24 Peaks Challenge

Earlier in the year the company I work for entered two teams into the Coins Foundation 24 Peaks Challenge.
I went along as part of the support team which included ferrying the teams around and moving the luggage into the rooms so that they didn't have to do anything, after all climbing the 24 peaks in 24 hours is a tough enough challenge so we did all we could to make their lives a bit easier.

The weather was foul with very high winds and driving rain, in fact at one stage it was so bad that it was touch and go if the whole thing was going to be cancelled. I think they did an amazing job and am so glad I was just there as a driver!

I am entering this into the Digitally Sweet challenge which this week is a sketch.

CD Sunday - Poetry Corner

Over on CD Sunday this week we are sitting in the Poetry Corner and  this is my contribution, I found the image on the Patience Strong cd by Joanna Sheen.

I hope you can come over and join us and visit all the team members blogs as they have some stunning work for you to have a peek at.

 It's a beautiful morning here with sunshine and blue skies so hopefully it will continue throughout the day and maybe we can tidy the garden.

CD Sunday - Autumn Splendour

Good morning everyone, it's pretty grim outside today as the fog has come down and it's a bit chilly so it could well be a day in the craft room for me but not making things rather tidying the place up as I'm struggling to get in it at the moment.

Anyway this is my card for the CD Sunday challenge which this week is Autumn Splendour, I have used an image from the Enchanted cd from Card Creations+, the background is made using a stamp set from Personal Impressions I think, and distress inks blended over some pearl card. The flower is one I have had in my stash for quite a while, and a paper lace border coloured with more distress inks.

I hope you will come over and join us and visit my team mates blogs as they have some great stuff for you to see.

I'm also entering this into the Joanna Sheen challenge which this week is Autumn Breeze.

Digitally Sweet - Card Front

I was asked to make a card for someone to take to a baby shower, having never done one I was a bit stuck but started having a play but nothing seemed to work, my initial idea was maybe a stork carrying a baby but didn't like anything I'd done.

This idea came about while looking at one of my digi kits and I found the cloud so I took the words baby shower literally and came up with this. I hope the person it's for doesn't think I've gone mad.

I am entering this in the Digitally Sweet challenge this week which is make a digital card front.

CD Sunday - Christmas

Hello all, it's another Sunday and and another challenge over on CD Sunday, don't know where these weeks are going but it's now time to think about doing Christmas cards.

This week we have been given one of Caroline's digi kits to play with and the card above is what I came up with from the kit I was given. This card is an 8x5 which is an unusual size for me as I seem to be stuck doing square cards so I made an effort to change that this week.

We have said goodbye for now to Kevin who has been a splendid guest over the last month and said hello to Sue and if her first card is anything to go by we are in for another treat this month.

This week is also the final weerk for one of our founder members and we are losing Wendy M, Wendy has decided to call time on her stint as a team member so she will be moving on but hopefully she will still join us with her designs when she has time, I know we are going to miss her.

I do hope you can come over and have a look and join in, the teams samples this week are great and if you can manage to visit their blogs you will see lots a lovely stuff to inspire you.

Wedding Day Wishes

One of our young ladies in work is getting married in Mexico later this month so we have had a little collection for her and this is the card I have made for everyone to sign.  I just need to get on and make another one for me to give her, hope everyone likes this one.

CD Sunday - Tea Time

This week on CD Sunday the theme is Tea Time so I have used the House Mouse project cd, I have never had chamomile tea but if it really does have this effect then I must go out and buy some.
I have found that the print out from the cd is a little pale so you have to use the best quality print to get a stronger image but I do enjoy using this cd and the images are quite easy to cut out apart from all the tales on the mice.
I hope you can pop over and see the things the rest of the team have done and if you can manage to visit their blogs and let them know you've been that would be great.

CD Sunday - Awash with Flowers

Hi everyone, another Sunday so another challenge over on CD Sunday, this week Carol has chosen Awash with Flowers so a nice easy one this week.

I know there are lots of cd's I could have used and Joanna Sheen loves flowers so it could have been quite easy to use one of her cd's but I wanted to try something different so I used The Big One as that has some pages designed to go with the Spellbinders nesties and wonder of wonders I have a couple of the sets so decided to give it a go and see how well they work.

I have also used a Memory Box die which although quite fine the card just falls out of the die, maybe other companies should use the same coated metal. I have sprayed the flowers with Spray and sparkle from Crafters Companion and it's not quite as shiny as it looks in the picture but there was a light shining on it.

I do hope you can come over and join us, we love seeing the wonderful things you come up with and it's a great source of inspiration for us all.

Digitally Sweet - Sketch

Possibly not the most obvious picture to use in a scrapbook page but this is a picture that brings back some good memories. We were walking in the hills in Lancashire and as we came to a gate these two sheep were about to cross a bridge but we appeared, they stopped and looked at us then at each other and waited long enough for me to grap a quick picture.  Once we moved on they carried on their way quite happily.

