Happy Halloween...yes i know & it's only August

Yeah i know it's only august but my prize arrived from "Peachy Keen Stamps "arrived and just had to have a wee play .the card i have used is 8x8.

I have stamped the image several times decoupaged the image ,coloured in with copics.The papers are my favs from last years "Little Yellow Bicycle" the "Frightful Collection".the pumkin and leaves in centre of the card are die cut .The sentiment happy halloween is part of the same collection as the paper .the "BOO & 3d Pumpkin "is an embellishment from last years stash.Also used Prima flowers,Queen &Co large brads.i have also made trick n treat bag to go with it but my camera has died and unsure wether it's the battery so will have to wait till Andy has minute to look at it.Below photo's are the inside of the card .hope it gets you in the mood ...lol ..it maybe only august but the nights are already cutting short by 20.30hrs,so wont be long before we will be trick or treating.

Inside of the card

Creative Inspirations Challenge 15

This weeks challenge over at creative Inspirations is set by Maxine .The theme is "Stitching"your creations must include this wether it be the real thing or Faux .this weeks sponsor is the lovely...

Simon Says Stamp This is my DT Card which is a Christmas Card with inside also decorated

I am also entering this card into the following challenges.

SimonSaysStampsChallenge. which this weeks challenge is.......

Christmas in August.

Creative card Crew is also "Christmas in August".

The image is from a Rak i have coloured with copics ,Papers are from "Papermania" "Home for the Holidays these papers i adore lovely quality and excellent to work with.The sentiment is from K&CO,flowers and leaves from Prima. Anita's border glitterations in green .I have used the same papers inside the card with K&CO christmas embellishment with sentiment.

This card was made in arush on returning from my hols ,it was on my to do list before going away but never got done.So im not very pleased as i had to rush a card so much going on at the minute time was against me.Plus since coming back from hols i think my mojo has gone on his....lol!!!

Steph's amazing blog Candy

Whilst doing some catch up on the blogging scene due to not being around and on holiday i noticed my wee friend has some candy on offer .
Steph has some candy on offer basically giving away a voucher for your choosen craft shop... Wow ....You have until Friday, August 28th at 10pm (central) to enter. On the 29th, Steph will randomly choose a winner. Easy right? Oh, and I guess the most important part is that you're entering for a chance at $150. Exciting and dont forget to spread the word,please take look at her blog whilst your passing through maybe leave a message.To be in with chance you have to add direct link to mr linky .So good luck!
http://stephaniecastrodesigns.blogspot.com/2009/08/some-thank-you-blog-candy.html

My Winning Prize

I have finally managed to get my post all sorted since arriving back.Look what has arrived my prize from the copic challenge i won .Wow what a prize thanks to the sponsors "Peachy keen stamps"must say i hadnt heard of them until i won but boy theres some amazing stamps .Now i need to find time between hospital opds,my operation and my daughters also going in for operation to get to play with them .
I also had my 2 stamps arrive from"inky Impression"too,then no doubt next week my woj stamps will turn up all these things no time to play ,it's like a child in sweet shop all those sweets and cant get to eat em....lol.nearly forgot my christmas sarah Kay set will be arriving soon too they are just the cutest stamps youve ever seen.At least i will have avariety of new stamps to craft with as have my hands full with raising money for Alzehimers so please see post below if interested in helping make crafty goods .

Copic Challenge prize i won

Thankyou....for all the Generous kind Offers of Donations

Just quick note to say thanks for the response to Alzheimers funding that i am trying to raise .To all those who have promised to make something towards this good cause.
As you know mum's in a home and they are desperate for funding to help the patients that stay there mum being one of them.So i have now started crafting to sell to make funds for this worthy cause .All craft items donated and made by me will be sold at the various coffee mornings and Christmas Bazaars .anything from cards,packs tags,notelet sets,altered art ,note books anything will be sold and funds will be used towards hydro therapy and outing for the residents as they dont get funding for this want to raise funds to be able the residence to have better recreational,and activity time at the same time helping them to do activities.
This is a photo of my Mum with my daughter Chloe reading her birthday cards to her,this was taken on her birthday at the home .

