New challenge with a vintage feel

 Hi friends,

The last challenge of this year is up at Let's Craft and Create and it is the usual Anything goes, but with  the option is to have a Vintage feel.

There are some really lovely cards on the challenge blog, so please hop on over and feast your eyes.  Also a lovely gift card prize, so worth coming to join in this challenge with a whole month to post your entries and remember you can enter up to 3 times.

So from me it is another Christmas card as these are very useful at the moment. I have also made a different fold for a change.

I have used 3 different papers all from my "paper collection" and they are a few years old.

The Christmas tree is cut with a Marianne Designs die that has been in my collection for many years.

 I positioned the paper so that the words on the middle section "Star of Wonder" are just in line with the star on the tree. 

Entering the following challenges:

A perfect time to craft  #12-2023 ...Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore  #118 ...Anything goes

 Merry little Christmas #53 ...Anything goes

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas challenge #153 ..Anything Christmas goes

Unicorn challenge #93 ...Christmas

I hope wherever you are in the world you are keeping well and safe. There is so much happening that is not good and I think of those suffering in any way especially at this time of the year.

I hope that you will be able to spend some time with family and friends and that you are keeping warm in the cold climatic areas, and if you are in the Southern regions that the weather is bearable, as we are having some extreme heatwaves and no rain, so not very comfortable.

Take care friends, stay safe and well. Look out for one another and remember to share a smile.

Love..Ursula xxx

Let's Stitch for the new challenge

 Hello makers,

November has crept up on us and there is a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create asking us to do some stitching this month as an option, though anything goes  always  counts.

If you hop on over to the blog you will see some great projects for inspiration, so please go and leave the DT some love and join in the fun this month.  

I decided to start my Christmas cards, so some stitching worked well I used a spirelli idea. The diecut is from one of my sets and used green cotton thread for the design...so easy and a lovely idea. 

The Christmas tree in the centre is a peel-off decorated with small gemstones.

The sentiment is stamped and embossed with gold.

Some more peel-offs to decorate the corners.

I am entering the following challenges:

Gem of a challenge #22 ...Anything goes

Crafty Calendar challenge .. November, Anything goes

Creative Fingers challenge #265 ... Anything goes

Most Magical Time of the year #14 ..Christmas

Creative Inspiration challenge #8 ... Anything goes

I hope you are all well wherever you find yourselves, and that you are enjoying the change of seasons. We are into spring, but have had some rather cold "wintery weather" hopefully we will be back enjoying some spring/summer weather again soon.

Take care, Love,

Ursula

Let's use stripes and dots

 Hello everyone,

We are now well into the second half of the year, and I for one am looking forward to some warm weather. I know spring is not too far away here in the Southern Hemisphere but this is the coldest winter we have had for a while and I have now had enough.

Well, as it is a new month, we have a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create As always it is anything goes with an option of using dots and or stripes.  The DT have made some gorgeous projects for inspiration, so head over and feast your eyes.

There is a small prize for the lucky winner and you have a whole month to enter, but don't delay too long.

I have used everything from my scraps box and my stash

I rounded all the corners of the papers and cut  out the teddy image.

The embossing folder is a Cuttlebug folder purchased many years ago and I added a  little charm.

I will enter the following challenges:

My Time to Craft  #513 ...Shades of Blue

The Crafty Addicts  #04 ... Anything goes

A perfect time to craft  #08 ...Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore  #114 ... Anything goes

Pearly Sparkles #87  ...Spots/stripes

Thank you for stopping by, I do appreciate it. Take care and see you again soon.

Love, Ursula

Say what!! at let's Craft and Create

 Hello fellow crafters,

We are already into the second month of 2023, and it is time for the next challenge at Let's Craft and Create. As usual it is Anything goes but this month the optional challenge is to "Say What"..use a sentiment.

If you head over to the challenge blog you will see some gorgeous projects made by the Design Team,   for your inspiration and we invite you to join us with your project. You have the whole month to join in and there is even a prize for a lucky crafter.

My card is again using my stash, as I am not purchasing anything until I have made a dent in my supplies, so this is what I have put together.

