Chill day

Morning Folks!

Goodnes me, how has it got to be November already? 

It will soon be Christmas - don't PANIC!!

To help you with your Christmas makes, we have a new challenge starting over at SPARKLES CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE today and the theme is nice and easy:

EMBOSSING

(Wet or Dry or Both!!)

We'd love you to join us!

Here's my card, I decided to play safe and go for dry embossing, I always get mixed results with heat embossing. I used a Crafter's Companion Texture Embossing folder, called Snow (no surprise there!) , as my embossing element, the card is slightly irredescent and sparkly. The PB stamp is called Chill Day.

One of my most used die cuts at this time of year - Memory Box Snowflake corner:

Other items - 

Promarkers to colour and versamark ink

Doodlebug crushed Velvet for hat, cuffs etc

Ribbon - Dovecraft

Gems - Hobbycraft

Dies - Memory Box Snowflake corner and border and Simply Creative Snowflakes

Please click the piccy below to visit the main blog and see the inspiration from the rest of the design team! You have a whole month to join us, we'd love to see what you make! 

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

Winter Wonderland - Colour It

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything goes

Allsorts - Pearls and gems

CHNC - Anything Christmas goes

Christmas with the cuties - Wrap up warm

The Holly and the Ivy - Anything Christmas goes

Crafting by Designs - Get ready for Christmas

Simon says Stamp - Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Animal Friends - Winter

Crafty Animals - Anything goes

CRAFT - Winter

Craft Rocket - Christmas is coming

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Thank you so much for visiting today and for any comments you're kind enough to leave xx

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Scaredy Cat!

Morning Folks!

It's midway through the month and our new challenge is just starting over at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.

This time we have a colour challenge and would like to see projects with only two of these colours:

ORANGE, PURPLE, GREEN and BLACK.

I quite like Halloween, so I've gone for that as my theme but obviously these colours don't have to be used just for Halloween! The stamp is Jack O'Lantern Kitty from Penny Black, coloured with promarkers and pencils and then cut out with deckle edge nesties - minding the whiskers. I had a good hunt through my stash to find suitable papers and embellishments - some of this stuff must be a decade old!

I should think there is a smell of burning fur with the cat sat on top of the lit pumpkin, let's hope they are using battery operated tea lights!!

Please visit the main blog

to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Thank you so much for visiting today and for any comments you're kind enough to leave xx

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

Pearly Sparkles - Anything goes

Animal Friends - Autumn / Halloween

CHNPP - Anything goes with patterned paper

Unicorn Challenge - Autumn / Halloween

I love promarkers - Anything goes
That's Crafty - Spookalicious
Craft Rocket - Autumn / Halloween
Cute Card Thursday - Halloween
If you give a crafter a cookie - photo insp

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything goes
A gem of a challenge - Anything goes
Di's Digi Design Challenge - Pumpkins
Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes optional purple
Crafty Sentiments - Halloween
Sweet Stampers - Autumn or Halloween
Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything goes

Pumpkin Puss

Morning Folks! 

Hope you have something nice planned for the weekend?

It's the first Saturday of the month which means that the new challenge is just starting over at Penny Black Saturday Challenges. As usual ANYTHING PENNY BLACK GOES, the optional 'Extra' challenge this time is

A SPOOKY COLOUR COMBO

Choose at least 2 colours from Black, Orange, Purple and Green.

I decided to make a Halloween card using this super cute PB stamp called 'Beware of Cat'. I don't usually send Halloween cards but I think this one might be posted to my son who has just started Uni! The papers are a mixture of some very old 12 x 12 scrapbook papers, a pad from The Works and some dotty scraps from my folders. The Tando chipboard pumpkin came from the closing own sale at The Craft Barn - another fab shop gone :-( 
I coloured the image and pumpkin with promarkers and pencils.

Here's the close up - anyone fancy getting pumpkin flesh and seeds out of cat fur??

I do hope you'll pop over to the main blog, just click on the picture below, to see the fabulous cards from the rest of the design team. 

We're also looking forward to seeing your entries, we are generously sponsored by 

The prize is a $20 voucher.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you leave. I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Pearly Sparkles - Anything goes

Animal Friends - Autumn / Halloween

CHNPP - Anything goes with patterned paper

Unicorn Challenge - Autumn / Halloween

Double D challenges - Scarecrows / Halloween
I love promarkers - Anything goes
That's Crafty - Spookalicious
Craft Rocket - Autumn / Halloween
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
If you give a crafter a cookie - photo insp

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything goes
A gem of a challenge - Halloween colours
Di's Digi Design Challenge - Pumpkins

Santa and the team!

