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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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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