having problems and a reminder

I hope everyone in the UK is having a great long weekend, and to those who have to work, a big THANK YOU.  I would just like to say I haven't been around much as I am having problems loading pages from the internet so I cannot see people blogs.  I am scheduling this page and hoping that it appears as I will be holding my OH's legs while he replaces the boards on the dormer window surrounds.  I offered to tie a rope around his neck to stop him falling but he politely declined this offer.  (I offered to tie it around his neck as I think this would give him the incentive to be very careful and not to fall out of the window).

I would also like to remind everyone that

 Sunday, 4th September 

will see the launch of the new challenge 

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES

I hope you will be able to join us, it will be lots of fun.

Happy Yuletide

Here is my first Christmas card.  I know it is digital but I think I may do a hybrid card, which means dissecting the items and printing them out separately and then putting them back together to make an actual physical card.  Or I may just try printing it out onto card and seeing how that looks or I may do both mmm thems choices!

The background is from Dezinaworld as is the gorgeous image which June is giving away as a 24hr freebie, there are 9 free images on the sheet and they will all make gorgeous Chrismas cards.  Hop over and grab the page before it disappears back into the shop.  The rest of the embellishments are from the CraftArtist package.

I hope you're having a great week and can't wait to hop around and see what you have created.

Don't forget Crafting When We Can Challenges are having a DT call.  Hop over and check it out we have some awesome sponsors lined up.

Daddy's Little Girl

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.  Mine's not been too bad so far, spent too much money but don't know what on (do you ever wonder where the money went when you empty your bags)  on the plus side my OH is finally decorating the bathroom (I won't tell you how long I've been waiting).  It has gloss white woodwork and it should have warm lilac walls when he's finished.  

Anyhoo onto my posting.  As I have already mentioned I have been practising with my CraftArtist program and am going to show you one of my favourite pages so far.  I had forgotten about this photo so when I found it I just had to scrap it.  My daughter is now 12½ and catching her on camera is very difficult I get plenty of hair and hands but not much face and I don't know why 'cause I think she's beautiful.  Here is a gorgeous photo of her and her Dad at Wentworth Gardens which is inside Wentworth Garden Centre, near Sheffield.  

It's very purple because I was practising with the colour catcher and used colours from her trousers and stripy top.

DON'T FORGET WE ARE HAVING A DT CALL OVER AT THE NEW CHALLENGE BLOG CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN HOP OVER AND CHECK IT OUT.

NEW CHALLENGE BLOG OPENING - 4TH SEPTEMBER

Great news for all the crafters out there.  A new Challenge blog is starting in September and they are having a DT call so I have put the details below. The Challenge is called

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN

(It isn't me who is running it, the name is a pure coincidence)

Here are the details I have downloaded from the challenge page.  The challenges will be for   any project (scrapbook, altered art etc) not just cards.

Crafting When We Can is a fantastic new challenge blog that will be launching on the 4th September 2011. We will be a fortnightly/bi-weekly challenge blog, so you will have plenty of time to join our challenges. There are only 4 DT members at the moment and we're looking for a few more talented crafters to join us!

Commitments:
* Be able to work as part of a team.
* Meet deadlines.
* Post on your fellow DT's cards, and on an assigned number of entrants projects.
* Make a creation/project for every challenge, bare in mind this is one card every two weeks.
* Join in with any blog hops or other events running during your term.
* Commit to a 3 month period.
* Have a personal blog to post challenge information and to display your cards.
* Have fun!

In return:
* You will be a part of a fantastic team.
* Gain or add to you DT experience.
* Get some freebies from sponsors, if they are kind enough to provide them.
* Design Team Badge to display proudly on your blog.
* A link to your personal blog on the main challenge website.

If you are interested in entering our DT Call there are two simple steps to enter:
* Firstly publish a post on your personal blog with information about this DT Call and our launch. Including 3-5 samples of your favourite/best projects. Then link your post up in the linky tool below. * Secondly please e-mail a brief statement about yourself and any DT experience you have to craftingwhenwecan@gmail.com. If you do not have any DT experience please still enter! We welcome everyone to enter in this call. 

To leave your link you need to go to the crafting when we can challenge blog and leave your details with the link tool.  As I find out more details I will let you know.  I can't wait as I need a push to start physically crafting again as opposed to digital which I have been doing lately.  

