CHNC challenge extra for September 2017

As it's the 1st of the month, it's time for CHNC challenge extra for September 2017. Please click on the link to find out all about it, see the lovely designs of my DT ... and I hope you will get out your Christmas stash and join in the challenge - we are now beginning September which means that we need to start to be serious about getting on with those Christmas designs.

Bugaboo Stamps always generously sponsor my CHNC challenge extra and provide images for the team to use and showcase. The image I've used is angel big star, a retired Bugaboo image. This was coloured digitally using Microsoft Paint before printing.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 32: anything goes
Christmas at sweet stampin August: anything Christmas goes
Hiding in my craft room 315: any holiday
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 298: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 366: anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2017 challenge

It's the 1st of the month and that means that there is a new challenge over on my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge blog.

This is my card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2017 challenge. Please click on the link to find out what it's about and see the lovely inspirational designs by my team. We hope you will join in our challenge ... as often as you like throughout the month of September as long as you use some patterned paper.

The background papers were from an Anna Griffin set bought some time ago - the paper on the right has flocking on it - very touchy-feely. The rose was black foiled and cut on the todo and mounted on to two mats cut with todo art deco dies. Ribbon, flowers and greeting from stash.

This is also for:

The paper girls 134: monochromatic
City crafter 377: monotone colouring
Monochrome magic 4: anything goes monochrome
Allsorts 430: ribbons
Really reasonable ribbon 171: anything goes with ribbon
Creative sketchy girls 15: ribbon, rope, lace or pearls
Glitter n sparkle 254: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 49: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes

Jo's scrap shack funday 204: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 298: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 366: anything goes

Kraftin' Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

DL.ART August linky

Penny's challenge 344

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 344, where the theme is anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

I used the lovely hollyhocks image kindly supplied by Fred she said as a sponsor of the challenge. I used a gold stardust background and a matching frame to showcase a lovely paper that I upcycled from an edition of Daphne Diary. I printed the image and mounted over this, finishing off with a Papermania bow. Everything was mounted on to a yellow card blank.

This is also for:

International art & soul 15: layer it up
Pile it on 133: recycle and/or for a child
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 254: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 64: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 49: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Creative moments 125: anything goes
Scrappers delights 69: anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 203: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 17: anything goes
Polka doodles week 34: anything goes
Scrapping4fun 97: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 50: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 298: anything goes
Daisy chain 11: anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes

Kraftin' Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

CHNC challenge 348

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 348 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic ... although time is rushing by because by the end of this challenge we will be into September already.

The optional theme for CHNC challenge 348 is 'use something old'... but anything  goes as long as it's Christmas.

For my card I used one of my oldest Christmas stamps and one that I still count as a favourite, Santa collage by Rubber Stampede. I inked with black versafine and embossed with black detail powder. The papers are some that I've had for some years. The bright washi tape is from stash.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 32: anything goes
Christmas at sweet stampin August: anything Christmas goes
Hiding in my craft room 315: any holiday
Winter wonderland: embossing
Deep ocean 162: favourite colour combo - love black, white and hot pink
One crazy stamper August: my favourite things - the stamp, inking/embossing, the colour combo
The artistic stamper August: anything goes
Stamping sensations August: anything goes
Fashionable stamping 126: use your inks anyway you like
Heartful stamping (stamped blessings): anything goes + a stamp
Crazy challenge 255: inking is fun
The house that stamps built A2317: anything goes
International art & soul 15: layer it up
4 crafty chicks 365: washi tape
In the pink 124: anything goes
That's crafty: only cards
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Little Miss Muffet 170: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 64: anything goes
Pammie's inkies 1734: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 48: anything goes
Paperminutes 500: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty creations 348: anything goes
Creative moments 125: anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 203: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 17: anything goes
Polka doodles week 34: anything goes
Scrapping4fun 97: anything goes
Fabrika fantasty 12: anything goes
Classic design team 16: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 297: anything goes
Creative fingers 135: anything goes
Crafting with an attitude 30: anything goes
Imagine that creative playground August: anything goes
Not just cards 47: anything goes
Bastel-traum: anything goes
Scrap n challenge: anything goes
Corrosive 8: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 43: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Daisy chain 11: anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes

Kraftin' Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes
DL.ART August linky

Penny's challenge 343

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 343, where the theme is anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

For my card I used the pre-coloured Paper Creator 'a good read Maddie', kindly supplied by them as a sponsor of the challenge. The gold paper with white spots was upcycled from an envelope containing one of my birthday cards (much too lovely to put n the paper recycling box) and other pieces from my offcut boxes - the bottom piece of trim wasn't long enough to go all the way across, but that didn't matter because the image picture covered up the gap. The gold foiled sentiment ovals finished off the card.

