Winter Birthday

 Hi there, I hope you all had an amazing Christmas, lots of food & some new crafty stash. We had an amazing day with Harvey the poor little guy was so excited. He wasn't quite sure what to do with himself lol But it was super cute watching him trying to open his presents & then being more excited about the paper than what was in it!!

With his Grandpappy

So funny, he just wanted to play with my phone!

First time out in the snow with his Momma

He loved it!

Anyhoos I'm here today to share my last creation of the year for 'Cardz 4 Galz' where for the next fortnight we want to see you creations that contain....

MORE THAN ONE FOLD

I decided to use a die I have had for ages, but haven't yet played with....love it!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Creations- ATG

Everybody Art- animals

Unicorn- ATG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- ATG with a critter

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Balloon Bunch Christmas' by Clearly Besotted

Polychromo Pencils by Faber Castell

Houses- dark red, caput mortuum violet, brown ochre, bistre, cream, warm grey III, warm grey II, cold grey IV & cold grey III

Balloons

Tree- hooker's green & permanent green

Circles- dark cadmium orange & cadmium yellow

Star- helio turquoise, cobalt turquoise & cobalt green

Boot- madder & permanent carmine

Square- fuchsia, light purple pink & cobalt blue

Circles- ultramarine, light ultramarine, sky blue, permanent green & grass green

Penguin- cold grey VI, cold grey IV, dark naples ochre

Bear- raw umber, brown ochre & scarlet red

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Lynda Chapman

'red & turquoise' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

DP- my stash

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'3mm black foam squares' by Stix 2

Sizzix Bigshot

'Pop Up' Happy day die cut by Spellbinders

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'more than one fold' creations the DT have made!

I will be back next year (lol) tomorrow! So until then 

STAY SAFE & A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 

LOTS OF LOVE & BEST WISHES 
FROM ME, NICO & HARVEY XXXXX

Sno' Worries

 Its time for the last Sheepski Facebook challenge of the year. But 'Sno' Worries (lol) we will be back in January!!

As always you need to use a Sheepski image, there are some fabulous ones & you can find them all here, in Andrea's Etsy shop!! 

We are an ATG them challenge with an optional extra theme, which for this month is......

LETS CELEBRATE

I thought I'd celebrate using one of Sheepski's latest Gonks, as you know I absolutely love these little beasties!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Alphabet Challenge- S for snow scene

Crafters Castle- ATG

Patties Creations- winter fun

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Sno' Worries' by Sheepski

Polychromo Pencils by Faber Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Skin- brown ochre, cinnamon & medium flesh

Beard- cold grey VI, cold grey V & cold grey III

Coat- helio turquoise, cobalt green & light cobalt turquoise

Hat- prussian blue, helio turquoise, cobalt turquoise &cobalt green

Shoes- black & dark sepia

Broom- walnut brown, brown ochre & terracotta

Birds- black, burnt umber, brown ochre, naples yellow, dark red & deep scarlet red

Snowman- cold grey IV &brown ochre

Hat- black, cold grey VI & cold grey V

Nose- dark cadmium orange

Scarf- middle cadmium red & Scarlet red

Snow- cobalt green & light cobalt turquoise 

Sky- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

My stash- blue holographic card & sentiment stamp

DP- 'Magical Christmas' by Make & Create

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'3mm black foam pads' by Stix2

'wishing you joy' stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

 Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you are all fit & well. I'm getting a bit excited now, with having Harvey at home with us & it being his first Christmas...its so fabulously exciting!!!

Anyhoos I will be back on the 31st, so until then....

HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS

STAY SAFE & HAVE FUN

XXXX

Santa With His Tree

 Its time for the last 'Creatalicious' challenge of 2020, I hope you will join in with us!

Our theme for the next fortnight is.....

CHRISTMAS

I used a stamp, that I found whilst rummaging for a different one.

 I have no idea where its come from??!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Christmas With The Cuties- have yourself a merry little Christmas

Dream Valley- Christmas

Allsorts- got to be Christmas

Krafty Chicks- Christmas

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Santa with Tree' by Sugar Nellie

Polychromo Pencils by Faber Castell

Skin- cinnamon & medium flesh

Beard- warm grey IV, warm grey II & cold grey IV

Hat & coat- magenta, deep red & scarlet

Trousers- magenta & dark red

Boots- black, cold grey VI & dark sepia

Holly- pine green

Berries- deep scarlet red

Tree- pine green, permanent green & olive leaf green

Lantern- burnt sienna, brown ochre, burnt ochre & light chrome yellow

Snow- sky blue

Lantern glow- light chrome yellow

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Lynda Chapman

My stash- design papers, vellum & burgundy card

Tools & glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sentiment & image stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'silver crystal' Nuvo glitter drops by Tonic

'5" white square card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'Christmas' creations the DT have made...I will be back on the 20th, so until then stay safe xx

Monochromatic Christmas

This is my second post for today, please scroll down to see my Not Just Cards creation xx

 Its time for the last 'My Time To Craft' challenge of 2020. This year has been absolutely pants! Except for Harvey, he's the only good thing thats happened. Covid caused both me & hubby to lose our jobs, thankfully with him being an HGV driver he can get a job straight away. But me, I'm fed up of looking, or applying for one & it say...'you are the 234 person to apply for this job, good luck!!...I need a freaking miracle not good luck!!

Anyhoos, here we go...

Our last theme is.....

