IAAS A Form Of Transport

 Good morning. I am here this morning with my DT card fopr IAAS where the theme is A Form Of Transport. I am still on the trail of using up old stash and this vintage car is from an LOTV Art Pad.  I did so love those pads!

Please scroll down to previous post if you are looking for my Christmas Card Club card.

My Card

 

I also used some ancient Card Candi which matched perfectly. I have a feeling the sentiment is from either Hunkydory or Craftwork Cards. It looks gold in the image but is actually silver. The cogs are from a Papermania die.

Take care and enjoy your day.

 

Holiday Either Home or Abroad at IAAS

 Good morning and welcome to  a new challenge at IAAS

If you are looking for my CCC card please scroll down to previous post.

My Card

This is a 7"square base card. I came across a paper pad that I bought some years ago at the NEC and I have hardly used.  I decided it would be perfect for this challenge. It is called "Harbour Boulevard" from Craftwork Cards. I took three sheets of the paper. I used one with the anchor as the first mat. I then fussy cut the lighthouse from another sheet and finally fussy cut the shells from yet another piece.  I computer generated the sentiment and mounted it using Presscut Ovals and Stitch Dot Ovals.

Why not pop over to the blog and check out what my team mates have made for the challenge? 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

 

 

Wedding or Anniversary for MAWTT

Good morning.  It's time for a new challenge at MAWTT and there are also some changes.  Wendy, who has been our blog administrator and team leader for the past four years, has decided to step down due to a change in her circumstances. Fortunately for us she will be staying on the design team.

Today's challenge theme was chosen by Caz and she wants to see wedding or anniversary cards.

My Card

Recipe

A5 base card

backing  paper- Craftwork Cards (ancient stash)

Spellbinders dies

ribbon and lace from stash

Wild Orchid Crafts roses

punched leaves

I came across this paper when I was clearing out some boxes.  I always loved this set which was gold embossing on a mixture of dusky pinks, ivory and this one.  Beautiful! There were a few more scraps fortunately so I will make use of them at some stage.

Why not hop on over to the blog and check out the cards from the rest of Team B and maybe you will decide to join us.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Lace and Pearls

Good morning. I hope all is well and that you have been enjoying some good weather.  I've been doing a lot of work in the garden before the weather changes.

 I'm here with a card for International Art and Soul today where the challenge is to use lace and pearls

Please scroll down to previous post if you are looking for my Christmas Card Club card.

My Card

Recipe

6" square base card

patterned paper - Craftwork Cards (ancient stash)

paper doiley - from stash
French Pastry doiley die - Cheery Lynn
Fancy Tags - Spellbinders

lace and ribbon - from stash
pearls spray - Want2Scrap
sentiment stamp - unknown

I found this piece of paper in my box of off cuts - I have no idea how many years it's been there but it's a long time! The lace is some that I bought years ago in our local haberdashers when they were selling off old stock.  I got about 25 metres  on a card and it worked out at about 6p per metre - quite the bargain ... lol!  And of course two lacy doileys which also fit the theme.

A few years ago I decided that wooden stamps took up too much space so I took all the rubber stamps off the wood - and forgot to make a note of the company!  I learned after the initial mistake!!!  But it certainly freed up masses of storage space.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the team have come up with for this challenge?

Take care and happy crafting.

MAWTT - Item From The Song

Good morning folk.   Well I do hope that you haven't been washed away by all this rain.  Yesterday was a very strange day.  It started out extremely frosty and icy with a bitterly cold wind.  Then by late morning the rain started and has barely let up.  Ah well, good for our two wells - always a bonus as my lovely sister would have said.  She was always one to see the glass half full.  If you are not a regular visitor to my blog - we live in a very rural part of Oxfordshire and do not have mains water or sewage, hence the reference to the wells.

 Mrs Duck is hosting this challenge and she is asking for something from the verse of this particular song by Dana "All Kinds Of Everything". You need to choose something from the bold type. If you choose to use birds then they must be seagulls, not just generic birds. Very fussy is our Mrs Duck!!

"Seagulls and aeroplanes, things of the sky,

Winds that go howlin', breezes that sigh

City sights, neon lights, grey skies or blue

All kinds of everything remind me of you."

My Card

Recipe
6" blue square card base - Hobbycraft
DSP Harbour Boulevard - Craftwork Cards
Digi Image - Only Fish
Lighthouse die - Cheery Lynn
Die - Spellbinders Labels 18
Promarkers to add a little colour

I really wanted to use just seagulls but didn't have any images to fit but I had  this one which included a pelican as well.   I decided to use seagulls in the backing paper and also in the corner.  So you got lots of  seagulls Mrs Duck, and  I threw in the pelican free and gratis ... lol! The two large seagulls in the image are eying up the fish that the pelican is flaunting.