This is also for:

Sparkles 95: birthday
The crafty addicts 39: anything goes + option: girly
Making memories 8: anything goes/one for the girls or ladies
Pile it on 133: recycle and/or for a child
That's crafty: only cards
Lemon shortbread 48: anything goes
Paperminutes 500: anything goes
Crafty creations 348: anything goe
Scrapping4fun 97: anything goes
Classic design team 16: anything goes
Creative fingers 135: anything goes
Crafting with an attitude 30: anything goes
Not just cards 47: anything goes
Scrap n challenge: anything goes
Corrosive 8: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 296: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 43: anything goes
Daisy chain 11: anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes

DL.ART August linky

CHNC challenge 347

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 347 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic ... although time is rushing by because by the end of this challenge we will nearly be into September!

The optional theme for CHNC challenge 347 is 'make it girlie'... but anything  goes as long as it's Christmas.

For my girlie card I used some Hunkydory supplies from a couple of years ago with a topper and decoupaged layers mounted on to an A5 card blank with the red and gold snowflake background.

Strange angle to show the shine and decoupage:

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 32: anything goes
That's crafty: only cards
Lemon shortbread 48: anything goes
Paperminutes 500: anything goes
Crafty creations 348: anything goes
Scrapping4fun 97: anything goes
Classic design team 16: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 296: anything goes
Creative fingers 135: anything goes
Crafting with an attitude 30: anything goes
Not just cards 47: anything goes
Scrap n challenge: anything goes
Corrosive 8: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 43: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Daisy chain 11: anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes

DL.ART August linky

Penny's challenge 342

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 342, where the theme is anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

For my card I used Cute as a button 'winter flurries', kindly supplied by them as one of the sponsors. I coloured with spectrum noir pens and used a quickie glue pen and some art institute glitter to add a bit of sparkle. The background paper is from a Kaisercraft twig & berry pad, the button trim across the bottom from an old Kanban kit and the sparkly poinsettias from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 32: anything goes + traditional Christmas colours
Creatalicious 121: anything goes + option: glitter/bling
Color inspiration Monday link up 25
Love  to scrap 100: kidz rule
The crafty addicts 39: anything goes + option: girly
Making memories 8: anything goes/one for the girls or ladies
Paperminutes 500: anything goes
Creative fingers 135: anything goes
Not just cards 47: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 296: anything goes
Daisy chain 11: anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes

DL.ART August linky

Love to craft August challenge mid-month inspiration

This is my design card for Love to craft challenge 13 August: anything goes - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the Crafty Girls team  who published mid-month inspiration and also here to see the crafting of team A and to enter our challenge.

This is also for:

Stamps & fun = creativity 306: anything goes
The artistic stamper August: anything goes
Stamping sensations August: anything goes
Craft stamper take it make it August: anything goes
Fashionable stamping 126: use your inks anyway you like
Paperminutes 500: Jubilee challenge: anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 294: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes
DL.ART August linky

CCAYR August challenge: use yellow

This is my card for Christmas cards all year round August challenge: use yellow. I'm in the Christmas Belles group so we are posting here today - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the Belles group. The Gingerbread gals posted at the beginning of August here - please have a look at their lovely designs and join in our challenge there.

For my card I used old Kanban supplies, glittered washi tapes and I punched out some corrugated stars, putting the large one over the one that was in the topper.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 32: anything goes
Christmas card challenges 19: blue and white colour from photo inspiration
The merry Christmas 29: anything Christmas goes
ABC Christmas: Q for quick
Crimbo crackers 138: cute
Jingle belles: peace on earth
Oddball: a sky full of stars/anything goes
Creatalicious 121 anything goes + option: glitter/bling
City crafter 375: you don't bring me flowers
Paperminutes 500: Jubilee challenge: anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 294: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes
DL.ART August linky

Penny's challenge 341

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 341, where the theme is anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

For my card I used Sasayaki Glitter 'gift Amy' image kindly supplied by them as a sponsor of the challenge. I coloured with spectrum noir pens and die cut with a todo cross hatch die going round the edges with a spectrum. I thought the wide band of hessian behind the raised image would make a change, adding the sentiment panel and the Hobbycraft flowers.

