

   Allsorts - falling leaves or anything goes

   Incy Wincy Designs - autumn/more than one fold

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - autumn or halloween

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with autumn/fall

   My Time to Craft - autumn season colours

Let's celebrate

 

   The theme for this month's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is holiday or celebration.

I have decoupaged some balloons taken from Hunkydory's Little Book of Birthday Celebrations and added a cake cut using the Just a Sliver die from Carnation Crafts. All have been matted and layered onto dark orange mirri and orange spotty card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with use a stencil

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   Addicted to Stamps and More - birthdays

Autumn walk

   The theme for this months challenge at Send  A Smile 4 Kids is cute fall or Halloween. I have used several pages from Hunkydory's Little Book of Autumn to decoupage this image of bears out for an autumn walk and matted it onto black and then white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspiration - anything goes 

   Allsorts - autumn colours or anything goes

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   As You Like It - to layer or not -Most of my cards are layers of decoupage because I like the 3D effect

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

By the sea

    For the September challenge Aud Sentiments would like to see tags and/or holidays.

   I have decoupaged an image from Hunkydory's Little Book of Landscapes which reminds me of childhood summer holidays.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspirations - summer fun

   Allsorts - getting sentimental

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Make My Monday - on the beach

   

Dragon with butterfly

 

   This month the theme for the Aud Sentiments Challenge is alcohol inks and/or thinking of you.

   I seem to be having a run on dragons at the moment and this card uses a digi stamp from Lee Holland called dragon with butterfly. I have coloured it using Promarkers.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional hot colours

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with optional masculine

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Allsorts - season's delights or anything goes

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   Passion For Promarkers - animal magic

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything animal

   The Paper Shelter - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Make My Monday - colouring mediums

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything animal

   Classic Design - anything goes with optional summer holidays

   Craft Rocket - animals

   Cupcake Inspiration - happy birthday  

    

Little dragons

 

   This month's theme for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is a birthday card for kids.

I have created this decoupaged card using pages from Hunkdory's Little book of Dragons.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with hot colours

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Allsorts - season's delights or anything goes

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes or summer holiday

   Craft Rocket - animals

Eightieth birthday

    I have made this using dies and the matching downloadable vignettes from Carnation Crafts Perfectly Peaceful collection. The sentiment was created using various Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with hot colours

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes with season's delights

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Sparkles - one for the boys

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Designs - anything goes with optional summer holidays

Santa rides by

 

   The theme for this month's challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is Christmas in July.

   I have used an image from Hunkydory's Winter Wishes decoupage book and added a peel off sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional embellishments

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything Christmas

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Altogether

   This month's theme for the Aud Sentiments challenge is bookmarks and/or hobbies. 

I have chosen to go with the hobby theme and have made this card for someone whose hobby is singing in a choir. I have used a clipart image and added further colour to it using Promarkers. The sentiment is a strip of peel offs.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional embellishments

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with pink, blue and yellow

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   C.R.A.F.T. - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with optional fancy fold

Sweet pea

 

   The theme for this month's  Aud Sentiment challenge is shaker card and/or summer.

   I have chosen the summer theme and gone with the summer flower of sweet pea. I used a  nine year old Tattered Lace die and its accompanying CD ROM for the flower and the design paper and an old embossing folder for the background.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional stencil use

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes with lots of layers

   Incy Wincy Designs - winter snow and/or summer flowers

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty null - anything goes

   Creative Moments - ribbons and bows

   Alphabet - e for embossing

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with optional masculine

   Through The Purple Haze - anything goes

Birthday roar

   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 optional use a stencil

   Allsorts - anything goes with lots of layers

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Creative Knockouts - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Do-Al(l) Kreative - animals

   Penny's Paper-Crafty null - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with masculine

   Through The Purple Haze -anything goes

English daisy

 

  The theme for this months Aud Sentiment challenge is foiling and/or flowers.

For this card I have dug out a very old die from Tattered Lace called English daisy.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with summer 

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - flowers

   Sparkles - April showers bring May Flowers

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Make My Monday - florals

   Classical Design -  anything goes with happy birthday

Fishing dad

 

   May's theme for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is cards for dads or special guys.

I have used various pieces from Hunkydory's Just For Him Craft Stack along with gold mirri card to make this card.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - happy birthday with anything goes

For a wonderful mum

 

   This month's Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge Has the theme of for mum or a special lady.

   I have used a design from Hunkydory's  Precious Poppies Decoupage book and added a computer generated sentiment to the pink backing card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with optional butterflies

   Creations in Pink - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - layer it up

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with optional four legged friends

Spring

 

   The theme for April's Aud Sentiment Challenge is watercolour and/or spring. I have chosen the spring theme and used dies from Carnation Crafts Into Spring set along with the accompanying downloadable vignettes.  The sentiment is computer generated.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional embossing folder

   Moving Along With the Times - fancy folds

   Creative Inspirations - the season of spring

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Dream Valley - spring colours

   Creative Knockout - birthday wishes

   The Paper Shelter - bunnies and/or chicks

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with optional 4 legged friend

Beach scene

 

   The Aud Sentiments challenge for this month has the themes of glitter and bling or St. Patrick's/green.

I have gone with the glitter and bling theme and used glitter card for the sea in this seaside scene and silver peel off for the sentiment. The various die cuts used were cut using Carnations Craft and the accompanying vignettes. 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional more than one fold

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 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 with optional I love...

Seashore birthday

    The theme for March's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is for the boys.

I have used three different papers printed from various My Craft Studio ROMs, dies from Carnation Crafts and a digistamp which I coloured using Promarkers and fussy cut. (I cannot remember where I got the digi from.)

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional more than one fold

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional spring

   Incy Wincy - birthday and/or funny

   Digi Design - for a child or with a child

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   As You Like It - masculine or feminine  (masculine because I have to think a lot more!!!)

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with optional I love...

   Through the Purple Haze - anything goes

Heart roses

 

   The theme for February's Aud Sentiments challenge is use dies and/or love/anniversary/wedding.

   I have used the heartfelt die from one of the flower of the month set from Two Red Robins along with the corresponding reflection. The other dies used to make up the card were from Carnation Crafts and Tattered Lace.

    

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes  with optional make me smile

   Moving Along with the Times - love hearts

   Dream Valley - add a sentiment

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional bingo grid

   Incy Wincy - valentine/love and/or no picture

   Crafty Calendar - add a heart

   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 with optional blue and white

   Through The Purple Haze - anything goes

Easter animals

 

   February's theme for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is cards for Easter or spring. I have decided to cover both with this decoupaged image made using pages from Hunkydory's Little Book of Sweet Springtime. The sentiment is computer generated.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional make me smile

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes with optional blue and white

   Through the Purple Haze - anything goes

Dearest one

 

   The theme for January's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is Valentine or love.

   I love the House Mouse designs and this card uses one of the decoupage sheets from the 'Just the two of us' pack.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   House Mouse and Friends - anything goes with optional party

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with a penny for your thoughts

   Creations in Pink - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   C.R.A.F.T. - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes

Music

 

   Wishing everyone a happy 2024!!! The theme for January's Aud Sentiments challenge is make your own background and/or birthday.

    I have used a page from Hunkydory's Dots to Diamonds volume 2 papercraft pad and added different coloured gems to it having first matted the page onto silver mirri. The sentiment was cut from silver mirri using a Carnations Craft die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Moving Along with the Times - new craft item (lots of different sized gem stones)

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional snowman

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes

   Dream Valley - anything goes