Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #34 - Fun Folds or Anything Goes

Today, over at Sunny Day Crafting, it's 'Fun Folds' or 'Always Anything Goes' challenge

The challenges are held weekly on a Tuesday, and we
would love to see your entry of any type of paper project.

Why not pop over to the blog and take a look at the fabulous
inspiration from the talented Design Team.

All the details can be found HERE

Products used:-

Spellbinders Pop-Ups - Happy Days
Dovecraft Decoupage Pad - Cupcake Boutique

Dovecraft Designer Paper Pack - Cupcake Boutique

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Challenges entered:-
Get Creative - Anything Goes
The Paper Girls Challenge - Patterned Paper
Allsorts - Let's Celebrate
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

It's a Wrap!

Hello, today I am sharing my latest design team make

for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog - A Chocolate Bar Wrapper!

I think it's nice to give as a small thank you gift to someone or maybe to cheer them up.

I first saw the idea on my friend Christine's blogs HERE and HERE, where she has made
a selection of wrappers for all sorts of occasions and got me started on them!

I first cut a piece paper of My Mind's Eye from the Wild Asparagus 8"x 8"paper pack to the size of the chocolate bar - 8"x 6" ensuring the two edges overlapped to stick together, on the underneath.

Next I ran a green Promarker along each long side and wrapped it around the
chocolate bar, using double sided tape to join together at the back.

With the Sue Wilson Designs - Petite Peony Cluster die, I die cut the larger die in
cream card and the peony die in plum card. This I did twice.

Next I glued the plum peonies behind the cream ones on the flourish.

With the second set, I did exactly the same, but this time I snipped off the foliage.

Using 3D foam pads, I attached them to the flourish.

Next, using the Sizzix - Framelits 'Hello' set of dies and stamps, I stamped

the 'for you' and die cut it with the smaller die of one of the pairs of frames and cut the
larger die in plum card to matt it.

Lastly, I added a couple of punched butterflies and some diamantes to finish.

Here are the dies I have used:-

Challenges entered:-

Pixies's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Must use Flowers

The Paper Girls Challenge - Patterned Paper

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Calender Challenge - Something New (Sizzix Framelit Dies)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Dies and Punches

Craft for the Craic - Pick Me Up!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Check back daily for more great inspiration from the girls on the design team.

Why not check out all the fabulous dies available at the Dies R Us store AND, 

don't forget we have a Dies R Us Challenge Blog too!

A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

offered to the lucky winner of each challenge.

click below for:
STORE
CHALLENGE BLOG
INSPIRATION BLOG
FACEBOOK
PINTEREST

See you again soon!
Janice

A Female 'CAS' Card

Today I'm sharing  my latest design team card 

made for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

All the details on how I made the card can be found HERE

I made this card recently for a friend who loves fancy umbrellas, so

I thought this Bugaboo digi image would be perfect for her, which I coloured myself with Promarkers. This is another one I selected as part of my recent prize.

I started with a card base measuring 4.5" x 5.75"

Taping the largest die from the Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables

onto the card front with low tack tape, I ran it through my die cut/embossing

machine to emboss the frame onto the card.

Here is how the front looks after embossing the frame.

Next, using the Budding Vine embossing folder from Craft Concepts, I embossed a
smaller piece of white card, matt and layered it onto some lilac

card and glued it directly to the card base..

I used a darker lilac piece of card for the Lawn Fawn - Say Cheese Die, glued

the coloured image into the window, and added some twine.

I attached it to the card front with 3D foam tape, added some sequins and

enamel dots to finish.

Here are the items I have used:-

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Dies, dies and more dies!

Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp Art Papel Retarte 92 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Anything but Square

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Colouring in Scrapland - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Check the Dies R Us blog daily for more great inspiration from the girls on the design team.

Why not check out all the fabulous dies available at the Dies R Us store AND, 

don't forget we have a Dies R Us Challenge Blog too!

A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

offered to the lucky winner of each challenge.

click below for:
STORE
CHALLENGE BLOG
INSPIRATION BLOG
FACEBOOK
PINTEREST

See you again soon!
Janice

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #33 - Scrapbook Layout or Anything Goes

Today, over at Sunny Day Crafting, this week's challenge is
 'Scrapbooking' or 'Always Anything Goes'

The challenges are held every week on a Tuesday, and we
would love to see your entry of any type of paper project.

Why not pop over to the blog and take a look at the fabulous
inspiration from the talented Design Team.

All the details can be found HERE

As I am not a 'Scrapbooker', I have made an 'Anything Goes' card for the design team.

The products I have used are:-
Docrafts - Xcut Tri-Boss Embossing Folder - Strictly Party (Butterfly Aperture)
Sentiment stamp - Magazine Freebie
Pebbles Inc - Pearlescent Chalks

Challenges entered:-
Artistic Inspirations - Always Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.
Janice x

Colouring on Kraft Card

A few of my crafting friends have entered a card in Darnell's latest NBUS challenge

which you can find HERE.

(NBUS = Never before used 'schtuff')

The optional challenge is to use coloured pencils on kraft card.

This isn't something I have ever tried before, so I thought I'd give it a

go, and this is what I came up with.

My NBUS is a brand new wood mounted stamp given to me by a friend a few years ago,

which has never been inked!

Products I have used are:-

Crafter's Companion Embossing Folder - Lattice

Personal Stamp Exchange Wood mounted stamp - K1620

Colouring Pencils

Challenges entered:-
DJKardkreations - NBUS with an optional twist to use coloured pencils on kraft card

The Artistic Stamper - Anything Goes

Hiding in my Craft Room - Colour It!
Country View Crafts - Anything Goes

Happy Anniversary

Today I have an Anniversary card to share with you.

I am trying to get ahead of myself by making some cards for my 'spares' box.

Apologies once again for the poor quality photo, the hearts really are
in a lovely red card, not orange!

The products I have used are:-
Heart dies - an unbranded set from eBay
Lawn Fawn - Large Cross-Stitched Square Stackables

Challenges entered:-

Watercooler Wednesday - CAS Love in Red on White

Crafty Gals Corner - Add a Heart

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes - With a Twist/Monochromatic

Through the Purple Haze - Happy Anything

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Thanks a Latte!

A few weeks ago, over at the the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge blog (which has now
sadly closed), I was lucky enough to win a prize of $21 to spend at Bugaboo Stamps.

I chose 7 lovely digi images and this is one of them. I thought it was perfect

for the one layer challenge over at Less is More, the theme this week being:-

Favourite Drink/Beverage

The products I have used are:-

Bugaboo digi - Coffee Time - Thanks a Latte!
Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Promarkers

Challenges entered:-

Less is More - One Layer

Dream Valley Challenges - Something New (Digi image)

Love to Craft - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Something New (Digi image)

Little Red Wagon - Thank You

I look forward to sharing the remaining 6 images with you over the coming weeks.

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x