Homemade Pins

Good Evening All
I just wanted to show you some of the pins I have made from my stash of beads and from some  bracelets I have bought today.  See my candy pics to see more of the gorgeous charms I get from these bracelets.  They are only 1 euro each, thats about 80p.  I think they are a real bargain.

I use the pin heads that I use for jewellery - earrings, necklaces etc.  They  are probably not as strong as proper hat pins but when they are stuck to a card I dont think it matters.   I shall be putting some in my candy.  I hope you like them and will join in with my candy to celebrate the birth of my grand daughter when she does arrive
xxxx
Wendy L

Challenge------
My Mums Craft Shop # 65 - No Cards Allowed
  

Lilac flowers

Good Afternoon All

I hope all is well with you.

Todays card is one of my favourites - lilac, flowers and pretty things.

Square aperture card and I made a criss cross trellis over aperture
Spellbinders blossoms
Punched flowers and bought ones too
Peeloff butterflies stuck on acetate and cut out
Narrow organza lilac ribbon
Everything else from stash

I just love lilacs and flowers and I hope you do to.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Challenges -------
Anything Goes # 71 - Lavender and Lace
Mishelflos Monthly Challenge - Blooming Birthdays
Lexis Creations # 69 - Friends    Whoop I Won This One
Whimsy inspirations challenge#47 - Monochromatic

It's a Man Thing

Good Morning All
Hope all is well with everyone and you all had a nice weekend.

Todays card or, rather, creation is one I have had made for ages and ages.  I just decided to get it out and decorate it up to get on the stall next week.  With it being shades of grey, I decided to make it a male card.  So all I have done is stick some ready made embellishments on it and afew peeloffs - Husband and Happy Birthday.
                                                                   FRONT

BACK

MIDDLE

I,m sure what you would call this style of card but I think I found it on You tube.  What a mine of information that is, you can find out how to do anything on there.  That is where I learnt how to colour with my Promarkers.

Dont forget to leave a comment on my candy if you would like to be in the draw too.

xxxx
Wendy L

Challenges ---------.

Always Crafting Creative Mondays # 11 - For Men

Milk Coffee Challenge - Looking for Sports Creations

   

Sassy

Good Morning All

Another week flown by and time for another challenge at Love to Create.  This week the sponsor is Sassy Studios and they will give the winner 2 images.  Photo inspired theme.
I used too love roller skating when I was a youngster, many years ago!!!!!  Takes me back to the long summer holidays.

My card for the DT is one of their images called Sassy Roller and I coloured her with Promarkers in the given colours of pinks, greens, blues and yellows.
Pink gems from Zva Creations that I won a while ago

I hope you will join in and have fun with this challenge.  I love the images from Sassy Studio.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Challenges---------------
Crafty Calender - July - Fun in the Sun - Option of sparkle
Incy Wincy - Summertime
Totally Papercrafts # 124 - Here comes Summer

Happy Birthday Son

Good Afternoon All
I,m upstairs with TV on watching the mens final at Wimbledon while John watches the Grand Prix downstairs.  I thought I would post this while I watch it.
This is  a criss cross card with a smaller card inside
The images are from Daisy & Dandelion rub ons and everything  else from stash.  Not too sure about lace and doillies on a male card but I think it looks OK.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Challenges ------
Craft Your Days Away  # 49- Doillies and Lace
Shopping Our Stash # 58- Triple Threat
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge # 140 - Spots

Acetate Baby Card

Good Afternoon All
Hope you are all good today and those of you that live in the UK, not too damp.  We are watching the qualifying for the Grand Prix and the weather looks awful.  I spoke to my son this morning, in the North West, and he said it was quite nice there, sohopefully, you all may be having good weather.

I saw this idea on C&C a while ago.  The front of the card is cut and a piece of acelate inserted to replace the card cut away.  I decided to use a border punch on each edge.  The gem swirls are from Zva Creations that I won a while ago on a blog hop. Ribbon, tag (New Baby) and embellishment were bought in USA quite afew years ago.
 think it looks pretty and sweet, hope you do too.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Challenges-----------------

Shopping Our Stash # 58 - Triple Threat
CBGM # 7 - Use acetate
  

Xmas

Good Evening All

I,ve been watching the tennis today and still watching Murray and Tsonga.

