CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 85 - Hosted by Carol

Good morning

It's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and as always our theme is 'Anything Goes' as long as a digital element has been used.

For this challenge I have made a birthday card using dies and vignettes from Carnation Crafts.

 I embossed the background using my favourite embossing folder.  The stamp is from JustRite and I inked round the edges to tone in with the decoupage.

Bailey is now 13 months old and still bringing us so much joy,  Here is a recent photo for those of you who like to see him.  He's never far from my side!

I hope you'll be able to join our challenge.

Jo ss

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 80 - Hosted by Carol

 \Good Morning

I hope this finds you well.

I find January and February difficult months and am always relieved when we get to March.  Bailey has certainly helped me get through these difficult months and has kept a smile on my face.

With all that's going on in the world at the moment I'm sure I'm not the only person who finds crafting a great distraction.

My new craftroom (now named the Bermuda Triangle!) is my little haven.  I have Alexa playing my favourite music, Bailey at my feet (usually waiting for me to drop something so he can run away with it!), and I can be as messy and creative as I want as I can just shut the door on the mess!  What's not to love!!

Anyway, enough waffle from me!

Today, we start a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and, as always, our theme is Anything Goes as long as our rules have been followed.  Please click on the link and refer to the challenge blog for full details.

Here is my card:

All the papers, sentiments and coloured card are from 'Summer In Provence' from Paper Boutique.  They are on the Paper Pantry USB Vol.1.  This is one of my favourite collections.

I've never made this style of card before, and I followed the tutorial my the fabulous Lisa Bird which can be found HERE.  Huge thanks to Lisa for the fab tutorial which was so detailed and easy to follow.  I'll be making more of these!

For those of you who like to see him, here's a photo of Bailey who's pinched my chair yet again!  He's 11 months old now and sheer joy!

Thanks for sticking with my post to the end,  I do hope to see you on our challenge blog.

Now I'm off to do today's Wordle!

Take care

Jo xx

CD Plus Challenge #73 - Hosted by Margaret

 Good morning 

A very warm welcome to my blog.

Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to leave a comment on my last post.  It seems that collecting craft supplies is as much a part of our hobby as using them.  I've done a lot of crafting since my last post.  I have music playing on Alexa and Bailey at my feet.  I've really been enjoying it and find it very help as I struggle with this time of year both mentally and physically.

Today sees the start of our new challenge at CD Sunday Plus and this time our lovely Margaret is hosting.  We do hope you'll be able to join us.

Today I'm sharing the next page of my Calendar and this time it features the adorable Betsy.

The image is from Joanna Sheen's Giordano cd-rom, the papers and card are from CCW (fabulous quality).

Full details of how to join in our challenge can be found over on the challenge blog.

I'm asked a lot about how Bailey is doing so here's a quick update.  He is a bundle of pure joy!! His tail wags constantly, he is VERY loving and loves going for walks.  He's also a ninja, and loves to pinch socks, wool and bits of paper!!  Here's a couple of photos that show how much he's grown in a very short time!!

Thanks for visiting today.  Enjoy your week.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #72 - Hosted by me!

 Good morning

It's hard to believe we're almost at the end of October and Christmas is approaching very quickly.

I've been busy in my craftroom having a good sort out.  Many boxes of craft items have gone to a hospice and a charity that supports adults with dementia.  If I live to 200, I could never get through the amount of craft stuff I've accumulated!!  I'm currently crafting items to raise funds to name a Guide Dog Arthur after my late dad.  It's good to keep busy.  

I got very little crafting done last year and was on the verge of getting rid of all my craft stuff.  My family and friends talked me out of it and I'm so glad they did.  As Lynda Chapman always says, it's good to get 'Lost in the Doing' and doing just that is certainly helping me to cope with my pain.

Our new challenge starts today at CD Sunday Plus and I have the next page of my calendar to share with you, this time featuring the adorable Hudson:

I used cardstock from Creative Crafting World, images from Pollyanna Pickering and The Little Dog Laughed, Lettering and Calendar tab from Bree Merryn cd-rom, finished with some die cuts from CCW.

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope to see you over on the challenge blog.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge ~71 - Hosted by Pamela

 Hello and welcome

Thank you for visiting my blog.

The weeks are quickly flying by and it feels like Christmas is just the blink of an eye away.

Today we start our new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and I am sharing the next page in my Calendar with you.

