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Okanagan, BC, Canada
Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Blog Hop All Month Long - Caroling Snowman

Glad you have joined our Come and Get It Challenges blog hop. We have such great prizes this month.  Lots of Blog Hop sponsors means lots of great prizes.  

My card was made with a digital image stamp from one of our sponsors The Stamping Boutique called Caroling Snowman. The Stamping Boutique has a great line of digital stamps, you can check them out here.  


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I coloured my images with my Copics and glitter pen, then covered my entire image with Sookwang tape and glitter beads.  To complete the card I added a couple of snowflake die cuts and a sentiment.

My letter for this blog hop challenge is:


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Check out the Come and Get It  blog to see the list of great prizes. I hope you will join our blog hop and good luck to all that play. 


Jo


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At this time I would also like to wish each one of you a Merry Christmas, and all the best in the New Year.  Hope you will join us in 2014 for some great challenges.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Glitter n Sparkle -  Add some glitter n sparkle.
Shopping Our Stash Challenge -  Holiday or Winter - micro beads
Divas By Design Challenge – Use some Red
Crafting by Design Challenge – Christmas/Winter
Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes
Colour Me Creative Challenge -Anything Goes 
Totally Paper Crafts Challenge - Ho Ho Holidays
A Gem of a Challenge - Winter Wonderland
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 



Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Happy Birthday Remote Guy


I created this card for my son's birthday this week.  The digital image is by Kenny K which I coloured with Copics and Distress Inks.

The celebrate stamp is by Stampin Up and the puzzle background stamp is from my collection of unmounted rubber stamps. To complete my card I added some Washi tape red star.  


Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.


Judy

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges.

Through The Craft Room Door - Alway's Anything Goes
Anonymous Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Cards For Men - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - For the Men in your Life
Ooh La La Creations - Birthday



Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Masculine Christmas Card Challenge



Create a Christmas card with a masculine theme is the challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week.   Bugaboo Digital Stamps are the sponsor this week and there is a great prize for one lucky winner.



I chose to use this Christmas Word stamp from Bugaboo for my card.  Some of the products I used to make my card are:
  • Bugaboo Digital Stamp
  • Tag
  • Distress Inks
  • Several layers of pattern Christmas paperCopic Markers
  • Christmas theme background rubber stamp
  • Button
  • Twine
  • Copic Markers
 Thank you for stopping by.  Come join us this week at Holly Jolly.   Just create your card and enter it here.


Judy


I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash -  Holiday Or Winter
Through The Craft Room Door - Alway's Anything Goes
Cards For Men - must be masculine - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - For the Men in your Life
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Just Saying Hello - Monochromatic Card



Isn't this digital image by Fitztown adorable.  I chose this dragon hatching from the egg from the collection of Morgan Fitzsimons for the monochromatic challenge this week.  

Some of the supplies I used to make this card are:
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join us at Fitztown

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes  
Come and Get It Challenges - Anything Goes with a twist (Use a digital stamp). 
Colour Me Creative Challenge -Anything Goes 
Brown Sugar – Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Anything Goes with a Twist




Shell has a great challenge this week at Come and Get It Challenges, anything Goes with a twist.  The twist is to use a digital image in your design.  Fred, She Said Designs is the sponsor this challenge and there is a great prise for one lucky winner.  Fred has lots of great images to choose from and I chose their Pine Tree design.




I came across on Pinterest this bag topper, thought it was cute and I would use a variation of the pattern for this weeks project. The topper is the same topper you would make for a box. You can find a pattern for the topper here.  The products that I used for this challenge are:

  • Kraft shopping bag
  • Digital from Fred, She Said Designs
  • Copic Markers
  • Glitter paper
  • Distress Inks
  • Twine
  • Gold Bells
  • Snowflake Embossed Paper
  • Snowflake die cut
Hope you will join us this week at Come and Get.  Anything Goes challenges are so much fun. Thanks for stopping by.

Judy
I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes  
Crafting When We Can - Winter.
Crafty Calendar - All things Christmas
My Time to Craft - Special Christmas
Sugar Creek Hollow  - Tags or Boxes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Christmas
Crimbo Crackers - Anything but a Card
Delightful Challenges - Anything but a Card

Thursday, November 21, 2013

It's Your Birthday

I made this card this week for my friend, Margaret who is giving the card to a fun loving friend for her birthday.  Margaret wanted lots of glitter and sparkle on her card to go with her friend's personality. 

