Jules' Crafty Snippet Challenge - Week 41

The rest of the week (well at least it felt like the rest of the week - they do take a while ;)) was spent using some of my snippets to make the following keepsake cards so again I have taken part in Jules' Snippets challenge

As well as using full sheets of card and acetate I have used off cuts of card and paper for some of the elements of the cots and prams. Flowers, lace and gems etc all come from my stash. I also used templates from Hasslecastle Creations.
TFL

Tight fit!!

I had another 'different' order to complete yesterday......

I had to add bows and pearls or diamantes to these tights for a beautiful little girl. It has made a lot of difference to otherwise plain tights and a big difference to making cards!

Autumn

It's Autum over at the Get Funky challenge blog as today is the Funky Fifteenth (well it was when I started writing this post! :)) It is the turn of my fabulous team mate Amanda to host the challenge and she says "Here in Scotland the weather (as always) has been lousy but we are seeing some really beautiful changes in the trees, there have been some really gorgeous coloured leaves blowing around in the wind. So with that in mind I have chosen Autumn as this month's theme, make of that whatever you will. Autumn colours, Autumn images, Halloween, whatever you like as long as I can see something Autumnal in there I'll be a happy wee panda!!" Take a look at her card, it is gorgeous!

If you don't have anything from Funky Hand you don't know what you are missing. However, Anice very kindly creates a free paper every month so you can take part in our challenge and this month it is

 Good luck and don't forget to point us in the direction of your creation so we can come over and take a look.

Oh, and keep an eye on the Funky Hand web site as the new Christmas cd is due out in the next couple of weeks (the dates will be announced shortly). We received our copies yesterday and it is just fantastic.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, we are off to York tomorrow for a couple of hours.

TFL

Wedding cards

Good evening, late again lol I've been meaning to write this post for the last couple of hours but got my nose stuck into an online magazine which had some really interesting articles in it, hence the late hour!! Here are a few more quick wedding cards for hubby to take to work with him!

All made again with a selection of left over paper pieces and assorted embellishments from my craft box.
Please don't forget that there is just time to take part in the Get Funky! challenge and to download Anice's free paper for this month as the new challenge starts on Saturday morning at 9 am.
There is also plenty of time to join in with Kathy's Fab Sketch challenge too, I hope to see you there.
Thanks for looking.

More snippets

Thanks Jules for the encouragement to use up all my offcuts! Here are a few more cards which fit the bill.

I've used another selection of Hero Arts digis, Penny Black stamps and die cuts. Ribbons, flowers, charms and brads are from my stock.

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Jules Crafty Snippets...

Challenge week 40 at Always With A Heart. As I'm now determined to use my 'snippets' (when the drawer in my desk is empty I have two boxes and two more drawers to use up!!) I thought I would join in with Jules' challenge.

Assorted papers including Bloom and Grow by MME and the first three toppers are actually ATCs which I received in a swap about five years ago. ATCs are not something which I've ever got into apart from this one swap. I kept losing them and finding them again and when I found them again recently I thought they were too nice to be left in a basket any longer and that someone else could appreciate them instead....I hope the 'swapees' don't mind as I can't contact them as I've lost their details.

Back soon, thanks for looking.

Baby cards

More cards made with pieces from the paper mountain

I bought the pegs and some of the die cuts, and knitted the little bootees when I first started making cards about eight years ago and found them recently whilst sorting boxes to put back into my craft room after it was decorated.

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Funky Hand cards

I just love my Funky Hand cds and store the 'scraps' left over from making samples in their very own plastic wallet. As I am now heavily into my 'make use of the scraps' phase I am surprising myself at how many cards I'm managing to get out of said oddments. The following cards have been made this week using mainly scraps from the Create and Craft shows last month plus a couple of other pieces left in the folder.

Diamantes, sentiments, charms, ribbons and lace from my stock.
Now for the next lot!!

Oh dear!

If you have your dinner on your lap make sure you put your lap top on the floor not on the arm of the settee or you might just be as unfortunate or stupid or.......(fill in your own word) as I was and this could happen

 I wouldn't mind but I had only had the damn thing about two years! I can't use the key pad on a lap top, I always use a mouse and as the machine fell off the arm of the settee it landed on the lid and trapped the mouse between that and the keyboard...not good.

