It's all in the numbers!

Our February challenge is all about numbers

over at

TAG-ALONG (and ATC's)

this month.

For my tag I punched my tag base in black

using a tag punch from SU.

I then cut my next layer in white and

stamped the tools using a stamp set

from AALL & Create called garden tools.

I masked them off and inked up my background

in shades of green and blue and then went over

the top with a stencil in white ink.

The tools were then coloured up with markers

and I finished with a sentiment sticker

and some green ribbon.

Not content with that I added some dots using

pearlised enamel effects.

I would like to enter this into

Everybody Art - anything goes

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

The Outlawz - anything but a card

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

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For my ATC I went with a coin and kept it

all dark and moody.

I used a stamp from AALL & Create called

Foliage.

The background was inked up in shades

of green, yellow, blue and red.

I highlighted the numbers using my

pearlised enamel effects in white, added

a strip of  chicken wire (SU) showing

the white side, not the silver side.

I finished by splattering some white ink.

I would like to enter this into

We Love  to Create - anything goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - anything goes

Girlz Rebel Challenge - anything goes

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

We do have a lovely prize up for grabs so

come and join us with your tag, ATC or bookmark.

You can play along with the theme or choose

to go with anything goes option.

Double Post

Our new challenge has started over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and the optional theme is favourite stamps.

We do of course, have a lovely prize up for grabs!

I had a search through my stamp drawer

and found some Stamping Bella Uptown Girls

which has been a real favourite for

quite a few years.

I used papers from We R Memory Keepers

which I ran through my sewing machine.

I used some green card (SU) and rectangle dies

to matte the image and stamped

and coloured the stamp called Faith the Fairy

with my markers.

The sentiment is from the same set.

I finished with some punched stars.

The birthday sentiment is from

Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set (SU).

I gave her lots of wink of stella but doesn't

show in the photo.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

GCFAOS - use designer paper

G&TAOL - S for stars

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

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Our challenge over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

has started and the optional theme is hearts!

We have a lovely prize up for grabs here too

of Penny Black stamps and a £10 Kim MacFarlane digital download

all from Buddly Crafts.

so be sure and get your entries in!

For my card I used some off cuts from an old SU pack

and stitched them together on my sewing machine.

I then made a tag and decorated it up

using stamped hearts from a set called

Country Bouquet (SU).

I added the valentine sentiment over

the top and finished with

some gingham ribbon and an

I Love You sentiment.

I would like to enter this into

Sweet Stampin' - all you need is love

The Outlawz Twisted Challenge - colour challenge

Creative Moments - Love and romance

(Pin)spirational - red and pink

Dream Factory - love actually

Pearly Sparkles - hearts

Baby blanket in pinks

I've been doing a bit of crochet again recently.

I making some baby blankets

for our local St. Vincent de Paul shop.

One in this colour and the next one will

be in blues.

I just used the Suzette stitch which doesn't use

up too much wool and made a picot border

to finish it off.

I am entering this into

The Outlawz - anything but a card

 I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Shutter birthday card

It's coming up to my one and only Aunt's

birthday and I always like to make her

a shaped card, so this is what I did.

I used a die from Tattered Lace for the shutter card.

Papers and card from my stash, probably SU.

I stamped the flowers using a set called

Country Flowers (SU), coloured with markers.

I die cut some butterflies and lacy borders

and punched some flowers and leaves for

decoration.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz Creative Fun Art of  Scrap - use designer paper

Girlz & the Art of Letters - S for shutter card

Pearly Sparkles - use patterned paper

Daisy Chain - use dies

Love to Craft - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

 

Let it grow!

Happy Monday!

Today I'm sharing a card for my Mother-in-law

to give to one of her Great Granddaughters.

I went with a lovely image from Mo called

let it grow. She has been coloured up with markers.

I used a Nitwits download called Butterfly Kisses

for the papers and embellishments.

It has been finished of with some 

pearlised metalic effect drops.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz Creative Fun art of scrap - use designer paper

Unicorn Challenge - birthdays

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Pammie's Inky pinkies - anything goes

I 💗 ProMarkers - Spring/Easter

Rotten day here again and more in the pipeline!

