Marcea’s Music Saves my Soul

Hello everyone, I’m really sorry for the long absence since my last post!  I’m back to share with you another favourite track for Marcea’s ‘Music Saves My Soul’.  This week I have gone for another oldie and have chosen a song by the mega band Heart (and to be honest I could have chosen so many as I really love their music).  However the song I have gone for this week is “what about love” and I have to say her voice is stunning and I really love their “big hair” lol!  I hope you will have time to share one of your favourite songs.

I also wanted to remind you that the Passion for Promarkers challenge is running until 4th January and the theme is “anything goes”.  We’ve had a massive response already, but you can enter as many times as you like until the challenge ends.  We will be posting new samples from team 2 on Tuesday so pop back and take a look – there will also be a card from me!

Also the theme over at charisma cardz challenge is ‘new year’ and ends on Thursday so still plenty of time to enter that challenge too.  I had a DT holiday last week (which means a week off) but I will be back again this week with a new card on Thursday.  

I’ll be back tomorrow with my DT cards for the cupcake craft challenge and also the stamp with fun challenge so hopefully you will come by and take a peek. 

I am so behind with everything at the moment.  I have eventually trimmed up (thanks to my eldest son for all his help with that) but I still haven’t written my cards or bought all my pressies and with the amount of snow we’ve had since Friday that is going to be prove more difficult now.  Oh well some people will have to make do with money this year I think!!  Here are two pictures taken on Friday after the first lot of snow we had:

I hope you enjoy the remainder of the weekend and if you have to go and about please take care.  Thanks for stopping by.

Cupcake craft challenge #121 – DT card

Hello again, I’m back to share my card for this week’s Cupcake Craft challenge.  The challenge this week has been set by the lovely Liza and she has chosen ‘non traditional Christmas"’ so another easy one for you!  I’m not entirely happy with my card but I would appreciate your thoughts on it.  Here is my card:

I have used a super cute digi image from Meljen’s called ‘cosy mittens’ and for a change I’ve cut around it.  I’ve also added lots of stickles to the cuff so that it’s lovely and sparkly.

Our sponsor this week is Meljen’s designs and the lucky winner will receive 4 digis of their choice from their online store.  They have so many gorgeous images you will be spoilt for choice. 

 

Don’t forget we also have our cupcake madness and our sponsor for December is Wild Rose Studio who are offering the lucky winner 2 gorgeous stamps (‘Kira’ and ‘Milton with teddy’.  The only rule is that you have to enter two or more challenges during the month – which is easy peasy right?

The rest of my teamies have created stunning samples once again this week, so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

Cupcake inspirations challenge – photo inspiration (I took inspiration from the colours and white snowflakes)

OSAAT challenge – Christmas

Order of the opus gluei challenge – anything you make

Stamptacular challenge – winter wishes

Pear tree designs challenge – Christmas

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – Christmas cards

Creative card crew challenge – anything goes

Digital Tuesday challenge – baby it’s cold outside

Papertake challenge – red and green must not be seen

Stampin’ royalty challenge – winter holidays

Crafts and me challenge – moody blues

Scrapbook sisters challenge – snowflakes

Stampavie and more challenge – Christmas

Let’s craft and create challenge – it’s Christmas

Paper pretties challenge – use punches

Glitterbabe’s challenge – Christmas but no red or green + sparkle

Simon says stamp challenge – Christmas – no red or green

Alphabet challenge – g is for glitter

Easy craft projects challenge – Christmas

Fairy fun challenge – use a star (on the mitten)

Lots to do challenge – glitz (stickles on mitten)

Mami doodles challenge – anything goes

Paper cutz challenge – snowman or snowflake

Stamp something challenge – December digi day

Allsorts challenge – last minute Christmas

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – sketch

Craft your days away challenge – punch it out

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – monochromatic

Ok, that’s it from me today.  I hope you will have time to enter our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful Monday and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: meljen’s designs – ‘cosy mittens’

Papers: craft creations – snowflakes on dark blue and snowflakes on light blue, SU whisper white card

Tools: promarkers, dovecraft snowflake punch, lili of the valley sentiment, SU whisper white ribbon, pearls from the hobby house, stickles

Stamp with fun #89 – DT card

Good morning everyone, have you finally recovered from watching the x-factor last night lol!  I haven’t really watched much of it this year but I was gripped last night and was gutted that Rebecca didn’t win, although I’m sure she’ll do ok from it.  I thought Take That were brilliant (although Robbie was his usual hyper self). 