Alzheimers fund raising.....Mum's Birthday

Yesterday we went to celebrate mum's birthday and good time had by all such a sad and cruel disease .Don't honestly think mum had any clue to what was going on mind.The home had given us alounge and when we entered they had decorated with banners ,birthday cake ,bucks fizz,and lovely spread ,which we didnt expect at all or asked for.
As we were there i got to speak to one of the girls she is the lady who looks after there occupational needs and is trying to raise monies for hydro pool which in turn will help alot of the residence .So they are trying to do alot of fund raising.So when i get back ive promised to make cards and a few altered art items so they can sell to help fund raise .
Im appealing to any crafters who wish to help please email me at; andrewjude45@hotmail.com .
All donations greatly accepted can be from cards to altered art ,decorated note books,jewelery anything that you think they can sell at forth coming fund raising coffee mornings ,bazzars that they have palnned between now and christmas.They are not given enough funding to spend on occupying the residence as it is .This i feel is one thing that Alzheimers patients benefit from having there mind occupied.The lady who is doing this Maureen has some fab ideas but just hasnt got the money to do this out of the budget they are given.
Dont feel you have to, but every thing donated will be truley appreciated and please email me if you think you can help. andrewjude45@hotmail.com
hugs and thanks in advance
judex

Creative Inspiration Challenge 15

This weeks challenge over at Creative Inspirations Challenge 15 has been set by my good friend Queenie(aka Tracy).This weeks theme is "Tags"yes can be on a card,layout tag on a gift youve made the worlds ,your oyster.....lol.Please check out the DT entries as there are some fab creations and you never know may get some creative inspiration to enter yourself.Hope you like my card yes christmas card again but hey once the kids go back time will just fly....santa will be preparing for his visit.....oh i do love christmas think must be one best seasons for us crafters.

Thankyou June

Well yesterday i met my good friend June in Darlington Town for a cuppa and natter and went to craft shop too.It was lovely to see her again and we are hoping to meet up again before i return home to Norfolk in a weeks time.We had lovely time a good giggle and of course yes crafty chat ,then went to a pub for quick soft drink and ended up crafting on the table!!!! how bad are we......lol
Thankyou June for my wee present it is lovely she has made me a lovely braclet love the colours thanks hun as didnt open till i got home.Im going to pop over now to her blog to see if she has uploaded her we gift from me......i will upload piccy when i get home.
I have made so many good friends through trimmie and blogs that i just want to say big thankyou to you all for the lovely friendship.
I would like to thank Gemma for the lovely blog award ahe has kindly given me i will forward on when i return .Glorious day here today so we are going to Barny (Barnard Castle)this am for look around so have agood one !
hugs judex

C.R.A.F.T challenge,Goodbye to Maxine &Saskia

This weeks challenge over at C.R.A.F.T blog is a receipe i made this card before going on holiday .
Have decorated the inside of the card and envelope using DCWV blossom papers.Card is from Papermill,flowers from Prima,buttons from stash ,image was rak & coloured with copics and the ribbon was from crafts u love.Pop on over and join in this weeks challenge.
We are so sorry to see Maxine and Saskia leave the Design team after being with us from the start but thank them and wish them well in all they do.
I would like to say Congratulations to those who have made the dt ,after a hard decision and some very talented enteries we have choosen our team.So i would like to wish you all congratulations and look forward to working with you all.
Inside Card & Envelope

Simon Says Challenge blog and website candy

Simon Says challenge blog and site having some blog candy.Chatter From CHA Orlando Summer 2009 & $100 in new products Giveaway!
I have used Simon says stamps for several years after joining ebay ,they are quick and very efficient and if you can't get what you want after trailling UK sites be sure to check simons web site out .Now i just go there ive bought the latest prima flowers before theyve even got to uk.
The service is second to none and shipping is swift ,well the products are fantastic.
So if you want to be in with a chance to win some new released goodies pop over to blog and enter you have till 14th august to be in with a chance.

