Happy Birthday Blog Hop

Its Crafting When we Can Challenge blog first birthday and are welcoming you to our Birthday Blog Hop.  We have some great sponsors for this challenge, so please visit the other design team members blog and than pop over to Crafting When we can and leave a comment to say that you have been along. The Theme of this Birthday Challenge is 1, so ww would like to see your creations with the number 1 on them, can be 1, 10, 12, 21 as long as the number one is there.

I have used the image Edwards Tunes from The Digi Garden for my card, and I have coloured the image using promarkers. The papers are from a pad which I think was the Old English Paper Co, the sentiment is a stamp from Little Clairs.

The design team is :

Ang     -   Angels crafting journey

Poppet -  Crafting when I can 

Carol D  - CMDesign

Caz  -   PAC Handmade Charity Cards 

Jovita  -  Everyday Life in my Mind 

Martina  -  My Stamping Obsession 

Robin   -  Robins Reflections 

Crafting Vicky  - Crafting Vicky blogspot  

Vicky  - vickys Crafting Paradise 

So please pop on over and play along with the chance to win some digital images from some great companies.

I would like to enter this card into Cards for Men challenge -  going digital   

Thank you for looking 

Late Again

Late again with my post for this fortnights challenge on Crafting When We Can and the challenge this time is to use 1 x large image, 2 x sentiments and 3 x colours.  At the moment I am feeling very proud to be British with the amazing Olympic Games London put on and now the superb Paralympics that i went for the colour combo of Red White and Blue.  I have used a Kenny K image that I love and Tim Holtz adage tickets and the Union Flag is Papermania.  I have added 2 pieces of Ric Rac in Red and Blue as well. 

We are sponsored for this challenge by Crafty Ribbons and this is the prize.

So pop on over and have a play along.

I would like to enter this into this weeks Papertake Weekly challenge of anything goes 

Thank you for looking  

Crafting when we can

I' a day late in posting this but better late than not at all.  This is my card for our challenge this fortnight on Crafting When we Can and the theme this time is RAINBOWS, and we would like to see either rainbows or brightly coloured projects this time.  Mine has a hand drawn rainbow on it and also bright colours.

Pop on over to the blog and maybe you could win 5 digis from our sponsor this time which is

                                    

Summer Fun

This Fortnight on Crafting when we can the challenge is Summer Fun and we are sponsored this time by Milk coffee and Crafty Ribbons.

I have used Charlotte with flowers and Bird digi stamp  from milk coffee for my card.  I have coloured her with promarkers.  The paper is from a stack that came free with a magazine and I have mad a sun using yellow card and yellow ric rac, added 2 flower buttons and a sentiment.

I would like to enter this into these challenges

Cardmadfairys digi days challenge   -  Girly 

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Summer Daze 

Emergency Crafters  - Summer sun     

Dutch Dare Card Challenge   - Summer Fun

Milk Coffee challenge  -  Summertime 

Thank you for looking 

Mint Chocolate Chip

This Fortnight the challenge over on Crafting when we can is a colour combo of Mint Chocolate Chip (mint green and brown) and we are sponsored by the amazing Kenny K so pop on over to join us and be in with the chance of winning 5 Kenny K digi images.

I have used troublemaker in my card and coloured the image with promarkers, added some memory box die cuts and a marianne corner, some flowers and that was my card made.

I would like to enter this into 

Allsorts challenge  which is Ice cream colours   - mint Choc chip 

Totally Gorjuss -  Sunshine (ice cream makes me think of sunshine)

Alphabet challenge - I is for Ice cream 

Thank you for looking   

Crafting When we can sketch

The new challenge over on Crafting when we can is a sketch, and this is my interpretation of it.  We are sponsored this fortnight by Tickled pink stamps and I have used LilLad Stefan for my card.

I coloured the image with promarkers, used some HOTP papers that I have had for ages, some blue card from my stash for the sea, sandpaper for the sand, added some Ric Rac and buttons and the sentiment was done on the Dymo.

I would like to enter this card into this fortnights Cards for men challenge which is to use texture, which i think I have succeeded in doing with this card.

Thank you for looking 

crafting when we can meets sketch saturday

The new challenge over on crafting when we can is Things with Wings and we are sponsored this time by the fantastic The Digi Garden and we were given some of their great images to create our cards with. I have used Fairy 001 for my card.

