Happy New Year!

Just another quick post to wish everyone a Happy New Year before I go out and celebrate!! I hope 2010 is a great one for you all.  

My Time to Craft #72

It's the last challenge of 2009 over at My Time to Craft and the theme is "anything goes".  I made this card on Christmas Eve when I had some time to spare although I didn't photograph it until yesterday as I wanted to use my new toy.

I used all Stampin Up goodies again.  I used my new Bella Bleu papers together with Not Quite Navy and Kraft card.  I also used my fave stamps, Pocket Silhouttes.

Supplies: Pocket Silhouettes, A Bit of Birthday Cheer, Bella Bleu DP, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White and Kraft card, Not Quite Navy ink, Eyelet Border punch.

Christmas

It's all over for another year.  I hope you all had a wonderful time and Santa bought everything you wished for.  He definitely bought what I wished for, a D-SLR camera, a Nikon D5000 to be exact.  I love it!  Now I just need to learn how to use it!  I took quite a few photos on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, here's just a couple that I've been playing about with.

Here's our Christmas tree.  It's the best out of the bunch of a few!

A close up of one of the baubles.  The tree looks white in this picture but it's actually cream.  I need to play with the settings to see if I can make it look warmer.

A picture of a place setting at the table.  Yes I made the crackers and the little gift bags.  I'm sure I took some photos of those close up, I need to find them.

Well I hope you had a fabulous time and here's to the New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Just a quick post to wish a Merry Christmas to you all.  I hope Santa is good you all!

Christmas Cards

Here are the last lot of my Christmas cards.  All were made using SU goodies and were either case'd from others on SCS or made using ideas from SCS.

Supplies: All supplies SU

My Time to Craft #71

This week over at My Time to Craft we challenge you to make a Z card.  Now there's so many different ways you can do this and the team have come up with some fab ideas.   Please take a look at them all!  Here's mine:

I used a basic Z fold card, again I used my SU stash and my fave stamps of the moment, Trendy Trees.  I really made a simple card and didn't go over the top with embellishments, in fact I didn't use any.  This card took just minutes to whip up.  Great for bulk thank you cards for Christmas!

Supplies: All SU.  Trendy Trees, Certainly Celery DSP, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip card and Certainly Celery and Close to Cocoa ink.

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #18

This is my last card for my stint on the DT over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.  Unfortunately I've been laid up with sciatica for the past couple of weeks and card making was pushed to the back burner as I was in too much pain to really sit, hunched over a desk and concentrate.  This was a last minute dash to get made, so much so I forgot all about it and didn't have time to get it posted on the SS&S blog.  Anyway on to the card, it was a sketch by Barb which was fab. I altered it to fit a C6 card and used some of my SU goodies.

I have really enjoyed being on this DT for the past couple of months and I want to thank the whole team for inviting me, making me welcome and supplying such fab sketches!

Supplies: All SU, Trendy Trees, Old Olive, Rose Red and Bashful Blue, Stampin Up Eyelet Border Punch

My Time to Craft #69

The challenge over at My Time to Craft is "winter foliage".   This wasn't difficult for me I knew what to use.  I just love this card.  Also it was made using a non-Christmas stamp, it's from the Pocket Silhoutte set from Stampin' Up!  Doesn't it make a great Christmas wreath?? All products are Stampin' Up!

Supplies - all from Stampin' Up!

Stamp - Pocket Silhouette

Card - Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White

Paper - Ski Slope

Ink - Old Olive

Ribbon - Real Red

Other - Red glitter from stash

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #17

Okay the weeks are now flying by and Christmas will soon be here.  It's time for another challenge over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp, this time provided by Arianne.  This was such a lovely sketch, very simple and lots of room to add and embellish!  Unfortunately my time at SS&S will soon be coming to an end :(

This time I pulled out my lovely WoJ Santa together with some yummy MME papers.

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Other - White flower soft and pearls from stash

Tools - Snowflake punch

Sketch Saturday #79

This card I have made using the sketch over at Sketch Saturday.  I love working with their sketches, and this was no exception.  It worked really well with the image I used.  I used those papers again, are you sick of them yet?