Morning Folks!

We have a new challenge over at SPARKLES CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE today and  Sybrina has chosen the theme of:

CHRISTMAS IS FOR KIDS

so a make suitable for a child.

This is another card from the Create and Craft topper and decoupage kit I bought last year. You can see another card from this kit here. I thought this card would appeal to a child with its bright primary colours and cute Santa. To add a bit of interest I decided to make an easel card, all I added was some silver mirri card:

Quick and simple but I quite like it and sticking decoupage layers makes a change from colouring stamps now and again!

Please click the piccy below to visit the main blog

and see the inspiration from the rest of the design team! You have a whole month to join us, we'd love to see what you make! 

Thank you so much for visiting today and for any comments you're kind enough to leave xx

Cute Elephant Ears!

Morning Folks!

This is another weekend where my blog posts are like buses, two at once again - but that's just the way DT posts happen sometimes!!

This post is to say the new challenge is just starting over at Sparkles Monthly Challenges, this time we'd like to see you using

DIES & / or PUNCHES

This is my card which actually uses 6 different dies! The cuttlebug and the circular nesties got a bit of a workout! It's been ages since I've made a circular easel card, I'd forgotten how fun they are. 

The super cute elephant die cut is by Tattered Lace. I'm not usually a huge fan of their dies as they are a bit too fussy and twirly for my taste, but this little chap called out to me in a Hobbycraft sale earlier in the year. As soon as I  saw it I thought of baby cards, but I think it was the cute way the ear sticks out that sold it to me!!

Can you see that cute ear? I couldn't resist adding a googly eye either - don't want a blind elephant blundering around the place!!

Other Details

Paper - LOTV Up, Up and Away Pastel Dreams

Sentiment and matching die - Stampin' Up

Googly Eye and Liquid Pearls from stash

Please visit the main blog

to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Thank you so much for visiting today and for any comments you're kind enough to leave xx

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

Laughing Hound

Morning Folks!

Hope you have something nice planned for the weekend, it's my son's birthday today so we are heading out shortly to celebrate  :-)

First though, here's my mid way reminder post for the challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge 

As usual ANYTHING PENNY BLACK GOES

The optional 'Extra' challenge this time is to use this sketch: 

I really like this sketch so I've made another card using it, a little more CAS than the last one. I've used a PB stamp called 'Man's Best Friend' 

How cute is this dog!! 

Card details
Papers - Pretty Pastels from The Works and Dovecraft Spots and Stripes Pastel collection
Promarkers to colour image
Die Cuts - Sizix - My life Handmade
Nesties Circles
Card Candi to finish

We're looking forward to seeing your entries over at PBSC, just click the hedgehog below and he should take you straight there!

We are generously sponsored by 

The prize is a $20 voucher.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you'd like to leave!

I'd also like to join the following challenges:

Mousey hugs!

Morning Folks!
It's like buses on my blog this morning, nothing for ages then two posts at once! You can find my Sparkles Christmas DT post below this one!

The new challenge is just starting over at Penny Black Saturday Challenges, as usual ANYTHING PENNY BLACK GOES

The optional 'Extra' challenge this time is to use this sketch:

I do love a sketch to follow and I really enjoyed using this one! I made a wedding anniversary card for my sister and her hubby using PB 'Squeeze Till I squeak'

This has to be one of my most used PB stamps, it's useful for so many occasions!

Card Details 

Image coloured with promarkers
Papers - Dotty =Crafter's Companion - The snowman
and Hearts = Forever Friends - Best of British
Prima Flowers, pearls and ribbon from stash
Die cut  - Cut and Make

I do hope you'll pop over to the main blog, just click on the picture below, to see the fabulous cards from the rest of the design team. 

We're also looking forward to seeing your entries, we are generously sponsored by 

The prize is a $20 voucher.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you leave. I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Wedding Anniversary / Wedding / Engagement - This is a wedding anniversary card for my sister!

CHNPP - Anything goes with patterned paper

Crafty Animals - Anything goes with an animal

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

I love Promarkers - Anything goes opt die cut / punches - I used die cut sentiment and nesties

Papercraft Challenges - Animals

Simon Says stamp - anything goes

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