Anything But Christmas

Good Morning All

The Allsorts Challenge this week is set by Jo and she must be fed up of Christmas as she has chosen the theme of 'Anything But Christmas'  LOL.

I have gone back to my loved decoupage.  Used my Heartfelt Creations from Spellbinders to decorate a gate fold card.  Decorated the band that  holds the card shut with ribbon and bling.

The sentiment is a freebie from Nettys blog HERE.

I just matted and layered the decoupage flowers on cream and yellow card.

Pearl butterflies and square gems added, these have been in my stash for years and need to be used.

Sponsors  -----

Digi Stamp    

will give 6 images.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Crafts Too Challenge You - Dec Natural and add a flower
   Ends end Dec
Crafty Catz - Two or more dies
    Ends 14th Dec
Crafty Creations - Anything but Christmas
    Ends 11th Dec
Pennys Paper Crafty Challenge - Tic Tac Toe  Ribbon, Pearl, Bow
     Ends 11th Dec
Rhedd & Rosie Challenge - Use old stash
    Ends 17th Dec

Flowers

Good Morning All

A busy day today as I have my 'fat club' and then it is our Spanish Christmas lunch and also MIL here at the moment to keep J. company while I,m in UK. (Going Sunday Whoopeeeeeee.)

More decoupage today.  Do you ever make a card and really, really like it.  I did with this one.

I have had this die cut decoupage for years and I needed some 'Get Well'  and  'Sympathy' cards for my charities so I am using alot of flower decoupage.

I made a hinged card and the pink card used for matting is a recycled birthday card (people give me their old cards and I recycle them by using the plain coloured card to emboss or mat and layer.)

The heart paper been in stash for years, I think it was free in Cardmaking Magazine.

The leaf die is Marianne Creatables CR 1253.

Stamped sentiment onto a pink label die cut and tied twine through the holes.

xxxxx

Wendy L




CHALLENGES ----
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes +
    Ends 10th Dec
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
    Ends 10th Dec

Time for a Sketch

Good Morning All
My second post today as two challenges start on the same day.

There is a sketch (see it on challenge blog)  for this weeks challenge at Moving Along With The Times  design by Hazel.  I have twisted it around for my DT card.

I coloured this lovely image from the sponsor with my Promarkers, tied a piece of rafia around the top and simply matted and layered with ornage and mustard card.

Scrappers Delight are sponsoring us  for this weeks challenge.

Have fun.

xxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Crafty Creations  251 - Anything except Christmas
    Ends 11th Dec
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
    Ends 11th Dec

All Distressed

Good Morning All

Charisma Challenge time again and the theme is 'All Distressed'.

I dont do distressed or Shabby very well but here goes.

I used an image from the sponsor - Time for Tea Designs.

Homemade sentiment tags with rafia and a feather.

All mounted onto Coredinations card, embossed and distressed.

The image coloured with Promarkers, inked on edge and mounted onto purple Coredinations and distressed on the edges.

Sponsors this week are --

Bunny Zoes Crafts

Time for Tea Designs

The Stamping Chef

Have fun

xxxxx

Wendy L

'Sisters'

Good Morning All

Counting the days now until I get to UK to see all my family, everything ready to go in suitcase, cards and pressies wrapped.

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Another decoupage today and this one is from Joanna Sheen and is a Faye Whittaker image.

I used -

Cream lace

Negatives from edging die cuts

Odd bits of paper and card from stash

Sentiment is  from Jak Heath HERE

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----

Humphrey and Geese

Good Morning All

A lovely Humphrey card for you today, my beloved decoupage from Crafters Companion, and quite abit of matting and layering.

I tried to make it look like he was looking over the wall at the geese.  The papers are from a Forever Friends 6 x 6 pad and added afew gems and a sentiment tied with twine.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
Ribbon Carousel 188 - Anything Goes
    Ends end Dec
Crafters Companion - Ribbon Twine Thread
   Ends end Dec

Hexagon Box

Good Morning All

I made this cute little box the other day when I was exploring you tube and now I cant find the link, sorry.

I have decorated it up today as I am going to give it to my sister when I go back to the UK on Sunday (next week).  She found out afew months ago that she has leukemia and now she is on tablets for however many years it takes to get her platelets to the correct level in her blood.  They are making her feel pretty yuk.  But she does not give in to them and is still running round after my Mum and her own family, looking after her great grandson too.  She has insured car for me while I am there, so I will take over the running Mum round and taking her to hospital as she has a hip replacement done while I,m there.

