Anything Goes DT - Add Some Metal

Good morning blogger friends...

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. The sun has been shining here, so let's hope that spring is definitely on its way.

I had a great day on Saturday. I travelled to The Craft Den in Sheffield for an altered mirror workshop with Hels Sheridan. The workshop was fantastic. I've not done any altered art before so it did take me out of my comfort zone, but was great fun. A few of the other DT members were there too;

Nikki, Tamara and Annette, so it was lovely to meet them. Annette had even travelled from Sweden!  I mustn't forget Lynne, the owner of The Craft Den and the Anything Goes Challenge blog who was so welcoming that we could have kept on chatting all evening. 

Anyway onto this weeks challenge at Anything Goes and its

 'Add some metal'

This was the card I made Leonie for her 18th Birthday. She's mad about the Harry Potter books and films!

The images are by Tiddly Inks and are Wizard and Wizardette. 

You get two wizards, one with glasses and one without. So Harry and Ron!

I got the idea from Alyce who has done a fantastic colouring video using Wizardette to show how to colour glowing objects. As soon as I saw it I new I had to see if Tiddly Inks did a wizard image so that I could do a Harry Potter theme. I even put on a little 'Hedwig' Metal charm and the telegram he delivers.

I've coloured them with Copics :

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21

Harry's Hair: E43, E44, E47, E49

Ron's Hair: YR000, YR02, YR04, E15

Hermione's Hair: E13, E15, E18

Scarf: Y11, R15, Y17 R22, R46, R59

Capes: W1, W3, W5, W7

Trousers: C1,C3, C5, C7

Wand Glow: YG00, YG05, YG23, YG67

They were just so fun to colour too and they're my first Tiddly Inks.

The papers are Prima Rondelle and have been distressed with a Tim Holtz tool.

The flowers and leaves have all been made with dies and all the papers were edged with walnut stain.

The sentiment is from LOTV.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Tiddly Inks Challenge - Distress, emboss or stitch

Dream Valley Challenges #54 - Happy Birthday

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Charms

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Projects with Character

Thanks for dropping by.

Hugs,

Janine x

Leonie's present and a bit of DIY

Good afternoon blogging friends,

Just a quick post today. I've no card to show you but realised that I hadn't blogged the bracelet which I made Leonie for her 18th. It was weird dropping her off at the pub with her friends last Saturday!

I first saw this bracelet on Marcea's blog. It just looked so pretty. This is my first attempt at making a beaded bracelet like this. Marcea has so many pretty bracelets on her blog and I'd love to have a go at a few more but I've been given that look by Hubby that you just know means 'Please don't start anything else' Lol

The DIY is going very slowly, but I thought I'd show you a few pics. The house was a small B&B before we bought it. All the bedrooms have a little 'en-suite', I use the term loosly, which have a tin shower and loo in. The sinks are all in the main part of the room. 

Well we've decided to take it all out and redecorate so that I can have more accessible space and a 'tidy' craft room.

You can see the wall to the 'en-suite' in the right of the pic.

My current desk area.

The book shelves where all my stamps are stored and the paper storage, an old mailing pigeon hole cupboard from a previous place I worked.

The en-suite and sink. 

Here the paper's been stripped off the walls and ceiling and we've started demolishing the studded wall.

It's going to take a lot longer than the school holidays to do this, but it's going to be worth it in the end.

That's all from me today.

I'm off to Sheffield tomorrow for a Hels Sheridan workshop with some of the Anything Goes Challenge DT at The Craft Den. Really looking forward to meeting everyone and a bit of crafting too. Then Sunday is back to the DIY.

I've had a revamp of my blog too. Really liking the new feel. Just a few more tweaks when I get time. It's from Plumrose Lane. There are lots of free backgrounds and for a small fee you can get a custom banner too. Sharon was so helpful in liasing with me over the banner. She has lots of easy to follow tutorials on how to make the changes. So even if you're not a techie it's easy to do.

Sorry I've rambled a lot. For a quick post it's sure turned out to be a long one!

Have a lovely weekend and thanks for dropping by. I really do appreciate it.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Mo Manning - Hatter...

Happy Easter everyone....

Hope your having a lovely long weekend and that you get lots of choccy eggs. Just the thing to nibble on whilst you craft :-)

I'm here today to show you a card I made recently for my Dad's birthday. Then I'm off to clear my craft room ready to decorate.

The image I chose was Mo Manning's Hatter. She has some absolutely fabulous images for all occasions.

I really enjoyed colouring him up, he's such a jolly chap.

The papers are from a Polka Doodles CD I've had for a while called Wonderland.

Here's a close up of the inside showing the cute paper with  lots of Alice in Wonderland images.

