Totally Papercrafts Challenge #5

Good Morning All

It's Friday and time for our next challenge over on Totally Papercrafts.

Firstly thank you to everyone who entered challenge #4, there was an awesome amount of entries.

Challenge #5 for you is a gorgeous sketch by our very own Sue, this is Sue's first ever sketch and I can tell you this certainly wont be her last.  The girls have all done wonderful jobs to help inspire you, so please do check them out.  Here's mine.........

 

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by our monthly sponsor Simon Says Stamp and the winner will win this gorgeous House Mouse stamp...

We do hope you'll be able to join us for the challenge this week.  Remember to please stick to the sketch and to be eligible for the prize draw you must not combine more than 5 challenges.  We look forward to seeing what you come up with.

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft 'Retro Melody' from the soon to be released 'Sweet Dreams Springtime Retro'

Papers - My Minds Eye

Colouring Mediums - Copics & Promarkers

Ribbon - From stash

Other Embellishments - Flowers, Spacers and Brads from stash

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Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs

Joanne xx

A Touch of Spring

Good morning all, hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Just thought I'd pop a card on for you before I get off to work.  With all this snowy weather we keep having, it's nice to see a bit of spring, even if it is on card and paper...lol.

I have another Pollycraft sneak peek for you.....

 

This is 'Springtime Evangeline' from the new upcoming release set Sweet Dreams Springtime Retro.

This lovely fits to 4 challenges....

Your Next Stamp - Spring Colours

Stamp Something - Touch of Spring Somethings

Fussy & Fancy - Dazzle Us

Allsorts - Tag, Ticket or Label

Though it's hard to see as I couldn't get a very good picture with the snowy conditions the sun has little gems on it's rays and also the flower heads on the image also have tiny glitter dots in the centres.  I'm sure it would be quite sparkly and dazzling in the right light...lol

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft 'Springtime Evangeline' (soon to be released)

Papers - My Minds Eye and Papermania

Colouring Mediums - Copics & Promarkers

Sentiment - Pollycraft 'Sweet Dreams Springtime Retro' (soon to be released)

Embellishments - Gems, Ribbon and Card Candy from stash

Tiny Glitter Dots - Papermania

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Paula has a fab offer happening over on the Pollycraft Store, but you have to hurry as it ends midnight Tuesday, check out the store or blog for the special code to recieve 25% off of your order!!!

Thanks for stopping by as always your comments mean a whole lot to me.

Right I best go scrape my car of all the snow and ice and get it warmed up.

Keep Safe All

Hugs

Joanne xxx

Magical Crafts Challenge #9

Good Morning All

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the last challenge 'For The Kids', so many wonderful projects.

For challenge 9 over on Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge the theme is...

'SOMETHING FOR MUM'

Mother's day is fast approaching here in the UK, but we also understand that for some of you Mother's day is later in the year, so we would like to see projects with 'MUM' in mind, be it for Mother's day, birthday etc..

Remember we like to see all crafts over on Magical, so any crafting technique, be it knitting, woodwork, pottery, painting, papercrafts.....absolutely anything goes as long as you stick to the theme.

This week we are being sponsored by Sew Many Cards, and the winner will win 5 digi images of their choice from the SMC Store.

The DT were able to work with some SMC images and as always they have come up trumps with some inspiration for you, so be sure to check them out over on the challenge blog.  Here's mine.....

 

I've made this cute word book with my mum in mind.  Now my MIL being in her 80's is more the elegant flowery type of person and my mum, well I think she loves everything I do, but my dilemma was I know my mum is gonna be peeking....lol, Yes Mum, I know your looking!!!  So this is for me and I will be adding little pics and things about my mum to the pages and make it into a little keepsake for me.

RECIPE

Digi Image - Sew Many Cards 

Papers - K & Co

Colouring Medium -Copics

Ribbon from stash

Flowers punched from papers using Woodware Flower Punches

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We do hope you'll be able to join us for our latest challenge, we look forward to seeing your creations.

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Well I awoke this morning at 7:30 thanks to Mollie Mops and her barking at the poor paperboy.  When looking out of the window this is the scene I saw...

Yep...the snow is back!!  They forcasted that a light dusting of snow was likely, well I think this is a tad more than a light dusting...lol.  And it's still going strong now.  But as you'll see below, Mollie Mops just loves it...

