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Outlawz Songs and Rhymes February 2

  Have you found the home of the  Outlawz Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge  yet? I do hope you will go and check it out!  This challenge ha...

Sunday, 16 February 2025

Reminder! Outlawz Songs and Rhymes February 2



Have you found the home of the Outlawz Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge yet?

I do hope you will go and check it out! 

This challenge has no sponsors, but you do have the opportunity to win a top 3 badge.


Now on to the challenge!

 

Our Song/Rhyme this month is from Deanne - this is a reminder post...



These are the cards I made for the start of the challenge:



The poem inspired me to make another Valentine...
I used the same stamps from Bee Arty.



If you haven't already, please join our 
to stay up with all the challenges.
Thanks for playing along!



Happy Crafting!

Susan


Friday, 14 February 2025

Gecko Galz February Challenges


               

 This month the main Challenge theme is 

Guts, Glitz and Lipstick

Follow the link to share your make!

February 1st - 26th.

Feel free to grab our badge, and share on your blogs.


There is only one rule, and that is you need to use at least ONE  product from Gecko Galz!!  
It can be one of the free products, stamps, collage images, or digital papers!!  It is up to you!!
The winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping 

 My February makes - are
Two meander books....
The first one was made with a 12 by 12, the second with a piece of A4.




The  green pages work out to be about 3.75 by 2.75 inches (9.3 by 7cm) - perfect for ATCs or tin toppers. These are Cow Girls tin toppers.


The pink pages are 4 by 3 inches (10 by 7.5 cm) and I have used Glam on the Range.


The fold for the meander book is basically 3 by 4 rectangles with two cross cuts.

My friend on WOYWW Mary Anne provided this diagram:


I also made a set of Valentine cards: These are basically photo card blanks with heart shaped apertures. I used a heart shaped stamp around this and a blue Distress Oxide. The images are from Glam on the Range. The sentiment is from Stampin Up.


I forgot to photograph these individually before I posted them out so these next two images are of poor quality.





But we also have challenges on the Facebook Group


These are the February challenges


Then there are also, with freebie images, the





Happy Crafting!


Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Woyww #819

       

It is Wednesday so I am linking to WOYWW at Sarah's craft shed

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #819 



My desk shows Ollie's painting drying.
On the desk easel is my Wanderlust week 3  (still catching up) using watercolours.


On my desk you might also be able to see another altered playing card, a card and a tag...


I bought some yarn some weeks ago but as
the weather continues to be hot it remains I the bag!!


Happy WOYWW! I hope to get around to everyone this week. I thought I had last week but just checking I think it must have been in my imagination!





Gothic Challenge

                  

   Today I have been playing with the freebie image from the 


I printed the image 4 times to cut and decoupage it onto this tag:


The other items I used were black card, red shiny paper, lace and ribbons.


Happy Crafting!


Addicted to stamps and more. Make your mark. #486

 



This is my Make Your Mark project...for the Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More



During February I tend to make a few Valentine cards. This is a non-traditional one!
I started with a beige card bas and matted this with a piece of dotty paper from my stash. I used  a fineliner add hearts to the dots. I then added the stamped bandicoot (a wooden stamp) on another beige card, coloured with pencils, matted on blue card.  Finally I added the sentiment (Stampin Up) on more beige and blue.






 Hope you will enter the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge! Do hop over to see the fabulous inspiration from my team...
I was obviously too late adding this to the folder so I will add my card to the linky.

Happy Crafting!



Friday, 7 February 2025

Color Dare Challenge #638


  This picture shows my make for the



Do pop over to the Color Dare Challenge and take a look at my teamies' makes.

This picture shows the challenge - 

I have used the three colours in a card
 which uses the Sissix Thinlit die set 663153 by Katelyn Lizardi. 
I have not used this die set before so I will add it to the NBUS Challenge





Hope you will join the Color Dare Challenge...

Happy Crafting!

 

Thursday, 6 February 2025

Conjuror of Dreams Challenge 5

 


The February CHALLENGE at Conjuror of Dreams is

Anything Goes

Last September I won a year's worth of images from Kim - this month I chose

Steampunk Cowboy Tattoo Style

This is a card I made from one of the images:


I will add this to the Challenge

Happy Crafting!


Wednesday, 5 February 2025

WOYWW #818

      

It is Wednesday so I am linking to WOYWW at Sarah's craft shed

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #818 


My desk shows the beginnings of several altered playing cards and a page in my tear-off palette. This was used in Wanderlust week 2 (Carolyn Dube) using just a red, yellow and blue acrylic plus white. I added the page I made to my calendar:


I am not quite so far behind with Wanderlust as I am also working on Week 3. Hope to have caught up be next week!


I shared a meander book last week made using a shopping bag, thanks to Mary Anne. The following pictures show a couple of pages in it - one with a window pocket and the other with a belly band around it:



I also made another:


The weather continues to be hot so we again went to the cinema to see Maria.
We also had a bbq with quite a lot of the family, at Tom and Clare's new home:


Of course the hot weather ended with this on Sunday night but it has not cooled down...


Happy WOYWW!