Easter

Good morning to all my friends and  followers its that Wednesday so the start of a new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs, Our theme for this weeks challenge is Easter.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Lunagirl  

Prize - $15 gift certificate to store

The Design Team used a lovely collage sheet Victorian Easter and  I used one of the images from that sheet to make my card

Close Up

Card Recipe

6x6 Cream scalloped card

Image is from the Victorian Easter collage sheet from Lunagirl

April Paper is from a Graph it 45 paper pad

Green card is Tim Holz

Stitched square die

Art Deco style dies I bought recently the Art Deco style really caught my eye so different 

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Well I hope if you have been making Easter cards you can join in our challenge this week.

Enjoy your week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Steampunk

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers its Wednesday so a new weekly Challenge starting today over at Crafting by Designs and  our theme is Steampunk

Our sponsor for this Challenge is

Lunagirl  

Prize - $15 gift certificate to shop

The Design Team were given this sheet to work with from Lunagirl

I have to say Steampunk is not my normal style but I decided to give it a go and made this tag using a couple of the images.

Tag Recipe

Tag shape made from Crafters Companion Kraft card rounded at the corners with a X cut corner rounder.

Black Mirra Card

Steampunk 12x12 papers are from my box I was given them and have had them ages they might be Do crafts but not certain

Lunagirl sheet Steampunk Girls 

Frame die is Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight

Black lace my box might be Boyes

Linen clock embellishment I think I bought in a pack from Michael's ages ago

Wings charm was from Wild Orchid Crafts

Metal cogs are from Michael's in Florida

Time sentiment I cut from the paper

Other sentiments are Tim Holtz Ideology pad Small Talk

 Ground Espresso Distress Ink on the edges and  clock tag

 Well I hope you can enter this challenge I'm not sure how many of you like Steampunk but it was a fun thing to do. Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Get Ready For Christmas

Good morning to all my lovely crafty friends and  followers . Its that Wednesday again and the start of  new challenge over at Crafting by Designs.. Our theme this week is our very popular Get Ready for Christmas Challenge..
We have one sponsor this week

                                                                          LUNAGIRL
                                                                     http://lunagirl.com

 

This company do some fabulous vintage collage sheets and this week the team are using images from the Winter Fun sheet.

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Image is Lunagirl from the Winter Fun Collage sheet

Papers are Kaisercraft Turtle Dove

Kraft card Crafters Companion

Lace was a gift from one of my lovely Blog friends

Ribbon was from my stash

Flowers green from The Pound Shop, Red sparkle Rose from Michael's Florida

Pine branch die is Marianne

Pine cones are from Live and  Love Crafts and berries from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Sentiment is from Hobby Craft.

Well I hope that you are all well and  having a good week  It would also be great if you could find time to enter this weeks challenge.Love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into Noor Design Challenge Flowers and  Lace

You Are Beautiful

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers I hope everyone is well and  having a great week. As its that Wednesday I'm here to launch a new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs The theme for this weeks challenge is You Are Beautiful.

We have one sponsor Lunagirl who sell some fabulous vintage photos and  images.

Sponsor:  Lunagirl 

Prize - $15 gift certificate to store 

For my Design Team card I used a vintage photo from the Daydream sheet

Card Recipe

6x6 blank card 

Image from The Lunagirl sheet Daydream

Papers are Pion Grandma's School Book Blue Wings sadly now discontinued I think it was from Live and  Love Crafts ages ago.

Cream Card is Tm Holtz

Dies are Spellbinder Decorative Labels Eight, Magnolia Doohickey leaf and swirl die and Joycraft Vintage Flourishes leaf die,

Lace was from a haberdashery stall on Bakewell Market

Blue butterflies are from a Pion cut out sheet

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the cream hessian flower from Michael's Florida

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley Pretty Grungy Sentiments sadly I can no longer see them on the website such a lot of their stuff is no longer available so sad.

Small round cameo is from The Hobby House .

