tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24639397813226205062024-03-13T14:38:33.179+00:00A Crafty habitThe ups and downs of a crafter's lifeJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-32398372181753662732016-07-19T13:00:00.004+01:002016-07-31T15:11:03.656+01:00Moving home for a while....I'm feeling the need for a change, so have relocated to Wordpress for a while. You can find me here: MycraftyhabitJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-83957622252646068892016-07-19T13:00:00.000+01:002016-07-31T15:09:32.750+01:00Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 169 - Summer
Bec
is hosting our Summer Challenge.You can interpret this how you like, a
coastal scene, summer activities, vacations etc. as long as it relates
to Summer.
As
usual You can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be
cards, as long as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15
total challenges entered rule.
I chose to make my card using a stencil and distressJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-76396755575267962522016-06-27T12:30:00.000+01:002016-06-27T12:30:17.354+01:00Crafty Cardmakers challenge #167 Shabby Chic/Distressed
Ina
is hosting our challenge this time. We would like to see your shabby
chic/distressed creations.
As usual you can enter anything you fancy, it
doesn't have to just be cards, as
long as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total
challenges entered rule!
We are sponsored for this challenge by
WOODWARE
CRAFT COLLECTION
With
a prize of £12.00 to spend at your Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-4672878680940535782016-06-13T21:52:00.000+01:002016-06-13T21:56:03.344+01:00Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 166 - for that special man
With Father's Day a couple of days away we would like to see your projects for a Special Man. This challenge is being hosted by Lin!
You can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as long as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges entered rule!
My card was made using a sheet of elements from a Debbi Moore CD - I had been asked for a 60thJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-16655003446977677422016-06-13T21:50:00.000+01:002016-06-13T21:57:00.884+01:00Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 165 - monochrome
Kim is hosting our challenge today and the theme is Monochrome. We would like to see your creations using MOSTLY one colour (hair and skin tones are allowed). Please make sure though that there is only one other main colour.
You can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as long as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges entered rule!
MyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-4128802273772112082016-05-17T12:54:00.001+01:002016-05-17T12:54:55.178+01:00Crafty Cardmakers challenge 164 - Stitching, Faux or Real
Maike is hosting our Stitching, Faux or Real challenge this week. Your stitching can be embroidery, hand stitching, machine stitching, drawn or stamped stitching or even die cuts that create stitched edges.
You can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as long as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges entered rule!
I do Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-4821900806064384982016-04-18T12:30:00.000+01:002016-04-18T20:05:35.981+01:00Challenge 162 Crafty Cardmakers - 3,2,1
Jenn is hosting our 1, 2, 3 challenge today. We would like to see 1 Image, 2 papers, 3 DIFFERENT embellishments please. You can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as long as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges entered rule! We are sponsored for this challenge by WOODWARE CRAFT COLLECTIONWith a prize of £12.00 to spend at your favourite Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-67276931236992206042016-04-04T12:30:00.000+01:002016-04-17T22:39:33.034+01:00Challenge 161 - Crafty Cardmakers (a shaped card)
It's me hosting our Shaped Cards challenge today and I would like to see a shaped card.
This means no rectangles or
squares please, and this time it does have to be a card!
Please remember the 15
challenges total rule too - if you enter more than 15 we won't be commenting and you won't be considered for winner or top 5.
My card is a pop up box card - for this one I used a Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-75903672928351440582016-03-26T22:46:00.001+00:002016-03-26T22:46:24.521+00:00Challenge 160 at Crafty Cardmakers - EasterApologies - I thought I had scheduled this for the right date, but apparently not as I have just noticed it is not there and have uploaded manually!
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Our hostess for today's challenge, Mary,
would love to see your Easter inspired creations. You can enter
anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as long as it
meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-29859646293945197402016-03-07T13:01:00.000+00:002016-03-07T13:01:01.349+00:00Challenge 159 at Crafty Cardmakers - Go Green
Pam
is hosting our 'Go Green' challenge in honour of St. Patrick's Day on
17th March. So let's see all your Green creations please. You
can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as long
as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges
entered rule!
My card was a simple design that I made for a friend who had a bereavement. My cards Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-74617193720566904832016-02-22T12:30:00.000+00:002016-02-22T12:30:03.334+00:00Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 158 - A special womanMarlene
is hosting today, and the theme she will be judging is For a Special
Woman. As Mothers Day (in the UK) is just a couple of weeks away, we
would love to see your cards for a Special Woman. So Mother's Day
cards/creations, or cards/creations for any woman who is special,
Daughter, Wife, Friend etc. will be fine. You
can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-67867075235865005992016-02-08T12:49:00.000+00:002016-02-21T14:56:31.785+00:00Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 157 - Love, love, love
Julie
is hosting our Love, Love, Love Challenge. As Valentine's Day is just
around the corner we want to see your 'love' themed creations.
You
can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards, as long
as it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges
entered rule!
My own project this time was something I made at a recent craft retreat run by Anna Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-87118030862053685892016-02-07T21:03:00.002+00:002016-02-07T21:03:18.650+00:00Keeping it simpleLast week I made a card for my friends birthday. My mission to use stash I have bought continues, and I found these white cards with the die cut edge in the drawer. I used a Woodware Stamp on a piece of white stamping card and stamped it in Black archival ink. Then, I coloured the centres of the flowers and the leaves with promarkers, and coloured everything with one of the new Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-8029314480613056842016-02-06T16:46:00.001+00:002016-02-06T16:46:51.015+00:00#156 Punches and/or Dies - Crafty Cardmakers challenge
Maike is hosting our challenge today and the theme is Punches and/or Dies
You
are welcome to enter anything as long as you have used either punches
or dies, or even both, and please don't forget to enter no more than 15
challenges including this one.
