New challenge for Easter

Hello everyone from an autumnal South Africa,
Yes the weather is changing, still some hot days but a definite autumn feel in the air which is so welcoming after the very hot weather we have had,

The new challenge over at Let's Craft and Create  is as always anything goes, with an option this month of Easter.




For my card I have again used paper from my stash.



The diecuts I used are from Lea'bilities both for the card and the tags.

I cut the flower die and then brushed over with distress inks.  Added some liquid pearls.

The sentiment is coumuter generated.

Attached the tag with a bunny.



Will be entering it in some challenges, shortly.

Thanks so much for visiting,,,,,take care and stay healthy,

Love Ursula

It's almost Easter.

Good morning and a happy Sunday to everyone.

Well it is time to start thinking of getting some Easter cards out and at Let's Craft and Create the theme this month is Easter.



Some of the DT have made some really cute Easter cards for inspiration, but I have gone with a more traditional card.

I embossed the background and used my new Nellie Snellen die to cut the circle and the cross.

The sentiment is one I got from a blogging friend Hannelie , and she has lovely ones on her blog.



I will enter some challenges:
Crafting with Friends #15...Anything goes
Creative Fingers #104...Anything goes
Simply Papercraft#24...Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks #288...Easter
Aud Sentiments #150...Easter or spring
Crafting with an Attitude #13...Anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #15...Anything goes
Challenge up your Life #36...Diecutting
2 Creative Chicks...Showcase #8...Anything goes
A Bit more Time to Craft #15...Anything goes
Nordsalten Hobbyclub #134...Punched
Scrap N Challenge...Anything goes
The Sisters of Craft...Anything goes
Crafting by Designs...Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #221...Anything goes
Inspiration Destination #75...Anything goes


Wishing you all a lovely weekend. We are still having very warm weather but it has to start cooling a little as Autum will be here soon ...looking forward to that

Take care and I will be back later

Love Ursula

Colour challenge at The Outlawz

Hello friends and a Happy Tuesday to you all,

This week at The Outlawz the colour challenge is one of our special challenges, where you get to decide what to do.

The inspirational photo was chosen by Ina, and you can use any aspect of it for your card.

Choose the colours and for the twist let us know what has inspired you for your card.

Our sponsor for the last time this month is Sweet Pea Stamps and the DT have made lovely cards once again using these images. We would love you to come and see what we have done for your inspiration and then have a go yourselves.


This is my card using the image Easter Daffodil and I was inspired by the eggs on the photo to make an Easter card.

The patterned paper I used is very old. It was a free download from Mad about Cards (I think they have closed) and it was dated 2007...so I have had it for a long time. I matted it onto yellow cardstock.

The image was coloured with Distress inkpads cut out and mounted onto a scalloped oval that I inked with the colour from the little duck.

Sentiment is from Netty's cards She has lots of freebies, so worth a visit.

A ribbon with a bow and pearls to finish

I will enter these challenges with this card.



Artistic Inspirations #128...Anything goes with a twist of Easter
Craft-Dee Bowz...Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart #52...Anything goes
Get Creative challenges #11...Use a diecut
Whoopsi Daisy challenge...Add a sentiment
Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party...Easter
Love to Scrap challenge #50...Anything goes
Melonheads Friends...Animals.
Moo-Mania...Poultry
Whimsey Stamps challenge #81...Use a diecut

I am off to do some crafting. Lots of DT work to get through and other interesting things as well as my garden calling me. Have a good week and hope to see you back here soon, take care.

Love Ursula

Midway Easter or Spring challenge #90 at DS4J

Happy Wednesday to everyone.
With the short weeks that we are having I am just really not sure what day it is and have to check on a calendar, as Wednesday seems to have come round very much quicker, but yes it is midweek challenge day at Digistamps4Joy with the theme Easter or Spring.
Alex is hosting this challenge and again the DT have made amazing cards. I urge you to go and have a look and maybe get some inspiration. Do remember you can enter without a DS4J image, but you get an extra chance in the draw if you do use one.