Supplies: Whiff of Joy stamp; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; MME paper; Stampin' Up! eyelet punch; brown chalk ink; pearls, snowflake punch

Moving Along with the Times #23

Another challenge blog I stumbled across was this one, Moving Along with the Times.  There was a fab sketch together with a theme of animals.  It just so happened that I had stamped and coloured this fabulous image that's a stamp by Gillian Roberts at Stampavie.  It is so adorable.  I just had to join in with their challenge.

Supplies: Stampavie stamp; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; Bo Bunny papers; Stampin' Up! real red ribbon; various snowflake punches; brown chalk ink; pearls

My Time to Craft meets two more!

On my, it's December! Christmas will be here before we all know it!

Here is my DT card for My Time to Craft which this week is "Winter Pals".  I've also combined it with a couple of other challenges:

1.  Create4Fun - Sketch
2.  Secret Crafter - Christmas Trees

I have used the most adorable stamp by Gillian Roberts at Stampavie which I picked up last week on my trip to Sir Stampalot.  I also used some more of those yummy Bo Bunny papers.

Supplies: Stampavie stamp; snowflake punch; gems; Bo Bunny papers; brown chalk ink; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp

1 Card meets 4 Challenges

Here is another card which I have made combining four challenges.  This time I have used those super cute Magnolia images that I got last week from Sir Stampalot.  I've also pulled out those gorgeous Cosmo Cricket papers, they are slowly disappearing and I will be so sad when they gone!  The challenges that this card are to be entered into are:

1.  Just Magnolia - Sketch
2.  Creative Card Crew - Fave Things (making cards are my "fave thing" especially Christmas ones!)
3.  Passion for Promarkers - Any colour and theme
4.  Charisma Cardz - Christmas

Supplies:  Magnolia stamps; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamps; snowflake punch; pearls; gems; Cosmo Cricket papers; Stampin' Up! eyelet punch; brown chalk ink

Creative Inspirations #36

I keep coming across different challenge blogs all the time.  I stumbled across this one from another blog.  It has a fab sketch which I just had to play with.  So this card is for the Creative Inspirations blog using their sketch.  I pulled out an old Magnolia stamp to play with and teamed it with those lovely bright MME papers.  I also went all out on snowflakes too!

Supplies: Magnolia stamp; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; cuttlebug snowflake die, various snowflake punches, brad, gems, black chalk ink, MME papers

1 Card, 4 Challenges

Here is another card, combining challenges.  This time I've entered it into four challenges:

1.  Crafty Angels - Sketch
2.  Roses on Paper - Romance
3.  Simon Says - Winter Love
4.  Everybody Art - Christmas

I have used a cute Magnolia stamp coloured with promarkers and once again I have used those scrummy MME papers, hope you're not bored with seeing them!

Supplies: Magnolia stamp; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; paper roses; pearls; white flower soft; MME paper; brown chalk ink; glimmer mist; snowflake punch; gem

1 Card, 5 Challenges

So today I sat down to do some stamping.  On a Saturday I always look through the challenges and see what's around.  There are just so many challenge blogs out there I see what can be combined.  So this card is for fivechallenges, I could have entered into at least eight!  But I thought I would save that for a few more cards.  So, the five challenges are:-

1.  Sketch & Stash Challenge - Sketch
2.  Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
3.  Whiff of Joy - Christmas
4.  Cute Card Thursday - Boys card
5.  A Spoon Full of Sugar - Brown plus blue or pink

I used a stamp from the Whiff of Joy winter kit that I hadn't inked up together with those lovely MME papers again.

Supplies: Whiff of Joy Stamp, Daisy & Dandelion Sentiment Stamp; MME papers; Snowflake punches; gems; brown chalk ink, Stampin' Up! eyelet punch

Create4Fun #47 and Colour Create #32

Here's the last of my cards from Sunday's lot.  Again I have managed to enter this into two challenges:

1.  Create4Fun - Sketch
2.  Colour Create - Red, Green and White

This time I have used some papers from Magnolia and a new stamp from Magnolia which I picked up from Sir Stampalot.  Quite like these papers!  I did only pick up a couple of sheets though.

Supplies: Magnolia stamp; Magnolia papers; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp, ribbon, charm, promarkers; pearls

Just Magnolia #32 and Friday Sketchers #79

A second post from me today!

