Mad for Embellishing

Good Morning All

Ladybug Crafts challenge this month was 'Mad for Embellishing', But Sarah seems to  have gone AWOL, but I will post this anyway

I added butterflies, the pink ones from Mei Flower, the silver ones punched from Dufex.  Parchment flowers with gem centres and a homemade sentiment tag with twine, and finally some square gems in the corner.  The big flower in the centre is a cut out one that I have had in stash for years !!!

xxxxx

Wendy L

Summer Crafting for Ladybug

Good Afternoon All

Blimey, three posts today, and this one is my DT for Ladybug Crafts.

Sorry it has worked out this way but I have tried to space them out.

Samantha wants your take on Summer Crafting, so, to me that really means anything so I chose this lovely paper from Marij Rahder 'Pot Pourri' with sunflowers.

The dies used were a freebie with my Cut N Boss called Classic Collection.  I used the corner die to make a frame.  The flowers were from my stash and I added gem centres.

Pop over to the challenge blog and have a go at this nice easy theme.

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Wendy L

Special Birthday

Good Morning All
My second post today is for

this months challenge at Ladybug Crafts and it is a 'Special Birthday'.

I made this lovely card for a 60th Birthday.

I have used the Sue Wilson California Collection die for the centre piece and Friend sentiment.  The corners are Memory Box.  I found the lovely  leaf ribbon in the local China store.  The crackled look paper is from LOTV .  I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out.

Pop over to the blog and have a go at this challenge. 

xxxx

Wendy L

Use Your Dies

Good Morning All

Ladybug Crafts Challenge this month is 'Use Your Dies'.

I used Marianne Large Butterfly and Small Butterfly dies,  Sue Wilson California Collection for the sentiment and Bevelled Glass Striplet for the main part.

Homemade bead pins with a sticky gem flourish from Zva Creatives. I made the felt flower after watching a Sue Wilson You tube video.

I hope you like it and will pop over to the challenge blog and have a go yourselves.

xxxxx

Wendy L
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CHALLENGES
Get Creative Challenge - Butterflies
Crazy Challenge - Use Ribbon or Lace
Crafting When We Can - Bling it Up
Crafty Calender - Wings

Fave Colour for Ladybug Crafts

Good Morning All

Ladybug crafts challenge this month is to use your fave colour.

It is quite hard to choose my fave colour on a card, as when I make a card, I think that I love that colour, as I did with this one.  I do think peach and brown go well together, then again, I like pink and blue, pink and black, blue and white etc etc etc etc.
The brown corner die is one borrowed from a craft friend at our meeting so I,m not sure what it is, possibly a Tonic one, Val may be able t comment on this and tell me.
The butterfly is a Spellbinders I think, again it has been in my 'die cut' draw for ages, as has the stamped sentiment.  Bead pins and pearl hoops made by me.
I,m pleased with this card and hope you are too.

xxxxx
Wendy L

LADYBUG - Anything Goes

Good Morning All

Wow it is getting so hot here already, we have had temps of 25 to 30. And I am going to help a friend this morning cleaning 2 apartments, stupid or what for volunteering!!!!!
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Ladybug Challenge is up and running again after Samantha had been unwell, she is back to fitness again.

The theme is Anything Goes and I made this ribbon weaved card.  It is similar to the one I made for Mothers Day HERE

I weaved the ribbon onto a  piece of card and taped the ends underneath, then mounted it onto a larger piece of card and did some faux stitching around the edges.  Added a crochet flower and added a flower brad for the centre.

I,m quite pleased with how this one turned out but it did use quite alot of ribbon, not that I haven't got alot to use  LOL !!!!!!!

Why not pop over to the challenge blog and join in.

xxxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES
Creative Card Crew - Homemade Flowers

Through The Craftroom Door - AG
Artistic Inspirations - AG with twist of Flowers
Through The Purple Haze - AG
Ends end April
Suzy Bees Bloomin Challenge - AG

Cute Critters

Good Morning All
I was a good girl while I was in UK and did NOT buy any crafty stuff, I am so determined to use alot of the stash I have.  I was given some though when I was with John Next Door at
 Creative Expression HQ, so thank you to everyone there, especially Tracy.
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Ladybug Crafts Challenge this month is

Cute Critters.
Just had an update and I,m not sure if there is going to be a challenge this month.

