My Final As You Like It (DT) Anything Goes

 Let's face it, if you are going to be late, you might as well be late with style,

so here I am a few days behind schedule for my final DT outing with the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

The theme for this time is Anything Goes

but a little word about why you make what you make would be helpful

I always try to make at least one LOL card each year for a quirky friend, and as soon as I saw this stamp I just knew that I had to have it.  It had me rolling on the floor (well, it would have done if I didn't have a bad back and wonky knees) - I mean, just look at the expression on the reindeer, priceless!

I just LOVE this Oddball Girl with her reindeer from Stamping Bella

Painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Random Merry Christmas sentiment

MFT 6x6 tartan paper

The sponsor of this challenge is

Last Minute Manda

Well, it's been a blast, I've loved seeing all your amazing creations - keep going and keep challenging yourselves!

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Modern or Traditional (Colours)

 Well looky here, first Thursday of November and the Christmas adverts

have started on the telly already!

And speaking of Christmas, the AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

would like you to join in with the new challenge and the theme is

Modern or Traditional Colours (and why)

I tend to flip-flop between the two, one year modern, the next year traditional.  This year

traditional is back in favour, I love the richness and warmth of the reds, greens, and a sprinkle

of gold, it's just a lovely cosy feel.

You can't get much more traditional than holly for Christmas

Stamping Bella Tiny Townie Garden Girl - Holly

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

Odds and ends of papers from my scraps box

Martha Stewart holly border punch

Crafters Companion sentiment

The winner of this challenge will receive a digi prize from:

Amanda Jayne Designs

Do come on over and join the festive fun

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Harvest Colours

 So, here we are, just over halfway through September and into the

very beginning of autumn.  This time of year is always the time of harvest festivals

and that is why for this challenge at AS YOU LIKE IT

we're asking for your favourite Harvest Colours

I love the warmth of harvest colours, the golds, reds, and greens of ripe

fruit and vegetables, a season of plenty, a full table of tasty things,

Like this little chap with his golden beetroot, delicious!

Stamping Bella - Gnome Farmer

Honey Bee - Giddy For Gingham

MFT - Diagonal Gingham

Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

Polychromos Pencils

Sentiment by Penny Black

Our sponsor for this theme is the ever fabulous

DIES TO DIE FOR

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Christmas In July

 Having a mooch through my phone photos at the weekend, I discovered a

couple of cards that I haven't shared with you yet.

My extremely talented BFF's husband has a habit of commissioning cards from me for her

for special occasions, and this is the one from last Christmas.

So, I used this gorgeously cute chap (well, he was before I got hold of him) from

Stamping Bella - The Gnome And The Christmas Tree

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

The holly die cut border is one I bought online but now I can't remember the make or where I bought it

Rymans coloured cardstock

Tonic word die with handcut shadow layer

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As You Like It (DT) Pastels or Brights

Helloooooo!  Time for another As You Like It Challenge

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 

Your Favourite Pastels or Brights (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite

Someone not too far away from here seems to believe that I favour the

brights, so just to prove that I can do pastels occasionally...

So, I have used

Stamping Bella Squidgy with Daisy

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

a Stamping Bella sentiment

and a mixture of Lawn Fawn and MFT papers

from my leftovers pile 

Martha Stewart "grass" border punch

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lawn Fawn

So now it's over to you.

We hope you will join in our challenge and show us your style.

Don't forget, you MUST explain WHY it is your favourite to be eligible to win.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
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Oddball Teacher

 Are you keeping up with me?  I'm not sure that I'm keeping up with myself, must be a rush

of blood to the head this week.

So, another made but not posted card.  This one was for a dear colleague who left work for new pastures last month.  I do miss him a lot, a really dry sense of humour and a little bit whacky.  As I said to a junior once, when you get past the weird you will love him.

Yes, I know this is a "teacher" stamp, but the similarity to my colleague is scary

Stamping Bella Oddball Boy Teacher

Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Polychromos Pencils

Old sentiment frame and stamp from Lili of The Valley

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Happy (no, really) Birthday

 My favourite cousin and I are only 10 weeks apart in age (he's the eldest), and we've done a lot together over time - right through school together, learning to drive at the same time (I passed first), you get the idea.  And even though we are now heading towards a certain age, we still like to remind each other of how old we're getting.

I don't know why, but this just made me laugh - I hope he saw the funny side too.