This close up of the image shows just what a great image he is. All that tea and cake...He would fit right into our household - the kettle's always on! Tea anyone?

He's been coloured with my usual copics.

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R21

Trousers: B21, B23, B26 V12, V15, V17

Hat: C0, C1, C3, C5, C7

Jacket: V12, V15, V17 G20, G21, G24

Waistcoat: E70, E71, E74, E77

Shirt: R81, R83, R85

Shadow: W00, W0, W1, W3

For the embellishments I've used the Tim Holtz Weathered Clock and Hardward Findings. The sentiment is Set 9 Mixed Circular Sentiments by LOTV and I can't remember where the cute little kettle came from.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Clearly Inspired Challenge #71 - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts #160 - Metal (metal tea pot charm and brads)

Copic Marker Europe - Card for a Man

The Paper Shelter # 105 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew #32 - Masculine

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Nana Vic's - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Cool Men (Using blues, greens & Greys)

Ooh-La-La Creations - It's a Man Thing

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi

Thanks for popping by I really appreciate your visit.

Have a very Happy Easter

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Anything Goes DT - Mail It!

Good morning blogger friends....

Hope that you've had a lovely weekend and this weekend's a bank holiday so more time for crafting!

My Mum and Dad went home on Sunday after a 10 day stay. It was lovely to see them both looking so well and I'm missing my Ironing Fairy already (thanks Mum x). Sadly with some much snow and bad weather they didn't get to visit many places. Hopefully next time will be better.

I'm back with you this morning because we have a new challenge over at Anything Goes. This fortnight the challenge is 'Mail It!'. So we want to see letters, postcards, stamps or anything to do with mail.

My card uses a lovely image by Krista of Saturated Canary and she's called Pack Light.

I've made another shaped card using a Go Kreate die. The papers are by Prima. I bought 3 Prima pads at Harrogate from The Hobby House, and they're gorgeous. These are from the Nature Garden collection. The edges have been distressed with Walnut stain and stitched.

Pack Light has been coloured with Copics:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R21

Hair: E50, E51, E97, E99, E59

Top: YR000, YR00, YR02

Skirt: G20, G21, G94, YG99

'Uggs': E41, E42, E43, E44

Top case: E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37

Bottom case: YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97

Camera: C1, C3, C5, C7

The Postcard stamp is Grunge Postcard by Lili of the Valley and the Pisa stamp is an old Hero Arts stamp from the International Tour De Luxe stamp box. I stamped the image and then sewed round it with no thread in the machine to get the perforations for the stamp. The flowers are rolled roses and the leaves are cut from Joy Craft Dies.

I'm loving my new Joy Craft dies, they just cut so well and first time!

 

Dies used:

Go Kreate Frilly #7 large

Joy Crafts : Floral Flourishes Branch with Leaves & Leaves

Marianne Creatables: English Rose & Leaves

Why not pop on over to the Anything Goes Challenge blog and have a look at some more inspiration from my lovely teamies.

Remember that you can get your Copic Ciao markers and lots of lovely goodies from Lynne at The Craft Den.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's - Girly

Digi Darla's Challenge #55 - Flowers

Whoopsidaisy Challenge - Use a Digi

Avenue 613 Create #12 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges #53 - Pearls and Lace

One stitch at a time - Use a Digi

A Gem of a Challenge - On the Move

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Shaped Card

Happy Crafting. See you soon.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Divas by Design - Babies and Toddlers

Good morning everyone...

Sorry I've not posted for a while, but life is just a little hectic at the moment, what with work and kids activities.

Had a lovely day at the Harrogate show with my Mum on Saturday. We both spent far too much (he he). Bought lots of new dies, some lovely papers and pearls from Hobby Craft, some ribbon and only one sentiment stamp from LOTV. I forgot to take a photo before trying to be organised and putting it away. Leonie still thinks I put it away quickly to hide the evidence!

Anyway onto my post for today. I'm back with a card for the new Divas by Design Challenge which is 'Babies and Toddlers'. We're sponsored by the lovely Bunny Zoe's. I chose to use a really cute Mo Manning image. It's called Bye Bye. I bought her a while ago just because she's so cute, but haven't had the occasion to use her.

The papers are a very old freebie from Cardmaking & Papercraft. They're My Mind's Eye 'Quite Contrary' and have all been distressed with Walnut Stain. I've decorated the card using Flower and Leaf dies. Still loving that rolled daisy.

I have coloured Mo Manning Bye Bye in my usual Copics

Jeans: BG70, BG72, BG75

Hair: E21, E33, E35, E37, E59

Coat: G20, G21, G24

Bike: R81, R83, R85,  RV91, RV93, RV95,  C00, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7

Shoes: C00, C0, C1, R83

The highlights on the spots of the ladybird bag and the flowers in the grass have been done with a gellyroll pen.