I chose the Easter theme as I wanted to give this to my grandchildren.

Here is what I used:
I made a side step card again...I love this fold.
Paper - pink cardstock, printed paper from Marianne Design 'Don & Daisy', inked all the edges.
Images - Egg basket and Hoppy Easter and you can find these HERE. I coloured them with distress inkpads and Twinkling H20's. Added some glitter to the basket. Cut it out and mounted with dimensionals. Attached the 2 pieces of cardstock with bunny brads that I have had in my stash for a few years now.
Sentiment is a freebie from my blogging friend Hannelie..
Finished off with some very sparkly eggs stickers

Will enter the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Designs...Fancy folds
Paper Minutes challenge #318...Card with effect
Party Time Tuesdays challenge #169...Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door...Anything goes
Try it on Tuesday challenge...More than one fold.
Hobbybook Designer challenge...Easter
Digi Designs challenge...Easter
Open-minded Crafting Fun challenge #8...Easter
Sunflowerfield Designs challenge...Easter
Crafting from the Heart challenge #15...Anything goes
Melonheadz Friends...Easter
Ooh-la-la-Creations challenge #154...Easter/Spring
Ditzie Digi Designs...Anything goes
That Craft Place...Anything goes/Easter

Enjoy the rest of your week, We are spending time with the family doing some fun things.

Take care and see you soon.

Love Ursula

Using dies and punches for Easter

Hello everyone,
I am back again, this time with my DT project for Let's Craft and Create.  We were asked to use dies and punches, and I saw this lovely Easter gift idea at Kitty's Craft and  I decided to make some of these for my grandchildren for Easter gifts. This year we are also having our family from The Netherlands here in South Africa, so I thought this would be great for filling with some yummy eggs for the juniors and Easter goodies for the not so juniors.

It was very easy, using  Nellie Snellen MFDies and some punches.
The sentiment is from Netty's cards where you can find several lovely freebie sentiments. Well worth visiting her BLOG.

The DT at Let's Craft and Create have made lovely cards for your inspiration and as the challenges are now monthly, there is no excuse not to participate. Would love to see some of your projects there.

Challenges I am entering:

Crafty Sentiments Designs challenge....Easter
Pause, Dream, Enjoy Linky Party #71...3D projects
Craft my Life...Anything goes, but no card
Artistic Inspirations challenges #86...Easter animal/Anything goes
Craft-Dee Bowz challenge...Anything goes with a handmade bow
The Crafty Bloggers Network...Die cuts/embossing
Craft your Passion challenge #208...No designer papers
Created with Love challenge #79...Easter
Love to Create challenge #110...Anything goes for kids
Make My Monday challenge...Easter card or project
Lexi's Creations #113...Ester
Crafting from the Heart #13...Anything goes with Easter theme
Craftin Desert Diva's... Linky Party...Anything goes

I wish you a great day and I will be back later with another DT card. In the mean time take care and thanks for visiting.

Love Ursula

Colour challenge with choices at The Outlawz

Good morning friends,
I can hardly believe that it is Tuesday again, where did the weekend go. I guess it was quite a busy one for me so that explains it.

This week the colour challenge at The Outlaws is another one of the special challenges where you get to choose 2 of the colours you want to use and also your own twist. You have to use white plus 2 colours from the photo.


The inspirational photo was Penny's choice.

The sponsor for this month is the lovely Anne Fenton of
Anne's Digital Art and you can see her beautiful images there.

The DT have made lovely cards for your inspiration, so we hope you will join us with your projects, telling us what colours you have used and the twist you have chosen.

For my card I chose to use white, deep coral and green, with the twist to add an animal.

This is what I used.

