Andie's Blog

Fab'n'Funky challenge 80

2011-07-06T09:00:00.002+01:00

I really enjoyed making this card for this weeks challenge,we want you to use 'purple' the gorgeous stamp is a 'Polkadoodle' from the August issue of craft stamper,sweet image and fun to work with.

Fab'n'Funky challenge 79

2011-06-29T09:00:00.002+01:00

To celebrate 3 new DT members and 3 GDT members this week we have 3 prizes and 2 themes,one theme is 'Bermuda Triangle' just use anything triangular on your card or you can follow the sketch for theme 2

Lemons

2011-06-28T18:45:00.002+01:00

Fab'n'Funky challenge 78

2011-06-23T14:35:00.000+01:00

Summer is the theme this week on fab'n'funky we also have our 3 new,lovely and talented DT members joining us this week,please pop over and welcome them

Fab'n'funky challenge 77

2011-06-15T09:00:00.000+01:00

This week we want you to use a template,our sponser is 'creations by AR'and the Dt were able to choose some fabby templates to work with,Iloved working with this template and have some more ideas for it,I really enjoy working with templates helps to stop me getting in a rut.

Fab'n'Funky challenge 76

2011-06-08T23:13:00.000+01:00

Sorry my post is a day late but yesterday was such a big day for me I forgot to add my pics to my laptop,we went to London for Graduate Fashion Week to see our daughters collection on the catwalk it was a brilliant day.
On to this weeks challenge 'MEN' Iused to struggle with mens cards but I have found a style I like now,my DT card is for my brother it is his birthday on saturday

Fab'n'Funky challenge with DT call

2011-06-01T09:55:00.000+01:00

This week the theme for our challenge is 'what-eva',sadly the lovely Lindsey has had to step down from the DT so we have a call out for new DT and GDT places

Fab'n'Funky challenge 74

2011-05-26T14:00:00.000+01:00

Cute and cuddly is this weeks challenge theme,I should have posted this yesterday but blogger is playing up,I can't post or comment at the moment

Husbands Birthday Card

2011-05-24T13:21:00.000+01:00

Fab'nFunky challenge 73

2011-05-18T10:25:00.000+01:00

This week we want you to make your own blooms i used my little x-cut impress machine to make the daisy type flowers,I love these papers by serif

Fab'n'Funkychallenge 72

2011-05-13T18:06:00.000+01:00

OOOOps couple of days late posting my DT card for this weeks challenge our theme is buttons ans bows spot the tiny mistake on my card,yes I forgot the bow

Magazine freebies

2011-05-04T10:20:00.000+01:00

Issue 84 of 'Simply cards and papercraft' had a pack of 'serif's picnic in the park' papers as the gift this month,love the colours my 2 youngest are 22 tomorrow so I made their cards last night with some of the papers,stamped some 'Pink Petticoat' images and sentiments and then realised they were free with last months issue do you think they will mind cards made from freebies.

Fab'n'funky challenge 71

2011-05-04T09:20:00.000+01:00

Did you all enjoy the royal wedding?I did but I think some of the hats worn should have been left in the box lol,you have a heads up on the challenge this week as it has been delayed until later,must admit it I did struggle for an idea but it was fun to be pushed a bit think I get into a rut sometimes.
So onto the theme it's no 'DP' I went for simple using the cute Tatty Teddy stamp from the latest Do-Crafts magazine

Fab'n'Funky challenge 70

2011-04-27T10:21:00.001+01:00

It wasn't hard to pick a theme for this weeks challenge,I know there are a lot of flags flying in my little corner of wiltshire ready for Friday so what better than a colour combo of Red,White and Blue:)

Fab'n'Funky challenge 68

2011-04-13T09:00:00.002+01:00

This week we want you to go spotty and dotty for our challenge,Stamper magazine had a lovely set of hot air ballon stamps as their cover gift chocolate and pink seems to by my favourite colour combo at the moment,I love the pink dotty paper from the Dovecraft cupcake kit

Fab'n'Funky challenge 67

2011-04-06T09:10:00.003+01:00

Wow what a fab prize for the challenge this week,it is a back to nature cd from polkadoodles,our lovely Emma has created a fun sketch for this weeks challenge

I am rubbish with circles so out came my Nellie Snellen dies and I have a lovely set of polka doodles stamps from a magazine.

