My Last Christmas Card

Well here it is my very last Christmas card for 2009 and it's for my youngest son, I won't tell him he was last though lol.

This card was also made to fit with my Wednesday slot over at Crafty Sentiments, where you can find the new 'Frost' stamp.

AS always I managed a couple of challenges with this one and they are:-

Spoon Full Of Sugar - Sketch

Crafty Creations - No Rules

C.R.A.F.T. - Free For All

Stamp Something - Holiday

Supplies:-

A5 Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments 'Frost'

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'

Punch - Unknown

Gems - Poundland coloured with promarkers

Snow - Baker Ross 'Snow Shaker'

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. 

Card For My Husband & A Challenge Or Two.....

Good evening I'm afraid this is going to be as quick a post as possible as I'm sure like everyone else I have lots to do, another post being one of them. Anyhow here is the Christmas card I created today for my husband it is an 8" easel card with a sealed aperture full of snow and using one of the digital images I purchased from Karen's Doodles. Pop over and have look she has many beautiful images available.

Here are the challenges it fits into:-

Peachy Keen Stamps - Sketch

Digital Delights - Let It Snow

Tuesday Taggers - Let It Snow

Simon Says - Merry Christmas

Quixotic - Lace

Cute Card Thursday - Aperture Card

Our Creative Corner - Let It Snow

Supplies:-

A3 card to create 8" easel card - Paper Mill Shop

Designer Papers - Summertime Designs 'Winter Wonderland'

Image - Karen's Doodle's 'Emma & Snow Scene'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments 'Let It Snow' & Computer Generated

Medium - Promarkers

Lace - Local Hardware Store

Brads - Making Memories

Snowflakes - Baker Ross

Snow - Flowersoft Polar White & Baker Ross 'Snow Shaker'

Merry Christmas To You All.

xXx

Karen's Doodles, Doodle Divas Blog Candy

Have you seen the amazing doodles over at Karen's Doodles Doodle Diva's blog yet? If you haven't then you don't know what you are missing, these digital images are outstanding and so cheap too. Hop on over and have a look because not only will you want to purchase them all they have 11 of the first images created as blog candy but wait they are not digital they have been made into rubber.

Here they are:-

But you got to hurry as the candy finishes on the 19th December 2009.

Frosty Is Back....

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Here is my card for my weekly slot over on the Crafty Sentiments blog. I have used the new 'Frosty' snowman stamp again but this time I used non-traditional colours, I hope making it a little more appealing for a male.

Of course I couldn't not enter it into a couple of challenges.

Pollycraft Monday - Sketch (rotated)

Dutch Dare - Colour Inspiration

Secret Crafter Saturday - Snow

Crazy 4 Challenges - Snow

Sketchy Colours - Blue & Green

Kaboodle Doodle - Sparkling Winter

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV 'Pattern Unknown'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments 'Frsoty'

Sentiment - Crafty Senitments 'A Christmas Wish'

Medium - Promarkers

Snow - Flower Soft 'Polar White'

Gems - Poundland (Coloured With Promarkers)

Ribbon - Stash

Santa Is Back In Town

Good evening to you all, just when I thought I was all done I have an order for more cards arghh plus I am playing catch up with my post at the moment.  Here is one of two cards I have made for the grandparents. I have used the great sketch over at The Sugar Bowl and I'm sure I can find a few other challenges to fit this into so will again list them as follows:-

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch & Favourite Colour (now I am one of those people who doesn't really have a favourite because it changes with the seasons, so for now this lovely berry red seems to be it)

Charisma Cardz - Red & Green with White or Silver

Stamp Something - Winter Wonderland

The Crafty Pad - Christmas Card

Die Cut Dreams - Glitter Me Silly

The Cuttlebug Spot - Merry Christmas

The Pink Elephant - Winter/Christmas

Sophisti-Cat - Christmas Theme Anything Goes

Tuesday Tagger - Jolly Old St Nick

Stampavie & More - Red & Green

Creative Craft - Waiting For Santa

Supplies:-

A5 Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV 'Christmas Wishes' Stack

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Santa With Tree'

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Medium - Promarkers

Embossing - Cuttlebug Snowflakes

Ribbon & Charm - QD Stores

Beard - Flower Soft 'Polar White'

Sparkle - Baker Ross 'Snow Shaker'

Frosty The Snowman to name but a few

Well, this week has been a very trying week for me, firstly I seem to be infection free yay but with the sudden news and then the funeral of my father, an abdominal mass investigation and then to finish it all off the death of an old school friend's wife who was only 33!! Hence I am really hoping that this is my lot for the bad news and that I am going to get the all clear for the investigation and THEN perhaps my Christmas period can begin. My cards are all made with the exception of the one's for my husband and youngest son and all the present are now brought so just waiting for a bombardment of deliveries now.

