Merry Christmas

Good morning all.

A few niggles with Windows 10 but not regretting downloading it. Quite liking the new browser and finding it less hassle for blogging...no missing graphics from everyone's posts but I haven't yet found a way to pin open pages as you can do in Chrome which makes things look a bit messy! There was a problem over the weekend with only the HTML button showing when I went to write a new post but this has corrected itself. My Family Tree Maker won't open but I think if I remove it and reload it I can get around the problem until a fix is released. All told I'd recommend downloading it!

Another Christmas card to share today.

The stamps are from The Artistic Stamper and were part of my recent win at their challenge. Dies from Spellbinders and backing papers from Bearly Mine...all layered onto kraft cardstock.

Challenges entered:

Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes

CHNC - something beginning with S (Santa, snowflake, stripe, sentiment)

Crimbo Crackers - Santa

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

The Artistic Stamper - anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons #92 "Anything Christmas but a Card"

Good morning all.

Going out this morning to view a property...forecast wet, windy and snow...think I'll need the winter woollies and welly boots!

Not yet heard any further news on my cousin but must try to remember to ring home today. Lora's guinea pig died of old age on Monday so there was a burial yesterday, thus ends the era of small furry pets - we've had rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs over the years. All my Christmas cards are written, a large batch went in the post yesterday, those with letters in will go today and I think the rest will all be hand delivered.

It's time for our final challenge of the year at CFAS and this time the theme is "Anything Christmas but a Card". We're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. As this is a month long challenge we have three sponsors this time Lacy Sunshine, Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet and Bugaboo who all gave the DT images to work with.

I've chosen to decorate a bag for this challenge.

I've used Scene it - Winter Friends from Bugaboo coloured with promarkers with added stickles then die cut with a Spellbinders rectangle. Papers from Bearly Mine Christmas Wishes which I've layered up digitally. Icicle and scene dies from Marianne Designs. Snowflake die from Memory Box. Sentiment from Stitchy Bear Stamps- Christmas Day Tiny Tickets. Ribbon and gems from my stash.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the girls inspiration, you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:
Scrap it Girl - wrap it up
Bearly Mine - Christmas decoration
Come and Get It - merry Christmas
CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper
Die Cut Divas - snow and winter holidays
A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
We Do Doobadoo - get festive
Cutie Pie Challenge - anything but a card
Not Just Cards - anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons #88 "Buttons and Bows"

Good morning all.

Yesterday I got some crafty post...aquatints and a selection of dies and stamps from Clearly Besotted. Then along came a migraine which put paid to having much of a play...hopefully today..

Today it's time for our next challenge at CFAS and this time the theme is "Buttons and Bows". We're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. Our sponsor this time is The Paper Shelter who gave the DT images to work with.

Another treat bag from me!

My gorgeous image is called Fly Pumpkin Fly and I've coloured with promarkers. Dies from Spellbinders. Bag is made from an A4 piece of paper printed on both sides with contrasting papers from Bearly Mine. Ribbons and button from my stash.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the girls inspiration, you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

Digi Choosday - Halloween

Craft-dee Bowz - anything goes with a handmade bow

Dream Valley - anything but a card

Love to Create - black, orange, lime/purple

Not Just Cards - anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Halloween

Bloggers - Halloween

Cut it Up - anything but a card

Fairytale - happy Halloween

Simply Create Too - Halloween

The Paper Shelter - monsters or mythicals

Crafting for all Seasons #87 "Too Cute to Spook"

Good morning all.

The weather was gorgeous yesterday although we had rain in the evening, can't believe it's October today! Hubby and I are off to Harrogate for the weekend to do a bit of sightseeing, we have been in the past to trade shows but never actually seen any of the sights. Of course I may just have to call into the Yorkshire Showground at some point to check out the crafts on offer....it would be rude not to wouldn't it!!

Today it's time for our next challenge at CFAS and this time the theme is "Too Cute to Spook". We're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. Our sponsor this time Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet who gave the DT images to work with.

A treat bag for Halloween from me.

I've used Candy Bear from Stitchy Stamps which I've coloured with promarkers. Dies from Spellbinders. Bag is made from an A4 sheet of paper printed on both sides with contrasting papers from Bearly Mine. Ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the girls inspiration, you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

Die Cuttin Divas - anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Cheerful Stamp Pad - Halloween costumes and fun

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Love to Create - ribbon

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy - 2 or more DP's

The Corrosive Challenge - halloween colours

Delightful Challenges - cute and cuddly

Crafting for all Seasons #86 "Colours of Autumn"

Good morning all.

