Lots of purple

Morning,

It's a beautiful sunny day today. Hope it's nice where you are. I made a couple of cards yesterday and had a lovely day crafting.I love it when a card idea just pops into your head.Anyway here's my card:

I used 'Hoot Polkadoodles download' for the owl digi stamps and the backing paper. I coloured the owls with sakura pens, promarkers and pencils. Paper border, paper, lace and embossing folder were inked.Used pan pastels for the card blank.

Challenges:
polkadoodle week-22-challenge-colour-purple
papertake weekly - anything-goes
stampin for the weekend - cute
di's digi designs challenge - beautiful-borders

Must go, can't sit on my bum all day.....

Love Debs x

Another fab doodlewords

Hi all,

It's time for another Get funky and craft instalment.  I don't know about you but everytime I go to make a rosette I forget how wide to do the strip for folding so off I go and check through my mags etc..... So I thought I'd put a few pics up to show you how I made mine.

I used the winter wedding papers and the 'you're having a baby doodlewords which will be released very soon here. A button, some bakers twine and card candi are all that I added.I also used a pram digital stamp from the Wishes and Kisses cdrom

Here's what I printed off for my card: 1 sheet of paper by dragging and dropping the digital papers and doodleword using a graphics program like Craft artist etc.

From an A4 sheet of paper I cut a strip - 1 and a half inches wide.

on my scoreboard I scored as shown above.Then did a concertina effect - valleys and folds.

Join each end together and trim any excess.So that it looks like the pic below.

Push the rosette down and glue a piece of card on the back to hold it in place.

And there you have it - your very own rosette.

We'd love to see anything you make using any funkyhand product.I'd really love to see you have a go at a rosette too.

aud sentiments challenge - anything goes

Craft door magazine-challenge-june-4th-june-10th - anything goes

paper make up stamps-challenge 91 - focus on the sentiment 
sister act card challenge-10

Hope you're enjoying your weekend.I'm hoping to continue to have a nice crafty weekend and I am taking it easier after a busy week.  

Hugs Debbie x

New Home

Hi all,

 It's little old me with a little preview of the new doodlewords which Anice has been beavering away to create for all you lovely crafters.  I have had a ball using them. I'm finding them so useful and I'm sure you lovely crafters will love them once they are released.

I've used the New Home one in the centre of my card and as you can see you can colour them or leave them as they are.So versatile.

I used the papers from the new - soon to be released 'Summer wedding' papers and printed the digital stamp doodlewords directly onto the paper,

I cut a square, a rectangle for the roof with a triangle off each side and an offcut for the chimney.

Then popped them on a card base and cut around the shape. 

The flowers were cut out of the offcuts I used to make the roof and I shaped them. 

My white sakura pen coloured some of the doodleword in and my fine liner was used for the faux stitching.I also added some gems.

Challenges:
abc-challenge - o for open
sister act card challenge-9
totally papercrafts challenge169-anything-goes
totally gorjuss challenge-186-anything-goes-with-flowers

So why not pop over to our facebook page or to Get funky and craft to share with us what you think of the new doodlewords what you create with any of the funkyhand products, so don't be shy.

Big crafty hugs Debbie x

Mono Midway Reminder

Hi all,

Two posts today so I must get on with it. How have you all been.What gorgeous weather we've been having - love it.

On Monday I met up with a few frienhds from our M.E. group for coffee and  a little itsy bitsy cake - lemon drizzle yum. Hubby drove me and picked me up bless him. It's so nice to catch up and get out of the house for a couple of hours. No viewings as yet for this week so I'm enjoying not having to tidy up in a frenzy.....

It's time for a reminder of the challenge over at Nutcrafters which is Mono so there's still time to join in with us so and to pop over and see what the rest of the teamies have created. I'd like to welcome the lovely 

'Jo' 

who's joined the Nutcrafters design team.She is one talented lady, so it's lovely to have her on board.

I used a cuttlebug embossing folder on co'redinations & sanded it back a little, embossed the rest of the piece with a dotty folder & the letters.I inked the letters,added 2 lots of ribbon, die cut some stars and added one of the new soon to be released 'Granpa & the deckchair Nutcrafters digital stamps - coloured with promarkers and pencils.

Challenges:

cards for men challenge-11-dad

crafty cardmakers-3rd-june-father-day
creative card crew challenge-37-punches/dies - I used star dies
crafty bloggers network challenge-12-sponsored-by-ginas-designs - bright & breezy

Have a fab day.

Love Debs x

Buttons and bows

Morning,

Well as this is scheduled I should be having a nice cuppa out while people are viewing our house.

It's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles forum christmas and the theme is picked by the lovely Shaz which is 'Buttons & bows'.

I used a LOTV pre-coloured cute square, freebie papers, sakura pen for faux stitching, buttons, ribbon, bakes twine, and deer charm.

We'd love to see you over at Sparkles forum christmas to see what the rest of the fabulous teamies have created and to join in with us as there is a great prize on offer:

Our sponsor this month is Fantastic Ribbons £10 + postage

Fantastic Ribbons

Challenges:
abc christmas challenge - k-is-for-kept-safe (deer charm saved it for a special card))
christmas challenge-75 - sketch
christmas card challenges-26-stitching
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-127-use-your-favourite(ribbon,charm,buttons & bakers twine)
christmas blog challenge - inspired-by-photo( inspired by the baubles on the christmas tree)

Have a lovely weekend.Thanks for popping by.

Love Debs x

Humphrey is out!

Hi all,

Wow, what a beauty of a day.The washing has dried, I've made a few cards, sat in the sun to rest for abit and a quick tidy ready for my house viewing tomorrow morning at 10am - no dawdling for us in the morning!!!!

It might seem crazy but I've put a Christmas card together today  - I'm trying to be a little more organised this year whether it works out or not who knows!!!!!

I used my freebie Humphrey stamp and coloured it with promarkers and added glitter. The paper & the sentiment is from fancy pants, snowflakes and christmas tree all Marianne designs.The tree is embosssed with a  dotty embossing folder, a charm was added and some card candi.

Challenges:
christmas stampin challenge-18-anything-goes
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge 126-show-some-white
christmas at sweet stampin challenge 6-winter-sports
crimbo-crackers challenge-42-cute

Got another christmas card tomorrow so I'll say goodnight.

Love Debs x

Baby Baby

Back again,

I'm back so soon as there's a new challenge over at Ruby's Rainbow and it's the lovely Susie's turn  and she picked the theme of :
'Baby'

The gingham papers, the baby pre-coloured image were from the Polkadoodles cdrom 'Sundae of Seasons'. The dies I used were a crafts too hearts die and a crafters companion de'sire die .I embossed a sheet of white card with a dots embossing folder after I'd die cut the shapes and then  inked it up with distress ink, some woodware letters were embossed and inked too. A punch was used too as well as some gems, a charm, a pearly heart, glitter, bakers twine and buttons.

Rather pretty pretty for me but I quite like it. So why not pop over and join in with us. We'd love to see what you make.

Challenges:
polkadoodle week-21-to-die-for
moving along with the times - embossing
that craft place blog new-challenge-dies-and-punches(de'sire die & crafts too heart die)
cute card thursday challenge-270-tie-it-up

Thanks for popping by and for all your lovely comments lately.I am so lucky to have such wonderful and thoughtful blogging friends.

Hugs Debs x