Hello again, today is the start of a new weekly challenge at 

Cardz 4 Guyz

Julie has chosen for us  BALLS.

Yes, simply Balls, we are amazed at how many types of balls

there are, the DT have wonderfully covered many, please pop over to check them out.

 We are hoping to see many more balls.  Have fun. 

For my card, I made a folded stepper card, covered with papers from

LOTV paper Pad - Father Knows Best.

The semtiment and partner die are from Go Kreate.

The oval die is by Spellbinders.

The  stamp is Vintage Memories - Rugby by The Crafthouse Press.

Coloured with Promarkers. 

Embellishments - Card Candi - from Craftwork Cards

Friend/Friendship

Hello again, thanks for your visit. Today I am showcasing 

the challenge being held at My Time To Craft (MTTC).

Starting our challenges for the new year  - 2016 we are beginning with 

Friend/Friendship

The Design Team have some wonderful ideas for your perusal.

For My Card - My friend Diane's favourite flowers are Pansies,

so this card I have made to send to her.

White Scallop edge card - Silve mirri card

Papers from LOTV - Timeless Victorian

Wooden Stamp - Panises - maker unknown - 

Coloured with Promarkers

Label Die Cut from Go Kreate.

Greeting from old stash. 

Hope to see you visit again. 

All Things New

Happy new year to all my visitors, here we are starting a new year with a new theme at
 My Time To Craft (MTTC) so what better than for our theme - 'All Things New' - so much to choose from, as long as your project is related to the word New, we want to see it entered into our challenge. Please do look at the challenge blog to see the fabulous creations from the Design Team.  For my projecat, again a card, I have opted to say Happy New Year. The background paper is from a Papermania Christmas pad. The wreath was decoupaged using a Woodware floral wreath stamp, which I coloured with Promarkers. The greeting is a stamp from Go Kreate Die and Stamps set.  Have fun everyone.

Die Cuts Only

For the next week at My Time To Craft  the challenge is Die Cuts Only - A sentiment is acceptable but NO Images.  I know challenges are meant to challenge, well that is what it is all about isn't it? To help us to develop as crafters, to try doing some things we wouldn't normally try. Well, you may not realise this but we the Designers are in the same boat. Take me for example, I am a stamper, through and through like a stick of rock, no images, OMG what was I to do? Find pretty papers, done. Look at the small number of dies I have in my craft room and see what I could create.  Surprised that what I had could actually create a card.
Papers are from Papermania - Capsule collection Eau de Nil and Oyster Shell
Dies - Butterflies- Rose are Marianne dies. Small Flowers and scroll  - sorry don't know the make.
Stamp sentiment from HobbyArt. Label Die from Go Kreate. So if I can do it, I am sure you can. Have fun, I'll be popping round to see you.

Photo Inspiration

Autumn Inspiration

It never ceases to amaze me, how in nature,  just a few days can make a big difference. I am sure a few days ago, the trees outside my playroom window were all shades of greens, today I have noticed  the leaves are turning into a myriad of colours. Russets, yellow, and orange are emerging within the green shades. How quickly the beginning of autumn is letting me know it is coming. My second favourite season is on it's way. To celebrate the coming of Autumn , Jan, at Fantasy Stampers  has provided us with  Autumn Inspiration.  Why don't you pop over to see the amazing inspiration from the Design Team along with Jan's guidelines for the challenge. For my card, I used so many of TH's Distress Inks, I can't list them all, from the lightest being Squeezed Lemonade to Spiced Marmalade and all inbetween blended onto the main body and the inner panel. I lightly stamped second generation of leaves over both. Added the greeting, stamped and cut using a Go Kreate stamp and die.  The cascading leaves were created by blending spare white card with all of the above colours, stamping using Distress Inks Gathered Twigs, the leaves stamp is from a set of leaves given as a present a long time ago, I don't know who produced them. Have fun, I am looking forward to visiting you over the next two weeks. 

