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!