WOYWW 142

It's Wednesday again and in crafty blogland that means it's WOYWW day, so here is my crafting space for WOYWW 142.

This is a photo of the overall area in which I craft:

I decided that today I would try and take my photos more looking down on to the work surface, so here goes. This is the scene to the left of where I sit. You can see the baby card I've just made. My twinchies and inchies that I made yesterday are lurking behind that box of inks - they need to be posted today - there are some Cath Kidson papers to the left and some golf decoupage sheets that are needed to make a commissioned card.

This is where I sit, so the computer is always in evidence, but the keyboard is put out of the way to give maximum space to work in. You can see the little chick stamp that I actually bought to use on Easter cards, but it had it's first outing this morning on the baby card I've just made - you can see some baby offcut papers that weren't used. Over on the right are some stamps etc that are to be used on a card for this week's Daring cardmakers challenge (hope I get round to this soon).

To the right of where I sit you can see some Easter stamps that are waiting to be used - I really do need to get on with making some Easter cards as I have been asked to sell cards at our church's WEF on Friday 2 March - help, that's quite soon! There are also some fairy tale stickers etc that are ready to use in a circle journal that I'll be receiving soon.

I managed to get round to lots of blogs last week - I'm not sure how well I'll do this week, but I'll try and visit as many as possible. Thank you for all the kind crafters who visit my blog and leave comments - they are much appreciated.

For baby

When sorting through my craft stuff last week I came across a Baby gift card pocket that I'd put together some time ago and never done anything with it, so I decided to use it on a card this morning. I chose a tag shaped card that has a ready-printed coloured edge and stamped random chicks with a Personal Impressions springtime 'tinchies'. I inked the stamp with yellow citrus chalk ink and then embossed with clear detail - I was disappointed with the result because it was hardly visible. However, I then coloured the chicks with copic Y21 buttercup yellow - you can just about see the embossed outline of the chicks if the card is held in the right light!

The striped card inside the pocket has a couple of little cuts that will house a gift card.

This is for:

Crop stop 58: it's a baby
Totally stampalicious: baby card
Cupcake craftroom February: new beginnings
Crazy4challenges 124: stripes and polka dots
Alota 77: shaped card
CRAFT 142: no designer paper
Annabelle: say it with background stamps

Suzie's 365 day 53: ordinary

When I saw that Suzie's photo prompt for today is 'ordinary' I wondered what I could do - then I thought of our 'ordinary' glasses in the cupboard. Because John has very little vision we do have quite a few breakages of crockery and glass - particularly because our kitchen floor is tiled and anything that falls breaks.

We do have some 'nice' glasses that are hardly ever used - high days and holidays - but for everyday we use 'ordinary' ones that can be replaced without too much expense.

So here is my photo for Suzie's day 53: ordinary:

And, yes, I know that I haven't done anything yet for yesterday's prompt - that's got to wait till tomorrow - I have an idea for that.

Suzie's 365 photos day 51: fragile

I'm not sure why I didn't do this photo on the day, but nevermind, here it is now - my fragile eggs for Suzie's day 51:

Love inchies

These inchies are for this month's 'love' theme for the swap on the Bubbly Funk forum.

I used snippets of card that were left from making the ATCs earlier today - from paper by Tim Holtz in the vintage shabby range. I stamped an unknown heart stamp with warm red chalk ink and embossed with detail clear, just adding a heart gem to each of them.

I'm linking these for the following challenges:

Pixie's crafty snippets 8
Catered crop: seeing red
Fussy & fancy 56: with all my heart
Hooked on crafts 17: hearts
The artistic stamper creative team blog February: hearts
The pink elephant 136: print it - something with script, words, print on
The pixie cottage 108: anything but a card
That craft place 6: love is all around
Freshly brewed 83: red hot
Prairie fairy Fridays 72: let me call you sweetheart - love
Stamp and create: Valentine's day/love
By the cute and girly February: love is in the air
One crazy stamper February: love is in the air
Joanna Sheen 3: love is in the air
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes
Make it Monday 77

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Love and seduction

'Love and seduction' is the theme for the twinchies swap this month on the Bubbly Funk forum.