  

The paper is from a Papermania collection of a number of years back, that I have cut and matted.

The sentiment  is a Stampendous stamp also bought long ago. I stamped it onto a tag cut with a Marianne Design Creatables die.

Attached the cutout with a lovely cupcake brad.

Entering this into the following challenges:

A Gem of a challenge Week 3 ...Anything goes

A Perfect time to Craft Open challenge ...#2-2023

Country View challenges  Chase your dreams ..be sentimental

Crafts Galore Encore #108 ... Anything goes 

Creations in Pink Anything goes ...mainly pink

Papercraft challenges #90 ... Anything goes

I do hope to see you join in this fun challenge.

I wish you all a wonderful month and hope that the winter weather in the Northern hemisphere will soon be over and you will begin to look forward to Spring. Here in the South we are looking forward to a little cooler weather, just more comfortable.

Take care wherever you find yourselves, stay well and safe and remember to share a smile.

See you soon....Love, Ursula

 

 

It's Black and White at Let's Craft and Create

 Hello everyone and a Happy New Year to you all. It seems incredible that we are already well into the first week of 2023. I hope that you had time to relax and enjoy the holiday season in whichever way you celebrate. I also realized that with the summer solstice that has come and gone, our days will start getting shorter and heading to winter which is a scary thought as we have not yet had much summer...we have had plenty of rain and as we are in a summer rainfall area that has been good for the dams. I hope you all have a creative, enjoyable year.

OK now onto the new challenge for January over at Let's Craft and Create which is always Anything goes, but with an optional twist.. Black and White.  The DT have some fabulous cards for inspiration, so do hop on over and see what they have to show. You have a whole month to enter your projects and there is a prize for some lucky participant... 

I have made a very simple card and as I have done for the past 2 years, I am only using from my stash.

I  embossed cardstock with a very old embossing folder and matted it onto black cardstock.'

The flower is handmade. I cut four flowers of different sizes using a Joycrafts Floral Flourishes die.

Sprayed them with water and crinckled them a little when almost dry. Used a brad to hold them together.

Added a gingham ribbon and some pearls

The sentiment is a no name stamp.

I will enter in the following challenges:

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge  ...January ...Anything goes

The Paper Shelter .. Christmas break challenge ...Anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft ... Open challenge #1

Crafts Galore Encore challenge January 2023 ...Anything goes

Love to Craft challenge #72 ...Anything goes

I do hope you will come and join in this first challenge of 2023.  and I will see you soon.

Love, Ursula

Feeling sketchy at Let's Craft and Create

Talk about being late... this post should have been done a week ago, but you all know that sometimes life happens and things don't go as planned. The latest challenge at Let's Craft and Create started last week and  as usual  the theme is Anything goes with the option of using a sketch for your card.

For my card I used the following all from my stash, and followed the sketch from a challenge of The Outlawz.

Paper and cardstock cut and trimmed with a scalloped edge

The image is from Beccy's Place. I cut it with a nesting die and layered onto a larger diecut.

Added a flower trim and used some of the flowers to scatter around. 

A bow to finish it off.

I will enter the following challenges:

Gem of a Craft challenge ...Week 23...Anything goes

Crafty Calendar challenge ...November challenge ..Anything goes

Creative fingers challenge ...#242 ... Anything goes

Pattie"s Creations Designs ...#200 ...Anything goes.

After a very hot start to Spring we are now having somewhat cooler and very rainy days. The gardens have just sprung to life, but I do hope we get some warm summer weather soon...never happy are we!!

Take care my friends wherever you are in the world and I hope that things go well for you as we enter the last months of the year.

See you soon, love...

Ursula

Penny for your thoughts

 We are now into our 6th month of the year...where has the time gone and we have a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create. As always it is anything goes with an optional theme..."Penny for your thoughts"...just use a sentiment.

The stamped image was gifted to me in a bundle by a friend a year or so ago and I have now used them all. I think it was a Crafty Individuals stamp.  I added a few pearls.

It was matted onto an embossed card.

Finished off with a Bow.

The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp.

