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Just a quick post from me today, to let you know the new challenge at Totally Papercrafts.

It's the lovely Dora's first time hosting for us and the theme she has chosen is...

Pearls and Lace

This week we are sponsored by Crafty Emma. Check out the store for all kinds of crafting goodies, some great bargains in the sale, and have a sneaky peak at the lush papers that are available to pre-order.

Challenges

Papercraft Star  Victoriana

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Supplies -

6 x 6 On the Edge Card Blank from Crafty Emma's

Dress Form digi from Stretch 'n' Bubbles, paper pieced with Bo Bunny, Timepiece.
(This digi stamp store is now closed, but I'm sure someone else must do a similar stamp.)
DP, Prima Printery  Nestie Elegant Posts

Stamps from Papermania, Portabello Road 

Cream Lace, ribbon and pearls from my stash

To Have And To Hold

Over at Totally Papercrafts this week, the lovely Lols is hosting and we want you to...

Make Your Own Flowers

Argggghhhhh - I don't do flowers. I have tried - honest I have - with all that rollling and wrinkling, but it always ends up looking like something the dog chewed up!!
So, I can't wait to see what you come up with - and hopefully you will share your secrets with us!

I used this gorgeous digi image from Tiddly Inks, coloured with Copics and a sprinkling of Glamour Dust. In fact, quite a bit of Glamour Dust went on this card - it's not just for Christmas, you know!   ;-)

Here's a close up of my flowers.

IRL they are very pretty, although I admit, not a lot of 'making' was involved!

If , like me, you're 'florally' challenged,

even you can give these a go.


I bought the lace flower trim from my local craft shop and cut out the flowers.

I punched a simple bloom from card and bent up the petals. 

I used a glue dot to stick the lace flower on top.

The card helps to give the lace some shape, otherwise it would lay very flat.

Then I simply added a pearl or dew drop centre.

Easy, peasy  :-)

Challenges

Papertake Weekly - Buttons, Bows, Bling & Blooms - Use any or all of them.

Ladybug Crafts -  Bows

Digi Tuesday - Romantic Card

Bling It On (Jan) - New Beginnings

Stampalot Challenges (Jan) - Monochromatic

Supplies
6 x 6 On the Edge card blank from Crafty Emma's.
Tiddly Inks Digi Image, You and Me Baby coloured with Copics.
DP - Papermania, Heather.     Glamour Dust.   XCut Flower Punch
Sizzix Flourishes Die.     XCut Sm. Heart Nestie.  Sm. Lacey Circle Nestie
Sentiment LOTV.  Pearls Coloured With Copic.  Dew Drop. Satin Ribbon.

How do I love thee?

Look at me... getting ahead and making my Valentine card for Mr. KISS  ;-)

This year, to save me spending hours trawling for that perfect image, I have experimented with my nesties.

I admit, it's very strange not having an image as a focal point, but I kind of like the way this turned out.
It reminds me of those Cath Kidston prints.

And - shock horror - I even decorated the inside!

Challenges

Sketch Saturday -  Sketch

One Stop Craft -  On the Spot and Ribbon

Crafter's Companion - Love is in the Air

Secret Crafter - Anything Goes with Blue

Pollycraft - Bingo    My line is Ribbon/Sparkle/Flowers

Supplies -

The DP is totally gorgeous, but I have no idea what make it is.

I used lots of dies - 

Spellbinders -  Circles / Scalloped Circles / Pennants (nesties)

Edgeabilities - Classic Bracket      Fancy Tags 3 and Elegant Posts

XCut Heart Nestie.

DCWV Rub-on love quotes.     
Fine red glitter on the heart, pearls and red satin ribbon, from my stash

Nobody Knows I'm A Genius!

It's Friday 13th today - so don't risk going out - stay home and join in our new challenge at Totally Papercrafts :o)

it's my turn to choose this week's theme and, 'cos I'm still struggling to get back into crafting, I went with a nice easy one...

Spots and Stripes

This is a card I made for my dd's boyfriend - I  just couldn't resist the cute Tiddly Inks image.  He's coloured with Copics, cut out and popped up on foam tape.
The 'in' thing at the moment seems to be playing scrabble on their iphones - so I made up some little scrabble letters on my comp and added his name.

