My 2014 top 15

Dec31

Thank you for following my blog this year and allowing me to share my creations. I am planning to make fewer cards next year and concentrate on more sewing projects…well, we’ll see.

I have made approxiamately 200 cards this year and you can imagine how tricky it is to narrow it down to a few favourites, but here goes! (In no particular order.)

Lili of the Valley stamped image and papers from the Bo Peep collection.

The papers are from American crafts and the digi from Kenny K.

Nitwits designs papers and a Polllycraft digistamp.

Saturated Canary digistamp.

Digistamp from Sassy Studio Designs backing papers from Nitwit designs.

Saturated Canary digistamp and papers from my stash.

CAS card using a Mo Manning digistamp

Mo Manning Digi stamp paired with free papers from Making Cards Magazine.

Digistamp from Just Inklined and backing papers fron Kanban.

Made for my sister’s wedding, this is a Mo Manning digi embellished with Spellbinders die cuts.

Digistamp from Oddball Arts and papers fron Kanban

Polkadoodles made into a birthday card using DoCrafts papers

This is an Emma Canning digi, available from Polka doodles and the papers and embellishments are from Hot Off The Press.

I think this is my favourite. The papers were from a Tattered Lace magazine and the digi is by Jellypark.

But this is a very close second! Made entirely using a Polkadoodles CD, I did a lot of fussy cutting to make this circular card.

Wishing you all a happy and blessed new year.

Leona x x

Challenges:

Bronte and Bella’s Challenge (Mo’s Digital Pencil) – Your Fave Mo Make of 2014
Clear It Out -Upload Your Favorite Card from 2014

Bike boy!

Oct18

My son is going to a birthday party next week so I used a Kenny K image to make this card. The background paper is from Crate and the black mat is a Kanban diecut. I used a sentiment from Hunkydory and coloured it with a Promarker to match the digistamp.

Here are today’s challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks – Happy Birthday
Crafty Little Fairies– Use only one designer paper
Aud Sentiments Challenge – Anything Goes with a sentiment
DoubleClick Skittles – black, green
Take Heart Ideas – Anything goes
Crafty Catz – One Other Color
Send a Smile for Kids – Celebration Cards 4 Kids!
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards -For The Boys
Creative Card Crew – Black Card
Digi Makeover Challenge – Use Black
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/-for a boy

Leona x x

Steampunk birthday

Aug28

I love this sassy steampunk image from Kenny K and have used it a few times for cards now. Today I have mounted it onto a mat cut with my favourite Spellbinders die and then onto a kraft card. The sentiment is from Docrafts Wellington collection and the gems are from my stash. Red is my favourite colour and I love this combination with brown/kraft.

I’ll enter these chllenges today :

So Artful Challenge – Eyeglasses/Spectacles
A Random Fan Challenge – Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Guyz – Steampunk
Ladybug Crafts – Favourite Colours(Red!)
Brown Sugar – Let’s Get Krafty
Through The Craft Room Door – Always Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers – Parties and Festivals
The Corrosive Challenges – B is for… basque
Top Tip Tuesday – Anything Goes
A Step in the Dark – Steampunk
Little Red Wagon – Girl Power
Divas by Design – Happy Birthday

Leona x x

Boy’s card with kites

Aug27

I am sharing another boy’s card today, this time using a image from Kenny K.

I’ll be entering my card into these challenges:

Allsorts – Bright Sunshiny Colours
Kenny K`s Krafty Krew – Kid
Kitty Bee Designs – In The Garden
Seemacrafts – Summer Fun in August
Pumpkin spice – Children
Send a Smile for Kids -Anything Goes 4 Kids
A Random Fan Challenge – Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps – Masculine Birthday
Craft Your Passion – Summer Fun
Digi Sketch Challenge – Summer Fun

Leona x x

Kitchen Goddess

Jul22

Today’s card is another one made for a person retiring from my school this term. She had worked in the kitchens at our school for 27 years!

The digistamp is fron Kenny K and the backing papers and toppers are from Hunkydory. The twine, bunting and heart button came from The Hobby House.

Challenges:
http://kennykskraftykrew.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://2cuteinkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ – all about girls
http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ – use a digistamp
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ – hand-coloured image
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – digi or rubber stamp
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ – colour challenge

Yours in Crafting,

Leona x x

Tag shaped card

Oct13

Good morning – I missed posting yesterday, so I am posting nice and early today. I have made a card today that is shaped like a tag. Ribbon was added to the front to help create the illusion of a gift tag. All the papers and enbellishemnts came from Kanban and were part of last uear’s range. I cut the fence using spellbinder die.

My patriotic little tag card will be entered into the following challenge:

http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – S is for…silver

Thanks for joining me today.

Yours in crafting,

Leona x x

Drummer boy

Oct1

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12

Hello, I have a male card for you today and have used a digi stamp from Kenny K. The papers are from Hot off the Press one of my favourite sets from one of my favourite papers designers…hate to part with it but it goes with this digi design so well.

I’ll be entering the card into these challenges:

http://nadiaschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-65-stempelstamp-en-dt-call.html – Male + stamp (DT Call)

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/ – for the boys

http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/ – masculine

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/ – masculine

http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – for the boys

http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ – hoarded supplies

http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ – kids

Hope you like my little drummer (and weren’t expecting a Christmas card!)

Yours in crafting,

Leona x x

Guess what my son got for his birthday…

Sep11

He got a bass guitar and this little rock dude from Kenny K is perfect for him. The papers used to make up this card are from the aptly name Rock On range from Hot Off The Press and the letters are from Kanban.