Lavender & Lace

Hello my blogging friends.
I am back again with my DT card for challenge #90 at Let's Craft and Create and the theme is ...lavender and lace.

For my card I decided to create my own background paper using a new stencil from Memory box and my Pan Pastels. I do like how this has come out, so will use it more often. Matted this onto a purple cardstock and attached some lace from my huge stash of lace. ...will I ever work through it all, but I need to remember to use it
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The sentiment is from a sheet of Joycraft clear stamps...also new, stamped and cut out with a Nellie Snellen die cut, which I just love . Inked the edges. A lavender ribbon and pearls to finish.

I hope you will come and join in this challenge, and it has been decided that our challenges will last for a month, so you have until 8th April to enter.....but don't leave it till the last minute, come and have a look at the cards made by the DT. We would love to see your creations.

I will enter some challenges:
Sister Act card challenge #47...Anything goes
The Doodle Garden challenge #1...Anything goes
Come and Get it challenge...Ribbons and bows
Challenges 4 Everybody #39...Anything goes
Chalk-a-lot challenge #57...Use a stencil and chalk
Scribble and Scrap challenge #13...Anything goes
Deep Ocean challenge #73...Lace and Pearls
Our Daily Bread designs challenge #194...Amethyst, purple, lavender
Party Time Tuesday/Paper Nest #5...Anything goes
Shopping your Stash challenge #142...Sentiments

I wanted to post this last night, but got involved with something else and forgot to schedule this, so here I am now it is Wednesday morning. Hope you all have a great week and I will be back soon, I hope.

Take care,

 

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

Green for the Irish

Good morning friends,
Today is a real autumn day, except we shouldn't be having this much rain. For over a week now we have had rain, rain and more rain. It is rather unusual for us at this time of year and we definitely are not used to having no sun for days on end. The forecast is to be clearing on Wednesday...I do hope so and maybe a few more warm 'last days of summer' will be most welcome.

Next week all over the world St Patrick's day will be celebrated, and as I don't have any Irish connections, I do have a special fondness for the day. All my schooling was at Convents and the Irish nuns always made it a special day, also at one of the parishes I attended the Irish priests certainly celebrated the day with great Irish coffees included. Our very best friends of about 40 years are Irish and this card is going to them.

This week Digistamsp4Joy is sponsoring the challenge at Artistic Inspirations and you could be the lucky winner of 5 images, so why not go and join in the challenge.





I made a Double Dutch fold for a change.

Paper...I used various pieces from DoCrafts, Marianne Design and LeCrea Design

Die cuts were made using X-cut for the front greeting, JoyCrafts label for the front image and Nellie Snellen for the inside image.

Sentiments inside and outside were printed on the PC

Added some ribbon, gems and pearls.

Images from DS4J..
On the front..St. Patrick's day, inside..Flowers from Heaven and you can find them HERE. They were coloured with Distress inkpads, Twinkling H20's and a touch of glitter.






















I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Challenges 4 Everybody #39...Anything goes
Scribble and Scrap challenge #13...Anything goes
That Craft Place...Anything goes
Open-minded Crafting fun challenges #5...Use something green
Time for scrap challenge...St. Patrick's day
The Doodle Garden #1...Anything goes
Craftitude challenge #60...Anything goes/add a little green
Cut it up challenge #40...Green for St. Patrick's day
Digihaven challenge...Use 3 different shades of green
Pattie's Creations Design challenge #87...Green for St. Patrick's day
Sister Act Card challenge #47...Anything goes
Stampin with the Dragon...Let's go green
Jo's Scrap Shack #40...Anything goes
Blue Moon Crafting Station   #9 Get inky challenge..St Patty's day
Craft for the Craic March challenge...Something green
613 Avenue challenge#62...Anything goes/optional twist ..An Irish Blessing/quote
Artistic Inspirations
#82...St. Patrick's day
I hope you all have a wonderful week,  and that spring arrives for all those eagerly waiting.

Take care, have fun and see you tomorrow.

 

Love Ursula

Freebie Friday at Digistamps4Joy

Happy Friday friends,
Yes the first Friday of the month is here and it means a freebie at Digistamps4Joy. Margy has given us another one of her lovely scenic images this month..Lake Malawi. You want to head on over and collect it as it is only available for 2 days.

You need to have an account at the Shop, but it is free. so nothing to pay at the checkout.
I haven't had a chance to make a card for today, but will use it soon.
Some of my fellow DT have made gorgeous cards, so please visit HERE and you can get some inspiration.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend. I am off to HobbyX this morning. This is our only Craft show and I will go and do some browsing, shopping and meeting friends.

Will be back soon, till then take care.

Love Ursula

It's a birthday card at Digistamps4Joy

Good morning all,
Hopefully it is a good one...it is Wednesday, so that has to be good and it is a new challenge at DS4J, so that has to be very good and it is my Birthday month, so that is even better.

This time I have the honour of hosting  challenge # 87 at Digistamps4Joy, and as I said it happens to be my birthday month, so the theme I have chosen is ..Your creation has to have a birthday sentiment.

For my card this week I have used the image..Umbrella bouquet and you can find it  HERE.  I  Coloured it with Distress inkpads and then brushed pearl acrylic paint very lightly over the umbrella. I wanted a satin kind of look and added frosted lace to the edge. Cut it out and mounted with silicone. 

The fancy edge was cut with a Marianne Design die. It is a new one I only got last week and used it to cut the other edge of the card as well.

