It's Winter

Good Morning,

I hope everyone is well and looking forward to a good weekend, hopefully we are off to a family BBQ (probably the last of the year) at our eldest sons today weather permitting.

We have a great new challenge for you over at My Time to Craft where this week the challenge is:

White on White Christmas

Card Recipe:

Snowflake Die - Spellbinders & lots of Glamour Dust

Snowflake embossing folder - Cuttlebug

Vellum, Sentiment, White Ribbon, Pearls

Challenges Entered:

Crafting by Designs - Get Ready for Christmas
Divas by Design - Pretty in Glitter
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas in September
Cuttlebug Mania - Anything Die Cut
Crafty Cardmakers - Ribbon/Lace and Pearls
Whoopsi Daisy - Bling and/or Pearls
Holly Jolly Christmas - Ribbon or Lace

Q for Quadruple

Good Morning,

It's Friday so it's time for a new challenge over at Alphabet Challenge where this week we are up to the letter:

Q for Quadruple

this theme has been chosen by our lovely Avril and she would like to see you use 4 or anything on your project.

For my card I used 4 Papers and 4 Pearls

Card Recipe:

Image & Sentiment - Craft Artist Christmas CD

Papers - My Mind's Eye

Ribbon, Pearls

Challenges Entered:

Fantasy

Good Morning,

Looks like another nice day, so I hope you all enjoy your weekend.

We have a new challenge for you over at My Time to Craft where the challenge this week is:

Fantasy

Image - Lacy Sunshine

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stash

Flower Die - Memory Box

Leaf Die - Sue Wilson

Starfish charms - All About Beads

Ribbon, Pearls, Sentiment

Challenges entered:

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge - Anything Goes with Spots or Dots
Crafters Cafe - Water Related
Paper Shelter - Ribbon/Twine/Floss
Crafty Cardmakers - Ribbon/Lace and Pearls

Very Peachy

Good Morning 

Hope everyone is well and enjoying some of the late sunshine we are promised for this week.  Today sees a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our challenge has been set by our lovely team member Pat K and she has chosen:

Show Us a Number

Our sponsor for this week is:

with a super prize of 7 digis of the winners choice.

The Design Team were lucky enough to be able to choose images to use and I chose:

Lil Girl Bird available here

and used #6 from cupcake numbers available here

I have added the number 6 to make the card for my youngest Granddaughter Lauren who will be 6 in November.

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - My Mind's Eye

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Die - Marianne dies

Lace, Ribbon, Doily, Charms

Challenges entered:

Top Tip Tuesday - Kids

Spooky

Good Morning,

Hope everyone is well and looking forward to a good weekend.  

We have a new challenge today on My Time to Craft where this week our challenge is:

Halloween

I have to admit I don't like making Halloween cards, so I have actually made my card in Craft Artist.

Would love to see your creations if you would like to join in this week.

Teddy Bears Picnic

Good Morning,

Quite a miserable misty and damp morning here at the moment after such a beautiful day yesterday, still hopefully it will clear up later.  I do hope you all have a lovely weekend whatever you have planned.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where this week the challenge is:

Teddy Bears Picnic

(we would like to see a Teddy Bear image on your creation) 

Image and Papers - Lili of the Valley

Colouring Medium - Copics

Ivy die - Joanna Sheen

Christmas Tree Charm - All About Beads

Metal Corner - HobbyHouse

Ribbon, Sentiment, Glamour Dust

Challenges Entered:

A Creative Romance - A Touch of Kraft
The Stamping Boutique - Glitter it Up
Creative Knockouts - Tic, Tac, Toe (Stamp, sentiment, ribbon)

Tic Tac Toe

Good Morning,

Hope you have all woken up to sunshine today, Abbie and Emma had a sleepover here last night and we are off for a day out to the coast while the weather is good, they go back to school next Monday so this will be probably be our last opportunity for a while for a day out.

We have a new challenge for you over on Fab'n'Funky where this week I am host and I have chosen the theme of:

TIC, TAC, TOE

Lace	Buttons	Flowers
Stitching	Doily	Ribbon
Charm	Die Cut	Pearls

any line, across, down, or diagonal

We have a super sponser for you with a great prize too

I used the bottom line Charm, Die Cut, Pearls 

Image - Melanie and Benny Boo's Holy Night from Lacy Sunshine

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - LOTV

Precious Star Die - Memory Box

Dove Charm, Pearls, Sentiment

Do take a look at the Challenge blog and see some great inspiration from the Design Team, and hope to see you entering our challenge this week.

Challenges Entered:

Tuesday Throwdown - Sweet Little One (Anything with Babies)

Squgglefly - You are a Star (star on your card)

Allsorts Challenge - Early Christmas Makes

Totally Gorjuss - Pearls

Polka Doodles - Get organised for Christmas

Snow Family

Good Monday Morning,

September is here and now less than 4 months to Christmas, so with that in mind we have a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Monthly challenge where this month our challenge is brought to you by our lovely Mary with a choice of:

No Man Like a Snowman

(so let's see snowmen on your cards this month)

Our Sponsor this month is the super Crafty Ribbons

with a prize of a bundle of ribbons or a voucher for the winner

Image and Sentiment- Lili of the Valley

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Stash

Snowflake Die - Cheery Lynn

Charm, ribbon, Poinsettia, gold leaves, Glamour Dust

Look forward to seeing you joining in and getting a start on your Christmas cards, do take a look at the blog and see some great inspiration from the Design Team.