N is for Nature

Hello, it's me again. Today we are returning to 

Alphabet Challenge to the letter N - which is

NATURE

We are looking forward to seeing anything from the 

natural world, be it  flora, fauna, feathers or fur.

Please visit us to see the creations by the DT.

I decorated an MDF tag, painted with acrylic paints.

I cut panels of mount board, painted and stuck to the MDF.

Stamped buterflies, onto coloured papers. 

Added words and wooden hearts. 

Fastened with pretty ribbons. 

What's New

Hello again,  today the new challenge is at

Cardz 4 Galz

The theme, for the next two weeks, chosen by me, is

What's New?

Please pop over to see the creations by the DT and for the details. 

My card is 7" sq. which is a recently introduced, new card size.

Matted with pink card.

The sentiment and stamped floral arrangement is a 

new stamp set - called Made with Love.

Made by Stamps By Me - which is September's

Member's Gift from Create and Craft TV 

all it cost was the postage.

Coloured with Promarkers and Sparkle Pens by

Crafter's Companion.

Autumn/Fall Leaves

Hello again, thanks for your visit, I love comments.

Today we begin a new two weekly challenge at 

Cardz 4 Guyz

Sue has chosen for us a very apt topic

Autumn/ Fall Leaves

Please pop over to the blog to see what the design team have

been up to and to check for the details. 

I coloured a piece of card by blending many autumnal colours.

When dry, I stamped various leaves and some acorns onto the

coloured sheet. They were then fussy cut.

I blended a corner and the edges of a 6" sq card. with

autumnal colours.

The fussy cut leaves were then arranged and glued to one 

corner. The sentiment is by Stamps by Me. 

The leaves are by Sheena Douglass.

Anything Goes Christmas #37

Hello everyone. Today we begin a new two weekly challenge at

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenges

the challenge  is 

Anything Goes Christmas  #37

We hope you visit the blog for the details and to see

the fabulous cards made by the design team.

I have a red 6" card. A gold mirri and paper centre panel.

Two gold glitter stips to decorate.

The stamped image is a snowman from  a set by

Little Claire Designs. 

Coloured with Promarkers and a gold pen. 

Have fun. 

Food and Drink

Helo, thanks for your visit. We are starting a new

challenge over on My Time To Craft 

Sam has chosen for us Food and Drink. 

We have moved from a Saturday, very busy folk, 

we hope you will continue to play along with us on

a Friday. Thanks for your continued suppoort.

Please pop ove to the blog to see what the DT have 

creataed to inspire you.

My card is a bought A6 , the image is a stamp

of a wonderful afternoon tea spread by Dovecraft.

The banner and Time For Tea words are stamps

from a set - Time for Tea by Crafters Companion. 

I used Promarkers and Sakura pens to colour.

Makes me want to go out for Afternoon Tea. 

Inky Backgrounds

Hello again,

Thanks for popping by. Today at Back to Basics and Beyond 

We are interested to see your

Inky Backgrounds.

Please pop  over to the blog to see the details and not to miss

the wonderful ideas and designs by the design team.

We still have open a DT Call, we need a few more to join us.

I used a mixture of Distress Inks by Ranger. These were 

blended , dried, water splashes added and then dried. 

The flower stamp is from Sparkles Garden.

 I decoupaged  the flowers which were coloured with Promarkers

 and Glitter pens by Sakura

Other stamps used are from Fairy Magic. Both sets

are by Crafters Companion. 

Thanks for your visit.

Autumn/Fall Colours

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge

at Make My Monday. Meg has chosen for us

Autumn / Fall Colours - I adore these colours, right up my street!

Please pop by on the blog to see the details and of course,

not to miss the creations by the design team,

I made a 6" sq card, matted the main image onto gold mirri.

The main image was sponged with several DI of Autumnal

colours - A little splash of water to create texture.

The main stamps are Fairy Magic  designed by 

Donna Ratcliffe - via Crafters Companion.

I added more colour to images using Zig Colour brushes.

Thanks - leave a message or just say Hi.!

Dies or Punches

Hello, thanks for your visit. For the next month at
Sparkles Monthly Challenges 

our challenge, chosen by Maryvonne is

Dies and or Punches

Why don't you pop over to the blog to see the

wonderful inspiration from the DT, as well as 

checking out the challenge.

My card was inspired by a card in the

Hunkydory Cardmaking kit # 7
Embossing with the E.F. included in the kit, I used
Frayed burlap and Vintage Photo to colour the scene.

Using stamps provided I stamped the deckchair and umbrella.
 The hot air balloons were die cut are also in the 

kit mentioned above.
Sentiment from my stash. 

M is for Monkey

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Today at Alphabet Challenges we begin a two week challenge

using the alphabet to guide us.

Janis has chosen for the letter M   - Monkey.

