A Perfect Time to Craft #10 - Anything Goes

Today starts a new month-long challenge over at A Perfect Time to Craft

where the theme is 'Anything Goes'

Details for this challenge can be found HERE

Each month we have a different Sponsor.

Our wonderful Sponsor for October Challenge is

Sasayaki Glitter

Please support our wonderful Sponsor and visit Sasayaki Glitter's Shop HERE! 

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My design team card this month is one I made for a friend who loves a cup or two of tea!

The products I have used are:-

Sasayaki Glitter Digi - Mouse and Hedgehog

Doily Embossing Folder - Free with craft magazine

Spellbinders Labels Eighteen

Promarkers

Challenges entered:-

CAS on a Friday - Use a Die Cut on your Card
Creative Knockouts - Lots of Layers
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use Your Dies
Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A Birthday Cupcake!

Today, I am sharing the card I made for my eldest great niece who

celebrates her birthday this week.

She loves making cakes, so I thought a cupcake on her card would be perfect.
I cut her name, birthday sentiment and age out of both purple and silver mirri card,

and off set them slightly to give the silver edge..

The products I have used are:-

Lawn Fawn - Large Cross-Stitched Square Stackables

Sizzix Triplets - Cupcakes

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Trim Craft First Edition - Number and Date Dies

Craft Stash - Alphabet/Number Die

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - One for the Girls

Come and Get It Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Glitter 'N' Sparkle - Happy Birthday

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Kids/Babies

Ike'sworld Challenge - Anything Goes with an optional twist/Food

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

'Less is More' Sketch Challenge and Design Team News

Today I can share my news that I have been selected to join the

Stinkin' Inkers design team.

I look forward to working alongside some very talented ladies,

designing a project every month for the blog's themed challenge.

So, now on to my card for today.
Over at 'Less is More', their challenge for this week is

a sketch challenge, using the sketch below.

Here is my card....

The items I have used are:-

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Daisies

(NBUS) Personal Impressions Flower Stamp (Wood mounted) - 604D

Stitched Banner die - purchased from eBay

Promarkers

Sentiment stamp - free gift with craft magazine

Misti

Challenges entered:-

Less is More Challenge - Sketch 21

Dream Valley Challenges - One for the Girls

Stamps and Fun - Homemade Flowers

Darnell NBUS Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A Male Monochrome Card

Today, I am sharing a card made to fit in with a few challenges
and for my 'spares box' .

After cutting the background trees, I snipped them to fit inside the frame, which is
made up of four frames glued together to give  some depth.
The deer I cut out from a tree scene die.

The items I have used are:-

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Square Frames

Memory Box - Resting Birds
The other two birds the same, I'm still to find the make of
Trees and deer dies purchased from eBay
Sentiment Stamp - free gift with craft magazine

Challenges entered:-

Watercooler Wednesday - Penny's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Cardz 4 Guyz - Nature

2 Crazy Critters - Anything Goes with a Critter

Creative Craft Cottage - For the Men/Boys

Die Cut Divas - Masculine/Men/Boys

Naughty or Nice Challenges - Framed

Cute Card Thursday - Monochrome

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Birthday Balloons for a 2 year old!

Yesterday was the 2nd birthday of a gorgeous little boy, who just

happens to be a neighbour of mine!

I made him a balloon card which gave me the base

to include his name.

The products I have used are:-

Docrafts - Xcut Embossing Folder - Wicker

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Cuttlebug Alphabet - Olivia

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Hand made card candi

Challenges entered:-

Seize the Birthday - Balloons

Lemon Shortbread  - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - 4 of Something (Dies)

Crafty Calender - Kids/Babies

Crafty Friends Challenge - Use Dies/Punches

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Birthdays

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Another 'Clean and Simple' Birthday Card

Today's card is one I have made for my 'spares' box.

I used the September challenge sketch over at

 Clair and Sharni Get Crafty! Facebook group for the design of my card.

'That' embossing folder which was so difficult to get hold of when it came out

a while ago, is the perfect shape for this sketch challenge.

I embossed the lower part of the folder in white, and cut away the waste above

the wavy line. I attached it to a piece of embossed aqua card which I embossed

with the Sizzix embossing folder and used my Crop-A-Dile Corner

Chomper to round the two corners.

I used the de-bossed sides of both embossed pieces of card, and glued

them to the base card.

