Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love and Marriage!

 Hi, Well its been a while since i posted. Before i go onto the challenge details i just want to say thank you for the lovely emails i have received wishing me well and a quick recovery! 

I was in hospital again for another week this time. I was climbing the walls but we seem to have my blood count heading in the right direction and stable. The down side is that the very treatment that is keeping everything settled is causing so many other problems. I cant win! I have to attend the Day Care Unit twice weekly for the time being for blood test and a review by my Consultant. The care i have been given so far is just first class. The nurses that work on the ward i was on just never stopped and nothing was too much trouble. They deserve double the salary, that for sure!

Over at Crafty Calendar we have just kicked off the next challenge. The theme is..

Love and Marriage with the OPTIONAL EXTRA of Lace and Pearls!

This month we have a brand new sponsor for you....the very talented Heather Ellis

 The winner will win 3 images of your choice from Heather Ellis's Etsy store or Website. 

Here is my card using one of Heather Ellis's Pure Innocence Digital Stamps

You can find her here along with so many more cute digi's. There really is something for all occasions!

Card Recipe

I used the sketch from The Crafts Meow!

Image - Heather Ellis, Pure Innocence Digital Stamp (022) coloured with Promarkers

Papers - My Minds Eye, Tim Holtz Core-dinations Card Stock

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Die Cut - Marianne Design Swirl, Spellbinders Nestabilites beaded oval.

Lace, seam binding, ribbon and gems from stash.

I am also entering my card into the following challenges;

The Crafts Meow - Sketch

2 Sisters Challenge - Red, Pink and White

Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy

Hiding in My Craft Room - Red, Pink and White

One Stop Craft Challenge - For The One I Love.

That all from me tonight! Off to try and get a sleep!

Thanks for popping by!

Crafty Calendar Challenge - New News!

Happy New Year! This is my first post of the year as its been a busy few weeks. Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We had a great time but Carrie was ill from Christmas Eve and it lasted for over a week. I thought she was never going to get better! It was such a shame, once she had opened all her presents she just lay up and hardly touched a thing for days! Her stocking was untouched, The Little Mix cd that she "had to have" lay in its case and her dolls hardly got a look in. When Carrie gets ill, she really gets ill because of her being on the immune suppressants. She just doesn't have anything to fight it off. She is much better now and almost back to her normal self.

Anyway onto why i am here. Its time for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar to start. 

This month we are looking for your

"NEW NEWS"  -New baby, job, home...anything new!

We have decided to add a optional extra in with our challenge theme. This months its.....

BUTTONS AND BOWS...this is your choice, not essential to join in.

Here is my DT card

Our sponsor is Crafty Sentiments this month and we were all offered images to use. I chose this adorable image. You can find Bobby Bear HERE. Here is a closer look at him, how adorable. The winner of the challenge will win 4 digital images from the store.

Card Recipe

Image - Crafty Sentiments Bobby Bear coloured with promarkers

Sketch - Seems a little sketchy challenge blog

Papers - My Minds Eye and Pale Pink Cardstock, embossed using the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.

Dies- Cheery Lynn's Fanciful Flourish Die

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Embellishments - Charms, ribbon, pearls, button from stash.

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

Seems a Little Sketchy challenge - Sketch!

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - New Beginnings

Crafty Ribbons - New beginnings

Fairy Tale challenge - Something new

Cute Card Thursday - Whats New?

Thats it from me. Off to try and get a few hours sleep before the kids are up!

Thanks for taking time to stop by!

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Around We Go!

Welcome to the last challenge of 2011 from Elphine House Australia!

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas! Today the weather here is awful, we have strong winds and rain. Just miserable. Its certainly a day for crafting!

So onto the challenge. Over at EHA the challenge this time is "Around we go". We are looking for projects with circles somewhere on there. Whether it a round card, or round mats and backgrounds, circular sentiments...you decide. As always you can use any Elisabeth Bell image from any Company. There are hundreds of EB fans out there so pop by and join in our last challenge of the year!!

For my project i have made a circular calendar using one of my favourite images of all time..."Dasiy".  I coloured her using Distress Inks. You can buy her here at the Elphine House Australia Store.

Here she is close up.

I used My Minds Eye paper for the top circle layer and the die circles are my Marianne design die. This was a very quick make but worked out great. The ribbon and gems were from my stash and the calendar is from Hobbycraft.

I would like to enter my calendar into the following challenges also,

My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Tied Bows

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thats it from me tonight. I wish you all lots of love and wishes for 2012! I do hope you can pop by and join in our challenge!

Hugs,

Elphine House Australia Challenge - White on White!

Good Evening...how cold is it out there?? The wind is like ice and the rain makes it worse! At least the snow has gone! Well for now it has but we are due more soon i heard.

Anyway onto the Elphine House Challenge details. This time round its all about...

WHITE ON WHITE! 

I love playing with white on white cards. They make fab wedding cards and Christmas cards as well as every other occasion.

Here is my "white on white" creation with one of my favourite image from Elphine House Australia called Laura, Flower Girl. She is just gorgeous.

My Card Recipe..

Image - Laura, Flower Girl from Elphine House Australia.

Cardstock - White plain card.

Dies/Punches - Cheery Lynne flourish die and Marianne Design Circle Die.

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug floral folder.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft.

Ribbon, gems and charm from my stash.

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

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Embossing.

Paper Creations Ink - Bling it up!

Paper Pretties - Ribbon.

Thanks for popping by. Hope you can join in with our challenge at the Elphine House Australia blog.

Have a great night!

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Cold and Frosty!

Just a quick one today, Well thats us had our first snow fall in Central Scotland. Sitting watching X Factor and the snow falling, hoping its not going to lie! The roads are quite wet from the rain today so fingers crossed it will just melt away

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Anyway, Its time for the new challenge from Crafty Calendar. This month the theme its Cold and Frosty. 

Our sponsor is the talented Ruth from A Passion for Stamps! You must check out her store, lots of fab images.

Recipe for my card:

Image ; Nellie Snellen -  Hokey Pokey coloured with distress inks.

Designer papers/card - Bo Bunny Snowfall, Teal and white cardstock.

Dies and Punches - Spellbinders ricrac edgeabilities, Marianne design die for frame and small snowflake. Large snowflake from Cricut potpourri cartridge.

Ribbon, gems, brad from my stash and i made the charm myself.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch..I love this one!!

One Stop Craft Challenge - Let it snow

Sweet Stampin challenge - Snowflakes etc

Fairy Tale Challenge - Christmas

Totally papercrafts - Let it snow

That all for now! Have a great Sunday..Its now pure white outside...go away snow!