I used my Hampton Art corset stamp, stamping with memento rich cocoa on to pieces of Tim Holtz vintage shabby papers in a neutral colour. I then coloured the corset with copics and added some fired brick distress stickles. The Love stamp is from Hobbycraft and the elongated heart is Dovecraft. I gently distressed the edges of the twinchies with fired brick DI.

The photo doesn't do them justice, but it's the best I could get (will replace with a better one if the light is good in the morning, before I put these in the post):

I'm linking these for the following challenges

Cards und more 48: glisten and sparkle
Catered crop: seeing red
Fussy & fancy 56: with all my heart
Hooked on crafts 17: hearts
The artistic stamper creative team blog February: hearts
Crafts and me 71: distressed
The pink elephant 136: print it - something with script, words, print on
Mami doodles 43: ink, red, white
The pixie cottage 108: anything but a card
That craft place 6: love is all around
Freshly brewed 83: red hot
Stampavie and more 162: love
Whimsical: colours of love
Prairie fairy Fridays 72: let me call you sweetheart - love
Stamp and create: Valentine's day/love
By the cute and girly February: love is in the air
One crazy stamper February: love is in the air
Joanna Sheen 3: love is in the air
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes
Make it Monday 77

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

ATC 'heart' swap

These are my ATCs for the February swap on the Bubbly Funk forum, where we needed to use a heart.

I started with a 12 x 12 paper from Tim Holtz's vintage shabby range, cutting into ATC sized pieces. I then stampedthe cArt-Us heart stamp with warm red chalk ink and embossed with detail clear powder. I then stamped two corners with part of the Dimensions crafts flourish, again using warm red chalk ink and embossing. I then distressed around the ATCs with fired brick DI.

I'm linking these for the following challenges:

Wicked Wednesday 19: quotes and words
Fussy & fancy 56: with all my heart
Hooked on crafts 17: hearts
The artistic stamper creative team blog February: hearts
Crafts and me 71: distressed
The pink elephant 136: print it - something with script, words, print on
Robyn's fetish 95: pretty in pink
Stamp dreams 121: pink
Mami doodles 43: ink, red, white
The pixie cottage 108: anything but a card
Whimsy 26: anything but a square card
That craft place 6: love is all around
Paper and such: love
Digistamps4joy 36: do it for love
Freshly brewed 83: red hot
Stampavie and more 162: love
Whimsical: colours of love
Pattie's: Valentine's and love
Timbro scrap mania 42: valentine
Prairie fairy Fridays 72: let me call you sweetheart - love
Stamp and create: Valentine's day/love
By the cute and girly February: love is in the air
One crazy stamper February: love is in the air
Joanna Sheen 3: love is in the air
It's all about the vintage and beauty 13: Valentine's
Ruby's rainbow 22: vintage
Crafty bloggers network 14: shabby chic
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes
Make it Monday 77

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Mark the date on the calendar

Yes, I know it's far too early to make the date on the calendar, but Christmas day is marked on this calendar stamped with Sally Moret stamps with the month and day circled.

This is for Everybody art 180: calendar.

I've used an offcut of My Mind's Eye Christmas glitter paper (left over from a 12 x 12 paper), so this is another entry for Pixie's Crafty Snippets 8.

The 'Holidays' panel with reindeer and lights and the gift are chipboard and the holly is an Anna Griffin 3D sticker.

It's also for:

Raise the bar 92: a side of chips - chipboard
Christmas inspirations 41: anything goes
Winter wonderland: a Christmas card
PanPasel UK 6: animals
There she goes 144: animal theme
Allways something creative 24: animal
Alphabet: A for animal antics
Truly scrumptious 74: all creatures great & small
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes
Make it Monday 77

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Bling and wings and pretty things

Kath's challenge on Crafts by Carolyn for TTC12-02 is 'bling and wings and pretty things'. I've been meaning to do something for this, but the days have gone by all too quickly, but here is a card at last.

I've used the sketch for Cards und more 47:

The card blank is one from a recently-acquired set - the pattern is the same on the back of the card. The embossed scalloped circle with butterflies is recycled from a car received years ago, mounted on a doiley, with the addition of some flowers and Poundland gems.

