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Thursday 27 October 2011

Nutcrafters - Challenge 4 - Bonfire Night

Hi Everyone,

Well I'm staying in today, I don't fancy getting wet, and it's pouring!!!  Well it gives me the opportunity to do all my DT cards and have them in storage.

It also gives me the opportunity to see if I can enter any competitions.  I found this competition from Nutcrafters, they run competitions and provide you with a Digi Stamp to start with, excellent.

Well heres my card:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Nutcrafters
Design Papers - Create and Craft
Ribbon - Stash
Flowers - Marianne Design
Buttons - Artoz
Glitter - Diamond Sparkles - Hunkydory


Side View

I would like to enter this in Nutcrafter - Challenge 4 - Bonfire Night

Bye for now.  x x



Willow Sketchie Challenge - 27th October

Hi Everyone,

Wow!!!  I can't believe that it's that time of week again, I'm sure I only wrote this a couple of days ago.  I think it has to do with the time of the year, and all the children wishing for their presents, it will make Christmas come quick.

Firstly, lets congratulate the Winner of last weeks Challenge, the winner is ......... (drum roll!!!) Julia, your entry was lovely.  Julia wins the new Walter and Winnie does Christmas, I hope it brings you as much time crafting as it has brought me.  Once again I must congratulate all of you, for all your hard work and dedication, they were lovely to look at, so thank you.

Well it's Thursday, and that means one thing and that's, it's another Willow Sketchie Challenge.  The Wonderful Shell is our host this week, the Design Team used Walter and Winnie does Christmas CD once again.  Shell designed the following Sketch for us to follow:

Hey, but before you see my card, the Winner this week will recieve a £10.00 Gift Voucher for Willow Designs.

Well it's on with my Card:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Walter and Winnie does Christmas CD
Design Papers - Walter and Winnie does Christmas CD
Gems - Kanban
Glitter - Diamond Sparkles - Hunkydory



Side View

Now remember


  1. We do not discriminate anyone for using their Crafty Stash, but if you have any Willow Designs we would love to see them.
  2. You can rotate or flip the Sketch, re-size the elements as long as the original Sketch Layout can be recognised.
  3. The Challenge runs from Thursday at 09:00am (UK Time) until 20:00pm (UK Time) on the following Wednesday.
  4. You can enter up to 3 times per Sketch / Layout.
  5. You can also combine our Challenge with a maximum of 10 others.
  6. The Winner will Randomly be drawn on Wednesday (after 20:00pm)
  7. Finally HAVE FUN!!!
Well bye for now.  x x

Wednesday 26 October 2011

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Challenge #78 - Emma's Sketch

Hi Everyone,

Hope your enjoying the day, with the lovely weather, cold and brisk I would say it is.  I went down the road this morning for coffee with my Mum's friend, so that was nice.  I keep doing a bit of Christmas shopping while I was down there, both me and Mum have almost done it, how cool is that???

Well on with today's challenge, well it's actually last Sundays.  It by Sunday Sketch & Stamp, Emma has done a lovely Sketch.


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Kanban
Design Papers - Create and Craft
Sentiment - Computer Generated
Ribbon - Stash
Roses - Create and Craft
Leaves Punch - Woodware Punch
Gems - Kanban


Side View


Bye for now.  x x


Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Challenge #96 also a DT Call

Hi Everyone,

Cor!!!  It's Wednesday and that time of the week again, I only thought I wrote one of these a couple of days ago, well lets get going shall we.  It's Wednesday, so that means it's a Fab 'n' Funky Challenge.  Firstly, I must say Congratulations to the overall Winner (picked at random), and also the top three, to be honest with all your wonderful cards / projects it is extremely hard.

