Cupcake Creams

Another Monday and another new challenge over at Ooh La La.  This time it's Julie who is hosting and she has chosen a favourite theme of mine...

Embossing

It's up to you what kind of embossing you do - feel free to get out those powders and heat gun, but as I'm using CD files, I have gone to the aid of my bigshot and embossing folders!

So this time it's files from the Shawn Jenkins CD - I chose Cupcake Creams - love the colours on these files and I thought they coordinated perfectly with kraft card.

So it's a simple design, the image is on a daisy embossed kraft bed and the card is finished off with a ribbon, a die cut flower and some buttons.

Challenges;
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Jx

Snap

Yup, it's Birthday season in the Thompson house!  Today it's Colin's turn, Happy Birthday Col,love ya lots!

Another CAS card, simple design and a decoupaged camera.

I'm off in tonight to see him and hopefully out somewhere fine for a spot of food!  Might even manage to take a pic!  Jx

Challenges;
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Masculine - this is for my son!

And my little adventure earlier in the week... an overnight stay in Ardoe House Hotel, loved it!

Solitary Sunflower

Today's card is for my next door neighbour for her Birthday today.  Happy Birthday Stella!

It's a CAS card using a single sunflower and a little verse...and as we are heading off today on a little adventure I thought the sentiment quite fitting!

Sorry again for the horrid colour of the photo - soon be summer and I'll have better pics! So my card is a first for me - Tim Holtz pens, a water spritz and ta-da a card!

The flower head is double stamped then a lovely sparkly from Hobby House popped in the centre.

Challenges;
Crafting When We Can - Flowers
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - AG
Brown sugar - Rhinestones or Ribbon - Rhinestones

Die Cuts

Today's challenge over at Ooh La La is

Die Cuts

One that I think will prove popular as I think they are a vital addition to most cards these days - well they are mine!

So with that in mind, I cranked the handle of my Big Shot and made more fencing and a couple of butterflies resulting in...

Sorry about the picture quality - winter light is never the best, or perhaps it's the camera!  My images are off the Shawn Jenkins CD as are the papers.

Challenges;
A Gem of a Challenge - Add a butterfly
Allsorts - Hearts or flowers
Crafting with Dragonflies - One for the girls
Creative Knockouts - Flower Power
Creative Moments - Anything goes
Jx

Ring a Ring o' Roses

Today's new challenge over at MAWTT is a real fun one!

Wendy has set it as

Ring A Ring o' Roses 

What a fantastic theme eh? Well I thought so anyway and had great fun making my card using a lovely new image (to me) from Aurora Wings.  I'm hoping that Wendy will allow a halo of roses to count as a ring - otherwise I'm goosed!

So my card uses gorgeous rose papers, given to me over a year ago by my dear friend Sue. Unfortunately I never got round to using them earlier, but that's not cause I don't love them, Sue they are so lovely and just the perfect match for this image, so thank you, (xxx).

Finally my card is completed with pearls, roses and a gorgeous ribbon from Ka De We, my favourite department store - sadly in Berlin though!

Colouring as always is with Promarker with a brush of Flexmarker.

Challenges;

A Gem of A Challenge - Hearts or Flowers

Allsorts - Lets Celebrate

Crafty Catz - 355 - Ladies

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Red/Pink with ribbon

Winter Wonderland - Flowers

Sketch Tanten - Sketch 28

Creative Craft Cottage - Flowers
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Jx

PS Sorry MAWTT teamies - today is Wednesday not Thursday, I'm only a day ahead of the new challenge!!!

Thank You

Today I'm the host for the Ooh La La challenge so I've set the theme as;

Thank You

I always think it is important to say thank you, and what better way to say it than with a pretty card.

For my card, I used files off the Paula Oakley CD - this one's called Sunflowers/Nasturtiums.  It's a lovely bright image perfect for the job I'd say!

Challenges;
Come And Get It - 3 or more layers
Dragonfly Dreams - With Thanks
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
As You Like it  - Favourite Flower & Why - Sunflowers - they are such happy flowers which just make me smile!

Finally a late addition to this post a picture I took of the countryside around us on my daily walk from the house.

Jx

For a Man/Boy

Second Ooh La La challenge of the year, and this time we are looking for projects around the theme of;

For a Man/Boy

So for my card I went with this biker Ted, off the Everyday Occasions CD.  My husband always spoke of his love of his Chopper bike when he was little, so this image made me think of him and the antics he got up to on two wheels!

The image and papers are all off the CD, I just added die cut clouds and a ribbon.