This is also for:

Simon says Monday: happy birthday
A gem of a challenge 200: birthday wishes
The paper shelter 304: blooming days
Sunny day crafting 47: F is for flowers
Simply create too 130: use flowers #1
Simon says Wednesday: for a child
Love to scrap 100: kidz rule
Papercreators 60: something for the kids
Come and get it: time to die
Die cut divas August: anything goes
Digi choosday 32: anything goes
Art at Stampz by Star: hand coloured image
Colour crazy week 31: anything goes
Crafty awesomeness August: anything goes
Colouring in scrapland August: anything goes
Color inspiration link up 25
Fabrika fantasy 12: anything goes
Pattie's crations 137: anything goes
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 47: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes

2 sisters on the blog 6: everything is allowed
Crafts galore encore August: anything goes
Emerald city crafts 2: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 295: anything goes

Kraftin' Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes
Daisy chain 11: anything goes
DL.ART August linky

CHNC challenge 345

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 345 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic ... although time is rushing by because by the end of this challenge we will be into August!

The optional theme for CHNC challenge 345 is '3 of something'... but anything  goes as long as it's Christmas.

For my card I used quite a few 3s:

3 caroling hedgehogs (stamp by Penny Black)
3 spectrum noir pens to colour the image
3 papers from Winterland paper pad by fancypants
3 punched snowflakes
3 gems
3 felt buttons

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 32: anything goes
Crafty friends 63: Christmas in July
Crimbo crackers 138: cute
Pile it on 132: something beginning with S - snowflakes
Art at Stampz by Star: hand coloured image
Colour crazy 31: anything goes
Heartful stamping (stamped blessings): anything goes + a stamp
Stamps & fun = creativity 306: anything goes
Little red wagon 405: favourite products: Penny Black stamps, patterned papers, spectrum noir pens
One crazy stamper August: my favourite things: making Christmas cards, Penny Black stamps, patterned papers, spectrum noir pens etc
Aud sentiments 185: no sentiment on front of project
2 crafty  critter crazies 5: must be a critter
AnMaCreatief 71: animals
Ching-Chou Kuik August: four legged friends
Craft rocket 40: animal kingdom
Crafty animals 5: anything goes
Paper craft happy 4: anything goes with an animal
The artistic stamper August: anything goes
Craft stamper take it/make it August: anything goes
Little Miss Muffet 168: anything goes
Fabrika fantasy 12: anything goes
Pattie's crations 137: anything goes
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 47: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Crafty creations 347: anything goes

Polka doodles 31: anything goes
2 sisters on the blog 6: everything is allowed
Crafts galore encore August: anything goes
Emerald city crafts 2: anything goes
Use your stuff free week
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 294: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Let's craft and create challenge 128: hey dude!

This is my design card for Let's craft and create challenge 128: hey dude!, Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and we would love you to join in our challenge.

I was comissioned to make this card for a son who loves technology. The papers are from my offcuts box (Kanban and Papermania Mister set) with other bits and pieces from stash.

This is also for:

Crafty gals corner 134: celebrate
The sisterhood of crafters: boys to men
4 crafty chicks 362: masculine
Open minded 18: just about time
Nordsalten hobbyklubb 160: blue
Pile it on 132: primary colours or something beginning with S - son
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 47: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Crafty creations 347: anything goes

Polka doodles 31: anything goes
2 sisters on the blog 6: everything is allowed
Crafts galore encore August: anything goes
Emerald city crafts 2: anything goes
Use your stuff free week
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 294: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

WOYWW 426

It's Wednesday, so it's time for WOYWW 426 - please click on the link to find out what it's all about (is there anyone in the crafting world who doesn't know what it is?!?!) and join in the fun.

Thank you for all the visits and comments left last week. Some of you said that all my boxes are so well organised ... well they are in one sense ... but some of the boxes need their contents to be sorted better and then labelled. I've done a bit more sorting this week, but not much ... can't see much difference. Time is limited this week with more hospital appointments for John - yesterday up at Guy's hospital and didn't get back till nearly 6 and tomorrow we've got to be ready for transport at 7 in the morning ... which means we need to be up at 5 as everything takes John ages! I'm always late to bed, so I'm wondering whether it's going to be worth getting settled and then up again - lol!

Anyway, enough of all that. I'm here on this post to show what's on my workspace today - so these are the pictures to the left and right of where I sit. Not a lot to the left, except boxes that need to be put away and a card ready for this challenge - Pennys challenge 340 - which has just gone live:

On the right, a bit of a silly pile - some more boxes that need to be put away, other bits and pieces including a Bugaboo stamps image topper I've printed (it might get used soon), some spectrum noir pens that need to go back in their right places. My heat gun is lurking somewhere under something (lol) - all you can see is the wire:

Now I'm off to link this for WOYWW 426 and then have a look at what others have been up to later today.