I used an LOTV topper featuring these cute bunnies.  The white lacy die cuts are part of a Tonic die that belongs to one of my craft buddies here in Spain so I cant count this one in my challenge.  All the rest is from stash.


xxxxx
Wendy L

Say It With Flowers

Good Morning All

And a Very Happy New Year to you all.

This month Ladybug Crafts Challenge is

Say it with Flowers.

I used flowery Paper from a Kate Knight pad and topped it with a Tonic die cut owned by my craft buddy Val.

Decorated it with a Gem butterfly from local China shop, Cheery Lynn Roses, S/B Scalloped Circle, pearls and charm.

Pop over to challenge blog for details.

This is DAY 1 of my personal challenge to myself to use ALL my dies.  I have not counted them so, as yet, I dont know how many I have.  I dare say that there wont be as many as some of you  have. I know from personal experience that John Next Door has hundreds!!!!!  His work space is like a shop.!!!!!!

So I will highlight the dies used and keep a running total at the end of each post.

So the two used today are ones that I use alot of the time.

Dies Total = 2

xxxx

Wendy L

It's Cold Outside

Good Morning All

The challenge this month at Ladybug Crafts is - It's Cold Outside.

Interpret this how you wish.

While I was away on holiday I took my scissors and decoupage with me and this is one of the images I cut out, a cute snowman.  So it has to be cold outside for one of these !!!!

xxxxx
Wendy L

Bright Colours

Good Morning All

I hope this posts OK as we are on the high seas.

Ladybug Crafts Challenge is 'Bright Colours' so get your sun specs on!!!

This is all stuff that was given to me and I think it came, originally from Create & Craft.  I did  teabag folding, added flowers and leaf die cuts.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Autumn or Halloween

Good Morning All

Second post from me today.

Ladybug Crafts Challenge this month is Autumn or Halloween, so for me, it had to be Autumn as I dont do Halloween really.  I did one when I was on the DT for Love to Create but it is not something I usually do as no-one wants a Halloween card here.

I went for Autumn colours, I used a Sue Wilson California Die, various leaf and flower dies in greens and browns, creams, tan.  Homemade bead thingys  under the ribbon and a homemade a sentiment tag.

xxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES
Inky Chicks 39 - Die Cuts Only
Deep Ocean Challenge 87- At least one flower
Die Cuttin Divas 185 - AG
Open Minded Crafting 20 - Autumn
Ends 11th Oct

Cute Critters

Good Morning All

Stupid me nearly forgot to post this one, got my mind on other things, Hollie and Noah being two of them.  Hoping now that Noah maybe coming out here within the next week, Yippee.

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Time For the Monthly Challenge at Ladybug Crafts and it is Anything Goes.

I used a LOTV topper of the cute little mices playing around in the potting shed.

My minds Eye paper, Cheery Lynn Roses die for the flowers and homemade sentiment tags and bead pin.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Fave Colour

Good Morning All

The challenge this month at Ladybug Crafts is 'Favourite Colour'.

Not that it  is a hard one because I love pink, some shades of green but I think purple and / or  lilac has got to be the winner.

Decoupage teddy
Die cut recycled form one of Johns cards and I added pearls
Homemade Hat pin and ribbon

xxxxx
Wendy L

Summer Flowers

Good Morning All

This morning is the start of  a new challenge at Ladybug Crafts and Samantha has chosen a theme of 'Summer Flowers' so this opens the floodgates for us flower lovers.

A very CAS card for me, the circle die is borrowed from John next Door who will be next door no more soon,  he is moving back to the UK this month, Boohoo.

There are punched flowers from handmade paper and some bought ones from Ebay.  Paper was a magazine freebie and punched butterflies from offcuts of Dufex decoupage sheets.

xxxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES
Natalie & Amy - Summertime (I used summer bright colours)
Fantastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Tuesday Thowdown - Anything Goes

Something for the Boys

Good Morning All

As it is the 1st of the month, it is time for a new challenge at Ladybug Crafts and the theme is 'Something for the Boys'  or  'Use Dies'

I used this cute LOTV topper, I do love these, and it is pre coloured too.  Matted it onto brown and beige card,  inked the edges, and made it into an easel.  Added gems and sentiments, ribbon and cut a doily to edge the sides and top.