Entering the following challenges:

Gem of a challenge #12 ... Anything goes

Can you handle the pressure ...Embossing with a twist of butterflies

Crafty Calendar ..June challenge ...Anything goes

Sweet Stampin challenge 3 of a kind ...3 butterflies

Alphabet challenge ..E is for embossing....dry embossing

Creative fingers ...Anything goes

I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy. Wherever you are I hope the weather is good to you.

See you soon, 

Love, Ursula

Let's Create and Craft ... new challenge with purple and green

 Hello to everyone,

Welcome to a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create for the month of March. This is my favourite month, being my birthday month, I met my hubby many years ago and got engaged in March (not in the same year) and it is the start of autumn ...a season I love with crisp mornings, warm days and lovely cooler evenings.

This month the challenge is as always,  Anything goes, but with the option of using purple and green...2 great colours. The design team have used these colours in some gorgeous projects for inspiration, so please pop in and leave them some love.  There is also a small prize up for grabs, so please join in the fun and you have the whole month to do so.

I have decided to carry on with my mission of using up my stash and also making CAS cards.

The paper is from an old Joy Crafts paper pad ...Happy Bloc's.

The butterfly is die cut using a Marianne Design die, and stash paper.

The sentiment is a freebie from  Desert Diva

I will enter the following challenges:

Creative fingers challenge #226 ... Anything goes

Crafty Catz #585 ...CAS 

Cards 4 Galz #167 ..Things with wings

Fab n Funky #546 ...Dies or stencils

Little Red Wagon #643 ...Let it be...

I hope that everyone is staying healthy and safe. With the dramatic events taking place in Europe, and the uncertainties and worries in the world,   I can only wish you all peace and love. Look out for one another and remember to smile...

Thanks for visiting and I hope to be back soon.

Love Ursula

Something new

 Hello friends,

Yes there is something new...2022.  HAPPY NEW YEAR  I hope that everyone is ready for this year so that we can make it a great ONE with positive attitudes and creating lovely things. At Let's Craft and Create this month our challenge has an option of "Something new"...a home, a year, a baby ... anything new.

The team have all created stunning projects with this theme, so please head on over and see what inspiration they have created. You have a whole month to enter and there is even a small prize so start off the year with joining in our challenge.

This year, I am continuing my mission of using up my stash. I like to think I made a small dent in it last year, but there is still a whole lot more to use.

The cardstock is all from my stash and I cut and embossed a piece. The embossing folder is an old Cuttlebug folder. I inked the edges and lightly went over the embossing with a Distress Inkpad.

The embelishments are the last of a selection of baby items. 

I am trying to make cards that would be good for the Charity shop that I support. I like for them to have a selection of popular cards for selling.

I will enter this in the following challenges.

A place to start January ...Anything goes

Crafting happiness  #119 ...Anything goes

Simon Says challenge Monday challenge ...something new

613 Avenue creates January ...Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #173 ...Anything goes

A bit more time to Craft  Dec/Jan ...Anything goes

A perfect time to Craft  #01 ...Anything goes

Crafts Galore   January ...Anything goes

I hope wherever you are in the world you are keeping safe. The weather in many places has been very harsh and severe and I my heart goes out to the people who have to live in such extreme conditions. I hope that you receive the strength to get through this. The health issues that many have to face be it from the pandemic or anything else makes life a challenge for many and I pray that you also receive strength to face these. 

Take care, stay safe and let's hope that this year will see some easing on the challenges that have faced us the past 2 years. 

Thanks for visiting and see you soon.

Love, Ursula

 

Let's Craft and Create with a Vintage Feel

 Hello friends,

I can almost not believe that we are down to our last challenge for 2021...despite all that has happened the year seems to have galloped past. Well let's concentrate on this challenge and not dwell too much on the year to come.  As always the challenge at Let's Craft and Create is anything goes, but this month the optional theme is "Vintage Feel"  The ladies of the team have made beautiful projects for inspiration, so please pop over and leave them some love.

I have once again raided my stash.

The paper is very old and only had some pieces left, but sufficient for this card.

