Guest ATC Designer over at SCD

Happy Friday and hey I am so excited as I have been asked to be this months Guest Designer over at Something Completely Different you will find them H E R E... When Carol asked me I thought... ME! ....Do you really mean me... well once I knew she meant it I jumped at the chance and I am thrilled to join SCD design team for the month of February taking on the challenge of creating 4 ATC's on a set theme 1 a week... well I love a challenge don't I.

Thanks for asking.


The challenge this week is MAD MARCH HARE well I have hundreds of stamps but not one single stamp to do with Alice, (Alice who the hell is Alice?..lol) and so as not to be beaten here is my take on the challenge....


'3 WISE MEN AND 1 MAD HARE'


Both the wise men and the hare stamp are those of Crafty Individuals.

Carol who runs SCD has also suggested and kindly agreed to run an ATC swap at the end of the month.

So the creative team on SCD hope lots of you will take part.

Join in the fun and upload your ATC onto your blog and we will come and Visit.

At the end of the month send Carol either 1,2,3 or ALL 4 ATC's with an S.A.E., (large letter stamp)and you will receive 1f or 1 back. A little piece of someone elses creativeness dropping through your door :)

Contact Carol via the email link on her blog and she'll send you the relevant info.

I was playing with 2 of my gorgeous Tanda female stamps last night and just thought that I would share them with you click on H E R E and visit Tanda see what other lovely goodies they have.

Ok and a very Happy Birthday DD Cheryl... we are having a girls PJ crafting party tonight with lots and lots of creative goodies and challenges going on and fab food, wine and lots of chocolate..don't you just wish you could be there. lol.

Sorry a little late posting this I didn't get the blogging clock right ..hopeless at that sort of thing.

Have a great weekend.

Chriss x

ATC 's and news

Friday! where did the week go?

Before I forget and I do every post.... BIG welcome to our new followers.... if you are reading this I have been meaning to post you a few words for EVER....

Please do not think that I am being rude by not paying you a visit.... I do try I promise you... I click on your picture in the followers box but i cannot connect to your blog AND to top it my computer freezes and I have to turn it off....Does anyone else have the same problem and if so how can I correct it I send a report each time to windows to try to fix it.

I can go onto other peeps blogs and click on their followers and don't have a problem.
PLEASE HELP.
Welcome to you all and if you want to follow us and would like me to come and visit please leave your blog addy in a comment.

Well Friday night is party night at least it was when I lived in Spain and tonight Chris, Debbie and myself are crafting at mine now it's no party as in a party party but we will be having some fun with ATC's we are hooked on Zetti style at the mo (and possibly a bottle of wine)

If you fancy swapping an ATC with Chris then pop over to hers HERE and see her swaps she has posted.... I got one.

I have created all my RAK ATC's which I promised for those who took part on the Zetti post on the 31st Dec 09, they will be out to you in your Zetti swaps.

All of the Winter Day swaps have gone out apart from Jeanies and Palma's need to visit the PO.

Sorry that they were all so late getting out to you but with Christmas and the mail strike there was a hold up with mail from Brunei.
We are still gettin fabulous Zettiology ATC's arriving and boy they look as though you have all enjoyed the challenge.

I have had a few emails from some who have said they were challanged beyond their comfort Zone and found it difficult with Zettiology but let me say I was one of those too.... no I didnt send myself an email..lol however now I am hooked on Zetti...lol, I found if you make them your own is easier than trying to get them to look like TM's.

Last week when I was out blog hopping as one does I found this photo (sorry can't remember where but thanks it made me smile)
BUT I do not remember modeling for the one on the right...rofpmpl.

Here are the last in the KEY ATC's, THANK YOU to everyone who took on the challenge.

Anyone who received an atc without a name it was mine, sorry.

The Keys on mine are from Tanda stamps.











Debbie does not have a blog but she is working on it and sorry these pics of yours are pants as your ATC's are fab in real life.

Its that time of year again OUR BIRTHDAY we as a club have been going 3 years on the 24rd January...Happy Birthday to us xxx.

And that means it's time to ask you all to send in 2 open themed ATC's to me with your next challenge so that I can send them out to you lovely people as a RAK throughout the year.

I have been asked how to join the ATC swap club and all I ask is each year you send in 2 ATC's in Jan to celebrate our birthday... I do not keep these myself but send them out to new and old members.

It's as easy as that so what you waiting for come join in the fun.

Names of everyone in the blog list on the right not forgetting those who do not have a blog plus our designers will go into a hat on Sunday and my special guy Marley will pick out a winner to receive the 6 ATC's I am working on GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.

On Sunday I will be popping on several times that day to leave an ATC and everyone who leaves a comment on an ATC gets their name put in a hat and if your name is drawn that ATC is yours... there will be at least 6 ATC's up for grabs.... enter for 1 of the ATC's or enter for all thats up to you.

Our Guest ATC designer for next month is working on her ATC challenge she is setting you for February and I should have a picture of them by Sunday and if I do I will pop a sneeky snippet of one on here for you to see.

Have a great weekend and eat lots of cake to celebrate.

If you are still with us Zzzzz's sorry...thanks for reading.

love Chriss x

MONA, COFFEE and ATC's

Hello Happy Sunday,
Here we are again with some more of our Halloween ATC's but before I show you them I wanted to share with you some fab art which was sent to me this week by the lovely Karen G, thank you Karen x.

Mona is one of my fave stamps and use her allot.... time for a coffee break right now as you scroll down and check MONA out... enjoy.

Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia. The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!!

