Christmas patchwork

Happy Monday everyone,
Hope you all had a great weekend, did you get some nice choccies??

Today I have a Christmas card. I saw a great video on Gina K designs - stamp TV last week called scrappy background and decided to use up some pieces of patterned paper to make this card.

 

 

The image I used is Christmas Paper  from DS4J, cut out and mounted on red mirror board.

 

Added a poinsettia that is a 3D peel-off. I have had a number of these for ages, and have now almost used them all.

Added pearls.

 

It was quite a quick background to make and a lot of fun.

 

Will enter the following challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin...Only words

All Sorts challenge #298...Any occasion other than birthday

Hiding in my Craftroom #187...Super scraps Saturday

Christmas Stampin all year round #39...Anything goes

Sister Act Card challenge #93...Anything goes

Stempelsonne...Anything goes

The 12 months of Christmas Link up...Anything goes

 C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #298...Traditional Christmas colours

Little Miss Muffet challenges #104...Anything goes

ABC Christmas challenge...C is for colourful

Crafty Gals Corner #6 ...Anything goes

 Inspiration Destination   #20...Anything goes

 Word Art Wednesday #170...Anything goes

Scrapper's Delight challenge #40...Anything goes

Have a lovely week and take care.

 

Love Ursula

 



 

Valentine/Love challenge at Digistamps4Joy

Good morning friends,
I do hope you all had a lovely Valentine's day and shared lots of love with everyone.
Today is a midway reminder at Digistamps4joy for challenge #109...Valentines/Love

There are some really lovely cards made by the DT, so come and have a look. You can now all enter the cards that you had made for Valentine, and you don't have to use a DS4J image. You will get entered into the big draw if you do use one.

This is my card using a side step card.

Paper - Red polka dots , and a sheet from a magazine a number of years ago.
Image -  All my love and you can find it HERE coloured with Pan Pastels. Used glossy accent over the hearts and the nose.
The Die cut is a Memory box - Cherish border....I don't use this gorgeous die often enough
Tag is a Lea'bilities with a computer generated sentiment, attached with a heart brad.

Will enter the following challenges:
Scor-pal challenge #12...Hearts-a flutter
Craft your Passion challenges #248...Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations #124...Anything goes with a twist of hearts
Card Mania challenges #65...Add some red
Crafting from the Heart #46...Anything goes
Crafty Boots challenge ...Hearts and Valentines
Eureka Stamps challenge#127...All is love
Love to Scrap challenge#47...Love is in the air.
Make my Monday challenge...Valentine
Melonheadz Friends ...Hearts/love
Ooh-la-la-Creations #173...Love
Not Just Cards #12...Anything goes
Stamp and Create ...All you need is love
The Crazy challenge #190...Love
Crafty Sentiments Designs...Use some red
Deep Ocean Challenge #97...Love is all around
Cuttlebug Mania ...I {heart} you
Digi Chooseday #6...Love is in the air
Through The Craftroom Door...Anything goes
Party Time Tuesday #195...Anything goes
Just Inspirational challenge ...Love
Tuesday Throwdown #231...Love is in the air
Chalk-ah-lot Café challenge #74...Love with chalk
Sentimental Sundays #246...Happy Valentine's Day.
Stamping Sensations challenge...Anything goes
Great Impressions challenge ...Love, love, love
One Stitch at a Time #230...Anything goes with love

Have a wonderful Sunday and a very good week with lots of crafting. Thanks for visiting  and hope to see you back soon.

Love Ursula

A rainbow of colour at The Outlawz

Good morning bloggers,
I hope it is as beautiful by you as it is here. Blue skies with not a cloud to be seen...but a very hot day forecast 34 deg.C, so a good day to look for a cool spot and stay put.




This week we are looking to use a rainbow of colours.

This was my choice for this week's colour challenge at The Outlawz.

With the lovely images from The Paper Nest Dolls the DT have created some beautiful cards.










This is my card  and I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday

Paper - from a paper pack 'Country Companions'
Image -  Garden Ellie coloured with Distress inkpads. Cut out with a Noor Design die, which I inked while still in the die.
Added a butterfly from a new Crealies die, wih some glitter
Sentiment - Whiff of Joy
Pearls to finish.


I will enter some challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts...For the girls
Digi Sketch challengeSketch ...for the girls
Incy Wincy Designs...Use a punch or diecut
The Paper Nest Dolls #2...Anything goes
Perfectly Rustics challenge #41...Wings
Digi Chooseday challenge #6...Love is in the air
Party Time Tuesday #195...Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door...Anything goes
Moving along with the times...Pastel time
Brown Sugar challenge #132...Anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity #212...With love
Stempelsonne challenge #134...Anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge #92...Anything goes
Fussy and Fancy challenge #132...It's all about love
Crafty Calendar challenge...Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time #230...Anything goes with love
That Craft Place...Anything goes

I hope you all have a wonderful day. Take care and see you back here soon.

Love Ursula

An 18th birthday card

Good morning friends,
I hope you all had a good weekend, doing something you really enjoyed. I would like to welcome Susan my newest follower. Lovely to have you visit here and I hope you will pop in often.

Today I would like to share a card I made for my grandson's birthday last week. He has only been playing piano for a few years and has done so well, and he enjoys his music very much.

 

I edged my card with Pan Pastel and then matted black cardstock. The patterned paper is from a Joy Crafts paper bloc - Dance to the music.