I will put some yummy chocs inside and some money that I owe her for insuring her car for me.




I added various buttons onto each side.

I love this button with 'jackpot' on it, could this be an omen for the lottery?

I added some homemade tags.

I tied the top together with some plaited string that I acquired off a belt from the charity shop.

The origami boxes I made a while ago HERE I am taking back with me and giving one each to my daughters in law (sort of) filled with chocs too.  

I have done a trial pack today to make sure everything fits in my case.  I have got pressies and cards to give out.  I will be seeing Hollie too as they are travelling upto the North West and staying at my Mums for a couple of nights.  We are all going out for a meal on Sunday night so that will be lovely having both my boys and both my grand children with me, first time I will set eyes on Noah, my new grandson, doing well by the way.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Challenges 4 Everybody # 34 - Anything Goes
    Ends 7th Dec
Dream Valley Challenge # 71 - Anything but a card
   Ends 13th Dec
Crazy 4 Challenge - C4 C 214
   Ends 7th Dec
Craftitude - Button Up
    Ends 13th Dec

Crafty Ribbons Event

Good Afternoon All

This is a post from Crafty  Ribbons.

We are going to be having another one of our fabulous events,yes it's time for our Christmas Advent Event which will run from 1st December through to the 24th December....

Each day we will be highlighting a different Craft Company or Shop,the Design Team will be posting cards/projects on  the Inspiration blog and on their blogs each day there will also be a prize from the highlighted Company up for grabs that's 24 prizes  in total and you can enter each day,only one entry per person per day to make it fair,so make sure to become a follower and remember the Christmas Advent will start at 8.30am (GMT) on the 1st December the Design Team hope you will all join in the fun and countdown to Christmas with us....... 

This sounds like fun don't you think?

xxxxxxx

Wendy L

Christmas / Winter

Good Morning All

I was asked a while ago,  by the lovely Sam Healy, if I would like to join her Ladybug Crafts Challenge team.   I said 'yes' straight away, so here goes. You can enter upto 3 times with any type of hand crafted art.

I used -
Silver mirri card
Homemade bead pin
Christmas tree die (from John Next Door) used on sticky back glitter paper
Ribbon
Circle Sentiment from Netty HERE
Swiss Dots Embossing folder

I took this card with me to the craft meeting on Thursday because a lady had come the week before and she wanted to make s couple of Christmas cards for her daughters.  This lady had never crafted before, and I have since found out that she has suffered a brain hemorrhage in the past, so her dexterity was a tad slow, but she made two cards featuring a tree like this which I had previously cut out.  She was so happy to have done this and was made up with the cards she had made.  She wants to make one for her Grandson next week so I,m cutting some decoupage out for her as a topper.

xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ---
Crafty Hands Challenge - Sparkle and Bling
   Ends 13th Dec
Crafty Ribbons # 72 - Anything goes + ribbon
  Ends 5th Dec
Scrappers Delight - Make it Sparkle
   Ends 11th Dec
City Crafter - Snowwhite
Corrosive Challenge  # 188 - Happy Holidays
   Ends 8th Dec

Christmas Carol or Song

Good Morning All

Allsorts  Challenge time and the theme has been chosen by Catherine and she wants to see creations that have been inspired by a Carol or a Song.

I chose this sweet angel image from the sponsor Digi Darla and the Carol is 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' by Charles Wesley.

I used ---

Digi Darla image coloured with Promarkers

Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum die B311

Forever Friends paper

Spellbinders Labels 6

Sponsors are ----

Digi Darla       will give 5 images of choice.     

Crafty Ribbons      

Have fun.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Jellypark Challenge - Christmas
   Ends end Dec
Totally Papercrafts - Hohoholidays
Country view Crafts - Bah Humbug
   Ends end Dec
A Gem of a Challenge -Winter Wonderland
   Ends 6th Dec

Rainbow Parchment

Good Morning All

Nanna here LOL.  Baby Noah doing well, he was 8.10oz so quite big and doing well.  They are sending her home today even though she had a bit of a rough time.  They do kick them out so quick these days.

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I have just finished this piece of parchment and I think I have done it previously (I keep all my patterns, never throw anything away LOL).  I mounted it onto rainbow card.  I,m not sure which sentiment to add yet, I may just wait until I decide who to give it to, but I think I will make a parchment sentiment, by this, I mean words embossed onto parchment then pricked and cut out.