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week a busy one for me as I've got visitors coming on Friday for a few days so some crafting and jobs to do before they arrive. I hope you can pop over and  enter this challenge they are all always very popular. Love and  hugs Carole x

ATC's

Good morning to all my lovely crafty friends and  followers. Wednesday comes around so fast and  its another weekly challenge at Crafting by Designs and the theme this week is ATC's. Having never made an ATC before this was a bit of an adventure for me I did a bit of research on Pinterest and the Web re sizes and types of styles although our sponsor provided us with some fab vintage images so that decided my style.

We have a great sponsor this week

 Lunagirl 

Prize: $15 credit to store

I have to say if you are into vintage images you will love this site. So here are my set of ATC's.  I have to say they came out a lot better than I thought they would.!!

ATC Recipe 

Lunagirl Victorian Wallpaper background images and Victorian Beauties images

Lace is from Crafty Ribbons Morlaix Cotton Lace Ivory

Dies are Spellbinder Floral Oval and  Decorative Labels Eight.

Marianne flower leaf and  circle die 

Love embossing folder is Cuttlebug

Pinking scissors

Sentiment is LOTV Greetings Postmarks

Wooden Hearts Whitby Crafts

Card is Tim Holtz

Small pearl flowers The Hobby House

Charm ,twine ,lace bows, flower and pearls all from my stash 

Well it was certainly something different to try and I did enjoy making them. I hope you decide to have a go and make an ATC to enter into the challenge .

Enjoy your week whatever you have planned  Hugs Carole x

Vintage Christmas

Good morning to all my crafty friends and followers and a special welcome today to my new follower Gran Margaret I hope you enjoy my blog so glad you are following me.
I know what your thinking now just finished Easter yesterday and she''s posting a Christmas card !! Well the card is to launch a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs. The theme is Get Ready for Christmas. We ran some challenges with this theme in the lead up to Christmas and they were so popular that the team decided to have this theme once a month throughout the year. Its a great way to build the Christmas cards up during the year

We have two sponsors this week

Luna Girl

Prize - $15 credit to the store

Stitchy Bear -

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Prize - choice of 3 single images up to $10

I decided on a collage sheet from Lunagirl Christmas in Pink for my design and this is one of the images from the sheet.

Card Recipe

7 x 7 Blank card

Image from Lunagirl Collage sheet Christmas in Pink

Papers LOTV Baskets and  Bunnies

Spellbinder Decorative Labels Eight

Cheery Lyn Doily Die English Tea Party

Sentiment LOTV Christmas Grungy Messages

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts. I embossed the poinsettia with chunky white embossing powder 

from Live and  Love Crafts

White seam binding ribbon also from Live and Love Crafts

Lace, pearl string and pearl heart pins are from my stash

White gesso

Resin Angel and Vintage Cabochon are both from Wild Orchid Crafts

I hope you are inspired to make a Christmas card ( especially if you haven't started any yet ) and  pop over and enter the challenge. Enjoy the rest of the week whatever you have planned Hugs Carole x

Childhood Memories

Hello to all my great followers and  friends and a special welcome if you've arrived from Crafting by Designs.
Today sees the launch of the new weekly challenge at Crafting by Designs and the theme this week is Childhood Memories bet we all have a lot of those !!. We have two sponsors this week each giving generous prizes

A Day for Daisies

Prize - $12 gift voucher to the store

 

LunaGirl

 

Prize - gift voucher to store

 

 

I've chosen an image from the Lunagirl Retro Illustrations and it features a vintage school room .

 

 

 

 

Card Recipe

Blank 6x6 Kraft card

Red, blue card and chalkboard papers from my stash

Image Lunagirl from the  Retro Illustrations sheet

ABC Ribbon from Whitby Crafts

Wood Scrabble tiles and chalk board bubbles free in Docrafts magazine a while ago.

Letters from a Pion Cut Out Sheet

Button and twine from stash

 



 

I hope this brings back some fond memories and inspires you to make a childhood memories card. As well as the normal design team projects we have two designers from Lunagirl joining the challenge. Hope you find time to go over and take a look.

Enjoy the rest of the week and I hope you all have some nice things planned.