Stay warm and have a lovely week.

Buds n blossoms

Today my card is for a Sister-in-law.

My older images are getting a good run this week lol

and thank goodness for them.

This image is from Digi Stamp Boutique.

I coloured her up with markers and then

used a download from Nitwits called

Budsnblossoms for the papers and embellishments.

I wold like to enter this into

The Creative Crafter - anything goes

Creative Knockouts - something to say

Sweet Stampin' - bright and beautiful

Dragonfly Dreams - floral

CD Sunday Plus - use a CD, USB or download

Best salesman!

This card was made for my friend's Grandson

who works in car sales in Australia.

I used a KennyK image and used a photo

for the background.

I coloured it up with markers and cut it out

to sit in front of the photo.

The papers I used are from Nitwits called

Beep Beep.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz  Make Guyz Cards - anything male

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy Birthday

Allsorts Challenge - boys or men

Crafter's Cafe - one for the boys

Everybody Art - anything goes

Look who's 4!

Happy Monday!

My card today is for a little girl turning 4.

I used this image from Bugaboo,

coloured up with markers

and the papers and embellishments are from

Nitwits - Big Top download.

I would like to enter this into

Unicorn Challenge - birthdays

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Place to Start - lots of colours

The Sisterhood of Crafters - spots and dots

Creative Knockouts - something to say

CD Sunday Plus - use a CD, USB or digital download

Heavy rain here all day but we have a lot going on

so have to brace the weather!

Have a lovely week.

Double Post

Time for my midway post for our challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the optional theme is beginning with B.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs so

be sure and join us.

For my card I used a bird stamp from

AALL & Create called Bird Collage.

I stamped the image then added lots of colour

using my blending brushes.

I tied a piece of white ribbon around

and created a bow then adhered it to a white 

card base, rounding the corners of both.

I finished with the wording from an old

sticker book.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a critter

Love to Craft - anything goes

Mix it Up - anything option use ribbon

Girlz Rebel Challenge - everything goes

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

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Our challenge over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

has an optional theme of NEW.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs here too.

For my card I went with NEW BABY.

I used a white base and added some lime green card,

then some gingham check in blue.

I then cut myself a rectangle using stitched dies (SU)

and stamped the clothes line.

At this stage I stencilled some clouds and

added some green for the grass.

I then stamped the outfits and big and die cut them out.

They are hung in place with the cute little

clothes pegs which where also die cut.

I stamped and layered the sentiment and

stuck in place and finished with some

matching ribbon at the top.

Stamp/die set used - All For Baby (SU)

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - use patterned paper

Let's Craft and Create - anything goes + something new

Make My Monday - use patterned paper

Paper Rock Scissors - use scissor and/or paper

Alphabet Challenge - S is for square

Daisy Chain - use dies

Love Actually!

I was invited to take part in the

DREAM FACTORY

challenge for this month and the theme is based around

the movie Love Actually.

One of my MUST WATCH movies every year!

So they would like to see anything around that theme

like love, hearts, valentine etc.

For my card I used an old image from Make it Crafty,

coloured up with markers.

I have used this image so many times for birthdays,

engagements, valentine, anniversary etc,

when I was selling my cards. A definite favourite.

I die cut the love words and border using

a die from Tutti Designs in red card.

I added some hearts from the die around the

couple and matted it onto my red card base.

Be sure and pop over and check them out

HERE.

I would like to enter this into

I 💗 ProMarkers - anything goes or fairy-tale

Passion for Markers - favourite digi or stamp

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love - BEWAS option winter wishes

Daisy Chain - use dies

The creative Crafters - anything goes

Love is in the air!

It's time for my midway post for our challenge over at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

where the optional theme is love/romance.

I cut myself two circles for this tag

used two different sets of circle dies.

One in card the smaller one in heart paper (SU).

I then stamped these cuties lol using a set called

Golden Oldies 2 from Clearly Stamps.

They were coloured up with markers and then cut out.

I added some heart ribbon between my layers

and then adhered it all together.