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This is a pic of Noah that his Mum emailed me showing the blanket I crocheted for him and gave to them when I was there in August.  Sleeping so peacefully !!!!!

xxxxxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----

Unstampabelles - Use Vellum

Bearly Mine # 114 - Anything Goes
  

He's Arrived

Good Morning All

He has arrived, no not Santa, Noah.  He made his entrance at 1.30am UK time.

I cant wait now to get over there to give him, and them, (Mum & Dad)  a cuddle.

I am back into my parchment now and have made afew creations.  I have a fan on the go but have to make each piece separately so will take me a while.  As that project is ongoing, I work on another piece at the same time, this is one I completed last week.  I think it is so beautiful. all whitework mounted onto deep purple card.

xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Unstampabelles - Use Vellum   Chosen as guest designer for a month
 

House Mouse

Good Morning All

Still no news on the baby front but living in hope that they take her in today - watch this space.

I do love these cute images from Joanna Sheen.

I used  -

Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms die for flowers

Memory Box Corner die

Papers been in stash for years

The sentiment is a freebie from (I think, couldn't see them on her blog today) Desertdiva's blog  (if anyone knows definately please let me know then I can give her the full thanks and link.

xxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Joanna Sheen - Lets Celebrate
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
    Ends 7th Dec

Bring on the Bling

Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge this week is 'Bring on the Bling' chosen by Tracy.

I have kept my card fairly simple, but decorative, I hope .

I used ----

1" wide ruby satin ribbon

Spellbinders Pendants 'In Spades'

Embossing folder

Ruby coloured card.
Lots of ruby and diamond gems

Sponsors are ----

Whiff of Joy       A stamp of winners choice.                         My Heart Pieces    4 images of winners choice.

 

xxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Ribbon Girl- November white on white
Crafty Hands Challenge - Sparkle and  Bling
   Ends 6th Dec
Totally Papercarfts - Add a Bow
Papercrafting Journey - Bling it Up

A Good Morning

Good Morning All

The craft meeting yesterday was nearly cancelled due to the bar where we meet being broken into over night, so the owner had to make a trip to the Guardia Civil.  There can be alot of burglary here due to there being no state help, so people get desperate.  Anyway, one of the ladies suggested we went to her house and it was wonderful.  This lady, Jackie, is into scrap booking, so we had a good look through her books and got lots of ideas.  Then I showed  a couple of the ladies how to make the box book like this one HERE.  Jackie goes back to the UK next week for afew months so she will be missed.  I do hope we can carry on meeting, as the others, and I, do enjoy it as we all seem to be into different crafts, which is great.  We also had a new lady join us, Margaret and she said she will be back next week to learn more as she does not do any crafting YET.

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I made afew quick cards the other day from my Humphrey pack from Crafters Companion.

These are both flat images so I matted and layered onto various coloured card.

Quite simple this one, added string with a little elephant charm which I thought was quite cute.

A couple of gems too.

CHALLENGES ---
The Crafters Cafe # 38 - Use Metal
    

Tried to do a bit of a different design here for a change.  Using Spellbinders Scalloped circle, matted and layered for the larger image and smaller ones inside.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Music Inspired

Good Morning All

Moving Along With The Times  Challenge time again and the theme is 'Music'.  When I saw this one I knew what I wanted to use.  When I was away I did some cutting out (decoupage) and this is one I did.  Some of these sheets were given to me by Linda from Animal Aid.  There are loads of different designs and there is also pricking marks on the back so it makes the pattern on the front.

I mounted it onto a green mirri card and then onto a  6 x 6 scalloped card blank.  Added afew gems and a piece of raffia tied into a bow.

Pop over to the challenge blog and have fun.
xxxx
Wendy L
PS.
Still no baby news, she had a sweep yesterday and will go in on Monday if nothing happened by then.  All new fangle dangle language since my birthing days!!!1
xxxxxx

CHALLENGES ---
The Paper Shelter # 138 Christmas is Coming
 

Box Book

Good Morning All

I went to work at the charity shop yesterday and managed for 3 hours then I had to come home, headache, sore throat and feeling really yuk.  So I came home, had some homemade soup and went to bed, I thought I had slept for about half an hour when John came in with a cuppa for me, but when I looked at the clock it was 4.50 so I had been in bed for nearly 3 hours!!!!!    I still have a really sore throat this morning, I thought I was getting over this the other day but I may have to go and get some antibiotics, see how it goes today.

I made this box book last night while he was watching footy.

Each side is 1/2" deep so the whole book is 1" thick.


I followed the tutorial on HERE on Fabulously Artsy blog ,and it was very easy.