I decided to combine my DT card this week with the sketch from this weeks Sketch saturday challenge blog which is a great sketch. I have used the Digi garden image fairy 001, coloured the image with promarkers. The papers are all old papers from the English paper CO, the card is colour core-ordinations. The sentiment is an old papermania stamp. I added some lace and some foam flowers to finish.

Thank you for looking

A day to celebrate

This fortnight over on Crafting when we can the theme is "one for the boys" and our lovely sponsor this time round is Some Odd Girl.

I have used a Kenny K download for my card, coloured with promarkers, used 2 new dies from, the picket fence and grass, used a fairground image for the backing and then added an Autumm leaves ticketed stamp for the sentiment.

I would also like to enter this into Cards for men - whose theme is cheeky chappy, well I think he looks cheeky, not sure if it quite fits the theme though.

thank you for looking

Crafting when we can

This fortnight on Crafting when we can the theme is animals and we are sponsored by the brilliant The Stamping Boutique. For my card I have used the image Patch, which has been coloured with promarkers. The papers and embellishments are Nitwits which came free with a magazine. Then sentiment is from Craftwork cards.

I used the sketch from Friday sketch challenge, as I thought it matched the theme I wanted to use which is patchwork.

So I would like to enter this into this weeks Friday sketch challenge.

Please pop over and play along with our theme of animals this week at crafting when we can.

Thank you for looking

play time

Finally found some time to make cards just because I could, not because I had to, So I thought I would play along with some challenges. I have made this card using Lili of the Valley stamp, hanging around which I have had for ages and never used. I have coloured the image using promarkers and then mounted this onto a piece of Joanna Sheen backing paper from the Messy Rabbit set. The frame has been made out of card from an amazon box along with the heart. The paper is from a really old Hot off the press paper pack. The sentiment is computer generated and then I just added 3 craftwork candi.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Lilis little fairies - the theme this week is Oh Boy - a masculine card

Oldie but a Goodie - the theme is Have a Heart - must have a heart on your entry

Passion for promarkers - recycle something

Thank you for looking

not intended for crafting

This fortnight the challenge on crafting when we can is to use something that is not intended for crafting and we are sponsored by the brilliant Spesch designer stamps.

I have used Max from Spesch stamps and have coloured the image using promarkers and my items not intended for crafting are the half a cd and the card that the sentiment is mounted onto is the inside of a toilet roll. The BP is from a basic grey pad.

I would like to enter this into

Cards for men - the challenge being boys and their toys, well headphones and music are their toys in my house

Passion for promarkers - the theme is humour, I think this is funny.

Thank you for looking

Lyn

New Year

Hello everyone and a Happy New Year to you.

Today is the new challenge over on Crafting When we can and the challenge for this fortnight is

New Years Resolutions and we are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons and The stamping boutique this time.

I have used Princess Jennifer Latte Vanity digital stamp for my card, and one of my resolutions is to be a bit more girly so this image was very apt. The image has been coloured using promarkers, the backing paper is from Love Letters paper stack by first edition. The brown card is from my stash and has been embossed using the tiny bubbles embossing folder, then added some lace and craftwork candi and a sentiment from craftwork cards.

I followed the sketch over on Sketch Saturday for this card so would like to enter it into these challenges

Sketch Saturday - the sketch

Sweet Stampin' challenges - spots and dots

Thank you for looking

Crafting When we Can

This week on crafting when we can the theme is Friendship, so I decided to make a card for my best friend - My Husband. we are sponsored this week by Kenny K Downloads and I choose to use Mrs Claus for my card.

The image has been coloured with promarkers, the sentiment was computer generated. I have used the Tim Holtz clock using weathered core ordination card, added some muslin and somr holly with berries and that was my card made.

I would like to enter this card into

Cards for men - use 2 ( i have used 2 sprigs of holly)

Cute card Thursday - anything goes

Moving along with the times - last minute Christmas

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WOW

Todays card is for the Penny Black saturday challenge and I've used the sketch from this weeks Sketch Saturday to make it.

