Forever Friends Challenge

Here is a quick gift bag I have made for the challenge over at the Forever Friends Challenge Blog - hope my creation is good enough for the challenge, all the DT examples are lovely.

The challenge is to make something for sweets - I normally make sweets or chocolates as little 'extra' Christmas gifts and so this challenge was perfect to get me back into crafting. I have made a bag topper for the challenge and all I need to do now is make loads more of these so that I am ready to fill them at Christmas!








This is the first bit of crafting I have done for ages, apart from a few special birthday cards. The crafting bug has bitten again and I can't wait to find more time to indulge my hobby! You'll have to excuse the photography; I packed my light box away last year and haven't yet had the chance to get it back out and set it up again!

The image is a Forever Friends stamp which I have coloured using water colour pencils and also stargazers pearlescent water colours. You can't see from the photo but the parcel and the white trim on the hat are pearly and glittery! The green background paper is one I created in photoshop to match the holly on the image.


Best wishes

Friday Sketchers No. 33

I've finally done it! This is my last Christmas card of the year and is for my Father. I've used the sketch at Friday Sketchers but I have changed the layout of the tag in the centre slightly.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card, hope you like it:

I've used:

• Papermania paper
• DCWV paper strips
• Gems from my stash
• Chipboard embellishment from the £1 shop!

Thanks for looking

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge no. 11

I'm just sneaking this one in before the deadline!! The sketch over at Saturday challenge is great and once again I knew exactly what I wanted to do as soon as I saw it.

Here's the sketch:

I've made one of my last Christmas cards using the sketch, this card is for my Mother and I think all I now have left is my Fathers card, unless of course I receive some unexpected cards!!!!

I've used:

• A Forever Friends Sticker
• Card and gems from my stash
• Merry Christmas stamp from Papermania

Thanks for looking

2 Sketches 4 You & Cute Card Thursday

So sorry for not posting anything for a couple of days. I was suddenly swamped with things I just had to get done. I'm happy to say the panic is now over, I've finally finished writing Christmas cards, all my parcels are posted and I did a mammoth Sainsbury's shop this morning so apart from a few last minute bits and pieces I think I am actually ready for Christmas - yay!! Although I do still have a couple of special cards to make, so watch out for those.

The challenge over at Cute card Thursday this week is an open challenge, you can make whatever you want, so I've decided this card is for that challenge!

I've also used the sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You, this week is Laura's sketch no.15:

I've flipped the sketch onto it's side to make this:





Thanks for looking

Friday Sketchers No. 32

I've made another Christmas card using the sketch over at Friday Sketchers.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

I've used:

• Papermania Christmas Paper
• Hobbycraft snowflake punch
• A decoupage Father Christmas image

Thanks for looking

Sketch Saturday No. 29

I still have so much left on my to do list and one thing I really need to get a move on with is making my gift tags. This is my first one of the year and I've used the sketch at Sketch Saturday to make it.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my tag:

I've used:

• A Forever Friends image coloured with water colour pencils
• Papermania 8x8 Christmas Blues paper
• Snowflake stickers
• Card from my stash

Better get back to it and hopefully tick a few more things off the to do list!

Thanks for looking

Four challenges in one card

I've done it again! I've managed to cover 4 challenges with one card without trying!! I made this card for a friends little boy using the sketch at Sketch Saturday. I then looked at the other challenges this week and realised it also covers another three:

Lots to do - Challenge 38 is 'Christmas'

Cute card Thursday - Challenge 40 is to use punches on your card

Thank God It's Friday - Challenge 63 is 'Santa Claus'

Sketch Saturday - Sketch no. 28

I've used:

• X-cut snowflake punch to cut three snowflakes which I have then covered with holographic/blue glitter glue although this does not show up so well in the photo
• A Santa decoupage sheet
• Lacy Christmas sticky border for Lakeland crafts
• Papermania Christmas paper
• Oval nesability die

Thanks for looking

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge no. 9

There is a great sketch over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge this week and I'm just in time to join in!

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

Thanks for looking

Sketch Saturday No. 27, Our Creative Corner & Papertake weekly

I've had a busy few days and have only just managed to settle down and make some cards for this weeks challenges, here's the first.

Our Creative Corner - The challenge is to incorporate snowmen or snowflakes (or both if you'd like) on your card/project.

Papertake Weekly - This weeks challenge is to use the following on your card: Ribbon, rectangles and small, round embellishments (zooms, eyelets, brads, buttons, gems etc!)

Sketch Saturday - Sketch no. 27 -

Thanks for looking

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 13

I've made a quick card for the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge this week. You have to make a card without using any squares or rectangles, now this is not something I have ever tried before, as much as I often put circles or ovals on cards I've never made a card which was not either square or rectangular in shape.

So this is my first circular card, I've gone for a clean and uncluttered look but somehow it just doesn't look right to me, a bit too simple if you know what I mean!

Anyway here it is:

Thanks for looking

This Thursday no. 23

The challenge at This Thursday is to make a card using the colours - lime green, pink and chocolate brown.

I love those colours but wasn't sure what I was going to do so I started hunting through my craft drawers and came across a pack of chipboard embellishments I bought a while ago from the £1 shop. They are all predominantly pink and green and fitted with the challenge really well.

As soon as I had the embellishment the card just came together really quickly, hope you like it:

The ribbon is cerise pink but looks a bit red in the photo, I didn't get the lighting quite right.

I've used:

• Xmas tree embellishment from the £1 shop
• Paper from the Papermania 8x8 'Retro Floral' pack
• Snowflake punched using a Hobbycraft punch
• Pink ribbon and backing paper from my stash

Thanks for looking

Our Creative Corner

Here's a card I've made using the sketch at Our Creative Corner, here's the sketch:


And here's my card:



I've used:

• Papermania papers
• Dovecraft 8x8 paper from the Christmas Traditional pack
• A Forever Friends image I cut off my pack of FF stamps when I bought them!
• A Papermania 'Merry Christmas' stamp
• A sticky gem from the £1 shop

Thanks for looking

Papertake Weekly, ABC & Arty Girlz

Well, I had a hectic evening but got everything done I needed to do and also managed to start a couple of cards. I've had a few minutes spare this morning so I've finished them off.

Here's the first card, which I've made for the following three challenges:

ABC - S is for Snow

Arty Girlz - Favourite colours - my favourite colour changes weekly if not daily and is dependant upon what I'm doing at the time. However I was lucky enough to win the Kaboodle Doodles challenge last week and my prize was a free download from their website. I chose the green paper pack, hence my fave colour at the moment is green.

Papertake weekly - This week the challenge is a sketch, sketch number 3 from Dawny, I've stretched the sketch a bit to fit a rectangular card but all else remains the same:

I've used:

• Paper from the green download pack from Kaboodle Doodles
• Forever Friend stamp coloured with water colour pencils and glitter glue
• Snowflakes punched using a x-cut punch

Thanks for looking

Spoonfull of Sugar no. 27

Sorry just time for a really quick post tonight as I've got a mountain of things to do before tomorrow.

There is another great sketch at A Spoonfull of Sugar this week:

Here's my card:

Thanks for looking, (told you it was going to be a quick post!!!)