Grrrr!!! Why do they keep changing things....I can't upload anything from my computer unless I add it to my Picassa album first!! Just as well this post was already scheduled and most of the challenge post was already written...I'd have been tearing my hair out otherwise. Has anyone else got this problem?

Today it's time for our next challenge at CFAS and this time the theme is "Colours of Autumn". We're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. Our sponsor this time Limited Runs who gave the DT images to work with.

I've taken the opportunity to make a start on my treat bags for Halloween.

My image is called Halloween Sign and I've coloured with promarkers and added the wording with a stencil. Dies are all from Spellbinders. I've made the bag using a sheet of A4 paper printed on both sides two different papers from Bearly Mine. Ribbon from my stash.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the girls inspiration, you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

Bearly Mine - colours of autumn

Come and Get It - digi plus autumn theme

The Corrosive Challenges - autumn/fall

Simply Create Too - fall/autumn

Milk Coffee Challenge - colours of autumn

Decorate to Celebrate - fall/birthday

Oldie but a Goodie - autumn (leaf and pumpkin die cuts are leftovers from last year)

Passion for Promarkers - make it digital

Reward

Good morning all.

Thank you for all the good wishes yesterday...a quiet day was spent at home as I was a bit under the weather after eating sausages for tea on Tuesday which had gluten in them. Hubby had bought two packs - one with and one without...note to self always check yourself rather than taking someone else's word for it!!!

A birthday card for a brother in law to share today. I was toiling for ideas this year and leafing through my box of stamps came across this reward stamp amongst a set of male stamps which were a magazine freebie...brain cells started ticking after remembering his ice bucket challenge stint on Facebook!

Image was stamped with Memento and coloured with promarkers before being fussy cut. I captured a photo from my computer screen using the snips tool and printed it out to fit the aperture. The backing paper is a freebie from Bearly Mine. Sentiment from LOTV. The lamp and bracket dies are from Marianne Design, fence die is from Magnolia and circle dies are from Spellbinders. I've die cut everything from Kraft card and painted with stone acrylic paint, added a crackle glaze then painted with black acrylic before adding a bit of gold gilding wax. Card is finished with a couple of black gems to which I've also added gilding wax.

Challenges entered:

Craft-room Challenge - something old (sentiment), something new (backing paper)

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Artisitc Imspirations - anything goes or round

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Crafty Bloggers - anything goes

Melonheadz - 2 or more dies

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Aud Sentiments - for the men in our life

Two Tubs

Good morning all.

Another lovely day here yesterday, so washing all done and after putting the tea on I managed to get ahead with some DT work. I did have to say goodbye to my trusty old bone folder which snapped in two :( I have had nearly 8 years service from it so it didn't owe me anything!

Another male card today. 

The image is called "Two Tubs" and is from Digi Stamps 4 Joy and comes complete with the sentiment...when I saw Annie showcasing it last week I knew the image would be perfect for a card needed this week. I've coloured with promarkers. Backing paper is a freebie from Bearly Mine. Lamp die cut is from Marianne Design.

Challenges entered:

Digistamps4Joy - celebrations

Hobby Cutz - for the boys

The Corrosive Challenges - let's hear it for the boys

The Squirrel and the Fox - male

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Christmas Crafting (with sketches) #98

Good morning all.

It's time for another challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. It's the turn of the Snow Angels to inspire you this week and Janneke designed the sketch. We are being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and we have a twist again this week of "Use a Charm".

I've used Carl the Snowman, coloured with promarkers and highlighted with glamour dust and die cut with a Spellbinders oval die. Papers are from Bearly Mine's Christmas Wishes pack. Sentiment is from Pink Petticoat, charm. twine and gems are from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out

 the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:
CHNC Extra - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Oldie but a Goodie - add a charm (my charm is my oldie...I bought them for last year's cards!)
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
Card Mania - anything goes
Crafty Bloggers - Christmas
Deep Ocean challenge - winter

Carol x

Christmas Crafting (with sketches) #94

Good morning all.

It's time for another challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. It's the turn of the Snow Angels to inspire you this week and Christina designed the sketch. We are being sponsored by Krea Teja.