A very simple card but I used

Stamping Bella Oddball Mom And Dad

Stamping Bella Oddball Family Pets

Stamping Bella Happy Birthday To You sentiments

Coloured with a mix of Distress Inks (ReInkers), Zig Clean Color Pens, and Polychromos Pencils

Honestly not sure what make the striped paper is

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AS You Like It Challenge (DT) Sketch

 Hello peeps, almost time for the Bank Holiday (UK) weekend, hurrah!

Now, before you all dash off to the beach or out to the barbeque, it's time for another challenge over at

 the As You Like It Challenge.

Our theme for this one is Favourite Sketch (and please explain your choice)

We all get stuck for ideas from time to time, of course we do, and it is so easy to repeat something over and over because you feel comfortable with it, so when I get stuck or need something fresh I pop over to the MFT Blog for a mooch through their library of past sketches.  I have used 2 or 3 of them a few times but this one is winning at the moment as my favourite.  It's very simple, but can be very effective with the right choice of papers and little extra details.

For this I have used

Stamping Bella - Mini Oddball Has A Present

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens

Papers are Lawn Fawn 6x6 Flower Market

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Rectangle

Mama Elephant Mini Everyday Messages

Our sponsor for this theme is

Lee Holland

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Oddball Cinderella

 Hello peeps, hope you are ok.

Since I stepped down from DTDF I've had a little bit of a breather from crafting so intensively but am back in the saddle now.  Looking back over my camera reel I see that there are some things I haven't shared with you yet from the end of 2021, and this is one of them.

I've used Stamping Bella Oddball Cinderella - sb-EB972

Oddball Hamlet started my collection, and Oddball Cinderella came next - I've gone from not liking them very much to actually liking them a lot.  The same cannot be said for Marmite.

I have no idea whose the brick wall stencil is (now packetless)

Ditto the papers I used.

Sentiment comes with Cinderella.

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Oxides

Hope all is well in your world

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Mini Snowflake Oddball (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello peeps, just popping in today, with my penultimate post for DTDF, before I pop over for a welfare check on the Oldies AND (drum roll please) get my first haircut since February 2020!

Stamping Bella Mini Oddball Snowflake sb-EB1086

Mama Elephant Snow Flurries dies me-MEL-162

MFT 6x6 paper Perfect Plaid MFT-EP79

and a sprinkle of enamel dots

Oddball has been painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) with a little help from Polychromos pencils for her hair.  I went back to Bristol Board for this one instead of watercolour paper as I wanted a bright white background.

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Dies To Die For DT - Oddball William

  Wow, look at this, on Saturday, and early!

Now, please don't get me wrong, I normally adore anything that Stamping Bella produces, but....when the Oddball collection came out, I was very "meh" about it.  However, the longer it has been around, the more I am warming to it, and this one in particular caught my fancy.

Say hello to Oddball William from Stamping Bella sb-EB1006

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

Sentiment all my fault

William painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

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The Walrus, The Polar Bear, And The Penguin (DT) Dies To Die For

Hello peeps, sorry I was MIA for my DTDF post last week, I was laid low by a rather unpleasant bug, which knocked me off my feet for four days.  Still not 100% but am getting there.

Anyhoo, today's offering reminds me of a joke

A penguin walks into a pub.  He goes to the bar and says to the landlord

"Have you seen my brother?"

The landlord looks at him, scratches his head, thinks for a minute, and asks

"I'm not sure, what does he look like?"

Sooooooooo, on to today's make then

And the lovely things used are

Stamping Bella - The Walrus, The Polar Bear, And The Penguin : sb-eb602

Your Next Stamp 6x6 paper - Winter Knits - YNSPP004

MFT DieNamics - Sweet Snowflakes : MFT-1852

MFT Clear Stamps - Birdie Brown Greetings Galore : MFT-CS-335

The image is painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and fussy cut - I don't know if there even was a die  issued for this stamp but, if there was, I don't have it, so back to the trusty scissors and the craft knife for the nooks and crannies.

I was a bit frugal with the papers as there are only 2 sheets of each design in the pad, and they are all so lovely, so I was a miser and only used one - I did the technique of cutting from the centre of the sheet so I had my mini matting layer and a hollowed out bottom layer - I "patched" the hole (slight overlap) with the white card.  I'm not sure which stitched dies I used for the white, but I think it might have been my Crealies set.

