Easy Blue

Good Morning All
First I want to say 'Happy Birthday' to my Brother In Law Barry
Gill - will you pass on my love to him on the big 65
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Second I want to tell you that I had to give in to the pain in my back and go to the Doctor on Monday.
Appointment at 11am, prescription to Pharmacia to get 6 injections, back to Doctor to have 1 injection in my bum, straight to hospital with letter from Doctor to have an Xray, 5 minute wait from going to reception, called in for Xray, 20 minute wait then handed envelope with a CD and report in, back home by1.35pm.  I have to go to Doctor each morning this week to have an injection, and take the results from Xray with me today for him to look at.  Touch wood, last night I was feeling abit better.
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I just want to share a  quick card with you today as I have been asked by a lady at our craft meeting on Thursday mornings if I could put some card packs together for some  non-crafters who may turn up.

This is one idea I had.  I want to show them that you can make a card out of very little stash.

I used a 5 x 5 blue card blank

Darice embossing folder inked along sides

Homemade sentiment

Satin ribbon

Blue tulip

Blue gem

Cut and fold flower (not sure where from)

xxxxx

Wendy L


CHALLENGES --
Crafters Companion - Mono (Darice embossing folder Stripe)
Ends end March
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Ends 16th Mar
Emergency Crafters - Flowers
Ends end march

Beccys Images

Good Morning All

I just wanted to show you a card I have made with an image I won a while ago from Beccys Place HERE and she has lots of freebies there too.

The image is coloured with Promarkers, flowers and leaf die cut bought on E***.  

Homemade sentiment tags.

Crochet butterfly and bead pin available in my Etsy shop at top of sidebar.  Homemade tags tied with a string bow.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Beccys Place - March Challenge
Ends end March
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Ends 4th April
Bearly Mine Challenge- One for the Girls.
Ends end March
Crafty Calender - Animal Antics
Ends 4th April
Come & Get it Challenge - Ribbon and bow
 Ends 15th Mar
Stamping Sensations - Pretty in Pink
Ends 2nd April
The Ribbon Girl Challenge - Animals
Ends 16th Mar

Sport

Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this week is chosen by ME and I want to see 'Sport', any type, male or female.

This is my card for this challenge, I know it is not a sports motor bike but my boys love motorcycle racing, both road racing and motocross.  This is the nearest I could get for the image but I like it.
CHALLENGES ---
Crafting by Design.  Anything Goes
Ends 26th Mar
Divas by Design - Masculine
Ends 12th Mar

Sisterhood of Crafters - Masculine
Ends 10th Mar
Flat Friends Challenge  - For Men
Ends

This is the pre-coloured one that comes on the same sheet too and I will use this on another card.

Sponsors this week are----

Crafty Devils

15 GBP voucher

AND

Scrappers Delight

3 Images

Pop over to the Challenge blog so see all the other DT creations.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Moody Blue

Good Morning All

Moving Along With The Times challenge this time is 'Moody Blue and Debs wants to see Blues, there is a photo on the blog for inspiration for the colours.
I,m feeling abit blue as my back has gone again and I,m in agony, this is the worst it has been as I now have abit of numbness down my leg, so it's obviously a trapped nerve somewhere.  The worst is the night time when I,m trying to sleep and just cannot get comfy.  And we have more visitors arriving tonight.
I will just have to carry on crafting, at least the pain doesn't seem as bad when my mind is occupied!!!!

I decided to use a pre-coloured image from Pink Gem Designs and kept it very  simple as it is a 'male' card.

Afew opaque gems and a homemade sentiment.  The darker blue is a negative die cut and the image is cut with a Spellbinders Scalloped Circle, as is the sentiment.  The trellis corners are a Cheery Lynn die.

xxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES -----------
Flat Friends  - Cards 4 Men
Ends end March
The Crafting Cafe - CAS
Ends end March
Cute Card Thursday - Use Gems
Ends 13th March

Blue Humphrey

Good Morning All

While I was in the UK looking after Mum I did lots of cutting out and this cute Humphrey was one of them.  It is so sweet this image of him peeking over the wall. 

I just used lots of blues, gems homemade tags and a sentiment.