Penny Black challenge wanted white on white this week with only the image to be coloured. I have used the Sweet Snowman stamp and coloured the image with promarkers. The white card has been embossed using cuttlebug folders, swiss dots, snowflakes and sledding. I have also used quickutz dies for the tree and the holly.

I would like to enter this into

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - White on White

Sketch Saturday - The sketch

Joanna Sheen challenge (the 1st one) - Christmas Wishes

Thank you for looking

crafting when we can and Friday Sketch Challenge

This week on Crafting when we can it is Borrow a sketch fortnight, We would like to see cards made with sketches from challenge blogs and please link to whichever challenge blog you have used.

This fortnight we are sponsored by the fantastic Tiddly inks and we were allowed to choose which image we wanted to use so I went for Santas Helper, and I have used the sketch on this weeks Friday Sketch Challenge blog.

The papers used on my card are from a Trimcraft 12 x 12 pad which I have had for ages, the words are on a Sizzix die. The image has been coloured used promarkers.

Thank you for looking

Snoozing

Today I have made a card using one of my new stamps. Last week for my Birthday my lovely mum got me 4 new Lili of the valley stamps and this is one of them. I just love it.

I have coloured the image using promarkers, and then layered the image onto red card, cut using my new fleur de lis nestie. The papers are all from Hot of the Press which was a free pad with a magazine and the ribbon is from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into

Sketch N Stash - hopefully have followed the sketch and this time have used my new stamp.

Secret Crafter - this week they would like to see spots and stripes.

Here come the boys - who would like use to use red, white and green

Cards for Men - theme of Christmas cards for men

Thank you for looking

Crafting when we can

Well another fortnight has just flown by and its time for a new challenge on Crafting when we can and the theme this time is female birthday.

We are sponsored for this challange by Stretch N' Bubbles and they have very kindly given us images to use, I have used Marcy. I have coloured the image using promarkers. The BP is Tim Holtz, The card that I have layered the image onto was from a pad of papers that came free with a magazine. I have added some lace and flowers, used a punch to cut the leaves and the sentiment is from craftwork cards and its from a set that I was very lucky to be given.

I would like to enter this card into

The paper shelter - all in pink

My partner in Crafting crime - use a freebie

Thank you for looking

And another Christmas card

Yesterday whilst out shopping, I sort of accidently on purpose went to Hythe, where there is a real craft shop (something that is in very short supply where I live) and I saw this stamp and fell in love with it. It is a Joanna Sheen Giordano stamp called our family, it also comes with a sentiment but I haven't used it on this card.

I made this card with the sketch on Friday Sketch Challenge blog and I love it. I just used nesties to cut the squares and then embossed them in the sledding embossing folder and snowflake folder. The image has been coloured with promarkers and then I added 2 holly sprigs which I have had for years and never used.

I would like to enter this into

Friday Sketch challenge - the sketch

Charisma cardz challenge -make a cutsey project

The Paper Shelter - Christmas Fun

Thank you for looking

Sweet Snowman

Today I finally got round to making a card to go with the sketch on this weeks Penny Black Saturday Challenge, it is such a great sketch I just had to play along (Thank you Nat).

I have used Penny Black sweet snowman stamp and coloured it with my promarkers. Used Nesties to cut the image out. The papers are all Hot off the Press and came free with a Magazine but I can't remember which one it was. I strategically placed the ribbon so that it was the sentiment as well, and then punched some small snowflakes from glitter card and used a cuttlebug die to cut the large snowflake.

I would like to enter this into

Penny Black saturday Challenge - Sketch

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - anything goes

A gem of a challenge - cold and frosty

Pollycraft challenge - anything goes

Thank you for looking

Rory

Well, today I have used an old stamp called Rory by Sugar Nellie and I chose to use this stamp so that I could play along again with an Oldie but a Goodie challenge blog, I know I have plenty of old stamps but wanted to use an animal to go with cards for men challenge as well.

I have coloured the image using promarkers, the brown card is from my stash and the BP is Tim Holtz which I have also had for some time. I added 3 buttons and a string bow and an Adage ticket to finish.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges

Oldie but a Goodie - use buttons and bows as well as old stamp and stash.

Cards for men - theme of animals

Passion for promarkers - a day at the zoo (use animals found in a zoo)

Papertake weekly - anything goes

Thank you for looking