The flowers are cut from a design sheet, also a number of years old.

The sentiment is cut with a Crealies die,

The label is a Joycraft die.

Some lace, ribbon and pearls to finish it all off. 

I will enter some challenges:

A gem of a challenge  #25....  Anything goes 

Allsorts challenge #653 ...Use a die

Crafty Calendar  December ...Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's challenge #571...Anything goes

Crazy for challenges #613...Christmas flowers

Alphabet challenge ....R is for Red

Aud Sentiments #289 Christmas + sentiment

I do hope where ever you are in the world you will be able to enjoy some good time during this month. Be it on holiday, or at home...with friends, family or on your own...may there be memories in the making.

We have all had challenges and trying times and I am sure that it is not the end of these, but hopefully we will all get through and talk about these in the years to come..

Take care, stay safe and may you all be showered with Blessings and however you celebrate at this time may you enjoy this time.Think of others and just be kind. God Bless xxx

Something with wings

 Hello, Hello,

It has been a while since my last post...all is well here. Spring has arrived and we have had our first rains which were most welcome...the lawn has turned green and everything is lovely and fresh.

This month over at Let's Craft and Create the new challenge has an option of adding something with wings to your project. The DT have all used such great images for inspiration, so please pop in and leave them some love.

I am still on a mission to use up my stash and making simple, no fuss cards. I donate a lot of my cards to a charity for raising funds for their projects and these are what sell best.

I ran a piece of patterned paper through the CB with a butterfly embossing folder.

The butterfly is a Marianne Design die. I used a shiny patterned paper for this and attached it to a square with punched corners.

A peel off sentiment to finish. 

Entering the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness #116...colour challenge .. I used purple

Make my Monday # 158 ...Embossing

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #167 ...Anything goes

A Gem of a challenge #20...Anything goes

Thanks for popping in and take care...See you soon.

Love Ursula

Stripes or spots

 Hello all,

What has happened to this year apart from Covid...August has crept up on us, not that I really mind as I have had enough of winter and know that spring is just around the corner.

I do hope that everyone is keeping safe and well, have had the vaccinations but still taking care to stay safe.

This month over at Let's Craft and Create we are suggesting that you might like to use spots or stripes or  you can use both if you wish. The DT have some great inspirational projects for you so do pop in and see what they have to show. There is also a little prize awaiting...so come and join us.

I have just gone with stripes this time, teamed it with  pretty floral and matching pink diecuts. All papers from my never ending stash of paper.

Beads and a diecut sentiment to finish

I send many of my cards to a charity shop, and they have a need for less fussy cards...so that is what I am making at the moment.

I am entering the following challenges:

Crafty Creations #424 ...Anything goes

Creative Moments #219 ...Anything goes

Little Red Wagon #613 ...Just because

Mod Squad challenge ...Give thanks

I wish you all a great month, take care and thank you for visiting me.

Love, Ursula

Let's add buttons

 Goodday friends,

I do hope you are all keeping safe and healthy. If you are in the Southern part of the world like me, I think you are feeling the winter chills and hope you are keeping warm. In the North, it seems that summer has been a little slow in coming to some parts but hope you are all making the best of whatever weather mother nature is handing out right now.  As for  Covid, if you are in some form of lockdown, I trust that you are able to find someway of keeping busy, and if the restrictions are lifted where you are, please take care and be safe.

It's time for another challenge at  Let's Craft and Create and this month we are inviting you to add buttons to your project as an option....of course our challenges are always "anything goes" but it is great to add a little something else to the challenge.  The design team have some super inspirational cards for you, so I do hope you will pop in. You have a whole month to join and a lovely gift certificate is up for grabs.

My card is again a fairly simple and CAS one....no colouring of images for me at the moment and as I am still on a mission to use up my stash of papers I pulled out an old KaiserCraft  range of papers for this card.

All the paper is from that range and even the border is a strip that is just pull off and stick down.

The sentiment is from a page of words and I just cut out the letters of each word. I thought these words just right for my frame of mind at the moment.

And for the optional buttons, I added 3 of those.