 My card for today fits into a few challenges and I will list them below but before that you have to have a look at the cute snowman stamp I used, it is one of the new stamps available from Crafty Sentiments his name is 'Frosty'.

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Cupcake Crafts - Sing A Christmas Song I chose 'Frosty The Snowman'

Papertake Weekly - Red & Green Must Not Be Seen

Simon Says - Let It Snow

Creative Inspirations - Non Traditional Christmas Colours

Cooking It Up With Katie - Recipe 'Xmas Theme, Add Ribbon & Use Any Current Sketch'.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Summertime Designs 'Winter Wonderland'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments 'Frost'

Medium - Promarkers

Sentiment - oops I missed it off lol

Ribbon - Brown Crafty Ribbons, Marine was an odd piece of white that I Promarkered.

Snowflakes - Baker Ross

Snow - Flower Soft 'Polar White'

Crafty Sentiments DT Card & It Fits A Few Challenges

Here is a card I have made for which I think could be used as either a winter birthday or as a non traditional Christmas card which is why I have haven't placed a sentiment on it as yet.

I have made this card for my weekly Wednesday design team slot over at the Crafty Sentiments blog however it fits nicely into a few challenges which I shall list below:-

Create 4 Fun - Sketch

Pile It On - Tinsel Town (to use glitter)

Whimsy Stamps - Die Cuts

Crafty Cardmakers - Alternative Christmas

Simon Says - So Charming

Quixotic - So Charming

C.R.A.F.T - Christmas Birthday

Stamp Something - Glitzy Something

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Summertime Designs 'Winter Gifts 1 & 2'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments 'Lulu'

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Nestabilities Labels 7 & Classic Oval

Punch - Woodware Small & Medium 'Daisy'

Gems - Poundland

Charm - Local Craft Shop

Glitter - Baker Ross 'Snow Shaker'.

Crafty Calendar Challenges DT Card.....

Good morning hope you are all well. Today see's a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenges and this month our challenge is to make a

'Winter themed item with the added option of sparkle and bling'. You must hurry over to the challenge blog because apart from my fellow team pals having made an array of gorgeous cards we have yet another super sponsor this month.

My sparkle is the snow which is all glittery but you cannot see it in the photo and my bling is the snowflakes which are also glittered and made out of foam.

I am so glad that this card was made earlier as otherwise it would not of made it here today but hey ho these things happen. 

Supplies:-

A3 cardstock - made into an 6" easel card

Designer papers - DCWV 'Christmas Wishes'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Magazine freebie

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments 'A Christmas Wish'

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Spellbinders 'Scalloped & Classic Square'

Snowflakes - Baker Ross

Snow - Flower Soft 'Polar White' & Baker Ross 'Snow Shaker'

Thanks for stopping by but you really should be over at Crafty Calendar Challenges.

Missing & A Card To fit Several Challenges

Firstly I would like to say a big sorry for having not blogged or crafted shock horror for nearly week, this is because I have a nasty infection in my spine (so the doctors think!!!) at the moment which is causing all sorts of symptoms problems with doing things.

So I am posting this 8" easel card which I started to make last Wednesday and little by little have been adding to it, it feels like the longest card project in history and yet it really is quite a simple card lol.

Now because I have missed lots of challenges over the week I have therefore lots to fit this card into and so I am going to list them all below:-

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch & Use A Zigzag (I created this with my edge punch)

Charisma Cardz - Anything Christmas

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges - Punch Happy (edge punch below ribbon which I broke in the process)

Rosie-Dee's - Red, Green & Abit Of Bling

Cupcake Crafts - Red & Green

Stamp With Fun - Christmas

Kaboodle Doodle - Snowflakes

The Cuttlebug Spot - Brrr Winter

The Pink Elephant - Colour Me Wonderful (favourite colouring medium)
Creative Card Crew - Christmas
Project Tuesday - Easel Card
My Time To Craft - Winter Pals

Supplies:-

A3 Cardstock

Designer Papers - DCWV 'Christmas Wishes'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamps - Sugar Nellie 'Winter Wonderland' & 'Santa's Letter'

Medium - Promarkers

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'

Punch - Fiskars

Ribbon - Anitas

Gems - Poundland coloured with promarkers

Two Cards Several Challenges

Today I have two cards to show and each fits into different challenges.

The first card is an easel card and here are the challenges that it fits into:-

Pollycraft Monday Challenges - Wonderful Christmas Time

Whimsy Stamps Challenges - Christmas

Papertake Weekly Challenges - Christmas Crackers

La La Land Challenges - Receipe (3 patterned papers, 2 colors of cardstock (white counts as a color), and 1 type of embellishment).

