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Hello Everyone. Thank you for calling in and I hope you are ready for our new challenge theme at Try it on Tuesday. Great ideas from the team as always so do join us if you can. The theme this time is MY FRIEND and it could be human, animal or imaginary.  I made a digital scrapbook page of me and my very best friend, husband Vic. We have been together for 28 years and have had quite a lot to face in those years but it has always been together so the troubles have been halved. This is us on a train listening to our music though we do chat a lot as well on journeys it is nice to drown the sounds of a screaming child or someone coughing loudly. I changed it to black and white so it could be on muted background page. Hope to see you are the challenge Love Chrissie xx

Hello Everyone and welcome to Jumbled Crafts today. Thank you for calling in and I hope you have come to see what we have for you as our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday The theme this time is Stitching, Real or Faux I started off with three strips of matching piece of fabric and stitched them with lace on top of the join. I used black thread to show up the stitching. This was mounted onto a piece of white card. It needed something else so I made a Suffolk puff with a button in the middle and fastened this onto the card. Then all was attached with brads to my card blank. It is for a friend so added her initial as well. Hope you will join us at TIOT with your ideas for the challenge. Still another week to join in at Tag Tuesday as well Love Chrissie xx

Hi All and a big welcome to Jumbled Crafts. Always great to have people call in and thank you for all the comments you leave here Today we start a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and the theme is' In My Garden'. Not everyone has a garden so it could be one you dream about, make up or visit sometimes--just do what you think will fit the theme best for you. If you need any ideas our wonderful team have made projects to inspire you so pop along to TIOT to see their makes and also why not visit their blogs if you have time. I made a double sided pocket card and a matching envelope to send it in. Not easy to photograph through the plastic sleeve. All the photographs were taken in our garden by Vic. The garden is small but has lots of wonderful shrubs and flowers. side one side two  These are the photographs printed out ready to cut to fit the pockets Garden quotes and sayings I found in various place and made small enough to fit my ATC size cards. A reminder that there is still...

Hello to all who pop in and thank you for your visit. Time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday  where we invite you make something that follows our theme but in any style or medium you like. Our wonderful team have made their projects to inspire you so I hope you will pop over to TIOT and see what they have made and also have a quick look at our rules to make sure you are following those when you enter the challenge. The theme for this challenge is Postcards so you can make a postcard or use a postcard on anything else that you have made.  Here is my postcard and the foreground is digitally made and printed onto a painted background. The edging of flowers is stamped and coloured and the stamp is from a beautiful little set from Crafty Individuals  CI-293 This is the back of the postcard and I painted the other side. Another version printed onto a different painted background This is a png version of the digital part of the postcard that I printed onto the painted ba...

Hi All. Welcome to Jumbled Crafts and thank you for calling in on your blog journey. At Try it on Tuesday we have a new challenge starting today and lasting for the next two weeks. The theme is Let it Shine so lots of things you could do for that but if you need ideas and inspiration our team have made some wonderful projects so do pop and see what they have made.  I made a card for a man who loves to receive a special handmade card and also loves art. Not sure he will love my art but I have used a painting I did in 2004 and have changed it a bit with a digital addition. Can you see what I added? Original painting Hope you will also join in at Tag Tuesday were we have the theme Cake . There is still a week to join us there. This week I have been knitting hedgehogs. The vet where my daughter takes her  cats makes nests for the knitted hedgehogs and raffles them to raised funds for Cat Protection. I have made lots in the past but couldn't get the special wool again until now. St...

Hi All. Thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts today and for your support and friendship. Happy T Day if you are visiting from Elizabeth's blog and joining in her T Day post. All you have to do to join in is to have something drink related in your blog post. My drink related bit is at the end of this post. Happy 4th of July to my friends in the US. It is the start of a New Challenge at Try it on Tuesday today and the theme is Tags. You can make just one tag or add a tag onto your project somewhere so long as there is a tag it is fine to enter your project. If you need inspiration our wonderful team have made lots of things and also while you are visiting the TIOT blog please revue the rules. Not many of them but always good to stick to the guidelines when joining any challenge. This is a Bohemian Bazaar Upside Down tag and I have wanted to make one for a long time but never got round to fitting it in. I cut out the shape and covered it in an Anna Griffin paper. Then I painted ...

Hello Everyone who calls in at Jumbled Crafts and thank you for your visit. This is a schedule post from me so I hope your week is going well. Today is the start of a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday  and we are always happy to have you join us with your take on our themes. You have 2 weeks to enter and if you are stuck for a project then the team have some great ideas if you visit the TIOT blog. The subject this time is Letters, Numbers or Both so I am sure you will have lots of ideas that we didn't think of. I am not good at making cards for men but I needed to make one for Vic's birthday so I used the challenge to spur me on. Lots of layers added to a large card. Background papers from Papermania and a piece of sparkly card from my daughter. Other elements found on Google or made by me in Paint Shop Pro and printed out. The hearts on the right are die cuts and fastened together with fine ribbon. Definitely numbers and letters for the challenge. Hope you will join us there ...

Hi All. A nice sunny day here today and I am pleased we didn't stay up all night for the election programmes as it means I am ready to go for a walk this morning instead of sleeping the day away. Thank you for your visit and any comments you leave on my blog. At  Tag Tuesday  you still have a few days to join us in he challenge.  Michele  has chosen animals as the theme. There is also a prize for a random winner and that is given by Karen at  Lunagirl I have made a very large tag with a eucalyptus leaf background and a sprayed paint and stamped paper I made. Then I added the cute koala mum and baby, found here , plus a quote. These have both been raised with 3D foam tape. A bit of fluffy wool as a tie as I imagine it feels like koala fur though I have never been lucky enough to stroke one. At Try it on Tuesday we started our new challenge this week and it is Steampunk so I hope to see you there as well Back in 2012 I made a few steampunk figures and I gave the...

Hello Everyone. Nice to have you visit Jumbled Crafts today and thank you for your visit. Time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday  where the theme this time is Steam Punk or Mechanical. You can make anything you like and in any way you like so long as it follows the theme. We hope you will join in with your take on this challenge. Lots of inspiration from the rest of the team so pop and see what they have made and visit their blogs and say hello if you have time. Also we have two new team members for even more inspiration. Welcome to Joan and to Rosie , great to have you as part of our team. I made a cup but I am sure no one will want to drink from it as it is very heavy and the silver paint inside might not taste too good. I think it may be good for Vic to keep in the shed with his screwdrivers in it. My cup was from McDonald's and the outer shell peels off quite easily Stick this to a piece of thick paper then cut out the shape Next I used aluminium foil stuck to stri...

Hello Friends and Followers. Thank you for visiting Jumbled Crafts. Today is the start of a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday where we will look forward to seeing your entries for the Feathered Friend Theme. If you need any ideas the team have come up with lots of different one so do pop over to the blog and have a look. You have 2 weeks to join us then we chose the Top 5 and you could be one of them and invited to be a guest designer sometime in the future. This is what I made and I couldn't resist taking a photograph of it on one of Astrid's beautiful papers that you will find free on her blog. This is how it started out Can you guess what it is? It is a little case for my i-pod and ear phones. I made this in bright colours because I left my i-pod and ear phones on the seat last time we went on the train. Vic saw them just in time before we left the train. No way will I miss seeing this bright little case. Do't forget to join us with a tag at Tag Tuesday for our anyth...

Hello Everyone and welcome to Jumbled Crafts. Great to have you pop in and thank you for your visit. Time for another Challenge at Tag Tuesday and this time Valerie has chosen the theme Anything Goes. You have 2 weeks to make a tag and we would love to see what you make. This tag started out with an old mop up page stuck onto it. Then I added drips of alcohol ink here and there. Next came the flowers and leaves cut out from a seed catalogue before making some mushrooms from a book page. The butterfly was cut out of a magazine as well. The mop up page didn't stick down too well so it has added extra texture to the tag.   The winner of my prize for the Faces Tag Challenge was number 19 and that was   Gibby Frogatt. Well done Gill and if you let me have your address through Valerie I can send the prize to you.  There is still another week to go in our 'Little Things Mean a Lot' challenge at Try it on Tuesday.  Hope you will join in with us and make something that fit...

Hello Everyone who calls in and thank you for your visit. Happy T Day if you have called in from Elizabeth's drinks related post. No drinks pictures this week but some from 27 years ago when we were in Jamaica and went to the top of the Blue Mountain to see how they make the coffee there. The coffee grows on bushes all the way up the mountain The beans were roasted on an open fire is small pans Bags of roasted beans ready to sell. We had a cup of coffee while we were there and brought some home as well. The people on top of the mountain lead a simple life with their families-well they did 27 years ago. Time for another challenge at Try it on Tuesday  and it is Little Things Mean a Lot. We would like to see something that measures 4 inches x 4 inches (10.16cms) or less and also we would like you to add a measure to show us how big it is. Do go and check out what the rest of our lovely team have made as they are all so inspiring. There is also an addition to our rules and guidelines...

Hi All hope your week is going well so far. Thank you for dropping by and I am sure you are here to find out about the new challenge at Try it on Tuesday .  We love to see what you make for the challenges and hope you like what we make to inspire you. You can make anything you like so long as it follows the theme for the next 2 weeks and you follow our few rules. The theme this time is Transport. Anything you can ride on or in will be fine. Lots of idea from the rest of the team if you visit the TIOT blog  I have started a new scrapbook using a loose leaf folder with plastic covers. This is the front and back of the first page I haven't decorate the front of the book yet so maybe another challenge will encourage me to do that A, hopefully, clearer view of the pages before they were put into the plastic cover. A reminder that you still have a week to join us at Tag Tuesday with your take on the challenge there. This time Wilma, one of our team, has chosen the theme Heritage T...

Hi All and thank you for calling in. At Elizabeth's blog it is time for T Day and the poor love is having some problems with her blog so I am hoping I can add this link.( just visited there and all is sorted by the looks of things-so pleased) We went to Filey and to a cafe where they do a wonderful breakfast and coffee. It is only a small place but has the air of somewhere much larger and fancier. I just love that it has notices that say--- 'We Are Only a Small Cafe so Please Sit Positively.' We tucked ourselves into a corner on a table for two. Happy T Day All It is time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday where we would like you to add a quote to your make this time. So many quotes to choose from that I am sure you will have wonderful ideas. If you haven't and need inspiration, call in at TIOT and see what the rest of the team have made to give you some ideas. All you have to do then is follow our simple rules and have fun. Two weeks to make something and any m...