Penny's challenge 340

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 340, where the theme is anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

I used the lovely Oddball Stamps Alice the artist, kindly provided by them as one of the challenge sponsors, adding the Happy Birthday digitally before printing, colouring  with spectrum pens and die cutting using a Spellbinders nestie label die, using a larger one to cut the surrounding red label shape. I found up off cuts of spotted card, cutting and rounding the corners.

This is also for:

Scrapyland 71: anything goes (used a Spellbinders nestie die)
Craftholics R us 30: die cuts
Die cut divas August: anything goes
Digi choosday 31: anything goes
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes

Cute card Thursday 488: anything goes
Use your stuff free week
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Creative fingers 134: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 294: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Penny's challenge 339

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 339, where the theme is anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries. (This is being posted a week late because Julie was ill ... this means you can enter two different Penny's challenges this week).

I used caroling digital stamp by QKR Stampede, one of the sponsors of the challenge. I mounted the image on to an offcut of matt ice blue card.The background paper is from Hunkydory and the lovely glittered snowflake ribbon is from stash.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 32: anything goes
Christmas card challenges 18 inspiration photo:


Art at Stampz by Star: Christmas in July
A gem of a challenge 199: Christmas in July
Crafty friends 63: Christmas in July
Hiding in my craft room 311: freestyle Christmas in July
Winter wonderland: use a digi image
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes

Cute card Thursday 488: anything goes
Use your stuff free week
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Creative fingers 134: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 294: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge 49

This is my design card for A bit more time to craft challenge 49: anything goes. Please click
on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and we hope you will join in our challenge.

For my card I used one of Lozzy's lovely Cream tea papers - you can see Lozzy's lovely papers here - so many delightful papers - and you have the chance to win some by entering the challenge.

The lovely tea cup, flowers and butterflies came from a kit I bought long ago, adding the birthday circle.

This is also for:

DL.ART thankful Thursday 209: happy birthday
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 170: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 49: anything goes
A perfect time to craft August: anything goes
Day dreamer 1: anything goes
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes

Craftaholics R us 29: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 488: anything goes
Use your stuff free week
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Creative fingers 134: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 293: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

A Bit More Time To Craft EXTRA August Challenge

This is my design card for A bit more time to craft EXTRA August challenge: anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and we hope you will join in our challenge.

For my card I used one of Lozzy's lovely Chic Wonder papers - you can see Lozzy's lovely papers here - so many delightful papers - and you have the chance to win some by entering the challenge.

The lovely dress stand, vase and birthday banner were from a Craftwork Cards collection that I bought long ago.The die cut  and embossed butterfly is one that I cut ages ago, waiting to fly on to a card. The panel centre right was taken from a card received and upcycled here, placing the vase so that the leaves looked as if they were in it.

This is also for:

DL.ART thankful Thursday 209: happy birthday
Die cut divas August: anything goes
Make my Monday 51: monochromatic
Nordsalten hobbyklubb 160: blue
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 170: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 49: anything goes
A perfect time to craft August: anything goes
Day dreamer 1: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes

Craftaholics R us 29: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 488: anything goes
Use your stuff free week
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Creative fingers 134: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 293: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Do-al(l) kreatives challenge 8 for August

This is my design card for Do-al(l) kreatives challenge 8: happy birthday with summer images - I like the title because my birthday is this month - lol!. Please click on the link to see the wonderful designs of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

I used the lovely Kris by SheepSkiDesigns, kindly given by them as sponsor of the challenge, colouring with spectrum noir pens and die cutting with an X cut rectangular parenthesis die, using a larger one to cut the striped piece of DCWV paper that was lurking in my offcuts box. The background paper with shells is also DCWV from an old summer collection. I stuck the scrap piece of seaside ribbon on to the netting and added the little chipboard tag. The little birthday sentiment oval is silver foiled, although it looks black in the photo.

This is also for:

Kort o mania: summer feeling
Cards und more 14: anything goes with summer
Paper creators 60: something for the kids
Love to scrap 100: kidz rule
International art & soul 13: dies
Die cut divas August: anything goes
Digistamps4Joy 139: anything goes + option: summer
Creative moments 123: anything goes + option: summer fun
CRAFT 426: summer
Cupcake inspirations 416: beachy
Deep ocean 160: a day at the beach
Fairytale 172: at the coast
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Colour crazy week 30: anything goes
Digi choosday 31: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 170: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 49: anything goes
A perfect time to craft August: anything goes
Day dreamer 1: anything goes
Crafty gals corner 133: anything goes
Ooh-la-la 234: anything goes

Craftaholics R us 29: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Use your stuff free week
Cute card Thursday 488: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu August: anything goes
Paru August: anything goes

Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Creative fingers 134: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 293: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes