Crafty Fun

Sunday, 5 March 2017

Same sex wedding card

Afternoon everybody.

I'm digging through all my cards that I have not yet blogged or shared anywhere - there's hundreds of them! I made loads of "draft" posts on Blogger so I'm doing those ones first :P

As you can see from the date on this card, it's from 2014 - I'm REALLY behind :P The card is a wedding card, and this image from Some Odd Girl was perfect for it :D

I made a stepper card - they're so effective, I must really get more imaginative in my crafting again!

Ingredients

Some Odd Girl image Best Man

Discontinued LOTV papers

Ribbon from stash

Sentiments printed on the computer

Liquid pearls

Coloured with Copics

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Some Odd Girl Challenge - Pop It Up

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

CCC Digi Creations - Ribbon or Lace

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Lil patch of crafty friends - anything goes

love to scrap challenge - anything goes

Ribbon Girls Challenge - March Card Challenge

Thanks for looking

Tanya xx

Thursday, 2 March 2017

All Dressed Up DT Inspiration

Evening everybody :)

As it is the first of March, the latest challenge over at the All Dressed Up Facebook Page has gone live. The theme this month is 1-2-3; one of something, two of something, three of something.

I've used the gorgeous image Love Heart for my card :)

I think I need a new camera, no matter what light I take my pictures in now, and no matter what settings I use, the colour is always a bit off.

Image - Love Heart by All Dressed Up

Nitwit Collections papers

Scrapiniec shapes

La La Land heart banner die

Little Darlings Lovely View die

Doohickeys heart border die

Pearl embellishment from WOC

Ribbon and trim from stash

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Crafty girls creations - anything goes

Brown Sugar- anything goes

CCC Digi Creations - Ribbon/Lace

Creatalicious - Anything goes

Dream Valley - Add some metal

Glitter N Sparkle - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap - Anything Goes

Through the craft room door - anything goes

Ribbon Girl - use any image

Thanks for looking!

Tanya xx

Sunday, 26 February 2017

Sleepy kitty

Evening :)

Hope everyone is well! Here's the latest card I made, and the first card I made "just for fun" in a very long time - so that was nice :)

I used the adorable Aurora Wings image called Sleeping Kitten - so cute :D

Ingredients

Aurora Wings image Sleeping Kitten

Nitwits Papers

La La Land heart doily border die

MS border punch

Spellbinders decorative square die

Scrapiniec butterfly

Pink flower trim, white ruffle organza ribbon, butterfly charm, red satin ribbon from Ribbon Girl

Coloured with Copics

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Aurora Wings Challenge - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Tic Tac Toe (red/image/dies & punches)

Dream Valley Challenge - Add Some Metal

Glitter N Sparkle - Ribbons or Lace

In The Pink - Dies and/or Punches

Noor Design February Challenge - Add a Heart

Ribbon Girl Challenge - Use Any Image

Tuesday Throwdown - Favourite Embellishment (charms)

Thanks for looking!
Tanya xx

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

All Dressed Up New Release DT Post

Evening everyone

I'm sharing my All Dressed Up DT Facebook inspiration this evening, there's four beautiful images in February's new release.

I used the adorable Be My Valentine to make a Valentine's Day card for my niece.

All Dressed Up image Be My Valentine

Nitwits Collections papers

Lawn Fawn house border die

Memory Box cloud dies

La La Land fence die

Coloured with Copics

Ribbons and embellishment from stash

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

~~Allsorts Challenge Blog - Anything Goes~~

~~Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes~~

Crafty Calendar - Love is in the air

~~Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (twist of occupations)~~

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Tic Tac Toe (red/image/dies)

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes with ribbon/twine

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge - Ribbon/Lace

Love To Scrap Challenge - Who Loves You Baby

Ribbon Girl - Use Any Image

Thanks for looking, and do head across to the All Dressed Up Facebook Page to see some beautiful inspiration from the other DT ladies :)

Tanya xx

Sunday, 5 February 2017

Can't believe the last time I blogged was in November last year!!!

It's been a hectic couple of months! College exams, projects and presentations and Christmas card orders by the dozen do not go well together :P haha. I get my semester results on Monday, hopefully they'll all be OK :D

I took advantage of my lack of internet this morning to sort out some of the photos of cards I've taken over the last year and sort them into the folders I keep them in, so I'm hoping to blog some of these over the next little while :)

I got a request for a card for a boy with cerebral palsy, his grandmother wanted a special birthday card for him for his 21st, he plays wheelchair football and she wanted some kind of theming around that. To be honest, it was very hard to find any kind of wheelchair images, there are one or two that I found but none that were football related, so the wonderful Lisa Bloobel of Bloobel Stamps helped me out by supplying me with this beauty :D He's perfect! He's called Football Crazy.

