Painting Ladybird

The image on my card is from I Heart Sketches and is the progressive monthly freebie image! I've coloured it with Promarkers and used papers from my stash which were left overs from a previous project - Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting cd and I had to hide the joins with embroidery thread!

The buttons I found in my stash and I've layered them up and added some more embroidery thread to the smaller one.

I was due to blog this card over the weekend but it was a busy one again as Samuel was karting all weekend! However it was worth it as he won his second Honda Cadet Novice trophy for the second weekend in a row and did some fantastic karting and overtaking too!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Heart Sketches: Monthly Progressive Challenge
Cd Sunday - Garden Pleasures
Crafting When We Can: Floral
One Stop Craft: Add Flowers or Ribbon
Kitty Bee Designs: Summer
Happy Campers: Summer

Image:  From The Heart Digital Stamps, coloured with Promarkers
Printed Paper:  Twelve Crafters Crafting cd from Funky Hand
Everything else:  My stash 

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 17 - Decorations

It's time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge!  The theme for this fortnight is:

Decorations

If you want to know more about the challenge, pop over to Crimbo Crackers!  I'm sponsored by Bugaboo and have used one of their images in my sample:

I've used Ruby - Christmas Ornaments on my card and coloured her with Promarkers with some rather fab glittery lime green hair!  I've added glossy accents to her specs but you can't see (no pun intended!)  Papers are from Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting cd and I've had them in my stash for ages and are left over bits from previous projects.

I've added a faux stitch around the edge of the star papers and a dotted line around the edge of the X Cut die shape (which wasn't big enough for the image so Ruby's hair overhangs!)  Ribbon is from my stash and I've added a layered snowflake to hide the join.

Good luck with the challenge and I hope you'll join in - for more details pop over to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday:  Sketch Followed
ABC Christmas Challenges:  K is for Keep It Simple
Waste Not Wednesday:  Use Forgotten Scraps
Squigglefly Challenge:  Make Me Laugh

• Image:  Bugaboo, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Papers:  Funky Hand, Twelve Crafters Crafting cd
• Everything else:  My stash

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 25 - Midway Extra

It's time for the Midway Extra over on Fetch A Sketch.  We have two sponsors this fortnight - Jellypark and Funky Hand and for more details on the prizes pop over to Fetch A Sketch.  To have a browse in the online stores just click on the banners below:

And here is a reminder of the sketch:

I've used Funky Hand papers from Twelve Crafters Crafting plus one of the banners from Jellypark plus the snowman.  I've paper pieced the banner and layered it onto an offcut of printed card and then added the embroidery thread bows at the ends.  You can't quite see it, but I've also added some stickles around the edges of the banner.

If you like a sale then quickly go over to Jellypark - Claire is having a sale over the Jubilee Weekend - all digi stamps are only 60p!!  BE QUICK!!

The snowman has been coloured with Promarkers and I've used my fab X Cut dies for the shapes behind him plus three sparkly snowflakes that Jenny sent me ages ago (thank you!)

Good luck with the challenge - for more details pop over to the challenge blog.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Here Come The Boys:  Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time:  Use a Digi
The Squirrel and the Fox:  Winter or Summer

• Papers:  Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting
• Images:  Jellypark - bunting and snowman
• Dies:  X Cut
• Snowflakes:  From Jenny
• Everything else:  My stash

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 16 - Picture Inspiration

It's time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge!  And this fortnight I have two sponsors - A Day For Daisies who are offering a $12 gift certificate to the store, and Funky Hand who is offering one winner a download of their choice from the store!

The challenge this fortnight is a picture inspiration / colour theme:

I've used the pretty Holly Berry Fairy image from A Day For Daisies and coloured her with Promarkers.  The spotty papers are from the Tis The Season Wordbook download from Funky Hand and the red paper is from Twelve Crafters Crafting.

I've used my X Cut dies for the image shape and then cut around it for a smaller boarder.  Added some pale green half pearls from my stash (you can just about see them!) plus some wired gold organza ribbon - I took the wire out and then added the bow afterwards tying the centre with a thinner offcut of ribbon.

