Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Criss Cross it's Christmas!

Hi, due to some technical issues last night I am running a little late today but I am here to tell you all about the new theme over on the ABC Christmas Challenge blog which is

'X' is for Criss Cross

To play along all that you have to do is simply "criss cross" something to create an X.

 
 
For my card I have used Tilda with Snow Heart and coloured her up to match this plaid paper that I had in my stash.  Its hard to see in my photo but I've given the image a good dose of sparkle and shine using Twinkle dust and white glue for the snowy accents which complements the snowflake ornament that I have used as an embellishment. A few flowers and gems finished the card off.
 


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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

U for Under the Pile


Good Morning, I hope your week is off to a great start. Its hard to believe that we are already almost half way through October, the big day is inching closing and closer. To help you get prepared, we have another great theme starting today over on the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog.
 
U for Under the Pile
(we want to see some of the oldest creative goodies in your stash)
 
 
I can't claim that this was a hard one for me. Most of my stash is more than a year old at this point. This adorable little Edwin stamp that I think is about 2 years old now has been coloured up to match a card blank that I assembled using some scraps from an old Basic Grey Christmas collection. Only a few simple embellishments were added keeping the card nice and flat for the holiday mail.
 
We do hope that you will play along.
 

Our generous sponsor this time is Bugaboo Stamps

One lucky Random winner will win 7 Digi images for their choice
 
Happy Crafting!

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Rip it Up

Where oh where has the summer gone. I can't believe that it is the last day of August already which means that we are now less than 4 months to Christmas.
 
Over on the ABC Christmas Challenge blog we have another new challenge starting today. The theme this time around is
 
R for Rip it Up
 
 
For my  card, I decided to dig into the inks and play.
 
 
I started by embossing the snowflake design and then rubbing on Distress inks in various shades of teal and purple. After tearing off the edge of the matted piece I played around with some embellishment and finally came across these old acrylic snowflakes so I pulled out the alcohol inks and dabbed them up to match with the background.
 
A few simple gems and a sentiment finish the whole thing off nicely.
 
I hope that you will join in on the fun.
 
Our generous sponsor for this challenge is
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and they have provided a £10.00 Voucher for one lucky participant.
 
Happy Crafting!

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Q for Quick Layout

Good Morning, is has been a long hot summer but before you know it fall will be here and then Christmas will be sneaking up around the corner. Over at the ABC Christmas Challenge, we want to help you get ahead of the game this year. We have a new challenge starting today, the theme this time around is
 
Q for Quick Layout
 
For my card I have coloured up James Bear again. He is getting pretty quick and easy to do because I have used him so much. The layout is really simple, just some scraps from previous cards layered on red cardstock for matting with no embellishments. Quick layouts like this really let the image steal the show.
 
 
 
Be sure to join in on the fun, we have been generously sponsored by

 
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

L for Letters and Love

Good Evening, I  hope that you have been enjoying some wonderful spring weather. Today marked the start of a new ABC Christmas Challenge  and I'm here to tell you all about it.
 
Our theme this go around is things that start with L.
 
 
For my take on this challenge I selected one of my favorite stamp images from Whiff of Joy. This little pair of lovebird mice was perfect for the theme.  The layout was kept clean and simple to allow the image to be the real focus but I managed to pick up the theme again with Letters in one of my background papers and finished it of with a Love sentiment.
 
 
We have a fabulous sponsor for this challenge and one Lucky winner will receive 3 images of their choice from Drawn
 
Be sure to take a look on the challenge blog at the other DT samples for some more great L themed ideas. We do hope that you will join in the fun.


Wednesday, April 27, 2016

I for Inky

Good Morning, I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful spring.
 
It is the start of a new ABC Christmas Challenge.
 
The theme this time around is
 
I for Ink
 
so we hope that you will pull out your favorites and join us
 
 
 
For my card I have opted to play with Distress Inks and a pre-cut card blank. After stamping and heat embossing the snowflake background I have layered on the Distress. For the Snowflake medallion, I inked the stamp in the same colours of Distress before stamping and then layered the image on a simple scalloped mat.  The sentiment was heat embossed on vellum that I dug out of my stash.
 
This week, we are generously sponsored by
 
one lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher
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We do hope that you will play along with our challenge and look forward to seeing your inky creations.
 
Happy Crafting!
 

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

B for Baubles

Good morning all, I am here to tell you about the new challenge theme starting over on the ABC Christmas Challenge
Our challenge theme for this fortnight is

B for Baubles

and we have been generously sponsored by
One lucky Random winner will win 7 Digi images for their choice

 For my card I opted to use this adorable image from
She was coloured up in some rather non-traditional Christmas colours and I have paired the image with some old papers that were found in my stash. A snowflake, a few flowers and some sparkle and bling finish it all off.




This challenge closes on Tuesday February 2nd at 6pm (GMT).

So now it's over to you...
We look forward to seeing all your fabulous Christmas Creations!

Happy Crafting!