Challenges;
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Anything Goes
Paper Shelter - Ribbon or Lace
Simon Says Stamp - Winter Birthday - Snow topped hills
Cardz 4 Guyz - Happy Birthday
The Ribbon Girls - Any Image
CD Sunday - Make it Male Jx

Bugaboo's 7th Birthday Bash

Can't believe it's Bugaboo's 7th Birthday already - I've been a fan for years and still adore Jodie's fun images.

Happy Birthday Bugaboo!

So in true Bugaboo style, there's a week long of challenges to celebrate!

Day 1 Picture Inspiration:

So in keeping with the under the sea image I chose to use a little Bugaboo seahorse, and cause it's Bugaboo's 7th Birthday I used 7 of them!

Challenges;
Dragonfly Journeys - Birthday Bash
Polkadoodles Wk2 - Anything Goes

Day 2 - Stella Says Sketch

I prefer square cards so squished things around a bit and used a Bugaboo dolphin for my next card.

Challenges;
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
City Crafter - Blue Monday

Not sure if I'll manage the rest of the week, who knows, but I'll post these for now just in case, Jx

New Home

Today's card is a bit late in the making but hopefully it will now have been received.  It's for my dear crafty friend Susan and her family who moved north at Christmas.  Hopefully soon we'll be able to meet up and share some crafty time together. (x)

So. my card uses an image and papers are from one of Susan's favourites - Lili of The Valley.  It's one of their digi stamps and shows a lovely country cottage.  I've coloured it with my usual Promarkers, then added little wooden hearts.

Challenges;
Sweet Stampin - Something New
A Gem of a Challenge - Something New
Come and Get It - Anything New
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

In The Air

Well, are you gradually getting back into the old routine now that the festivities are all past?  It's months since I made and posted 2 DT cards in the same week, but that's what I've done with this DL CAS card for MAWTT.

The challenge theme this time is;

In The Air

So I guess you could take that quite a lot of ways, balloons, birds, insects to name but a few or in my case planes.

This is the first time I've used this Funky Kits image called FF High Flyer - available as a digi here.  And I've just popped over to the Sugar Nellie page and discovered they are to close - so sad as it is a local company, based in Elgin.  They had lots of cute stamps and still have a few, so if you like this digi - grab him while you can!

Now I have to admit, my colouring skills (as always using Promarkers,) are pretty rusty, but like last year I aim to improve them with the help of Kit & Clowder - last year I bought a class...this year I hope to do it!!!

So that's my take on things, over to you now to see what you come up with.  Jx

Challenges;
Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
The Male Room - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/ monochrome
Cardz 4 Guyz - Up up & away
Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes

Feminine

Firstly, Happy New Year everyone - hope it's a healthy and happy one for you all.

It seems like ages since I last posted on here - probably cause it has been ages!  So many Blogger changes too, I hope I manage to get this to work!

Today I'm here after our extended Christmas break to welcome you all to our new challenge over at Ooh La La.  And today we are working to the theme of;

Feminine

It's up to you how you interpret this, but for me I went with butterflies and flowers and a good few pearls!

My image and papers are off the Occasions section on the Shawn Jenkins CD then I used a variety of textured embellishments to decorate my card.  I also double printed the butterflies and layered them up to add further dimension.

I'd also like to say hi to our newest teamies, Jane and Meg who are now crafting for us on the Ooh La La design team - great to have you ladies on board.

Challenges;
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

Bugaboo Christmas Chaos Dec 16

As if we weren't busy enough at this time of year without Bugaboo to come and distract us with their Bugaboo Christmas chaos Event!  & cards in 7 days!!! You up for it?

Don't know if I'll manage it all but here goes anyway...

Didn't manage a card daily, but I managed these;

Day 1 - Saturday - All that Sparkles - Using Snowman Blocks

Day 2 - Sunday - Sketch - Using a reindeer

Day 3 - Monday - Tag - didn't manage this one as no stripe paper

Day 4 - Tuesday - No patterned papers - Let it Snow

Day 5 - Funny - Reindeer Blocks

Day 6 - Old paper & image - Ran out of time

Day 7 - Use Freebie Friday - Couldn't resist a cat tho!

No wonder my cat is crabby though, the glossy accents weren't dry as I took thephoto and so it looks like he's got cataracts!!!

Jx

Netball

Lol, this is one of those cards I made and uploaded, but never quite got round to writing a post for!

Well it's out there now, and was actually for my niece's birthday in March last year, so it was about time it got an airing!  Sorry for the lack of post initially!