Pampurred pets

2011-04-05T14:12:00.001+01:00

More cards

2011-04-05T14:08:00.001+01:00

various cards

2011-04-05T14:05:00.002+01:00

Ceciles first birthday card

2011-04-05T14:04:00.001+01:00

Distressed floral

2011-02-27T16:30:00.001Z

mad about owls

2011-02-27T16:28:00.003Z

Got a lovely boxed kit from TK Maxx the other day,gorgeous papers in pinks and browns,plus lots of owl embellishments

another attempt at parchment

2011-02-23T15:58:00.002Z

I am in awe of parchment crafters they are so talented and watching Tina Cox on create and craft the other day made me want to try again,it took 2 days and I don't have the tools listed with the pattern but it was so relaxing not sure if I will parch very often but it is something nice to pick up and do a little then come back to do a little more

Fab'n'Funky challenge 61

2011-02-23T09:00:00.000Z

This weeks challenge is sponsered by Phooka,I loved the digi Giraffe stamp and just had to use animal prints,the theme is a recipe,3 papers,1 image and 2 embellishments and instead of using pro-markers I dug out my twinkling H2O's not used them for ages,my 2 embellishments are tiny I know but they are there :)

Polka Doodle Stamp

2011-02-22T20:34:00.002Z

Picked up issue 65 of Papercraft Essentials last week and it had a fab set of Polka Doodle Stamps on it,love the little bird.

Fab'n'funky challenge 60

2011-02-16T09:00:00.001Z

This week we are making our own embellishments it did get me thinking for a while as i tend to use a lot of ready made so i wanted to try something different,loving ribbon and buttons on my cards a lot i thought why not make a flower from them

Box Card

2011-02-13T18:42:00.002Z

Fab'n'Funky challenge 59

2011-02-09T09:00:00.000Z

This week the theme for our challenge is 'texture'our sponser is Robyn's digital fetish and i enjoyed using this scrummy digi stamp

Pink flowers

2011-02-08T21:27:00.001Z

Fab'n'Funky challenge 58

2011-02-02T17:14:00.003Z

This week we are being sponsered by'Digi’s With Attitude!and the DT were given some fab digi's to play with,the theme of the challenge is 'colour combo',and it is a gorgeous combination of Chocolate and Blue.

fab'n'funky challenge 57

2011-01-26T09:45:00.004Z

This weeks theme is 'delight in your digi'and we are being sponsered by 'the stamping boutique'who kindly gave the dt digi stamps to play with,i have used the lovely 'escape from the tower'for my dt card.

Birthday card

2011-01-21T11:42:00.002Z

Hard to believe my son is 25 somehow that makes me feel old,find it easier to make male cards if I don't use an image

Fab'n'funky challenge 56

2011-01-19T12:30:00.001Z

This week we are being sponsered by Robyn's digital fetish and our theme is animal magic

First scrap page of the year

2011-01-18T23:00:00.001Z

Card for a male birthday

2011-01-17T18:48:00.002Z

Fab'n'Funky challenge 55

2011-01-12T09:00:00.002Z

The theme for this weeks challenge is warm and toasty colours,Pink Petticoat is our sponser i just love this digi image.

1st Birthday

2010-12-23T21:20:00.002Z

My grandson is one on saturday so i made a bright card that will show up amongst all the christmas cards

some more cards

2010-12-22T01:49:00.000Z

Christmas cake 2010

2010-12-22T01:47:00.001Z

I wish i could take credit for the decorations but this year Sophie wanted to decorate our cake,i am so impressed with it i had to share some pics

fab'n'funky challenge 53

2010-12-16T11:28:00.003Z

Don't know about you but i never seem to be organised for christmas so this weeks challenge theme of 'quick and easy christmas cards'was tailormade for me and these were quick and easy even with adding an insert they only took 10 minutes each.
This is our last challenge of the year so there is 3 weeks to enter it,thankyou all for taking part in our challenges and i want to wish you all a merry christmas and happy new year

quick and easy male card

2010-12-14T14:52:00.002Z

I find male cards the hardest to make and for teenagers/young men must be the most difficult so i paniced when i had to make one for my grandson i just threw this together in about 10 minutes but i am pleased with it,not to fussy but colourful enough to stand out amongst the christmas cards

Fab'n'Funky challenge 52

2010-12-08T20:12:00.003Z

Our challenge this is week is'christmas is for the children'this christmas will be my youngest grandson's first christmas so his card is my dt card,hope you all enjoyed the blog hop last week to celebrate our birthday.