Fantastic wouldn't you agree x

Hello Jeanie,

Well as you can see for 2 of Jeanies ATC's she was definitely thinking outside the box...lol,,, and must say love the contents too Jeanie.

Thanks Jeanie x

You will remember our Guest designer for the Halloween ATC swap, Martine... see below some of her swaps

Thank you Martine for being a wonderful Guest Artist, many thanks for your fantastic swaps and for posting on your blog.x

Hi Sheila,

I see you have been distressing your backgrounds with inks... love distressing.

Thankx Sheila for taking part x

Hello to me...lol... The gorgeous Audrey no matter how much we change her in our art she is still beautiful....don't you agree?

The next 2 are a definite size zero...lol The web stamp I purchased from Tanda and it was cheap as chips..could just eat some chips now.

The other Stamps purchased from Karen at Scrapz.

The 2 images below were from LAA... I coloured them in black to make them look like witches in training and made them a hat... think it worked.

Just a few more sets of Halloween ATC's to post and then we can start on the wonderful KEY ATC's.... thank you to everyone who took part.

The last of the swaps arrived on Saturday and should be in the post very soon...still have a few to photograph as not many of them could be scanned this time...not a complaint.... they need to be photographed to show you just how gorgeous they are.

We have some gorgeous Winters Day ATC already arriving and considering how busy everyone is with Christmas...a big thank you.

We already have Jan & Feb 2010 Guest Designers set up and boy am I gonna be challenged and pushed outside my comfort zone... do hope that you will join us and for some be challenged too.

love chriss x

PS hAPPY bIRThDAY To My SoN ALaN. xxx

BLOG CANDY WINNER

We have a W I N N E R!!!!!

We had 17 correct answers for this fab blog candy give away, kindly sponsored by Tanda Stamps.... thank you Andrew.

We put numbers 1 to 17 into the Random Org generator, number 1 being the name directly under my comment wishing you all Good Luck.

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1 Max: 17

Result: 2

Powered by RANDOM.ORG

So without further ado the winner is......

D A W N E.......

Congratulations Dawne x .....check out her blog over HERE

Thank you to everyone who entered....better luck next time.

See the latest BHD ATC's below.

Chriss x

Blog Candy AND Bad Hair Day 3

It's Sunday and we have some more BHD ATC's to show you....
But First a huge warm welcome to our new followers.

These gorgeous grungy ones below are from Sharon, you can find her link on the right under blogs.






Once again on your School break so heres hoping you get time to create some more ATC's.
Thank You Sharon. x

Jan's Forever Blowing Bubble's background have a lovely edge of gold embossing powder.

Thanks Jan and even though the postal strike is on your fab Halloween ATC's got through. Find Jan's link on the right. x


Cheryl just loves mixed media and uses it well on her ATC's


Those fibres work great with the images.

loving the Crafty Individual pieces on this one.

Thanks Cheryl...find Cheryl's blog link on the right. x

If you fancy some fab, free, vintage ATC backgrounds to print off then just pop over HERE

DONT FORGET last call for the fab blog candy... see posts below.... free set of KEY rubber stamps from Tanda Stamps.

Still time to get your October ATC's in....must say we have some real spooktacular ones arrived already.

Thanks for joining us.x

Chriss x

P.S. I am loving this new look blog... see top left for a link to other free backgrounds.

BLOG CANDY, BLOG CANDY, BLOG CANDY

Happy Monday and a big welcome to our new followers.

Do you see this little baby below....well let me tell you it's a clue to Novembers Challenge... the theme being KEYS.
Our guest ATC designer for November is a lovely lady from Australia I will introduce you to her on the 1st November.

Now then if you would like to be in with a chance of owning this set of rubber stamps absolutely free just pop over to Tanda Stamps HERE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS.... find the price of this set and email me the answer AND then leave a comment on this post so that I can do a random draw. Closing date is 26th Oct Midnight. (uk time) .... the winner will be announced on the 27th October.
GOOD LUCK x
Up date... the draw will close one day earlier than announced due to me having a senior moment and getting my days/dates wrong. It closed on the 25th Oct Midnight (UK). Sorry x Don't all lynch me. lol


See below these ATC clear storage holders each sheet fits in an A4 folder and holds 9/18 ATC's depending if you put them back to back.. I use them all the time for my collection and believe Tanda stamps are the cheapest you can get plus the quality is good.

Along with their 100 ATC sleeves for sending your atc's out or just keeping them clean and once again they are very good quality... I have purchased others but they tear easily...these are a good price good quality.


And as Octobers challenge is HALLOWEEN I was thrilled to be able to find this single spider's web stamp over at Tanda too.... cheap as chips lol, JUST £2-85p....can you believe it...I just bought one.

Why not pop over, you may well find just what you have been looking for... a small family firm here in the UK good prices and FAST delivery...providing the mail isn't on strike!

Ask for Andrew he is a great help and if he hasn't got it he can make it using your own artwork and once again affordable to the pocket.
Don't forget the BHD showcase started below this post with more to come soon.
Chriss x

Altered CD challenge win these postal stamps

ATC theme for November is 'FASHION' please see side panel for details.

Do you want to be in with a chance of winning these lovely postal stamps

pop over HERE as there is a challenge to alter an old CD and the prize is the above stamps donated by Tanda Stamps.... click on the direct link to Tanda on the right of this blog.

Check out the right side of 'The Papergirls' blog and find details on the challenge. Thanx.

Hope you can join in. Chriss x

PS see what Dottie is up to with Fireman Sam over at Jaqi's