H is for Hungry - Favourite Food

Hello, thanks for your visit.

Today we begin a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges.

We have H is for Hungry - Favourite Food

Please check out the creations by the design team and

the few rules to complete this challenge. 

As much as I greatly enjoy a true afternoon tea, it isn't my favourite 

meal, however, I don't have any stamps for all the savoury

dishes which fit into my favourites list. 

The papers are from my stash, along with a small doiley.

The bunting is a stamp from Crafter's Companion -

Tea Time Treats. The aternoon tea stamp is by Dovecraft.

Happy crafting - we can continue to enjoy crafating. Stay safe.

F is for Flora or Fauna

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today a new challenge 

is starting over on Alphabet Challenges.

Meg has chosen for the next two weeks 

F is for Flora or Fauna. 

Please visit for any details and to see the amazing

inspiration created by the design team.

My flora card is also a shaker card.  I made one recently 

for  a male challenge and decided to make another  shaker.

The paper is from a paper pad from The Works - I love their 

12 x 12 paper/.card, Aperture created with dies.

Acetate - assorted beads. A pair of Tattered butterflies by

Lyndsey Mason.

The stamped flower is by My Paper World.

Stay safe - stay alert - enjoy crafting. 

E is for Earth Bound Animals

Hello, thanks for your visit. I hope you are well.

Today there is a new challenge over at Alphabet Challenges.

For the letter E we have Earth Bound Animals.

Please pop over for any details and to see the fabulous

inspiration created by the dream team, sorry,  I meant

the design team. 

For my card, I have again partly CASEd a card in the 

Creative Stamping #03 magazine, using a stamp from the

Go Wild set of stamps -manufactured by Crafty Individuals.

For the background I used a Circles embossing folder. 

Lightly blended Worn Lipstick DI partly over the card.

I used the leaves, sentiment and llama stamps from the set.

Added a paper sentiment. 

If you like animals and you enjoy stamping I highly 

recommend this Go Wild set.  

Please stay safe, alert and well. Happy crafting.

C is for Checks

Hello again, thanks for your visit.  Today we begin a

new challenge at Alphabet Challenges  - Helen has

chosen for the letter C

C is for Checks either stamps or papers.

Please check for details and to see the wonderful

inspiration from the design team.

I used some check paper from my stash for the background,

My main image is a Hare by Crafty Individuals, with 

flowers from my stash. 

I first stamped and masked the hare, then blended 3 DI

to create the background, added water drops, glitter 

for stars. Removed the mask, lightly coloured the hare,

then added a little glitter to the moon. 

Stay safe and well.

B is for Boy's Card

Hello, thanks for your visit. I hope you are staying safe.

Crafting is a wonderful, peaceful escape from the news.

Today at Alphabet Challenges we have the letter B.

B is for Boy's Card. 

Please check out the blog and see the inspiration 

from the design team.

I made an A5 card, with a decoupaged dinosaur,

the dinosaur and papers are all from a CD by Kraftyhands

Dangerous Dinosaurs.

I have found this a very useful CD in my collection, lots of 

boys (and girls) love dinosaurs. 

Z is for Zoo Animals

Hello, my best wishes to all my visitors. During these

uncertain days of the Coronavirus, please say safe and well.

I am even more thrilled for you to visit me. Today we 

begin a nw challenge over at Alphabet Challenges

I can't believe we have again reached the letter Z -

the challenge is Z is for Zoo Animals.

There are more details and wonderful inspiration from

the design team over on the blog, it's worth a visit.

I had a lot of fun with my card.

Last May I bought a new set of stamps - Zebras -

 from Hobby Art when I was at a Stamperama craft event.

I decided it was time they saw the light of day and some ink.

I couldn't work out how to create a card, 

after some thought, I stamped every stamp onto 

copy paper and played with them as if they were jigsaw pieces.

Once I had settled on my design, I created the background

 with Distress Inks, then inked the stamps and created this card.

I know the perspective is not perfect but I promise I will improve. 

Thanks  for visiting. 

Something for Youngsters

Hello, welcome and thanks for your visit.

Today we begin a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges

for the letter Y we have Something for the Youngsters.

