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 +
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
   

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
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
   

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
Crafters Companion - Ribbon Twine Thread
  

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
Dream Valley Challenge # 71 - Anything but a card

Crazy 4 Challenge - C4 C 214
Craftitude - Button Up
    

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 a 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
Crafty Ribbons # 72 - Anything goes + ribbon
Scrappers Delight - Make it Sparkle
City Crafter - Snowwhite
Corrosive Challenge  # 188 - Happy Holidays

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
Totally Papercrafts - Hohoholidays
Country view Crafts - Bah Humbug
A Gem of a Challenge -Winter Wonderland
   

Rainbow Parchment

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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