January Crafters Cafe

 This month the theme is For the Boys and the sponsor is My Besties.  I chose an image called Plumber Boy.  It has been in the 40s here, so I gave up on glue and pens.

My little spotlight card has been digitally made. 

Check out the teams designs at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

Pearly Sparkles - December, 2025

Merry Christmas everyone

The theme this month is Silver.  I did look through my die catalogue, no luck no bells.  So I found an image on the net, printed the outline on the back of some silver cardstock to create my silver bells.

The Holly and berries are from a Polkadoodle die.

Check out all the silver projects at:

https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

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A Place to Start - 1st December, 2025

For the Anything Goes, optional winter things, I chose to use an image from Imagine That, called Gertie Goose Umbrella.

The background has been created using a Kaleidacolor stamp pad, with the colours together.  The rain drops are from Flour8ish with a Bling, sadly no longer available.

Gertie Goode has been coloured with copic pens and fussy cut, the sentiment came with the image.

Check out all the winter things at:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

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Crafters Cafe November 2025

 All Dressed Up Use the colour Yellow, I chose an image called Beach Time.  Perfect for an Australian Christmas card.

Coloured with copic pens, I cut the little ice cream sign out a second time and layered.  The little beach house and banner comes from Flourish with a bling, sadly now closed.

Check out all the designs at:

 https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 7 November, 2025

 This month's themes are:

Christmas

I'm Thankful

Friendship

Just because

I have altered the cover of a purse size notebook, just because I think they are handy to have.

Check out al the projects at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

 

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Love to Craft - AG 

Love to Scrap - AG 

 

 

 

A Place to Start - 3rd November, 2025

 Anything Goes, optional something new.

I tried out some new pencils I bought that are supposed to be good on black paper.  That jury is still out, I think I need more practice before I decide. 

Bit tired of seeing all the autumn, halloween colurs, in the Southern Hemisphere we are in Spring.

The blossom tree is something I first saw way back in 1957, facial tissues were still a novelty and we could get coloured ones, my grade 3 teacher  made a frieze of the seasons and used the pink tissues to make the blossoms.

Check out all the projects from the team at:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

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Elliebelle's Garden Party - Something from the garden 

 

 

Pearly Sparkles - November, 2025

Theme is Snowman, I chose an image called Melting Snowman from QKR, have to admit it is probably my most used Christmas image over the years.  I do have two different snowmen that are melting, just seems right for someone living in Australia, something would be terribly wrong if I saw a snowman at Christmas time.

I have only coloured his clothes, nose and cheeks with Prisma coloured pencils.  Not sure if the photo does it justice, but I wanted a woolly type of effect on the scarf.  My trusty Snow marker has also been used.

 

 Check out all the snowmen at:

 https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

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A perfect time to Craft - AG 

12 months of Christmas - AG 

Merry Little Christmas - AG 

ABC Christmas - Uncluttered 

 

Crafters Cafe October 2025

 This month at The Crafter's Cafe our themes are Anything Goes. Optional Christmas.

The sponsor is Polkadoodles 

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/ 

I chose "Holly Lantern"  I have coloured the images with Faber Castelle Black Edition pencils, originally bought for a special drawing on black paper, which is still coming, thought I would try them out on a Como Sketch Pad, really very soft and creamy leads.

 

Also on my card, apart from the patterned paper from my stash is a great Holly and Berry Die set, also from PolkaDoodles.  I'm usually a bit hesitant buying from overseas as postage can be quite expensive, but having bought from Polkadoodle before and I really wanted a good holly die.  There are three leaf dies in the set and the berries are a separate die with 21berries of differing sizes all on one die.

Check out all the teams designs at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/
 

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Pink Gem Challenge - AG 

Allsorts Challenge - Traditional Christmas Colours 

We Love to Craft - AG 

Digi Choosday - AG 

Simons Says Wednesdays - Get Ready for Christmas 

 

A Place to Start - 6th October, 2025

 The theme this month at A Place to Start is Anything Goes, optional Pump it up for Pumpkins.

I have made a bookmark for this challenge using a quote from Henry David Thoreau (I do like me space)

Coloured with copic pens and layered on different cardstock

Check out all the details at:

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

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Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 3 October, 2025

 This months themes are:

Christmas

Halloween

Autumn

Adorable Monsters

 

This month I chose adorable Monsters and Christmas as my themes.  The image is called Monster Sweet Tooth, apologies but I do not know the illustrator.

 

Coloured with copic pens and a load of glossy accents for those lollypops.  

check out this month's inspiration at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

 

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