I've had the DSP for quite some time and only used one piece out of it so I'm glad it's getting a fair outing this time. I've also had the digi image for probably a couple of years and it was still in it's zipped folder! Unfortunately there is no indication of which company it is from so if you know I would appreciate the information. The seashells in the corner were cut from another of the papers.

Please pop over to the blog and see what the rest of Team A have made to fit the challenge and maybe consider joining us.

Take care and enjoy your day.

Autumnal Colours

Good morning.  Here I am two days in a row!  This time my post is my DT card for OSAAT Challenge # 275 Use Autumn Colours in your project.

Please scroll down if you are looking for my Christmas Card Club card.

My Card

Recipe

6" square base card

papers - First Edition

bronze card - Craftwork Cards (as yesterday)

image - "Blossom" IkesArt

small pine leaf - Britannia Dies

Sentiment - Rub On (ancient stash)

Promarkers to colour

Please pop over to the blog  and see what the rest of the DT have made and see if it inspires you to join our our challenge and win $10 to spend instore.

Just a very quick post today and I hope it finds you all well.

Take care.

The Most Famous Reindeer

Good morning to you all.  It's time for another card for the Christmas Card Club.  This time our theme is "Reindeer" and was chosen by Lorraine.   As you can see, I have chosen the most famous reindeer of all ... lol! I am a day early with my card  (unlike last time when I was about five days late!) but I have another DT card to post on Sunday.

My Card

Recipe
5" x 7"  card - cream pearlescent  card Crafter's Companion
die - magazine freebie
sentiment - computer generated
plaid card - a scrap from my snippets box

The light has been really bad to take a picture. The first picture didn't show the lovely bronze colour of the reindeer but the other makes the white card look blue although does give a better impression of the reindeer.  In the end I decided to show two images and crop the second one. The bronze paper is from one of the Paper Blox from Craftwork Cards which I have had about 15 years and just came across it the other day with hardly any papers used from it.  Absolutely gorgeous silvers, pewters, bronze and another colour which I cannot describe other than to say it is fabulous and I'm glad I came across this pad. 

I have also made some A6 cards using the same die cut and sentiment but haven't managed to photograph them yet.

Hope everybody is well.

Take care.

Entered into : 12 Months of Christmas

A Wintry Scene

Good morning.  Time once more for our little Christmas Card Club to produce a card to save us from panicking when Christmas suddenly appears out of nowhere!  I always find it amazing that it seems to catch us by surprise every year - and yet the date is the same every year.  We could be forgiven for getting caught out by Easter which could be classed as "a moveable feast" since the the date is different every year - but Christmas ........... Anyway our little club beavers away all year round and it helps to take the strain out of things.

This time Rachel has asked us to make a scene and so that is is exactly what I have done. Actually I think this would also make a great winter birthday card.

My Card

Recipe
Fancy step card - Craftwork Cards
Image - Greeting Cards Factory De Luxe
Frosty Spruce and Frosty Pine dies - Memory Box
Sentiment - computer generated.

This image was so lovely I decided it needed very little in the way of embellishment. I printed the image twice and cut the second one in half for the sides of the step card. I diecut the trees in navy card and then just added lashings of glitter.  Voila!  Job done!

Well the sun is shining brightly through the window as I'm writing this Christmas post!!  Bodes well for the rest of theday, although John has just told me it is going torain.  Well, saves watering the garden!!. Hope you enjoy  whatever you have planned - or maybe you are just having a lazy weekend!

Take care.

Blue Monochrome Fisherman

Good morning.  This post is scheduled so I'm really hoping that Blogger behaves itself and publishes at the right time. Time again for another challenge at One Stitch At A Time and as you can see it is for a card, or other project, for the males in your life - Anything Goes ... With Men.

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" base card

blue waves background paper - ancient stash from Making Cards magazine

blue fish paper - Our Daily Bread Designs

blue cardstock - Jelly Bean Crafts

Image "Gone Fishing " - Stitchy Stamps

card candi - Craftwork Cards

Please pop across to the blog and check out what the rest of Stitchy's Angels have come up with and why not think about entering the challenge?  You  could win $10 to spend in store.

Well that's all from me today. Take care.

Crafty Time Challenge: Don't Be Square!

Good morning to you all and I do hope this finds you well.  At Crafty Time  we would like you to  make a shaped card.   You can do anything but square so get your thinking caps on and see what you come up with.  If you pop across to our challenge blog  you can get some inspiration from the DT.

