Use Your Name

Good Morning All
Allsorts Challenge this week has been set by  Helene and I think this is a great one 'Use Your Name' so this could be your full name or your initials, which is what I have done
WLT  - Wendy Lesley Townsend - With Love Today.

A 3 step side stepper card made from a 5 x 7" card blank
I used Spellbinders-Mega Classic Scalloped Oval
I inked all the edges (I,ve really got into this, it does soften  the shape)
Butterflies, ribbon, doily, flowers and liquid pearls.
I made the tag from an image from Astrids Artistic Efforts  she is very kind and has loads of freebies on her blog and she is a very talented lady.

The sponsor this week is Crimson Cloud and the winner chooses 3 packs of die-cuts which I think is a brill prize.
This is an excellent site for crafty goodies, I have used them.


xxxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Crafting for all Seasons # 49 - Floral Delight
Flutterby Wednesday # 235 - Open
Rubys Rainbow - 2nd Birthday
By the Cute  & Girly - April - Vintage
 

Earring Card

Good Afternoon All
I,m feeling in a happy mood today as I just received 'slimmer of the week' at my slim club, only lost 0.5kg but after being in the UK last week I thought that was pretty good and alot of the others had gained.

I made this card before I went away and I have made similar before and think it is a good idea for a gift/card for someone you don't want to spend alot on for a gift but give a little token gift.

I made the earrings from a necklace that was bought in a charity shop and I dismantled it to get these lovely beads.
The centre paper in the aperture is an odd piece left over from another project.  The white surround is a die borrowed from John Next Door a while ago. (when I use something of his I usually cut afew out to use at a later date).  The punched hearts were sent to me in some candy I won and I just added afew gems and a sentiment.
A lovely girly card???

xxxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
Card Crafters Circle - Die Cuts and/or Dry embossing
Crafty Bloggers # 10 - Anything Goes
 

April Showers

Good Evening All
I have made a quick card today and, I think it is fairly CAS too.  I used another of my Paintbox Poppets decoupage images again and made and easel card.  I love these images and this one is such a cutie - two little girls with their wellies on, could be 'Singing in the Rain'

Not much to say about it really, just added a homemade sentiment and a doily and a wire flower embellishment.
xxxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES -------
Simon Says - April Showers  and / or Spring Flowers
Craft Your Passion # 157 - Water Water Everywhere
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Fave Film
The Papergirls Challenge # 29 - April Showers  bring may Flowers
Heck of a Challenge- Just Add Water

Special Mum

Good Morning All
Let me remind you of the new Monthly challenge at Lady Annes we haven,t had many entries so hop over and have ago.

It was good to get back in my craft room and I brought lots of goodies back with me which I cant wait to get going with.  I did take some cutting out with me and now I am catching up, making with lots of cards for the charities I support here.

Paintbox Poppets decoupage - Little girl holding her teddy
Cheery Lynn Roses die
Handmade crochet heart, bead pin
Marianne leaves die
Doily
Spellbinders scalloped circle for sentiment.
Gems and pearls
xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
Cheery Lynn challenge # 75 - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers # 10 - Anything Goes
Happy Campers # 14 - Flowers
Ready Teddy Go # 21 - Anything Goes
Shelly's  images - Scallop
Sarah Hurley # 79 - Projects with a character
Crafters Companion - Flowers    Chosen as top three
 

Sassy White

Good Afternoon All
Time for Love to Create challenge.  I chose 'Tinkerbell' and I did't even colour her because the theme is White on White with a hint of colour, so all I did was glitter her wings and hair band.

Cuttlebug Embossing folder

Marianne die

Cheery Lyn corner die

Pink gems

Pearls

Stamped sentiment

The sponsors this week are Sassy Studio Designs.

and they will give the winner 2  designs of their choice and they do have some lovely ones to choose from.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Challenges -----

Dream Valley # 54 - Happy Birthday

Card Making Mamas - No Patterned Paper

Creative Corner - Girly Birthday

Totally Papercrafts # 161 - Birthday Girl in Pink

Papercrafting journey - Mono

Crafty Creations # 216 - Flowers or Fairies

Creative Moments - Things with Wings

Sunday Mojo Number 5

Good Morning All
Gosh it is nice to be back in the warm sunshine of Spain.  But so very hard leaving my gorgeous grand daughter behind, but it is only 7 or 8 weeks until she will be visiting us here.

Onto the challenge set by John Next Door last week and it was so flippin' difficult.  Two card blanks and two envelopes and some sticky pads and the word 'FOUND', he explained that I was to make two cards using items I found on my travels to and in the UK, so this is what I managed to come up with.

