Final Reminder For Crafty Time Challenges

Good morning and thanks for popping by.  This card is a final reminder for you to join in the very last Crafty Time Challenge ever!  Sadly after this challenge is over the challenge blog will be closing down.  It has been a good year but all things end eventually. The challenge is "For The Kids".  This could mean for a child, featuring a child, or perhaps even made by a child. So why not have a go?

My Card

Recipe

6" square card - made from The Range cardsock

purple pearlescent card - Penniesworth

backing papers - LOTV "Snow Princess"

peeloff greetings - very ancient stash!

snowflakes- Papermania palm punch

pearls - Hobbyhouse

Promarkers to colour

Well I hope you have a good day whatever you have planned.

Take care.

"For The Kids" at Crafty Time Challenges

Good morning to you all.  Where does the time go?  Friday already! Our theme  at Crafty Time Challenges this month is "For The Kids"and the sponsor for this  challenge is Fabrika Fantasy . The image I am using is a pre-coloured one, Pirate Parrot.

My Card

Recipe

6" square card base - Papermania card stock

red & blue papers - from stash

patterned paper -Caribbean fromThe Colour Wheel Company (ancient stash!)

"Lifebelt" - made from SB Circle dies

sentiment - computer generated

bakers twine and gems - from stash

 I thought this backing paper was a little like the netting on a shop and I could just visualise my pirate climbing up it.  Hopefully the die cut circles give the impression of a life belt.

We would love you to join us in our  challenge so that we can go out with a bang!!  Hop across to the blog and see the great inspiration from the DT.  There will also be more inspiration on the 14th and 27th of the month so remember to check back.

We have had a couple of beautiful days here and on Wednesday John and I had an "away day".  We took ourselves off to Henley on Thames, visited the National Trust property Greys Court and had lunch out. We need to do it more often! The sun is shining again right now so let's hope it signals another good day.  I do love spring!

Well I hope you are well and enjoying life.  Take care!

Sherri Baldy at Crafty Time Challenges

Good morning. Very cold and frosty this morning but better than the snow we had yesterday1   Hurry up Spring - you know you are desperate to get here!!  Today I am posting my card for  Crafty Time Challenges.  A nice and easy theme of BIRTHDAYS this month so we hope to see lots of you joining in.

My Card

Recipe

6" square card made from Papermania cardstock

papers  - My Minds Eye (I think! - very old stash)

green pearlescent card - from my snippets box

pink pearlescent card - from snippets box

flower die - Memory Box - Fabulous Phlox

Coloured with Promarkers

Nice and easy card using green which I rarely use.  

You could win three images from our sponsor Sherri Baldy so please pop over to the blog and check out the DT's work.

That's all from me today but I hope this finds you  well.

Buttons, Bows and Brads at Crafty Time Challenges

Good morning.  Gosh it's February already. Unbelievable!! That means it is time for another challenge at Crafty Time Challenges.  Our sponsor this month is Aurora Wings.

My Card

Recipe
5" x 7" card  made from ivory pearlescent card stock - Crafters Companion
purple pearlescent card stock - Jellybean Crafts
Digi image - Butterfly Mask from Aurora Wings
Backing papers - Papermania French Lavender
Mask die - SB Venetian Accents
butterflies - SB
brads - ancient stash
heart shaped button - stash
lavender/silver ribbon - local haberdashery store
gems - from stash

We would love it if you were to join in with our challenge this month.  Please pop across to teh blog and check out what the DT have come up with.

Thank you for joining 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.

Crafty Time Challenge .... Anything But A Card

Good morning to all my fiends, fellow bloggers and anybody who has just dropped in.  Sorry I have been missing all week.  I have tried to drop in and do some commenting but I've not had time for blogging or crafting.

Well the usual Bank Holiday Weekend again!  Although I must say that here in Oxfordshire on Saturday it was a beautiful summer day but unfortunately it didn't carry over to the Sunday.  The nights are also drawing in!!

Anyway, today it is time for another challenge at  Crafty Time.  Our sponsor  once again is Sherrie Baldy and this time we would like you to show us anything but a card.  Now that gives you a lot of scope and we are really looking forward to seeing all your creations.

My Project

Winner will receive three images from Sherrie Baldy

Ingredients

Pink polka dot/gingham cardstock - Crafters Companion
Image - Dee Dee Dimples by Sherrie Baldy
Pink card for matting - "Love Letters" First Edition
Bag die - Docrafts
Flowers and pearls - from stash
Promarkers to colour

A nice easy project today - which is lucky because Mr Mojo seems to have taken a holiday and I'm struggling to get back into the swing.

Hope this finds you all well.  Take care.

Entered into:
C.R.A.F.T. Gift Bag or Box

Crafting With Friends Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge
Digistamps4Joy anything-goes-twist-girly

Crafty Time Challenge - Movie, Book or Song

Good morning. It's time for another challenge at Crafty Time Challenges .  This month our sponsor is Rick St Dennis  and the theme is "Movie, Book or Song".  This was a great challenge!  I am using the image "Joanie, The Flower Child" which you can find here.

As soon as I saw this image I climbed aboard the Tardis and was transported back to 1967, "The Summer of Love", and I was 17 again.  Now these are colours which you don't usually see me use, I am more a pastels girl - or purple!  But if you knew me back in 1967 you would have seen me wearing all these colours - mostly at the same time!!!  People needed to wear sunglasses when my very dear friend Hilary and I were out together.  And my hair was the same length but minus the fringe.  Ah, those were the days my friend!  (Cue another song by Mary Hopkin but a couple of years later!)