Today the dog featured is Rosie, she is mum to the puppies and raised all 11 of them so beautifully:

I just had to use the image from Joanna Sheen's Giordano puppies and kittens cd-rom, as this is just how Rosie looked as a puppy.

Our previous cocker spaniel, Murphy, was fascinated by toads, and I remember one time him bringing 3 baby toads into the house.  They were perfectly unharmed.  This didn't phase me in the slightest as I really don't mind them, my husband on the other hand, was far less impressed.

I hope you can join in with our challenge, and that you will leave me a comment so that I know you've visited.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #70 - Hosted by Carol

 Good morning and welcome

We have a new challenge starting today on CD Sunday Plus Challenge and we would love for you to join us.

I have another page of my calendar to share with you:

This little guy didn't have a name when I made the calendar, but has since been named Stanley.

Some of Bailey's siblings have Instagram accounts (as does Bailey), so we are able to see how they are getting on, which is lovely.  They were all very alike at first but are quite different now.

Bailey is still growing and is such a bundle of fun, a real tonic.  I can't imagine life without him now.  This is him with my daughter's. 

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Please do leave me a comment so I know you've been.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge 66 - Hosted by Pamela

 Good Morning

The weeks are certainly flying by and today sees the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus Challenge. Please check out the blog for full details of how to enter and I hope to see you there!

I am sharing another page from my calendar, and today the star of the show is the lovely Maddie.

I used Lynda Chapman's 8 x 8 card blank, kraft card and Bree Merryn cd, together with an image and backing paper from Joanna Sheen's furry friends cd.

Bailey is growing at an alarming rate.  He can now get himself up and down the stairs and onto the couch.  Nowhere is safe!!

Thanks for visiting today. Stay safe.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 64 - Hosted by Jocelyn

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and we'd love to have you join in our challenge.  Full details and rules of the challenge can be found on the challenge blog.

Today I am sharing another page in the Thank You Calendar I made.  Today features the beautiful Mika.

 For the page with the photo I used Kraft card and Woodstock card from Lynda Chapman, printed a page from Joanna Sheen's furry friends cd-rom from the backing paper and die cut some little accessories.  The lettering was printed from a Bree Merryn cd-rom from Creative Crafting World.

On the opposite page, I used my Pollyanna Pickering Best of Breeds cd-rom for the image and backing paper.  The calendar tab was from the Bree Merryn cd-rom.  8 x 8 cards were used to create the calendar

Bailey has settled in even better than we hoped and is truly a little ray of sunshine.  He has well and truly captured my heart and reminds me of Murphy every day.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus #63 Hosted by Margaret

Good morning

A very warm welcome to my blog today.  Today is Father's Day in the UK and both my daughter's are staying here so they get to spend the day with their day.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus Challenge.  Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge - I've now got quite a challenge in choosing the top 3!

As you may have seen in my previous post, we recently got a new Cocker Spaniel puppy.  I wanted to take a gift to the lady we got him from.  Bailey was one of 11 puppies, so with his mum Rosie, there were the perfect number to make a perpetual calendar.  Today I am sharing with you the front cover and 'July'.

The calendar was made using 12, 8 x 8 card blanks from Lynda Chapman.  I used Lynda's fabriano paper and card for all the printing (except the photos) as you are guaranteed excellent results.  I used glossy photo paper for the photos.

For the cover I printed the paw print paper from Joanna Sheen's Furry Friends cd-rom and used my (new) Crafters' Companion die to cut the word Thankful.  I the matted this onto Hunkydory's rainbow mirri card.  I chose a couple of sentiments from 'A Little Dog Laughed' card making kit to finish off the front.

Next is Miss July!!!  The puppies all wore a different coloured collar to identify them, so I used the colour of the puppies collar as the colour of the mats on the page they were featured on.  Lynda Chapman's famous black card and kraft card are featured throughout the calendar!

The backing paper behind Ivy's photo is from Krafty Hands Cute Puppies & Kittens cd-rom.  The lettering is all from Creative Crafting World Bree Merryn cd-rom as are all the Calendar Tabs.  The paper on the opposite page are from a Creative Crafting World paper kit, now available on a Paper Pantry USB.  I love this paper kit.  The die of the dog and boots is a Tattered Lace die.

It took many hours to make the calendar but I was really pleased with it when it was done.  I got a message of thanks from Rosie's owner to say she loved it and it made her cry!!  

Here is a photo of Bailey helping me finish off my blog post.

I hope to see you over on the challenge blog, and please leave a message so I know you've been.

Jo (& Bailey) xx