Colours are for Cupcake inspirations 148:

This is also for:

Divas by design 22: wings and things
Flutter by Wednesday 190: anything with wings
Sparkles 29: things with wings
PaperPlay 7: critters
There's magic in the air magical Monday: all critters great & small
Truly scrumptious 74: all creatures great & small
Robyn's fetish 95: pretty in pink
Delicious doodles 13: pink to make the boys wink
Incy wincy 134: birthday
Cardmakin mamas 39: happy birthday
Phindy's Friday 93: bling it on
CES 73: spots & dots
Aud sentiments 48: include word happy
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes
Make it Monday 77

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

18 2DAY

This is a shaped card that I've had for ages - I think it was originally from Craftwork Cards in with some other shaped ones. Anyway, it was ready embossed, so I distressed with fired brick DI and used yellow stickles for the headlights and little side lights and a C3 copic grey on the wheel. The number plate was generated with my dymo letratag.

This looks more red IRL - rather pink on this photo!

This is for:

Catered crop: seeing red
Alota 77: shaped card
My craft spot 45: birthday shape cards
Clearlyistamp 46: let's get shapely
Whimsy 26: anything but a square card
Cardmadfairy 27: don't be square
Dream valley 26: just for men
Sentimental Sundays 90: let's get sentimental
CRAFT 142: no designer paper
Creative card crew 4: masculine
Here come the boys 21: vintage feel
Cardmakin mamas 39: happy birthday
Hotshot craft 4: one for the boys
Wags n whiskers 73: masculine birthday
Incy wincy 134: birthday
Crafts and me 71: distressed
Southern girls 38: so distressed
Lexi 59: monochromatic
Hiding in my craft room 34: glitter glitter
Creative stamp friends: 45 inspired by a song - the Beetle car advert song : Black Bettu
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes
Make it Monday 77

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

We all love figgy pudding

This is for Christmas challenges with sketches 20 (to see the sketch please click on the link).

The digital image is a pre-coloured one from Charmed cards & crafts 'Christmas pudding Dottie' from the Bumper Christmas collection. All papers used are from my Christmas scraps box, so this is my first card of the week for Pixie's crafty snippets 8.

I chose the image for last weeks Sunday's with Santa facebook week 7 challenge: food.

This is also for:

Crafty Ann 59: bold and bright
Christmas inspirations 41: anything goes
Crimbo crackers 9: make me laugh
Winter wonderland: a Christmas card
Blog a doodle: food/drinks
One stitch at a time 101: digi or don't
Digital Tuesday 147: use your stash - using up papers from my Christmas offcuts
Digi doodle shops best 95: anything goes
Do you stack up 59: layers
Stamp, scrap & doodle: more than two layers
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Card for a 14 year old lad

One of my great nephews has a birthday this coming week and I admit that I'd put off making a card because I was short on ideas. He plays golf, so I'd already done a golfing card for mum to send. In the end I've used some paper that has lots of 'masculine' images and made a focal point of the stamped sentiment, stamped on to toning paper and layered up.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Pile it on 8: sending happiness
Dream valley 26: just for men
Sentimental Sundays 90: let's get sentimental
Aud sentiments 48: include word happy
Kaboodle 106: where the boys are
Creative card crew 4: masculine
Use it Tuesday 25: it's a birthday party
Do you stack up 59: layers
Just for fun: sporty for a man
Cardmakin mamas 39: happy birthday
Hotshot craft 4: one for the boys
Wags n whiskers 73: masculine birthday
Stamps R us: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Suzie's 365 day 50: fashion

Mmmm I had to think about this one. When I think of some of the fashions I wore in the past - the days of the mini skirt, hot pants, maxi coats ... those were the days!

Then I remembered that I have a special suit at the back of the wardrobe - it was my 'going away suit' on our wedding day in 1991. I'm not really sure why I bothered with a 'going away suit' (other than that's what people tended to do back then) because I only wore it to go home, where we spent the night and then travelled on our honeymoon the next morning, with me wearing jeans (no special suit in sight).

The padded shoulders of the 80s lingered over into the 90s. It amazes me now to think that I had trouble getting anything suitable for the occasion because everything I tried was too big!! This suit was a small size 8 - did I ever have a waist that small - well, yes, I did!