Here's a close up of the image and the rolled flowers.

Why not pop on over to the Divas challenge site and have a look at some more inspiration from my lovely teamies.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty sentiments - Flowers Galore

LEJ Designs Challenge - Add a flower/s

ABC Challenges - Bring on the Flowers

Creative Creations Challenges #6 - The Letter B (Bicycle)

613 Avenue Create #11 - Anything Goes

Ginger Loft Challenges - The colour green

Thanks for dropping by and I very much appreciate any lovely comments which you may leave.

Hugs,

Janine xx

Felicity and Blair - Living Life!

Good morning everyone.

Hope you've had a lovely weekend and all you Mums out there had a great day on Sunday.

Just want to say a big Hello to my new followers. I really hope that you enjoy popping in and that you like what you see. Hopefully I may be able to  inspire a few people in the way that other bloggers do me.

Today I'm back with this fortnight's challenge over at Anything Goes. This time its 'Seeing Double'. So we want to see two of something, whether it be your images or embellishments.

Why not pop over and see some of the lovely creations from my fellow teamies.

I've used one of the lovely Uptown Girls stamps from Stamping Bella. I really enjoyed colouring them in. This is my one and only Uptown Girl stamp and I'm definitely itching to buy more. Saving my pennies though for the craft show at Harrogate this coming weekend. Mum and Dad are visiting from Thursday for 10 days so Mum and I will have a lovely girly day out at the show followed by a take-away and a glass of wine. What more could a girl want?

The papers are First Edition 'New Leaf' and they've been stitched and edged with Walnut stain.

This gorgeous image has been coloured in my usual Copics. I think this is the first time I've used the peach colours on a large area and am pleased with the result.

Copics used :-

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R11

Left dress: YR000, YR00, YR02, E70, E71, E74, E77

Cardigan: E40, E41, E42, E43

Right dress: BG70, BG71, BG75

Hair right: E21, E33, E35, E37, E59

Hair left: Y21, TR23, E33, E37

The flowers have all been hand rolled using various dies. I have to confess I treated myself to the Die-namics rolled daisy. I've seen Fleur use it a lot and just fell in love with it. It's even prettier in real life and gives a great 3D effect. The sentiment is LOTV 'Greetings Postmarks'

Dies used:

Cheery Lynn Lace Corner Deco F

Die-namics Mix and Match Banner, and Rolled Daisy

Marianne Creatables English Rose

Joy Crafts Vintage Flourishes Branch with Leaves

Why not pop on over to the Craft Den to have a look at what you may need for your next project. Lynne has lots of lovely goodies.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CLP Challenge #56 - Sketch

Paper Playtime #5 - Anything Goes

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop #20 - Happy Birthday

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - To Die For

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Thank you so much for dropping by

Hugs, 

Janine xx

Happy Mother's Day...

Good afternoon and Happy Mother's Day to all you Mums out there.

Today I have my Mother's day card for my Mum to show you.

I chose a Lili of the Valley stamp for her. It's one of her favourite stamp companies. Their stand always   manages to lure us with its lovely stamps at the Harrogate Show lol.

This is Emma's Swing...

This is the first non square card I have ever made. I like this shape but it doesn't leave much space to put lots of embellishments.  

The papers are yummy Pion Designs and have been machine stitched. They're a mix of Small Leaves and Pink Ornament. Definitely going to invest in some more of these, they're gorgeous.

Emma has been coloured with Copics in a soft pinky/purple.

Copics used:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R21

Hair: E21, E33, E35, E37, E59

Cardigan and Shoes: RV91, RV93, RV95

Hat and Dress: RV0000, RV000, RV11

Swing: E70, E71, E74, E77, E41, E43, E44

Grass: G20, YG61, YG63

The rest of the card has been decorated with die cuts, which have been distressed with either sandpaper or Walnut stain

Die cuts used:

Go Kreate frilly #5

Memory Box small pinwheel

Marianne Designs English Rose, Fence and Flowers and Leaves

Doo Hickey Dragonfly, Hellebores and Cloud

I've really struggled taking photos, non of them show a true likeness. I must have take over 30 shots at various settings! If you have any hints and tips to get good photos I would be most greatful.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies - A Card for Mum

Crafty Catz #173 - All Stitched Up

4 Crafty Chicks #132 - Die for Dies

Sincerely Yours Creations #2 - Mother's Day

Creative Craft Challenges2 #5 - Mother's Day

Songbird Challenges # 15 - Mama I Love You

Dream Valley Challenges #52 - Mother's Day

Thanks so much for popping by. Enjoy the rest of Mother's Day.

Hugs, Janine xx