I tore a piece of music paper, antiqued it with Distress ink and distressed the edges.

Put a piece of card through the CB with a birthday embossing folder and inked that with Distress inks.

Cut 2 labels with a Lea'bilities  die and added peel-off numbers that I had coloured black. Tied these to some twine, wrapped round the card and attached a music note charm.

Small brad buttons to finish.

 

Bryan was so thrilled with his card.

 

Will enter it in some challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #3...Anything goes

Crafty Calendar challenge ...Anything goes

A Girl who Crafts...Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper challenge...Anything goes

The Sisters of Craft challenge...Anything goes

Your Scrapbook Place...Anything goes with a twist - A masculine card.

 

With the start of a new week I wish you a very good one. It is still very hoy here with not much rain, so trying not to do too much outside.

 

Take care and see you back tomorrow with a DT card. Have fun.

Love Ursula

My Guest Designer card

Good morning all,
Last month my card was spotlighted in a challenge at Crafting by Designs and I was invited to be a guest designer for February with their Anything goes challenge.  Well this is the card I made.

A few weeks ago I bought some new Crealies create a card dies. I was browsing her and the DT blogs for inspiration and came across Boukjes blog with some lovely ideas. This is where I saw this card and decided I need to make this.

This is what I used. with a close up of the flowers

 

Kraft cardstock. Crealies create a card die #2 for cutting the card.
                                                                                            
 All the flowers, leaves, doily were cut from various Joy and Marianne design dies.
                                                      
 The flourish is also a new Crealies die.

I so enjoyed making this card and was happy with how it turned out.

I will be back later to enter it in some challenges.

Clear it Out challenge...Anything goes. Stash ...anything goes. Kraft cardstock and small beaded stamens

Papertake Weekly...Anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door...Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart #45...Anything goes

Not Just Cards #12...Anything goes

That Craft Place...Anything goes

All Sorts challenge #296...Flower Power

Hiding in my Craftroom...#185...Freestyle

 

I wish you all a lovely day and week. Today is a special day as we celebrate our grandson's 18th birthday. I can't believe how the years have flown and what a wonderful young man he has become.

I will be back soon, take care.

 

Love Ursula



Have a heart at The Outlawz

Good morning friends.

This is the first colour challenge for this month at The Outlawz and being February the month of Love, just the right theme for our challenge.

Ina chose the lovely inspirational photo and the twist to add hearts.

Our sponsor this month is Paper Nest Dolls and this week 3 of the DT have used the same image.

We really would love to have you join us, so come and have a look at the DT cards for some inspiration.

This is my card.

Paper - I didn't have enough red cardstock, so I coloured my card and the scalloped circle red with Pan Pastels and it worked beautifully.
Patterned paper was a freebie many years ago from Jak Heath.
Image is 'raining hearts' coloured with distress inks.
Sentiment is from Whiff of Joy.

It fits the following challenges:
Card Mania challenge #65...Add some red
Crafting from the Heart #45...Anything goes
Craftin Desert Divas...Red,White,Pink
Craft Your Passion #247...Anything goes
Eureka Stamps #124...Pink and Red
Melonheadz Friends .... Hearts/Love
My Creative Moments Monday challenge #3...Anything goes
My Craft Creations...Anything goes
Not just cards challenge...Anything goes
The Crazy challenge #190...Love
The Paper Nest Dolls #2...Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs ...Include a heart
Cuttlebug Mania...I {heart}you
Papertake Weekly...Anything goes

Have a wonderful week and hope to see you all soon.

 

Love Ursula

The Outlawz Progressive Freebie

Good morning bloggers,
A happy 1st of February to you all. Just the other day I was wishing you all a Happy New Year. I do hope the first month has treated you well.

The Progressive challenge at  The Outlawz is going very well, and if you haven't yet joined, now is the time to do so. Just send us an email and you will receive the new image, make a card before end February and you will receive the next image...It is a great way of collecting some new images.

This month our sponsor is
Sandi's Samples
  and this is the lovely image you will be receiving (not a coloured copy) if you entered a card for January, and what is more Sandi is offering a prize for this month of 3 digis. So that is more than enough reason to join if you have not yet done so. The new images are being sent out today, so please be a little patient if you haven't received it yet.
This is the card I made with the image:

 

I once again made a Z fold card using the following:

 

Brown cardstock, Patterned paper from Pretty Paper bloc - Victorian Vintage by Marianne Design.

Distressed the edges of the brown card.

Image coloured with Distress inkpads and cut with a die.

Added a diecut of Marianne Design.

Banner is a Memory box die, added a butterfly and some gems.

 

I will enter it in some challenges:

A gem of a challenge#137...Lots of layers

Digi Design challenge ...include a heart

Fussy and Fancy challenge#131...Things with wings

Sister Act Card challenge #91...Anything goes 

Stempelsonne challenge#133...Anything goes

Fairytale challenge #110...something with a heart

Digitally Sweet challenge #123...Anything goes

 Robyn's Fetish challenge #249...Anything goes

Scribble and Scrap #37...Anything goes

That Craft Place...Anything goes

 4 Crafty Chicks challenge #231...Anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons #94...Things with wings

Inspiration Destination #18...Anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge #212...Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp challenge...Anything goes

Kraftin Kimmie stamps...Wonderful Wednesday...Anything goes

 

I do hope to see you at The Outlawz challenge. Thank you for popping in and I do love to read your comments.. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Take care.

 

Love Ursula