A Perfect Time to Craft #6 - 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.
Digistamps4joy is our sponsor for this month.

You can purchase their digi stamps HERE

You can enter their challenges HERE

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Here is my design team card which I made for a friend...

The products I have used are:-

Digistamps4joy - Anemone Corner

Lawn Fawn - Large Cross Stitched Square Stackables
Sentiment Stamp - Purchased from eBay

Promarkers

Challenges entered:-

Addicted to Stamps and More - Clean and Simple

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Moo-Mania and More - Die Cuts
The Paper Shelter - Flower Power

Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
That's Crafty Challenge - A Stitch in Time
Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.
Janice x

Thinking of You

Today's card is a quick make for my spares box. Quick, because I have used

one of the pre-coloured flower vase images on the A4 sheet from DigiStamp Boutique.
The sheet contains 4 images and four sentiments.

The products I have used are:-

DigiStamp Boutique - A4 Quick Print Flower Vases

Leanne Creatif Embossing Folder - Little Flowers
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles, Scalloped Circles,
Squares and Scalloped Squares

Challenges entered:-

City Crafter Challenge - Watercolour Flowers
{PIN}spirational Challenges - Flowers
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes
Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

A Birthday Card for my Great Niece

Today, I am sharing the card I made for one of my great niece's who shares the 

same birthday as me...although we're sixty years apart in age!

I lightly coloured the cloud panel with Tumbled Glass Distress ink,
before matting and layering it all to put the card together. I glued the mini tab onto
 pink card and cut around carefully to create a mat.

 

The products I have used are:-
DigiStamp Boutique - Unicorn and Rainbow
Die-Namics - Mini Tabs Foursome and Pierced Rectangles
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Darice Embossing Folder - Clouds
QuicKutz Mini Alphabet Dies - Numbers

Promarkers
Distress Ink
Sentiment and name - computer generated

Challenges entered:-
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting - Unicorns
Creative Craft Cottage - Dies and/or Punches
Scrapbook and Cardmaking - Rainbow Colours and Fantasy
Passion for Promarkers - Birthday Creations
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Galz - Mythical/Fantasy

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge

Today, I am sharing my inspiration card made for the 

Winter Wonderland Challenge design team, where this

month the theme is 'Add a Heart'

This challenge is a great way of making Christmas cards and
building up your stock throughout the year.

Full details of the challenge can be found HERE

Our sponsor this month is Sasayaki Glitter where the winner
will be able to choose 1 digi stamp of their choice.

Store - https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/SasayakiGlitter

Challenge Blog - http://sasayakiglitter.blogspot.co.uk/

Here is my card...

The products I have used are:-

Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamp - Leila Decorating

Embossing Folder and dies - Purchased from eBay

Promarkers

Challenges entered:-
ABC Christmas - 'J' for Joy/'K' for Keep it Simple
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Christmas
Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Option - Holly and Ivy
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Christmas
Christmas Crafts all Year Round - Anything Goes
Crazy for CAS - Turn around in a Circle

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

An Altenew Layered Rose Card

Today's card is one I have made to add to my spares box, and is my first try

with the Altenew layering dies. They are certainly easy to use. I have
adhered the roses using 3D foam pads and glued the leaves directly

onto the card base.

The products I have used are:-
Altenew Layered Rose Die - Free gift with craft magazine
Crafters Companion Die'Sire Embossaliscious Embossing Folder - Swirl Corner

Challenges entered:-
Get Creative Challenges - Lots of Flowers
Make my Monday Challenge - Hint of Summer to Come
The Paper Players - CAS and Blooms
Allsorts Challenge - Happy Birthday
Crafty Friends Challenge - Letter 'B' is for.....Birthday
Crafting with Dragonflies - Birthday

Moo-Mania and More - Even More Flowers
AAA Cards - Inspired by Nature

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

My last card from the 'Make and Take' Fundraiser...

Today, I have the last card to share with you, that I made at the Fundraising

'Make and Take' on Saturday, details of which can be found HERE

I really enjoyed making this card, and was so pleased that everything had already
been die-cut by Kay, who designed this one. She had been very clever (and busy!)
cutting all the shapes needed to put this sheep scene together.
All we had to do was put the pieces together and assemble the card.

She had been very imaginative by using parts of different floral and foliage dies for
their food, and also using parts of flower dies for their feet!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:-

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Karen, Gill and Kay work really hard designing and putting the
card packs together for these Make and Take's, and all for such a good cause.

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

My 2nd card made at the fundraising 'Make and Take'...

Today, I have the second card to share with you, that I made at the Fundraising

'Make and Take' on Saturday, details of which can be found HERE

I love the stamp that Gill used when designing this card, it could certainly

be used for many different occasions.

I put the card together whilst there, but left the colouring until I got home

when I had more time.

