CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 81 - Hosted by Pamela

 

Good morning

Today see's the start of our new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this time it's Pamela's turns to host.

Next Sunday is Mothers' Day here is the UK.  Sadly, my mum is no longer with us, but she was a great inspiration behind my crafting.  I'm still fundraising for Guide Dogs so enjoyed making a few Mothers' Day cards to sell towards my target.

This is one of those cards, made using the Oasis Floral Collection from Tattered Lace.  This is such a pretty collection.

The flowers and backing paper were all printed from the cd-rom.  The flowers are all raised using foam pads.

The Kraft card is Lynda Chapman's and the teal blue card is from the Woodstock collection, again from Creative Crafting World.

Please do visit the challenge page to see my teamies makes, and I do hope you'll be able to join in with our challenge.

I hope all you mum's have a lovely time next Sunday.  I'll be having afternoon tea with my daughter's and husband.  This is something my eldest daughter makes for me each year and I really look forward to.  My youngest will be home from Uni, so I'll be a very happy mum!

I know many of you enjoy seeing photos of Bailey, so today I'm sharing a photo of him watching Create and Craft!

Jo xx

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 Sunday Plus Challenge # 79 - Hosted by Jocelyn

 Hello and welcome to my blog.

I'm relieved to stay the days are getting lighter now.  The weather here has been very cold and windy lately which is restricting my getting out.

I'm keeping busy with my crafting and fundraising and today I have a special card to share with you.  This was requested for a gentleman who like bowling, bingo, beer and caravaning.  Both the sender and recipient were delighted with the card.

I used various La Pashe cd-rom's for the artwork, such brilliant cd's to have in your stash.  A number of different dies were used and cardstock from Creative Crafting World.

I look forward to seeing your creations over on the challenge blog which can be found HERE

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 78 - Hosted by Margaret

 Hello and welcome to my blog today.

It's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this time Margaret is hosting.  I hope to see you there!

For my card today I used one of the fabulous usb's from Creative Crafting World.  This is from the Summer Shores Collection on The Paper Pantry Vol 2:

I love this sea horse image and this card was created using an insert an a sentiment.  I matted the papers onto matt silver card, die cut using one of the nesting dies also from CCW.  Some gems were added to replicate bubbles.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 77 - Hosted by Me

 

Hello

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this time I am hosting.  I do hope you'll be able to join us.  Here is my card:

The floral elements on my card are from Tattered Lace Oasis Floral.  The doily die and bumble bee are from Creative Crafting World.  All card used is from Creative Crafting World.

Please do visit our blog to see the wonderful creations by my fellow teamies.

Thanks for visiting!

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge 76 - Hosted by Pamela

 Happy New Year and welcome to our first challenge of 2022.  We look forward to seeing your creations over at CD Sunday Plus

I used a pattern downloaded from stitchingcards.com for the main design on my card.  Turquoise card from PaperMill and backing card from Kanban.  I added twine and an embellishment from my stash to complete the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday P;us Challenge #75 - Hosted by Carol

 Good morning and a very warm welcome to my blog.

Christmas is fast approaching now and I hope your plans are coming together nicely.

It's been a very busy couple of week's in my household, with my youngest daughter turning 21 and we're busy getting ready for Christmas.

I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year.  We're having family and close friends visiting which is good for me as I don't have to travel, which is painful for me.

Today see's the start of our last challenge of 2021 over at CD Sunday Plus Challenge.  As always our challenge is anything goes as long as our rules are followed.  Our rules can be found over on the challenge page.  Our next challenge will start on January 9th.

I'm thoroughly enjoying being part of the CD Sunday Plus DT, and love to visit everyone's blogs and see your creations.

Here is my card for this challenge:

I used a set of dies for this card which have been in my 'collection' for a long time but have had very little use.  I have a lot of dies which this statement applies to and plan to rectify that in the coming months.

The iris is a vignette from Carnation Crafts, cut with the accompanying dies, and decoupaged.  I used silver mirri and co'redinations card for the mats and layers.  It took a long time to put together but I am pleased with the result.  I added a few gems and die-cut a sentiment using Hunkydory dies to complete the card.

Bailey is now 8 months old and has made the BIGGEST difference to my mental health.  He makes us laugh and smile constantly.  As I type this, he's emptying my waste paper box!

Thank you to everyone who has supported our challenge this year, and for the lovely comments you leave both here and on the challenge blog.  They really do mean a lot.

Both Bailey and I wish you the happiest of Christmases.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #74 - Hosted by Jocelyn

 Good Morning

I'm so sorry, I've just discovered that my post didn't publish last Sunday - it's been a very busy week!

It's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this time our lovely Jocelyn is hosting.  As always, our challenge is anything goes, as long as our rules have been followed.  Full details can be found over on the challenge blog.

I'm sharing the next page of my calendar with you today and this time it features Blu, who is now named Ronnie:

I used a Pollyanna Pickering cd-rom, along with Krafyhands cute puppies and kittens and Bree Merryn for the calendar tab and letters.  Creative Crafting World's card blanks, Woodstock card and kraft card were also used.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I hope to see your entries on our challenge blog.

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