Anyway enough of that……. I’m here to share my DT card for this week’s Stamp with Fun challenge.  This week we have a super easy theme for you “Christmas” which is ideal if you’re anything like me and have left your cards so last minute.  I have used an image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘winter Beau’ and this along with two other images are the ‘offer of the month’ for December – so now is the ideal time to pick it up for a fantastic price.  Here is my card:

Isn’t she so pretty.  I’m sorry my photos are not the best once again – her coat isn’t such a deep colour IRL.  My mother asked me to make a card for her friend for Christmas so I hope so likes the colour scheme!  The finished card is A5 in size.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all your lovely comments.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – Christmas cards

Creative card crew challenge – anything goes

Digital Tuesday challenge – baby it’s cold outside

Ladybug crafts challenge – pearls

Papertake challenge – red and green must not be seen

Stampin’ royalty challenge – winter holidays

Scrapbook sisters challenge – snowflakes

Stampavie and more challenge – Christmas

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – Christmas

Paper pretties challenge – use punches

Let’s craft and create challenge – it’s Christmas

Dutch dare challenge – Christmas card/tag or ornament

Moving along with the times challenge – lots of spots

Sassy studio Thursday challenge – Christmas non traditional colours

Easy craft projects challenge – Christmas

Fun with shapes and more challenge – scalloped

Mami doodles challenge – anything goes

Paper cutz challenge – snowman or snowflake

Stamp something challenge – December digi day

Allsorts challenge – last minute Christmas

Craft your days away challenge – punch it out

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

OSAAT challenge – anything goes

Stamptacular challenge – winter wishes

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I can’t wait to see what you create.  Don’t forget I’ll be back later with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge.  Until then thanks for stopping by.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘winter Beau’

Papers: paper pack from last year ? dovecraft, SU whisper white card

Tools: promarkers, dovecraft snowflake punch, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment created on pc, SU oval all punches

Music Saves My Soul #8

Hi everyone, just a quick post from me today.  It’s Saturday so that means it’s time for Marcea’s “music saves my soul”.  This week I have chosen an old song (yet again) by Aqua called “turn back time”.  Now I know some of you may be surprised that I’m choosing something by Aqua but this song is really beautiful and so different from their “Barbie girl”……… take a listen and I’m sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised. 

I can’t wait to hear what you all share this week.  Sorry it’s a fleeting visit today but I’m busy with Christmas cards (groan!!).

Charisma cardz #49 – DT project

Good morning everyone, well the week is whizzing by again, so I’m here to share my DT project for this week’s charisma cardz challenge.  This week Allison has set the theme and she has chosen “Christmas gift” so get your thinking caps on and join in the fun.  I decided to make a bottle tag as I usually buy my BIL a bottle of something for Christmas.  Here is my project:

I used a gorgeous Lili of the Valley image called ‘James bear – in the snow’.  I’ve never made one of these bottle tags before but they are so simple to do I will definitely be making more for upcoming birthdays etc. 

We have two sponsors this week.  Firstly we have Make It Crafty and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their store. 

Our second sponsor is Tellen’s Place and one lucky winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to spend in their etsy store. 

The rest of the DT have made lots of wonderful Christmas gift items, so why not pop over and take a look.  We really appreciate your lovely comments. 

I can also enter my project into the following challenges:

Just cute bears & friends challenge – anything but a card

Pile it on challenge – gift tags and wraps

Cards for men challenge – Christmas card or gift

Crafty cardmakers challenge – spotlight on tags

Digital Tuesday challenge – baby it’s cold outside

Scrap creations challenge – make a gift or wrap

Tip top Tuesday challenge – use ribbon on your creation

Frosted designs challenge – use glitter

Fun with shapes and more challenge – everything but a card

Fussy and fancy challenge – anything but a card

The townscrapper challenge – bling (I used lots of stickles)

Mami doodles challenge – handmade/altered gift item

Really reasonable ribbon challenge – winter themed project but not a card

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – Christmas but not a card

Crafty creations challenge – a beary project

I love promarkers challenge – Christmas carol/song (I’ve gone for ‘in the bleak mid winter’)

Stampin’ royalty challenge – winter holidays

Creative belli challenge – Christmas themed embellishments (my snowflakes)

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or sparkle & shine (again I used lots of stickles)

Scrapbook sisters challenge – snowflakes

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – Christmas

Paper pretties challenge – use punches (snowflake punch)

Let’s craft and create challenge – it’s Christmas

Creative card crew challenge – anything goes

Colour create challenge – grey, green and white with optional extra of silver or acetate

Digi doodle challenge – animals/insects

Dutch dare challenge – Christmas card/tag or ornament

Paper play challenge – holiday tags

Pixie dust studio challenge – let it snow

Well that’s all for me today.  I hope you will find the time to enter our challenge.  I know it’s a busy time of year but if you’re anything like me you’ve still got loads of Christmas cards and gifts to make!!  Have a wonderful Thursday and thanks for stopping by.

Ingredients:

Image: lili of the valley – James the bear in the snow

Papers: green card from the papermill shop, SU whisper white card

Tools: promarkers, ribbon from stash, personal impressions sentiment, pearl from the hobby house, stickles, circle nesties, dovecraft snowflake punch

Passion for promarkers #80

Good morning everyone.  This week over at passion for promarkers challenge we have a very special Mega Christmas challenge which will last until 4th January 2011.  The design team have worked so hard over the year that we’ve decided to give them a little break during this busy time.  For our last challenge of 2010 we are making it easy on you – the theme is “anything goes”, so as long as you use your promarkers or aqua markers you will be in with a chance of winning our amazing prizes.  Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like. 