Todays card is a Christmas one.  Over on Docrafts I joined in Snoflakes challenge to make a Christmas card every week and this week I have made quite afew.  In November 2010, I was in the UK and I bought a couple of magazines.  One was Making Cards and I cant remember the other one but it had a great big bag of Crafters Companion Christmas papers and decoupage.   I still have some left for this year  and this is what I have been using.

Is is a lovely cute decoupage of two penguins on a sledge.
6 x 6 white card blank.
Green Mirri card from C&C

It seems so strange making Christmas cards when it is 35 degree heat.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Challenges----------

Lollipop Challenge # 84 - Christmas in July
Crafters Companion # 26 - Ho hoho its Christmas
Cropstop #79- Show us some Love
Hooked on Craft # 22 - Christmas in July

Summer Holidays

Good Morning all

Today is the start of a brand new monthly Forever Friends Challenge and this month we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.  The theme is Summer Holidays.

For my card I chose 2 bugaboo images (because I,m greedy) and coloured with my Promarkers.  I made a double twisted easel from a DL bright yellow card blank.  Put tangerine paper for an insert.  Some ice cream sundaes paper from stash (I think it was a freebie in a magazine).  Added some Papermania spotty buttons, Forever Friends sentiments strip, peeloff Happy Birthday and a homemade sentiment for easel stand.

Dont forget - the winner can choose 7 Bugaboo Digis

And the favourite chosen by the team wins a gorgeous Forever Friends paper pad

So pop over and enter this months challenge and have fun.

Wendy L

xxxx

Challenges ------------
Tuesday Throwdown # 104  - Summertime
Tuesday Alchemy # 21 - Anything Goes
Truly Madly Crafty  July Challenge - Animals
Paperplay week 27 - Happy Birthday

Rock & Roll

Good Morning All

My card today is  a Bugaboo Digi 'You Rock' and is coloured with Promarkers.  Very plain and simple.

Just 1 button for embellishment
A6 white card blank
Matted and layered onto blue  card
Sentiment is peeloffs on blue card

Just abit of fun really

xxx
Wendy L

Challenges ------

I Brake for a Challenge - Red White & Blue
I Love Promarkers # 124 - Music
Divas by Design #42 - Red White & Blue
Whimsey Challenge # 46 - Anything Goes
Cards For Men # 14 -  Happy Birthday
Kaboodle Doodle # 126 - It's a Boys Life

Girl Paddling

Good Afternoon All
My card today is a gorgeous dufex decoupage of a  little girl paddling and holding onto her bucket.

6 x 6 white card blank
Quilled flower
Homemade sentiments (just noticed - the one under ribbon says Happy Birthday)
Tags chalked on edges

Have fun
xxxx
Wendy L
Callenges -----

Papertake Weekly -Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy # 21 - Anything Goes
Ribbon Girl - July challenge
Make it Monday # 96
Bunny Zoes Challenge # 25 - Girls girls girls

Stars & Stripes

Good Morning All

A week has flown by and it,s time again for another new Challenge at Love to Create.  Wow last week we had loads of entries and some amazing ones too.  This week we are sponsored, once again, by Bugaboo Stamps and the winner can choose digis to the value of $21 - brilliant hey?

My card for the DT is a Bugaboo digi and, I have to admit, I had to look up what colours the Stars and Stripes had to be.

5 x5 card blank
Digi coloured with Promarkers
Everything used from my stash (as you know I am on a drive to use some of my older stuff)
Except I did buy the Sissix scalloped square dies last week when I went to craft shop with my mate John next door.!!!!!!  As you know they just jumped into my hand.
I have started to write my sentiments on computer.
I hope you like it.
xxxxxx
Wendy L


Challenges ---------
Cute card Thursday - Patriotic
Sentimental Sunday  # 109-  Be Patriotic
Incy Wincy - Patriotic colours 
Totally Papercrafts - Can you digi it
Make it Monday  # 96 -
2 Sisters Challenge # 98 - 2nd Blogaversary
Paper Playtime # 78 - Red White Blue + diecuts

Different Fold

Good Morning All

Hope you are all well  on the first day of July.

For my card today I just wanted to try something abit different.