Ingredients

Image - Bloobel Stamps - Football Crazy

Doodlebug papers, the cutouts are from the pack as well

MS star border punch

Ribbon from stash

Red dewdrops and ricrac from Ribbon Girl

Marianne Design number dies

Coloured with Copics

Sentiments printed on the computer

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Copic Marker Spain February Challenge - Anything Goes

~~Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes~~

~~Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes/Male Cards~~

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

~~Digi Choosday Challenge - Anything Goes~~

~~Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes~~

~~Penny's Papercrafty Challenge - Anything Goes~~

~~Ribbon Girl Card Challenge~~

Thanks for looking, and hopefully I'll be back sooner than two months with my next card :D
Tanya xx

Monday, 28 November 2016

(very late) Crafty Friends DT Post

So after ages of my being laptopless, I dug out my aged Macbook from the cupboard, it's very slow and is about three gigantic updates out of date, but until I get my own one back, this will have to do nicely!!!

Thus, I'm really behind with my DT duties - the Crafty Friends Challenge Blog's current challenge is nearly at an end, but I'm getting up to date with my posting anyway. The theme this time is Blossoms, so to use flowers somewhere on your creation.

We are sponsored by the wonderful Sami Stamps

and also by the wonderful Toadstool Printables

We were really lucky to be given images from the two sponsors to use for our cards, and I got the absolutely stunning Wildflower Beauty from Sami Stamps.

And here is the card I made. I'm trying my hardest to fit all my images into Christmas cards, to make up for my inadequacy of building up a Christmas stash during the year :P Every year I say "next year I'll make a Christmas card every week" and then when "next year" rolls around, I find myself sweating it in December trying to fit everything in :P Sigh. Maybe next year!

Ingredients

Wild Flower Beauty - Sami Stamps

First Edition papers

Cheery Lynn holly flourish die

Crafts too snowflake border die

LOTV sentiment

Ribbon from Ribbon Girl

Poinsettias from stash

Liquid Pearls, Frantage powder

Coloured with Copics, edged with Distress Inks

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

~~As You Like It - Favourite Christmas Colour Combo~~

Traditional! It's so festive and makes me feel so Christmassy every time ^_^

~~Allsorts Challenge - Anything Christmas~~

~~Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes~~

Christmas at Sweet Stamping - Anything Goes

~~Crafting By Designs - Christmas~~

~~Crafting From the Heart - Challenge 138~~

~~Crafty Catz - Anything Goes~~

~~Crafty Gals Corner - 3 of a kind~~

~~Creative Moments - Challenge 107~~

~~Inky Chicks - Winter Wonderland~~

Thanks for looking!

Tanya xx

Thursday, 3 November 2016

All Dressed Up Facebook Challenge - Celebrations

Evening all

It's the start of a new month, November already, how did that happen! And the start of a new month always brings the start of the latest challenge over at the All Dressed Up Facebook group. The theme of the November challenge is CELEBRATIONS. As per my usual as of late, I've gone with a Christmas card :)

I used the gorgeous image Little Skater, available from the All Dressed Up Etsy Store. She is just the cutest!

Ingredients

Little Skater by All Dressed Up

Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics papers

LDRS doily die

Joycrafts ice skates die

Wycinanka banner and sentiment

May Arts sheer box pleat trim

Lace, cheesecloth, pearl trims, wooden heart and charm

Gesso, Frantage embossing powder, Stickles

Coloured with Copics

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

~~A snowflake's promise challenge - the seasons~~

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

~~Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes~~

~~Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Dies and Punches~~

~~Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes~~

Creative Fingers - Challenge 119

~~Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes - option of sketch~~

~~Deep Ocean Challenge - Diecuts/Punches~~

~~Dream Valley - One for the girls~~

Copic Marker Spain - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

Tanya xx

Saturday, 29 October 2016

Crafty Friends DT Card - Anything Goes

Hi everyone

Thanks so much to everyone for the get-well wishes, I really appreciate them :) I'm feeling so much better now and I've almost caught up on everything too, so all good! I've had two college exams this week and I did really well in both of them! Much better than I expected, so I'm really happy!

The theme of this week's challenge over at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog is

Anything Goes

Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsor...

Pickled PotPourri

One lucky winner will receive $7.00 of digital stamps of their choice from the store.