Please check out the wonderful inspiration by the DT

on the blog and for any details fo the challenge.

The stamps I used are from an Indian company - Craftyscrappers,

with the Magicdal birthday set. Coloured with Promarkers.

They are such cute dragons,  I love them.

Matted onto a pearl purple card.

Hope you like my card. Have fun crafting and

please stay well during this shocking time.

X is for Xtra Embellishments

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new

letter challenge at Alphabet Challenges.

We are already nearing the end of another round of

A- Z, for the next two weeks our letter is

 X - is for X-tra Embellishments.

Please visit our blog for the details and to see how 

the design team have created their inspiration for you.

My card is a 6" sq Kraft card, black and yellow

card for the mat and background. A strip of busy coloured

paper, with the image of a lazy cat. 

A black strip from a border die, actually the strip 

is the centre waste from two die cut borders. 

Die cut 'happy' and 'birthday'. Black gems.

My Xtra embellishments are the crystal gems on

the strip of  black waste card.  Have fun.

V is for Vegetables

Hello, thanks for your visit. I am always thrilled if

you leave a comment. 

Today a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges.

V is for Vegetable/s

For more details please visit the blog. Check out the 

inspiration for the challenge by the design team.

This is my card. I used a Kraft card, matted with black

card, designer paper from my stash.

The staped image is by Lily of the Valley (LOTV) -

Vegetable Patch. Colourered with Promarkers.

The bunches of carrots is from a Flippen Women stamp,

The Female Gardener. Hope to see you with your vegetable entry.

U is for Use Washi Tape

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today we begin

a naew challenge at Alphabet Challenges.

We have U is for Use Washi Tape.

Please check out the blog for details and

to see the inspiration by the design team. 

This challenge made me think, I tend to buy 

Washi tape if I see it reduced in price, but I

tend not to use it, so I checked it up on Pinterest

and found it can be very useful.  Here is one idea

I found, and had to give it a go. I hope you 

too will find something to give it a go.

Additional pieces from my stash.

T is for Try Something Different

Hello, welcome to my blog.

A new challenge at Alphabet Challenges starts today.

T is for Try Something Different (Product/Technique)

Check out the blog for details and to see the inspiration

created by the Design Team.

My card is the result of the first time I have used a

Gelli plate, I used  acrylic inks and a texture stamp to create

the background. 

The silhouette stamp is by Inkylicious - Grasses. 

I used a white gel pen to add dots on the grasses'

tops and leaves.  I made a number of prints, but I have

a lot to learn and need to check up on a few more 

wonderful You tube videos. Thanks to all of the 

wonderful talented tutorial creators. 

Q is for Quick and Easy

Hello, I am so pleased  to be crafting again. The past,

almost three weeks, being ill with a chest infection have

been totally awful. The thing is I am again back to me, 

and back to crafting. I send get well wishes to

all who may be feeling poorly and a gentle hug.

Back to business - today we begin a new challenge at

Alphabet Challenges. 

For the letter Q - Maryvonne has chosen

Quick and Easy

Please pop over to the blog to see the amazing work by the team.

Again, I have a square card, with an orange plain backing card.

Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint Oxide Inks on a 

stamping block, sprayed with water, used as a stamp to 

provide the background. Edged with a 01 Micron pen.

Stamped with Funky Flowers by Crafty Roo Designs with 

black Versafine.

Re-stamped and pieces decoupaged then painted with 

the same colours. The sentiment by the same company

stamped with the same two colours again.

White card edged with 01 Micron pen. 

Have fun. enjoy the challenge. 

P is for Poppies or Pumpkins

Hello, I hope you are well, thanks for the visit.

Today we start a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges 

For the letter P - I chose Poppies or Pumpkins

 I have been poorly this week, there are

some wonderful creations by the design team, 

but to give you a little more inspiration I have 

resurected two projects I made way back, they

haven't been seen for many a year.  

I really like these pop - up box cards. If you fancy

having a go, dcheck out You Tube or Pinterest.

Papers from my stash, stamps are varied from

Inkadinkado and Tandastamps.

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For the poppies, I would like to share a photo of this

Ikea mirror, which I painted with blackboard paint.

