Madcap Manor

  Hello, my lovelies! Our new challenge at Dream Valley is the last one of the year, and the theme is Christmas. The challenge continues until 10th January 2022.  We have a collection of wonderful sponsors: Polkadoodles , Di's Digital Designs , All Dressed Up and The Paper Shelter. So there are lots of chances to win!  I used an older stamp from Di's Digis, this is 'Jingle Bells' which is now no longer available. I love the pleased expression on Rudolph's face as he prances along to the sound of all those bells! Di has a Christmas sale on at the moment, so do check it out! The background paper is from my stash, as is the ribbon. I used red mirror card for the corners and the sentiment is from MFT's Jingle All the Way stamp set.  Go and see my teamies' fab creations and join the fun!  Thanks for looking and take care!  love Mags B x

  Eeek! I'm so sorry that I'm late with my post for the latest Challenge at My Time to Craft. We have had the exciting delivery of a new fridge-freezer and I've spent the day chucking out stuff from the old freezer (why did I have 3 bags of pastry remains in there?) and organising everything into the new one! It's a dark grey colour, and my hubby thinks it looks like the dark and mysterious block of stone from the film '2001: a Space Odyssey'! Anyway, back to our challenge, which is Stitching - real or faux , I made a mini slimline card for a change, it is 3" x 6". The cute toy teddy bear has stitching down her tummy, and I used a stitched die to cut out the panel. The image is from an old Mama Elephant stamp set, and the sentiment is from an old Paper Smooches set. Sadly, neither is available any more. I used my scoreboard to emboss 5 lines behind the image and a die-cut gold heart that I hd in my die-cuts folder.  A die-cuts folder is so us...

  The Challenge will last until 11th January 2022.   Hiya, all! Christmas seems to be coming faster and faster now! It's the last challenge of the year at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.   I have used items from 'Oh Santa!', the November 2021 card kit by Love from Lizi. Unfortunately the kit has sold out but check out the Christmas goodies in Lizi's shop! Everything came from the kit, including the cute Santa image and the pretty ribbon bow. I used an old sketch from Mojo Monday: the challenge blog has closed, but Julee now has a sketch challenge on her blog, Poetic Artistry.   Check out my teamies work and enjoy your Christmas crafting!  Stay safe and well and - merry Christmas!  Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

The Big Day is getting closer and closer! To help with the preparations we have a new challenge at My Time to Craft Christmas. Our theme is Christmas Treats. Gingerbread people were always a Christmas treat when I was growing up, so I've used a stamp from Lawn Fawn's Simply celebrate Winter stamp set of row of dancing gingerbread lads and lasses. I stamped them in a pale dye ink and coloured them with Copics, then re-stamped with Versamark and gold-embossed the outlines. Embossing and alcohol markers don't mix, but using a Misti this technique works!  I hope you're looking forward to a good weekend: my daughter is visiting from Ireland and she's organising us! We have already taken 3 bags to the charity shop, and she's been here less than 24 hours! It's always easier to tidy and sort when you have good company.  Go and see the yummy cards that my teamies have made to inspire you!  Thanks for looking and keep well.  love Mags B x

  Hiya! Happy Monday! We have a new challenge at Dream Valley which is Anything Goes. This is a 'Just for Fun' Challenge as there's no sponsor. I used items from the Love from Lizi October kit. The adorable deer is one of the ephemera pieces and the background paper has some triangles that are printed to look like glitter. I covered those triangles with a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen. The white circle is pearlised card, I ran it through an embossing folder from my stash to give some texture. The sentiment says 'You leave a little sparkle wherever you go.'  Thanks for looking and take care!  love Mags B x

Good morning! I hope you've all had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. We have a new Challenge at My Time to Craft to entertain you: we would like to see Texture on your creations!  I was inspired by This video by Christina Griffiths and decided to CASE her card. She used dry embossing, ribbon and butterflies on her card; I used heat embossing, glitter washi tape and flowers, and also a different border die by Spellbinders. Check out her channel, she makes beautiful cards! I embossed the white card with Ivory Pearl powder by Love from Lizi and an old floral background stamp from Simon Says Stamp. The mesh flowers and washi tape are from my stash. The ombre die-cuts are only glued along the top, so that the edging is raised up a bit. The image and sentiment are from a 'Downton Abbey' collection by Crafters Companion which was a magazine freebie.  Go and see my teamies' creations for more inspiration!  Thanks for looking and keep well.  lo...

  Good morning! It's Christmas time again on my blog because there's a new Challenge at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.   I had a very old 12 x 12 paper pad from Echo Park called 'Merry Christmas' and I only had a few sheets left, so I was determined to use them up. With the help of Call Me Crafty Al's Sheetload of Cards sketch and instructions for November 2021 here I did it! As well as the papers I used clear iridescent glitter peeloffs by Love from Lizi, they transformed some slightly dull papers with lots of sparkle! I added silver glitter snowflakes behind the silver-embossed sentiment and a few sequins for even more sparkle! I made 9 of these altogether! Using up an entire paper pad is so satisfying!  Go and see what my teamies have made and get Christmassy!!  Thanks for looking and keep well.  love Mags B x

  Hi there! I hope you're all keeping well. We have a new Challenge at My Time to Craft Christmas which is Vintage Christmas. I mage another mini slimline which is 3" x 6" and the perfect size to fit my image. I used an old 12 x 12 paper pad from First Edition called Village Christmas which has several sheets of vintage images, so I just cut one out. The holly strip above Santa is glittered.  The background paper is from the same pad, I went round the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink,  and the ribbon is from my stash.  Check out my teamies' work on the blog and have fun going vintage on your Christmas card!  Thanks for looking and take care.  love Mags B x

Good morning! Welcome to a new Challenge at Dream Valley . We have this fab sketch: Our sponsor is the wonderful Polkadoodles . I used Maddie Twirling Curls - isn't she adorable? And so satisfying to colour, since like all Polkadoodles images it indicates where the shading is.  My papers came from an ancient pad by K & Co and I took the pink and green colours from the paisley background. I used a Cheery Lynn doily die and pink vellum for the circular element. The sentiment is Birch Press's Hello Sugar Script Die which I coloured with Copics.  Go and see what my talented teamies have done with the sketch!  Thanks for looking and take care!  love Mags B x