For my card, I used this adorable image Cup of Love - I'm trying to build up a Christmas card stash, so if I can use my DT makes to add to this pile I will! This image isn't a Christmas image per se, but coloured appropriately I think it works quite well :)

Ingredients

Cup of Love by Pickled PotPourri

Nitwits papers

Wycinenka chipboard sentiment

MS snowflake border punch

Charm from Live and Love Crafts

Cheesecloth, snowflake, ribbon and poinsettia from stash

Coloured with Copics

Liquid Pearls, gold Stickles, Frantage Powder and Embossing Powder

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

~~As You Like It - Old or new stash~~

(old stash because it's familiar and I know what it goes with always)

~~Crafting By Designs - Get Ready for Christmas~~

~~Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes~~

~~Crafty Catz - Weekly Challenge~~

~~Crafty Gals Corner Challenge - Anything Goes~~

~~Dream Valley Challenges - One for the girls~~

~~Ribbon Girls October Any Image Challenge~~

~~Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes~~

Thanks for looking :)

Tanya xx

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

All Dressed Up New Release Inspiration

Hi everyone!

The October release from All Dressed Up Stamps is too cute!

For my DT inspiration card, I used the beautiful image "Little Birdie" - I'm trying to make as many of my DT cards as possible into Christmas cards so I'm at least a little bit prepared! This image is great for all year round :D

All Dressed Up image "Little Birdie"

Various papers from stash

Wycinanka chipboard sentiment

Ribbons and poinsettias were a gift from my mum

Cheesecloth

MS snowflake border punch

Charm from Live & Love Crafts

Aged Taupe and Aged Ivory embossing powder

Coloured with Copics

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

~~As You Like It - New or Old Stash~~

I like old stash because it's kind of familiar, you know what it will always work with!

~~CCC Digi Creations - Add a bow~~

~~Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Favourite Colour Combo (traditional Christmas colours!)~~

~~Ribbon Girls Challenge - Use any image~~

~~Crafting By Designs - Get Ready for Christmas~~

~~Noor Design Challenge - CAS or Fully Loaded~~

~~Dream Valley Challenges - One for the girls~~

~~Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with option of embossing~~

Thanks for looking, do head over to the All Dressed Up blog and All Dressed Up Facebook Page to see heaps more inspiration :)
Tanya xx

Tuesday, 11 October 2016

All Dressed Up October Facebook Challenge

Good evening everyone!

I was on holiday for two weeks, and on the flight home I got so sick that the paramedics were waiting for me when the plane landed, worst flight ever :P When you're at 30000 ft and can't see, feel your arms or face and your heart-rate is about 30 bpm and you can't stop vomiting, it gets pretty terrifying. Still not quite sure what went wrong, but a week later I'm feeling much stronger but still a bit delicate.

Anyway, I'm playing catchup on all aspects of life at the moment, the post-holiday laundry pile seems to be never ending, I have so much college work to do I don't even want to think about it, and there's a few card orders due already so I'm feeling the pressure :P I need to concentrate on my health first though, as I can't do much if I'm dead lol.

So, a few days late but better late than never. The All Dressed Up Facebook Challenge for October is the theme of "Autumn or Halloween".

I used the adorable image Magical Day for my card.

Here's what I made :)

Ingredients

"Magical Day" by All Dressed Up digital stamps

Maja Design "Enjoying Outdoors" papers

Memory Box Cobweb Border die

Memory Box batty border die

Martha Stewart stars border punch

Saddlestitch ribbon from Ribbon Girl

Cheesecloth, purple sparkle netting, owl charm, brown tulle trim from stash

Coloured with Copics and purple distress ink pad

Stickles, Liquid Pearls

Closeup of the cute owl charm

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

~~Crafty Catz - Anything Goes~~

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

~~Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Favourite Season~~ (Autumn - I love Halloween!)

Fussy & Fancy Challenge - Bingo (Pearls/Charms/Dies)

~~Give a Crafter a Cookie - Challenge 54~~

~~Incy Wincy Challenge - All that glitters~~

~~Inky Chicks - Animals~~

~~Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes~~

~~Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween Inspiration~~

~~Ribbon Girl October Card Challenge~~

Thanks for looking, and do head over to the All Dressed Up Facebook Page to enter the challenge for the chance to win prizes and to see lots of lovely cards by many talented crafters :)

Tanya xx

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Crafty Friends Challenge 41 - Special Occasions

Hi everyone,

The latest challenge at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog has just started.

The theme this time is SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsor Stamps by Julia Spiri...