Next I used 3D foam pads to attach the sentiment, and Nuvo drops to decorate.

A very easy and quick card to make.

I have used the following products:-

Embossing Folder - Free gift with craft magazine

One of the two Sizzix Embossing Folders - Lace Set 2

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

DigiStamp Boutique - Essential Sentiments Set

Challenges entered:-

Watercooler Wednesday - Gail's "All About Birthdays" Challenge

Glitter 'N' Sparkle - Embossing

Cards in Envy - Easy as 1, 2, 3 Card Challenge
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks form stopping by.

Janice x

A Card full of Hearts!

Today, I am sharing the anniversary card I made recently for my nephew and his wife.

I'd been having a sort through/tidy up of my craft room and came across these

small Cuttlebug embossing folders, which I hadn't used in ages....or should I say years!

The products I have used are:-
Docrafts - Xcut Embossing Folders - Hearts

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Squares and Scalloped Squares

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders - Decorative Hearts
Presscut - Happy Anniversary

Challenges entered:-
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers - 4 of Something
Monochrome Magic - Anything Goes Monochrome/with a Twist of Add Gems/Pearls
Scribbles Designs Challenge - Embossing - Wet or Dry
4 Crafty Chicks - Geometric
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + a Sentiment
Crafting with Dragonflies - Card for a Special Occasion

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

'A Bit More Time to Craft' Challenge #52 - Anything Goes

Today, I am sharing my Design Team card made for

'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog' where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

The challenges are held on the 1st and 15th of the month where the lucky 3/5 winners can

win their choice of 3 digi paper sets from the very talented Lozzy.
There are lots of fabulous sets to choose from which can be found HERE
and they print beautifully.

You can find all the challenge details HERE on the blog, where you can also
see the rest of the design team's lovely makes.

Why not enter the challenge yourself to be in with a chance of winning.

The products I have used are:-

Lozzy's 'Steam Punk Time' Digi Papers
Papermania Stamp Set - Chronology (Free with a craft magazine)

Docrafts - Xcut Dies - Chronology/Cogs

Die-Namics - Mini Tabs

Marianne Die - Cogs CR1324

Woodware Corner Punch

Misti

Challenges entered:-
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Oh Boy
Tuesday Throwdown - Happy Birthday
Unicorn Challenge - Birthday
Crafty Cardmakers - Monochrome
Dragonfly Dreams - Patterned Paper
heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + a Stamp
CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Fairytale Challenge  - Men Only

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Less is More for Christmas

Over at 'Less is More', their challenge for this week is

'One Layer Card' - Colouring In

A difficult one for me, as I do like adding layers and die cuts to my cards, even when

I am making a 'Clean and Simple' one, but I thought it would be good to test myself!

I decided to make a Christmas card to add to my box, using just a digi image, a 

sentiment, Promarkers and a die to emboss with.

For a long while now, I have been admiring the cards Pauline of

'Crafting with Cotnob' makes and she recently very kindly posted instructions of how to

create a card digitally in Word, details which can be found HERE.

They are very easy to understand and helped me with my card,

so thank you very much Pauline!

The products I have used are:-
DigiStamp Boutique digi image and sentiment - Arctic Fun Set 2

Lawn Fawn - Large Cross Stitched Square Stackables

Promarkers

Challenges entered:-

Less is More Challenge - OLC Colouring In

Christmas with Cuties - Cutie Couples

AAA Cards - CAS/Creatures Great or Small

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Happy 75th Birthday!

Today's card is one I made for my card-making friend who celebrated

her 75th birthday on Monday.

She loves gardening, so I thought this decoupage was perfect for her.

I started by scoring lines on the lower half of the card to add some texture,
embossed a strip of co-ordinating coloured card for the centre, and added
some peel-off borders to decorate the edge.
I mat and layered the decoupage picture, created the sentiment on the computer,
then added a little bit of bling to the oval card.

The products I have used are:-
La Pashe decoupage - Bloomin' Lovely

Couture Creations A4 Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots
Spellbinders Nestabilities- Ovals and Scalloped Ovals
Hougie Board

Promarkers
Sentiment is computer generated.

Challenges entered:-
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Always Fun Challenges - Create a Scene

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Happy Birthday!