Paper ... deep coral and DP from a Pretty Papers bloc...Vintage Pastels by Marianne Designs
Image ...   Egg bunny...from  Digistamps4joy .. coloured with Distress stamp pads and cut with an oval die
Die cuts...Frame for image ..Joycrafts Noor design,  leaf branch..Marianne Design.
Sentiment...from Hannelie a blogging friend who has lovely free sentiments. You can find her HERE.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart #9...Anything goes/Favourite colours
The Crafty Bloggers Network...Nature
Love to Create challenge #106...Anything goes
Make it Monday...Anything goes
Through the Purple Haze #32...Anything digital
Delightful sketches challenge...Colour crazy...use colours you would not normally use...corals and peaches are not my favourite colours to use
Little Miss Muffet challenge #80...Anything goes
Pile it on challenge #10...Easter Joys
Corrosive challenges #194...Animals
Fan-Tastic Tuesday challenge #26...Anything goes
Partytime Tuesdays/The Paper Nest challenge #5...Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door...Anything goes


Have a wonderful day, more rain for us and it was all through the night as well.  Need to launch our boat soon...LOL

Take care and see you soon.

Love Ursula

Wishing you a Blessed Easter, midway challenge

Happy Wednesday my friends,
As this is Holy week in the Christian calendar, my card is just perfect timing. Challenge #63 at  Digistamps4Joy has the theme..Celebrating Easter, and it ends 2 April, so there is still time to enter.

For my card I used 2 images, the first is.. Chapel window and the second is ..He is risen, both can be found at the  STORE Coloured them with watercolour pencils and twinkling H2O's
The die cut is a Nellie Snellen die
Background embossed with a folder
Sentiment is from my blogging friend  Hannelie

I hope you will go and see the lovely cards made this week by the DT and get some inspiration from them. You can always get more detail by visitng their blogs. We would love for you to join in with one of your creations and there are lovely prizes to win, even if you don't use a DS4J image.

I will look to enter some challenges.

Crafty Sentiments...Easter
Cuttlebug Mania..Easter Inspiration
Ladybug Crafts Ink challenge...Anything goes
Oldie but Goodie challenge...Easter. Have had my embossing folder for a long time.
Our Daily Bread Designs...He is risen
Party Time Tuesdays #1130...Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door...Anything goes
Vickie's challenges...Anything goes
Crafty Creations challenge #215...Easter
Creative Belli challenge #166...Easter
Inky Impressions challenge #103...Easter or spring

I would like to wish you all a very Blessed Easter, however you celebrate it.

If you are looking forward to some chocies, I hope the Easter bunny has a loaded basket.

Enjoy the rest of the week, 2 short ones and take care if you are driving and on the roads, especially in the northern hemisphere with all the snow and bad weather.

See you soon

love, Ursula

Another Easter card......

Good morning friends,
Well today autumn has definitely got a foot in the door. It is grey, windy, cool and even started raining a short while ago. Perfect weather for staying indoors, and I think hubby will bake some of his famous rusks, so the smells from the kitchen will be great.

Onto my card now. There is a combined challenge on at PCP with Digistamps4Joy and Shelley's images

You get one image from each and have to use them together on a card. If you make 3 projects with these 2 images you will get another image from each one. This is my first card, not sure if I will manage more, will see how we go.

I have made a card shaping the front for a different effect.
The image on the front is 'Peter' from Shelley's images. Coloured with distress inks and twinkling H2O's.
The image inside is 'Egg basket' from Digistamps4Joy also coloured with distress inks and Twinkling H2O's. I cut it out mounted on foam pads and paper pieced the bow adding some glitter.
The sentiment on the inside is a freebie. My blogging friend Hannelie offers some lovely sentiments from time to time and you can visit her
Here.

Paper is from Tulip by Andrea Jayne
Finished off with ribbon and a bunny brad.

I think the following challenges are in order to enter:
D'is Digi Designs challenge...Easter/Spring
A gem of a challenge #71...Easter/Spring
My time to craft challenge #213...Bunnies
One stop craft challenge #220...Anything goes
Avadares challenge #9 Easter/Spring
Jelly Park challenges...Bunny hop
PolkaDoodles challenge #11...Happy Easter
Cute Card Thursday #260...Anything goes
Dutch Dare card challenge #208...spots and stripes
Shelley's Images challenge...Roll em..nos.8..brad, 1Die or punch, 5 Dimensionals..basket raised with 3D

The sun has started to come out now and it is a little warmer, so maybe a good Sunday.
Have a wonderful weekend. Take care and see you back soon.