Anniversary card

2010-12-05T13:42:00.002Z

I try not to say doesn't time seem to go so fast but must admit finding it hard to believe it is a year ago that my daughter got married,seems only a few months so seeing as paper is the first anniversary gift as well as a gift proper i thought i would make the a scrapbook style card that they could pop in a frame after

Fab'n'Funky Birthday Blog Hop

2010-12-01T09:00:00.008Z

Fab'n'Funky Challenges is celebrating its 1st birthday this week and we have decided to have a "Birthday Blog Hop" to celebrate. There will be the opportunity to win 17 prizes in total as the Challenge Blog as prizes galore to offer and each of the F'n'F DT has a special prize too on their blogs. Now you should of hopped over from . . Lou and collected their letter but if you have arrived here first, please go back to the start over on the Challenge Blog.

My blog is being sponsored by . . ..

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.
My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

and they are generously offering the following prize . .. A $10 voucher to be used in the shop Here is my birthday card I have made to celebrate out 1st birthday using a digi image from my sponsor Please leave a comment on my blog to be in with a chance to win this great prize.

To win the prizes over on the Challenge Blog collect the letter from my blog . . and once you have collected all the letters from each DT and there are 2 on the Challenge Blog, unscramble them to form a phrase leaving your answer on the Challenge Blog post. The winners will be announced next week.

Now keep on hopping to win more prizes and hop next to . . Emma. Good luck and enjoy hopping.

fab'n'funky news

2010-12-01T01:13:00.001Z

something exciting is happening later at fab'n'funky :)hope you all join in it will be a lot of fun

Fab'n'Funky challenge 50

2010-11-24T11:13:00.001Z

Anything goes this week over at fab'n'funky,as well as being my grandaughters birthday today it is also my mum and stepdads wedding anniversary so my dt card is their anniversary card,it's funny but all 3 of my son's children share their birthday with either another family member or another celebration,the youngest shares his birthday with my mum and the oldest with my grandad.

Birthday Card

2010-11-24T11:10:00.004Z

It is my grandaughters 4th birthday today,seems like only 5 minutes ago that she was a baby

Gran's Birthday Card

2010-11-21T23:12:00.002Z

This week is a busy week for birthdays and anniversarys plus another birthday beginning of next week so need to get organised,this card is for my gran who is 93 tomorrow

Fab'nFunky Challenge 49

2010-11-17T10:08:00.003Z

This week we want you to dig out those long forgotten stamps,we all have them(in my case to many lol)I had forgotten this cute little Penny Black stamp,he is so sweet.

Male Card

2010-11-16T22:17:00.001Z

fab'n'funky challenge 48

2010-11-10T12:20:00.005Z

'going round in circles'is the theme for this weeks challenge,for my dt card i decided to use a circle swing card as an easel card,the topper was free from 'quick and easy cards' and the papers are from 'dcwv'

2010-11-08T14:39:00.000Z

more christmas cards

2010-11-08T14:36:00.003Z

christmas cards

2010-11-03T15:52:00.002Z

Fab'n'funky challenge 47

2010-11-03T09:38:00.002Z

This weeks challenge theme as voted for by all our lovely followers is a colour combo.The colours are,kraft,lime and pink i have some lovely 'honey and hugs' 12x12 papers by 'papermania' that my daughter bought me and they are just perfect for my dt card.

