A Tea Bag Holder

 After making one of these tea bag holders for my friend a few month’s ago,
which you can see HERE, she asked if I could make another for one for
one of her tea drinking friends.
These are really handy to keep in your handbag to use when out and about.
I used a free YouTube tutorial from Claire at Beautiful Things 
which can be found HERE 

The fabrics I used were Aldi fat quarters.

The colours look much better in real life...the button I used

was pink, and not bright red!

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My 'Inspiration Scribbler' Card for 'Scribbles Designs' - Sparkle and Shine

 Today, I am sharing my 'Inspiration Scribbler' project, made for the 
Monthly Scribbler's showcase of Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog 
where the theme this month is 'Sparkle and Shine'

All the details can be found HERE

I embossed a piece of green holographic card and glued it directly onto
the card base. After colouring the die-cut image with Promarkers and Stickles, 

I used 3D foam to raise it on the base card, and lastly added the sentiment.

The products I have used are:

Scribbles Designs digi image - #228 Twinkle Brrr

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Deckle Edge

Embossing Folder - 

Banner die - Craft magazine free gift
Promarkers

Challenges entered:-

Always Fun - Christmas

Christmas with the Cuties - Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Colouring in Scrapland - Christmas

Dream Valley Challenge - Christmas

Stamps and Fun Creativity - Winter

Use Your Stuff - Winter/Snow/Christmas

Crafters Cafe - Holidays

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional - Christmas
Creative Crafting Uncles - Christmas
Do-Al(I) Kreatives - Winter Wonderland

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, a Christmas which 

will certainly be a different one for everyone this year.

Janice x

New Home Card

My nephew, wife and family moved house last month and this is card 

I made for them.

The idea for the design of my card was from Pinterest.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders M-Bossabilities EL-015 - Bricks and Bark

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Squares

Clearly Besotted Stamps die - Congrats

EK Success punch - Small Circle

Woodward punch - Small Heart

Challenges entered:-

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #130 - 'Anything Goes'

 A new challenge starts today at 'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog'
where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

Sharing my design team card made for my neighbour for his birthday. 

I saw the idea for the design on Pinterest.

I used two of the set of Gear Time digi papers.

Details of the challenge can be found HERE

where 3/5 randomly drawn winners will each get to choose

3 sets of Lozzy's papers.

The products I have used are:-
Lozzy’s Gear Time digi papers
EK Success Punches - Small circle and 3 small circles
Card Deco - Happy Birthday
Promarker

Challenges entered:-
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

My Time to Craft #447 - Monochromatic Christmas

  

A new challenge starts today over at  My Time to Craft where the theme

 this fortnight is 'Monochromatic Christmas'

Sharing my design team card...

I embossed the card base with the embossing folder, and added the stamped 

image which I matted on black card and attached to the card base using 3D foam. 

Lastly, I added Stickles to the trees and snow lines, although it doesn't show very 

well in the photos.

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Mega Nestabilities - Curved Rectangles

PSX Designs Wood mounted stamp - 94614

Crafts-Too Embossing Folder - Snowdrops

Challenges entered:-

Mod Squad - White Embossing and one colour cardstock

Little Red Wagon - Snow Day

Simon Says Stamp - Let it Snow

Sisterhood of Crafters - Winter

Paper Funday - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Christmas/Holiday
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions
Cardz 4 Guyz - Traditional Christmas

Let's Squash It - Use any Embossing Folder and Dies/Fussy Cutting

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Male Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing a birthday card a friend asked me to make for her husband.

They both enjoy walking, so I thought this Hunkydory image would be perfect.

I matt and layered the image onto two shades of brown card, die-cutting

the happy birthday with the darker brown.

The other sentiment I produced on my PC and matt and layered

it with stitch banner dies. Lastly I added some brown enamel dots.

The products I have used are:-

Hunkydory - The Second Little Book of Decoupage

Die-Namics Corner Concepts - Happy Birthday

Stitched Banner dies - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

 

Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

 A new challenge starts today at Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge Blog 
where the theme this month is 'Anything Goes’

Here is my design team card...

The challenges are held on the first Friday of each month.

All the details can be found HERE

This month, the challenge is 'Anything Christmas Goes' so you can use
whatever themes and products you would like to as long as it is Christmas related.

