Happy Anniversary

Good morning all.

A little change today...I'm sharing the anniversary card made for my sister and her husband who celebrate their 2nd Anniversary today.

Images from Unity Stamps; anniversary die from Cheery Lynn Designs; Happy from Whimsy Stamps. Square dies from Spellbinders.

Challenges entered:

Crafting by Designs - anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes celebration

Christmas Card Club "Anything Goes"

Good morning all.

My baby is 18 years old today...I can't believe they're all grown up now! Some of the family are coming around for lunch so I'd best get my skates on and get organised. If I don't see you all later I'll catch up tomorrow.

Our final challenge for the year at the Christmas Card Club...EEEK! Zoe has given us an "Anything Goes" to end the year.

I needed a card for a swap with the theme of "Wreathed in Smiles" and when I came across this decoupage sheet from Joanna Sheen I thought it fitted the bill perfectly. I decided to make a stepper card using my die from Cheery Lynn Designs. Fancy rectangular die from Spellbinders, embossing folders from Cuttlebug and gems from my stash.

You'll find the links for the other girls on my side bar if you'd like to see what they've made. Many thanks to all the girls for the great themes they've provided and their friendship throughout the year....here's to getting our 2016 Christmas cards made in a timely fashion too!

Challenges entered:

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

CHNC -anything Christmas goes

Winter Wonderland - snow people

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - previous challenge July snowman

Holly Jolly Christmas - anything goes

Happy Anniversary

Good morning all.

Yesterday I became a Great Aunt to a little 6lb 7oz baby boy called Sebastian...two weeks earlier than expected but mother and baby both well. So thats added another couple of cards to the list to be done before I go on holiday...best get a shift on!!

Sharing an anniversary card made for my nephew and his wife...I can't believe it's almost two years since their wedding!

Background made using an ink layering technique found on Jennifer Mcguire's blog, die cut with that die again from Wplus9! ARTplorations Hearts Tumbled stencil is from STAMPlorations. Anniversary die from Cheery Lynn Designs. Happy stamp from Whimsy stamps. Sequins from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Paper Artsy - stencils

 inspired by the stencil bumping technique mentioned by Leandra

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Die Cuttin Divas - wedding/anniversary

Tuesday Throwdown - stencilling

AAA - paste or stencils

We Love 2 Create - anything mixed media goes

Christmas Card Club "Christmas Light"

Good morning all.

We've had a lovely spring week so far and it looks set to continue over the weekend too, it certainly lifts the spirits!

Our next challenge over at the Christmas Card Club was due on Sunday but I was up to my eyes in wedding invites and birthday cards so I'm running a little late here! It was Asha's turn to choose this time and she set the theme "Christmas Lights". 

Stepper card is made with a Cheery Lynn Die, papers are from Papermania, candle die is from Memory Box ( a January sale purchase on it's first outing!) and sentiment from my stash.

Inside also completed and flat for posting!

You'll find the rest of the girls listed on my sidebar if you'd like to pop over and see their creations.

Challenges entered:

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays - die cuts

Cheerful Stamp Pad - use 3 patterned papers

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) #22

 It's time for our next challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. Monique has designed the sketch this time. We are being sponsored by Inky Impressions.

Papers are from Crafty Ann's Christmas digi scrap kit and have been layered digitally. Doiley is a Cheery Lyn die and is cut from vellum. Image is from Delicious Doodles and had been coloured with promarkers and a gold gel pen. Sentiment is from Meljens. Pearls and gem from stash. Ribbon is recycled.

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:

OSAAT - use a digi

ABC Christmas - E is for evergreen

Totally Papercrafts - my favourite things (Christmas, pearls and ribbon)

Sweet Stampin - lots of layers

Dasiy Doodles - tie it up

The Stamping Booutique - use gold

Carol x

Get Well Soon

What a day it's been! I painstakingly cut out two decoupage sheets last night and left them on my laptop cushion overnight to find hubby had got up during the night and "moved" the cushion and tipped the bits everywhere - grrr why are men so thoughtless! Anyway set to this afternoon to make a get well card with one of said decoupages and just couldn't get the base layer matted and layered satisfactorily and ended up giving up and using a diecut decoupage instead.

 In the midst of all this the doorbell rang and lo and behold it was Talk Talk making their fourth visit in 12 months to sign us up for telephone and broadband - not that they introduce themselves of course  but I knew the minute the young lad (being polite here) opened his mouth. I quickly interrupted him and told him I wasn't interested and he insisted on carrying on until I eventually shut the door in his face, he and his colleague left with him shouting some expletives behind himself!! Talk Talk job adverts must go something like:

Teen wanted, attitude essential, must know everything and have the ability to answer back.

Anyway then set to making my get well card and tried a new Cheery Lynn doily die which took 3 attempts to get a cut I was happy with, why do we have days like this - knew I should've stayed in bed this morning!! This is for my hubby's Aunt who had a brain aneurysm and emergency surgery on Friday night - she was very lucky as she lives alone but realised something was wrong and managed to dial 999.

• Decoupage - No Scissors Required Book 3
• Doily - Cheery Lynn Dies
• Mats - Spellbinders nesties
• Cream lace(which has been coloured to match with promarkers), sentiment and pearls from stash.