Good luck with the challenge - for more details and how to enter, pop over to Crimbo Crackers!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
I love Promarkers:  Die Cuts
Ruby's Rainbow:  Things With Wings
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge:  Anything Goes plus Ribbon

• Image:  A Day for Daisies, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Tweleve Crafters Crafting cd and Tis The Season wordbook download from Funky Hand
• Dies:  X Cut
• Everything else:  My stash

Dude Time Doodles Challenge 27 - Favourite Christmas Film

Are you ready for a Dude Time Doodle Challenge? This week, the challenge is:

Your Favourite Christmas Film

I've gone with The Snowman and used Duck the Snowball Warrior which has been coloured with Promarkers and a bit of glitter glue although you can't actually see all the sparkle in the photo!

I've used Funky Hand papers from Happy Happy Birthday plus the red is from my stash and the sentiment is also Funky Hand but from Twelve Crafters Crafting.

I've added a Sizzix snowflake die, a gem, some faux stitching and I've dotted around the edge of the image and sentiment with a blue gel pen.

For more details on how to join in and to see the rest of the Design Teams creations - pop over to the Challenge blog and good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Boots: Christmas

Critter Challenge: Let It Snow
Craft Your Days Away: Snowmen
Digital Tuesday: Winter Wonderland

• Image: Dude Time Doodles, coloured with Promarkers
• Printed Papers: Happy Happy Birthday from Funky Hand
• Sentiment: Twelve Crafters Crafting from Funky Hand
  
• Dies: Sizzix Snowflake
• Everything else: My stash
  

Christmas Word Book

Here is a Christmas card that I made for a recent order. I do like making word books - they are relatively easy to make and fairly quick unless I decide to layer up the letters as I've done here and then cut them out!

All the papers are from Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting cd and I've used Wordart to create the actually word Happy. Each letter has been printed onto a pale colour from the colour palette and then layered onto a contrasting colour then added to each 'page' of the book.

I've glittered around the inside of each of the letters plus also the smaller Christmas word (cut with my Sizzix Round-a-Bout alphabet dies). The ribbons are from my stash and hold all pages together - well, actually, the glue does that, but you know what I mean!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:


Bearly Mine: Non Traditional Christmas Colours
365 Cards: Day 287 - Blue / Green - Teal etc
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Fancy Folds / Shaped Cards
Cheerful Stamp Pad: Christmas Greeting as Focal Point
My Craft Spot: Christmas Shaped Cards
Crazy Challenge: More Than One Fold

• All papers: Twelve Crafter Crafting cd from Funky Hand


• Dies: Sizzix Round-a-Bout alphabet


• Everything else: My stash

Get Funky Challenge - Double Whammy!

Welcome to my portion of this months Get Funky challenge! The theme, set by Jackie is:

Make A Christmas Item and A Non Christmas Item Using Christmas Papers

Easy eh? But only when you have the fab new cd from Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting! I've used two different paper collections from the cd plus the star template. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Happy Happy Birthday and Betty has simply changed her sparkly dress! She's been coloured with Promarkers. And the stars behind her are actually very glittery gift tags!

And see how many I've made!!

I'm well over my target of 150 Christmas cards this year!!

Don't forget - you MUST use at least one Funky Hand product in your creation and you can always snag the freebie if you've not got anything. Good luck - the challenge ends on 14 December and a new challenge will be set the day after!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Little Claire's Challenge: Shaped Cards
Clearly Inspired: Christmas
Crafty Ann's: Tic Tac Toe (Red, Green and Silver/Gold)
Winter Wonderland: Christmas / Winter Birthday

• Papers, template and Christmas sentiment: Twelve Crafters Crafting
• Birthday Sentiment: Happy Happy Birthday
• Image: Our Betty, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Snowcouple

I've had a few special orders for Christmas cards this year and this is one of them. I've used an image from Crafty Sentiments and coloured it with Promarkers and a little glitter glue.