Here's another of Sunday's cards which I have entered into two challenges:

1.  Just Magnolia - Masking
2.  Friday Sketchers - Sketch

I've used two of my new Magnolias coloured using promarkers.  I also used those Cosmo Cricket papers again, which I love!

Supplies: Magnolia stamps; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; Cosmo Cricket papers; cuttlebug snowflake die and embossing folder; two snowflake punches; brown chalk ink; promarkers; brad; pearls

My Time to Craft #67

Here's my card for this week's challenge at My Time to Craft which is "Very Vintage".  I have to admit I really struggled this theme this week.  I don't do vintage cards at all, they are really not my thing.  However, the first thing that pops into my head when you say vintage is the colour sepia.  So I made a card using brown tones.  All products are Stampin' Up!

Supplies - all Stampin' Up!

Stamps - Season of Joy

Card - Kraft, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip

Ink - Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip

Ribbon - Chocolate Chip

Whiff of Joy Challenge #56

Here's the third card I made yesterday.  This time I used a fabulous sketch over at Whiff of Joy Challenge.  Although there were a lot of layers, I really enjoyed working with this sketch and love the result.  I used another of the stamps from the winter kit that I hadn't yet inked up and once again used those lovely MME papers.  I am really pleased with all the cards I have made using these papers, glad I have tons of it left!

Supplies:  Whiff of Joy stamp; My Mind's Eye paper; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; flower, snowflake punch, pearls, brad; ribbon, brown chalk ink; Stampin' Up! eyelet punch, Stampin' Up! oval punch

Papertake Weekly Sketch #28 and One Stop Craft #56

Here's the second of my cards from today, and the third post from me!!  I'm entering this into two challenges:

1.  One Stop Challenge - Snowflakes
2.  Papertake Weekly - Sketch

I have used a lovely stamp from Whiff of Joy which was in the winter kit but hadn't managed to get round to inking up!  I also used those lovely MME papers again.

Supplies: Whiff of Joy stamp; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; ribbon; My Mind's Eye papers; brown ink; two snowflake punches, cuttlebug snowflake die and embossing folder; brads

Charisma Cardz #46 and Stampavie & More #70

Today my my mojo was in full swing and I ended up making five cards!  That's the most I have made in a long while.  I'm pleased with every single one of them (which is unusual when I make so many in one go!) and you will get to see them all over the week.

The first card I made I'm entering into two challenges:

1.  Charisma Cardz - Sketch
2.  Stampavie & More - Brown plus 1 other colour

I used my one of my new Magnolias I got on Friday when we popped into Sir Stampalot.  Unfortunately they had sold many of the new Christmas Magnolias however I did manage to get a few.  I also used my new Martha Stewart punch and those lovely MME papers.  I really like this colour scheme, it's a bit different for Christmas.

Supplies: Magnolia samp; My Mind's Eye papers; Martha Stewart cornice punch;paper roses;Glimmer Mist; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; leaf punch; pearls; Stampin' Up! oval punch; wiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder;brown chalk ink

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #16

The fortnight has gone so quickly, it's time for another sketch over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.  Sem has provided a fantastic sketch to work with.  Plus the DT got to use some fabulous digi stamps from Michele at Crafts 4 Eternity.  I used the snowman cupcake coloured in using my promarkers.  Unfortunately my printer ink and promarkers do not like each other and you can see some bleeding.  I also used some new Bo Bunny papers which are lovely and bright.

Please visit the rest of the DT to see their lovely creations.

Supplies:

Image - Snowman Cupcake from Crafts 4 Eternity

Paper - Bo Bunny

Other - Ribbon from stash

Tools - Snowflake punch

My Time to Craft #66 and DT announcement

Well I was lucky enough to be asked to join the DT for My Time to Craft.  Of course I jumped at the chance.  So thank's to Wendy and the rest of the team for asking me to join them.  Please go and visit their blogs and see their lovely cards!

Here is my first card for them.  It is "Under my Umbrella".  How could I not use this cute Magnolia stamp?? Papers are from Stampin' Up!.

TFL!

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Stampin' Up!

Papers - Stampin' Up!