CHALLENGES

Crafters Companion - Mono
Ends end March
Crafty Calender - Animal Antics
Ends 2nd April
Crafts & Me 146 - Anything Goes
Ends 4th April
Paper Creators Challenge 20 - Squares, Circle, Rectangle
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I also want to show you what John Next Door made for me, if you are one of his followers you will already have seen this.  HERE

He made this sweet  heart shaped box  for me to keep my bead pins in.  I love it and I have already filled it with the pins too.
As some of Johns followers have asked for a video tutorial, I will get him onto it when he gets back from Benidorm, and I shall act as camera woman!!!!

xxxxx

Wendy L

Box No. 4

Good Morning All
A little bit tender this morning after a great day out with friends yesterday.  We went to a car meeting and then an Indian meal afterwards which was so yummy.  Great fun.

Here is Box no. 4  I,m not too pleased with this one but here it is anyway.

I painted the box with brown acrylic paint, covered the bottom with this lovely 'vintage' paper, then proceeded to embellish .

Cream and brown lace gathered on the  edges on the lid with a  wool flower in the centre.

Then just decorated up with Buttons, ribbon, a necklace of black beads.

xxxxxx

Wendy L
I gave John next Door three of these boxes so have a look what he has done with them.

CHALLENGES
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Ends 16th Mar
Rhedd & Rosie  - Anything but a Card
Ends 12th Mar
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Ends 4th April
Countryview Crafts - Paper Chase
Ends end March

Spring Is Coming

Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge time again and it is Tracys' turn this week and she wants to see Spring Creations 

Spring Is Coming

I used this lovely image  of flowers from Digistamp Boutique, coloured it nice bright colours for Spring.  Cut it out with a Spellbinders Butterfly circle die, mounted onto a dark green card, and this mounted onto some lighter green  spotty paper.  I added homemade sentiment tag, bead pin and Cheery Lynn  roses.  Tiny buttterflies are the pop out bits from the circle die and I glittered them.

Sponsors are  -

Digistamp Boutique

10 GBP voucher

And Classy Crafts

10 GBP voucher

xxxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES
Natalie & Amy Challenge - Flowers
Ends end Mar
Really Reasonable Ribbon RRR 90 - Show me Green + Ribbon
Ends 13th Mar
Crafty Creations 257 - Keep It Simple
Stamp & Create - Ready For Spring
Ends 6th April
Cute Card Thursday 310 - Springtime
Cards Galore Encore Challenge - Use a Digi or Stmap
Ends end March

Anything Goes at Ladybug

Good Morning All

1st of the month means it is time for a new challenge at LadybugCrafts and Samantha has chosen an easy one of Anything Goes.

I was browsing Pinterest and saw this design and found the tutorial HERE.  Obviously, you can decorate it in millions of different ways but I had been cutting out some lovely decoupage Fairy images and wanted to use these.

I used a large flower for the front and Memory Box 'Macarena Corners'

All the tags are homemade and stamped with sentiments mostly from LOTV and other odd ones.  Tied twine on them to blend in with the colours used and inked the edges.

And it folds nearly flat to post too.  Hope you like it!

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Jellypark Challenges - Things with Wings
Ends 13th Mar

Another for Charisma Cardz

Good Morning All

This was my first card for the  challenge over at Charisma Cardz and the theme is to use something not meant for crafting.

These are previous post when I have used the hems of curtains HERE and HERE.  Now here is another one.

I inked the edges of the curtains since I posted the picture on the Challenge blog

I used Dr Digi image coloured with Promarkers,Gems, ribbon and a homemade sentiment.

Sponsors are ----

Dr Digi House of stamps

Freckled Fawn

Milk Coffee Designs

xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
A Creative Romance - Bingo (Ribbon, charm, bow)
    Ends 14th Mar
Delicious Doodles - One for the Boys
Simply Create Too - Use your stash (Alot of it is recycled - String, beer carton)
   Ends  16th Mar
Papercrafting Journey - Make it Boy or Manly
    Ends 12th Mar

Use Something Not Meant For Crafting

Good Morning All

It is time for a new challenge over at Charisma Cardz and the theme is to use something not meant for crafting.

Now I must admit, I have used quite afew things in the past not bought for crafting eg, material I have cut off the hems of curtains HERE and HERE.  There are afew obvious things like buttons cut off clothes, bows cut off underwear, Cereal boxes .................................

So I had to put my thinking cap on for something else.  I used some plastic fishing line and attached a fish charm.  I coloured the Dr. Digi image 'Fishing Andy' with Promarkers and mounted it on X Cut die cuts.

I tied a bit of the same fishing line through the holes in the homemade sentiment.

The easel is propped against some  Dufex decoupage.

And I found this fish bead and thought it would go quite well with the colours and the theme.