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

xxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES
My Sheri Crafts 134 - Masculine
My Time to Craft 250 - No Designer Paper
Wedodoobadoo Challenge - Different shapes
Come & Get it Challenge - 2 or more folds
Bearly Mine Challenge - One for the Boys
Countryview Crafts - Only Men Allowed

Favourite Embellishment

Good Morning All

My second post this morning is for Ladybug Crafts Challenge and this month Samantha has chosen a great theme of 

Fave Embellishment.

Wow, so easy for me 'cos that has got to be Flowers -Handmade, punched, bought, die-cut - whatever, any shape or form, I love flowers.

All the flowers I used on this one are bought.

In fact I  have used most of my fave embellishments on this card - ribbon, bead pin, crochet flower, charm (says 'Friend')

The picture is recycled from some bits and bobs given to me by Linda (Animal Aid).  I have used them before on my cards and I love the 'Vintage' look of them.

The paper is 'Spring Chic' Me to You, mounted on peachy coloured card.

Pop over to the Challenge blog and have a go with this nice easy one.

xxxxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES
Creative Knockout 35 Flowers Galore
A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power
CRAFT Challenge 257 - Make your own Embellishment ( crochet flower)
Crafty Ribbons - AG + ribbon

Here Comes Spring

Good Morning All

It's the first of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Ladybug Crafts Challenge. 

 Samantha has chosen 'Here Comes Spring'
I chose to use this lovely decoupage image of bright yellow flowers.

The picture looks abit blue but that is because of the background. (Note to self, never use a coloured background, use white).  The base card is white and matted with yellow card  and blue patterned paper, a doily, afew gems and a couple of corner peeloffs.

Hope you like it and will pop over to the challenge blog and have a go.
CHALLENGES
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes with Easter Colours
Melonheadz Friends - Time for Spring
Fantastic Tuesday 29 - Use Pattered Paper
Pile it On - Floral Fantasies
Milk Coffee Challenge - Welcome Spring
Bearly Mine Challenges - Spring

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Look at this little cutie, Noah is now 4 months old and growing into a stunner, eyes to die for.

xxxxx
Wendy L

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

Be Mine

Good Morning All

The month of Love - Valentines Day on the 14th, and that is the theme for Ladybug Crafts Challenge this month - 'Be Mine'

I used Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis' squares cut with Cuttlebug and very simply layered them on top of embossed white card.

Added some satin scarlett ribbon tied into a triple bow and added a gorgeous diamante charm on the top.

 I  put 'With All My Love' so that it can be used for any occasion.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Open Minded Challenge 3 - Show some Love
A Creative Romance - Show us some Love
Jellypark Challenge - Lots of Love
Cuttlebug Mania - Show us some Love for Valentines
Dream Valley Challenge - No Designer Paper
Crafty Calender - Love is all around
  

Give Thanks

Good Morning All

   I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year and, hopefully, a healthy, prosperous and crafty one.   

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It is time for a new challenge at Ladybug Crafts and a great theme of 'Give Thanks', very apt for the new year.

 Please excuse the reflection on these pics, but it is the acetate.

I used a 6 x 6 scalloped square card blank.  I do love these cards, I bought some more while I was in the UK in December.

I cut an aperture out with a Scalloped circle die and added acetate to make a window.

Cut, then matted and layered orange and white card.

I used Marianne Creatables dies LR 0106 and LR 0107 to make the flowers and cut the leaves.  Added tiny gems to the centres.

I stamped a sentiment onto a small scalloped circle.  I inked all the edges of the circle and the flowers.

I made a bead pin with an orange butterfly bead, added a button with twine tied through it.  Added a satin ribbon  round the top  (this was to hide my wonky layering)  LOL and tied it in a bow in the corner

Inside I used a decoupaged flower, mounted onto a scalloped circle to show through the window.





You have the full month of January to enter so pop over and have fun.
xxxxx
Wendy L