Dream Valley Challenge 75 - Tag it!

Hiya!

Hope you are all well and enjoying a lazy weekend :-) I'm a bit fed up of all the wind and rain but I don't dare complain after seeing how they are all suffering in Somerset. My heart really goes out to them. Lots of love to all those affected xxx

I'm back with Dream Valley's latest challenge:

TAG IT!

We would like to see any sort of tag, or a card or gift with a tag on it. I've done a tag with a tag on it! :-)

It's not what I imagined when I started making it.... Very often I have this idea in my head but as I start making it, it kind of morphs into something else :-)

Another view....

Anyway, I hope you like it. Don't forget to pop over to Dream Valley to see what the rest of the DT have made.  I hope you all have a lovely (dry!) week :-)

Love 'n' hugs, 

Dream Valley Challenge 74 - No Designer Papers

Hiya!

What a miserable day! I tell you, it makes me want to stay in all day in my jammies :-)

Anyway, on to the new challenge from Dream Valley. This week we would like you to show us what you can do without designer papers!

I wanted to make my non-DP-background a feature of the card so I've kept it quite plain. I used a background stamp that I randomly stamped across a piece of white card and then embossed in white. I apologise for the photo. If I'd known it was this bad I'd have taken another before I gave the card away! :-)

You can see the embossed background a bit more clearly on this pic....

I cut the blue background heart from another piece of my layering card, and then the overlay heart from another piece of embossed white card.  I found a pretty piece of matching ribbon to tie a little bow for the top.....

I hope you like it! Fingers crossed this weather improves soon. The hail storm yesterday was quite scary! I hope it's better wherever you are, but if you are stuck indoors all day like me, maybe you can pop over to Dream Valley for some non-DP inspiration???

Love 'n' hugs,

Dream Valley Challenge 73 - Boys/Men

Hiya!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a happy new year :-)

Dream Valley is back with another challenge and also a DT call so you fancy joining our crazy bunch, make sure you pop over and take a look!

Our challenge this time is all about the men!

I've used a really sweet image from LOTV and added the word "cowboy" using my letter tile stamps :-)

Hope you like it. Don't forget to pop over to Dream Valley and take a look :-)

Love 'n' hugs,

Dream Valley Challenge 72 - Christmas!

Hiya,

Wow! I am rushed off my feet as I'm sure you all are at this time of year. I'm amazed I've even managed to get one Christmas card made.... but i have! And here it is.... And just in time too because our challenge at Dream Valley really could be nothing else other than....

CHRISTMAS!!!

A LOTV image, sentiment and papers.... You'd never guess I'm a fan, would you? When I'd put the image with the kraft background together, it made me think of a christmas pudding so I added the sprig of holly :-)

And then on to my other christmas creations.... When I went to the craft show at the NEC this year, the cake show was also on at the same time so I had a bit of a peek and went along to a demonstration where Tracey Mann was making these....

so I had my own little attempt. Not nearly as polished and beautiful as Tracey's creations but I enjoyed making them and will be using chocolate transfer sheets again - what fun!

Right, I must be off. Busy, busy girl!

Have a fab weekend.

Love 'n' hugs,

Dream Valley Challenge 71 - Anything but a card

Hiya!

Hope you are all well. It's time for another challenge at Dream Valley and the challenge this time is

ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

I've barely had any time for crafting since I've re-started my supply teaching but the last couple of weeks I've had some enforced crafting time! On Thursdays when I don't work I have a physiotherapy class to go to for my hip which is less bending and stretching (like I thought it would be) and more full on gym workout! It has left me pretty much unable to walk for two Fridays now so I've had to sit on the sofa and sew these little cuties :-) Oh well.... Every cloud.... :-)

I started off with the little penguin at my pal Yvonne's (yes, Yvonne, you get another mention - thank you, sweetie!) who kindly re-taught me how to do blanket stitch. I haven't done that since I was in Brownies :-) When I got home I had the bug and cut out two christmas puds and a robin. And then I discovered the christmas trees I had cut out last year but never had time to do anything with....

The penguin and robin - a mixture of xcut dies, nesties and a bit of free-hand cutting....

The christmas puds - again I used nesties for the large circles, and xcut dies for the rest except the icing which was hand cut. I think the holly leaves are a bit too small though but I couldn't find any better ones. Maybe next time I'll cut them free hand too?

Nestie trees which a selection of buttons, gold trim and mini bells....

Hope you like! Now I've just got to decide what to do with them! I might thread them on some rope and make a bit of a garland type thing. What do you think?

Anyway. don't forget to pop over to Dream Valley and join in the challenge :-)

Love 'n' hugs,

Dream Valley Challenge 70 - Clean and Simple

Hiya!

It's time for another challenge over at Dream Valley and this time we'd like to see your Clean and Simple cards. Now I've always found these a challenge but I have been working on them behind the scenes - heaven knows, they easily take me as long as my normal cards! My good friend Yvonne has helped me to get the tree on this one just right.....

We tried stamping in white, and embossing with all sorts of inks and powders to get the right effect that showed all the detail in the tree and gave a clear enough image. Finally, using some extra fine white embossing powder I picked up at the craft show at the NEC last week, I managed to get just what I wanted - yay!

A close up of the image from Inkylicious.....

The sentiment was handwritten in white gel pen because, again, I was struggling to find exactly the right phrase and font..... and you can't exactly print in white, can you!?! :-) I added a couple of tiny gems and a hand drawn border. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the results!

Now make sure you pop over to Dream Valley and have a look at the gorgeous creations there which all look far more effortless than this one seemed to be!

Love 'n' hugs,

Happy birthday, Madison!

Hiya!

I just wanted to share with you a card I made for my beautiful niece, Madison, whose birthday it is today :-) Happy birthday, Mads!

My sister has bought her a toy puppy for her birthday so when I saw this Lili of the Valley image, I just had to use it for her card:

The papers are also from LOTV - they're so cute!

A close up of the image.....

I really enjoyed making this one - I hope you like it!

Love 'n' hugs,