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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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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Time for another great anything goes challenge over at Through the Craft Room Door.  This is our last challenge for 2022.

 Our generous Sponsor is ……..

HettyClare


The prize for this challenge is

2 images from the store.

I used an image called Christmas Girl  for my card.  I just love Hetty's digital stamps.



The image was coloured with pencil crayon and copics.  I added glittered snow, Wink of Stella to the scene. The sentiment 


Another view


Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month.  Hope you will join us in this months challenge. Pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.  

Happy Holidays to you and your family.  See you back here in 2023.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Through the Craft Room Door- Anything Goes October Challenge

Time for another great anything goes challenge over at Through the Craft Room Door.

Our generous Sponsor is

The Paper Shelter


The prize for this challenge is 3 digital images from the store.

The image I used for this card is called The Fairy of the  Roses.




To create my card I coloured the image with my copics, pencil crayons, Nuvo, and Geli pen.  I added some die cut flowers, butterfly ands sentiment.  The background paper is from a paper pack called by Craft Consortium.

Thank you for stopping by and have a crafty week. Pop over to our challenge blog to view the projects of our design team.  Hope you will join us this month. 

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Through the Craft Room Door, August 30th, 2022

We have another great anything goes challenge over at Through the Craft Room Door. 

Our generous Sponsor is ……….

Through the Craft Room Door

The prizes for this challenge are


I decided to use this beautiful large flower stamp from Brutus Monroe called Enchanted Rose for this card.  It has been in my stash for awhile and this was the perfect place to use this stamp.  



I stamped the flowers on the watercolour paper  and coloured them with my Neocolor 11 crayons by Caran D'ache.  I also used gel pens and pencil crayons on the card. I competed the card with a ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join this challenge and show us what you are working on. Remember to popover to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.  

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge June 7th, 2022 - Anything Goes

Time for another great anything goes challenge over at Through the Craft Room Door

Our generous Sponsor is ……….

Oddball Art Company



The prize for this challenge is

$10 for  the store.


I used the digi called Big Eye Chibi Girl,  from Oddball Art great collection of quirky Stamps. 




I coloured the digi with pencil crayon and copics and added my Peace not War sentiment to the word bubble.  I  made and coloured my peace sign and added to the card to complete it. I thought the sentiment was appropriate for what is happening in this world right now.


Here is a closer view of the image.


Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.




 

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

March Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes Challenge

Time for another great anything goes challenge  over at Through the Craft Room Door. 

Our generous Sponsor this week is


 
The prize for this challenge is 3 images from their store

This is the card I made for this challenge
using Pixie


I think this Pixie image is very cute.  Perfect for a little girls birthday  card. 

To create the card I used 

Copic markers
Distressed Ink
Several different cutting does from my stash
Butterflies that I die cut out of some alcohol ink paper I had in my stash
Computer generated sentiment
White Gellly Roll pen
Black fine point Sharpie marker
Wink of Stella
Back ground paper by Craft Consortium


Other views of the card:








Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to  pop over to our challenge board to be inspired by our creative design team. 

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

May Your Christmas be Cheery and Bright - Through the Craft Room Door

Through the Craft Room Door has another great  Anything Goes Challenge for December and the last challenge for 2021.

Our generous Sponsor this week is ……..

Jan’s Digital Stamps



The prize this challenge  is

$6 voucher for the store

I used Brighten the Holidays image from Jan’s Digital Stamps



I made a gate way card for this project.  I just love the cute images of Jan's and that she gives you many different sentiments that go along with the image making the digital set very versatile. 

I used Copics, several colours of Nuvo, white Gel Pen, and pencil crayons to colour the image and Chritmas paper from my stash. 


Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. 
Pop over to Through the Craft Room Door to be inspired by our fabulous design team.  

Have a happy and safe holidays and we will see you back here again in 2022. 

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Cozy Christmas Scene


Time for another great Anything Goes Challenge this week at Through the Craft Room Door. 

Our generous Sponsor this week is ……….

LeAnn’s World 101



The prize this week is ……..

2 images from the store


This is my card for the challenge .  I love this image called Cozy Winter from LeAnn's great collection of images. 


I used pencil crayons, Copics, gell pens, Novo, and glitter to colour this Christmas scene.  The digi images are just right for Christmas. 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a creative week.  Hope you will join us this month. 

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Today"s Good Mood is Sponsored by Coffee




Time for another great Anything Goes challenge at Through the  Craft Room Door this week.

Our generous Sponsor this week is .........



The Prize this week is ......
2 digital images from their store.

I used a image called Pixie Caramel Macchiato for this card. Isn't she sweet. 

 I coloured the card with copics and pencil crayon and mounted the image on a piece of designer paper and added sparkle amd crystal Nuvo to the image.  The  sentiment I thought was cute and I found it on Pinterest.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.
Hope you will join our challenge this week. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges

 We Love to Create - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Mix It Up - Layering
Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes