Spooky treats

Morning!!!!

Its that time of the month again for me to share with you one of Funkyhand's 'Forgotten Funkies download!!! So each month the fabulous Funkettes will be on the Get funky and craft blog showing off some new makes using some older downloads. 

Today's download is called 'Spooky Dookie'.

It might have lots of papers with a Halloween theme but there are lots of papers that can be used for everyday occasions.

Aren't these papers fabulous....  I haven't used them before so it was fun to work with it. You have a choice of so many zingy bright papers  

I decided to use my other new We R Memory Keepers box making board. This is my 2nd attempt, my 1st one was a trial and worked out. Must try out some different sizes too as the instructions were so easy to follow.

 

I'm not a big one for Halloween as I have no kiddies at home but I always like to keep some sweeties in case they knock on the door all dressed up.

Challenges:
paper pretties blog-pwc329-Halloween/fall
not just cards challenges-02-and-dt-call - anything goes
love to create challenge-134-fussy-cut (I fussy cut the words)

suzy pants smarty challenge-46-anything-goeswith-twist of spots or dots
incy wincy designs anything-goes
stamp and create blog.september-challenge-circles-or-dots

Yesterday was an early start at the Doctors for me - I've got Tendonitis which is why my left shoulder and arm have been so sore and useless. Told to keep taking the painkillers and apply some heat. At least I know what it is. Offered me an injection in a couple of weeks if it's not any better.
Then Shannen drove me to Goole to meet up with my friend who I tutored with for a nice Latte and half a toasted teacake and a crumpet.No cakes on offer at all, can you believe it! Shannen did some food shopping while I chatted...

Have a nice day whatever you're up to.

Hugs Debs x

Autumn fun

Morning,

Here I am again with my Midway Reminder time for Nutcrafters and it's Helen's turn to chose the theme of:

'Anything but square'
So any shape of card etc..... as long as it's not square.

I was so busy colouring in my image and choosing my paper that I forgot until the last minute that I needed a shaped card - what am I like?? So I decided on a triangular shaped card.

I used the 'Autumn Breeze digi stamp from Nutcrafters and the backing paper was a Funkyhand freebie quite a while ago.

We'd love to see what you make so why not pop over and see what the rest of the teamies have made and join in with us.Please feel free to use a Nutcrafters freebie image too.

Challenges:
creative card crew-twine
crafty calendar challenge-september-challenge-leaves & lace
dream valley challenge-91-lace-and-ribbon
cutie pie challenge-78-cute-with-shades-of-autumn
oldie but a goodie challenge - autumn- old backing paper,old image, new flowers & twine
crafting for all seasons challenge-86-colours-of-autumn

Did you all have a good weekend? It was so nice seeing my Mum, Sister and cousins.We all stayed for 3 nights just outside of Hull in a Premier Inn.Lots of good food and lots of laughs.I've never laughed so much for ages. My Sister got me some Biofreeze spray for my arms, which helped but still having to be careful.May pop to the Docs this week for a check up.

Have a lovely day whatever you're up to.I've got a couple of birthday cards to do and to get posted.

Hugs Debs x

A little bit of Santa Baby......

Morning.

Here I am with a card I put together yesterday for my DT post over at Get funky and craft.. I looked through my Funkyhand left over papers folder and decided to use the  'Santa baby' paper download.It is full of yummy pastels and whatever Anice creates there are papers to suit any occasion.

Sorry I teased you with the title but it's not a Christmas card...... and all the papers are from this download - would you believe it!

I took a couple of pics to show you how I ended up with the card above.With my scraps I only printed out 1 sheet of A4 paper.

To start with:

I cut out lots of circles with my circle cutter

and I trimmed a couple of strips of card.

I saw an idea with the circles on pinterest this morning and had to try it.

Add a few pieces of card candy and some bakers twine then you're all done.

Lots of fun.

Challenges:

ribbon girls - september-colour-challenge - Pastels

the squirrel and the fox challenge-78-happy-birthday

pennys challenge-196- spots on my circles, stripes on my panel strip.

crafts 4 eternity 194-my-style-I love doing different things with papers.

creative moments of craft challenge-52-anything-goes use-3-layers

scribble and scrap crafts challenge-27-anything-goes

Thanks for popping by. I'll be back at 9am with another post.

Hugs Debs x

Lots of blue

Hello again,

Another new challenge over at Ruby's Rainbow and it's Valou's turn to choose the theme of:

'Anything goes

We'd love you to pop over to us at Ruby's Rainbow to see what the rest of the DT have created as well as joining in with the challenge, you will love all the inspiration.

Today I decided to share with you 1 of the cards I recently made for a lady who had looked on my blog and liked my cards.How kind is that, needless to say I was blown away.She picked a card that I'd made a couple of years ago so this is my updated version with a fresher feel. I also got an order of 3 more cards from this lady so I was over the moon.

The dress is a kanban stamp.It has been paper-pieced.The papers is a crafters companion cdrom.