Tools - Flower Punch

Other - Brad from stash

Stamp With Us

Okay a couple of weeks ago Stamp With Us had some online classes.  Unfortunately I didn't manage to get many of them completed however the PDFs are downloaded and saved somewhere safe for me to refer to when I get the chance.  There were some amazing projects and cards and I love taking part as everyone is so friendly.  The chats get a bit wild!  Here are a couple of things I did mange to get done!

The first picture shows everything.

First up, a card which was a sketch challenge for which I won a prize! Yay! 

Supplies - all Stampin' Up!

Stamps - Season of Joy

Paper - Holiday Treasures

Card - Whisper White, Ruby Red, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip

Ink - Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red and Old Olive

Ribbon - Chocolate Chip

The second is a box designed by the fabulously talented (and demonstrator of the year) Monica.  A great idea for a gift box.  I don't think I can bear to part with mine though!

Supplies - all Stampin' Up!

Stamps - Season of Joy

Paper - Ski Slope

Card - Whisper White, Real Red and Bashful Blue

Ink - Bashful Blud and Old Olive

Ribbon - Real Red

This was another great box (although from the picture you can't really tell it is a box, but it is, promise!) and a bag of reindeer poo designed by Zoe.  The box is actually made to fit a box of Maltesers.  Now how cool is that?  I would love to receive a box of Maltesers is a handmade box like this, wouldn't you?  However it could be used as a standard gift box for anything you like!

Supplies - all Stampin' Up!

Malteser Box:

Stamps: Yummy

Card - Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Whisper White

Paper - Ski Slope

Ink - Real Red

Ribbon - Real Red

Tools - Nestabilities

Reindeer Poo Bag:

Stamps - A Jolly Holly Christmas

Card - Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White

Paper - Ski Slope

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Tools - Nestabilities

Other - Cello Bag and Choc Raisins!

The only item that is in the top photo that I've not detailed is the wreath.  It was for another challenge which was to make a picture from punches.  Now I'm limited on SU! punches so I did a search on the internet and saw this.  It uses the scallop oval punch and was great for using up all my Old Olive scraps.

I can't wait for the next round in the New Year!

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #15

This is my card for my GDT at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.  This sketch was a joy to work with.  Again I have used a lovely stamp from the the winter kit from Whiff of Joy.  I've pulled out those lovely Cosmo Cricket papers again!

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Papers - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Nestabilities and Snowflake Punches

TFL!

Sketch & Stash Challenge #22

Here's the card I made using the lovely simple sketch from Sketch & Stash Challenge.  I used my new Whiff of Joy stamps from the winter kit.  There are some lovely stamps in this kit and I couldn't wait to ink them up! 

Supplies:

Stamps - Whiff of Joy

Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Snowflake Punches

Other - Gems from stash

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge #14

Here's my GDT card for this week's Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge.  It was a fab sketch by Ger.  Unfortunately I didn't do it justice!  The lovely ghost image is from Your Next Stamp which we were kindly given to use (we had a set to choose from, I choose this because my printer didn't like them and neither did my pens!).

TFL!

Sketch Saturday #73

Hope you are well. It's the middle of the week and not long now until the weekend.  This is the last card I made on Sunday and I used the sketch over at Sketch Saturday, it was right up my street!  I used my lovely Henry mouse stamp from WoJ and used those very lovely (and colourful!) MME papers.

I really hope you are not bored of my Christmas cards especially as I seem to have repeated the stamps and papers a lot!

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Paper - MME

Tools - SU Scallop Punch and Snowflake Punch

Other - Gems from stash

Thanks for taking the time to look!

Create4Fun # 42

The third card I made on Sunday and was using the sketch over at Create4Fun by the very talented Bev.  Again I just had to use the lovely Santa stamp from WoJ.  I also pulled out those yummy Cosmo Cricket papers - again!  You will see them being used on lots of Christmas cards!

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Snowflake punches

Other - Ribbon (pinched from mum!), gems and pearls from stash

Thanks for having a look!

Simon Says Stamp and Just Magnolia #27

Here's the second card I made yesterday.  This time I used the sketch from Simon Says Stamp Challenge.  I really liked this one.  I love how the card turned out, a bit different from the usual Christmas colours, nice and Bright!  In fact I have entered into Just Magnolia too as their challenge is bright and zingy - I think this qualifies, even if it is a Christmas card!

