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Hi, guys! Our new theme at Craft Challenge is Create Your Own Embellishment! For my card i used a lovely image by Sponsor Nikki Burnette, this is Adeline I coloured her with Promarkers, I loved colouring the folds on her outfit, and added Wink of Stella to the butterflies' wings. I used punches by Woodware, which are many years old, to make the daisies: I punched the bottom layers from gingham papers and the top layers from plain pink papers (both of which were SNIPPETS) and then layered them and added gold stickles in the centres - those were my DIY embellishmants. The leaves are punched from a snippet of turquoise card. I also added a strip of white ribbon, too. Our sponsor Nikki Burnette Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Hiya, lads and lasses! It's a glorious sunny day here in S-E Hertfordshire, Spring has well and truly sprung! Easter is approaching fast, but of course not everyone celebrates it, so at My Time to Craft we have two themes to choose from: Woodland Animals or Easter. I made an Easter card, using die-cuts. The Tattered Lace Small Cross Die was cut from white card and glued directly onto some gorgeous textured paper by First Edition. It's from a pad called 'Spring Drop' which is sadly out of print. The oval was glued directly onto white card cut with a Spellbinders' Elegant Ovals That is raised on foam pads. I did the same with the next layer, too. Finally I added 5 tiny green gems and rounded the top corner.  I really need to get out my dies more often! Go and see my teamies' gorgeous creations and join in the fun! Thanks for looking and have a good weekend! love Mags B x

Hiya! Our new Challenge at CRAFT Challenge is simply to Add a Charm to your creation. This beautiful image is Ladybug Carnation from sponsor Sami Stamps .  I used papers by Nitwits called Bonnets'n'Bowties Too . The bakers twine and leaf charm are from stash. The sentiment is a die-cut, and I covered it with purple Spectrum Noir glitter pen. Our gorgeous sponsor: Sami Stamps (this links to the Etsy shop, the link above goes to their Blogspot site.) Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Hi, guys! Welcome to the second Challenge at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge. I have used my favourite Santa image, this is a cling stamp by Penny Black called Antique Santa . The gold mat is made with a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Rectangles die and the background paper is from an old pad by Papermania. The stars are from Paperchase and the ribbon is from stash. There's a lot of Spectrum Noir sparkle on the fur trim of Santa's gorgeous coat! Go see what my talented teamies have made - as always, the theme is Anything Goes! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

I'm so sorry this is a day late! Our new Challenge at Dream Valley is Fantasy. Our sponsor is Beccy's Place and I used this fabulous Dragon Design done by Beccy's daughter when she was 12! I think you'll agree that it's amazing! I've been re-playing a videogame that includes Leviathan, a water-dragon, and although it looks more snaky than this one, I thought I'd use blues and make a 'watery' background. I used Ranger alcohol inks on photo paper, since I can't find my glossy cardstock - it worked ok, but the paper soaked up quite a lot of the ink and dried very quickly, so I don't recommend photo paper at all! The frame round the dragon is a Die-namics Stitched Oval Scalloped Frame Die cut from pearlised card. The pearls are made with a blue and a green pearl pen. The birthday sentiment is from Sentiment Sampler by Paper Smooches and has been gold-embossed. I added Clear Wink of Stella to Leviathan's wings. Have a fantas...

Hi, guys! I hope you're all having a good week! We have our regular Christmas Challenge at CRAFT Challenge . The adorable image is Christmas Angel from sponsor Digital Paper Craft. I added folds to her pretty gown with my Copics and I'm rather pleased how it turned out! I added clear Wink of Stella to her wings, halo and star. The papers are from Nitwits' Still Joyful Hearts digi papers. The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn from the Ready, Set, Snow stamp set. The sparkly Ikea ribbon was an RAK from my daughter and the pearls are from stash. Our sponsors: Star Stampz Digital Paper Crafts Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Good morning! We have a fab sketch for you to try at My Time to Craft this fortnight, created by the talented Jo. You can turn it, but we need to see the sketch in your project - have a look at my teamies' creations to get some ideas! I have made..... a Christmas card! The adorable image is by Penny Black from the Christmas Critters stamp set. I love those cute mice! I used papers from the ever-expanding Snippets Drawer , and the green card is also a Snippet. The gems are by Papermania and the gold-embossed sentiment is from Hanging Around which is one of Clearly Besotted's mini stamp sets. The ribbon is by American Crafts. CHALLENGES ENTERED: I am entering this card to the Snippets Playground at Di's blog. as so much of the card is made with leftovers! Thanks for looking, and have an excellent weekend! love Mags B x

Our new CRAFT Challenge has a theme of Easter/Spring. I used CU Rabbit Parka 6 by sponsor Scrappers Delights to make a scene. I used Broken China Distress Ink and a hand-cut paper mask to make the sky background. The grass is cut from a snippet with a Lawn Fawn Meadow Meadow Borders die. The butterfly stickers and sequin flowers are from stash. Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Good morning! There's Exciting News this morning - a brand new Challenge blog! The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge is a fortnightly Tuesday Challenge, whose theme is Christmas and always Anything Goes! I'm on the Design Team!! For my first card I have used an old Whiff of Joy rubber stamp, Willow with Candle. It's by the talented Elisabeth Bell: many of her images are now available as digis from Elisabeth Bell , but unfortunately not this one. Please read the terms and conditions very carefully. Here is my card: I layered some old Christmas paper on gold and green card, and cut the Spellbinders die from the same gold card. The poinsettia is an old Marianne die, I embossed it and rubbed some Nuvo Embellishing Mouse over the raised veins. The holly leaves are also an old Marianne die, cut from a scrap of pearlised green card. The gold-embossed sentiment is by Altenew. I added gold-coloured gems from my stash. This year I am determined not to spend the ...

Hi, guys! What a grey, chilly Monday it is today here in S-E Herts! A good day to cheer yourself up with some crafting! We have a new Challenge at Dream Valley which is Lots of Layers. Our sponsor is the delicious Lemon Shortbread an the Design Team were lucky enough to have some of their adorable images to play with! This is the gorgeous Bob Pixie Girl with Flower. I used papers from an older First Edition collection called 'Spring Drop'. The aqua-coloured paper has some gorgeous glitter elements! I added sparkle to the flowers on the image and also to the corners. The sentiment is by LoTV and the ribbon is from stash. Have a look at my teamies' creations and join in! Just add lots of layers to your project! Thanks for looking and have a good week! love Mags B x

Hello! Our latest CRAFT Challenge is to use this great sketch by Sheryl: I used a fun image by Bugaboo Stamps called Circle Sentiments Birthday Ewe. The papers are from Echo Park's A Boy's Life 6 x 6 pad. I used silver mirri card for the mats, the round one is done with a Spellbinders Lacey Circles die. The stars are from Paperchase, and the sentiment is from the Message Me sentiment set by Clearly Besotted. The balloons and party hat have Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle added. Our sponsors are: Digital Delights and Bugaboo Stamps My teamies have made some great creations using the sketch, have a look and be inspired! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x