I have used a couple of kits from Daisytrail for this page and used a texture effect on the flowers and swirls.

Entering this into the sketch challenge over on Digitally Sweet.

A Day out

Here is a very quick page made from a few of the photo's taken while we were on holiday, we had a lovely time and this is a National Trust garden not too far from home.  I took quite a few photo's here but just thought I'd put together a quick page while it is still fresh in my mind.  I'll enter this into the Digitally Sweet challenge this week as it's anything with flowers and there are quite a few in these pics.

CD Sunday - Feline friends

Good morning everyone, it's time for another challenge over on CD Sunday and this week Beryl has chosen Feline Friends, the team has enjoyed doing this one and I think it shows in the standard of the cards they have produced.

We still have Kevin with us and he has made a lovely card with the Joanna Sheen cd Ivory Cats, I was going to use the same cd myself and have the toper and backing paper printed out but decided to use the Moorheads cd instead. This is an A5 card with the front folded back to give it a bit more interest, the backing paper is from a Docrafts pack I bought when it was reduced in The Range a while ago, there are lots of toppers and greetings in the pack so quite useful.

I do hope you can come and join us we love visiting you all and seeing what wonderful creations you have come up with.

-Digitally sweet - Anything goes with Flowers

I knew I wouldn't resist the new CA2 and bought it as soon as it was available on the DT web site, I have always used the pdf images with the old version but now they have added in the availability to import them in so it makes life a little easier.  I do like the the way you can use the colours in your picture to make the colour palette and this is the thing I used with this card front.

I popped all the flowers across the bottom of the card and recoloured them all to match the tones in the picture, I also added all the little swirls around the page and used the same colour for them too, I know I am going to enjoy using this programme now they have made things a bit easier to do.

I am entering this into the Digitally Sweet challenge Anything goes with Flowers, this is their second challenge and hopefully will be one I can follow and take part in on a regular basis.
Also entering into Kaboodle Doodles Challenge of Flowers, Through the Carft Room Door - Anything Goes

More Kanban

I'm hoping that I'll have enough cards to take into work when I go back and these are a few more made over the last day or so. Everything is from the Lavender Rose kit apart from the silver card, pearls, gems and ribbon.

Sketch N Stash - Challenge 96

I'm really enjoying my time off work and when I saw this sketch on the Sketch N Stash blog I thought I'd give it a go. This is an A5 card and made with the Kanban kit I recently purchased, I think it's called Lavender Roses but I could be wrong.

Allsorts Challenge - Layers

Over on the Allsorts Challenge Blog the challenge this week is layers, so I have had a bit of a play with the new Kanban kit I got yesterday.
This is an 8x8 card and all ther foiling is silver although it doesn't show up much in this picture, there is quite a bit in the kit and think I'm going to enjoy using it once I get going.

Ollie

I chose the colours of this page to go with the colour of Ollie's jacket and hat, this is another page for the Digitally Sweet challenge.

CD Sunday - Need for Speed

Good morning all, it's time for another challenge over on CD Sunday, this week it's Need for Speed.
I have got a couple of cards to show you this week, the first one just made me smile when I saw the image so had to make a card with it and the second one I decided not to put on the challenge blog as one of our other team memebrs used the same image so I decided just to show you here.

We had a great turnout last week and as it is still the summer holiday season we were really pleased with the numbers.

I hope you can all join in again and we'll be over to see what you've been up to, almost for got to say the first card is from The Big One and the second card is from Debbi Moore Vintage Travel.

Digitally Sweet challenge- Multiple photo's

There is a brand new challenge started today called Digitally Sweet, their first challenge is an easy one and it's to use more than one photo.

This is the front of a birthday card I've made for a pretty young lady who is turning 13, I used the Butterfly Paradise digi kit from Daisytrail.

CD Sunday - Allsorts

Good morning from a damp Wigan, this week over on CD Sunday the theme is Allsorts, we are being sponsored by Funkyhand and the team have been using their cd's to do some lovely work.

The cd I had was Twelve Crafters Crafting so as the name suggests it is a Christmas themed one, there are things on there that aren't Christmas related but the majority is.

I chose to print some of the backing papers and use one of the toppers I had left from last year when I made my Christmas cards, I used one of my new dies which I have fallen in love with as it is so versatile and the rest just fell into place.

I do hope you can come and join us and maybe win one of the cd's for yourself.

Hunkydory kit makes

I bought the latest kit from Hunkydory which is unusual for me as I don't do kits normally but I thought that I could get ahead with some things and as everything is die cut I could whip up a lot of cards in a very short time and leave my holiday week for having a play with some paints and stuff.
This is a small selection of the ones I have done over the weekend.