 

Don't think we'll be going far today!!

Enjoy your Sunday and if you have the snow enjoy it, but please be careful if you need to go out in it.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Sweet Dreams Springtime Retro Sneak Peek

Happy Saturday to you all!!

Still chilly and was very frosty this morning, but it has been a glorious sunny day so far.

I have a sneak peek for you of one of the totally gorgeous new images from Pollycraft which will be released soon.

 

This beauty is 'Aurelia Retro', and the flowers and sentiment are also from the same set.

This card fits 4 challenges........

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Digital Tuesday - All Things Girly

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Spring Is In The Air

Totally Gorjuss - Flower Power

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft - Sweet Dreams Springtime Retro 'Aurelia Retro' (Upcoming release)

Papers - Crafts Too and Papermania

Colouring Medium - Copics & Promarkers

Sentiment & Flowers - Pollycraft - Sweet Dreams Springtime Retro 

Flower Brads - From stash

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Hope everyone is enjoy their weekend, thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Totally Papercrafts Challenge #4

Good Morning Everyone

It's Friday so that means it's time for a new challenge over on Totally Papercrafts, but first thank you to everyone who joined last weeks challenge of 'Buttons & Bows', a fantastic number of entries again, and plenty of people that joined in the Wags 'n' Whiskers blog hop too, which we were so chuffed to have been a part of.

This weeks challenge for you has been set by our friend Emma........

"LOTS OF SPOTS"

Yes we want to see spots before our eyes with your papercraft creations.

We welcome Sew Many Cards as our sponsor for this week, and the winner will win 5 digi images of their choice.  We are also pleased to welcome four very talented ladies from the Sew Many Cards DT as out guest designers this week.  So be sure to check them out as well as the gorgeous inspirations by my fellow friends on the DT.  Here's mine...

 

RECIPE

Digi Image - Sew Many Cards 'Halen in Hat'

Design Papers - My Minds Eye

Orange Paper - From stash

Colouring Medium - Copics

Flowers - Punched from the papers using Woodware Flower Punches

Other Embellishments - Ribbon, Card Candy and Adhesive Sparkles from stash

Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots (using cuttlebug)

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We do hope you'll join us for our challenge this week, we are all looking forward to being dazzled by your spotty creations.

Hugs

Joanne xxx

P.S.  Thank you to everyone for your get well messages, thankfully the cold doesn't seem to have turned too nasty, so feeling much better thank you xx

My first completed Circle Journal

Over on the Magical Crafts Forum you'll find lots of swaps going on and the Circle Journal is one of them.

This was started back in September last year it involves, you starting your journal, then sending on to another person to complete a double page, then they post it on to someone else to complete a double page and so on until the final finished journal is returned back to you.  I am not a scrapbooker, so this was a challenge for me, not only starting my own but also doing a double page in other peoples who were in the circle.  But we got there in the end and my little journal is now back with me.  I've not signed up to take part in the second circle, but I think I will definately take part again when I can.  So here's my completed Circle Journal, thank you to two very talented friends Angel and Jackie for their pages.....and the journal subject was my little furbaby Mollie...

 

  

 

 

This is something I really will treasure and there is room for me to add more pages in the future.

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Sorry I've not been about with any new posts for a few days, I've been working and have also come down with a cold, which I thought was going to be a right stinker of one last night as I felt really rotten, but thankfully today I feel more human and only have a little niggling sore throat, sniffles and a bit sneezy.  Hopefully that's as worse as it's gonna get.

Hope everyone else is keeping well and keeping warm as that cold air here still lingers on with the constant threat of snow.  Roll on spring I say.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Joanne xxx

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #34

WOW...there were lots of entries for our 'Things With Wings' challenge, thanks to all who took part.

Our next challenge for you over on Pollycraft has been set by me.......

"DOUBLE UP"

You need to use TWO images on your projects!!

The DT have had fun (or maybe not...lol) with this one and have come up with some superb 'Double Up' inspiration for you, so please do check them out.  Here's mine....

 

I have put two of the new 'Spring Things' images together, one was the Friday Freebie last week and the other is a part of the brand new set soon to be released.