Challenges:

brown sugar challenge-111-celebrations

crafts 4 eternity-favourite-colour-combo- blue & white

pink gem challenge blog-128-milestone-birthdays - 60

crafting from the heart challenge-36-anything goes

fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-53-Anything goes with a twist of blue

abc-challenge - t-is-for-tic-tac-toe - ribbon,sentiment,gems

Hopefully my post has gone live while I am being taken into Hull by my hubby.Need to check where we are going on Friday for my Great Aunts internment.Her ashes are being brought up from down south so she can go in with her parents as she wished.

Also if I'm well enough a quick look in Makro to get my large tins of hot chocolate to stock up my cupboards.Maybe grab a coffee too.

Have a nice day whatever you're doing.Thanks for popping by.

Hugs Debs x

Anything but square...

Morning,

It's new challenge time over at Nutcrafters and it's Helen's turn to chose the theme of:

'Anything but square'
So any shape of card etc..... as long as it's not square.

We'd love to see what you make so why not pop over and see what the rest of the teamies have made and join in with us.Please feel free to use a Nutcrafters freebie image too.

I know it's another pyramid/tee pee card but it's so different to any other card shape..... I used funkyhand papers, buttons, twine and the diigi stamp is called 'Puzzler.' 

Challenges:

ooh-la-la-creations challenge-165-birthday boy

the squirrel and the fox challenge-77-for-male

creative corner challenges - male-challenge

ccc digi creations challenge-9-digiman-in-your-life

incy wincy designs shaped-cards
cute card thursday challenge-338-too-cute

So what's everyone been up to? Anything fun? Yesterday I dusted, did some washing and sat and sorted out all the receipts and outgoings all afternoon - such fun. Here's hoping today will be a good day for me and you.

Hugs Debs x

Happy Birthday dear friend

Good morning,

Today I want to wish one of my very special friends 'Sheila' a very

'Happy Birthday'

I made the card below especially for her, so I hope she likes it and it's not too busy.

To make my card I for the background I used magazine freebie stamp, for the toppers I've used LOTV stamps - love these stamps. All inked with distress inks.

Challenges:

ribbon girls september-lovely-lili-challenge-Add flowers

crafting-with-dragonflies challenge-34-girly-and-lacy

allsorts challenge week-276-sugar-and-spice

sir stampalot challenge september-challenge-things-with-wings

natalie and amy challenge-24-things-with-wings
that craft place blog new-challenge-sentimental

I've already had my shopping delivered today. something had leaked onto a few of my bags so had to do a lot of wiping and drying before everything got put away.Nightmare!!!! good job it was washing up liquid and not milk.

The sun is shining so hoping my bedding will dry and that I get a chance to craft today.Still being good and taking things easy.My arms are improving so long may it continue.

Thanks for popping by.
Hugs Debs x

Lots of yellow

Afternoon all,

Back again with another Birdbrain card.I like to enter the sketches so had to get a move on to play before it finishes later. Love these fun birdie images.This is one of my favourites.

Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday. I've been having another easy day as I need to be feeling tip top when my Mum and Sister come to visit for a long weekend on Thursday this week.

For my something recycled I cut some squares out of a used cereal box and inked them up.

Challenges:

from the heart stamps sketch - use either the sketch, the twist (used cereal box) or both

oldie but a goodie challenge stitching(old Pink Petticoat papers, new digi stamp)

sister act card challenge-74

divas by design challenge anything-goes

a creative romance anything-goes

bizzy becs store bizzy-becs-september-challenge-anything goes

Thank you again for your lovely comments as always. I'm hoping to put a little candy together soon.

Hugs Debs x

Flappy Birthday

Afternoon lovely blogger friends,

I am trying hard to keep my post to a minimum as I'm still trying to rest my left arm as its still quite sore.Popped it in a sling and trying to rest it as much as possible.Hubby is washing up, hanging the washing out and even seeing to our teas - wonderful man.

Here's a card I made this afternoon as I couldn't sit watching Tv all day, needed a tiny bit of crafting. I also followed my lovely blogger buddy Ruth's tutorial for making a Pyramid/Tee Pee card.Thanks Ruth!!!

I used gingham paper and the digi stamps from the stamp a month from the heart stamps-flappy-birthday-birdbrain, so fun coloured with spectrum noirs.

Challenges:

from the heart stamps - for-the-birdbrains-blog-hop

from the heart stamps September-free-stamp-of-the-month-flappy-birthday

creative knockouts-outdoors

di's digi designs challenge add-stripes-or-checks-challenge

brown sugar challenge-111-celebrations

Have a nice weekend.

Hugs Debs x

Happy Birthday Hubby

Back again with a quick post.

It's my lovely hubby's birthday today so, Happy Birthday Shamus, you are the love of my life!!!

I wanted to share the card I was making yesterday for him - I am so last minute...... nothing ever changes. He loves motorbikes so I managed to add a pic of his lovely Kawasaki project.

As we know men don't like a lot of fuss or a card that is mega busy.Clean and simple is the name of the game for him. I even added strips of ribbon to the card as I didn't have the right bakers twine, it doesn't look like ribbon though so that's good.