2010-10-28T13:03:00.001+01:00

2010-10-27T19:31:00.001+01:00

fab'n'funky challenge 46

2010-10-27T10:46:00.003+01:00

Clean and simple is this weeks theme on fab'n'funky,for my dt card i used two papermania embossing folders,mini polka's and the tree folder was free with the do-crafts magazine,i really enjoyed making this card and can see myself making this years christmas cards this way,maybe blue/silver,red/gold etc,i also used my new favourite toy the x-cut corner rounder punch how did i ever manage without before.

simple layout

2010-10-26T19:22:00.004+01:00

Good thing my grown up son does not visit blogland at least he won't be embarrased by a picture of him when he was 3 being blogged for the whole world to see

simple christmas card

2010-10-26T17:41:00.002+01:00

fab'n'funky challenge 45

2010-10-19T21:08:00.002+01:00

Time for some spooky goings on over at fab'n'funky,this weeks theme is 'halloween'

Kanban Wobbler cards

2010-10-18T13:02:00.002+01:00

Honey and Hugs

2010-10-15T18:20:00.001+01:00

Christmas Pud-fab'n'funky challenge 44

2010-10-13T13:27:00.002+01:00

Yummy is the theme on Fab'n'funky this week so for my dt card i decided to use a christmas pudding stamp i have had for afew weeks but not tried out yet,can't seem to stop using my nellie snellen die either lol

2010-10-10T17:28:00.000+01:00

Finaly finished

2010-10-10T17:23:00.002+01:00

Finaly finished the scrapbook for kirstin and Stefan to take to South Africa for his mum,half the album has photo's of them already in it and the other half is ready for more photo's to be added from their blessing this month,just hope they remember to take pictures of the other half so i can see the finished result

Fab'n'Funky challenge 43

2010-10-06T18:01:00.002+01:00

This weeks challenge as voted by fab'n'funky followers is to 'use a digi image' our sponser is 'soft pencil' and i love this image from them

wedding card

2010-09-26T10:35:00.002+01:00

My baby brother got married yesterday,it was lovely day good weather good company and a gorgeous couple

fab'n'funky challenge 41

2010-09-23T09:13:00.003+01:00

Please visit us at fab'n'funky to meet our new dt members and see their gorgeous dt projects,our theme is 'quote me happy'

fab'n'funky challenge 39

2010-09-18T12:17:00.002+01:00

Lots of exciting things at fab'n'funky this week,we have some new dt members so looking forward to all their gorgeous dt projects,the theme for this weeks challenge is an inspirational picture of the most stunning cake i have ever seen

fab'n'funky challenge 38

2010-09-06T22:03:00.002+01:00

Better late than never,not been to well so totally forgot to post the challenge,the theme is material world

wedding card and box

2010-08-27T15:24:00.003+01:00

A friend is getting married this weekend sadly we are not able to go due to work but hope they have a lovely day and great weather i am entering it in totally papercrafts keep it clean and simple challenge

more scrap pages

2010-08-25T20:24:00.002+01:00

Think the scrapbug has bitten me today

fab'n'funky challenge 37

2010-08-25T10:24:00.004+01:00

This week the challenge theme is a reciepe,3 papers,2 embellishments and 1 image,i seem to have lost my card mojo so am getting back into scrapping,used a school picture of my grandson owen
i am entering it in 'papertake weeklys challenge,it fits their challenge theme as well

easel card

2010-08-24T20:42:00.003+01:00

Had the whole weekend to myself and plenty of craft time and could only come u with one card,seem to have lost my cardmaking mojo a bit lol

fab'n'funky challenge 36

2010-08-18T10:29:00.004+01:00

We have a fab prize up for grabs this week on fab'n'funky from 'craft brulee'and the the theme for this weeks challenge is 'flowers' for my dt card i used 'daisy and dandelion a winters tale' papers and a 'dandelion' stamp that was free with 'do-crafts' magazine last year

Two simple cards

2010-08-16T13:31:00.002+01:00

Used my new 'nellie snellen'dies on the pink card and some lovely 'rose garden' paper by 'papermania and my favourite 'cosmo cricket' paper on the male card love those colours

fab'n'funky challenge 35

2010-08-11T19:27:00.003+01:00

This week we want you to use your favourite colour/colours,at the moment mine seem to be pinks and browns,i used the free 'polka doodle'papers from 'simply cards and papercraft' magazine for my dt card,love the little owl so cute

playing around

2010-08-10T20:14:00.001+01:00

first time playing with a distress pad and blending tool,i added some rock candy stickles as well but they don't show to well on the photo