Remember the 1970s when disco was popular?  This fun loving girl, disco queen is from MayzyArt and I think it has the bling and sparkle she was looking for. 

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and have a creative day. 


Judy

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - W  Anything Goes
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund - Anything goes
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Make It Sparkle 
Nutcrafters - Recipe: 1 image, 2 papers, 3 different embellishments
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Make It Fancy
Through The Craft Room Door - Alway's Anything Goes
 

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Stardust amd Pumpkin - Paper Piecing

 
This is my second card for the paper piecing challenge at Fitztown.  There is still time to join our this challenge just create your card and enter it here.  
 
I made this card with an image  from the Stardust and Pumpkin collection from Fitztown.  I first printed and cut out my image in a fine patterned peach paper. My next step was to print and cut out the dress  and hair band in an coordinating green and peach dotted pattern paper. Once I added the dress and hairband  to my image I coloured her wings and hair with my Copic Markers. 
 
To complete my card I added my image to layers of coordinating papers, added some faux stitching, bling and a flower.
 
Have a creative day.
 
Judy
 
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
 
4 Crafty Chicks - W  Anything Goes
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund - Anything goes
Inklings and Yarns - Always Anything Goes
Nutcrafters - Recipe: 1 image, 2 papers, 3 different embellishments

 

Monday, November 18, 2013

A Warm Christmas


Meighan, an elf at Holly Jolly chose  this week's theme for the challenge.  Her challenge is very interesting, create a card made with warm Christmas colours or a scene, not winter.   Meighan lives in Australia and it is about time we made some Christmas card showing the celebration of our south of the equator card crafters. 

I chose to make this surfing Santa for my card this week.   The digital stamp is by an Australian company called Spesch Designer Stamps. I coloured the image with my Copics and cut out the image with a two part Memory Box die, then I layered the image on a couple of different pattern papers.  I added a ribbon and sentiment to complete the card.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a creative day and come join us at Holly Jolly this week.
 
Judy

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
 
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Craft Paper
 Through The Craft Room Door - Alway's Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Snowbirds
Cards For Men - Merry Christmas
 

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Christmas Ornaments

The theme  of Come and Get It's challenge this week is Christmas gifts and I chose to create some Christmas Ornaments for a little gift for a friend.   
 
I used my Cricut to cut out the stars that are the base of the ornaments then I decorated them with crafting supplies from my stash, die cuts, glitter, flowers and gems.  It was fun putting them together. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Get started with those handmade Christmas gift and show us your creations at Come and Get It this week. Thanks for stopping by.

Judy

I would like to enter my project in the following challenges:
 
Time 4 Scrap - Use a Die
Allsorts Challenge – Make a Gift
Crafters Companion - Christmas/Winter
Fab n Funky Challenge - Anything Goes

 

Monday, November 11, 2013

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree



Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge this week's challenge is called "O Christmas Tree".  

I used sheer fabric over the first layer of the card then I added lace, snowflakes, ribbon, sentiment, button, pearls and a lacy round die cut.  To complete the card I added a 3D Christmas tree cut with Nestabilities' Christmas tree die. 

Thank you for stopping to take a look and join us at Holly Jolly this week. Christmas will soon be here.

Judy
 
I am entering this card in the following challenges:

CraftyBloggers ~ Christmas 
DreamitUp! ~ Holiday Celebrations
JingleBelles ~ Holiday Traditons
Craft-Dee BowZ -Anything Goes with Handmade Bow
One Stitch At A Time - Holidays
Sugar Creek Hollow  - Anything Vintage Goes
Crafty Calendar -All things Christmas
2 Sisters -Christmas Sparkle



 
 

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Paper Piecing Challenge at Fitztown


Great challenge at Fitztown this week, paper piecing.  I used vellum paper in pink and silver for my paper piecing for this birthday card.  The lovely image is by Morgan Fitzwilliam at Fitztown called Fae 19

When I added my purple glitter to the vellum wings the tips of the wings curled for a nice effect.

The supplies I used to make this card are:
  • pink and silver vellum paper
  • Copic Markers
  • purple Stickles
  • purple glitter pen
  • ribbon
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this week.