Challenges:

crafty catz weekly challenge-245 - one for the boys

/hobby cutz challenge-64-for-boys

the squirrel and the fox challenge-77-for-male

fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-52-anything goes with a twist of add a button/sl
crafting for all seasons challenge-85-wheels-andor-cogs (wheels)

Have a great day whatever you're up to.I'm hoping to persuade hubby to go out for a cuppa later, if not we'll have a nice tea at home tonight and some yummy birthday cake.

Big hugs

Debs x

Lots of shades of blue

Morning,

How are we all today? It's Midway Reminder time over at Nutcrafters and Sylvia's theme is:

'B is for......'

So lets see your fab creations, the teamies have provided some fab inspiration as always so please pop over and join in.

As always there are 2 prizes to be won and if you choose to use your own image or a Nutcrafter's image we will love it.Freebies available at the top of the Nutcrafters blog.

For my card I've used 'the city break digi stamp' and lots of b's: beret, butterflies, buttons, balloon, bags, birthday and bows. The papers are funkyhand's winter-wonderland

crafts 4 eternity 192-digital
charisma cardz challenge-19-use-acetate
crafty ribbons its-our-birthday
ribbon girls add-ribbons-card-challenge
crafting musketeers-challenge-17-use-buttons
the crafting cafe september-challenge-shades-of-one

Thanks for popping to see what I've been up to.I've been resting up after the mammagram appointment I went to last friday.It was just a check up due to my family history.It was my first one. I've been resting up since then as my arms have been naughty and very sore.Feeling alot brighter today so here's hoping. 

I also got a lovely surprise to hear that I had won a recent challenge over at Stamping Sensations. Wow I was so blown away.

Hugs Debs x

Keys

Hello again,

Another new challenge over at Ruby's Rainbow and it's Jennifer's turn to choose the theme of:

'Keys'

We'd love you to pop over to us at Ruby's Rainbow to see what the rest of the DT have created as well as joining in with the challenge, you will be blown away with the inspiration.

I decided to make a new home card for my daughter who's recently moved back to the village, it's a lovely flat she's got and she seems a lot happier.I used some yummy papers that I won a few months ago,I stamped some stitching, some keys and the sentiment. Hope you like it.

Challenges:

without words challenge - september-its-celebration

aud sentiments challenge-114-any-sentiment-other-than happy birthday
lets create challenge-96-anything-goes

Cards galore challenges make-card-challenge-9
the sisters of craft -september-anything goes

That's all from me today.Have a nice day.

Hugs Debs x

B is for..............................

Morning,

It's new challenge time over at Nutcrafters and it's Sylvia's turn to chose the theme of:

'B is for ..........'
anything beginning with b.

We'd love to see what you make so why not pop over and see what the rest of the teamies have made and join in with us.Please feel free to use a Nutcrafters freebie image too.

I've used 'bottom of the toy box' digi stamp.
The b's I've included are: Birthday boy, bunny, blocks, ball, box, bridle - on the horse, boot charm, button,brown and black. B overload I think - ha ha...

Challenges:
Delightful sketches weekly-challenge-layer-it
a creative romance - a-touch-of-kraft
cute card thursday challenge-336-anything-goes
my heart pieces digital stamp challenge use-digi stamp
crafters cafe blog challenge-80-childs-birthday
corrosive challenges by janet challenge-207-lets-hear-it-for-boys

So how was your weekend - quiet/busy? Mine was quiet with a little bit of crafting, emptying the hanging baskets as they were looking abit battered, fed the plant troughs and plenty of washing. No rest for the wicked!!!!

Thanks for popping by.
I'll be back with another post in an hour.

Hugs Debs x

No man like a snowman

Morning ,

Hope you're all well.

It's time for a new challenge over at

 Sparkles forum Christmas Challenge 

and the theme has been chosen by Mary which is:

'No Man like a Snowman'

so lets see them.

We'd love you to join in with our challenge and the teamies have made some beautiful creations.So feel free to pop over for some wonderful inspiration.

For my card I've used a freebie Nitwit stamp, embossed it in black, coloured with promarkers and stickles. Then I added some die cut snowflakes/xmas tree, ribbon, a charm, gingham papers, pearls & a button.

We are lucky to be sponsored by:

Crafty Ribbons

£10 voucher excluding P&P

Challenges:

pennys challenge-192 - children and/or christmas

christmas blog challenge - gingham-or-checks

allsorts challenge week-274-early-christmas-makes

pile it on challenge -35-punch-it-out - used snowflake dies & snowflake punch
loves rubber stamps challenge 118-two-or-more-pattern-papers
suzy smarty 1completely-christmas-challenge-27-anything goes

It was another beautiful day yesterday and pretty productive too.I managed a couple of loads of washing hung out, polished and dusted, took my hanging baskets down and emptied them as they were looking a little dire and fed and watered my flower troughs that was all in the morning - phew!!!

Well I am hoping to craft today if I can.I need to make my Mum's birthday cards and I've a DT card to make too. Thanks for popping by, you are such lovely followers.

Hugs Debs x