Crafts Galore Encore January 2024

 HAPPY NEW YEAR

EVERYONE!

I'm hoping that 2024 will be a year full of good news, laughter and lots of joy for all.

To start the new year off I have a card to share with you and to Thank You for your support ....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Jan's Digital Stamp Shop

who are offering a prize of $6 to spend in store.

I have created an A5 (21 x 15 cm) card to celebrate the New Year.

I started by covering the card base with a glossy turquoise card from my stash. I then layered a paper from The Gift of Giving 12" paper pad by Craft Consortium. I used another of the papers  to create the band across the centre of the card.

The image from our sponsor that I chose to use is from the Happy New Year digital stamp set. I coloured it with my Copics and matted it onto the turquoise card.

This champagne bucket image is also part of the New Year's Eve digital stamp set.

The sentiment is from the Happy New Year digital set and I've matted that onto turquoise card too.

There is a page of extra images with the Gift of Giving paper pad. I've cut out the champagne bottle and some glasses to add to the card. I finished the card with some pink gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Jan's Digital Stamp Shop images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore March 2023

Things are getting exciting at home. We have two weddings in the next couple of months and one little princess in particular is thrilled to get two new pretty outfits. I'm not so happy at the thought of dress shopping for myself though. I rate it just above visiting the dentist - I'm doing that next week too. But, I'm determined to power through and find "Mother of the Bride" suitable outfits. 

But before I put on my comfy shoes and brave the stores ...

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Jan's Digi Stamps

who are offering a $6 voucher for their store for our lucky winner.

I have an 8"x 8" (20 x 20cm) Easter card to show today.

I cut some mixed media card to make the matting layers for the card base, image panel and sentiment. I coloured the edges with lilac Copic pen BV02 to match the image. The yellow mats are Papermania card.

I glued a piece of Easter egg tissue paper to the yellow card mat.

I used the super sweet egg and bunny image from the Easter Hippity Hop digi set and coloured it with my Copics. There are two more eggs, two sentiments and a cute little bunny also in the set. The set comes with coloured images as well as the black line drawings, all in PNG and JPG format.

I added colours to this sentiment from the digi set.

I made paper flowers using mixed media card coloured with Shaded Lilac Distress Ink and added them to the card with a seam binding ribbon bow.

To finish the card I cut some egg shapes from yellow card and white card that was coloured with the lilac Copic  pen.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using  Jan's Digi Stamps images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/anything-goes-march-2023.html

https://worldwidecrafterscoloristschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/02/worldwide-crafters-and-colorists.html x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html x

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/03/morgans-artworld-challenge-3.html x

https://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/2023/02/march-challenge-leanns-world-101.html x

Crafts Galore Encore September 2022

Well, August exceeded all expectations with a wonderful week meeting and spending time with my lovely friend and her fabulous family. I feel so blessed to have had this opportunity for us to meet in person and the wonderful memories will last forever. Now we have to start saving so we can do it again!

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Jan's Digi Stamps

who are offering a $6 store voucher for our lucky winner.

I have made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20cm) card using an image from our sponsor.

I used papers from an old LOTV Nitwit paper pad called Perfect Pair. I matted all the layers on plain white card.

The image I chose to use is called A Little Note. I coloured the image with my Copics then cut the image to fit on the card, mounting it on white card. 

I used an old Cheery Lynn die to cut some flourishes from white card and coloured them with Copics. I stamped a sentiment to finish the card.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using  Jan's Digi Stamps images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2022/09/202209-september-2022-anything-goes.html x

https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/anything-goes-september-2022.html Top Three

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html x

Crafts Galore Encore November 2021

 Brrr! A chilly start to November with tumbling temperatures. Too much rain around as well. Half term holidays last week weren't a complete washout though and I managed to keep the kids amused without too much trouble. I even got some Nana cuddles with the new baby. Now it's back to school and routine. And the start of preparations to that BIG day in December. 

But first ....

 .... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Jan's Digi Stamps

I have made a couple of Christmas cards. These cards are both 6"x 6" (15 x 15 cm). 

I layered one with blue and white card 

and a single layer of red on the other.

I used the small snowman and the large sentiment from the Snow Globe Family on both cards, printing the images out to the size I wanted. I coloured the snowmen and backgrounds with my Copics.

I also printed two of the trees from the Tree Scene digi set and coloured them with Copics for the red card.

I added some die-cut trees and snowflakes and painted on some Glamour Dust for highlights to finish the cards.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Jan's Digi Stamps images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

Keep staying safe everyone!

I have entered these cards in the following challenges:

https://welove2create.blogspot.com/2021/10/craft-card-making-scrapbooking-mixed.html x

https://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/welcome-to-challenge-74.html x

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2021/11/morgans-artworld-challenge-11.html x

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/mlccb-40-november-anything-christmas.html x

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/ltscb-151-anything-goes.html x

https://abitmoretimetocraftextra.blogspot.com/2021/11/abmttc-extra-november-challenge.html x

Crafts Galore Encore December 2020

December already! Although this global nightmare is no where near being over at least we can begin to put this awful year behind us and welcome a more hopeful new year soon. Our little princess is lightening our mood and looking forward to decorating the tree, writing cards, wrapping presents and a visit from Santa.

But before that ....

.... There is a new challenge at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with November's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Jan's Digi Stamps

who are offering a $10 gift certificate for the lucky winner.

I have made a couple of Christmas cards to show you.

Both cards are made from 8"x 8" card blanks and use two of the gorgeous trees from Jan's Tree Scene digi set. All the metal snowflake embellishments and the little tree charms were a gift from a friend - Thank you Pam!

I used papers from an old Lily of the Valley paper pad - the cover is long gone so I don't know which one - sorry. I matted and layered the papers with silver mirri card. The bow is made with polka dot ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons.

I used a computer program to merge four trees into one image and coloured them with various green Copics. I added Glamour Dust to the snow on the branches.

I die cut the sentiment, layered it onto silver mirri card and mounted it with foam pads onto the card.

This second card was created by scoring a vertical fold down the centre of the front to make a sideways easel card fold. The papers are also from an old LOTV paper pad - Classic Christmas - and were layered with gold mirri card.

I printed two of the trees, coloured them with Copics and cut them out to leave a white border. I used Glamour Dust on the snowy branches and fixed the trees to the card front with foam pads.

This time I just die cut the sentiment, attached a gold charm tree and fixed it to the card with foam pads to act as a stopper for the front fold.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented design team using Jan's Digi Stamps images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in the December challenge.

Stay safe everyone!

I have entered these cards in the following challenges:

https://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2020/12/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper.html