Challenges entered:

Cupcake Craft - something new (doily)

Lollipop Crafts - anything new goes

Paper Pretties - get well

The Crazy Challenge - lace and/or pearls

Anything goes - anything goes

Pixie Dust Studio - monochromatic

Crazy 4 Challenges - new

CBGM - 3d decoupage

Lothian Crafts - diecuts

The Craft Garden - monochrome

Unstampabelles - anything goes
Designed 2 Delight - winter flowers
Scrappy Frogs - lace

Carol x

Flashback

Moving along with the Times want to see an old project that you are proud of this week. I have chosen this card:

It was made for a Colour Create Challenge at Crafty Ribbons. I loved the peach starry ribbon and knew I had to make a Christmas card with it. The image is a freebie from Inger Harding and it has been coloured with promarkers, the frame is another freebie digi from Sans Designs and again has been coloured with promarkers. the image has been matted onto a Cheery Lyn Designs die, a Marianne Design mat and copper mirri card. Card is finished with ribbon, pearls and snowflakes.

I love how the card turned out and think the soft peach colours work really well for a change at Christmas.

Carol x

Christmas Challenge (with sketches) #7

Where are the weeks going to this year - our kids return to school today and it only seems five minutes since they broke up!! Any way it's time for another challenge over at CCWS and this time it was Janneke's turn to make the sketch and we're being sponsored by Crealies. Here is my card:

Using this gorgeous image from Just Inklined which I've coloured with promarkers then used up some leftover mix of white flowersoft and glitter to highlight the snow. The backing papers are from my bit box and I think they're from Joanna Sheen's Pam West CD. Lacy doiley is a Cheery Lyn die again found in my bit box. Finished with some raffia ribbon, sentiment and some pearls.

Do pop over to CCWS to see the sketch for yourself and find out how the rest of the Design Team have interpreted it. I do hope you can join us this challenge and get those Christmas cards made early.

Challenges entered:

Fab's big Christmas - use a CD or kit

Sparkles Forum - robins

Jingle Belles - bling

Saturday Challenge - Christmas is coming

Clear it Out - glitter it

Jules Crafty Snippets

Carol x

Christmas Challenge (with sketches) #5

I can't believe we're up to our fifth challenge at CCWS - we're so pleased to see so many of you joining us each challenge and those Christmas boxes must be starting to fill up now! We are being sponsored by Krea Teja. This time it was my turn to design the sketch and this is my card:

The image is another newly downloaded from Inger Harding (if you haven't done so already do go and check out her blog) which I've coloured with promarkers. The backing papers are from an old download called Christmas from around the World. Gold doiley is a die from Cheery Lynn Design, embossed corners are from Spellbinders and the die cut strip is from a Martha Stewart punch. Card is finished with a ribbon and gold berries rescued from a cracker, a sentiment, some pearls and glitter highlights on the stars.

Please pop over to CCWS to see the sketch and the delightful creations that my fellow design team girls have produced.

Challenges entered:

Stamp Something - Christmas in July

Craft us Crazy - Christmas in July

Paper Creations Ink - Christmas in July

Saturday Challenge - Christmas

Crafty Emma's - Christmas

Simply Create - Christmas

Winter Wonderland - wet/ dry embossing

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - Christmas in July

Paper Sundaes - Christmas in July

I love Promarkers - Christmas in July

Carol x

If Friends were Flowers

What lovely weather we're having - long may it continue as I'm off to York with my Mum and one of my sisters for a few days next week.

I made this last night.

Backing papers from Bearly Mine. Teddy Bea is coloured with promarkers. Card is finished with a Cheery Lyn lacey die, a lacy doiley and  flowers from my stash. The butterfly, ribbon (lovely scrunchy velvet) and the boingy springs behind the sentiments were all picked up at the garden centre yesterday.

Challenges entered:

Bearly Mine - diecuts and lace

Teddy Bo - shaped cards

A Spoonful of Sugar - flower power

Cute Thursday - embellish it

Stamp Something - digi day

Little Claires - shaped card

Thanks for stopping by today. To enter for my blog candy click here.

Carol x

Sum Bunny Loves Ya

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good day. This is my card for The Sugar Bowl challenge of Purple and Green with a sketch to follow - this is the challenge I was getting mixed up with the other day with my ribbon weaving card and it's taken me days to get my head around doing it again!!

The image is a stamp from Sugar Nellie and I've had one heck of a job colouring it in.....I think this is my fourth attempt.......and I finally decided it was to be a white Easter Bunny! I've used promarkers for colouring in. Backing paper is from HOTP and I've used nesties and a Cheery Lynn Design doiley for matting and layering the image. Card is finished with some funky fibres and a couple of buttons tied with thread.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles - Cute and Cuddly Animals

Simon Says Stamp - For a Child

Creative Inspirations - Easter

Paper Play Challenges - Critters Galore

Carol x

Ribbon Weaving

I have spent most of the day making this card! I remembered why I had bought all the ribbons I found the other night - for ribbon weaving - and got to wondering how it would look on a card! This is the result:

I started making a 6x6 card but couldn't pull it all together so pulled it apart and made an 8x8 instead. Then I didn't like the image I'd used so did another one and just as I got it finished I realised I had been mixing two challenges up and was using the wrong brand of stamp altogether!!!!..............must be an age thing lol Anyway I finally got the right stamp coloured in and the card completed in time for bed!

The LOTV challenge is peach and green..........one of my favourite colour combinations :) The stamp is coloured with promarkers (I'd had plenty of practise by this time lol). The doiley is from Cheery Lynn Designs (if anyone has a sandwich for the wizard or grand calibur for these dies I'd be grateful - I only managed to diecut the outside scallops today), flowers are from Prima. Card is finished with some pearls and the little swirls were from the die which originally came with my Wizard and has hardly been used.

May try the ribbon weaving again with a Tilda stamp as I just received another one of the Butterfly Dreams collection today and a very kind Sheenie is sending me two she no longer uses..........so I've gone from one to six in 10 days.......oops how did that happen!!

As always, thanks for looking and commenting.

Carol x