Used some more lovely MME papers and my WoJ Henry the Mouse which I have well and truly fallen in love with.

Supplies

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Tools - Cuttlebug, Nestabilities and snowflake punch

Other - SU ribbon, gems and pearls from stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday #108

I had a great day today.  My friend, Lyndsey came to craft.  I made four cards and was very pleased with myself as we tend to do more talking than anything else!  Again they were all Christmas cards, so sorry I'm going to bore you with those over the next few days.

This is for Mojo Monday.  I slightly altered the sketch to fit my card but you can see the basis of the sketch.  I used my WoJ santa again and also those lovely MME papers.

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Tools - Cuttlebug Snowflake Die and Snowflake Punches

Other - Snowflake brad, gems and Pearls from stash

Thanks for looking!

4 in 1 Card

I've outdone my self on yesterday, I managed to get 4 challenges for this card!!  I used my other new santa WoJ stamp and more of those MME papers - yummy!  I used fluffy stuff for Santa's suit.  I was so pleased with this card when it was finished.

The first is the sketch from Stamp with Fun.  Second was Creative Card Crew which was scalloped - I used a scallop punch to create a border.  Third was for Whiff of Joy Challenge  which was to use die cuts and I used a Cuttlebug snowflake die.  Last but not least was for My Time to Craft which was quick and cute - Well I think this santa is super cute!

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Tools - Cuttlebug Snowflake Die and Snowflake Punch

Other - Pearls, Flowers and Brad from stash

Thanks for taking the time to look!

3 in 1 Card

I managed to get 3 challenges out of this card!  I really like this one. I used another new WoJ stamp.  I just love the santa stamps.  I only just got a couple of them but I think I need a couple more!!  I used some new MME papers, yes I finally broke and bought some papers!!

Firstly I used the sketch from A Spoonful of Sugar. Another great sketch.  The second is for Cupcake Craft Challenges which was buttons and stitching.  So I only used one button so I hope this is okay but I did go overboard with the faux stictching!  The last one is for Crafty Angels which was buttons and bling.  Again I hope it was okay that there is only one button but I used a lot of bling in the middle of the snowflakes.

Supplies

Image - Whiff of Joy

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Paper - MME

Tools - Stampin Up Oval Punch and Snowflake Punch

Other - Ribbon, Gems and Button from stash

Thanks for looking!

Sketch & Stash Challenge #21

I'm a bit annoyed with myself as I forgot to enter the cards I had posted over the past couple of days!  I had scheduled them and just forgot, that and the fact I had two days without internet.  Ah well.  I'll start over again now!

Here's my card for the Sketch and Stash Challenge.  Nice simple sketch.  Gone for Christmas again.  Well isn't it best to start early and get them all done??  I used my new WoJ stamp, isn't Henry cute??!! I also pulled out some papers which were my faves from last year.  Still love them.  I'm still loving that snowflake punch from Papermania.

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Paper - K&Co

Medium - Promarkers

Tools - Papermania Snowflake Punch

Other - Gems and Pearls from stash

I just want to thank people for visitng my blog and for those that take the time to comment. I have been REALLY bad for that lately so I must make a point to visit some of you.  Please please leave a comment on my cards as I really appreciate it - there are so many fantastic, talented cardmarkers out there so it's lovely when you take the time to comment on my cards.  Thank you so much.

I {Heart} 2 Stamp Sketch

I happened to stumble across this sketch at I {Heart} 2 Stamp and thought I'd give it a whirl. Really liked working with it.  I changed the shape of the card to a square. I kept with Christmas but pulled out some MME papers from last year.  I also used another old Magnolia stamp coloured with promarkers.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Paper - My Minds Eye

Tools - Nestabilities, Cuttlebug and Snowflake punch

Other - Glitter, Gems and Pearls from stash

Sketch Saturday #71

Here is my card for a great sketch on Sketch Saturday.  I flipped it to work with the image.  I went with Christmas again using those Cosmo Cricket papers (well they are still out and I really must use up papers!) and an old Magnolia.

Supplies:

Images - Magnolia

Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Snowflake punch

Other - Gems and Pearls from stash