I was walking Hollie in the park, bitterly cold morning, all muffled up with hat, scarf and gloves on, eyes to the floor and I spotted some daisies in flower and quite afew feathers, nice white ones, so I pocketed those.  Finally a gorgeous serviette that Loriens Mum used for our Sunday tea.

Then further along I found a foam 'cat' shape, abit trodden on, but I thought I may be able to do something with it.


So I used the feathers and pulled three bits off the pine cone.

I don't think I will be giving this card to anyone do you?

I,m afraid mine are no where near as artistic as Johns but he has had college training and that is my excuse and I am sticking to it!!!!

                        I will have to get my thinking cap on now to get things together for next weeks challenge!!!!!
HOLLIE
Ain't she cute?  Showing off her first teeth on this one.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Spring Has Sprung

Good Morning All
Saturday morning means a new challenge at Allsorts and the theme has been set by  Jo  and it is Spring Has Sprung.
For my card I chose to use a Digistamp Boutique image, this cute little girl with a Spring Chicken.  But you may need your sunglasses!!!!

 Dies used------
Spellbinders 'Heartfelt Creations' Layered Elegant Swirl
Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles
Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms



Ticket sentiments freebie from Nettys Cards.  Netty has some lovely free sentiments on her blog, she is is kind and talented.

I used 12cm x 36cm cream card for base  and scored at 10cm, 20cm, 25cm, 30cm and 33cm and folded as shown.
All ribbon, brads and green decoration from stash.

We are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons , they are giving a selections of gorgeous ribbons

And

Digistamp who will give 6 digis of choice.

xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
Two Sisters # 138 - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons  # 42- Anything Goes with Ribbon
Milk Coffee Challenge - Anything but Square  I WON THIS ONE
Papercrafting Journey - Monochromatic
Simon Says - Happy Birthday
Pretty Little Ribbon # 21 - Spring is in the Air
 

Sketch Challenge

Good Morning All

This is the sketch for the new Lady Anne Challenge   We have not had one entry yet and I thought it very strange that no-one would like this sketch as I know alot of you like doing sketchy challenges.  Please come and join us for our first one.
This is my interpretation.  Hop over on the link above and have a look at all the other DT creations.

 

xxxxxxxxxx

Wendy L

PS.   I have finally got a winner for my candy and it will be posted today.  Loved my Hollie cuddles and am looking forward to seeing my OH and my craft room LOL.

xxxxx

New number Draw for candy and Final one

Number seventeen is Anthony Paterson  Please please please email me at
wlt27@hotmail.com
with your full postal address before Friday Afternoon as I want to get to post office to post before I leave UK at some ungodly hour on Saturday morning
xxxxxx
Wendy L

Butterfly

Good morning All
4.21 here in the UK and I cant sleep, so doing a bit of blog hopping and thought I may as well do a post and enter afew challenges.

I have used my fave Cheery Lynn 'roses' die here and 'corners'.  I,m still having fun using these rose dies. The butterfly is a Marianne with liquid pearls on the wings.  I kept this card quite CAS, just added a doily and a string of pearls and put the sentiment on the smallest of a Spellbinders Labels diecut.
xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
Cheery Lynn Designs # 74 - Back to Nature
Tuesday Alchemy # 53 - Over the Pastel Rainbow
Country View Crafts # 2 - April butterflies
Emmas Crafty Challenge - Butterflies
Natalie and Amy Challenge - # 8 Monochromatic
Creative Moments # 14 - Things with Wings
 

Tag You're It

Good Morning All
Love to Create time again and it is a great theme this week 'Tag You're It' so this is quite open to interpretation.  I have done a 'Man' card, believe it if you will because it does not happen often.

I chose a Eureka Stamps image called 'Father & Son Bear' and I coloured it with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs.  Embellished with ribbon, buttons, brads and a lovely 'fish' charm.            Eureka Stamps is one of the sponsors for this challenge and Stamping Chef is the second sponsor.

                                    

So there will be some great prizes on offer.
Have fun with this challenge and we all look forward to visiting your blogs to see your creations.
xxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
The Crazy Challenge # 142 - Add a Charm
Totally Papercarfts  # 160 - Metal
Heck of a Challenge -add water
Ready Teddy Go # 21 - Anything Goes

Lady Anne Challenge DT

Good Morning All
You may have seen my good news on yesterdays post about  being asked to join Lady Annes new challenge DT.  This is a monthly challenge and I am really looking forward to the new challenges with my new team mates.

Our first challenge is a sketch and here is my card  -----------

I followed the sketch which was nice and easy and the images from Daisy Doodles were fab to work with, I chose a sentiment as-well, me being greedy!!
I coloured the image with Promarkers.  Glued narrow yellow satin ribbon on strips of green card for the verticals and used wider green satin ribbon for the horizontals.  The two flowers were cut using Marianne dies and I used hand made paper and stuck a gem in the centre.