Pop over to the blog for details and to see

the Design Teams' collection of Monkeys.

I stamped leaves, 2nd generation, around the card for

a background.  The topper is a free digi stamp via Pinterest,

which I coloured with Promarkers.

Then matted onto brown and black card.

Have fun - I look forward to seeing your entry.

Thoughts of Fall (Autumn)

Hi, thanks for visiting my blog. Today we begin a new

two week challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  Amy has chosen

Thoughts of Fall/Autumn

I hope you pop over to the blog to check the details

and of course to see the inspiration from the design team.

I made a 5 x 7 in. card. I first lightly stamped 

the card with several stamps from the set I used.

Using a number of DIs in autumnal colours I blended 

them on an A5 sheet of white card, Sprayed with water, dried

then more ink applied. I then randomly stamped all of the stamps, 

several times from the set by #Sheena Douglass - 

A Little Bit Sketchy - Autumn Leaves.

I fussy cut many of the leaves and acorns, placed them

onto black card, mounted onto gold card.

Finally I stamped a sentiment, matted onto black and gold.

All At Sea

Hello, here we are again, two blogs today. 

Over at Cardz 4 Guyz we are starting a new challenge

for the next two weeks.  Helen has chosen

All At Sea

If you pop over to the blog, you will find all the details,

plus being able to see the DT's cards for the challenge.

I have made a card for a child, using Woodware's 

'Toot the Tug' stamp, coloured with Promarkers.

The sea has been created by tearing card, two shades of

blue and white for the foam.

Faded Jeans DI used to colour the sky.

Anything Goes Christmas #36

Hello, welcome and thank you for your visit.

Today at The Hollie and the Ivy Christmas Challenges 

we begin for two weeks our new challenge

Anything Goes Christmas #36

Check out the blog for details and to see the DT 's

latest creations to hopefully, inspire you.

I adore all crafty snowmen, real ones too,  so here 

is my latest to add to my Snow People Collection.

By beCreative - Snowy Days.

Greeting coloured with a red Sparkle pen.

Snowman image with Promarkers and Zig Pens

A sprinkle of glitter, of course. bye for now.

Uner The Sea

Hello, hope you are well and thanks for your visit.

Today at My Time To Craft Amy has chosen for the 

two weekly challenge - Under the Sea

The DT have again produced amazing inspiration.

Don't mis out on seeing them, please do pop over.

The background was created using mica watercolour paints.

The fish are all from one stamp by Dimensions Fourth 

(no longer exist). It is an old stamp but very useful

for lots of underwater projects. 

The three larger fish stamps have been decoupaged. 

The seaweed and foilage is a stamp by Crafty Sentiments

Lots of glitter and Glossy Accents added to the fish

and to the bubbles. Hope you enjoy. 

3D Decoupage

Hello again, thanks for your visit. Today at 

Back to Basics and Beyond

our new challenge is 

3D Decoupage

Please pop over to the blog for more details.

the Design Team have created some wonderful inspiration.

For my card, I used a 5"sq. scallop edge card.

Gold mirri to mat the two pieces.

Christmas themed paper from my mountain of stash.

The main image is several layers stamped with an 

Imagination Crafts stamp - The Christmas Rose.

Each layer has been lifted with 3d dimensional pads.

Coloured with Promarkers and DI Wild Honey.

The greeting stamp from my stash. 

New York New York

Hello, thanks for visiting me.

I have been experiencing problems with the service

provided by British Telecom, which left me 

without Broadband, talk about stress, thank goodness 

my husband and son were here to help calm me and

basically send me to another room in the house, 

whilst they dealt with BT.

I managed to get a small reprieve to let me get the

blog posted but I was unable to add to my own blog.

I am so happy that now all seems repaired and I am 

happy and free again to cause havoc once again 

in Blogland. So here is my catch up post.

On Monday - Make My Monday's new challenge

New York - New York - began.

Please pop over to check the details and see the 

amazing talented variety for the challenge.

I made a Scrapbook page.

My son, wife and two teenage sons visited 

New York during April this year, so I have started

to create a few pages of their USA visit.

Hope you feel inspired. 

Blue and Gold

Hello again, thanks for popping by. Today begins a new 

challenge for September.  At Sparkles Christmas Challenges

I have chosen for the challenge Blue and Gold.

Please pop to the blog to check for details, please don't

miss the creations by the design team. 

A started with a white 6" sq card.

First matted with non shed gold glitter card.

I matted the main image piece of card onto 

blue glossy  card.

The stamp is Bubble Christmas Tree by Woodware Stamps

which I heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Added a greeting by Crafter's Companion

The decorative baubles are a varied mixture of 

Card candi, gemstones, peel off waste dots, the large ones 

were coloured with Sparkle Pens by Crafter's Companions.

It took time decorating this particular tree but you know, 

I enjoyed doing it.  (Big smiles)