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.

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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.

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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

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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See you soon x

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.

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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

Crafty Calendar December Challenge - Day 1 Spellbinders 12 days of Stitchmas Christmas Ornament Card

Good morning, I hope you are safe and well.   This year has flew by so quickly, but I love Christmas so I don't mind.  Are you ready for the festivities, I seem to be early this year for a change, my tree is up, the presents are bought and wrapped, so other than some Christmas baking closer to the big day and I still need to make a few more Christmas cards I think I'm all set to enjoy the build up to the holiday.

As it is the first Saturday in December we have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is Winter/Christmas.

For my card I have used:

• The ornament/bauble die is from day 1 of the 2025 Spellbinders 12 days of Stitchmas calendar.  I didn't do any stitching on this occasion just layered the stitching detail die cuts on top in the same colour tone on tone.
• The holly sprig is from the Sizzix 664221 Large Funky Festive die set.
• The sentiment from the Spellbinders Mistletoe Greetings press plate hot foiled in in white onto black card. 
• The background looks black but it is actually the darkest of dark greens that I own (Papermill Direct Royal Green Sirio Colour Card) with a splatter of white paint.

The colour choice of the baubles/ornaments are non traditional and based on on the colour pallet one of the cards from the Spellbinders Holiday DIY Color deck Expansion Pack.  I used Spellbinders Colorwheel cardstock in Tutu, Blush and Malibu.

The winner of this months challenge will win two digital images

from Lili of the Valley

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Winter/Christmas challenge and while you are there also check out the gorgeous cards from the DT.

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See you soon x

Crafty Calendar October Challenge - Spellbinders 13 days of Craftoween Day 4 - Ghostly Halloween Card

Good morning I hope you are keeping safe and well.  Can you believe it is October already.  My autumn and Halloween decorations are up so I'm pretty much prepared for spooky season.

I'm on day four of the Spellbinders 13 days of Craftoween and this card is my DT card for our monthly challenge over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is Halloween.

For my card I have used

• Spellbinders 13 days of Craftoween Day Four - Ghost.  I cut two of the ghosts and used the reverse of the die cut for one of them so that they were facing different directions.
• The background is the Spellbinders Spider Web Background betterpress plate.  Pressed with betterpress black ink onto Spellbinders Dahlia cardstock and then ink blended the edges with Picked Raspberry and Black Soot Distress inks.
• Sentiment from the 13 Days of Craftoween Set.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and check out the gorgeous DT creations and also share your spooky creations with us in this months Halloween themed challenge.

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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.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

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

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