Jx

Christmas Anything Goes

It's challenge day again over at MAWTT, and back to Team A and Christine is asking for

Christmas Anything Goes

So hopefully as well as Christmas cards, we'll get a variety of other Christmas makes!

That said, I just made a card, lol!  I really love the Pink Gem toppers at the moment, so I went back to their store and purchased these adorable snowmen - cute or what!!!

Lots of layers made up this beauty!

and I even decorated the inside!

It's just so easy with these files!

Challenges;
Cutie Pies - Cute with no designer papers - I no it looks like I have used papers, but honest - no I haven't it's all kit sheets!
The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
CHCC - Cute or Christmas
Winter Wonderland - Poinsettias or snow is falling - i chose the snow option!
ABC Christmas - X - Criss Cross - look closely now...the waistcoat buttons!
Jx

Birthday Celebrations

It's nearing the end of November, and that means Christmas Break time for the DT over at Ooh La La, but before we go, we have one last challenge for 2016 and it's bee set by Wynn and is...

Birthday Celebrations

Cause Wynn celebrates her birthday at this time of year - Happy Birthday Wynn.

For my card I went back to the Everyday Occasion's CD and picked this sweet teddy bear!  Not too seasonal I know, with sunflowers, but a little bit of sunshine always cheers you up on these dark Winter days!

Challenges;
CCEE1646 - Bears
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Jx

Vintage

Don't know how it is with you, but up North it's freezing!  We had hail showers over the weekend and a cold northerly wind, Brrr indeed!

So once I tidied up the garden a bit, picking up loads of fallen leaves, and washed the car, what else was there to do but craft!

Today's card was made some time ago though and is for the latest Ooh La La Challenge set by Pauline and it's

Vintage

Not one of my favourite themes I have to confess probably cause I'm never too sure what makes a card vintage, is it an old fashioned pic, the embellishments used or a colour scheme followed, so I guess we'll leave the interpretation up to you!

I went with an old sort of image - well who wears aprons like that these days???

Challenges;
Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Everybody Art Challenge - Vintage
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Jx

Cute Animals

Seems a while since I posted anything for MAWTT, but that changes today, as a new challenge begins and we are looking for

Cute Animals

Don't think this one will be too hard for any of us so I'm guessing lots of lovely cute cards will be on display over the coming fortnight.

For my card, I nipped over to Pink Gem Designs again and bought this Autumnal topper - Pumpkin Patch - Available here.

I think quite a few of you know, I think hedgehogs are really cute, so I couldn't resist this little fellow for a lovely seasonal make!

Challenges;
Make My Monday - Halloween or Autumn
Simon Monday Challenge - Autumn
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Pink Gem - Autumn Colour Inspiration
Jx

Tiny Tots

Today it's Michelle's turn at being hostess at Ooh La La and she has chosen the theme of

Tiny Tots

For my card, I went back to one of my older Ooh La La CD's, (which is still available here), and made this sweet baby card.

The image and papers are from the Everyday Occasions CD, which truly contains a wealth of material and is one I turn to frequently as I know it won't disappoint!

Challenges;
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons - Ribbon or lace
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
Creates & Makes - Use a die - Heart Jx

Shades of Autumn

With the weather turning that bit colder we are definitely heading in to Autumn, that said, it was a lovely day yesterday and after church I headed into the garden and had a right good tidy!

This weeks challenge over at Ooh La La is a popular one at the moment, we are looking for

Shades of Autumn

Not quite evident in the trees yet, but I'm sure with a few more frosty nights they will begin to turn.

So for my card, I used the fishing files from  the Ooh La La CD - Yesterday's Memories.

Challenges;
CD Sunday - Country Living
Allsorts - Colours of Autumn
Cardz4Guyz - Nature
Jx

MAWTT - Sketch Challenge

Today's challenge over at MAWTT is to use a super sketch drawn by the lovely Carole from Design Team A, and I don't know about you, but I love sketch challenges - probably my favourite!

So here is my card, using a super male digi from Di's Digi's which I got in their $1 sale a few months back - what a bargain! (Just checked folks - Sale still on!) Papers are a right mix from my scrap box and the hearts were bought last year in Germany!

Challenges;
Cardz4Guyz - Fall/Autumn Colours
Deep Ocean - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Autumn theme or colours - colours
Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute & Birthday
Glitter n Sparkle - Happy Birthday
Lil Patch of Crafting Friends - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon - Bears

Jx