I,m going to cut the card out to take to the craft class on Thursday, so long as I feel OK.  It is just a 8 x 9" piece of sturdy card, 2 brads or buttons and embellishments as required.

No baby news yet but they go to hospital today, again, so watch this space!!!

xxxxx

Wendy

CHALLENGES --
Bunny Zoes - Vintage, Shabby Chic
    Ends mid December
Craft Your Passion - Buttons 
All Craft Challenges - Anything but a Card
Created With Love Challenge - 67 - Anything Goes
   

Thank You

Good Morning All

Hope you are all well, I,m still feeling a little yukky with this cold, but Heyho, thats life and it could be worse. It has gone quite cold here and besides the quilt I had to have a blanket last night too. I saw my neighbour yesterday and she was wearing one of these 'onzies' that are fashionable as she was so cold, personally, I think they are bloomin' awful.

 I went to a local market yesterday morning without my coat, just a cardigan, and I was perished, so I quickly bought what I needed, mostly fruit and veg, and came home.  I had a lovely Saturday sorting the spare bedroom wardrobes out, swapping stuff over, looking through my craft stash etc etc.  Also I wrote some of my Christmas cards out, getting them ready to bring with me to the UK to post.  Just 3 weeks today and I will be on my way, I just hope my new Grandson has decided to make an appearance by then.  When they went to hospital on Wednesday, he did not want to make  his way out so  they left him alone for another week at least!!!

 I  just found out this week that the fair has been cancelled on 30th Nov so I have a load of Christmas cards to get rid of plus other bits I have been making - boxes, wall hangers etc.  I,m quite annoyed  but there is nothing I can do about it, I will ring my charity ladies to see if they want  some more to sell.

Moving on, I want to thank you all for following my blog and welcome my new ladies too, so here is a little 'Thank You' card for you all.

I have been taking lessons from John Next Door on bow tying!!!
Cheery Lynn roses
Sentiment from Netty HERE
Swiss dots embossed card
Marianne Creatables  Ivy LR 0206
Nellies Multi Frame circle  MFD 030

Have a lovely Sunday
xxxx
Wendy L

Make a Gift

Good Morning All

It has gone abit colder here in Spain, or it may just be me, coming back from holidays.  I,ve had to put the summer quilt on the bed and get the winter clothes out of boxes.  I swap over the summer clothes with the winter ones every spring and autumn.  I leave afew out because we do have some hot days in winter occasionally.  Not moaning though, I do love this time of year.  Hollie (Dad) skyped me last night to show her new winter coat (waiting pics from Mum), a gorgeous Little Red Riding Hood coat, soooo cute.
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Allsorts Challenge time again and the theme this week is 'Make A Gift' and it has been set by Sarah. I made a gift voucher or money  card.

This is the inside where I have made a pouch for a voucher or money to go.

I used ------
Image from Passion for Stamps coloured with Promarkers
Homemade sentiment tags and a heart brad
Handmade lilac embossed paper
Purple card
Tiny envelope and card inside pocket for decoration but pocket made to `put a gift voucher in.
Our Sponsors this week are --
Passion for Stamps

   Will give winner 4 images of choice

The Craft Barn will give 15GBP to spend online

xxxxx

Wendy L

Feeling Better

Good Morning All

Feeling much better today, as I was yesterday thank goodness.  It has been a rough couple of days though.

Our little craft meeting went well yesterday morning, there was only five of us, but I think everyone enjoyed it.  There was a couple of ladies who are into scrap-booking rather than card making, which was great.  They brought some of their own stash to work with and were asked to bring some of their completed pages next week as the rest of us would like to see them and get into scrap-booking abit more.  Yesterday I showed them how to do the poinsettias  like these HERE.  And then they asked how I made the paper boxes like these HERE.  I think they all enjoyed the morning, I know I did, and hope to see afew more next week.
Fat club later this morning and I dont think the scales will be kind to me!!!!!!  Five and Six course meals each evening on the cruise ship do not do me any favours!!!!!! but they all tasted good!!!!!

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I made this lovely card the before I went away and thought I would show it to you as it incorporates a Tim Holtz flower using the same method as talked about above.

I used - 

Silver mirri card embossed with 'swiss dots' folder

Silver edged ribbon

Sentiment from stash (ages old)

Recycled Christmas card with crochet edge

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
As You Like It - Spots or Stripes I prefer spots, use this embossing folder loads
  
Divas by Design - Snowy
Creative Corner - Let it Snow