The girls raised a total of £300 for St.Luke's Hospice last Saturday,

which is a fantastic amount.

Do pop back this Saturday to see the last card.

Challenges entered:-
Cardz 4 Galz - All Dressed Up

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

'A Bit More Time to Craft' Challenge #68 - 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'

I used a Grey Green Promarker to colour the matting card for the background

and the banners.

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, if you would like to enter.

The products I have used are:-
Lozzie's Gear Time digi papers

Stitched Banner dies - Purchased from eBay

Sentiment - Computer generated
Grey Green Promarker

Challenges entered:-
A Gem of a Challenge - "Its a Man's World" (cards for Men/Boys)
Brown Sugar - Masculine or Father's Day
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes/Optional Twist - Sketch
International Art and Soul - All about Boys or Men
Star in My Pocket Challenge - Two or More Patterned Papers

Thank you for visiting.

Janice x

A Fundraising 'Make and Take' Day

Yesterday, I went along to a local card-making 'Make and Take' fundraiser
where I spent a lovely couple of hours making cards with other 'crafting' ladies.

All the funds raised are donated to St.Luke's Hospice in Basildon.
This charity is one which is very close to my heart and where my husband spent
his last few days being cared for by their amazing doctors and nurses.

The card packs are put together by the very talented Karen, Kay and Gill and you
 can choose to make as many of them as you like, making donations for each card made. 

Free tea/coffee and cake is served as part of the entrance fee and a raffle is also held.

Here is the first card I chose to make which was designed by Karen.

Later on in the afternoon, I used Karen's design and made 
this card for my spares box.

It's certainly a great way of using up the scraps of card or paper
we all accumalate.

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements - Lacey Circles
The topper and strips of card were a free gift from Hunkydory
which I have had in my stash for a few years!

Challenges entered:-

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Flowers
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Mother's Day

Crafty Gals Corner - Add a Flower
Double 'D' Challenge - May Flowers

Moo-Mania and More - Flowers

I will show the other two cards I made over the next few days.

Thank you for visiting today.
Janice x

Thank You Card

I needed to make a quick masculine 'thank you' card and find that the
Digi Stamp Boutique sentiments come in very handy for this.

Unfortunately, it looks as though the set I have used is now discontinued,

but there are other sets available on Sally-Ann's site.

The products I have used are:-
Digi Stamp Boutique - Essential Sentiment Set

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Deckled Rectangles
Home made Card Candi

Challenges entered:-

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite pink or Blue (and why)
I love and use both colours, but it had to be blue for the males on this one!
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Craftaholics R Us - Blue
Ike's World - Anything Goes with a Twist - Monochrome

Moving Along with the Times - Sentiment Only, No Image
Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Bright Colours/Something Digital/Die Cut

Thank you for visiting.

Janice x

Female Birthday Card

Today I am sharing a card I made for a friend's birthday.

I cut the frame three times and glued them together to give some depth.

Using my Misti, I lay the frame on the card base, and positioned the corner

stamp inside the frame. After stamping the corner, I glued the frame onto
the card base.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Squares
Scalloped frame die - Purchased from eBay
Corner and flower basket stamp - Make unknown

Challenges entered:-

Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions
Always Happy Birthday - Birthday/Option of Flowers
Creative Craft Cottage - Dies and/or Punches

Fussy and Fancy - Beautiful in Blues
Bastel Traum Challenge - Mother's Day/Flowers

Hiding in my Craft Room - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Optional Twist - Add Flowers

Cut It Up - Must Have Die Cuts

Thank you for visiting.

Janice x

Birthday Card - 'Clean and Simple'

Whilst at the Crafting at 'Ally Pally' show in London last month, I watched
a couple of demonstrations using these media plates, which really impressed me.
Back home, I then found some YouTube videos to watch, by John Lockwood and
other crafters and then had a go myself. 

After a few attempts, here is a birthday card I made for a 'card-making' friend.
The set contains a square, rectangle, oval and circle and are really easy to use,
and create a lovely effect. I'm going to try using stencils on the plate next.

The products I have used are:-
John Next Door Media Plates
Stamps purchased from eBay

Challenges entered:-
Watercooler Wednesday - Feminine Anything Goes
Papercraft Challenges - Clean and Simple

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - For Ladies or Girls only
Freshly Made Sketches - #335

Thank you for visiting today.
Janice x

A 'Clean and Simple' Anniversary Card

Today I have an anniversary card to share, recently made for some friends.
I die cut the hearts first in silver mirror card, the then die cut just the hearts in pink card.

The products I have used are:-

Uniko Stamps - Simply Said and Simply Said II

Crafter's Companion Embossalicious Embossing Folder - Elegant Frame

Hearts and Banner dies - Purchased from eBay

Challenges entered:-
Pixie's Crafty Workshop - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting.

Janice x