Hmmmm, I've not had a Penguin in ages, but I know where there is a stash of dark mint Kit-Kat

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Curvy Girl Gardener (DT) Dies To Die For

Is it just me or is it chuffy cold at the moment?  I'm looking out at all that needs to be done in the garden and thinking "nah, I'll wait 'til it's warmer"

This little lass however seems to be having great results with her blooms

For this I have used

Stamping Bella Curvy Girl Gardener sb-eb790

Sunny Studio dies Comic Strip Speech Bubbles SSDIE157

MFT 6x6 paper pad Spring Whimsy MFT-EP-61

I've painted her with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and fussy cut (she may have lost a strand or two of hair in the process).

Flowers done with an old Woodware medium daisy punch, with Craftwork Cards foiled Card Candy for centres.  Sentiment is from Personal Impressions.

When I went to attach the Candy centres, I discovered that silicon glue is not nice after it hasn't been used for a very long time.  I appear to currently have a large tube of slimy snot - guess that is heading for the bin.  Thank goodness for emergency foam pads!

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Knitting Dandies (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello chaps, Saturday is here again, hurrah!

Now, I am useless with knitting (I am much more proficient at crochet, although a beginner still), I get into all sorts of tangles, so this stamp really caught my eye and tickled my funny bone.

Stamping Bella - Dandy Lions : Knitting Dandies sb-KF1030

MFT Stencil - Card Sized Confetti Stencil Set MFT-ST-117

Lawn Fawn 6x6 - Watercolor Wishes LF-1355

Sentiment comes with the Dandies stamp.

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours and

stencilled dots done with Distress Ink pads a finger daubers

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Curvy Girl Baker (DT) Dies To Die For

Hello peeps, a very slow Squirrel here, everything is on a go slow today, but maybe that is what Saturdays were made for.  I'd intended to have a bit of a lay-in this morning, but woke up early, then cat-napped until the alarm (with Rosie on my pillow, snoring) and then got up feeling grot.  Should have got up when I first woke!

Oh well, never mind eh.  So, snow and blizzards forecast for us in the east tomorrow and Monday.  I'm a little bit excited about it, I love to see fresh snow, but also dreading it.  Thankfully I am working from home until Wednesday so maybe the roads will have cleared by then!

Anyhoo, here is what you came over for:

I adore these Curvy Girl stamps from Stamping Bella, although they are still enviably tall, at least their legs are not like matchsticks!

Stamping Bella - Curvy Girl Baker : sb-EB856

MFT 6x6 papers selection

Curvy Girl has been painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and I just used a little Hobbycraft heart punch to take the bareness off that section of the card.

As you can tell from the lack of ingredients, this is definitely a CAS card.

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Knitting Penguin (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello everyone, hope you are ok this morning.  A huge furry hug going out to anyone who needs it.

Like many kids of my generation, I was desperate to learn to knit so that I could make a Tom Baker Dr Who scarf.  I was taught the basics by my mum, and did manage a scarf (sort of) which I wore a lot.  I'm not sure that I have knitted anything since!  Actually, that's a fib, I did knit a jumper, it had no shaping, it was just rectangles sewn together, and I did wear it once, just once.  I wonder what happened to that?!  Having failed to get to grips with two needles, I am now trying to learn to cope with one with a bit of crochet.  Not convinced that this adventure is any more successful!

Anyhoo, this little chap has certainly got the hang of things

Ingredients for this make

Stamping Bella Knitting Penguin eb-995

Lawn Fawn Snowflake Border die LF2431

MFT Die-Namics Sweet Snowflakes MFT-1852

Lawn Fawn 6x6 Knit Picky LF1529

MFT 6x6 Christmas Cheer MFT-EP-74

The sentiment comes with the stamp so, as always, good value from Stamping Bella.

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours.

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Non-Birthday Occasion

The calendar says it is Thursday, so unless I have turned over two days earlier in the week I am assuming it really is and that means it is a new challenge theme from the As You Like It team.

This time around the theme is

Your Favourite Non-Birthday Occasion

and tell us why!

Thinking this through, I suppose my favourite non-birthday occasion is actually a birthday really.

I love new baby cards, you can get away with unbearable amounts of cuteness and

nobody actually minds!

So, for this simple make I have used

Stamping Bella - Long Stemmed Baby Peony sb-EB772

Stamping Bella Cut It Out Die - sb-CIO772DIE

MFT 6x6 papers - Spring Whimsy mft-EP61

I feel like I spent a lifetime on those petals, but the image has been coloured up with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

Sentiment was done on my Brother label machine

The sponsor for this challenge is

POLKADOODLES

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