I am entering the following challenges:

Crafty Catz challenge #55 ...Anything goes

As you like it challenge ...CAS card. I like the symplicity of CAS cards

Crafty Creations #422 ...Anything goes

Creative Moments #215 ...Anything goes

Ellibelles Corner June challenge...CAS

Word Art Wednesday ..Week 493 ...Anything goes

Thank you for visiting me here, and hope to see you soon. Take care, stay safe.

Love Ursula

Lots of pretty flowers

 Hello friends,

I do hope everyone is keeping well, whether you are still under lockdown conditions or able to get around freely. The main thing is to keep safe and healthy with masks, sanitisers and keeping our distances...looking our for others as well as ourselves.

This month the challenge at Let's Craft and Create has the option of adding flowers. As it is Spring in the northern parts of the world that should be no problem, but even here in South Africa and other southern hemisphere countries,  as it is now autumn there are still lovely flowers to be found....so my card this month has a basketful of flowers to show.

I have used paper from my stash matted onto green cardstock.

The basket is a Marianne Design diecut with ribbon threaded through the slats. 

The flowers and leaves are all punched or diecut with pearls added in the centres.

Happy birthday is also a die cut.

I will enter this into a few challenges.

613 Avenue Create ...April #4 ....Anything goes

Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends  #155 ...Anything goes

The Corrosive challenge April #4 ...Anything goes

The Paper Players #535 ...Springtime flowers

We love to Create #4 Anything goes

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and I love to read your comments.

Take care and see you again soon.

Love Ursula

Cheers to you !!!

 Hi Friends,

A New Year and a new challenge. I hope everyone had a good Christmas/Holiday season,  however you were able to celebrate ..with family/friends or just by yourselves.  We were fortunate to see our local family on different days and spent Christmas day with just my SIL and her husband....very quiet and relaxed.  We are now back to more strict lockdown as many of you are in your own countries and all we can do is to keep safe and healthy by keeping to all the safety protocols. Fortunately,  speaking for myself I have lots to occupy my time so it isn't too much of a problem...just miss my family especially those overseas, as I can't see any travel for a long time.

This month the new challenge at Let's Craft and Create is as usual..Anything goes with an optional theme ...Cheers.  I decided to make a tag for a wine bottle suitable for our current situation,

I cut the cardstock to the required size and punched a hole in the top.

The patterned paper is from my stash (need to use up a lot more this year)

The wine glass is a Marianne Designs die, coloured with distress ink.

The sentiment was computer generated.

Tuesday Throwdown #472 ...Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments ...Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #1 ....Anything goes

Get Creative #97 ...Anything goes

 

I wish you all a very happy and healthy year, thanks for visiting me. I hope to see you soon.

Love, Ursula

Santa Claus is coming to town

 Hello friends, 

Wow! we are in the last month of this crazy year and it is time for our challenge at Let's Craft and Create. Of course being December...Santa Claus is coming to town, which is the theme of the challenge, but as always it is anything goes, with the option of the theme. If you hop over to the blogpost you will see some awesome projects from the team, and you have the whole month to enter, with a small prize up for grabs as well...so do come and join in the fun.

I have not made many cards for Christmas this year, as our postal service is not too efficient at the moment, but I do need gift tags, so that is what I have to show...

 The image I used is from a set I have hade for many years..Do Crafts, Papermania.

I coloured these with Distress inkpads and added glitter and some texture paste for the bears. I haven't been colouring for many months, but quite pleased with this attempt.

I cut them out with my Cuttlebug using large dies.

Will have to make a few more in the next few weeks.

Entering the following challenges:

Colour Crazy challenge #48 ...Anything goes

Creative Fingers  #198 ... Anything goes

Winter Wonderland ...Anything Christmas goes

The Corrosive challenge #11 ...Anything goes

I thank you for visiting my blog, and I do wish you all a very safe and healthy festive season. Take care to keep yourselves and your loved ones safe.

Love, Ursula

New challenge at Let's Craft and Create

 Hello friends,

This month the challenge at Let's Craft and Create calls for us to use a sketch to create our project....sometimes I find it makes it easier, other times I battle a bit with a sketch, but this time it was quite a simple process. I am keeping my cards simple and easy at the moment...no colouring of images.