I had work to do so couldn't be without it,  however for some reason when my son replaced his small flat screened monitor we kept it "just in case" so I could still use my machine. I have now replaced it and it is taking forever to replace all the passwords etc which were saved on the old machine and not written down. I bet I don't do it again!!

Kathy's Waffle Sketch File

As Tuesday was the first Tuesday of the month it was release day for Kathy's new sketch.

And here is my first project

The cutie little cake on the card is from a set of Our Betty stamps by Funky Hand for one of the craft mags (which one escapes me at the mo!!) The sentiment is a Papermania stamp and the papers are from my left overs mountain.

Thanks for looking and we would love you to join us in our challenge.

TFL

Old Fart!!

It was my turn during the week to add my project to the Get Funky! challenge blog and unfortunately it was down to me to lower the tone of the blog! Why? you may ask......well it was Anice's fault for putting temptation in my way (tee hee)

The sentiment is on the new cd, Happy Happy Birthday, as are the coloured image and the paper. I added the Happy Birthday using the writer section of the Papercraft Factory cds. I did make an 'unrude' card too but chose to add this one to the blog ;)

Again, the papers and images are from the same cd. Hop over to the blog and take a look at the fabulous work from my very talented DT mates.
There is still time for you to take part in the challenge which is Birthdays this month. The only specification is that you must use a Funky Hand product on your project and each month Anice very kindly adds a freebie paper to the web site just for those of you who would like to take part but aren't fortunate enough to own any of her fantastic creations :)
Goo luck and thanks for looking.

Daring Cardmaker

Lythan is hosting the Dare this week and her challenge is for "your card to include a foreign language"
Perfect challenge for me Lythan. I needed to make two thank you cards to send to Greece and have been putting it off for a couple of weeks but this challenge gave me the kick up the bum I needed :)

 The tulips are a Hero Arts digi stamp and this is my first ever attempt at CAS one layer digi cards!! I made two of these as they were going to two different places.

The photo on this card was taken on our last morning and is going to the girls in the photo. The papers and burgundy card are from the 'left overs mountain' and the flowers are Prima.

Lythan also said "This takes me back to one of the very first Daring Cardmaker Dares (November 10 2006 to be precise) which was a similar challenge. So why not also see if you have any cards to show from 5 years ago to see if your style has changed?" 

This is the first card I blogged all that time ago!! 

 How things have changed lol. This card was actually runner up in the Little Rascals section of the Quick Cards Made Easy cardmaker of the year. I don't think I've used that stamp since.
Take care.

Exploding box

I have had a run on these lately, three in the last couple of weeks and it must be about 12 months since I made the last one! I quite enjoy making the boxes as no two are the same as they are tailored to suit each individual. However, this one was ordered late on Tuesday afternoon for a birthday yesterday so it was a case of drop everything and get on with it. The lady came to collect it at about 8.45 yesterday morning and was so happy with it 'she could cry' lol

The papers are an assortment from the Papercraft Factory cds from Funky Hand. They are really. lovely and you don't have to just use the papers from one cd, they can be mixed and matched across all four cds.

Well that's all for now....it will soon be breakfast time!

Thanks for looking.

Fetch a Sketch

Do you know, I think I might finally be getting the gist of this blogging lark which means that I have finally managed to blog most days! I have also managed another challenge, this time it's Fetch a Sketch which is owned by Jenny and Ruth, DT mates from Funky Hand.

 

I've used papers from Happy Happy birthday cd by Funky Hand which I had left over from another project.
Thanks for looking.

A classic look!

Yesterday was time to change the shop window and this time I opted for a classic black and white look. I love black and white and I think up till about 10 years ago they were about the only colours in my wardrobe. I'm a bit more adventurous now but still have lots of black and white clothes.

Anyway, I digress

I decided to coordinate the table setting that are in the shop too and this is the outcome.

I do hope you like it :)

Whilst I've been editing my photos I have been watching Tantrums and Tiaras....are these people for real? I don't usually pass comment on anything like this but spray tanning and applying make up to a 15 month old baby? I am so far behind in the tv stakes it's unbelievable lol. I realise that this was a hot topic of conversation a couple of years ago but not being a great tv watcher I'm a bit out of tune, I mean, I watched my first (and last) episode ot TOWIE the other evening...yawn

I'm still filling up the stand in between orders and have a definite run on 18th birthday cards this month.

 Fairy image is from The Happy Happy Birthday cd from Funky Hand.

Papers from Funky Hand and image Penny Black.
Bed time now.
TFL x