Also, there is no sponsor this month, but there will be still be a top 3 (or more)
and the winner will be joining us as a Guest Designer for two months in
February and March 2021

The products I have used are:-
Docrafts Xcut Tri-Boss Embossing Folder - Strictly Christmas/Winter Frame
Joanna Sheen Signature dies - Pillar Box
Promarkers

Challenges entered:-
Ike's World -  X is for Xmas

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - Winter Wonderland

The Paper Funday Challenge - Christmas/Holidays

Bastel-Traum Challenge Blog - Winter

Country View Challenges - Anything Christmas

Dies R Us Challenge - Christmas

Girlz Creative Crafts - Winter/Christmas

Cardz 4 Guyz - Traditional Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Everybody-Art Challenge - Black-red (+one other color)
TTCRD - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Male Birthday Card

 My card today, is one I made for a friend who celebrated his birthday last month.
I found the idea on Pinterest.

Using snippets of black and white card, I embossed a square panel of 

 black card and glue-ing it directly onto the card base, I then arranged the die cut 

letters on the white card which was raised with 3D foam. 

The products I have used are:-
Cuttlebug Alphabet dies - Olivia

Crafters Companion Die'Sire Embossaliscious Embossing Folder - Gunmetal

Challenges entered:-

Pixie’s Snippets Playground  - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs  - Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Crafter’s Cafe - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore  - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My Time to Craft #446 - Christmas Animals

 A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft where the
theme this fortnight is 'Christmas Animals'

Here is my design team card...

I embossed the card base with the folder, added the stamped image
coloured with Promarkers, which I then raised on 3D foam and finished
the card with a couple of red gems.

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

The Products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Ovals and Scalloped Ovals

Crafts-Too Embossing Folder - Snowflake Banner

Penny Black wood mounted stamp - Wishes for Kisses (1505H)

Promarkers

Challenges entered:

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'W' for Winter Wonderland and/or 'X' for Xtra Special
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - Christmas
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes/Optional - Christmas
The Paper Shelter - Christmas
November Rudolph Challenge - Anything Goes
Christmas with the Cuties - Feature a Creature
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional - Tic Tac Toe
(Die Cut/Embossing/Clean & Simple)

Let’s Squash It - Christmas and Stamps

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My 'Inspiration Scribbler' Card for 'Scribbles Designs' - Layer it Up

 Today, I am sharing my 'Inspiration Scribbler' project, made for the 
Monthly Scribbler's showcase of Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog 
where the theme this month is 'Layer it Up'

All the details can be found HERE

The products I have used are:-

 Scribbles Designs - Snowheads
Crafts -Too Embossing Folder - Snowdrops
Die-Namics - Pierced Rectangles
My Favouite Things - Mini Tabs Foursome Die-Namics

Challenges entered:-
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Family and Friends
Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas/Winter
Digi Doodle Studios - Christmas/Winter
Girlz Creative Crafts - Christmas/Winter

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Papercraft Business Challenge - Christmas
Daisy Chain Challenge - Christmas is Coming

Sweet Stampers - Christmas
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas

Craft Rocket - Christmas/Winter

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Winter Wonderland

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Crocheted Infinity Scarf

 Moving on from teaching myself to crochet pumpkins which you can find HERE 
(if you haven't seen them already), I set about trying to find myself something
a bit bigger to make, which would still be good for beginners.

I found THIS infinity scarf on YouTube, designed by Melanie Ham.

I knew that crochet stitch names differ between the U.K. and the U.S but this
pattern used only one type of stitch, so it was manageable for me.

After calculating how much yarn I needed, I bought it online 
from The CheapShop in Tiptree, Essex.

I used 2 x 50g balls and chose the colour 'Krypton' from
the Batik Elements Double Knit range made by Stylecraft.
I also used crochet hook size 5mm.

Melanie's instructions are very clear and easy to follow, and
it was really useful to be able to pause the video as and when you need to.

I'm pleased to say it didn't take me too long to complete, so I started making
another one straightaway, using the 'Platinum' shade which I bought at the
same time. I really love the colour combinations of this yarn.

I am definitely enjoying this new hobby in Lockdown 2.0, and will be
looking for more projects to make.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Birthday Card for a One Year Old

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made for the little boy who

lives next door to me.