This week the Sponsor is Karen's Doodles,



I have been drawing all of my life. When I was 19, I started an animation studio with a friend from college. We created scoreboard animations for all the Major League Baseball teams as well as the Super Bowl and the Olympics In 1989 I started my own animation studio. We created animation for the Feature Film "Fern Gully The Last Rainforest". We also animated a Christmas Special "The Wish That changed Christmas" and a video featuring Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer. For the past 20 years I have had the pleasure of creating animations for Disney, Fisher Price and Mattel and bringing their characters to life. In 2006 I decided to bring my own characters to life with my first Children's Book, "Oink Finds an Egg". This year I am celebrating 50 years as a doodler and I look forward to sharing my original drawings with crafters through "Karen's Doodles"

This week we had to make Halloween cards, and here is mine:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Teddy Bo
Design Papers - Papermania - Temptations
Ghosts - Nutcrafters
Ribbon - Create and Craft
Buttons - Stash
Glitter - Diamond Sparkles - Hunkydory


Side View

Please Remember:



  1. Challenges will run from Wednesday 9.30am till Tuesday 10pm (following week).
  2. Use what you like to create your project . . . as long as it's legal & not indecent !
  3.  Please, please link back to the "Fab 'n' Funky" challenge blog so that we can pop over to see your project.
  4. You may combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you like, upto a maximum of 10 challenges. However we reserve the right to change this if a prize is on offer.
  5. All DT work is for inspiration only and not to be copied for submission to a competition or magazine.
  6. If you participate and make multiple entries for a particualr weeks theme, please note that the DT may only comment on 1 or 2 entries.
  7. Only one entry per person will be submitted to each prize draw unless specified in the challenge post.
  8. The MOST IMPORTANT RULE . . . have loads of crafting fun making your Project.
DT CALL

This is really important we are also looking for 2 more Design Team Members, you only have a week to get your applications in, Good Luck.

Happy Crafting.

Bye x x



Thursday 20 October 2011

Willow Sketchie Challenge - 20th October

Hi Everyone,

Did you see 'The Boss' on the tv??  Sharon was on Create and Craft this week, promoting the new CD 'Walter and Winnie Does Christmas', she was calm and collected and even managed to put Deano down!!!  I hope to see her back on the tv really soon.

Firstly, lets congratulate last weeks winner Sandie, yeah!!!  Sandie wins £10.00 Digi Pack lets hope you have fun playing with it.  Once again, I must congratulate you all on your wonderful cards, they were all beautiful and fantastic to look at, so thank you.

Well it's Thursday, and you know what that means..... another Willow Sketchie Challenge.  And are wonderful host Lis-m is this weeks Challenge leader.  The Design Team had to use Walter and Winnie Does Christmas (not that it's a chore it's beautiful) which is NOW AVAILABLE.  Well Lis-m designed the following Sketch for us to follow:


Hey, before we see my card I bet you wondering what the Winner will recieve this week............


Yeah!!!!  The Winner recieve's Walter and Winnie Does Christmas CD, how cool is that!!!

Well it's on with my card:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Ribbon - Stash
Gems - Kanban
Edge Punch - Doily Lace by Martha Stewart
Glitter - Diamond Sparkles Hunkydory


A view from the Side

Now remember 


  1. We do not discriminate anyone for using their Crafty Stash, but if you have any Willow Designs we would love to see them.
  2. You can rotate or flip the Sketch, re-size the elements as long as the original Sketch Layout can be recognised.
  3. The Challenge runs from Thursday at 09:00am (UK Time) until 20:00pm (UK Time) on the following Wednesday.
  4. You can enter up to 3 times per Sketch / Layout.
  5. You can also combine our Challenge with a maximum of 10 others.
  6. The Winner will Randomly be drawn on Wednesday (after 20:00pm)
  7. Finally HAVE FUN!!!
 Well bye for now.  x x

Wednesday 19 October 2011

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Challenge #95

Hi Everyone,

Guess what??  It's Wednesday and that means it's Fab 'n' Funky time.  I can't believe it you done it again, I've never been in a Design Team where they have so many entries, wow!!!  My congratulations to the overall winner (picked at random), and you'll have to wait and see if you've been picked as the top three.  It must be so hard with all your wonderful cards / projects.

Well this weeks Challenge is sponsored by Funky Kits, they sell everything, so many stamps.


This week we had to make cards with a Distressing and Tearing, I had to get my thinking cap on for that, I have never done anything like that before so it was new for me.