As I mentioned, the sponsor this month is -----

Daisy Doodle Digis

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES --------

The Pretty Little Ribbon # 21 - Spring is in the Air

Pauli Hollifields new challenges - Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers # 10 - Anything Goes 

Stamp and Create - Use at least one die 

Crafty Boots - Diamonds

Lexi Challenge # 87 - Die cuts / Punches

Ladybug Crafts - Leap into Spring

  

Sunday Mojo No. 4

Good Morning All
This is  a scheduled post as, with any luck, I will be 25,000 feet high in the sky flying to the UK on my Hollie days.  Easter eggs are packed along with my winter woollies.

My good news today is that I have been asked to join Lady Annes new challenge DT.  This is a monthly challenge and I am really looking forward to the new challenges with my new team mates.  Here

The pack of bits I gave John Next Door last week for this weeks mojo challenge, I must admit, I found quite difficult to make anything I was happy with so I cant wait to see what he has made.  I thought his creations last week were amazing, pop over and have a peep, just follow the link above.

This is what I came up with.

My gorgeous new LOTV stamp coloured with Promarkers.  Spellbinders border die and embosser and my beloved 'liquid pearls'.







I must admit I dont really like this one and these diecuts of lillies were a real challenge, but 'heyho' onwards and upwards.

This was the pack I gave him last Sunday, it was all red, orange and yellows.  I,m going to hop over to Johns blog and see what he has made.

John has told me about the challenge for next Sunday - he is giving me two card blanks and two envelopes and the subject is 'Found'.  He has explained that I have to make  a card with items I find, a bus ticket, a feather, a leaf, absolutely anything that I  may pick up, wherever I am.  How strange is that?

xxxxx

Wendy L

Candy Winner

Good Morning All
I have done the draw in a very mechanical way.

I wrote the numbers (how many comments there were - 41) on bits of paper and OH picked one out
                                30  ---   Jenn Zeeb
Please email me with your postal address before Friday 29th March, if there is no contact I will draw another name.
 wlt27@hotmail.com
is my email.

Thank you to all commenters and all my followers.  Have a lovely day.
xxxx
Wendy L

Vintage

Good Morning All
Allsorts challenge theme this week is 'Vintage',  now this is out of the box for me, I really had to think about this one and this is what I came up with.  I thought a fan is old fashioned and ladies used to crochet to pass the time and they wore pearls and feathers.  I distressed all the papers to  look aged.

The fan is an image from Lilac Garden
Homemade pin and crochet hearts with pearl
Memory Box Swirl diecut
I inked all the edges of papers and card and images with my one and only Tim Holtz Distress ink and a brown ink I have had for years
Pearls and lace and feathers added

Sponsor this week is 'Lots of Buttons'

Have lots of fun with the challenge this week.                                  

xxxxx
Wendy L





CHALLENGES --------
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 200 - Mothers Day/ Female
Charisma Cardz # 12 - Happy Birthday
Happy Campers # 13 - Add Dimension
Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbon or Lace
Rhedd & Rosie Challenge # 3 - Vintage/Shabby
LEJ Designs # 46 - Vintage or Retro

Engagement

Good Afternoon All

I have still not heard from my candy winner so unless I do it will be drawn again on Saturday.

I wanted to show you this card I made last year for a friend who asked me to make a card for their friends engagement.
 It is a Criss Cross with a seperate card inside it.

 I decorated the criss cross with diecuts,
 a homemade pin, ribbons, pearls, flowers and gems

    I made a band to slide over, both to pretty it all and to hold all together.

The card I used was so heavily embossed I did not think I needed to add much embellishment to it.

I added an insert and a diecut heart with a sentiment printed on the computer.



xxxxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES -------
Crafty Ribbons # 42 - Anything Goes with a Ribbon
Die Cuttin Divas # 108 - Emboss and Ribbon
Creative Creations Challenge # 6 - Letter B  Butterfly, bling
 

Spring into Pink

Good Morning All
I,m getting so excited, nearly Hollie Days 4 days to go.  Everything is laid out on the spare bed ready to pack,  old clothes that I can dump there and pack suitcase with crafty goodies!!!!    I bought a sweet choccy Bunny for Hollie and the one and only Easter they had left in the shop for my Son, well he is only 31!!!!

