Winter Wishes for a Friend

Hello there, it has been quite some time since my last post.  I know that I had mentioned that I had the good intentions of getting back to some more regular blogging but that all went awry when I decided to try turning curling into a full contact sport (full contact with the ice that is) and I messed up my wrist and hand pretty good. After giving it lots of rest I am back on the mend and I am happy to be getting back into my craft room.

 

Today marks the start of a new ABC Christmas Challenge and this time it is my turn to host. 

The theme that has been chosen is

W for Winter Wishes

which means that you need to use a winter wishes sentiment on your creation.

 

 

Stamp and Create.com

And an awesome prize of 

And

Saturated Canary

 Prize is 2 Digi images from her lovely Etsy Shop.

 

 

For my card I've used one of Krista's older images that were sold through Sugar Nellie, I think that this might be the first time that I have coloured her up but she has been in my stash for a while now. I have matched her to some fun holiday papers from MME and added some simple embellishments as accents. To finish it all of I have added a little holiday sentiment and this card is now all ready to pop in the mail for the holidays.  

 

I hope that you will join us with your own gorgeous creations.  I do look forward to seeing what make.

Happy Crafting!

Altered Notebook

Well it is time for another challenge over at Charisma Cardz and this week the theme is Alter It. I had picked up a few spiral bound notebooks at back to school time with the thought of altering them for my nieces and never got around to it so I thought that I would give one a go.

I have used one of the Simply Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie called High School girl and coloured her to match the cover of the notepad. I then found a few co-ordinating papers and went to work adding a few layers to jazz it up a bit. I have used some punches to add some flowers and a little dragonfly to embellish. Not sure how well that will stand up but we shall see.

This week we are sponsored by the fabulous

All that Scraps!!

 

One lucky winner will receive 4 stamps or 1 stamp set.

I hope that you will join us.

Thank You Somethings

Good morning!

Just one more day to get through and then it is the weekend. Can you tell that I am a happy girl?

Today marks the start of another challenge on the Stamp Something blog and this week we want you to Stamp Something to say Thank You

We are sponsored this week by Funky Kits

who are offering up a

Funky Kits £10 voucher

for one lucky participant.

My card this week features the Hippie Chick, one of the Simply Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie that can be found at Funky Kits.I have coloured her in shades of blue and yellow to match these gorgeous papers from MME as I had been longing to use them for a while now. The layout for my card is based on the great sketch from the Sugarbowl Challenge.

To embellish my card I have added a sentiment from Hero Arts to match our thank you challenge. Then I built some little floral arrangements to match my card. The cherry blossoms and the little blue flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the yellow roses are hand made using a die from MFT. As I still felt that there was something missing, I punched a few butterflies which I have then sparkled using stickles and some rhinestones for the bodies.

I hope that you will join us for our thank you challenge this week. Before you head off to start crafting please stop by the Stamp Something blog and see the rest of the gorgeous creations from the DT.

Have a great weekend!

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Sugarbowl Challenge - Sketch

Fancy and Fussy Friday - 3 or More of Your Favorite Embellishment

Do You Stack Up - Thank You

Creative Card Crew - Handmade Flowers

Tip Top Tuesday - Thank You