I used -
36 x 12 cm cream card and folded into 3 equal pieces then made a swing piece on the first one.
Kate Knight 'Totally Tropical' Summer papers
White peeloffs
Spellbinders scallooped circle and oval dies
Marianne bitterfly die
Joanna Sheen freebie green flowers shaped sentiment
Lilac organza ribbon with metal tag recycled from a bracelet
Round sentiment freebie from Jak Heath blog
Something a little different and I hope you like it

xxx
Wendy L
ps.
I will get Candy together and post on here ASAP

Challenges-------

Crafty Catz # 139 - Show us your Metal
Card Crafters Circle # 29 - Construction Card
Fussy Fancy Friday # 66- Fancy Folds
Divas by Design # 41 - Tag you,re It
Try it on Tuesday - Anything Goes
Hiding in my Craftroom # 52 - Freestyle
  

Pariotic colours

Good Morning All

I tried posting this early today when I was up because I couldn,t sleep but blogger was having a hissy fit on me.

Please look at the blue flower on this because the shapes were given to me by John next door
 (I always put next door because my partner is called John too).  I made them into flowers on Wednesday night while footy was on and I thought they were so lovely I have saved some to put in my candy at the weekend.
I have stuck to shades of Red White and Blue for the challenges I want to enter

Sweet Tilda is holding a cup cake and a wooden spoon coloured with Promarkers and inked round edges
Round sentiment are from Jak Heaths Blog
Border is done with XCut border system
Doily round Tilda is a Square one pleated and glued around
Peeloff butterflies stuck onto acetate and cut out

Afew pics of the flowers

I shaped them with a large ball tool on an embossing mat and layered up.  You could use as many of little as you like but I think they are lovely.

xxx
Wendy L


Challenges -----

Cute Card Thursday # 223 - Patriotic
I Love Promarkers # 123 - Anything Goes
Shopping our Stash #57 - Red White Blue or stars and stripes
Fab n Funky #127- Cute and Girly
For the Love of Crafting#7  - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs #25 - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers # 155 - Theme -cupcakes
Chocolate Coffee and Cards #16  Anything goes
Try it on Tuesday - Anything Goes

Baby Pink

Good Afternoon All

Just a quick post before we go out to eat, it,s far too hot to cook here, so we are going to local Spanish bar for afew drinkies and tapas.  Then we have to get back for next semi-final, so glad Spain made it through last night and we will be shouting for them on Sunday.

6 x 6 pink card blank
Pink gingham paper printed myself and mounted onto white card
Sentiment printed myself and inked on edges
Ribbon and brad from stash
Centre sentiment is from USA years ago and this is the last one

I do still like simple cards, hope you do too

xxxxx
Wendy L

Challenges ---------

Crafty Ribbons #22 - Clean and Simple
Tuesday throwdown - Gingham
 

Footballer

 Good Evening all

My it is so hot and humid here, so sweaty which is very un lady like, I must say.

NOTE:  I will put some candy together and post here over the weekend sometime.  It will be drawn at random when my grandaughter is born (around 28th July) and I will post it out to winner when I come to UK on 20th August.  I hope you will all join in.

A quick post tonight of my footballer which fits quite well this fortnight, with the Euro footy on and John is watching Spain play Portugal, obviously we are hoping Spain get through.

It is made from one of my pieces of 36cm card and folded as shown
Paper from C & C a long time ago
Stamp is Flippin Men from La Pashe coloured with Promarkers (I bought a set of Spectrum Noir Blues yesterday)
Circle is a freebie and  a peeloff Happy Birthday
Black bits on corners are waste from peeloff sheet

Enjoy
xxxx
Wendy L

Challenges----
Simon Says - Sporty & Patriotic
Crafts and Me # 90 - Birthdays
Paper Playtime # 77 - Say it with Sentiment

Teddy Brown

Good Afternoon All

My card today is a Forever Friends Stamped image, coloured with Promarkers.

Tried to do something abit different.  I made a stepper card and stuck afew bits on - mini envelope, buttons, sentiment freebie from Jak Heath, chalked round edges.  I made a tiny mini card to go in mini envelope.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Challenges -----
I Love Promarkers # 123 - Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop # 63 - Favourite Stamp
Caft Your Days Away #48 - Teddy Bears
Cutie Pie Challenge # 21- One for the Boys
Crafts and Me # 90 - Birthdays
Creative Inspirations # 169 - Anything Goes
Whimsy Challenges # 45 - Anything but Square
Crafty Ribbons challenge # 22 - clean & simple

Picnic

 Good Morning All

We are going to the beach today and then this afternoon I am going to our local craft shop with my neighbour John to have a browse around and no doubt we will buy afew bits and bobs!!!!