I've added the sentiment before printing it off and all the papers are from Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting cd plus I've layered two snowflakes using a Sizzix die (plus more glitter glue!)

Edges have been inked and I've dotted a fine line using a blue gel pen around the edge of the image and the shaped papers. Embroidery thread is from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday: Sketch followed
Crafty Purple Frog: For Someone Special
I Love Promarkers: Snowmen / Snowflakes
Digi Stamps 4 Joy: Christmas but no Animals
Sassy Cheryl's: Winter

• Image: Crafty Sentiments, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Papers: Twelve Crafters Crafting cd from Funky Hand
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Dies: Sizzix snowflakes
• Everything else: My stash
  

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 11 - Midway Extra

It's time for the Fetch A Sketch midway extra post - halfway through our current challenge and time for some extra inspiration for you! Here is a reminder of the sketch:

We are sponsored this fortnight by the Digi Garden, click on the banner below to be taken to the store! And Saffie will be offering the winner 5 digi's of their choice. Thank you Saffie!

And here is my card. I've used the Winter Kids 1 image and coloured with Promarkers, glitter glue and liquid pearls. The star template, papers and sentiment are all from the wonderful new cd from Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting and a lot of the papers can actually be used all year around too.

I've added a bit of glitter glue around the edges, some inking and some punched sparkly stars and that's it!

Good luck with the challenge - deadline is Sunday 27 November at 12noon GMT and for more details, please pop over to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Boy oh Boy
Little Claire's Monthly Challenge: Shaped Cards
One Stop Craft: Colour Challenge - Blue
Send A Smile 4 Kids: Winter Wishes
Phindy's Place: Christmas Cards
Wags n Whiskers: Christmas Themed

• Image: Digi Garden, coloured with Promarkers and liquid pearls
• Papers, Sentiment and template: Twelve Crafters Crafting cd from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash

Winter Coat

Isn't this a cute image?! One of two new releases from Jellypark, it is Girl With Winter Coat and I've coloued her with Aquamarkers plus a little glitter on her pom poms on her hat.

All the papers are from Twelve Crafters Crafting from Funky Hand and the smaller panels I printed as 9 to a page so I got smaller detail. The large snowflake is a Sizzix die and its cut with a paper from the same collection and I've layered a very sparkly snowflake over the top and added a gem to the centre.

A bit of inking and doodling plus some little dots around the edge of the image and the card is complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar: Winter Wardrobe
Crafty Emma: Snowflakes
Crafty Catz: Snowflakes
Winter Wonderland: Christmas Cutie

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Aquamarkers
• Papers: Twelve Crafters Crafting from Funky Hand
• Dies: Sizzix Snowflake
• Everything else: My stash
  

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 11

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch challenge! I hope this one is not going to be too tricky for you! I (Ruth) am your hostess this fortnight and here is the sketch:

We are sponsored this fortnight by the Digi Garden, click on the banner below to be taken to the store! And Saffie will be offering the winner 5 digi's of their choice - good luck with picking 5 - my list extended to the whole store!

We've been given some digi's to use in our creations and I've used the fab Immies's Scarf and coloured her with Promarkers plus glitter glue.

I used a Sizzix tag die for the shape, inked and dotted a fine line around the edge and then used a template from Happy Happy Birthday cd from Funky Hand but 'pulled' the paper through from Twelve Crafters Crafting - its easy to do this as all the Papercraft Factory versions interact with each other!

The sentiment is also from Twelve Crafters Crafting and I've inked then glittered the edge of the card. Really easy! And although I did initially wonder why I'd created a sketch like I had, it has actually grown on me! I did add a few punched snowflakes but it looks like two have dropped off before I took the photo!

Join us next Monday for our regular midway point post where we will have some extra inspiration for you! Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 27 November at 12noon GMT.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes: Digital Images
Little Claire's Monthly Challenge: Shaped Cards
Rogue Redhead Designs: One Designer Paper
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Colours of Winter
CCEE Stampers: Three Different Shapes (Oval, Star and Banner)

• Papers and template: Funky Hand

• Image:The Digi Garden, coloured with Promarkers
• Sentiment: Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

A Funky Blog Hop - Win Twelve Crafters Crafting cd!