Judy
 
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
 Brown Sugar Challenge  Anything goes 
Papertake Weekly  Anything goes 
TTCRD Blog  Always anything goes 
Crafting by Designs  Anything goes 
Crafters Cafe Blog  Birthdays 
Carabbie moments of craft  Anything goes 
Divas by Designs  Use a digi 
4 Krafty Girlz Challenges  Anything goes 
Dlart Blog  Anything goes 
 

 

Gift Card Holder Challenge - Come and Get It

 
The challenge at Come and Get It is to create a gift card holder and I chose to make this cute digi  called JJ Christmas Wrapped Up from our sponsor, Bugaboo Digital stamps. Bugaboo is offering a lovely prize for one lucky winner.
 
 
Here is the gift card holder opened up.
 
 
 
The supplies I used for this card are:
  •  Bugaboo Digital image
  • Copic markers
  • 2 Stampin Up sentiment
  • Gold embossing powder
  • Memory Box Dies
  • Brad
  • Pearl
Hope to see your creation at Come and Get It this week.  Thanks for stopping by.
 
Judy
 
I have entered this card in the following challenges:
 
DreamitUp! ~ Holiday Celebrations
JingleBelles ~ Holiday Traditons
 Brown Sugar –  Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge - Anything but a card
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - Anything but a card
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything but a Card
2Sisters169 ~ Christmas Sparkle
CraftyCalender ~ All Things Christmas (Nov)
Crazy4C211 ~ Let's frame It!
CRAFT232 ~ Christmas 
StampingSensations ~ Christmas (Nov)
CraftyBloggers ~ Christmas 
DreamitUp! ~ Holiday Celebrations
JingleBelles ~ Holiday Traditons
 

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Things with Wings Challenge - Fitztown




This is my second card for the "things with wings" challenge at Fitztown.

For my card I used a digital image of Morgan Fitzsimons from the FAE Collection at Fitztown by Morgan Fitzsimons.   I love the fairy's little pointed ears. The dress and wings were paper pieced out of vellum paper.  The wings were cut out of silver vellum and the dress in a pattern vellum. I think the addition of the vellum gives the card a more fairy like feel.

 The fairy was coloured with Copic markers and glitter pens and the background was a stencil and PanPastel.  To complete the card I added some fabric flowers, pearls, blig and a sentiment. 

There is still time left to enter this challenge.  Hope you will show us your art work. 

Judy

I am enter this card in the following challenges:
 
Crafter's Cafe -  Birthday
Divas by Design - use a digi
Sassy Cheryl's - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Alway's Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Old Fashion Christmas Ornament



Red, Green with gold or silver is the colour theme of this week's Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge and there is a great prize for one lucky winner of this challenge from Fred, She Said Designs.



I decided to use this cute Santa image from Fred called Little Fat Santa and make an old fashion Christmas Ornament.  I used an empty ribbon spool that I spray painted red then added gold and green glitter paper, red pompoms, and a two gold bells.  I after I had finished the background I added by fat Santa which I coloured with Copic Markers and added Polar White Flower Soft to Santa's jacket and Hat.  Did you ever make one of these ornament when you were young?

Come join us at Holly Jolly this week. Pop over to their challenge blog and see the cards that the rest of the design team have created to inspire you.
 
Judy



 

Sunday, November 3, 2013

With Sympathy


My Sheri Crafts this week this week has a "give a little comfort" challenge and this is my card for the challenge. 

The supplies I used for this card are

Stamp - Penny Black - flying stars
Stamp - sentiment - unknown manufacture
Copper embossing powder
Ink - Stampin Up
Punch - EK
Embossing folder - dots
Several shades for matching card stock
ribbon
bling

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and have a creative day.

Judy

Time For a Sketch

My turn to pick the challenge at Come and Get It this week and I chose a sketch for this challenge. Here is my card I made from the sketch. 
 
 
 
 Here is the sketch. Hope you can see the sketch in my card.

 
The leaves on the card are cut with a set of die cuts by Dee's Distinctively out of some leftover Gelli print paper I had made for my art journal. I liked the colours and the variation of the pattern.  I hope you will join us this week at Come and Get It Challenges and thanks for stopping by.
 
Judy
 
 
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
 
Creative Corner Challenge – Can’t Touch This (Texture)
4 Crafty Girlz Challenge – Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Creative Moments -  Autumn/Anything goes