One lucky winner will receive 2 digi stamps of their choice.

Click HERE to be taken to their Etsy and
Click HERE to be taken to their challenge blog

Here is my card for the challenge:

I used the gorgeous image Fairy With Gift.

Please do head on over and see what my teamies have made!
Will update this post with details and challenges I want to enter tomorrow :)
Tanya xx

Friday, 2 September 2016

Crafty Friends Challenge - Use Lots of Glitter

Hi everyone

I'm late with my Crafty Friends DT card this time, life is hectic and I can't seem to have enough hours in the day to fit everything in...But better late than never I suppose.

The theme of this week's challenge is

Use Lots of Glitter

Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsors...

The East Wind

Click HERE to be taken to their Etsy store and

Click HERE to be taken to their blog

Our next wonderful sponsor is...

Digistamps 4 Joy

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store

Click HERE to be taken to their blog

Click HERE to be taken to their Facebook

Our third fabulous sponsor is...

Mari's Digis

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store

Click HERE to be taken to their challenge blog

I was delighted to receive a fab The East Wind image to work with for my DT card. I chose the beautiful Aurora Holly & Olive image.

Ingredients

The East Wind Aurora Holly & Olive Digi Stamp

Nitwits papers

LDRS Lovely View Die

La La Land Snowflake Banner Die

Ribbon, Snowflake and Diamante Embellishment from stash

Coloured with Copics

Stickles, Frantage

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting From the Heart - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
crafty catz - anything goes (with a twist - autumn colours)
Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Fab n Funky - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!
Tanya xx

Tuesday, 30 August 2016

Hana's card :)

Evening all

Just a quick post to share the card my lovely 11-year-old niece Hana made to give her mum for her birthday. Aside from printing out the papers and image, and cutting them out, she did it all by herself :)

She picked out this adorable little mermaid to colour in :) It's from Lili of the Valley.

The papers are from Pixel Paper Prints

Charm and dewdrops from Ribbon Girl

Ribbons from stash

Sentiment printed on the computer

She coloured with my Copics

Lashings of Stickles and Glossy Accents :)

She'd love to get some nice comments on her card I'm sure, so feel free to let her know if you like her card :)

She'd like to enter it into the Simon Says Stamp Kids Challenge.

Thanks for having a look!

Tanya (and Hana) xx

Monday, 22 August 2016

Summertime 30th Birthday Tri-fold card

Hi everyone

Here sharing a card I made a while back, I was asked for something special from someone who regularly asks for cards, so I had to come up with something different haha!

So this is what I made, a cascading tri-fold card.

Closeup of the front bit and the gorgeous picture

The back fold

Ingredients

Maja Design's summer papers from last year

Image and front sentiment from the same paper pack

Marianne Design numbers dies

LDRS Lovely View die

Flowers, pearl trim and shabby rose trim from Live and Love Crafts

Laces from Ribbon Girl

Cheesecloth

MS Doily Border Punch

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Maja Design Mood Board

Live and Love Crafts Challenge - Happy Birthday/Anniversary

The Sketchy Challenges - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make for the border

Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Sea/Sunshine/Summer Holidays

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Summer Fun

Thanks for looking :)
Tanya xx

Sunday, 21 August 2016

ABC Challenge GDT - N for Noel

Hi everyone

My post for my second GDT spot with ABC Challenge blog is late, because my cat Frank got injured. He's doing well now but had to spend a few days at the vets, thank goodness for a vet that will take an injured kitty at 9 pm on a Sunday night <3 Such a hero. Yet another cat emergency, what an awful year this has been :( Here's the little pet looking super handsome! :D

Anyway, back to crafty things :) I'm GDT over at the ABC Challenge Blog this month and the latest challenge went live on Monday. The theme this time is N is for Noel, and Magnolia-Licious is their sponsor this time.

Ingredients

Image from LOTV art pad (discontinued)

Memory Box Precious Mittens die

MS snowflake punch and snowflake border punch

Spellbinders fancy square die

Reindeer charm, dew drops, stickles, liquid pearls, glamour dust

Papermania papers

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Classic Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - Fun Friday Challenge

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Fab n Funky - Anything Goes

Fairytale stampers - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)
Tanya xx

Tuesday, 2 August 2016

All Dressed Up August Facebook Challenge - Ribbon/Lace

Evening all

Since it's the 1st of the month (August already....where's the year gone?!) we have a new challenge over on the All Dressed Up Facebook page, and this time, the theme is "Ribbons and/or Lace".