The sketch I used was from the Wednesday challenge at The Outlawz.

I used papers from my stash for the background and for the top layer. Using a Nellie Snellen die I cut the edge of the top layer and stamped with a Joy Crafts clear stamp, inking it with Distress inks.

Ribbon and pearls to finish it off.

The sentiment is a peel off...

The DT have all made some lovely cards so I do hope you will pop over and feast your eyes, and hopefully join us.  Remember the challenge is for the whole month, so lots of time to come and play.

I will enter a few challenges later.

Thanks for coming to visit and hope to see you soon, 

Love  Ursula

Use paper strips instead of ribbon

 Hello crafting friends, 

I hope you are all doing well wherever in the world you are....in some countries things are going better and in others there are more restrictions. I do hope everyone keeps to the required guidelines and we can maybe keep this virus under control....please stay safe and healthy.

It is time for a new monthly challenge at Let's Craft and Create. The theme as always is anything goes, but with an option to use paper strips in place of ribbon....quite a fun thing to do. The ladies of the team have made such gorgeous projects for inspiration and I do hope you will pop over and admire their work. You have a whole month to take part, so let's see what you have to show.

I have kept my card simple, as these are the cards that I have a use for, In our retirement village I am often asked for these kind of cards. I decided last year not to buy any new papers and now also to use my older dies and stamps.

For this card I used Distress inkpads  with a Crafty Individuals stamp, 

A green paper backing and a paper strip from a piece of card and 3 brads to finish it off. 

The sentiment is a peel-off.

Entering the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create  October...Anything goes

We love chocolate baroque October ...Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #143...Anything goes

The Corrosive challenge #10...Anything goes

Here in South Africa our weather is warming up nicely and with Spring we are spending a lot more time in our garden, especially getting the veggies growing. I hope you are all enjoying your weather and that there are not any extreme conditions for you. Take care and stay. Thanks for visiting.

Best of friends at Let's Craft and Create

 Hello everyone,

I am so pleased to say that I think Spring has now finally arrived here in South Africa...so lovely after a cold winter this year and I hope the weather is good for you wherever you find yourself.

This month the challenge theme at Let's Craft and Create is as always anything goes, but with the option ..Best of friends..anything friendship related.  The team have made some awesome projects for inspiration, so do go and have a look.

For my card I have have gone with a patchwork theme...using a very old folder and image..

The digi image is from DS4J, who closed down a few years back. I don't do much colouring these days, but this was an easy not much detail image to colour, using my pencils.

The embossing folder is also one from a number of years ago by Tri-Boss.

Computer printed sentiment on Nellie's diecut labels

I will enter the following challenges:

Patties Creations #174 ...Anything goes

Polkadoodles #36 ...Anything goes

Colour Crazy challenge #35..Anything goes colouring

Crafty Catz #517 ...Not a square

Creative Fingers #192 ...Anything goes

Thank you for visiting my blog, take care and stay safe. See you soon.

Love Ursula

Punch it for the new June challenge

Hello friends,

I hope you are all well and coping with the life challenges facing us in the various part of the world.

This month over at Let's Craft and Create the challenge as always is Anything goes with the option to use your favourite punches. Do go and have a look at the projects made by the DT. There are some really lovely inspirational ideas.




For my card I have uses papers from my stash.  A textured base with a very old designer paper matted onto that. The centre is a square cardstock with the corners punched using the same punch on the patterned paper.

The butterflies were punched out of the same patterned paper, using Nellie Snellen punches with matching embossing punches.

I will add a sentiment later when I know the recipient of the card.

Added pearls and ribbon to finish.



 I will enter the following challenges:




Moving along with the times...#119.   Things with wings.
Crafty Creations  #410...Anything goes
The Three Muses  ...Layers
Always Fun challenge  #165...Layers

Thank you for visiting my blog and I wish you all well in this journey of confusion in our lives..
Take care, stay healthy and keep being positive.

Love,  Ursula