Sponsors are ----

Dr Digi House of stamps

Freckled Fawn

Milk Coffee Designs

xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Crafty Creations Challenge 257 - Keep It Simple
Inky Impressions 148 - So Charming
Sisterhood Of Crafters - Masculine
     10th Mar
Crafty Bloggers Challenge - Boys
Card Making Mamas CMM 81 - Stack it Up
    Ends 7th Mar

Knitting

Good Morning All

When I was in the UK looking after Mum I went in the local Sue Ryder Charity shop and there was some wool on sale reasonably cheap so I bought 2 large balls of white and 2 of a lovely mint green.  I enjoy crocheting and knitting so, started crocheting a blanket and knitting squares for Christines 'Blanket of Love' .

Christine has a blog called Hope and Chances HERE and she crochets together squares that people have knitted and sent her for the blanket of love.  If you want to contribute just email her or leave her a comment on her blog and she will get in touch with you.  I get alot of wool given to me by Linda from Animal Aid (a charity that I give my cards to here in Spain) so I thought I would knit some squares.  I left the wool I bought in the UK in my bag I keep at Mums for when I visit there and using the wool Linda gives me to knit while I am at home.

The pattern provided by Christine has a heart in the middle.  When I go back to the UK in May I will take the ones I have knitted with me and post them to her, along with the ones I have knitted there.
(If anyone wants this pattern I can email it to you, just ask in the comment you leave.

xxxxxx

Wendy L

Box No. 3

Good Morning All

Here is box number 3.

Once again, Spellbinders Scalloped Circle in two sizes (using my Cuttlebug) and inked on edges.
Cheery Lynn Roses die for cream flowers
Spellbinders Bitty Blossom for other made from pages of a book.
Bead pin (in my Etsy shop in sidebar)
Crochet butterfly (in Etsy shop too)

Crochet flower with pearl centre (these are available in my Etsy Shop in Sidebar)

Cheery Lynn Die B 315 for leaf

More flowers and leaves around sides that have been covered in pages from a book.

Going to have to get my thinking cap on to come up with something different for the next few boxes.

I've decided I am going to give John Next Door a couple of the boxes to see what he comes up with.  So keep your eye on his blog.

              Here is the full set in their original state

Number 1 HERE

Number 2 HERE

xxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES ----
Cuttlebug Mania - Lets Feel It
Lexis Creations - Mono

Ladies Day

Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this week has been set by our lovely leader, Brenda, and it is 'Ladies Day'.

I used a rubber stamp from one of our sponsors - Flonz - and coloured her with Promarkers.

The flowers are Spellbinders 'Bitty Blossoms' cut from pages of a book.  I have put pearls and beads in the centres.

Lace down the edge with a crochet flower (availble in my Etsy shop) and a pearl at each end.  Homemade stamped sentiment tag with twine at each end.

Sponsors ------

Flonzcraft         

Crimson Cloud                  

xxxxx

Wendy L

Sketchy Time

Good Morning All

This time at Moving Along With The Times, Hazel has given us a sketch to work with

Here is my interpretation of it  ------

I made a flower from some wool bought in the local shop when I was with John Next Door and used a piece off a bracelet for the centre,  the rest is all from stash. embossed recycled card, sentiment stamped on scrap, buttons from my Mums old button tin.  So this is nearly all recycled.  How good am I!!!!!!

Hope you like it and will pop over to the challenge blog and have a go.

 There is a prize this time and it looks yummy, good luck

xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Cuttlebug Mania - Lets Feel It ( Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder)
Crafty Creations Challenge - Keep It Simple
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Spots or Stripes (swiss dots embossing folder)
Shopping Our Stash 139  - Embellish Me

Box number 2

Good Morning All

Here is box number 2 from the set HERE

Brown leaf - Cheery Lynn B315

Felt flowers sent to  me in some candy

Black beads are part of a necklace

Black Chinese paper been in stash for years

Black & pink  flowers - Cheery Lynn Roses die

Butterfly in same candy as above

Bead pin made by me (In Etsy shop on sidebar)

Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die, slightly inked on edges stuck on the base and the lid.

CHALLENGES ---
Butterfly Challenge 1 - Butterfly & Flower
Papertake Weekly - Lovely Layers
Crafting From The Heart - Flowers
Craft Your Passion - Girly girl
 
                         







And these are the boxes again just to remind you.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Quilled Pastels

Good Morning All

 Flight booked to go home on Thursday as Mum is feeling abit more confident now and we got her a riser/recliner chair on Friday so it is a lot easier for her to keep her leg elevated as per Doctors orders.  And it pushes her up to help her stand  and it reclines a little so she can sleep abit in it.  She gets into bed on her own now, with the help of a sturdy step stool I got her but gets up part way through the night as she is getting pain in her back!!!  So she gets in the chair and doses there until morning.  She has one of those alarm things that she has round her neck, so if she does fall she can press it  and my sister is called.  I have to be back before Saturday as Johns Mum and Daughter are arriving for half term.

