Crafty Calendar February Challenge - MFT Monster Love Valentine Card

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  A little late posting today as I was working this morning and then out at the theatre this afternoon.   A few of us go every year to see the annual Agatha Christie production.  This years play was Murder on the Orient Express, I must admit I was curious how they would adapt it to the stage but it was fab.

As it is the first Saturday in the month so we have a new challenge over

at Crafty Calendar and the theme is "HEARTS" and I went for a lot of hearts...

For  my card I have used:

• The monsters are from the Monster Love stamp set by MFT (My Favorite Things) stamped in Bee Sting and Love Struck Simon Hurley inks.
• The background was created using the Simon Hurley stencil Happy Hearts and the same Bee Sting and Love Struck inks.  You can't really tell in the photo but the Bee Sting hearts have a bit of sparkle from the addition of some Astro Paste.
• The black heart was embossed using the Sizzix embossing folder Confetti Hearts.

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT creations.

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Crafty Calendar January Add a Die Cut Challenge - Delightful Butterflies Birthday Card

Good morning and a happy new year,  I don't really make resolutions but I normally state that I will get through the various craft kits that I have received over the years and never got round to doing so we will see how that goes.  It's the first Saturday in January 2025 so we have a new monthly challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar and the theme for this month is

Add a Die Cut.

For my card I have used:

Crafters Companion Photopolymer Stamp - Delightful Butterflies stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

After I heat embossed I sprinkled some color burst powders over the top of the butterflies and then sprayed the image with water so that the powders react and give little explosions of colour over the background.

The sentiment was die cut using the Lawn Fawn Scripty Happy Lawn Cut die.

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT creations.

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Crafty Calendar November Challenge - Lawn Fawn "Here We Go A-Waddling" Christmas Card

Good morning, I hope you are safe and well.  It is only 54 days until Christmas so my festive card making is now in progress.

It is the first Saturday in the month so we have a new challenge over at Craft Calendar.

The theme this month is Anything Goes.

I have made a Christmas card for this months challenge and I have used:

• Lawn Fawn "Here We Go A-Waddling" stamp set coloured with copics.
• For the background I stamped the lamp post from the stamp set using black versafine, masked the bottom section of the card to create a snow covered ground and the sky was ink blended with Stormy Sky and Black Soot distress inks (A little lamp light was created with Mustard Seed distress ink).

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Lawn Fawn

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your projects in this months Anything Goes challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards.

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I'll see you soon x

Crafty Calendar June Challenge - Birthday Mouse from RAM Stamps card

Good morning I hope you are keeping safe and well.  Here in the UK I'm waiting for summer to arrive.  I had a weeks holiday in May and I was lucky that the weather was great but since then it has been cold and wet, I nearly succumbed to putting the central heating on but managed to resist.

It's the first Saturday in June so we have a new monthly challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar

The theme this month is a project 

FOR A CHILD.

For my card I have used:

Birthday Mouse from RAM Stamps (Rachelle Anne Miller) coloured with copics.

Cut out using one of the dies from the Spellbinders notched corner frame nesting die set.

Glossy accents on the balloons.

The background is the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Flower Pattern (GLP-092)  hot foiled in gold onto pink card

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

RAM Stamps

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See you soon x

All Dressed Up Christmas Penguins Christmas Card - Crafty Calendar December Challenge

Good morning, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  It's the first Saturday in December so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is

'CHRISTMAS'

For my card I have used:

• Christmas Penguins digital stamp from All Dressed Up coloured with copics.
• The background is ink blended distress oxides in Cracked Pistachio and Salvaged Patina and then I stencilled some snowflakes over it using Distress Sparkle Texture Paste.
• The red striped background is Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink through the MFT Diagonal Stripes stencil.

For this challenge we are sponsored by:

All Dressed Up

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Christmas challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT creations using other images from this months sponsor All Dressed Up.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,  see you soon x

Crafty Calendar November Challenge - Polkadoodles Little Gift Theo Christmas Card

Good afternoon.  I hope you are keeping safe and well.  A little bit later posting today due to spending this morning at the Creative Craft show at the NEC Birmingham.   Nice to see a couple of new suppliers there so I made a beeline to the new Spellbinders stall, met Yana Smakula who was doing some demos for them and picked up a few goodies.

It's the first Saturday in the month and we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.  The theme this month is ANYTHING GOES.  It's November so I feel it's okay to start sharing Christmas cards.

For my card I have used:

Little Gift Theo from Polkadoodles coloured with copics.