RECIPE

Digi Iamges - Pollycraft 'Spring Things ~ Blossoming Friendship and Follow The Leader' (soon to be released)

Papers - My Minds Eye

Colouring Mediums - Copics, Promarkers and Watercolour Pencils

Embellishments - Flowers, Spacer, Brad and Card Candy all from stash

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We do hope you'll join us for our 'Double Up' challenge.

Hugs

Joanne xx

1 Card for no challenges...lol Oh yes there is ONE

Happy Velentine's Day to each and everyone of you, hope you are all enjoying a day with your loved ones.

It's taken me two days to get this card done and finished, we had a nightmare with Mollie late yesterday involving a bone and a mad dash in the evening to the emergency vetinary hospital, thankfully all ok now hopefully, the problem appeared to of righted itself due to my driving and the bumpy roads according to the vet, I 'm hoping it was more to do with the pot holes in the roads than my driving...lol.  Anyway I've never been keen on her having bones and the one she had yesterday was the last she'll ever have.

So on to the card........

 

Now with all the mayhem I seemed to totally lose the plot with this one, I was originally following the sketch over on Challenge Up Your Life, which I have done, but totally forgot about the colour combo to go with it which is green and yellow...DOH!!  Plenty of green in it but no yellow...lol.  Gone through my challenge list and can't seem to find any other challenges this'll fit into.  So if anyone does know of a challenge it'll slip into nicely please let me know. 

RECIPE

Image - Sarah Kay

Papers - K & Co and Crafts Too

Colouring Mediums - Watercolour Pencils and Promarkers just for the skin

Embellishments - Lace, Pearls and Flowers all from stash

Sentiment is stamped (freebie stamp from a crafty mag back from last year)

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Thanks to the lovely Moni who emailed me about a couple of challenges my card should fit.  One of them I've already entered but the other I think will do nicely....

Stamp Something - Something Cute

Well I think she's a cutie, thank you Moni xx

Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Totally Papercrafts Challenge #3

Thank you to everyone who took part in our recipe challenge last week so many stunning pieces of work.  We are now onto week 3 over on Totally Papercrafts Challenges.

This week our challenge for you is....

BUTTONS & BOWS

A nice easy one for you.  We are thrilled to be sponsored this week by Nikki from Bunny Zoe's Crafts




And today is a very special one for Nikki as it's the release of some new gorgeous Wags 'n' Whiskers rubber stamps, and to mark their release there is a fun blog hop which starts over on the Wags 'n' Whiskers Blog.

One lucky winner of our challenge will win this gorgeous rubber stamp, which is of course one of the new Wags 'n' Whiskers...

 

LOVE YOU SIS  

and a selection of buttons...

The DT have been very lucky and thrilled to each use some of the new Wags 'n' Whiskers images, so be sure to check out all the DT's gorgeous creations, here's mine....

  

RECIPE

Image - Wags 'n' Whiskers 'Gemma & Bella's Spring Fun'

Papers - My Minds Eye and Papermania

Colouring Medium - Watercolour Pencils and Copics

Ribbon - From stash

Buttons - Papermania

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We do hope you'll be able to join us for this weeks challenge, we can't wait to see your wonderful creations.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Pollycrafts Friday Freebie

It's Friday and time for a freebie from Pollycraft.

Sky Fairy {Love From Above}

 

Perfect for any last minute Valentines cards or when you want to send a little love any time of the year.

To get yourself this little beauty for free, hop on over to Tales from Pollycraft to grab it, remember it's only available free for ONE week then it will only be available to purchase from the Pollycraft Shop. Alternatively, why not join the new Pollycraft Group over on Paper Craft Planet, where there's a little competition running.

This is Steve's valentine's card, he don't look at my blog unless I show him something...lol, so I think it's safe on here.  And of course there's more Valentine's/Love challenges out there this week so this one fits 9 challenges....

Die Cut Dreams - Have A Heart

Stamp With Fun - Hearts

My Time To Craft - Hearts & Kisses

Everybody Art - Valentine

Flutter By Wednesday - Love

Simon Says - What's Love Gotta Do With It

Creative Inspirations - Anyone for Leftovers?

Charisma Cardz - Think Male

Cute Card Thursday - In The Name of Love

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft ~ Sky Fairy {Love From Above} available free for 1 week

Papers - Scraps

Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, Copics and Sakura Stardust & White

Sentiment Stamp - Unknown

Embellishments all from stash.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Joanne xx