Challenges - 

Crafty Cardmakers - No Flower Embellies

Papertake Weekly - Die Cute Special. The background shape and the little tag things with buttons on - don't know what you call 'em -  were die cuts in the DP pack. I also used a Spellbinders Edgability on the striped DP and black card.

Tiddly Inks - Celebration

Simon Says - Spots and Stripes

Moving Along With The Times - Spots and Stripes

Supplies.

6 x 6 On the Edge card blank from Crafty Emmas.

Tiddly Inks digi image, coloured with Copics.

The football stamp is from a Woodware, Playtime set.

DP - My Mind's Eye, Ooh La La.

Craftwork Cards Sentiment / Buttons /  Scrabble letters made on my comp.

G'day mate!

Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all had a fabulous holiday.

If you're like me and are finding it tough to get back into crafting mode, check out our first challenge of the year at Totally Papercrafts hosted by the lovely Anne.

We have a nice, easy sketch for you to follow,  designed by our very own Sue.

I rotated the sketch to suit my design - as long as we can make out the original sketch on your project, that's fine.

 For a long time my Mum & Dad spent the start of each year in Australia, visiting friends. Then, because of their health problems they haven't been able to go for the last 5 years, but they are now heading back there at the end of Jan. Wish I was going with them :-)

Soooo - this image is perfect for my Dad's Birthday tomorrow. That is just him (minus the beard) with his Aussie hat and thongs and a tinny in his hand :-)

Please head over to the main blog to check out the amazing work of my fellow teamies and, if you're playing along this week, you could win a  $25 credit voucher to spend in the Simon Says Stamp Store.

Challenges

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes

Papertake -Anything Goes (Optional 'new' theme)

Supplies.
Aussie Santa image from Make it Crafty, coloured with Copics.
DPs are Websters Pages.
Sentiment made on my comp.

Hot Choc

Phew.... I think I'm nearly done!

The decs are up, the presents are wrapped and all that's left is the dreaded food shopping!

Merry Christmas to my brilliant teamies at Crafty Emma's and Totally Papercrafts - and also to my followers and those that take a little time to leave me a comment - I appreciate all your support.

Wishing you all health and happiness for 2012.

Here's a last minute gift I made for a friend.

This had me swearing - I can tell you, and several attempts ended up in the bin!

I started by making an insert, large enough for my mug and reindeer - using a nestie oval to cut a piece for the reindeer to sit in, and a nestie circle for the mug.

Then I made a shallow box around the insert, and stapled a piece of card to the back of the box, with a nestie oval handle.

The card box doesn't really support the weight of the mug, so I wrapped the whole thing in cellophane to make it easier to carry.

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp - Bingo.   My line is Ribbon/Twine, Punches/Die Cuts, Multifold.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas and my Top Tip is "buy 2 chocolate reindeer, one to put in the box and one to eat whilst you are trying to make it".   Ha Ha! Only kidding ladies :-)

Champagne Party

How cute are these little mice, with their champagne fountain?

Just perfect for the last challenge of the year over at CES, where our theme is

Party, Party, Party!

This challenge will run til January 6th.

 

I used a 6 x 6 Petal Point card as my base, with GCD Ella Blue DPs.

The Lili of the Valley image is coloured with Copics and sprinkled with Glamour Dust.

I kept the card pretty simple and just added a few gems, pearls, card candi and a sentiment from Crafwork Cards.

Don't forget to pop over to the main blog for details of the £10 prize to spend in Crafty Emma's store,

and check out the awesome work of my fab teamies.

Challenges -

Party Time

Here we are at our last Totally Papercrafts Challenge of the year.

Our host is the fabulous Lols and she has chosen the theme

Time to Party

We would like to see anything with a party theme. 

The challenge is open til January 5th, so plenty of time for you to play along.

Our sponsor is Karen's Doodles, who will be giving away 3 digi images to the lucky winner.

I used this fun image from Karen's Doodles, coloured with Copics, some glamour dust on the soap suds and a little glossy accents on her mobile phone and cocktail.

