Wednesday 29 October 2014

Christmas Mouse

Good Morning,

Hope everyone is having a good week, we are off out today to the Viking Museum in York with Lorna, Abbie and Emma so looking forward to a nice day out.

Meanwhile as it's Wednesday it's time for a new challenge over at Fab'n'Funky and also as it is the last challenge of the month it's our Christmas Challenge, hope you have been joining in each month to get a head start on your Christmas cards.

We have two super sponsors for you this week:

StampArt Design by Kathryne


Dilly Beans Digi Stamps

For my card I used this super image called "Santa Mouse"  from StampArt by Kathryne available here


Image and Sentiment - StampArt by Kathryne
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Papermania and My Mind's Eye
Corner Die - Whimsy
Snowflake Border Die - Memory Box
Ribbon, Glamour Dust

Challenges Entered:

Paperminutes Challenge - Christmas and Red
Crafty Cardmakers - Die Cuts and/or Punches
Allsorts Challenge - Christmas
Jingle Belles - Christmas card with a creature

Saturday 25 October 2014

Gone Fishing

Good Morning

We have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft and this week our challenge is:

Hobbies


Card Recipe:

Image - Lili of the Valley Art Pad
Papers - Stash
Stamp used on background - Clarity
Charm, Card Candy, Sentiment

Challenges entered:

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - For the Boys


Friday 24 October 2014

S for Stitching

Good Morning,

Sorry not been round to visit you lovely peeps for a few days but been having trouble getting on to a lot of blogs, seems Chrome has been playing up again but will have another try later today.

It's Friday and it's time for a new challenge on Alphabet Challenge Blog, where this week it is the turn of Team B with a challenge brought to us by our lovely teamie Silvi.

S for Stitching
(real or faux)


Card Recipe

Corner Poinsettia die - Memory Bos
Greetings Die - Tattered Lace
Corner Punch - Martha Stewart
BP - First Edition
Liquid Pearls
Faux stitching


Saturday 18 October 2014

Tag It

Good Morning,

It looks like we might be in for another nice day today after the beautiful warm and sunny one yesterday, fingers crossed.  I have my two youngest granddaughters coming to stay tomorrow then I can take them to school on Monday as my youngest son and his wife are in Amsterdam for the weekend while my DIL runs in the Amsterdam Marathon  (the girls are with their other grandparents tonight)

Anyway we have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft where this week our challenge is:

Tag It
(We want to see your tags, but NOT attached to cards etc.)



Tag Recipe

Base tag - Craftwork Cards
Preceious Bells die - Memorey Box
Poinsettia die - Marianne dies
Foiliage die - Memory Box
Small pine cones - Recycled from some Christmas Crackers
White raffia, white ribbon, Glamour Dust

Challenges Entered:

Kitty Bee Designs - Dies and/or punches

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Tags, Bags, Boxes

Good Morning,

We have a new challenge starting over on Fab'n'Funky today where our sponsor this week is:

Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet


Who are offering a fab $10 to spend in store

Our challenge this week is brought to you by our lovely leader Judith and she has chosen:

Christmas
(with an optional twist of tags, bags and boxes)

The team were lucky enough to have images from our sponsor to play with

For my card I used the image Skating Santa available HERE


Colouring Medium - Copics
Tag - Craftwork Cards
Snowflake Die - Spellbinders
Charm, Pearl, Glamour Dust, Ribbon


Saturday 11 October 2014

Santa

Good Morning,

Quick post from me this morning showing my DT card for My Time to Craft where this week the challenge is:

SANTA
Any project featuring an image of Santa


Card Recipe:

Image & Centiment - Lili of the Valley
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - My Mind's Eye
Ivy Die - Joanna Sheen
Santa Charm - All About Beads
Ribbon, Glamour Dust


Wednesday 8 October 2014

Blue Christmas

Good Morning,

Well here we are Wednesday once again so time for a new challenge at Fab'n'Funky, thanks first of all to everyone who entered our challenge last week, some gorgeous Christmas projects, please take the time to have a look at the challenge blog to see if you are a winner.

On now to this week's challenge which is brought to us by our lovely Wendy with a theme of:

Anything with Ribbon

which ties in nicely with our great sponsor this week




Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Christmas Art Pad
Papers - LOTV
Silver Snowflakes - All About Beads
Ribbon, Stickles, Sentiment

Challenges Entered:

Holly Jolly Christmas - Anything Christmas
The Ribbon Girls - Glitz and Dazzle


Saturday 4 October 2014

Nativity

Good Morning,

I have a card to share today for my DT card at My Time to Craft, our challenge this week is:

Die Cuts Only


For my card I used the Crafters Companion Die'sire Die "O'Holy Night" backed with some blue paper added Glamour Dust, and a sentiment by LOTV.



Wednesday 1 October 2014

Christmas for a Child

Well here I am with my second post of the day, as it is the first of the month it's time for a new challenge over on Sparkles Christmas Challenge where this month our challenge is brought to you by our lovely teamie Helen P and she has chosen to challenge us to make a Christmas project:

For a Child

We have a great sponsor for you this month:

with a choice of price 2 dies or 1 die and 1 stamp





Card Recipe

Image - Di's Digis
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - My Mind's Eye and stash
Stocking Charm - All About Beads
Sentiment - LOTV
Ribbon, Glamour Dust

Challenges Entered:

Holly Jolly Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
C.R.A.F.T. - Add a Charm
Creative Knockouts - Charming




Spooky

Good Morning,

Hope everyone is well and enjoying some of this lovely late summer warmth and sunshine.  

We had a lovely evening out last night at the Manchester Palace Theatre where we went to see Jersey Boys, it was really good and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Now onto our new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where our challenge this week has been set by our lovely Dawn with a challenge of:

Halloween


We have the fabulous Paper Shelter as our sponsors this week and the DT were lucky enough to have images and papers to play with.


Card Recipe:

Image - "Fly Pumpkins Fly" - Paper Shelter
Backing Paper - Paper Shelter
Colouring Medium - Promarkers and Copics

I coloured the image and cut each piece out and stamped spooky in the corner frame.

Challenges Entered:

2cuteinkchallenges - Halloween
QKR Stampede - Pumpkins