Blog Candy & hello from sunny Darlo

Just popped in to say hi and quick reminder to let you know my candy is still running either click on link herehttp://crafts-international.blogspot.com/2009/07/holiday-blog-candy.html or on RT handside piccy.open to all closes on 8th Sept.
Well after the hurrendous start to our wee trip up north safely say things have improved even the weather!Yesterday we ,(me & girls)spent the day being pampered at the hair salon so relaxing didnt realise how long my hair had got....after having 5 ins off im pleased with out come.
Friday im hopefully meeting up with my good friend June so watch out Darlo craft shops !!!Then various other trips planned one being York as promised to girls.
Do miss my craft stuff but hey making up for it in shopping....lol
Keep well and keep crafting ,do miss challenges but hey have so much new stuff to play with & enter on my return.
love n hugs judex

Thankyou Susie for the Lovely awards

I now pass these awards on to other friends and in no particular order please accept both these from me to you. It may be that you already have them, but it's the thought that counts.
With the circle of friends award there are rules and they are as follows
1. make reference to award and publish it on your blog
2. Share 5 things you like to do
3. Share with 10 blogs
4. Inform each blog

I will pass these on i just wanted to say abig thankyou to Susie for thinking of me .Thanks hun love n hugs judexx

Hello from the north

Well what astart to our holiday we left early friday morning 5.30am.Got onto a1 heading up north to york as i was taking girls for w/end as theyve never been .But and a big BUT we never made it !As were going along A1 the battery light came on,so we got off next exit and drove through village heading for melton.The next thing every light on dash board came on we just made alayby and that was it!car wouldnt start it had died.So rang Bmw by now watching the sunset rise in a feild in Epingham not a clue where we were ,here's were the fun started. The insurance we have with BMW was invalid for road side as we found out on the phone,because we had taken car for service else where & not BMW. As you can image we were furious as not told any of this at time of taking it out last October when we bought car.We had no other choice but to phone and join the AA. As they new we were stranded couldnt go anywhere we joined AA cost us £192.68pby debit card on the spot.......... they arent daft are they.
Well we had to wait for an hour for him to get out ,he came nice guy towed us to Leicester never been there dont think wanna go back either.towed us to garage as they had the part well turned out the wrong part as our Alternater had gone!We spent 2 hours whilst the guy tried his best to get the right one eventually failed .So we had to ring AA back they said they would tow us to Darlington.I then had to cancel hotel for weekend at York so girls not happy bunnies.The only good thing the hotel didnt charge us so we didnt loose are money which was good thing.
After sitting around for a further 2hrs 30mins tow truck arrived ,could believe this only went 20mins down road and he had to have 45 min break so had to stop sit around for 45mins then on our way.We then had to stop at ferrybridge as this AA guy couldnt take us any further as with the new tracking he would have done over his hours.So again unloaded car off truck sat at ferry bridge for further 3 hours until tow truck came we eventually got to the garage in Darlington where we met my dad at 20.50hrs. After along old eventful day spent waitng around most of it.
Now the car is in gargae and cant do anything until monday when Andy is surpose to be driving back to norfolk as hes at work Tuesday .
So that was are exciting start to weekend, but this am i am ringing Bmw having ago at them as cant find anywhere in policy that says you have to get service and mot at bmw garage for insurance to be valid.
So we never got to Yorkbut have promised girls will take them for day from here.As you can image all that waiting around ,standing ect did nothing for my fibro or ME/cfs and saturday spent in bed so tired and unable to move due to aches and pains
Fingers crossed holiday improves no more hicups!!!lol
judex

Last Challenge Before Going Away....BLOG CANDY

This is my last challenge card or post until i get back off my hols on 17th August i have so much still to do and leave very early friday morning.

I will miss entering and crafting always do when im away.Yesterday i got a new laptop oh so cutie it is i will post some piccys on my return it's toshiba !!I was desperate for new one and well hubby treated me sooooo exciting like child in sweet shop.Now i just have to look forward to coming home transfering all my soft ware and data oh what a joy that will be!...lol.

Yesterday found out my wee biscuit tin i altered is in the final of challenge 30 over on the Trimmie forum(known as dragonflycrafts) so im excited first ever time ive been in final...whey hey...

Thanks to all who have voted for me and thanks to everybody who does whilst im away .

Onto the challenges

So ive made 1 card that fits 3 challenges.So hope you like them.Be good and keep safe see you in few weeks.

Please dont forget BLOG CANDYclick on top rt hand piccy to enter!!!