The background is Distress Mica Sprays

and stars stencilled using Distress texture paste and rock candy glitter.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Polkadoodles

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months anything goes challenge and check out the gorgeous cards from the other DT members using images from this months sponsor Polkadoodles.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,

See you soon as I have a few Christmas cards to share in the coming weeks.

Crafty Calendar October Challenge - Sheepski Halloween Gnomes Card

Good afternoon I hope you are well.  I am suffering from covid at the moment, yes it is still a thing....so I'm feeling a bit under the weather but I'm on the road to recovery.  

It's the first Saturday in October (can you believe it!!!)  so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is HALLOWEEN but because not everyone celebrates the holiday we also have the secondary theme of AUTUMN COLOURS.

For my card I have used:

Trick or Treat digital stamp from Sheepski Designs coloured with copics.  I fussy cut three of them for a little trio of gnomes.

The background was created using the Mummy Wrap stencil from Pretty Pink Posh and distress oxides inks in Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot.

The sentiment is from a MFT set called "Witch Way is the Candy"

The spiders were cut from black card using the Sizzix 666381 Big Frights thinlits die set by Tim Holtz.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Sheepski Designs.

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Halloween/Autumn colours challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Sheepski Designs.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Paper Nest Dolls Ragdoll Sally Halloween Card

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well. 

It's the first Saturday in September so we have a new monthly challenge starting today over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

'ANYTHING GOES'

 I know it's only September but I am in full Halloween card making mode at the moment. 

For my card I have used:

Ragdoll Sally from Paper Nest Dolls coloured with copics.

The background is blended with distress oxide inks.

The mountain in the background was cut from grey card by my cricut using an svg from etsy.

The gravestone, railings, pumpkin, skull and bat were cut using sizzix dies.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Paper Nest Dolls

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your makes in this months 'Anything Goes' challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards created using other images from this month sponsor Paper Nest Dolls.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - Polkadoodles Horace and Boo Party Friends Birthday Card

Good afternoon.  I hope you are safe and well.  It's the first Saturday in July and we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar.  Can you believe it's July already, this year is speeding by so fast.

The theme for this month is 'ANYTHING GOES'

My card has been personalised for my partners niece who will be 6 this August and I thought this image would be perfect for a card for her and it also means I have a card ready with plenty of time to spare for a change.

For my card I have used:

Horace and Boo Party Friends from Polkadoodles coloured with copics.

Distress oxide blended cloud background.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Polkadoodles

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar an join us in this months Anything Goes challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Polkadoodles.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar June Challenge - Lili of the Valley Summer Card

Good morning, I hope you are safe and well.  It's a gorgeous day today so I think summer is definitely on the way which fits in well with this months challenge over at Crafty Calendar.

It's the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge for you and the theme this month is Summertime.

For me when someone mentions Summer I think of trips to the seaside   I live in the Midlands so to travel to the coast is more than couple of hours drive but we try to get there when we can.

For my card I have used:

Fairy Calendar August digital stamp from Lili of the Valley coloured with copics.

The DP's are from the Hello Sunshine digital paper pack from Lili of the Valley.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Lili of the Valley

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar to share your projects in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Lili of the Valley.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Anything But Square

Good morning, I hope you are safe and well today.  Here in the UK it's coronation weekend, I'm going to be one of the millions watching it today so I have just enough time to post this before the ceremony begins.

Its the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is ANYTHING BUT SQUARE.

For my card I have used:

The image is Winne Daisy Flower Fairy Holding a Toadstool digital stamp from Polkadoodles coloured with copics.

The card base has been cut using an SVG file called Basic Square Centre Step card which is from Lori Whitlock.

The DP is from a digital paper set called Spring Plaids from PeriwinklePixelShop over on Etsy.

Unfortunately we don't have a sponsor for this months challenge.  The sponsor we had arranged for this month have closed their doors and are no longer trading but we do have some goodies available for one lucky winner, four Polkadoodles stamps and a paper pack as shown below

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your ANTHING BUT SQUARE projects in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous cards by the other DT members.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar April Challenge - Lawn Fawn Eggstraordinary Easter Card

Good afternoon.  I hope you are well.   My post is a little bit late today as I was at the theatre watching The Mousetrap, as the tradition I am part of The Mousetrap secret so can't reveal any details, other than it was a brilliant performance

It's the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar. 

The theme this month is use Die-cuts.

For my card I have used:

Images are from the Lawn Fawn Eggstraordinary Easter stamp set coloured with copics.

