Father's Day Challenge at Anything Goes

Good morning ....

Today I have a DT card for the challenge over at Anything Goes and for this fortnight our challenge is

Father's Day

It's Father's Day here in the UK on Sunday 16th June so here's the ideal opportunity to show us all those lovely cards you've been making for your Dad, Grandad or the ones you make for your kids to give to Dad.

My card has ended up as a CAS card simply because the image was quite large and lots of twiddly bits just didn't seem right, so all I've done is add a ticket and some rhinestones at the corners. Oh,  and I also added some glossy accents over the windows.

For my card I've used an image from Just Inklined called Fares Please. They have a lovely broad selection of images and quite a few for those tricky male cards.

I went with this more traditional image rather than a cute one. It just seemed a bit more fitting for my Dad.

It should give him a trip down memory lane, lol.

Copics colours used for Fares Please :-

Tyres: C7, C5, C, C1

Chrome: C00, C0, C1, C3

Cream: E50, E55, E57

Beige: E40, E41, E42

Green: G21, G24, G94, G99

Blue Coats: B91, B95, B97, B99

I even googled the advertisements to try and get the right colours for those to make it more authentic.

I'm really looking forward to seeing all your lovely Father's Day cards. Why not pop on over to the Anything Goes Challenge  Blog and have a look at all the wonderful creations from my fellow teamies to give you some inspiration. 

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

Lady Bug Crafts - For the Men in your Life

The Crafting Cafe - Here come the Boys

Craft Lovin - Father's Day

CAS on Sunday - Make It Masculine

My Sherri Crafts - Father's Day

Sweet Stampin - All about Father's Day

Delightful Challenges - For Dad

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

The Hobby House's 1st Challenge - Anything Goes

Good morning everyone...

Just popping on with a quick post.

In case you've not heard The Hobby House has launched a challenge blog and today is the start of our first challenge.

It's a monthly challenge with a £25 Hobby House voucher as the prize (excludes postage).

This month our challenge is an easy peasy one

Anything Goes

We'd love to see your creations and hope that you're able to join us.

Happy Crafting.

Hugs,

Janine xx

Tiddly Inks You and Me

Hi everyone... 

Firstly I'd like to say a very warm welcome to all my new followers. Thank you so much for choosing to follow my blog and I hope that you enjoy your visit.

Today I have a card which I made for a swimming coach who's had a big part to play in the swimming successes of both Leonie and Brandon. She recently got married and I really wanted to make her a card to mark the occasion.

I ordered the Tiddly Inks image You and Me a little while ago just for this card, but when I saw Alyce pair it with Alison's arch image recently, it just seemed perfect.

It was only when I was editing these photos that I realised I'd forgotten to add the heart shaped doily I had inked up ready. What a numpty! Never mind, the lady loved her card. 

She has kept the one I made for her as a thank you for all her hard work when Brandon moved out of her squad. It's nice to know that people don't just bin them after all our hard work. 

One of my friends brings out all the Christmas cards I've made over the years and displays them all every Christmas. Talking of which I really must make a start or I'll never be ready. Even if it is 6 months away!

You and Me has been coloured with copics

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R21

Suit: W1, W3, W5, W7

Boys Hair: E21, E25, E29

Girls Hair: E11, E13, E15

Dress: C00, C0, C1, C3, Blender

Archway: E00, E11, E15, E18

Flowers: RV91, RV95, RV99, BV00, BV25, BV29

The papers are from Maja Vintage Spring Basics. These are such lovely papers and they also have the cute calenders and tags too. The flowers are a mixture of WOC, Kort and Godt daisies and Rolled flowers (using Memory Box small pinwheel die). All the pearls are from The Hobby House.

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

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark (colouring)

Crafting for All Seasons - Wedding/Anniversary

Deep Ocean - Ribbon and/or Lace

Paper Make Up Stamp - Anything Goes using a digi

Make My Monday - Handmade Embellishments (rolled roses)

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

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Divas by Design - Friendship

Hi everyone...

I know, I can't believe it either 3 post in as many days!

Today I'm back with my card for the new challenge over at Divas by Design. This week our challenge is

Friendship.

We're sponsored by Flat friends this week and the DT got to play with some of their images. Why not pop on over to the Divas by Design Challenge blog and have a look at some more Flat Friends images that my lovely teamies have used and get some inspiration too.

I've used the image Rainy Days on my card and teamed it with First Edition Up, Up and Away papers. Thought they would go well with the image as they have cute little clouds on them!

The image has been coloured with Copics and I've added some Glossy Accents for the rain drops. You can just about see them in the photo.

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R20

Blues: B91, B93, B95

Greens: YG01, YG03, YG63, YG67, G99

Boots: E41, E43, E44, E47

Clouds: C0, C1, C3, W0

Sky: BG0000, BG000

The dies for the embellishments are:

Joy Crafts - Floral Flourishes Leaves

DooHickey - Vintage Daisy and Cloud

Die-namics - Rolled Daisy

Memory Box - Arboscello Tree

Marianne Creatables - LR0205 fence

Looking forward to seeing what lovely creations you make.

Happy Crafting.

Hugs, 

Janine xx

Anything Goes Challenge - Homemade Backgrounds

Good morning blogger friends...

I'm back today with my DT post for Anything Goes and this fortnight our challenge is to 

make your own background paper.

Well I had an image of what I was going to create and in the end it was nothing like it!

I started off thinking I was going to make a tag and use an old Acey Deucey image - a bit kind of altered art. It just wasn't turning out to be anything like I imagined and just wasn't right somehow, so it ended up in the bin!

In the end I made a card using Tiddly Inks Alison Witch.

I started again by making the background paper. First I applied Vintage Photo ink directly from the ink pad onto my craft mat and spritzed it with water. Then I dabbed my paper on top and then used a heat gun to set it before applying the Brick Red in the same way. I tried a little Dylusions Teal spray on a separate piece of paper, but it accidentally went on my background too. I quite liked the effect so that's how it's stayed.

Alison Witch has been coloured in my usual Copics.

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11

Hat & Dress : W7, W5, W3,W1, W0, W00

Hair : E18, E15, YR07, E07, YR04, YR000

Red : R59, R29, R46, R22

I finished off my card using some flowers from WOC, a bow with a lovely Rhinestone crystal from The Hobby House and the flourish is garden branch from Marianne Creatables.

I've never made my own background before and I must confess it stressed me out a bit because I'm not familiar with the techniques. It certainly was a challenge but I'm pleased with the results.

Hope you'll join us. I can't wait to see what you make and hopefully learn from some experts!

Remember if you're short of crafting goodies do have a look at Craft Den's website, Lynne has been adding lots more to the site.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with handmade bow

Heart 2 Heart - Creature Feature

Ooh-La-La Creations - Seeing Red

No Matter Which - Things with Wings

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Some Very Exciting News ....

Good evening everyone...

I'm just popping on to tell you about some really exciting news I received yesterday evening. I've still not come down from the clouds!

I've been invited to join The Hobby House Design Team!!!

Our first challenge over on the Challenge Blog starts on 1st June and is a nice and easy Anything Goes.

Why not pop on over to The Hobby House blog and meet the rest of the very talented team.

I can't stop smiling - what a fantastic start to the week!

Hope you have a super week too.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx