Crafter's Cafe - June 15, 2026 Blooms

The theme for The Crafter's Cafe Challenge this fortnight is Blooms

and the sponsors are

 

 

 

My Besties

 

and

 

 

Fred She Said 

 

I have used an image from Fred She Said called Cornflowers (It was a precoloured image, which is great when you find yourself short of a card) 

 

 

And from My Besties, a flower called Love flowers, coloured with copic and glitter, added to a small journal page with lots of blooms.

 

 

Check out all the designs at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into:

Ellibelle's Garden Party - AG in or from a garden 

If you give a Crafter a Cookie - June in the Garden 

 

 

Outlawz Christmas June 5, 2026

 This month I have used an image of Christmas gifts, coloured with copic pens and added some white gel stitching.   As we start slipping towards the middle of the year, it is time to start the Christmas Cards.

 

 Check out all of this months projects at:

 https://tolchristmasonly.blogspot.com/

 Entered into: 

Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge - AG 

Digi Choosday - AG 

Creative inspirations - Christmas in June 

The Paper Funday - AG with spots and stripes 

Merry Little Christmas - AG 

Pearly Sparkles - June 2026 Makes me smile

 I love this image, the horse and cat seem to be having a good chuckle.  The image is from Hettie Clare and called, Friends forever.    Coloured with copic pens and fussy cut, layered onto coloured paper, with coloured circle stickers. 

Check out all the smiles at:

https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into:

Gem of a craft - AG 

Allsorts - AG 

Paper Players - Tic Tac Toe - Circles, Yellow and Happy sentiment 

Crafty Catz - AG 

Alphabet challenge - C is for Circles 

Polkadoodles - Cardmaking 

 

 
 

A place to Start June 2026 NO CARDS

 Hi everyone, back again with a new monthly challenge, the theme this month is "No Cards".

So many things that you can create, I have chosen to start a new small journal.  Scraps, stickers bits and pieces to make a page. 

 

Check out all the projects at:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into

A Perfect Time to Craft - AG 

Art Journal Journey - House 

Crafts Galore - AG 

 

 

 

 

May 2026, Crafter's Cafe Anything Goes make it Funny/Comical

Wow! just realised that I haven't published anything on my blog since January, let's just say life threw me a curve ball and I crashed and burned for a few months.  I'm well again and looking forward to my crafting and blogging

 The theme over at the Crafter's Cafe Challenge for this month is Anything Goes, lets have some fun.

and the sponsor is 

   

  https://www.doctor-digi.com/

 

I chose to use  Ambrose Dunderton to make a birthday card for my husband, who is turning 80 in a few months.  His choice of poison is Chivas Regal, so I found a picture of a bottle, did a bit of an adjustment, adding his age to the bottle and placing is near Ambrose's hand.  A fun card he'll appreciate, you never know I might even buy him a bottle for his birthday, although not one this old.

 

I have used the colour version of the image from Dr Digi. 

 

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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/

 

Entered into: 

Love to Craft - AG 

Love to Scrap - AG