Nostalgia upcycled

Summer only a month away here is NZ and the weather slowly improving.  Here is our second challenge for this month from    'If you give a crafter a cookie'   With some yummy inspiration for challenge #80 Wonderful clolours for this challenge Come play along and join in.  Remember to use the COOKIE picture as inspiration! (the theme, the color combos, the patterns...) and you can create anything your heart desires. Now here is the sponsors for this challenge. And for this challenge I used a LRD stamp:  Flick - Mini Monster. Hope you like my cards.   I layered the image to give a 3d effect.   Can't wait to see your creations.  Happy crafting  J

Let's Craft and Create - Challenge #130- Anything goes -option Witchy/Autumn colours Team 2's inspirational creations are now available to check out for Challenge 130 . Thanks to those who took part in our  last challenge... #129 Childs Play Remember this is another chance to win a fabulous prize, simply enter your creations at the link provided at Lets Craft and Create.  This month I have created a Halloween card and treat box.  This was fun to make and the kids are now wanting me to make more so they can give them to thier friends.  There is enough room to place a couple of chocolates bars inside with the card Hope you like it.  Can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge.  Happy crafting J

Halloween is on the way  and to coincide here is a new challenge from    'If you give a crafter a cookie'   With some yummy inspiration for challenge #79 Love the clolours for this challenge Come play along and join in.  Remember to use the COOKIE picture as inspiration! (the theme, the color combos, the patterns...) and you can create anything your heart desires. Now here are the sponsors for this challenge. And from me this time is a Invitation to the boy's Halloween gathering.   I stencilled the background and drizzled some small ink slops. Hope you like it and hope to see how our cookies inspired you for this challenge.  Happy crafting J

Spring to here and it is a wonderful start for October.  Here is our first challenge for 'Lets Scrap Sketches'.  Remember to have a look at all the layouts from our design team. 'Lets Scrap Sketches'   This month I decided to start a journal.   Would love to hear what you think so leave me a comment. Here is the sketch that inspired me: I made the journal from some misc card board I had and I used 'stampin Up' paper.   I will blog the journal in detail later.  For now here are a couple more photos of the first journal pages.  Hope you like it.  Happy crafting J

Challenge number 10 for DO-AL(l) Creatives , Spring is here in New Zealand.  Daylight saving started last week and there is less than 2 months till Christmas.   And yes we have an other exciting challenge from Do- Al (l) Creatives blog    Theme for September: Halloween  (let's dance the ghosts) This time I have completed a layout; Such a fun photo of the boys attempting to be scary.  LOL they just too cute.   Great opportunity to use a bat embellishment I have had for sometime. I matted the photo on 8 different layers on paper.   And I drew the web on a transpency and attached that to the layout.  Hope you like it and I can't wait to see ytour creations. Happy crafting. J