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - GOLDEN

Another entry to June's Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge, this month the theme is GOLDEN.  This can be interpreted however you wish.  I have gone for 'Golden Moments'.  Any time my children are having fun together is a 'golden moment' I have digitally scrapped a time when the children were playing on a beach in North Norfolk near Cromer.  I know I don't have a picture of them together as they were digging holes in the sand.  I have used one of Dezinaworld's pictures in the middle of the pages because it reminds me of my kids and I think it suited the theme, you don't have to use any of Dezinaworld's images but if you do it makes June a very happy bunny.  I have used my Serif CraftArtist program.  I am really enjoying this software and I am in the process of adding some of my photos to make embellishments to go with my pages.  I've done loads of pages and when I have enough confidence in them I will post them here.

                                                                                                           

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge goes Monthly!!

Hi everyone, here is another entry to Dezinaworld's Spot Prize Challenge.  June has changed this challenge to every month so you have plenty of time to enter.  You don't have to use on of Dezinaworld's images but if you do it makes June really happy and being the generous person she is you will find she gives away a lot of freebies for you to use if you wish.  You don't have to use digital either it's just at the moment it is easier for me to use my computer than get all my equipment out (ohh err) to craft with paper & pen.  Anyhoo the theme for June is Green & Purple.  I have used the background and image from collage sheets from Dezinaworld and the flourishes, butterfly, flowers etc. are from the Serif CraftArtist CD.  I really love playing with this program and learn something new everytime (that's when I can find out where the pallets and things have disappeared to, naughty wandering fingers pressing things they shouldn't).

I hope everyone had a great weekend and didn't get too wet.  We managed to miss the showers and only got the sunshine.

Dezinaworld - BIG CELEBRATORY COLLAGE GIVE AWAY

Just a quick post while I'm on holiday.  June over at Dezinaworld is having a Big Celebratory Giveaway to celebrate reaching 500 followers.  If you hop over to DEZINAWORLD you can read the instructions and see the beautiful giveaways.  The winner(s) will be drawn on 15th July.  Below is one of the fab prizes.

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Celebrate Your Homeland

Here is my entry for Dezinaworld's Spot Prize Challenge.  The theme is 'Celebrate Your Homeland' and what better way to celebrate than to make a scrapbook page of the beautiful countryside about 10mins drive from my house.  There are 3 pictures altogether which I have cobbled together into a panorama.  I did this in my new CraftArtist program.  There are so many different things in this program I don't think I will ever be able to use them all.  I have added a .png balloon from one of Dezinaworld's steampunk collage sheets.

Just playing around at Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge

Just a quick post so I can enter the Spot Prize at Dezinaworld.  The challenge is to take an everyday object and change the colour to something it isn't. ???? I've confused myself now but if you look at the picture I think it will make sense and June explains it so much better than me here

I've used a steampunk frame, woven backing paper, ducks and steampunk heart and hat from different collage sheets from Dezinaworld, the flower is one I made for an ATC a while ago.  I put them all in Paintshop Pro and played around with the colours.  I made his hat pink but I think I should have used blue but I can't be bother to change it now.  Off to enter this before I forget.  Happy Crafting everyone.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #15 - Summertime Fun

I hope everyone has had a good 2 weeks since the last time I posted.  We've just started getting the nice weather here and I think everyone is starting to feel happier that Summer is here at last.  

This fortnight the challenge at Creative Cowgirls shows this with the theme of 'Summertime Fun'.

We were given some fabulous images by our sponsor Chi Chi Memories and I was given an image from the set called 'Meaning of Love' and when I saw it I knew exactly what paper I was going to use.  The paper was from the DCWV stack 6 and some pink papermania colour card.  I used a Victorian velvet DI to colour the white card to match the trees on the paper.  The image was coloured with Promarkers on pearlized card and then copied and decoupaged (I hope you can see this on the picture).

Our Sponsor this challenge is

The winner will receive 3 images of their choice

+

The Winners Badge to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of their choice

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The TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Please hop over to the Challenge and see the fantastic projects the other posse members have made and join in the wonderful challenge.

CHALLENGES

Stamping with Fun #113 - in the garden (hope this card counts)

Butterfly Wednesdays #157 - open theme (must have a butterfly, angel or fairy)

Fab 'n' Funky #75 - what 'eva + DT call

Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge #54 - here come's Summer