It's the Funky Hand Blog Hop and it is our first ever hop!! And with all hops there is one fab prize on offer - a copy of the brand new not yet even released cd - Twelve Crafters Crafting!! It's launch is on 5 November BUT you can pre order it direct from Funky Hand so you know you'll be one of the first to have it!

Each of the Design Team (funnily enough, there are twelve of us....!) picked a paper collection to work with and I went with Jingle Bells which is the twelfth paper collection on the cd. As you can see its a bright and funky collection and I just could not resist making this wordbook - you know how much I like them!

Really easy - just print out the pages you want - you can select the letter to which ever paper you want and change the colour of the letter (now that is good eh?!) The little 'ho' has been made using the workspace area - you can make words or just random letters and they will match the colour collection you are using!!

I've added extra stars here and there from the offcuts and added glitter glue around the letters. Ribbon is from Meiflower.

Hop runs from NOW and Anice will accept the unscrambled phrase until midnight GMT tomorrow evening (Sunday). If you've not hopped through those before me, pop over to Anice who will explain how its all going to work and she will provide your instructions and the list of who to hop to!

So, if you've arrived at me from Jules then you are on the right track! My letter is:

E

Now leave me a comment and hop over to Amanda, all the way up in Bonnie Scotland!

Just remember to write down each of our letters and leave us a comment - you've got to be in it to win it!!

And talking of winning, one of my other little ventures, Crimbo Crackers, also has a copy of Twelve Crafters Crafting on offer!

Good luck with the hop and be quick!!

• All papers: Twelve Crafters Crafting from Funky Hand
• Ribbon: Meiflower
• Everything else: My stash
  

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Well, the day is finally here and Crimbo Crackers has launched!! The first challenge is a nice and easy one:

Anything Goes

So as long as it is Christmas related or Festive it qualifies! Any type of crafting can be entered not just papercrafting, so dust off your stash and get creating! For more details on how to enter, just go to Crimbo Crackers.

The very wonderful Anice from Funky Hand generously offered me a prize - however I can't show it!! I can tell you what it is though - a copy of the brand new cd due to be released on 5 November called Twelve Crafters Crafting.

I am part of the Funky Hand Design Team so I get to have a play with the millions of papers and digi images on the cd (slight exaggeration, but trust me there are a lot of things to play with!)

And if you like the look of the Three Wise Kings that I've made below, then you are going to love the eye candy on the blog hop that Anice has organised for this coming weekend! So make sure you've not had too many snowballs or eggnog's as you won't want to miss out on another opportunity to win a copy of Twelve Crafters Crafting!


If you are familiar with Funky Hand cd's then you will know that each patterned paper is repeated in each paper collection but with different colour palettes. I've used three paper collections to make my Wise Kings plus my Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder, some buttons from my stash for the belts and hat bobbles (Jacob did a sterling job picking out matching buttons for me!) and I've added embroidery thread through the button holes and also on top of each of the gifts they bear.

The gifts are part of an enlarged digi image from the cd - the beauty about these cd's is that you can enlarge the digi's to A4 size without any loss of quality - these have then been coloured with Promarkers. And if you are not too hot on colouring, then there are pre coloured versions for you too!


A bit of edge inking and a faux running stitch and they are complete! I've used a rather old feature from Crafts Beautiful for the inspiration but I've made my own templates, so they can be adapted to make a Santa! Oh, and they are all held up by a good old loo roll tube!

Good luck with the challenge - I hope you will be able to join in! Closing date is Wednesday 9 November at 12noon GMT and more details and how to enter are over on Crimbo Crackers!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenge: Anything But A Card
Digital Tuesday: Buttons and Twine
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes
Critter Sketch Challenge: Three Different Patterned Papers
Karen's Doodles: Emboss It
One Stitch At A Time: Emboss It

• All Printed Papers: 12 Crafters Crafting cd from Funky Hand
• Embossing: Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls
• Everything else: My stash