And so onto my card:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Walter and Winnie Does Christmas CD
Design Papers - Walter and Winnie Does Christmas CD
Sentiment - Walter and Winnie Does Christmas CD
Ribbon - Stash
Embellishments - Pointsettia - Papermania


Side View

Please Remember:

1] Challenges will run from Wednesday 9.30am till Tuesday 10pm (following week).
2] Use what you like to create your project . . . as long as it's legal & not indecent !
3] Please, please link back to the "Fab 'n' Funky" challenge blog so that we can pop over to see your project.
4] You may combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you like, upto a maximum of 10 challenges. However we reserve the right to change this if a prize is on offer.
5] All DT work is for inspiration only and not to be copied for submission to a competition or magazine.
6] If you participate and make multiple entries for a particualr weeks theme, please note that the DT may only comment on 1 or 2 entries.
7] Only one entry per person will be submitted to each prize draw unless specified in the challenge post.
8] The MOST IMPORTANT RULE . . . have loads of crafting fun making your Project.

Off you go and have fun!!!
 
Bye x x
 

Saturday 15 October 2011

Sketch Saturday - Week #177 15th October

Hi Everyone,

Hope your all well?  Wow!!  The weather today it's been absolutely gorgeous today, the sun, the sky a perfect blue.  And their talking about it getting worse, I long for days like today.

Well lets get on, Sketch Saturday is the Challenge I decided to do today, very fun!!


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Kanban Christmas Wooly Bears
Design Papers - Milton and Co - Christmas Paper Stack
Rbbon - Create and Craft
Pearls - Kanban
Glitter - Hunkydory


View from the Side

I would like to enter this into the Sketch Saturday - Week #177 15th October

Anyway I've got to go, Strictly, Merlin and Casulty talk about a good night.

Bye x x


Friday 14 October 2011

Friday Sketch Challenges - Sketch #3 by Sammi

Afternoon Everyone,

How's everyone doing this afternoon?  I'm home from my coffee morning (that's if you call my Mum's friend and I having a coffee!!), well it was nothing exciting.  But very nice and enjoyable.

Well I came home and got on with a card for today, it was for Friday Sketch Challenges, a newish Challenge which has recently started.

Anyway on with my Card:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Tilda from Magnolia
Design Papers - Snowed In Winter Papers - My Mind's Eye
Embellishment - Stash
Pearls - Kanban
Ribbon - Ceate and Craft
Glitter - Hunkydory



View from the Side

I would like to enter this in Friday Sketch Challenges - FSC#2 by Sammi

Well have to go and get dinner.

Bye x x


Thursday 13 October 2011

Friday Sketch Challenge - Sketch #2 by Tracy

Good Afternoon Everyone,

How is the weather with you?  It is absolutly wonderful here, sun is shinning, beating through the craftroom window its lovely, we all feel a little better with the sun shinning.  I' not saying it's not cold outside though, I must remember it's not t-shirt wearing weather!!!

Well today I thought I might try a fairly new challenge, it will be fun to try it out.  It's called Friday Sketch Challenge and they have done so well being there Challenge #2.

And so on with the card:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Card - Create and Craft
Image - Sorry I can't remember
Design Papers - Milton & Co - Christmas Paper Stack
Sentiment - Hunkydory
Embellishments - Stash
Glitter - Diamond Sparkles - Hunkydory
Ribbon - Create and Craft



Side View

I would like to enter this into Friday Sketch Challenge - Sketch #2 by Tracy

Well I'm going now.

Bye x x

Willow Sketchie Challenge - 13th October

Hiya Everyone,

It's that time of the week again to introduce another Willow Sketchie Challenge again, I think all the days keep merging into one as I'm sure I only wrote one a couple of days ago!!!

Firstly I would like to congratulate the Winner last week, and the Winner was Jo Price, congratulations to you.  Your card was beautiful, once again congratulations.

Well onto this weeks Challenge, and again it's our lovely host Miria, all the way from Sunny Italy.  The Design Team had to use the NOW AVAILABLE new CD, which is called Walter and Winnie Does Christmas.  Well, our host Miria designed the following sketch, and she put an extra clause in that we had to use Fabric or Ribbon, somewhere on our design, help!!!


Before we get to see my Card, I bet your wondering what the winner will receive this week..........  Well the Prize will be a Digi Collection worth ...... £10.00. Wish I was playing.

Well it's on with my Card:


Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Card
Image - Surprise Present
Design Papers - From the CD Walter and Winnie Does Christmas
Embellishments - Stash
Pearls - Kanban
Ribbon - Stash
Sentiment - Hunkydory


A close up to see how the Pearls were attached.