fab'n'funky challange

2010-08-09T00:03:00.001+01:00

The theme this week is,spotty,dotty and tretchy stripes

visage

2010-08-09T00:01:00.001+01:00

Made using the free stamp from this months craft stamper magazine

c.r.a.f.t. challenge 60

2010-07-22T11:13:00.003+01:00

'Out of this world' is this weeks theme on c.r.a.ft.,for my d.t. card i played with some fimo for the first time to make a cute alien took me back to childhood and playing with plasticine

simple card

2010-07-22T11:11:00.003+01:00

Made with some paper and a butterfly embellishment from the papermanian 'rose garden set'

fab'n'funky challenge 32

2010-07-21T10:36:00.003+01:00

Recycle/Reuse is this weeks theme for my dt project i used an old chocolate box as a notelet holder
Ipainted the wooden crate style box with some lovely shimmer paint from the works and added a tissue paper flower

made a few small cards from just 2 sheets of a4 cardstock and some papermania paper,added a few butterflies and made some envelopes to match

scrapbook

2010-07-19T15:47:00.002+01:00

I am making a scrapbook of wedding pictures for my daughter to give to her in-laws when she visits them later this year

c.r.a.f.t. challenge 59

2010-07-15T18:42:00.003+01:00

This weeks theme is 'babies/children'

thrifty card

2010-07-14T20:59:00.005+01:00

Really pleased with the look of this card,the papers are free from 'cardmaking and papercraft magazine',the flowers,ribbon and glitter from 'poundland' and the buttons from 'the works'and the brad from 'paperchase'i love craftshops but don't have one near so good to know i can pick crafty bits up from a few shops in town

fab'n'funky challenge 31

2010-07-14T10:12:00.003+01:00

This week our theme on fab'n'funky is christmas in july,a good excuse to start using the 8x8 album i got in a dovecraft goody bag last year,just the right size for older photos that always seemed to be printed out smaller

C.R.A.F.T. challenge 58

2010-07-08T15:07:00.002+01:00

Cupcakes are the yummy theme for this weeks challenge on c.r.a.f.t.

birthday card for my grandson

2010-07-08T15:03:00.004+01:00

Seems just a short while ago owen was a baby and all of a sudden he is 7,they grow to fast

fab'n'funky challenge 30

2010-07-07T20:31:00.003+01:00

'Get in shape' is the theme this week.we are sponsered by 'soft pencil'and i love the little gift box

C.R.A.F.T.Challenge 57

2010-07-01T18:10:00.003+01:00

This week the theme for the challenge is a picture of a pretty gemstone ring,i used the purple and green colours for my dt card,i really wanted to do a tennis image as it is wimbledon and the colours are the same as the all england tennis club but i could not find anyhting in my stash so i used the free stamp that came with this months do-crafts mag,i love the sentiment it's so true

mini album

2010-07-01T18:07:00.002+01:00

I have a gorgeous cosmo cricket kit that has some great chipboard albums in it,i finally got around to using some of it,the paper is so lovely i couldn't bring myself to cut it for ages

fab'n'funky challenge 29

2010-06-24T20:14:00.003+01:00

This week our theme on fab'n'funky is 'sew and sew',so anything goes,real stitches,faux stitches.

c.r.a.f.t. challenge 56

2010-06-24T10:44:00.003+01:00

This weeks challenge is 'black,lime and lilac',not to sure if the colours look true in ths photo they seem to have a blue tinge to them

first batch of jewellery

2010-06-19T22:07:00.002+01:00

First batch of jewellery that sophie and i made today

sunrise at stonehenge

2010-06-18T14:43:00.001+01:00

c.r.a.f.t. challenge 55

2010-06-17T12:27:00.002+01:00

Over on c.r.a.f.t. this week we have a fab sketch by ei to inspire us,sorry that my pic is a bit fuzzy my camera was not working and i did not get on with the one i used instead

fab'n'funky challenge 28

2010-06-16T19:01:00.003+01:00

fathers day is sunday so this week the theme for our challenge is fathers day cards,sadly we are losing a dt member,the lovely lydia who we will all miss so we arelooking for a new dt if you would like to enter add dt to your entry

2010-06-15T23:19:00.003+01:00

Who remembers the hovis ad from the 70/80's with Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 as the theme music?we went to shaftesbury today and walked down and then back up the hill used in the ad.