CD Sunday - Game On

Over on CD Sunday this week the topic chosen by Jocelyn is Game On, I have used an image from the new Moorheads people cd and taken it into Craft Artist to build my card. I think we are all so aware of the price of postage that to be able to build something digitally that looks 3D is a great help, we can then print out straight onto card and it still looks good, great for when you're in a hurry.  This image is so cute and I had a bit of a play and used the comic book style again, I like the way it looks like a pencil drawing and not quite so perfect as the normal printed image.

I hope you can join us and if you can visit the teams blogs you will get a better idea of how they made their cards.

I'm also entering this into the challenge over on Hiding in My Craft Room they have had the great idea of sharing a challenge so that's what I'm doing, what a fun thing to do.

An Irish Blessing

I made this page in CAP using one of the new butterfly kits. I started with the bunch of flowers which I played about with to get the look I wanted, I then added some butterflies and a background. I wasn't sure what I really wanted and I had the verse at the top on the right hand side which looked ok but I couldn't get it to look right.

I googled for an image of a unicorn and found this one, I tried it in several different positions but finally decided to reduce the transparancy and enlarge it so having to move the verse but I am quite pleased with the final result.  I am still learning about CAP and it's a great feeling when something looks more or less as you would image it too, it's usually the other way around and things end up looking a total mess!

CD Sunday - Cute Christmas with Elegant Inspiration

Hello all, it's Sunday again and another challenge over on CD Sunday. This week we have been given a cd from Elegant Inspiration to give away so an extra bonus if you join in with us and end up being the winner of the top three.

For my card I have used a cute bear image carrying presents, I have used some frames cut out on the Cricut and then put through an embossing folder for a bit of detail.

I do hope you can come over anf join us and maybe ti could be you who has yet another cd to add to your growing collection, another bonus is that if you have a cutting machine then there are lots of files that can be brought into your machines software to give you a whole library of shapes and ideas.

CD Sunday - Exotic birds and blooms

Hello all it's Sunday again so that means only one thing, time for our latest challenge at
 CD Sunday. This week Christine has chosen the theme Exotic Birds and Blooms, I have used the Eastern Treasures cd from Joanna Sheen to make my card, there are lots of lovely images on this cd so I was spoilt for choice.

This is an A5 card as the image is quite large, I also printed some flowers and cut them out to put along the bottom on top of some ribbon and the gems I bought from QVC.

I do hope you'll come over and join us and see what the rest of the team have made for your inspiration.

Moorheads and House mouse

I've been enjoying playing with my new cd's, this little fella has already gone to his new home and was greatly admired.

This card is made up from one of the shaped cards on the cd but I chose t pop her onto a card rather than make a shaped card with her.

I've also been playing with the House Mouse cd and this is one of my favourite images on it.

I needed a new baby card so chose to use this image, not a wonderful photo as the light was wrong but you get the idea.

Moorheads cd

I recently bought the new Moorheads cd so had to have a bit of a play, there are some really cute images on this cd and I think they will go down well as I work with a lot of ladies who go in for cute and cuddly.

This is a lovely image and is so easy to cut out, a quite simple card but hopefully someone will like it.

This is another one that is an easy and simple card, this printed out onto one sheet of paper so no need to go searching for matching backing papers.

Another decoupage card, the flowers are cut from the backing paper with small heart shaped gems in the centres.

I'll be back tomorrow with a couple more and a couple of house mouse cards too.

CD Sunday - Bingo

Good morning, it's Sunday so that means another challenge over at CD Sunday, this week Sue chose the theme of Bingo.
I have to admit that I've never used a bingo card to make a choice for crafting but have had a go, I recently bought the new House Mouse cd and project book so decided to use that for my challenge card.

I know quite a few people who are into sewing so thought this would be an ideal card to make, the card is an A5 landscape and my line was sentiment, ribbon and pearls. It is funny but at first I couldn't decide what I was going to do as everything I thought of and started to put together had something from a different line in it so in the end I chose the line and worked from that.

 

This is the bingo card that Sue came up with and I am glad she put the sentiment choice in the center as most cards have some sort of sentiment on them.  

I hope you like this idea and will pop over and join in, we have a new guest today so come on over and say hello.

CD Sunday - Mainly Men

Over on CD Sunday this week Wendy has chosen the theme Mainly Men, I don't know about you but I do struggle with cards for men so when Daisytrail introduced the cd's with a steampunk theme I bought one to try. I will end up getting them all but am starting small, which is so unlike me.

The one I bouhgt is Steampunk Adventures, I just thought it would be a bit different to play with and this is what I came up with, I love the way thing evolve when playing with CAP, I hadn't intented to have the happy birthday around the bottom layer but I kinda liked it so it stayed.  The faux stitching is one of the brushes in the kit as is the pattern on the top layer.  I took the images into the photo part and used the comic book button to see what it did and liked the result so kept that too.

I hope you'll join us and after having a look at the fab teams designs go off and make us something to help us with our inspiration as our followers are simply the best.