So here is my 'fashion' for Suzie's day 50:

I've no idea really why I keep it - it's not as if I'll ever wear it again! I kept my wedding dress for a few years and then gave it to a charity shop.

Blue, pearls and birthday wishes

This is for Critter 102 sketch:

It's also for Paper Sundaes 107: sundaes bar - I used blue, distressing and pearls.

I used up pieces of paper that were left over from my previous card, distressing the edges of the three panels with broken china DI and scattering pearls on the swirls - so this is my last card of the week using up scraps for Pixie's crafty snippets 7, also for The house that stamps built DCC214 leftovers challenge - using what's left over on your desk. The sentiment is printed and edged with silver foiling although it looks black on the photo.

This is also for:

Dutch dare card 152: distressing
Crafty cardmakers 6: monochrome magic
Crafts and me 71: distressed
Aud sentiments 48: include the word happy

Letters and flowers

'Letters and flowers' is the name of the Penny Black stamp I've used, simply inking with memento tuxedo black and stamping on to a scrap of striped blue and white paper.

I've followed Daniele's sketch for Sketch n stash 81, using up old supplies - the padded fabric hearts have been in the box for some time, as has the lace and ribbon. The background paper is 7 gypsies baja journey, the spotted paper is a piece out of my offcuts box. This is the sketch:

This is for:

Penny Black Saturday challenge 189: pearls and lace
Stamptacular 151: pearls and lace
Oldie but a goodie: lace (the Penny Black stamp is more than 6 months old)
Guylou's inimitability: girly girly - lace and pearls
Totally Gorjuss 119: lace
Let's ink it up 20: ribbons and/or lace
St Luke's February: love and lace
Just Tracy: project for female including lace and ribbon
House of Gilli 26: pearls, swirls and lace
My mum's craft shop 44: swirls and pearls
Stamp, scrap & doodle: more than two layers

Catered crop: hearts

Hooked on craft 17: hearts

Crazy amigo: hearts

Fussy & fancy 56: with all my heart

The artistic stamper creative team February: hearts
The secret crafter Saturday 173: I chose swirls, flowers and pearls
Sweet stampin: choose 3 in a row - I chose lace, ribbon and pearls
Totally papercrafts 104: ribbons and/or bows
The pretty little ribbon shop February 7: anything goes
Lothian February 23: recipe - ribbon, flowers, 3 layers and lace
LiaStampz 11: add a flower
Truly madly crafty February: ribbon and bling
Crazy 4 challenges 124: stripes and polka dots
CES 73: spots & dots
Totally stampalicious: touchable texture
Drunken stampers 83: texture
Ruby's rainbow 22: vintage
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes

Make it Monday 76

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Fleur Anya goes to a wedding

I wanted to make a card for the February photo inspiration challenge on Anyone for Anya - this was the photo:

The immediate thought was to make a wedding day card, but I didn't have a Greeting farm image suitable, but went through my Anya stamps and thought that Fleur Anya would be suitable as a flower girl/bridesmaid going to a wedding - the card could even be used as a thank you to a little girl for being a bridesmaid. Fleur Anya was stamped with memento and coloured with copics.

I used the sketch for Sweet Sunday 152:

Once again all the papers are from my offcuts box - even the script background paper is a snippet left over from a 12 x 12 paper, so this is yet another one for Pixie's crafty snippets 7, also for Delightful: use your scraps and The house that stamps built DCC214 leftovers challenge - using what's left over on your desk.

I've had the die cut flowers for ages - thought it was about time I used some of them!

It's also for:

Fashionable stamping 15: monochromatic plus one other colour - mainly pink, plus yellow
Paper pretties Monday challenge: use flowers
Let's craft and create 38: flower power
Crafty purple frog: flower power
Cute card Thursday 204: flower power
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: brads and/or eyelets
Scrappy frogs: die cut challenge
Stamp, scrap & doodle: more than two layers
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Allsorts 142: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes

Make it Monday 76

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Cupcake thanks

This is for Maggie's sketch on Sunday sketch & stamp 93:

I had offcuts of pinks and browns out from making the last card and I hadn't put away the Kanban cupcake stamps or copics, so I used them on this card, which is another one therefore for Pixie's crafty snippets 7, also for The house that stamps built DCC214 leftovers challenge - using what's left over on your desk. As I've used pink and brown again it's another card for Deep ocean 19.

