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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, May 12, 2014

Christmas Greenery


Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge this week has a Christmas Greenery challenge.  I love this cute little Holly's Garland image of Lacy Sunshine (one of our sponsors this week) that I used for my card. Love the big eyes. 

The products I used for this card are:

  • Lacey Sunshine Image
  • Sentiment from my stash
  • Copic markers
  • Tim Holtz Holly die cut
  • Red Stickles
  • Spattered white acrylic paint for snow 
  • White glitter pen
  • Circle punch
  • Scallop punch
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this week at Holly Jolly. 

Judy

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Winter Wonderland - Holly and/or Ivy 
ABC Challenge - L is for lots of layers
Doodle Pantry - Any Digi Goes


Sunday, May 11, 2014

Feminine Challenge at Fitztown


The theme this week at Fitztown is "Feminine".   I think this image of Fitztown called  Cameo 3 really is one of their best feminine images and I like the way my new Spellbinder Create a Card die called Divine Eloquence sets the image off. 

Thank you for stopping by and come join us at Fitztown this week.  Pop over to their blog and see the cards of the other members of the design team have created to inspire you. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenges 4 Everybody – Anything Goes
Ditzie Digi Designs- Anything Goes
A Sprinkle of Colour - Anything Goes
  • Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
  • Saturday, May 10, 2014

    Birthday Fairy


    I made this birthday fairy card for a birthday card challenge at Come and Get It Challenges. I used The Stamping Boutique's, the  sponsor of the challenge this week image called Birthday Fairy. The image was coloured with Copic Markers and a little Stickles glitter. The pattern paper is from my stash.

    The sentiment I added is by A Muse Artstamps.  I think it is a perfect sentiment for this card.  To complete this card I just added some chocolate coloured bows with pearls and some pink pearls.

    Thank you for stopping to take a look.

    I am entering this card in the following challenges:

    A Sprinkle of Colour - Anything Goes
    Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper – Anything goes  with Patterned Paper
     Feeling Crafty Challenge - One for Girls/Ladies
     Just For Fun - Ribbon or Lace
    Di's Digis Designs - Use your markers
    Sugar Creek Hollow - Fairies and Angels
    Fussy and Fancy - Spring Colors
    Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

    Inspiration card for Get Inky Challenges

    Happy Mother's Day to all of you mom's out there.  We are having a Mother's Day/Flower Challenge this week at Get Ink. 

    This is my inspiration for the challenge.  


    I chose to make a flower pot full of flowers for my card this week.  I made quite a few flowers and then piled them on after I had added my die cuts and leaves.   I made lots of flowers out of my scrape paper in my stash and edged them with Distress Inks.  I was not worried about how many I made because it is nice to have a supply of flowers already made up when you are working on different paper projects. 

    I added a sentiment from the Cupcake Photo Polymer stamp set to complete my card.  This set of stamps is just full of sentiments to be used with or without the cupcake stamp. I think it is such a great value.  Check out them out at Blue Moon Creations Crafting Station.   

    Supplies that I used to make my flower pot are

    Spellbinders Flower Pot Die
    Maryinne Designs die
    Doily die cut with a Cricut
    Pearls from my stash
    Paper and Ribbon from my stash 
    Leaves die cut by Sizzex
    Martha Stewart  Flower Punch
    Sentiment by Get Inky

    There is still time to create your card and enter it in the current challenge. We have a great prize of our lucky winners. Check out the challenge here. 


    I am entering this card in the following challenges:

    A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power
    A & T Emerald Faeries - Flowers Ribbon &/or Lace
    Artistic Stampers - In the Garden
     Elisabeth Bells World - Lots of Flowers
    Mema's Challenge - May Flowers/Celebrate Mom
     The Cupboard Trilogy - Flowers
    Crafting At the Weekend - Anything goes

      Kit and Clowder- Flowers 
        Open-Minded Challenges - Use some ribbon
          Speedy  Fox and Friends - Use a Punch

          Tuesday, May 6, 2014

          Shabby Chic Challenge at Fitztown


          This is the shabby chic card I made for this week's challenge at Fitztown, hope it inspires you to join in the challenge. I used this elegant vintage Fitztown image  that I paper pieced her dress and distressed the pattern papers I layered her on.  

          To carry on the shabby chic theme I then added a bow made out of some antique gold seam binding and old lace in black and gold  that I found in our local thrift store.  To complete the card I added a fancy die cut by Spellbinders' Heartfelt Creations called Ornate Gateway and some bling. 

          Now it is your turn to make your shabby chic card, there still lots of time left to join in on this challenge, just create your card and enter it here. 

          Thanks for stopping by. 

          Judy
          I am entering my card in the following challenges:

          Through The Craft Room Door -Always Anything Goes 
          Crafting from the Heart -Always Anything Goes
          Ditzie Digi Designs - Anything Goes (week 3)
          Through the Purple Haze - Anything but a Square
          That Craft Place -Anything 

          Monday, May 5, 2014

          Traditional Christmas Colours


          Holly Jolly is having a traditional colour Christmas challenge this week.  The sponsor of this challenge is Stamp and Create.  I used one of their images from the Wags n' Whiskers line call end Zoe and Gemma's Snow Fun. I created my card with traditional colours of red. green and gold.

          The products that I used to create my card are:

          • Stickles - Diamond for snow sparkle
          • Digi - Wag's and Whiskers
          • Sentiment from my stash
          • Pompoms and ribbon - from my stash
          • Copics for colour
          • Paper from my stash

          Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

          I am entering this card in the following challenges:

          My Perfect Life Challenges - Christmas Cards
          Sketch Colour Challenge - Red, Green and White
          Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Something that begins with B (buttons)
          Completely Christmas Challenges - Anything Goes
          Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything
          Jingle Belles - 3 or more layers



          Saturday, May 3, 2014

          You Are Invited


          Come and Get It Challenges this week's challenge is a "anything goes" challenge but you must use a digi".
          I thought it would be fun to do an invitation to a murder mystery birthday party when I saw this cute Sherlock Mouse digital stamp by 2 Cute Ink, one of our sponsors this week.


           The products I used to make my card are:

          Digital stamp by 2Cute Ink
          Stars rubber stamps by Get Inky
          Your Invited stamp from my stash
          Copics for colour
          Brad from my stash
          Pattern papers, tag and findings by My Minds Eye - Life Stories

          Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join in this week's challenge.  Pop over to the Come and Get It blog to see the projects the other design team members have created to inspire you.

          I am entering this card in the following challenges:

          Challenges 4 Everybody -  Anything Goes
          Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
          Crafting At the Weekend -Anything goes
          Open-Minded Challenges - Sports and Activities
          Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes
          We Do Doobadoo Challenge-  Lots of Layers