I stamped the Poppies and the lettering with Elusive Images 

(now Chocolate Baroque). The buterfly is by Lyndsay Mason.

I used  TH Distress Inks to watercolour the images, which

were fussy cut and glued onto the board. 

Set off with small red pearls. 

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I is for Insects

Good morning, thanks for popping by.

Today we begin a new challenge for you at 

Alphabet Challlenges.
For the letter I - Silvi has chosen

I is for Insects. 

Please do pop over to the blog for any details and to see the 

inspiration by the design team.
It's been a while since I had such a fun messy time as I did
making this card.
I used Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber and Twisted Citron.
all sprayed with water on my glass mat and the card dipped into
the watered colours. Splashes added, additional background
texture stamps from Crafters Companion.
The main image stamp of the Botanical Dragonfly is from
The Stampman
I decoupaged the dragonfly, coloured the wings with
the green and the yellow inks. 

Have fun in your crafting.

D is for Distressed

Good morning , thanks for your visit.
Today at Alphabet Challenges a new challenge begins
D is for Distressing Inks/ papers etc.
Please visit the blog to see the ideas of the DT.
For my 6" sq  card I covered it with paper I had created
Using sprays and Moonglow Starburst Mica Paints.
Using Distress inks - Cracked Pistachio - Fossilized Amber
and Mermaid Lagoon I covered the white card,
then bleached  by sprinkling water over the
 coloured card, then patted it dry,
sponging over again with the same colours.
The stamp - Dragonfly Botanical from The Stampman,
stamped with Black Soot DI then clear embossed.
I stamped the dragonfly wings again onto
a piece of the background paper then decoupaged
the wings onto the dragonfly.
Have fun with your distressing.

C is for CAS

Good morning, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a 

new challenge at Alphabet Challenges.

For the letter C -  Darnell has chosen 

C is for CAS - (Clean and Simple)

Please check out the blog for details and of course

to see the wonderful inspiration from Team B.

I have a scalloped octagon card.

Blue paper for the background mat.

A die cut circle white card. 

Stamps used are all by Chloe - from the 

03 Stamps by Chloe Cardmaking Collection. 

Coloured with Promarkers. 

B is for Buildings

Hello , thank you for your visit.

Today we begin a new challenge at 

Alphabet Challenges, the letter ----

B is for Building/s

Please take a look at the blog for our few

details and of course to see the inspiration by the DT.

I was thrilled to buy this stamp from the artist at

a Stamparama Show in Harrogate.

It is Picture This - Apothecary 023.

Coloured with Promarkers. 

I decoupaged several parts of the building,

 I hope it shows on the flat screen.

Stay well and happy crafting. 

A is for Animals

Hello, thanks for popping by.

On Friday we started a new two weekly challenge at

Alphabet Challenges.

We are once again starting a new A- Z this will be our

9th round trip of the Alphabet.

Dawn has chosen A is for Animals, (not insects)

Please check out the challenge blog, to see the DT's inspiration.

My card, highlights stamps and papers from Little Claire,

sadly not longer an active craft company. 

Enjoy everyone. 

Z is for Zesty Colours

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today we start 

a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges. 

We have once again reached the end of another

full alphabet, which means for the next two weeks we

are looking for Z for Zesty colours.

Please pop over for the few details and to see team A's

collecdtion of Zesty colours. 

I have a 7 x 5" card. A black mat card.

 For the design I used several Zesty Distress inks

which were blended on the card. I used an

ink spray for the more vibrant zesty orange.

The stamp is Grasses from Inkylicious. The 

sentiment by Unicorn stamps from Polkadoodles. 

Have fun with your creations.

Y is for Yarn, String or Twine

Hello again, What a change in the weather, at least it is now 

back to normal, cold March, soon we will be having

 the winds, so we can go fly our kites.

Today we begin a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges.

For the letter Y - Darlene has chosen 

Yarn, String or Twine, the choice is yours.

Please check out the cards from Team B.

My card is CAS. A mat of red card, plain 

white card on which I stamped the boy and his kite.

The stamp is by Do Crafts called Kite Flying.

Coloured with Promarkers. 

I added red and yellow twine down the side hoping 

it looks something like the kite strings. 

Have a good day crafting.