We’ve asked team 1 and team 2 to make samples for this challenge, but we are showing them separately.  Team 1 are showing their creations this week and team 2 will be showing their creations in two week’s time.  Now technically myself and Michele are in both teams, so Michele is sharing her card this week and I will be showing my card the next time. 

However to make up for such a long break we have some amazing prizes once again.  Here is what is up for grabs:

Letraset are generously offering a set of 40 promarkers in specific craft colours stored in two promarker wallets – fab eh!

Simon Says Stamp are generously offering 3 x $10.00 gift certificates to their online store!

Just Tracy’s are generously offering a variety of prizes including 3 promarkers, a memento ink pad, 10 sheets of suitable smooth white paper and a stamp from their own range

 

Whiff of Joy Stamps are generously offering 1 stamp of winner’s choice

Some Odd Girls are offering 3 digi images of the winner’s choice

if that wasn’t enough - they are also offering a 25% discount to everyone on any order placed on their site during the challenge period using code PRO25 (excluding sale items)!!

I hope you will be able to find the time to enter our challenge for a chance to win these fantastic prizes.  Don’t forget to check back later to find out the lucky winners of the blog hop and special challenge. 

Now I couldn’t do a post today without sharing a card could I and actually as our theme is “anything goes” surprisingly my card fits lol!!  It’s another Christmas card (as I’m so far behind in making them) and it’s using a gorgeous digi image from Whimsy Stamps called ‘classic Santa’.  Here is my card:

I really like the crisp, clean feel to this card and am quite happy with the finished result (which is a nice change lol). 

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – Inspired by a Christmas movie (mine is Santa Claus the movie)

Corrosive challenge – red and white for Christmas

Quirky crafts challenge – around the world (well Santa goes all around the world!)

Whoopsi daisy challenge – ribbons and bows

Cards for men challenge – Christmas card or gift

Paper playtime challenge – snowflakes

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – Christmas cards

Midnight madness challenge – sketch (I used sketch MMSC84)

Tip top Tuesday challenge – use ribbon on your creation

Ladybug crafts challenge – pearls

Moving along with the times challenge – for someone special (it’s for special friends)

Paper cutz challenge – Christmas card using 2 different papers

Die cut dreams Christmas club challenge – Santa’s sack

Wee memories challenge – Holiday music inspiration (mine is Santa Claus is coming to town)

Sir Stampalot challenge – Travel the world (again Santa goes all around the world)

Have a great Tuesday, drive safely and keep warm.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: whimsy stamps – ‘classic Santa’

Papers: all papers are doodlebug, red card from clear & simple stamps, SU whisper white card

Tools: promarkers, pearls from the hobby house, poinsettia from wild orchid crafts, charm from stash, marianne creatables snowflake die, sentiment created on the pc, SU ribbon

Cupcake craft challenge #120 – DT card

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Hello again everyone, I’m back to share my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Shelly has set our theme and she has chosen “little red robin” so basically you must include a robin on your card somewhere!  I recently got a gorgeous new digi from whimsy stamps and really wanted to use it, so although she isn’t technically holding a robin, I’ve coloured it as one lol!  Here is my card:

 

Isn’t she just a beautiful image and I think my bird looks ok as a robin haha! 

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and the lucky winner will receive a $20.00 voucher plus free shipping – I know I say it every time but I am so jealous!

Don’t forget we also have our cupcake madness and for the month of December we have Wild Rose Studio as our sponsor and they are offering the lucky winner two stamps – Kira and Milton with teddy (see pics below).  Don’t forget to be in with a chance of winning these two gorgeous stamps you just need to enter two of our challenges during the month. 

 

    

The rest of my cupcake teamies have created stunning cards once again this week to give you some inspiration, so please pop over the challenge blog to check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

OSAAT challenge – old stash, new stash (my papers are old, my image is new)

Papertake challenge – sketch

Tip top Tuesday challenge – anything goes

Flutterby Wednesday challenge – open theme

Frosted designs challenge – use glitter (stickles on her wings)

The townscrapper challenge – bling

Stamp something challenge – Christmas colour combo somethings

2 sisters challenge – sparkly Christmas

Basic grey challenge – 4 diff embellishments, 3 papers, 1-2 images/sentiments

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – Christmas

By the cute and girly challenge – children

That’s my lot for today.  I hope you will dig out your little red robin images and join in with our challenge this week.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: whimsy stamps – little Christmas angel (by Crissy Armstrong)

Papers: basic grey – wassail paper pad, red card from clear & simple stamps

Tools: promarkers, pearls from the hobby house, personal impressions sentiment, MS embossed snowflake border punch, marianne creatables snowflake die, stickles, circle nesties