The products I have used are:

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Lower Case alphabet

Upper case alphabet, number and Stitched banner dies - Brands unknown

Couture Creations A4 Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots

Woodware punch - Small star

Challenges entered:

Seize the Birthday - Sparkle and Shine

Sisterhood of Crafters - Embossing (wet or dry)

Watercooler Wednesday  - Masculine

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Pixie’s Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

 

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #128 - 'Anything Goes'

 A new challenge starts today at 'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog'

where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

Here is my design team card made using two of the set of

Snowflakes digi papers.

Details of the challenge can be found HERE

where 3/5 randomly drawn winners will each get to choose

3 sets of Lozzy's papers.

The products I have used are:-

Lozzy's digi papers - Snowflakes

The Works - Stitched Squares

Docrafts Whispers wood mounted stamp - Happy Christmas 

Promarkers

Challenges entered:-

Craft Rocket Challenge - Christmas/Winter

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - Non-Traditional Christmas Colours

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My Time to Craft #445 - Good Luck

  A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft where the 
theme this fortnight is ‘Good Luck’

Here is my design team card...

I made an eclipse card using an image from the Cute Cottage Garden Art 

pad from Lili of the Valley, raising the die-cut letters on black foam, adding a
few gems to finish.

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - All about Occasions

Crafty Sentiment Design - Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog.
Janice x

Crocheted Pumpkins

 I taught myself to crochet just over 40 years ago when my sister was expecting my first nephew. I could already knit and thought it would be nice to crochet clothes for him as well. 

Sadly, I only managed a make one matinee jacket (do babies wear those anymore?) which seemed to take me ages to crochet, so I quickly decided it wasn’t for me and gave up. Knitting was certainly much quicker and easier for me, and would enable me to make all sorts of clothes for him.

Fast forward to this year, when I decided to give it another try. I found some pink wool I had from making pom-poms with my great nieces. I bought myself a crochet hook, watched Bella Coco Crochet tutorials on YouTube, and practiced the different stitches and made a couple of Granny squares.

I found a ball of green Aran wool in Aldi which I found much nicer to use.

just kept practising and I soon found it coming back to me and I was enjoying 

it this time round.

Next, using Sarah-Jayne’s pumpkin pattern HERE I decided to give it a try. 

Her instructions on are really easy to follow, especially when you can 

pause and re-wind the video numerous times.

I made the smaller one first which I was pleased with, then decided to make a 

larger one to go with it.

Here they are alongside the memory ones I made recently from

my husband’s socks which can be found HERE

I am just waiting for some wool to arrive to try making an Infinity scarf.

I am hoping this will keep me busy whilst we’re in our second lockdown

and through the winter months.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Birthday Card for my Nephew

Today, I am sharing the card I made for my nephew last week.

I came across the idea for the card on Pinterest.

Using a piece of paper from my stash, I edged it with a grey Promarkers

and glued it to the card base.

Picking out the two blues and the grey from the striped paper, I die-cut 

the word ‘Happy’ three times and glued them to the stitched white panel, 

which I then glued onto the card base using 3D foam.

Next, I glued the panel to the centre of the card. and stamped and heat 

embossed the word ‘birthday’ onto black card.

Finally, I added small punched circles into each corner.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Optional - Party Time

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge - Things with Wings

  A new challenge starts today at Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge Blog 
where the theme this month is 'Things with Wings'

Here is my design team card...

The challenges are held on the first Friday of each month.

All the details can be found HERE

Our sponsor for this month is Sheepski Designs

Andrea of Sheepski Designs is offering the winner 3 images of their choice.

I started by covering the DL card base with a piece of paper 

from the paper pad. I die-cut the image with the deckled rectangles and coloured

with Promarkers, adding some Glimmer Dust to the penguins, snow and present.

I matt and layered the image, added the sentiment and a few stars.

The products I have used are:-

Sheepski Designs - Stack
Spellbinders Nestabilites - Large Deckle Edge
Promarkers
 The Works paper pad - The Colours of Christmas - Authentic

Tag die - Free gift with a craft magazine

Challenges entered are:-

Craft Rocket - Christmas/Winter

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Christmas

Paper Shelter - Christmas is Coming

The Holly and Ivy Challenge  - Anything Christmas Goes

Creative Sketchy Girls - Christmas/Winter

Merry Little Christmas Challenge  - Anything Christmas Goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Family and Friends

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x