Celebrating Friendship

I made this birthday card for a friend and thought I'd share it ahead of her birthday on Friday. No challenge, no theme, no bloghop... Just feeling blessed, and celebrating friendship.

Naughty or Nice Challenge #35 - Reminder

It's mid-month reminder time over at Naughty or Nice Challenges, which means that you still have until Wednesday 25th January to play with our Ready, Steady, Go! Challenge.

This time, I'm sharing a New Year card, which was soooo much fun to create. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy paper-piecing and really enjoyed layering-up this fun gal from Art Impressions. 

The 'sentiment' is computer generated in my new favourite typeface: Moose. 

Head on over to see what the Troublemakers have created  for this reminder post and then why not join us and play along in this, our first challenge of 2017. 

Creative with stamps Challenge #10 - Reminder

I'm back with a mid-month reminder for our current challenge over at Creative with Stamps.

Being a nicely brought-up kinda girl, I always like to send 'thank you' cards for the gifts and goodies I receive over the festive season. Here's one I made using some Lia Griffiths sets from Hero Arts in combination with a Papertrey Ink sentiment.

My CWS buddies have done a great job with their cards, so head on over and take your fill of their fabulous inspiration pieces...

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stamps Challenge # 75 - S is for Stencils

Well, 2017 is properly underway and I don't seem to have spent too much money on crafty goodies so far; then again, it is still only January 7th!

As always, Edna is lookin' good! This time she's challenging us crafters to break-out those stencils.

My stencil work is very subtle on this card but creates a perfect backdrop for one of my favourite AI characters! I did toy with using embossing paste but in the end I masked the image and then used Distress Ink through the stencil.

Wanna see what the Sistahs created??? Course you do...

Naughty or Nice Challenge 35 - Ready, Steady, Go!

Happy New Year!

Our first Naughty or Nice challenge of 2017 is about all things new: new products, new stash, new year...

Cute graphic, huh?

I broke-out a 'new-to-me' stamp from Hobby Art called Baby Washline to celebrate the best 'new' anythings anyone could ever wish for: a new arrival!

This is beautiful Emily Grace, who put in an appearance a few days ago. My friends, Amy and Eddy, were delighted when this sweet, little bundle turned up in time for Christmas.

My teamies have done a great job with this challenge and I really hope you'll play along with the Troublemakers to get 2017 off to a brilliantly crafty and creative start!

Creative with Stamps Challenge #10 - Photo/Colour Inspiration: Winter Wonderland

Happy New Year to you, the good folk of Card Land!

We have a very special challenge over at Creative with Stamps to get your new creative year off to a great start!

Isn't that just the most gorgeous image, chosen by Lillian and Monika?

I've gone a little cheeky with my card! I paired one of my favourite Art Impressions gals with something that I found with a bit of help from my old friend Google! I hope this card makes you smile.

Once again we are grateful to have a prize on offer from the lovely people at Bugaboo Stamps.

The CWS crew have made some beautiful cards with the challenge inspiration and we can't see what beauties you can create, so please come join us for our first challenge of 2017.