I finished by stamping the sentiment and cutting

it to fit my tag.

I would like to enter this into

Mix it Up - anything option use ribbon

HQFSCAT - shaped card and/or tag

Daisy Chain - use dies

Pearly Sparkles - use patterned paper

Girlz and the art of letters - R for romance, round, ribbon

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For my ATC I ran it through my machine

with a heart embossing folder from Cuttlebug,

 to which I added some pink ink.

I then adhered some of that frosty netting stuff.

Can't remember what you call it and I only had a

little scrap.

I then stamped and die cut the jigsaw pieces

using a set from SU called Love you to Pieces,

in red ink ink.

I stuck it in place then stuck some red heart beads

to finished it off.

I would like to enter this into

Love to Scrap - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards option deja Vu

CRAFT - anything goes

Cut It Up - favourite die(s) love my jigsaw die

Remember you can now enter with a bookmark as well

and we, as always, have a lovely prize up

for grabs!

Super Son!

Trying to get back into a descent routine after

all the Christmas/New Year festivities or maybe

laziness lol.

So first up is a card for my Son's birthday

later this month.

He is a Super son and dad and will do anything for anybody

even though he has little to no time to himself.

His youngest boy is Autistic and high on the spectrum

so takes a lot of handling.

Finbar is so good with him and deserves

a special day.

I used a Bugaboo image for this one,

coloured up with markers and

the papers are from Nitwits called Pocake Masculine.

I would like to enter this into

CD Sunday Plus - CD, USB or digital download

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Paper Rock Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

Girlz Rebel Challenge - anything goes

Double Post

Our first challenge for 2026 over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

has started and the theme is

Beginning with B/anything goes.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs

so be sure and join us.

I went with a Bookmark for my B as

I had made two of these for my Grandsons

who are both avid readers.

I used stamps from Card-io called Biscuit Buddies

and the papers are from The Creepsville

Gazette, IndigoBlu.

I punched some tiny pages from my dictionary

to turn into mini books for the mice to read.

The bookmarkers are actually wooden ones

which I covered with the papers,

back and front then stamped directly

over the top.

The sentiment is from an old HD book

of quotes. I finished them off with

some wool.

I would like to enter these into

Critter Crazy - anything with featured critter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Paper Rock Scissors - use papers and/or scissors

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

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Our new challenge has started over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

and the theme is 

ALL THINGS NEW/anything goes

We have a great prize up for grabs here too

I went with a Happy New Year card and have

used an old SU set called

Beautiful Balloons.

I stamped them in different coloured inks

and also did some stamping in-between

the balloons.

I finished with the Happy New Year sentiment

from Itty Bitty Birthdays (SU).

layered onto matching card

and added some tulle with a star brad.

I would like to enter this into

Creative Crafting Uncles - Christmas/Happy New Year

Sweet Stampin' - New

613 Avenue - anything option cheers to the new year

Crafty Calendar - Happy New Year

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love is in the air

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Here's a a very happy, healthy and crafty one

for us all.

Our first challenge of 2026 is live over at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

and the optional theme is

Love/Romance or anything goes

on a tag, ATC or bookmark.

For my tag I used a set called Fragile Fragments

from AALL & Create.

I inked up the background in pink ink

and stamped the middle heart out twice and layered

it up and coloured it yellow.

I added some colour to the large heart

and then added some pompoms to the bottom

of my tag.

The top was punched using my

tag topper punch (SU) and

finished with some tulle.

I would like to enter this into

Little Red Wagon - use force (punch)

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love to craft - anything goes

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For my ATC I pulled out a very old wooden stamp

from Forever Friends.

I stamped them onto my ATC and

coloured them up using markers,  then

masked them off to stencil behind

using an old stencil from SU in pink ink.

I added the word stickers in black and gold.

I would like to enter this into

Critter Crazy - feature a critter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Moving Along with the Times - stencil and/or dies

I hope you get time to join us and remember

we have a lovely prize up for grabs too.

 A gentle reminder, you can enter collections of ATC's

but only single Tags or Bookmarks.

I'm off back to the kitchen as we have

another 7 coming for dinner today.