Love, Ursula

Easter at Digihaven

Happy Friday friends,
Firstly I would like to welcome my new followers. It is great to have you visit and I hope you will find something here to inspire you...do come back often.

To day I have an Easter card for you. Digistamps4Joy are sponsoring the challenge at Digihaven, with the theme Easter, and I am GD for this week. So I invite you to pop over to see the awesome cards that their DT made with some of the DS4J images, and if you enter you could win 5 DS4J images...so get crafting!!

For my side step card I used Easter egg with bow and it can be found HERE

I coloured my image and the flower with a combination of aquarelle pencils, distress inks and Twinkling H20's. added some glitter to the egg and did some paper piecing on the bow.
The paper is from Making Memories.
The flower is a multidie flower of LeCrea, swirl is a Marianne Design die, The eggs I used a little oval punch, finished off with some pearls.
The sentiment is from a blogging friend Hannelie who offers lovely freebie sentiments from time to time and you can find her Here.

I will go and find some challenges to enter.
Cute Card Thursday #260...Anything goes
DL.Art challenge #105...Easter
My Heart Pieces challenge...Not to be square
Sincerely-yours-creations...Easter
Nutcrafters challenge #38...Something with B..Bow
Inklings and Yarns #7...Anything goes
Stampavie and More... #189..Easter
Perfect Sentiment challenge #70...Easter bling

Well as the weekend is now upon us, I hope you all have a wonderful one...We have certainly had the feel of autumn this past week, but I hope we have a sunny warm weekend.

Take care, have fun and see you soon.

 

Love Ursula

Good morning friends,
It is a beautiful sunny Sunday morning here in this part of South Africa. A pefect Easter morning. I would like to send Easter Greetings to all my followers, wishing you the most Blessed of days as we celebrate this wonderful event. For my Jewish friends, I hope the Passover was a very special time for you and your families, and for those who do not celelbrate these events, I wish you a peaceful and happy time with your families and loved ones.
I made this card for a swap and thought Iwould post it here as my greeting for all

Enjoy the rest of the  weekend. and take care.Safe travels if on the road.

Easter Greetings

This is a card I made for an Easter card swap with my stamping group. 13 ladies took part, so this week I received in the post 12 beautiful Easter cards.

I used a cream cardstock with a shimmer, stamped a flourish from Hero arts in chocolate and attached some pearls.

The cross was cut on the cuttlebig with a nestability and put onto brown cardstock with silicone to raise it.

The sentiment was computer generated.

I hope everyone liked their cards.

As this is the eve of the Easter weekend, I would like to send this wish to my blogging friends all over the world

Wishing you specially at Easter,

that you may continue to be

the special person you are

who spreads joy and love,

sunshine and brightness

and you may hold onto your dreams

because rainbows are always

wished for you.

Wishing you a very Happy and Blessed Easter and if you are travelling , safe travels, especially those in South Africa. Take care on the roads.

Warm wishes.

Cute Card Thursday, Karen's challenge

http://karensdoodlesnetherlandschallenge.blogspot.com/

Good afternoon, hope everyone is enjoying a relaxing Sunday. We are having a beautiful late summer/early autumn day.My card to day is for the Cute Card Thursday challenge, theme was Dimensions. It is a digital image(a freebie) from Karen's Doodles. a new site I found.

The card is a white cardstock, onto which I matted yellow card put through the cuttlebug with the butterfly folder.

The DP is a piece I had over, not sure where it is from.

The image was coloured with Tombows and watercolour pencils. It was cut out with my nestabilities and matted onto a scolloped blue nestability.

The dimensions are the 2 easter eggs, (peel-offs) that I coloured, and a flower that I layered with punchouts.

The sentiment is also a peel-off.

I loved this image and will go and have a look at what else is on her site http://www.karensdoodles.blogspot.com/ I know she has another freebie.

Love to hear from you and enjoy the rest of the weekend.