I've created the layers in Craft Artist and layered onto blue stardream card. The image and sentiment are stamps by Anita which I stamped with versamark and heat embossed. Dies are all from Spellbinders, gems from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out

 the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:
CHNC - picture inspiration (I've used the colour)
CHNC Extra - anything goes
Bunny Zoe's - something blue
Lawnscaping - patterned paper
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Glitter and Sparkle - monochromatic
Christmas Stampin all Year Round - circles

Carol x

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) #70

Good morning all.

It's time for another challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. It's the turn of the Snow Angels to inspire you this week and Nicolet has designed the sketch. We are being sponsored by Krea Teja.

Papers are from Bearly Mine and have been layered digitally in Craft Artist. Image is "falalaemma" from All that Scraps (who are our monthly sponsor for April), I've coloured her with promarkers, used blue Stickles on her wings and mounted her onto a nestie scalloped oval. Ribbon and snowflake button are from my stash. 

I've rotated and flipped the sketch to suit the image.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out

 the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:
CHNC Extra - anything goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - h is for holiday helper 
Sweet Stampin Christmas - krafty Christmas
Critter Sketch - buttons
 Sparkle and Sprinkle - use a digi
Dream Valley Challenges - things with wings
OSAAT - use a digi
All that Stickles - baby blue
Bearly Mine - digi days
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Carol x

Crafting for all Seasons #38 Spooky

Time for a new challenge at CFAS and this time the theme is Spooky so let's see all those Halloween creations. We're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. We're being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and Tiddly Inks. I've used an image from The Paper Shelter for my project.

I've made a ceiling hanger although I haven't yet decided how I'm going to hang it!!

The image was pre-coloured and came with the backing paper - I took them into Publisher and resized to fit my circle then mounted the image 3d. Backing paper is from Bearly Mine. Dies are from Spellbinders. Flowers were from another Halloween download and sparkly spiders were from Asda.

This is the reverse side.

Purple paper from Bearly Mine, other elements from various free kits, ribbon from stash and another sparkly spider!

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the girls inspiration, you won't be disappointed. 

Challenges entered:

Anything but a Card - halloween

Catered Crop - circles

Dream Valley Challenges - halloween

No Matter Which - halloween

Scrappers Delights - halloween

Scrappy Frogs - halloween

That Craft Place - halloween

Allsorts - too cute to spook

Challenge up your Life - halloween

Crafty Calendar - all things spooky

Di's Digis - too cute to spook

Just Some Lines - too cute to spook

Victorine Originals - halloween

Sparkles Forum - halloween

Craft my Life - anything but card or layout

Carol x

Aud Sentiments #65 Halloween

Our next challenge over at Aud Sentiments is "Halloween" but don't forget your sentiment!  We're being sponsored by Stamp Fairy.

I've made a treat bag using an A4 sheet of paper printed on both sides using digi papers from Bearly Mine. My image is from Stamp Fairy and has been digitally pieced using papers from Crafty Ann's. Dies are from Spellbinders and my sentiment was a freebie but not sure where from! Binders twine from my stash.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see my team mates take on this challenge, you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

Party Time Tuesdays - anything but a card

Hooked on Craft - halloween

My Craft Spot - treat packages

Paper Playtime - trick or treat plus diecut/punch

Come and get it Challenge - choose three (purple, black and circles)

No matter which - halloween

Scrapper's Delight - halloween

Scrappy Frogs - fall/halloween

Crafty Calendar - all things spooky

Hiding in my Craftroom - black, orange and purple

Carol x

Crafting for all Seasons #37 Costumes/Dress Up

Time for a new challenge at CFAS and this time the theme is Costumes/Dress Up , we're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. We're being sponsored by Bugaboo, Sweet n Sassy and Kenny K. I've used an image from Bugaboo for my project.

I've made a start on my Halloween bags. The bag is made from an A4 sheet printed on one side with a paper from Bearly Mine and the reverse is from Nitwits which I had left over from last year. The image has been digitally pieced using papers from Crafty Ann's. Die cuts are from Spellbinders. Finished with Binders Twine and a button.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the girls inspiration, you won't be disappointed. 

Challenges entered:

Bearly Mine - halloween

Clear it Out - anything goes with orange, purple or black

Digital Tuesday - text me

Party Time Tuesdays - frightfully scary

Ribbon Carousel - halloween spirit

Craft my Life - anything but card/layout

Crafty Bloggers Network - anything goes

Hooked on Craft - halloween

My Craft Spot - halloween

Paper Playtime - trick or treat

The Cutie Pie Challenge - use a digi

Carol x