Welcome Baby Boy

At Cardz 4 Guyz this week we would like to see you Welcome Baby Boy with a project, it can be a card or any other item which says Welcome to the new baby.  This style of card , a pop up box card have been hugely popular this summer, they are so easy to make, once you have the template. I found mine on You Tube here.  For the flowers and embellishments I used plain blue cardstock and the last of the patterned papers from a favourite set I purchased a while ago, it's sad when it comes to an end. How sad am I? He he. I used a stamp and die from Go-Kreate for the Baby Boy. The hearts and Baby are from the Woodware envelope samp set.  I made an envelope from scrapbook paper using my  WRMK /Stampin Up Envelope Maker. Please do pop over to the blog to see the wonderful inspirational samples from the DT.
I am also entering this project into
Oldie but a Goodie for their challenge  - Baby
The Pink Elephant Challenge - Anything Goes
Pink Gem Challenge Blog For a Child or a Baby
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Mother's Day or Special Lady

This week, we at My Time To Craft, would like to see you make a project/card for a Special Lady in your life or if your fortunate a Mother's Day card, for here in the UK it will shortly be Mother's Day. I recently purchased a 6 inch square pad of Papermania Parisienne papers from the Capsule Collections. I fell in love with these papers, as did the ladies at my card making class, below I have added a selection of some of the cards which were made at a class. For this card I used the following.~~~~

Plain White and Navy card stock 

£ sheets from the Capsule collection of Parisienne papers.

Dragonfly stamp from Sheena Douglas on card and vellum

Flower from Chloe stamps, stamped twice with a large pearl stone added. 

Cream lace

Greeting stamp and die from Go - Kreate.

I hope my card has helped you to go ahead and make a card for your Special Lady. 

As mentioned - completed homework cards from a recent class. Didn't they do well? 

Nature at Cardz 4 Guyz

This week at Cardz 4 Guyz   - Kim has chosen Nature, a lovely suggestion for this time of the year when we are all so much looking forward to spring. For some of us in the UK we really haven't had to endure a long cold winter, or the dreadful rainstorms, but it has been a long strange kind of winter and Nature is showing signs it is ready to enjoy the forthcoming spring, so a good choice Kim. Remember you need to make your project for a male person of any age. Have fun and I look forward to visiting you.

Background Papers - off cuts from Scrap booking card

The main image  and verse - Stamps from Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque)

Shell stamp a freebie with Craft Stamper magazine.

Sentiment from Go Kreate - Stamp and Die Set.

Coloured with DI Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade.

Promarkers used to colour the posts and seagulls feet.

Z - is for Zesty Colours

Well we have come to the end of the alphabet, letter Z - a brilliant idea from Pat is Zesty colours - e.g. 

lime, orange, lemon. I have used card from a Boho Chic pad of Zesty spring colours, created a layout for them, onto which is a print out from a fabulous CD from Creative Crafting World in conjunction with Crafty Sentiments who have produced 'Here Come the Girls'. Embellishments are paper flowers and leaves, Card Candi - white  which I coloured orange with a Promarker. Greeting is a stamp and die from Go Kreate. 

Hope you all have lots of fun, I think we all need some bright cheerful colours at present, especially with the dull dark days we are experiencing int he UK and the dreadful snowy conditions in many parts of the US. 

Don't forget we'll be back in two weeks time to start back again for another year of the alphabet - beginning of course with the letter A - now I wonder what it will be?

2 Images on One card

This week at My Time To Craft we are being challenged to provide Two Images on One Card. At first it seemed an easy challenge, then for some reason my creative juices just froze, even we on the Design Team struggle at times, but not to be beaten, for a challenge is exactly that, a challenge we must meet head on.

Core-Ordinations card, 

White Cardstock

DI Shaded Lilac and Milled Lavender

Paper World Stamps - Grasses

Sheena Douglass - Flower Power stamps

Go Kreate birthday greeting and die.

I do hope you like this card, enough to inspire you to enter the challenge, looking forward to seeing your cards. have fun everyone.