The egg frames have been cut using the Lawn Fawn Easter Egg Frames die set.

The DP is from the Echo Park Easter paper pack.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Lawn Fawn

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Die-Cut challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT projects.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar March Challenge - All Dressed Up Little Patch Puppy Card

Good morning, it is the first Saturday in March and we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.  The theme this month is Buttons or Bows and for my card I decided to go with both.

Three of the flowers are buttons and I added a bow on the sentiment.

For my card I have used:

Little Patch Puppy from All Dressed Up coloured with copics.

The background is part of the Patchwork digital paper pack from DigitalPrintzGB over on Etsy.

I got my sewing machine out and have stitched the paper to the card all around the edge.   I tried to match the zig zag stitching around the edge to the zig zag design on the paper.

I added three buttons as flower heads and a bow to the sentiment banner.

We are sponsored for this challenge by

All Dressed Up

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Buttons or Bows challenge and check out the gorgeous cards from the DT using other images from this months sponsor All Dressed Up.

Thanks for taking the time to visit by blog, see you soon x

Crafty Calendar January Challenge - Sheepski Designs Wild Roses Birthday Card

Good morning and a happy new year.   I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have a great new year.  It's the first Saturday in January so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme for this month is 'Add a Sentiment'

For my card I have used:

Wild Roses digital stamp from Sheepski Designs coloured with copics which has been fussy cut and added to the front of the card with foam pads.

The gold foiled background was created using the Spellbinders Dazzling Dots hot foil glimmer plate.

My sentiment is 'Happy Birthday'.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Sheepski Designs

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Sheepski Designs.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you laters....

Crafty Calendar December Challenge - Lawn Fawn Ready Set Snow Christmas Card

Good afternoon and I hope you are well today.  I've just got back from a day trip to Donna Nook in Lincolnshire, our annual trip to see the seals and their new pups so I'm a bit late posting today.

It's the first Saturday in December and over at Crafty Calendar we have our final monthly challenge for this year.  And the theme is 'ANYTHING GOES'.

I decided on a shaker card for this month and have used non-traditional colours.

For my card I have used:

Lawn Fawn stamp set 'Ready Set, Snow' coloured with copics.

The snow globe shaker was cut with my Cricut and then coloured with copics.  I cut eight layers of the snow globe and glued them all together to create the shaker so I didn't need to use any 3d foam.

I stamped snowflakes on the pink background using the MFT 'Snowflake Flurry' stamp set.

The pink candy cane stripe frame is an old digital paper from 'Pink Petticoat/The Lovely Studio' called Raspberry Coulis Candy Cane Stripe which I printed and then cut a frame on my Cricut. 

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Lawn Fawn

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your creations in this month's challenge and also check out the gorgeous creations from the DT.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  See you soon x

Crafty Calendar November Challenge - Sweet Rudolph Christmas Card

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  I've just had a week off work and we were out and about with tickets for a Snooker tournament in Bolton that Martyn had for his birthday and then back to Birmingham for the Creative Craft Show at the NEC so today has been spent catching up with jobs around the house and emails, etc.

As it is the first Saturday in November we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

'ANYTHING GOES'

For my card I have used:

Sweet Rudolph from Mirtillamente coloured with copics.

Papers are from the Echo Park A Lumberjack Christmas digital paper pack.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Mirtillamente

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join in this month's Anything Goes challenge and to check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this month's sponsor Mirtillamente

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar September Challenge - Sheepski Designs Snowboardin Snowman Card

Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  Wow can you believe it is September already.    I'm off to Paris for a few days tomorrow so I'm hoping the weather doesn't turn too cold or rainy.

It is the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

'ANYTHING GOES'.

As it is September I felt it was sort of acceptable to do a Christmas themed card.  I don't normally start Christmas cards this early but I have made a couple already..

For my card I have used:

Snowboardin' digi stamp from Sheepski Designs coloured with copics.

The background is ink blended using Distress Oxides in Uncharted Mariner, Broken China and Salvaged Patina.

I then foiled the background using the Spellbinders Celestial Star Background hot foil plate

I'm not sure what you would call the card shape.  I've used this layout previously to create pop-up cards but have just used it as a card base this time and added my snowman snowboarding down the front snowy hill pop out section.

The sentiment is a piece of card coloured with copics so that it colour matched the snowman and I then added a hot foil greeting using one of the plates from the Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments Series 2 Set.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Sheepski Designs

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your creations in this months 'Anything Goes' challenge and check out the gorgeous DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Sheepski Designs.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

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