MONOCHROMATIC CHRISTMAS

(various shade of the same colour)

I had so much fun making this card. I won several WOW embossing powders (I know this was done using a different make) but they made me get them out & play!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Everybody Art- animals

Holly & Ivy- ATG

Sparkles Christmas- none traditional colours

Dream Valley- Christmas

Use Your Stuff- winter

Papers & Embellishments

'desert storm' Neenah kraft card by Crafters Companion

'white' stamping card (for the layers) by Sheena Douglas

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Hi-Tack glue by Impex (for the layers)

Sizzix Bigshot

'grand Merry Christmas' script by Memory Box (6 layers)

'reindeer' by Dovecraft (6 layers)

'silver pearl' Heat it Up! embossing powder

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'monochromatic' creations the ladies have made.  I will be back on the 15th, so until then stay safe xx

Poppies

 I can't believe I'm saying this, but this is the last ever 'Not Just Cards' challenge!! Helen has decided to close the challenge blog. I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Helen for having me on her DT for the last 2+ years. I have loved creating something a bit different every month. I will miss it!

Ok so for my last 'NJC' creation I decided to make something for hubbies model railway. I am in charge of scenery backboards, so I've decided that on one of the boards I'm going to paint a field of poppies & I thought I could pop this gorgeous image in there somewhere. I just love this image & better still it was a freebie...make sure you pop over & check it out, not sure if its still free but worth a look!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Creative Knockouts- ATG

TTCRD- ATG

Classic Design Challenge- ATG

Polkadoodles- ATG 

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image & sentiment- 'Remembrance Poppies' by Polkadoodles (freebie)

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell

Petals- blue violet & purple violet

Leaves & stems- deep cobalt green, dark phthalo green, hooker's green & permanent green

Centres- dark indigo

Seed pods-  hooker's green, phthalo green, emerald green & light phthalo green

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Lynda Chapman

'purple' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & say 'goodbye' to the fabulous DT. I will be back later today, so until then take care & stay safe xx 

Black Ice

I can't believe its the last 'A Place To Start' challenge of the year, it has flown since I first started with them back in August 2019!! I can't believe its gone that quickly! Anyhoos, I hope you will join in with us this month. Our challenge theme is.....

ANYTHING VINTAGE

for those of you who are regulars here, know I don't do vintage very well lol!

But after talking to my friend (Hazel Didos) we decided to have a try at this new technique called black ice,,,,not black magic as she told me! I thought I was gonna get some chocolates to eat!! It really is a great technique to use & really easy! So this card was made while we were Skyping & crafting. 

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

613 Avenue- vintage

Paper Players- Christmas

We Love To Create- ATG mixed media

      

Papers & Embellishments

'matt gold mirri' card by Hunkydory

'black' card from the A4 stack by Lynda Chapman

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'filigree tree' embossing folder by Provocraft

'jet black' Stazon ink

'clear' Heat it Up embossing powder

'clear hologram sparkle' WOW! embossing glitter

'Merry Christmas' chipboard from Hobbycraft

'5 x 7" white card blank'

Thank y ou for stopping by today, I hope you will join in with us over at 'APTS' this month

I will be back on the 11th, so until then stay safe xx

Candle For Danni

 Good morning fellow crafters & welcome to my small part of the WWW...I am here today to share with you my latest 'Winter Wonderland' creation. 

As this month we have no sponsors & no theme, I thought I'd use this opportunity to share with you one of my Christmas crafty makes.....Our eldest daughter Danni loves Yankee Candles. So I got her one of the Christmassy smelling ones, (cinnamon & gingerbread) after looking at it & thinking it needs something, not sure what! But something!!

Our theme for this month is...

ATG!

I hope you like what I have done to it!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

613 Avenue- cute critters

Crimbo Crackers- ATG

Cute Card Thursday- ATG

Christmas Craft Creation- anything but a card

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images & sentiment- 'Baa Humbug' by Clearly Besotted

Polychromo Pencils by Faber Castell

Sheep

Face & legs- dark sepia, burnt umber & brown ochre

Fleece- warm grey VI,  burnt umber & brown ochre

Hat- red violet, deep red & scarlet red

Ground- warm grey III & white

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Lynda Chapman

'desert storm' Neenah kraft card by Crafters Companion

'red' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

My stash- red ribbon, twine & white fibre ribbon

Sizzix Bigshot

'Tag #2' die cut by Sizzix

'snowy' border punch by EK Express

image & sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

Thank you so much for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what the 'design team' have created to help inspire you!

I will be back on the 7th, so until the stay safe xx

Peek A Boo!

 It's time for me to share my latest 'Cardz 4 Galz' creation with you. So for the next fortnight or theme is....

IT'S SNOWMAN TIME

I decided to use one of my all time favourite snowmen stamps....I've had it ages & I think I must have used it at least once a year, which is really good for me lol!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Paper Funday- Christmas

Country View- anything Christmas

Crafty Animals- ATG with an animal

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Hide & Seek' from the Pepper's Christmas Party stamp collection by Helz Cuppleditch

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell

Snowman

Body- iris blue

Carrot- tangerine

Arms- willow

Hat- bark, hooker's green & cherry

Scarf- crimson, cherry, dusky purple, peacock blue, fuchsia, carmine pink, teal green & iris blue

Star- cadmium orange & cadmium yellow

Hedgehog

Prickles- charcoal grey & bark

Body- amber

Pepper

Fur- neutral grey & tan

Snow- iris blue

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Merry Magic' by Dovecrafts

'white' water colouring card by Crafters Companion

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglas

'gold mirri' card by Hunkydory

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Sizzix Bigshot

'baubles rectangle frame' Memory Box (Die Cutting Essentials issue 57)

sentiment from the 'Christmas Grungy Messages by Lily of The Valley

image & sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'5 x 7" deckled edge white card blank

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back tomorrow, so until then stay safe xx