For my card I used my tattered lace circle stepper die and the free papers that came in a magazine for the layers, along with a Phill Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-63493831630598258832016-01-11T12:26:00.000+00:002016-01-11T12:26:04.683+00:00Crafty Cardmakers & More challenge 155 New: Baby, Marriage, Home etc...As
it's a brand new year we thought we would go with a 'new' challenge. So
you can interpret that in many differrent ways, it could be to welcome a
new baby, a new home, marriage etc. I am sure you can think of many
different 'news' you can inspire us with. This challenge is being hosted
by Sally so it will be her job to choose our winner and Top 5.
I am still on a mission to Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-63107653337593824662015-12-29T22:34:00.000+00:002015-12-29T22:34:03.416+00:00Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 154 - Snow
Lin
is hosting today and she has chosen Snow for her theme. I am sure there
are still lots of snowy creations to be made for Christmas!
As it is the last challenge of the year Kim thought that it would be nice to add a prize, and this is the stash our lucky winner will get.
It's another inked background from me...
My base card was my trusty 6 x 6 square, that I stamped Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-46561486770661166922015-11-30T12:30:00.000+00:002015-11-30T23:26:37.444+00:00Challenge 153 - Crafty Cardmakers & More - Twas the Night...
Lin is hosting our challenge this time, and her theme is 'Twas the Night
Before Christmas. She would love to see your creations that depict one
of the lines from the poem. If you need to be reaquainted with the words, they are set out in full on the challenge website Crafty Cardmakers & More.
Most crafters will recognise that they have a cycle of favoured techniques... I haveJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-59924069794239391052015-11-16T12:46:00.000+00:002015-11-16T22:13:13.031+00:00Challenge 152 Winter Birthday - Crafty Cardmakers & More
I
am sure we all know some poor soul who has a Winter, or even worse a
Christmas Birthday - our Design Team Leader Lin's is 27th December and my late mum's was the 19th!
So for our challenge this
time we want to see your Winter Birthday creations.
Josephine is hosting this one and will get to choose our Winner/Top 5.
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I've been venturing back to distress ink backgroundsJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-20851818896759409562015-11-07T22:24:00.002+00:002015-11-07T22:26:21.705+00:00So many people leaving... memory books
It's been big changes all round where I work recently, with fair number of people being made redundant.
This month, for a change, we had a number of people leaving because they had other jobs!
My contribution to the farewells was to make a memory book for each of them, to remember their time with us.
The process for the first one was the same for the covers (greyboard covered with a Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-30256239969915201952015-10-19T12:20:00.000+01:002015-10-19T12:20:00.196+01:00Challenge 150 at Crafty Cardmakers & More - Autumn coloursThis week it is my challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and more, and I would like to see those glorious autumn colours - oranges, browns, russets, green and dark yellow...
You will see that my wonderful teamies have produced a fantastic array of cards to inspire you - don't forget to visit their blogs to see how they did them!
I decided to make a man's card this time - I KNOW! I find men's Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-9904256416999870492015-10-05T12:30:00.000+01:002015-10-05T12:30:00.528+01:00Challenge 149 at Crafty Cardmakers & More - Circular Card
Kim is hosting today and would love to see your Circular Cards.
I finally used my Tattered Lace circle stepper card die to make my card! I have this very bad habit of spending lots of money on dies and then leaving them pristine in the folder for A Very Long Time... and along with my resolution to use more of my stash, I have resolved to stop doing that!
Anyway, this Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-13569936850435540372015-09-21T22:13:00.002+01:002015-09-21T22:13:42.354+01:00Make it Sparkle - Challenge 148 at Crafty Cardmakers and more
Sally
is hosting today and wants to see you 'Make It Sparkle' so any form of
sparkle is allowed, glitter, gems, pearls, shimmer sprays etc.
Very fortuitously, I was asked to make a wedding card just last week, and theme it "silver and diamonds".
My card was actually very straightforward, as it is largely diecuts!
I used a 7 x 5 inch pearlescent ivory card base and Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-30014307814231055912015-09-07T12:29:00.000+01:002015-09-07T12:29:00.448+01:00Challenge 147 at Crafty Cardmakers & More - Flower embellishments
This time round at Crafty Cardmakers, Julie
is hosting our challenge and she would love to see your creations
with additional flower embellishments.
She wants to see your handmade
creations and diecut, and premade flowers, BUT NO FLOWER IMAGES, or
rather Flower Images ALONE do not count, there needs to be additional
dimensional flowers added to count.
This is right in my Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-53982891589054753602015-08-24T12:30:00.000+01:002015-08-25T21:43:53.031+01:00Challenge 146 at Crafty Cardmakers & More - no patterned papers
Lin is hosting our challenge today and would like to see your creations without any patterned papers on them!
For my card, I used a 7 x 5 blank white card. I distressed around the edges with Victorian Velvet distress ink.
Onto the card base, I layered a piece of scrap white card, that I had run through my cut n boss with a butterfly embossing folder, and which I had coloured Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463939781322620506.post-56375647299062959222015-08-10T12:30:00.000+01:002015-08-10T12:30:02.594+01:00Challenge 145 - Warm summer colours
Bec is hosting for us this time and would like to see your creations with lovely warm summer colours.
I chose to make a card focussing on a seaside view this time, again using some scrap card from my stash.
I have lots of squares of watercolour card because my watercolour pad is A4 - inevitably I trim it square, so end up with that long strip over!
The base Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973742899171521503noreply@blogger.com3