The sentiment is from one of my blogging friends Hannelie who lives in Dubai.

Finished off with pearls.

We would love you to enter this challenge.all you have to do is make a card for someone with a birthday sentiment.  If you use a DS4J  image, you will have an extra chance in the draw, but you may enter with any image, digital or a rubber stamp.

 

The DT have made some really lovely cards for inspiration, so please pop over and leave them some love.

 

I will enter these challenges:

Bearly-Mine challenges...One for the girls

Deep Ocean challenge #72...Just for a girl

Papertake Weekly...Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door...Anything goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday #25...Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart #8...Use dies or punches

Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party #26

Craft Your Passion challenge #203...Birthday Bonanza

Digi Makeover challenge #130...Anything goes

Eureka Stamps challenge #79...Anything goes

Make it Monday challenge #181....Anything goes

My Craft Creations challenge...Anything goes

The Pink Elephant challenge #240...Birthday

Through the Purple Haze #31...Use a digi 

Baffies Kreativladen challenge #28...Anything goes

Crafting By Designs...Anything goes

Crafting with Dragonflies challenge #21...Make a chaped card

 Crafty Creations challenge #258...Happy Birthday

Inklings and yarns...Linky Party #46

 

Have a wonderful week. I hope we will see some sun after 3 days of rain..so unusual for this part of the country. At the moment it is bucketing down and this is the 4th day now. Lucky we are not low down so not much chance of flooding, but I think some parts near here will be having problems with road closures.

 

Take care and see you soon. Thanks for visiting..lovely to have you pop in.

Love Ursula

 

 

 

Add flowers to your colour challenge at The Outlawz

Good morning friends,
All my blogging friends in the Northern Hemisphere I know you are all eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring, but my goodness we didn't need to have autumn arrive just yet. The last 2 days has been non stop soft rain, no sun and rather cool temps and today has started in the same way. I hope this isn't going to be the last of our summer rains and I am sure we will still have some lovely late summer days, but the  mornings the last week or so have been very 'autumnish'...cool and crisp.

Today is another  colour challenge at The Outlawz.
 The lovely inspirational photo and colours were chosen by
 Roxann with the twist to add flowers.



We are also very lucky to have been given lovely images to work with by Ann from Anne's Digital Art Anne is also sponsoring the prize for the winners this month.

The DT have made beautiful cards for your inspiration, so we challenge you to come and join us. It is a great challenge this week...lovely colours and flowers...now what could be easier.

For my card I have used one of Ann's images - Old ladder with morning glory vine"

I used blue cardstock and the yellow paper I coloured myself. Stamped a flower stamp with Watermark stamp pad and the coloured it with Pan Pastels in 2 shades of yellow.
The image I coloured with Distress ink pads and cut out with a Nellie Snellen MFD, coloured the edges
Punched out flowers in yellow and blue with a pearl drop in the centre
Sentiment from Country crafts and also cut with the MFD mounted with 3D foam pads.

Will enter this in  some challenges.
Come and get it challenge...Flowers galore.
Challenges 4 Everybody #39...Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time#202...Anything goes
Pile it on challenge #9...Sweet/soft or bold/bright\
Card Mania challenge #41...Use a sentiment
That Craft Place...Anything goes
Hiding in my Craft Room #139...Spring colours
The Doodle Garden #1...Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart challenge #8...Anything goes/use dies or punches
The Crafty Bloggers Network.. Nature
Digi Makeover challenge #130...Anything goes
Eureka Stamps challenge #79...Anything goes
Love to Scrap challenge #25...Back it up..make your own background
Make it Monday #181...Anything goes

Hoping for a warm sunny day today, but not according to our weatherman. Enjoy the day wherever you are.

Love Ursula

New images today at DS4J

A happy Sunday to all my fellow bloggers.
I hope your weekend is going well We have had some lovely soft soaking rain yesterday and possibly some more today. As we are drawing near to the end of our rainy season we welcome whatever comes our way. It was also a lot cooler yesterday, we enjoyed it, but not yet ready for real autumn weather, so hope the sun is out with some warmth today.

It is another Sunday, the 1st one in March and there are several new releases at Digistamps4Joy. The one I have chosen to use is great for those masculine cards we all need to make from time to time. Dad's Austin and you can find it HERE

 

I coloured the image with Distress inkpads, cut it out and mounted onto  embossed cardstock and this was attached with brads. The DP is from a pad of Marianne Design 

The sentiment is computer generated and cut with a MD ticket die....I only saw when posting it that it wasn't cut very straight.

3 pearls to finish off.

 

The DT have made some really super cards with a few of the new images and you can see them HERE. Great inspiration.

 

Just remember that DS4J have a reward points system. For every $10 spent, you earn $1 in rewards towards your next purchase..so buying is fun.

 

I will enter a few challenges:

Card Makin Mammas  #81...Stack it up

Delicious Doodles #77...One for the boys

Docerela challenge #56...Anything goes

Crafty Catz challenge #220...Anything goes

Crafty Girls Challenge #12...Anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey...Make it manly/boyish

Inklings and Yarns...Inky Linky 46

The Sisterhood of Crafters...One for the boys

The Doodle Garden challenge #1...Anything goes

Pumpkin Spice challenge #60...Something green

Open-Minded Crafting fun challenge #5...Anything goes

Sister Act Card challenge 346...Anything goes

 Flat Friends challenge #18...Cards for men

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend further and for those friends waiting for Spring, I hope it soon arrives for you.

Take care,          Love Ursula