My Card

Ingredients

7" x 7" card by Anne-Marie Designs

other card stock from my stash

Labels 10 - Spellbinders 

Dainty Dots e/f - Spellbinders

Britannia dies - Flourish Leaf Strip

Punched daisies - Woodware punches.

Pearls from stash
Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Promarkers

Two songs sprang to my mind instantly; "Lets Go To San Francisco" by the English group The Flowerpot Men and "San Francisco" by the American singer Scott McKenzie. Oh to be young again but to have a little more fashion sense - but I really loved the bell bottom hipster trousers we used to wear!

Anyway I reluctantly traveled forward in time and I'm  back in 2015 again.  We would love you to join in our challenge and we look forward to seeing what inspired your project. The prize is two digis from Rick's shop.

Hope you are all well.  Take care.

Crafty Time Again

Good morning to all my blogging friends and any visitors who might find there way here.  Sorry my blogging and commenting is a bit spotty.  Life is getting in the way rather but I get here when I can.

This month for Crafty Time Challenges our remit is to use punches or dies. Now I ask you - what could be easier than that?  We would love to see all your projects incorporating punches and dies.  Our sponsor  is Sherry Baldy

First Place - 3 digi images
Second Place - 2 digi images
Third Place - 1 digi image

My Card

Ingredients

Image - Olivia from Sherry Baldy

5" x 7" card base made from Papermania cardstock

Backing papers - Meg from Making Memories - absolutely ancient stash!!!

Aqua pearlescent cardstock - Jellybean Crafts

Spellbinders - Labels 10

Bow die - Creative Expressions

Pearl flowers - from stash

Promarkers to colour

This is such a sweet image and I once again reverted to my favourite colours of lilacs and turquoise.  (But I did avoid pink! )  I just can't help myself!! I have had this Making Memories pad for years and years and  is one of my favourites. I'm dreading it running out.

Well that's all from me for today.  Hope everybody is well.

Crafty Time Mid Month Reminder - Girls! Girls! Girls!

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  I can't believe that I am posting for the third day in a row.  I have said before that my posts are like buses - none for ages then three come all at once .... lol!

Well we are halfway through the month and would just like to remind you that you still have time to add your creations to our challenge, which you can find  here.    There is also a Crafty Time Reminder post which you can find here  - and it features me!!  I am using another image from our sponsor The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette.  This time it is Steampunk Telsa.

My Card

Ingredients

6" square card base  - made from Papermania cardstock

DP - had it on my computer for a few years -unknown

Embossing folder - Chronology Collection

Die cut Cogs - Papermania Chronology Collection

Die cut clock - Marianne Craftables

Promarkers and Flexmarkers

I actually digitally changed the colour of my paper so that it would fit the colour I had chosen.  I'm getting quite brave fiddling around with my software! ( Oops! that sounds a bit naughty!)

  I'm hoping that today is going to be as glorious as yesterday was - hot and sunny!  I was very careful to use my SPF 50 and wear my hat.  We went out last Thursday and it was the same sort of weather.  I remembered my sun cream - but not my hat!!   Boy, did I suffer later from heat exhaustion.  Poor John didn't quite know what to do with me because I was feeling really pretty poorly - throbbing head, shivery, nausea, the whole works.  I'm so fair skinned that I really suffer from the effects of sun if I'm not careful - and believe me, John would never have made a nurse ... lol!

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

"Girls Girls Girls" for Crafty Time Challenges

Good morning to all my crafty friends and I hope you are all feeling well.  Two posts in a row - just like buses ... lol!

Today is our second challenge for  Crafty Time.  The theme this month is "Girls, Girls, Girls". Most of us prefer making cards for females  so I think this challenge will be a nice easy one and  we would love it if you were to join us.

My Card

Now I waved my magic wand and the Strawberry Witch magically morphed into a Blackberry Witch.  I do like a bit of magic!!

Ingredients

Image - Sydney, Strawberry Witch from Nikki Burnette

7" x 7" card base - Anne-Marie Designs

Backing papers - Lucy Cromwell by Papermania

Silk and paper flowers -  from stash (extremely old stash!)

Printed ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Pearls - from stash

Promarkers to colour

Here is our sponsor this month.

Well that's all from me for today.

Brand New Challenge Blog

Good morning everybody.  I have some exciting news this morning.  Today is the launch of a brand new challenge blog Crafty Time Challenges and I am thrilled to be a member of the design team.  We are a monthly blog and we publish on the first of the month. We would be so pleased if you could join us and enter one your fabulous creations.  This first month we are sponsored by Sherri Baldy Designs and you will find her super creations  here.  The theme of this first challenge is "Use Something New".  Now this could be new image, paper, die etc - anything from your stash that you have not used before. My "something new" is my Tonic Square Trellis die which I have had for about six months and not used.  Slapped wrist ... lol!

My Card

Recipe

7" x 7" card from Anne-Marie Designs

Tonic Square Trellis die

Sue Wilson - Bow die

Backing paper - Lili of the Valley "Pastel Dreams"

Raspberry pearlescent card from stash

Pearls from stash

Ancient peel- off balloons!!!

Here is what you could win - what are you waiting for?

First Place - 3 digi images
Second Place - 2 digi images
Third Place - 1 digi image

Sorry I have been AWOL for a while.  I went up north to visit my sister.  We are very close but don't see each other often enough since we live so far apart.  As you can imagine we had a great time and lots of laughs - did both of us the power of good!  Nothing like a good laugh to make you feel better about everything.

What a change in the weather.  It is so cold here that I'm sure it will snow.  We have had some hail stone flurries over the past day or two so let's hope it doesn't get worse.  I will get round to some blog visiting later today and I'm sorry for neglecting you all.