Crafty Calendar September Challenge - Penguins in Paradise Card

Hi all, a little late posting today as I have just got back from London.  I was there for the Bon Jovi concert at Wembley Stadium on Friday so it has been a jam packed weekend.  It was my 21st time seeing them and we had a fantastic day at Wembley on Friday and then into London on Saturday to go to the Bon Jovi pop up shop that they had in Camden before heading back home exhausted.

We have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and we are not ready for the summer to be over yet so that is our theme for this month.

For my card I have used

Penguins in Paradise stamp set from MFT coloured with copics.

Beach and sea created using the Ocean Waves Die Set from Time For Tea

The winner of this challenge will receive 2 LOTV digital images.

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar to join us in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous cards from the other members of the DT.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog

See you soon x

(A couple of Bon Jovi memories from Friday x)

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - MFT Magical Unicorns Birthday Card

Good morning, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  It's a bit on the warm side here at the moment but at least it's not as hot as last week when it was high 30's and just too hot.  My day in the air conditioned office day last week was a welcomed break from the heat when working from home.

It's the first Saturday in the month so over at Crafty Calendar we have a new challenge and the theme for this month is "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"

I have made a card for Martyn's niece who turns 5 and her favourite things are sparkle, glitter, rainbows and unicorns so I tried to include all of them on this card

For my card I have used:

MFT Magical Unicorns stamp set coloured with copics

Sizzix Thinlit Die Set 665087 Rainbow Magic

Heffy Doodles Silver Linings Cloud Border Die

The background was ink blended with distress oxides

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months birthday challenge and also check out the gorgeous cards from the rest of the DT.

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Crafty Calendar June Challenge - Spellbinders Chompster Cookie Monster Birthday Card

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

It's the first Saturday in the month so over at Crafty Calendar we have a new challenge and the theme for this month is "ALL ABOUT THE MEN/BOYS"

I have made a card using the Chompster die from the Spellbinders Just Add Cake card making kit and I tried to make him look like Cookie Monster.

For my card I have used:

• S5-736 Chompster Etched Dies from the Spellbinders Just Add Cake birthday cardmaking kit
• Sentiments are from the STP-271 Just Add Cake Clear Stamp Set in the Spellbinders Just Add Cake birthday cardmaking kit
• The cookie was a file from Cricut Design Space
• E3D-167 Confetti Drop 3D Embossing Folder rom the Spellbinders Just Add Cake birthday cardmaking kit with some inkblending on the bottom of the panel
• Spellbinders Blueberry Pop Splatter Effects
• Googly Eyes

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

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Crafty Calendar May Challenge - All White Big Birthday Wishes Card

Good morning, I hope you are safe and well.  May has arrived and spring is in full swing.  I haven't been crafting much since March as my partners mother passed away but now May is here I will start to get back to it.

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

The theme this month is 'All White'.

For my card I have used:

Ranger Simon Hurley Create Layering Stencil - Sparkling Stars with Distress Crackle Paste Opaque

The sentiment was cut 4 times using the 'Big Birthday Wishes' die from Time for Tea Designs and glued together.

I fussy cut a vellum layer to go behind the sentiment.

Small stars cut from white glitter card.

The winner of this challenge will receive two digital images of their choice from Lili of the Valley (LOTV).

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and check out the gorgeous cards from the rest of the DT and to join us in this months challenge.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Spellbinders Just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit Garden Party Birthday Card

Good morning, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  Just a quick card to share today that was made using the new Just Add Cake card kit from Spellbinders.

I made it a few weeks ago but I had to wait until after the persons birthday before I could post it on here.

For my card I have used:

Spellbinders Essential Arches Die Set for the shaped card and the mats and layers

Spellbinders Colour Block Accent Arches for the card border

Spellbinders Garden Party Die Set from the just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit

All cut from Spellbinders ColourWheel Card Stock

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

Crafty Calendar April Challenge - Add a Die Cut Bougie Birthday Card

Good morning I hope you are keeping safe and well.  It is the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is Add a Die Cut.  Well my card is full of die cuts.  This card was made for Martyn's niece who turns 30 this month.

For my card I have used die sets from the Spellbinders Bougie Birthday Collection

Spellbinders Ganache Gateau die set

Spellbinders Birthday Cheers die set

Spellbinders Classy Numbers die set

The background has been embossed using the Spellbinder Cascading Streamers embossing folder but it's not really showing up in the photo.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us this this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous cards from the rest of the DT.

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See you soon x

Spellbinders Spring Specks Bunny Happy Easter Card

Good morning I hope you are safe and well.

The clocks have changed, the daffodils are looking great, the days are getting longer so spring has arrived.

I have an Easter card to share today, this was sent to my niece and she sent a text to thank me so now that I know it has arrived it's safe to share it here.

For this card I have used:

Spellbinders February 2026 Large Die of the Month Spring Specks die set.

Spellbinders Perfect Touch Arches die set

all cut from Spellbinders Colour Wheel cardstock

The striped background paper is from my stash

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar March Challenge - Spellbinders Bunny Buddies Easter Card

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

The theme this month is Spring

For my card I have used:

• Spellbinders S5-749 Bunny Buddies die set cut from Spellbinders Colour Wheel cardstock.
• Cloud background blended with Distress Oxide inks.
• The grass was cut using My Favorite Things Die-namics Grassy Fields die set

The winner of this months challenges will win some images from LOTV.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge and check out the gorgeous cards from the DT.

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Crafty Calendar February Challenge - Spellbinders Steamboat Willie Valentine's Card

Good morning, I hope you are keeping safe and well.  I'm wondering if it is ever going to stop raining as it seems to have been going non stop for days.   Next weekend the plan is to go away for a couple of days so I'm hoping for better weather, at least less rain....

It is the first Saturday in February so over at Crafty Calendar we have a new monthly challenge starting today.

The theme for this month is "Love is in the Air" so I have a Valentine's card to share.

 For this card I have used:

Steamboat Willie die set from the Say Cheese Classic Mouse Collection by Spellbinders.

The card shape was cut using the postage edge polaroid style frame die from the Spellbinders January 2026 Large Die of the Month set Hummingbirds Delight.

The background was created using the Spellbinders Heart Swag embossing folder.

The prize for this months challenge is some digital images from Doctor Digi.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join us in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous cards from the rest of the DT.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon x

Crafty Calendar January Challenge - Happy New Year Card

Good morning and a happy new year.

It's the first Saturday in January so over at Crafty Calendar we have the first monthly challenge of 2026.

For this months challenge the theme is "Anything New" so I went with a Happy New Year card

For my card I have used:

Stitched Numbers die set from Spellbinders (S7-234) cut from Spellbinders colorwheel cardstock.  The top layer was cut from Raven and the base layer from Tuscan.  I cut a second base layer from gold to create a drop shadow.  I decided not to do any stitching on the numbers, I just added a gem to the centre of each stitching circle.

The background is The Greetery Sparkler background stamp on Saffron colorwheel cardstock.

This months prize is digital images from Polkadoodles.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join is this months "Anything New" challenge and to also check out the gorgeous cards from the rest of the DT.

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See you soon x