Now remember
  1. We do not discriminate anyone for using their Crafty Stash, but if you have any Willow Designs we would love to see them.
  2. You can rotate or flip the Sketch, re-size the elements as long as the original Sketch Layout can be recognised.
  3. The Challenge runs from Thursday at 09:00am (UK Time) until 20:00pm (UK Time) on the following Wednesday.
  4. You can enter up to 3 times per Sketch / Layout.
  5. You can also combine our Challenge with a maximum of 10 others.
  6. The Winner will Randomly be drawn on Wednesday (after 20:00pm)
  7. Finally HAVE FUN!!!
Well I had better go now.

Bye x x

Wednesday 12 October 2011

Nutcrafters - Challenge 3 Happy Halloween

Afternoon Everybody,

I'm back!!!!  The second post of today, well Nutcrafters run such amazing competitions.  They want you to use only their Digi's and then they give you one to work for free.  Well this is my Card:


Such an amazing Digi.

Card Materials

Card - A4 Folded in half
Additional Card - Create and Craft
Image - Halloween by Nutcrafters
Embellishments - Of first free Digi from Nutcrafters
Ribbon - Create and Craft
Gems - Kanban


View from the Side

I put an insert in this card and a little embellishment on it.

I would like to enter this card into Nutcrafters - Challenge 3 Happy Halloween

I'm off so Bye x x


Tuesday Morning Sketches - #115 & Jingle Belles - Pink Christmas

Morning Everyone,
 
Cor!!  I've been up for ages, but I hardly feel like making cards, but must go through the barrier and there's a couple of good challenges I want to enter today.

Well back to last night I made a card for Tuesday Morning Sketches and Jingle Belles and here's my card:



Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Image - Fizzy Moon Bears
Design Papers - Milton & Co - Christmas Paper Stack
Card - Create and Craft
Ribbon - Stash
Embllishments - Stash
Gems - Kanban


Side View


Well I'm off to get on with other Cards.

Bye x x


Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Challenge #94

Hi Everyone,

It's a Wednesday, so halfway through the week, and it's time for another Fab 'n' Funky Challenge.  You did it again, there were so many entries but you'll have too wait and see who were picked to win, but well done to the overall Winner (picked at random).  Well done to you, but you were all winners as so many entries were made.

Well this weeks Challenge is sponsored by Robyn's Digital Fetish, again it's the most wonderful store.  You can ge all sorts of things from the shop, so its worth having a look.


Well this week, our host is the lovely Pam and she chose a photo to give the team Colours, therefore the colours were set as 'Autumn Colours'.


And here is my Card:


Card Materials

Card - Craftwork Card
Image - Robyn's Digital Fetish
Design Papers - Create and Craft
Embellishments - Stash
Pearls - Kanban


The Embellishment, I love the Umbrella it is so sweet.

Please Remember:

1] Challenges will run from Wednesday 9.30am till Tuesday 10pm (following week).
2] Use what you like to create your project . . . as long as it's legal & not indecent !
3] Please, please link back to the "Fab 'n' Funky" challenge blog so that we can pop over to see your project.
4] You may combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you like, upto a maximum of 10 challenges. However we reserve the right to change this if a prize is on offer.
5] All DT work is for inspiration only and not to be copied for submission to a competition or magazine.
6] If you participate and make multiple entries for a particualr weeks theme, please note that the DT may only comment on 1 or 2 entries.
7] Only one entry per person will be submitted to each prize draw unless specified in the challenge post.
8] The MOST IMPORTANT RULE . . . have loads of crafting fun making your Project.

Right then off you go and have fun!!!

Bye x x



Tuesday 11 October 2011

Sketch n Stash Challenge - Sketch #72

Hi ya Everyone,

Hope you are all well, and your all enjoying the weather, only joking about the weather!!!  I've decided to stay in today, I can't battle the winds, it nearly knocked me over yesterday (I'm not as strong as I used to be before the Stroke!!!)

Well it gives me time to get on with some crafting, I actually made this yesterday but I couldn't take a photo of it because it became to dark by the time I finished.  This ones for Sketch n Stash, I decided to take part in their Challenge.


Card Ingredients

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards
Image - Sugar Nellie
Designer Papers - Milton and Co - Christmas Paper Stack
Sentiment - Pink Gem
Pearls - Kanban

My Stash Item is The Sentiment from Pink Gem thought it needed another outing


Side View

I would like to enter this into Sketch and Stash - Challenge #72

Well that it from me.

Bye x x