Supplies:-

5" easel card - A3 cardstock cut at 5"x10" & 5"x5"

Designer Papers - DCWV Multi Stack 'Christmas Wishes'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Magazine 'Freebie'

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - QD Stores

Edge Punch - Fiskars

Die - Nestabilities 'Scalloped Square'

The second card is a regular 6" square card and here are the challenges that this fits into:-

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Inspirational Photo Of Postbox

Colour Create Challenge - Green, Red & White

Sketch Saturday Challenge - Sketch (I rotated it)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Winter Wonderland (As I only have a few Penny Black stamps and none of them xmas ones I decided to go with something a little different as in the sentiment 'Dreaming Of A White Christmas'

Supplies:-

6" Square Card blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV Multi Stack 'Christmas Wishes'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Penny Black

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - Blog Candy Win

Buttons - Stash

Snow - Flower Soft 'Polar White'

Jake's Birthday Card & Broken Arm...

Evening all, I just wanted to do two quick things this evening 1. post this card I made for my youngest son Jake's birthday yesterday and 2. update you all on the broken arm as I have had several emails about it.

For the card I decided that as his only two passions in life are the army and rugby I would make him a rugby related card as he had an army one last year but that was actually harder than I first thought because I was thinking a rugby ball easy it's oval oh no it's not it tapers off at the edges and trying to get that just so was no picnic. Here is the result...

As for the arm well the cast came off last Thursday and yes it really is 'deformed' as the doctor called it. After having the cast removed we waited to see the doctor only for it to be a different doctor and him to have a 2 second glance at it and so OK off you go. Well my husband, myself and Jake were all in shock, Jake was their with his bag packed to stay in and have it redone as the original doctor had agreed and this doctor said oh no we can't correct it now it's too late. After several minutes of raised voices the doctor called for the original doctor who although agreed that that was what he had said was not prepared to operate and told us to bring him back in 3 YEARS once he has stopped growing. Now maybe that would be OK for many people (well I guess only a very few lol) but when you have a child that wants to go away to army college at 16 that is a big problem as they will not accept them if they have ANY underlying medical problems. The doctor has now agreed to operate in 6 months once Jake has built the muscle back up and he can evalute how much or how little use he has of it, at the moment the wrist does not move backwards and only moves slightly forwards which is a big problem when it's your writing hand. I have told Jake that if after a month or so of exercise he still cannot move it I will be calling the hospital and asking for an earlier appointment as I will not have him left as I was until it really was too late to do any good. 

The Gypsy Spot......

For you Cricut lovers out there would you love to win the new Gypsy, well if the answer is yes and who wouldn't pop over to The Gypsy Spot where they have new blog and all the info you need to win one. The Gypsy has been generously donated by Custom Crops.  However if you want it hurry as this giveaway ends on 1st December 2009. Good luck to all.

Create 4 Fun Challenge

Here is a very quick post to show the card I made for the Create 4 Fun Challenge. I have used a large stamp which I often find difficult to use because of it's size but I think it worked well with the sketch provided.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV 'Christmas Wish Multi Stack'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Partridge In A Pear Tree'

Medium - Promarkers

Trim, Snowflake & Bow - Creativity  'Freebie'

Charm - QD Store

Friday Sketchers & Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Today's card has been made using the character Lulu and then using the ticket image which came with my deisgner papers to stamp my sentiment onto, making for another different way of using these lovely sentiment stamps from Crafty Sentiments. The stamp I have used today comes from the stamp set 'A Christmas Wish' and the designer papers are available as a free download from The Craft Table Blog.

For the card I have followed the sketch from Friday Sketchers Challenge, it also fits the theme of 'Glitter Me Silly' over at Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

Sorry about the photo I will change it once I get some daylight.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - The Craft Table Free Download 'Winter Wonderland'

Cardstock - The Range

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments 'Lulu'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments 'A Christmas Wish'

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Present Embellishment - Creativity Freebie

Glitter - Stickles.

Double Dutch, By The Cute & Girly, Creative Belli & Charisma Cardz Challenges

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Here is my card for the Double Dutch Challenge following their very precise sketch. This card also fits into the By The Cute & Girly Challenge where the theme is 'Winter Wonderland', The Creative Belli Challenge whose theme this week is 'Christmas Themed Embellishments' and Charisma Cardz Challenge have the theme of 'Merry & Bright'.

How do you like that little line of tree's on my card, can you beleive that is ribbon!!!

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Winter Wonderland'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Santa's Letter'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Xcut 'Nostalgic Corner'

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'

Ribbon - Boyes

Snowflake Brads - Dovecraft

Square Brads - Making Memories

Charm - QD Stores

Glitter - Craftwork Cards. 