It's also for:

Pile it on 7: heartfelt thanks
My time to craft 173: bring on the cake
Crazy 4 challenges 124: stripes and polka dots
CES 73: spots & dots
Blog a doodle: food/drinks
Crafty Ann 59: bold and bright
Stamp, scrap & doodle: more than two layers
Do you stack up 59: layers
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Allsorts 142: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes

Make it Monday 76

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Cupcakes with love

This card was prompted by the photo inspiration given for Birthday sundaes 43: birthday card using the picture, which must include a heart and a birthday sentiment:

I used three of the yummy Kanban cupcake stamps inked with memento tuxedo black, masked and coloured with copics, each one topped with an epoxy heart. Mad for markers current challenge is 'pink/red' using RV or R copics - I used RV000, RV02,  RV04, RV06, RV10, RV21, RV23 and R85.

'I will always love you' is the theme for Sunday stamper 192, so I'm linking for that. I know that Valentine's day has been and gone, but I think this is still OK for Addicted to stamps 23, because it features love.

All papers are from my offcuts box, so another one or Pixie's crafty snippets 7.

I chose the colours for Deep Ocean 19: pink and brown - I love that colour combo, but haven't used it for a while, so this was a good opportunity.

Perfect pair: two cards, two colours

The challenge for City crafter 96 'perfect pair' is to make 2 cards identical, but with different colours, lilac and blue.

When I was having a crafty sort out recently I came across a box of Blocs by Art & Crafts Direct that I bought years ago - at that time I obviously thought it was a good idea to buy loads and loads of them, use a few and then leave them at the back of the cupboard. So I decided to use these for this challenge.

The flowers are habico held in the middle with tiny flower brads, sticky stitched ribbons from Hobbycraft  and sentiments from stash.

These are also for:

4 crafty chicks 77: let's double down - two of anything
Party time Tuesday 55: get well wishes
Moving along with the times: get well soon
Challenge up your life 63: get well soon
Playing in paradise 54: stitching
2 sisters 79: stitching
Cooking it up with Katie 89: a spooled metal sentiment
Little darlings 17: favourite embellishments - ribbons and flowers
Crafty catz 120: favourite things - ribbons and flowers
Craft us crazy 21: everyone has favourites - I love crafting with purple/lilac and using flowers and ribbons
Totally papercrafts 104: ribbons
The pretty little ribbon shop February 7: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday challenge: use flowers
Let's craft and create 38: flower power
Crafty purple frog: flower power
Cute card Thursday 204: flower power
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: brads and/or eyelets
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Allsorts 142: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
If the shoe fits fashionista Friday 99: anything goes

Make it Monday 76

Inspire me Fridays 46

52 cardpick up week 7

Suzie's 365 day 49: domestic

As it really hurts my back to bend, it's usually John's job to load/unload the dishwasher, so here he is doing this domestic chore for Suzie's day 49.

I've just realised that it looks as if there's snow in the garden, but it's just the way the light has reflected on the window - definitely no snow, thank goodness!

CHNC challenge 60: create a scene

There's a new challenge over on my CHNC blog and for this week I'm asking you to 'create a scene'. Challenge 60 is being sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop - you can read more about it here.

For my card I've used a digital stamp supplied by Digi Doodle Shop called 'Christmas church'. I digitally coloured the scene in Paint, leaving most of it as snow, which fits the For fun challenge: I love snow.

I followed the sketch for Sketchy Colors 104:

 I used various offcuts from my Christmas scraps box - another for Pixie's Crafty Snippets 7 and for Delightful: use your scraps, keeping the theme to blue, white and silver for Christmas crafting February 8.

I punched two snowflakes with a woodware punch and centred them with brads, which is OK for Jingle belles: all buttoned-up (brads are allowed instead of buttons),also for Frosted designs fabulous Friday: brads and/or eyelets, also Shopping our stash 39: metal mania.

It's also for:

Christmas inspirations 41: anything goes
Di's digi designs: it's all about snow