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I,m 99% sure that the image used on this card is from Astrids Artistic Efforts HERE, she has some gorgeous free images on her blog..  I made the quilled flowers with two shades of paper, lemon and pink.  Not sure which the leaf die is as I bought a  pack of mixed ones.  I added a bead pin and some pearls and ribbon.

CHALLENGES -----

ABC Challenge - F for Flowers

Brown Sugar Challenge 81 - Use Die cut or punch

4 Crafty Chicks # 181 - Use Pearls

Crafty Ribbons # 76 - Ribbon & Bows

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This is what I,m missing.

This is Hollie feeding herself with yoghurt.


Isn't it fun when they start feeding themselves?  NOT

Now in this one she had been exploring a tub of Sudocrem Nappy Cream!!!!!!!  Probably copying Mum when she does her beauty treatment.!!!!!  But I think she is gorgeous enough, she doesn't need any beauty aids.

Noah is coming for tea with his Mum and Dad tomorrow so there will be pics of him on Tuesday.

xxxxxx

Wendy L

Use Brads

Good Morning All

Hope you all had a good Valentines day, I,m missing John but will make it up when I get home.

Helene has chosen the them for Allsorts Challenge this week and it is    'Use Brads'.

I have used a Sentiment digi from the sponsor - Digi Darla,  used brads to attach it to pearlised pink card

Spellbinders Labels 4
Marianne Creatables  LR 0236 on top of another piece of pearlised pink card
Memory Box  star die  and used brads to attach

I think this would make a  nice 'Sympathy' card or a card just to tell someone you are  there for them.

                                                                                 
Sponsors ----
Digi Darla            Will give 5 images of choice.

Craft Fairy  

xxxxx
Wendy L

Some bad news is that my DIL has done her back in picking Hollie up so they wont be coming to see me now, so very disappointed.
Mum is progressing OK but cellulitis is going sore so had to contact Doctor again for more advice, District Nurse being called.

 CHALLENGES ----
A Creative Romance - Lets get Sentimental
Pennys Paper Crafting Challenge - Mono
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Little Claires Designs - Mono
   Ends mid March
Shopping Our Stash - Use something Shiny ( Pearlised pink card)
Browns Sugar Challenge BSCB 81 - Use Die or Puch
Open Minded Crafting fun - Mono
My Time to Craft  235 - Sympathy

Tatty Teddy

Good Morning All

Hope you survived the storms yesterday, I was going round Mums flat and shoving tissue in the keyholes and tape over the vents in the windows on the side of the flat where the wind was hitting.  Got up this morning to afew tiles in the garden and one hanging precariously on the corner of the gutter, so had to ring the council and report it.  But I know this is very minor compared to alot of people, and my heart goes out to you all if you have been hit by the awful floods with more to come, and many without power too.  Mum only said last night, that we are quite lucky in this part of the country and we are.

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The card I want to show you today is a Tatty Teddy stamped image coloured with  Promarkers.

I kept it very CAS, no embellishments except a couple of gems and spare bits from Peeloffs.

Keep safe.

xxxxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ---------

Crafty Little Fairies - Teddies

Crafty Bloggers Challenge - All About Boys

More Love

Good Morning All

I made this card because when I saw the verse I just thought it was so perfect for a Valentine.  Very simple, just added a great big organza bow and used the same ribbon as a 

background.

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And this is my little Valentine, he came to visit me at Mums last night.

Just look at those eye lashes, I spend money to get eyelashes that long!!!!!  He is so happy and placid, he just lays there and chats away to himself.

                                                             This is my Mum with him. 

 I had to get the doctor out to see her today as her lower leg has swollen badly and there are small water blisters there, which he told us is the start of cellulitis and we did the right thing calling him out.  So she is now on even more tablets to add to the load she already has to take, but they are all for a reason.  My other son is coming up on Friday to see Mum and the bonus is, Hollie is coming too so the whole family will be here.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Crafty Ribbons - AG + Ribbon
Rhedd &  Rosie - Love is in the Air
Bunny Zoes - Hearts / Love
Deep Ocean Challenge  71 - Love is all Arounds
Nutcrafters Challenge 61 - A Little Bit Of Love