My Card

Recipe

Shaped card - Craftwork Cards

Go Kreate Square Frame frilly #10

Spellbinders Lacy Circles

Orange card from stash

Spotty paper - First Edition

Promarkers to colour

Gems from stash

Image - "Smart Owl" from Robyn's Fetish.

I found the image of the pile of books on the internet and fussy cut it. The open book was also found on the internet and I computer generated the quote onto the pages.

Our sponsor this month is Robyn's Fetish.  The winner of our October challenge will win three images from our sponsor.

Well that's all from me today.  Take care.

One Stitch At A Time # 246 Anything Goes .... With Leaves

Hello to all my friends and fellow bloggers and if anybody has landed here by chance I hope you like what you see and will coma come back again. (Oops! slip of the finger.  I certainly don't want to send you into a coma!!!!)

Another challenge for OSAAT  and this time we would like you to use leaves on your creation. The image I have used is Parrot from Barbara Jenson and you can find it  here. 

** Please scroll down to the previous post for my 

Christmas Card Club entry.**

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" kraft base card - Papermania

kraft card for matting - Papermania

Embossed paper - from Stash

Leaf die - Spellbinders Foliage

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Promarkers to colour

The backing paper is a lovely leaf embossed paper which has been in my stash for years so I'm glad to have been able to put it to good use at last. He looks a rather grumpy parrot to me - maybe he had a long night! I have to say I've had a few of those myself  lately and the night certainly is long when you are lying awake.

We do hope you decide to join us this time.  Here is the prize you could win - five digi images and a paper pack.  Certainly worth the try!

Well that's it from me so take care!

OSAAT #242 Anything Goes .... With Children

Good afternoon.  I'm here with my card for One Stitch At A Time.  The challenge is Anything Goes .... With Children".  I am using Playful Puppy from Reeces Scrap Pieces, one of the designers at Stitchy Bears Digital Stamp Outlet, and can be found here.  It includes a digi image and four papers.  For my project this time I decided to make a mini pizza box.

My Project

Box made from The Range cardstock

Brown  card - Bazzill Basics

PATP Cherish punch - Martha Stewart 

Lacy Circle die - Spellbinders

Playful Puppy - Reeces Scrap pieces

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Doggie button - from stash

Promarkers

The mini pizza box is 10cms square. I lined it with one of the papers in the set and matted the sides of the box with another of the papers. Just right to fill with some of the goodies children seem to love.

We would love you to join us in our challenge this time.  Here is the prize you could win.

July Prize Pack

Well that's all for today.  Take care.

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http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2015/07/challenge-29-to-die-for.html

OSAAT Challenge # 239 Anything Goes ..... Men

Good day to you all and I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  I love weekends because it is a time when I truly relax.  All housework and shopping done in the week and we never go out on trips etc - save all that for during the week when it is quieter.

The challenge at One Stitch At A Time this time is to make a project for the male of the species.   I used to be filled with horror when it came to making male cards but I'm fine with it now, although I still prefer to make for females as most of us do I think.  My image is "Oh Boy" from My Hearts Pieces and you can find it here.

My Card

Ingredients

6" sqare card from Papermania card stock

DP - "Father Knows Best" from Lili Of The Valley

Blue Sapphire pearlised ard - Brothersleep 

Embossing Folder - Seasonal Music Diesire Embossalicious

Virtuoso Music die - Memory Box

Promarkers

Candi - Craftwork Cards

Sentiment - Computer generated.


June Prize Pack for winner

It's always nice to add some male cards to my box.

Well that's all for me for today.  Take care.

Entered into :
Crafty Boots Challenge
Creative Corner Challenges
Suzy Bees Bloomin' Challenge

Get Creative Challenges # 13

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers - and if you have just wandered here by chance I hope you like what you see and drop by again.  The challenge this time at Get Creative is to use purple, pink and green - perfect colours for me.  Our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine and the prize is three images of the winner's choice.  The image I have used is from the Flower Pot Pretty range "Crystal Chrysanthemum".

My Card

Recipe

7" square card from Anne-Marie

Backing papers from Lili of the Valley - Snow Princess Solids

Pink pearlescent card from stash

Sentiment circle - Craftwork Cards

Spellbinders - Marvellous Squares

Sue Wilson - Faux Quilled Leaves

Promarkers to colours

Pearls from stash

I think I went a bit overboard with the leaves ... lol!

I hope you are all well and have been enjoying the lovely weather. Yesterday was very bright and sunny but pretty chilly and we had an overnight frost, but the sun is shining again this morning and it seems a bit warmer.  

Take care.

Singing Snowmen - Get Creative Challenges # 3

Good morning to all my dear friends and fellow bloggers. Today it is time for my second post for the Pink Team in Get Creative Challenges. The theme is "Christmas" which suits me down to the ground.  I absolutely love making Christmas cards.

My card uses the digi image " Caroling Snowmen" from The Stamping Boutique

My Card

I'm afraid it's not a particularly good photo because there is so much shine bouncing off the mirri card and the foiled backing papers.  Unfortunately the weather is so awful that I really needed flash to take the picture.  When I tried without flash the picture was very dark.  If it brightens up I'll try again without the flash.

Recipe

6" x 6" card cut from red card stock

 Backing papers - Twinkle from Craftwork Cards
Silver Candi - Craftwork Cards

Music die cut - Virtuoso from Memory Box

Promarkers

After colouring the image I just added a little - okay, a lot - glitter.  But it's a Christmas card so glitter and sparkle is almost obligatory!!

We would love you to join in our challenge this time and I'm sure there will be no shortage of Christmas cards to post. Please pop across and check out what the rest of the DT have made and then add your creation.

CCC #16 Sylvie's Theme - Tree/s

Good morning.  I am here with another card for our little Christmas Card Club. It was Sylvie's choice this time and she wanted to see trees somewhere on our cards.  If you would like to see what the other girls made with trees you will find their links on my side bar.

My Card

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 My card is 6" x 6".   The backing papers are from Me To You "Winter Wonderland"  which I have had for a few years and now am starting to use up some old stash.  (I'm not being as good as ScrappyMo but I am trying - some  might say very trying ... lol!)   Another LOTV topper from a couple of years ago.   I die cut the tree with Dees Distinctively A Cut Above  (what a mouthful that is!) and used glitter card - yet more very old stash.   The sentiment circle is from Craftwork Cards and  the pearls are from my stash.  It's flat enough for posting I think so I stopped myself from adding too much in the way of embellishments.

Sorry I'm not managing to do much blogging or crafting lately.  One of these days things might get back to some form of normality.  Hope you are all keeping well, and thank you for dropping by today.

65th Birthday

Good afternoon to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  Thank you for your visit.Sorry I have been AWOL for a few days. Things have been a bit hectic.

My Card

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Close up of right side

This stepper card was commissioned when the lady saw the last card that I did similar to this.  I don't usually like to do similar cards so close to each other, but I got to play with my new dies this time. The backing papers, label and butterfly are from Craftwork Cards "Time Flies". I used my new Memory Box Catalina Wreath die cut twice in lilac and cream.  I then  used Sue Wilson's Classic 3D Bow die in lilac. The pearls are from Hobby House.  Since it is to be hand delivered I didn't need to worry about keeping it flat, but I had to make a box to put it in - which I forgot to photograph!!

I hope you are all okay and that you are having better weather than we are.  It is bitterly cold and now has started to rain!  Can only improve - I've decided I'm going to be an optimist!

Well that's it from me for today. 

Young At Heart

Good morning to you all. This card is for my brother. I don't think these images need to be kept for children but can be used for the young at heart too, and he is certainly that!

My Card

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My base card is 6" x 6" and matted with a dark red paper from my bits box, as is the stripy paper.  The image is from LOTV Art Pad Vintage Boys.  The sentiment circle and the mini candi are from Craftwork Cards.  The Papermania Chronology Cogs dies were at the top of the box, since I used them on my last card, so I popped a few onto this card too.  The sentiment circle and the cogs and sprockets are all silver, although the top ones look more like gold.  I have some tiny peel off letters and numbers so after I had taken the picture I used them to put his number plate on the front of the car.

Entered into :

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http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-102-anything-goes.html

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-204-young-at-heart.html

Stepper Card

Good evening friends and fellow bloggers.  Hope you are all well. Just a quick post tonight.

My Card

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 This card was made using the Time Flies collection from Craftwork Cards.  I bought this at a papercraft fair at the National Motorcycle Museum last year, put it away and promptly forgot about it.

I'm not sure where the shaped stepper cards are from, but I have a feeling it may be Craftwork Cards again. I also used SB Decorative Labels 1 as a background for the large flower and the pearls are from the Hobby House.

Well that's it from me.

Happy Birthday

Good morning friends and fellow bloggers.  I have scheduled this post because I am off to the NEC today and didn't want the hassle before I left.

My Card

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This is a very simple card for Sébastien, my nephew's little boy. It is 7 x 5 inches made from white card stock. The backing papers are digi papers from Cuddly Buddly Portfolio Papers in brown. They come in other colours too. The image is from LOTV Art Pads Set 1 Vintage Boys. The sentiment label and the card candi in the corners is from Craftwork Cards.

Just a quick post today. If anybody is off to the NEC this week then I hope you have fun - and spend lots! I shall be meeting up with Mrs Duck and our Scottish friends. Should be fun!