Today's card is one I made for a friend who celebrated her birthday yesterday.
I seem to be on a bit of a run of  'Clean and Simple' cards at the moment.
A die cut, some mat and layering and a sentiment...very CAS!

The products I have used are:

Frame die - purchased from eBay

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Challenges entered:-
Pixies Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes
Naughty or Nice Challenge - Framed
Mix it Up Challenge - Anything Goes + optional twist of Inlaid Die Cut
Scrapbook and Cardmaking - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - To use Die Cuts/Punches

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A 'Clean and Simple' Flower Card

Today I am sharing a birthday card I made to enter into

The Flower Challenge for this month, with

the theme of 'Tic-Tac-Toe' board.

                         Here is the board, I have chosen.                          

Sentiment/CAS/Colour (Blue)

I am embarrassed to say that this the first time I have used the embossing folder

since buying it in April at the Alexandra Palace craft show.

It embosses beautifully. I paper-pieced the flowers and leaves.

The products I have used are:-

Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Jasmine Frame

Memory Box - Cecilia Outline
Promarkers

Sentiment - free with craft magazine

Challenges entered:-

The Flower Challenge - 'Tic-Tac-Toe' (Sentiment/CAS/Colour-Blue)

Watercooler Wednesday - Feminine Anything Goes

As You Like It - Flora or Fauna (I love anything flowery)

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes + a Sentiment

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Embossing

Craft Rocket Challenge - Something beginning with 'F'

Everybody Art Challenge - Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Happy Anniversary

Today's card is one I made for some good friends for their wedding anniversary.

It's the first time I have used the 'Cut and Emboss' heart folder, I love the detail on it.

The products I have used are:-

Docrafts - Xcut Cut and Emboss Folder - Hearts

Crafter's Companion - Sara Signature Love and Romance Embossing Folder - Heart Trellis

Avery Elle Stamps - Sentimental

Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Double D Challenges - Glitter, Glitter, Glitter
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
Cuttlebug Mania - Anything Goes with die cuts and/or embossing
Everybody Art Challenge - Clean and Simple
Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A 'Clean and Simple' Christmas Card

Today I have a 'Clean and Simple' Christmas card to share with you,

using the challenge sketch below.

The products I have used are:-

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Snowflake

Snowflake dies - purchased from eBay

Challenges entered:-

Christmas Card Challenges - Inspirational Photo/Colourful Glass Ornaments

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes

2 Sisters on the Blog - Bingo Board (Die/Red/Sentiment)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A Card for a Golfer

Today, I am sharing a 70th birthday card a friend asked me to
make for one of her friends.

She requested for it to include if possible, either his local football team colours,
anything to do with golf or an allotment. 

Enough there for me to choose from, and this is what I came up with.

As I didn't have any suitable backing paper in my stash, I printed the
green backing paper from the Kanban CD-ROM.
After die-cutting the image and the sentiment, I glued them to
green card and carefully cut around each one to give them a narrow frame.
Using the debossed side from the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder gives
a good texture for the golf balls.

The items I have used are:-
DigiStamp Boutique - Golf Alf and Milestone WordArt
Spellbinders Labels 18
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders - Tiny Bubbles
Couture Creations A4 Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots
Promarkers

Hobbycraft - Wooden Letters and Circle Punch

Kanban CD-Rom - Male Backgrounds

Challenges entered:-

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Scrappers Delight Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafters Café - Boys will be Boys
Die Cut Divas - Masculine/Men/Boys
Crafty Friends - Birthdays
Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Making Memories Crafting Challenge #9 - Anything Goes/Use the Colour Board

Today, sees the start of another challenge over at

Making Memories Challenge

The challenges are held on the 1st Friday of every month,

all the challenge details on the blog HERE

This month's challenge is Anything Goes/Use the Colour Board

Our sponsor this month is:-

Di's Digi Downloads - Prize $12 voucher

My design team card is one I made for my niece, who celebrated her birthday this week.

The products I have used are:-

Lace Pocket die - purchased from eBay

Spellbinders Borderabilities - A2 Scalloped Borders One

Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch

Flower stamp - Free gift with craft magazine
Promarkers

Challenges entered:-

Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes
Star Stampz - 2 or More Die Cuts
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes/Optional Topper - Ocean Colours-Blue,
Green and or Aqua
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Cards and More - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Use a Stamp or Digi Image
Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x