Nostalgia upcycled

Wow, only 11 days til Christmas. Here is our last challenge from If you give a crafter a cookie for the year.  From all of us at 'If you give a crafter a cookie" Merry christmas and have a wonderful new year Now for this challenge, the yummy inspiration is:    the challenge sponsor is: And my card is also being gifted, along with a couple of others I made over the weekend,  to 'Sending Love'   (see below for more details or visit the site) Hope you like the cards. Again Merry christmas to everyone Happy crafting:  J Sending love  Sending Love is about people and communities coming together to make a festive gesture towards another person who may experience loneliness over Christmas. It is one person putting love and thought into a card to pass a smile and a sense of feeling remembered and loved onto another person. It is not an organisation, or a charity; Sending Love is a platform and vehicle

The advent calenders are up and the kids can't wait for tomorrow a treat.    And my preparation for decorating my trees are in full swing.  I managed to get some old books from the St James gala a couple of months ago and I am using these to made some vintage decorations.  takes a bit of time to fold the pages but the results are worth every minute.   I used the metal clasps from broken bauble decorations.  I knew they would come in handy one day.  These are going to look great on the tree, scheduled to go up next weekend.  Happy crafting.   J

So excited about Christmas this year and it's only 25 days away. And now for the new challenge from DO-AL (l) creatives:  The challenge #24 is 'Christmas/New Year' Using one of our sponsor, Digi4Joy images,   I have created a Chrsitmas Daily journal for this year.  I love these and it is such a great way to keep track of  everything you need to do in the 24 days leading up to christmas.   So here is the cover of my journal:  The sponsors image worked so well,  and I have furhter plans to use it in the journal itself So over the next few weeks I will complete the journal pages and add them to the blog, so watch this space (or follow me) and see how the journal turns out.  Happy crafting J

A beautiful s ummers day here in New Zealand, although it hasn't been that great all week.  Bring on the weekend.   Here is our new challenge f rom If you give a crafter a cookie For this challenge, the yummy inspiration:      and the challenge sponsor is: Using one of our sponsors images I have created a Christmas card. And this is such a cute as a button image.  Look forward to seeing your creations.  happy crafting J

Only 36 days till christmas and I hope you are all creating homemade cards and gifts for the festive season.  Here is some inspiration from he November reminder  for the ' Lets Craft and Create ' challenge  Challenge #143:  ATG with option - a sketch Thanks to everyone that took part in our last challenge... #142 - ATG with an option paper stripes instead of ribbon Team 2's inspirational l creations are now available to check out for Challenge 143 Remember this is another chance to win a fabulous prize, simply enter your creations at the link provided at Lets Craft and Create. Now for this challenge I used the following sketch from Paper Craft Crew And created the following card:  I love the 3d effect with the foam dots.  And the sanded edges gives a real vintage look.  A couple of pearl

Summer is on it's way here in New Zealand and the days are certainly warmer andI love it.  Hard to believe that there are only 40 days till christmas  In the meantime it is time for our new challenge f rom If you give a crafter a cookie   For this challenge, the yummy inspiration:    and the challenge sponsor is: Using one of our sponsors images I have created a christmas card.  Such a cute image.  I look forward to seeing your creations.   Happy crafting J

Time for the first challenge from 'If you give a crafter a cookie'   for November.  Now for this challenge, the yummy inspiration:  and the challenge sponsor is: I have used one of the sponsors images for my card for this challenge.  I love that this card is so light and simple.  It makes me feel good.   I have matted a couple of the layers I hope you like it. I look forward to seeing your creations for this challenge.  Happy crafting J

A new challenge from DO-AL (l) creatives:  The challenge #23 is 'It's a man's World' Using one of our sponsor, Bugaboo images,  I have created a birthday card, using my favourite embellishment to place on layouts or cards for boys or men - cogs.   and here are a couple of extra photos.     I placed a little cog on the side of the card. I look forward to seeing your creations for this challenge.  Happy crafting J