The Sugar Bowl Challenge

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Here is my entry into fortnights The Sugar Bowl Challenge using a lovely sketch and then adding the please include extra of 'Thankfulness'. It made a pleasant change to make a card other than a Christmas card.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Amethyst Infusion'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Teddy Too'

Sentiment - Unknown

Medium - Promarkers

Crafty Sentiments Presents......

Today, see's the release of the first three character stamps over at Crafty Sentiments and so it has been decided to have a blog hop so that we can show you just how you can use these stamps together with the sentiment sets that are already available to purchase. Although my creations are Christmas themed Crafty Sentiments also have some really lovely stamp sets for other occasions.

The blog hop starts now and will run until Wednesday 18th November 2009 at 8pm GMT to give everybody a chance to join in the fun and whilst you are visiting all the blogs be sure to leave a comment on each of them you visit as hidden in one of the blogs will be some candy. 

So without further ado here is what I made. I started out making the gift box and it kind of esculated to a Christmas Day themed set. I hope you like what I have made and enjoy the blog hop, I for one can't wait to see what the other design team members have created plus we have a special guest designer joining us.

I masked the characters so that I could use all three on this easel card.

 To make this set I have used the sentiments and snwflakes from three different sets which I will list below

Card - Snowflake 'Let It Snow' & Sentiment 'Christmas Sparkles'

Cracker - Snwflake & Sentiment 'A Christmas Wish'

Treat Favour - Snowflake 'Christmas Sparkles' & Sentiment 'A Christmas Wish'

Gift Box - Snowflake 'Christmas Sparkles' & Sentiment 'Let It Snow' 

The characters used are from left to right as on my card 'Lulu', 'Yasmin' & 'Daisy'.  

Some close up photo's so you can see the sentiments clearly, you can also click on the photo's for a better view.

This is a circular blog hop and there is candy somewhere along the way. You may start on the blog you are on and just continue by clicking on the next name on the blog. The end of the blog hop is when you land back on the blog you started on. You don’t have to hunt for the blog candy! We want you to enjoy the hop so to be eligible for the blog candy you MUST do 2 things.

1) You MUST be a follower of the Crafty Sentiments Blog and

2) You MUST leave a comment on every blog (6 comments total).

The next blog on the hop is: LISA

Now off you go and have fun.

One Card Many Challenges & It's An Easel Card Again.

Well today having finished off all my work for Sunday's Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop I decided to make another Christmas card to add to my collection. I have added stickles to the embossed white circle to give it abit more depth but it hasn't shown in the photo as well as it looks in real life. Yet again I did not make it with any challenges in mind except using the sketch I chose but it fits into quite a few, so I will list them as I think it makes it clearer. In no particular order they are:-

Create 4 Fun - Sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges - Easel Card

Secret Crafter Saturday - Easel Card

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Special Folds

Crafty Creations - Snow

Cupcake Crafts - Snow Much Fun

Susie's Sassy Designs - Christmas

Supplies:-

Card Base 6" x 12" & 6" x 6" cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Winter Wonderland'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Winter Wonderland'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Verse - Google

Medium - Promarkers

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'

Die - Nestibilities 'Labels 7'

Lace - local Hardware Store

Snow & Embossed Snowflake's - Stickles 'Diamond Lace'

Charm - Unknown Won In A Candy Draw. 

Don't forget the Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop starts on Sunday 15th November.

Stampavie DT, Sophisti-Cat, Stamp Something, Secret Crafter Saturday, Stamp Scrap & Doodle & Crazy 4 Challenges Challenges.

Today is my first attempt at an easel card, I had seen many of them around blogland and thought how nice they looked so took the plunge and made one. I really like this style of card so beware I think you may see a few more of these. Why is it when I look at a challenge I come up blank as to what I am going to create yet this card fits nicely into many challenges when I only set out to make it for the Stampavie challenge. The challenges it fits into are as follows in no particular order:-

Stampavie Challenge - Sketch

Sophisti-Cat Challenge - Buttons & Ribbons

Stamp Something - Recipe '1 ribbon, 2 papers, 3 embellishments ( a total of 3 or 3 different)  

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Easel Cards

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday Challenge - Special Folds

Crazy 4 Challenges - Easel Cards

Front View

Side View

Supplies:-

A3 sheet cut at 6"x12" and then 6"x6" to create card blank

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Blueberry Hill'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sarah Kay 'Spring Blossoms'

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Nestabilities 'Classic & Scalloped Ovals' & 'Floral Accents'

Punch - Woodware 'Small & Medium Daisy'

Ribbon - Local Craft Shop

Button, Pearls & Gems - From Stash