Challenges

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Bingo (runs til Jan 2nd )  My line is Ribbon/Flowers/Punches, Die Cuts.
Stampalot - Bingo - My Line is Punches / Flowers / Pearls

Supplies

DP - GCD Love Tokens.      Xcut Puncheed Blooms.

Party ticket made on my comp and using McGills Ticket Punch.

Martha Stewarts Lace Doily Punch.  

XCut Botanical Leaves Punch.      Glamour Dust.  Glossy Accents. 

Pearls.  Craftwork Cards Sentiment.   Ribbon from my stash.

Christmas Stockings

It's suddenly got very busy here - and I am sinking under a pile of 'to do' lists!!
Hope all your Christmas plans are going well.

Today I am showing you some cute little gift stockings, that will hold  gift cards or cash :-)

These are really quick and easy to make and much better than putting cash in a boring envelope!! 

I used the great free template from Waltzing Mouse Stamps

 

I found a few sheets of these pretty, glittered DPs, in my box,  but I can't remember what make they are.

And, because you can't have TOO much sparkle at Christmas, I added some extra glamour dust :-)

The stocking top is tied closed with some pretty, organza ribbon.

To this I added a glittered tag, with a button snowflake and some silver bells.
 

Challenges

Moving Along With The Times - Last Minute Christmas

2 Sisters - Christmas

Paper Sundaes - Anything Christmas

Cupcake - Don't Look At The Light

Top Tip - A Gift

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We Three Snowmen

How are you all getting on with your Christmas cards - nearly done??

I have just a few more to make.

Here's a really quick and simple card that, I think, looks really effective.

I stamped the sentiment straight onto my base card.

The image comes from a sheet of DP in the First Edition, Festive Treats pack.  I cut out the snowmen and used a round ended embossing tool to give them a little shape. 

Then I stuck them onto the card with foam pads (the paper is already glittered, so there's no need to add any)  and that's it... one quick card!

You can find this First Edition DP at Crafty Emma's

Challenges

Craft Your Days Away - Snowmen

2 Sisters - Christmas

One Stop Craft - Traditional Christmas Colours

Samuel Taylors - Anything Goes

Christmas Kisses

Morning everyone, time for another challenge at the CES Challenge Blog,

but first there is an update from Emma and some new pics of her totally gorgeous princess. Pop over and check them out here.

Our lovely host this week is Carrie
and she has chosen the theme

Traditional Christmas

I went for the traditional christmas colours of red and green, with this sweet Mistletoe Kisses image.

The image is a pre-coloured die cut, so all I had to do was add a little glamour dust and stickles pearls.

I used a 6 x 6 On the Edge card blank,with red gems on the petal points.

The DP is Dovecraft Back to Basics and the snowflakes were die cut, and sprinkled with more glamour dust.

So, if you still have some Christmas cards to make, why not make one of them traditonal and enter our challenge.

You could win yourself a $10 voucher to spend at Crafty Emma's (excl p and p).

Challenges -

My Mum's Craft Shop - Traditional Christmas

ABC Christmas - Y is for Yippee!! Anything Christmas

Crafty Ribbons -Taditional Colours for Christmas

Cute Card Thursday -  Anything Goes

I Wanna Be A Rockstar

Over at Totally Papercrafts this week we are taking a break from all things festive ;-)

Our host is the lovely Vicky and we want to see

ANYTHING  BUT CHRISTMAS

This 'Let Me Entertain You' Teddy Bo is great for 'guy' cards and I kept this one pretty simple.

I cropped the image and coloured it with Copics. I added a Tim Holtz ticket, a sentiment and a little die cut button, that I covered with glossy accents.

This card is definitely lacking something, isn't it? I just can't decide what! My head is so full of christmas stuff I struggled to make anything that wasn't covered in glitter, bows or snowflakes!!

This week our sponsor is Meljen and the winner will receive 4 digi images of their choice.

Supplies.
Teddy Bo Digi Image / DP Websters Pages / Tim Holtz Ticket/
Craftwork Cards Sentiment / Die Cut Button.