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

Sizzix True Love Colorize Valentine's Card

 Good morning.  I have a card to share that I made for Martyn for Valentine's day so have had to wait until today to post it.

For this card I have used:

The box of chocolates is the Sizzix True Love Colorize die designed by Tim Holtz (666290).

Background is the Sizzix 3-d embossing folder - Confetti Hearts (663201),  Embossed on black kraft cardstock and then sanded so that the kraft foundation is visible.

I also had a go at making a box of handmade chocolates to go with the card.

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

Crafty Calendar February Challenge - Magical Birthday Emma Card

Good morning.  Our February challenge has just gone live today over at Crafty Calendar a bit later than usual and the theme this month is Add a Ribbon.

For my card I have used:

Magical Birthday Emma from Paper Nest Dolls coloured with copics and glossy accents on the balloons.

The DP's are from the Mickey Backgrounds digital paper pack from Chibisy over on Etsy

My ribbon is the black polka dot strip behind the image. 

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Paper Nest Dolls

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge and also check out the gorgeous cards from the DT using other images from this months sponsor Paper Nest Dolls.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my 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....

Seasons Tweetings Christmas Card

Good afternoon.

I have a card to share today that was inspired by the Tim Holtz Sizzix Remix Youtube live to use dies that are not officially Christmas/Holiday.

For my card I have used the following die sets:

665861 Sizzix Silhouette Birds

664752 Sizzix Winter Critters (the woolly hat)

665673 Robins in Hats (the scarf)

120621h Stamps by Me Perfect Pinecones

The background has been lightly splattered with white acrylic paint

The sentiment is from the Altenew Seasons Tweetings stamp set

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  Happy Christmas. 

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

Mr Bones Glow in the Dark Halloween Card

Good morning, Happy Halloween.  I have another Halloween card today and it's another glow in the dark one.

For this card I have used:

Mr Bones die set from Sizzix cut from glow in the dark card.

The background is ink blended using distress oxides in Black Soot, Villainous Potion, Faded Jeans and Blueprint Sketch and then a light spray of Empty Tomb distress mica stain.

The sentiment is from the Sizzix Bold Text Halloween die set.

(Glow in the dark effect)

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you later x