One Card Three challenges;

Pile it On Challenge 8;Water colour

Simon Says Challenge ;Distressing

Whiff Of Joy Challenge ; Floral

The image is coloured with metalic water colours

Copics used on face of the image

Flowers and leaves from Prima

Floral Papers from an Rak i received

Distressed using 3 shades of blue chalk

Gems from Papermania

Sentiment is from Daisy &Dandelion collection

Ribbons &Bows from Stash

Chalks

Be good ,keep safe be back soon hugs judexxx

New Blog/Website and candy

Well i must tell you about my friend's new blog come website where she designs her own collage sheets ,and fantastic they are too.These are all digi downloads and can be bought from her blog.
http://dezinaworld.blogspot.com/ This lady June is a very talented lady and has inspiration,creativity just flowwing from her finger tips ,she has many amazing projects both on her own blog and as a member of trimmie where i first met her.The designs can be used for many projects such as Cards ,ATC'S,Scrapbooking ,Altered Art.So please pop over click on link above leave a wee note and start to follow this amazing blog ,Oh nearly forgot she has amazing blog candy where your prize is to choose the digi collage sheets you would like!!!
Good luck June and i wish you every success ,you so deserve it hun,after such a stressful year you deserve some good luck!

hugs judex

Just one sheet of many of the designs available

Creatalicious Challenges New Blog & Scrummy Candy

New challenge blog is just going to start on august the 15th ,this is a monthly challenge and at the moment they have some fab candy which you can see here and in my candy jar.so pop a long have a look enter the candy and go back on 15th to enter there very first monthly challenge.I will be there when i get back from my hols on 17th.Wish them the best of luck with there blog and hopefully many challenges to come.Heres the link and you can also click above to take you there http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/
hugs judex

Creative Inspirations Challenge 14,Spactacular Sunday Challenge

inside the card

One card 2 challenges first over at http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ this weeks theme is to decorate your card inside out .So im entering my DT card for this weeks challenge also.

This weeks challenge over at my sister blog "Creative Inpirations" has been set by the lovely talented Cheryl and this Fortnight's theme is "BLING".
Now we all like a bit of sparkle and shine wether it be diamonds or pearls or gems or glitter .so you can go as mad or as little as you wont .but your entry must have some bling on!You can make any creative project being,altered art,scrapbook layout ,atc or even card the worlds your oyster as they say.So to see all the Design Teams Creations even mine click on the link above .
this challenge blog is run every fortnight on a Monday,so you have plenty of time to enter and you can incorporate it with any other challenge we dont mind.As long as our theme is included.
One thing i do stress please leave direct link to your work,just saves the Dt memebers alot of work.
So go check it out and remember have fun!
hugs judex

Blog Candy and Challenge Win

I would just like to say a big thankyou to Debbie the scrummy blog candy arrived today and i just can't wait to play.Thankyou so much!some wonderful stamps ......
I also found out yesterday i had won $40 worth of stamps from this wee shop "Peachy Keen" how cute are these stamps .Randomly picked at Copic Colour challenge for last weeks challenge.So i have ordered some stamps so watch this space then you'll see how cute they are.

Please note my BLOG CANDY is still running until SEPT 8th please click on piccy on rt side bar.Good luck!

hugs judex

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 10 DT Card

This weeks challenge over at C.R.A.F.T is a colour Combo which is ;

"LIME GREEN & PINK"

This is my DT card please pop over and see the other creations the DT members have created.These colours i love together feel so summery ,but then i am partial to the lime green colour at the moment.

The items i used Where

Card & Papers used DCWV,&Basic Grey,& Blossom Collection

Image is coloured in copics,

Butterfly Embellishments are Papermania from a rak.

Flowers Prima,

Brads also from Papermania

Sentiment &ribbon fron craft stash.

Go click on link above and take peek at the creations and maybe even have ago.

thanks for looking hugs judex

One Card Few Challenges

One Card Few Challenges.

This card has been made for my Mum's birthday in August so we can take it next week when we go up north.As most of you kno mum is in a home ith late stages of Alzehimers ,and it's so hard to buy things for her but i alays like to make her colourful cards this is for her.

These are the challenges this card is for;

Simon Say's Challenge;This week is Sketch which i have based my card on.

Copic colour Challenge;This week colour combo of 3 colours Coral,Pea Green,& chrome Orange

Pile it On;Colour Orange

The card is a 8x8 white card

Backing Papers used are,DCWV floral glitter,Wild Asparagus 8x8,Bloom & Grow 6x6.

Ribbon is Anita's,Flowers &Gems are from Prima

Small Green Gems from Papermaina.

Sentiments are from an RAK.

I hope you like my card which is based on the sketch from Dany P from Simon say's challenge blog loved the sketch.

Thanks for looking

This is how the Inside of card looks.