Todays card is a gorgeous Sarah Kay image coloured with Promarkers

I think this image is so cute - she is carrying her little picnic basket and a bunch of flowers she has picked for her Mum (maybe)

5 x 7 card blank folded into an easel
Pink doily cut in half
Lilac card from stash
Homemeade punched flowers with gem centres
Diecut hearts with peeloff sentiment ' With Love'
EK corner punch on lilac card base

Hope you like it

Wendy L
Challenges -------

Milk and Coffee - Summertime
Sentimental Sundays # 108 - Cute and Girly
LEJ Designs # 9- Summers here
Cute Card Thursday # 222 -  Here Comes Summer
Joanna Sheen challenge - Summer daze
Frosted Designs Fridays - Make your own Flowers

Tildas in the Pink

Good Morning All
Hope you all had a great weekend.

Wow, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Love to Create and what a great prize there is for the winner, I wish I could enter.  There is $40 worth of goodies up for grabs and the theme is Anything Goes so there is no excuse not to enter.  And they are great goodies, pop over and take a peek.

My card for the DT is another pink another easel and another Tilda!!!!!!

6 x 6 pink card blank
Gorgeous Tilda with watering can and flower coloured with Promarkers
Paper from Creat & Craft years ago
Birthday sentiment -  a free stamp on a magazine coloured with Promarkers
Quilled flowers
Homemade pearl pin
Pink buttons from the Works shop in UK
EK corner punch
Spellbinders label die cut

Pop over the the challenge blog and check out all the other DT's designs and the prize on offer.

Challenges------

2 Sisters # 97 - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sunday # 108 - Cute & Girly
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Make it Mondays # 95 - Anything Goes
Pile it On #26 - Make your own embellishments
Crafty Cardmakers # 71- Make your own flowers
MAWTT - Happy Birthday
Allsorts Challenge # 160 - Any die will do
Lollipop Crafts - Flowers inbloom

Baby book card

Good Afternoon All

I have been busy this afternoon.  As I have said previously, I want to make afew special items for the craft table in July for the local people.

This card blank was one included in goodies I won from Docrafts for Star letter, it,s a 6 x 6  multi page one.  I think I will have to make a box for this one as it wont fit in the envelope provided.
I will not go through everything that I have used but it includes lots of bits I bought in USA years ago.  The papers are all freebies. The pram on the front is Forever Friends decoupage.  I have also put a tag in where the sender can enter the name, date and weight of baby.  I like doing this type of card because it enables me to use allsorts of bits from my stash.
I hope to be able to show people at the local fayre what I can make to order if necessary, but I will sell on the day too.

Challenges -------

Sarah Hurley #69 - Texture & Dimension
Cardz TV # 11 - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Weekly # 138 - Pastelcolours

Twisted Easel Wedding

Good Morning All
Hope you are not too wet there.  Watching the weather reports and there are flood warnings for the North West where we used to live.  And it showed Blackpool on TV  and there was torrential rain, it looked so bleak.  More excuses to stay in for all of you at that end of the country.

Todays card, from me, is one I was asked to make for Linda (Animal Aid Charity) for a friend of hers, getting married after 29 years together.

DL cream card blank
Pearlised card
Die cuts hearts of gold mirri
Die cut cream hearts
Blinged up with lots of flowers - Cream Spellbinders Blossom one, silk flowers and leaves from USA and small paper ones bought on Ebay
Joanna Sheen ribbon holding two wedding rings (from USA), bride & groom sticker (from USA)
Homemade pearl pins
Small envelope at back holding prints of two greyhounds which Linda wanted on the card somewhere as the lady used to own one
Note - all bits from USA I have in my stash for over 5 years, I am trying to use my older bits

Challenges -------

Sarah Hurley # 69 - Lots of dimension & texture
Allsorts Challenge # 160 - Any Die will Do
Card Crafters Circle # 28 - Weddings
Divas by Design #40 - To Die For
Delightful Challenge - Delightfully Anything Goes
Paperplay Challenge # 25 - Use a Die
Crafters Companion Monthly #25 - Embellishments
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (ribbon, free, blooms)
Creative Challenge - Gold & Cream
Quirky Crafts # 13 - Handmade flowers with ribbon