A sweet Tilda with her summer top on coloured with Promarkers and I have surrounded her with punched flowers, inked on the petals. Everything is from my stash, papers, ribbon, brad, gems and pearls.  Plain A4 pink paper used for insert and I used an EK border punch.

xxxxx
Excited Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
I Love Promarkers - Spring is in the Air
Crafts and Me # 126 - Pretty in Pink
Creative Crafts # 6 - For the Kids
Passion for Promarkers # 191 - Bingo Blooms-Free-Ribbon
Ribbon Carousel # RCC 78 -Spring is in the Air
Tuesday Alchemy  # 53-  Over the Pastel Rainbow
Bunny Zoes Challenge - Girly
 

Pastel Colours

Good Morning All
The them at Love to Create Challenge this week is 'Pastel Colours' or 'Easter'.  I chose a simple image from one of our sponsors - QKR Stampede called 'Apple Blossom Label'.  I coloured with Promarkers.

I obviously kept it all pastel shades -  pinks and lilacs and a little green.  I embossed a piece of white card and inked it, then cut it diagonally.  I put a length of lace and ribbon on the edge.  A couple of gems and a corner diecut.



Our sponsors this week are ---

Wings & Willows http://www.etsy.com/shop/WingsandWillows Prize $15 GC

QKR Stampede -http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/ Prize 5 images.

Enjoy

xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Challenges 4 Everbody # 16 - Anything Goes
Jellypark Challenge - Pretty Pastels
Crafty Bloggers # 9 - Springtime or Pastel colours
Incy Wincy Designs - Pastels
Papercrafting Journey - Ribbon or Lace

Sunday Mojo No. 3

Good Morning All

If you saw my post here you would have seen the bits for the Mojo Challenge that John gave me, this is just a little challenge  between John Next Door and I.

These are the bits again, we can use all or some and add our own bits to them.This is what I came up with.

 This is the first one - An easel card using numerous die cuts of my own and quite afew of the bits that John sent round.














This is a close up of the lovely paper he gave me.

Second item was the book and this is what I came up with - a Secret Hiding Place like you see in Spy Movies!!!!!

 I stamped my initials on one of the tags, inked the edges of some of the quilled flowers.





So this is the front.




This is a side view showing that it is a Patricia Cornwell novel (I do enjoy reading her books sometimes)

 This is what I did with the inside, it took a while with a very sharp craft knife and I have kept all the insides to cut flowers from.

 I stuck a sheet of the patterned paper on the inside page to cover the hole.









Attached ribbon to tie it closed.

This was something abit different and I really enjoyed it.   It also got me into making some smash books / envelope books 7 memory books  as shown in the link above.  John gets alot of hard backs from the books at work that they can no longer sell (they sell 2nd hand books in the shop) and they are perfect for covering with nice paper and making these books with.  There will no doubt be more of these in future posts from me.  I have already made one for my my sons partner who has just found out she is having a baby.  I have put lots of pockets inside it so that she can keep records and appointment cards or memory bits for her and the baby.  So I think afew people will be getting these as  Christmas gifts too.

xxxxxx

Wendy L

PS.  Here is what I  have put together for next week, No. 4. Plus a stamped image which I have not done yet.  The die cuts are from a set of Spellbinders I bought without reading properly (I seem to do this alot) I I think you need a set of stamps with them.  They are meant to be Lillies, they are on a set with Crosses on, which is why I bought them,  for sympathy cards.  I am eager to see what John does with them, as he has an artistic eye for things like this.

CHALLENGES -------------

Creative Corner Challenge # 11 - Layers  Easel Card

Hotshot Craft Blog # 15 - Not a Card  The Book

Ladybug Crafts - Use Blue

    

Hollie Day Candy

Good Evening All
 I have booked my flights for my Hollie Day at the end of March.  And as it is the 31st March I have set the date to draw the CANDY  for the week before so to enter the CANDY  see below.
 Here is my most recent pic of Hollie.

Aint she cute, I cant wait to get my hands on her again.

Anyway, this leads me onto my candy------------

This is the start of it and  I will add to it as the weeks go by.

There will be more gems as I have found a place to buy them here,  crochet flowers, assorted ribbons and wool, assorted papers, vellums, die cut shapes, etc etc.
TO ENTER------
Hopefully you are  a follower or will become one.
It would be nice if you added a link on your sidebar but you dont have to.
And, obviously, leave a comment so that I have your name or link.
I will draw a winner on the 24th March and the winner will have 6 days to get their postal address to me so that I can post it when I am in UK.
xxxx
Wendy L

ADDED-----

Gems - 1 clear pack and 1 black pack.  A gorgeous pack of 'butterfly' charms.   JUST ADDED some more gems and gorgeous heart shaped charms

A pack of stamps- Papermania Square Urban Chronology (given to me by John Next Door) and a Christmas rubber stamps set.




I have just learnt how to crochet hearts so there will be some of those too.