Crafty Calendar Challenge - White Christmas

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. As i write this post we have heavy snow falling outside, its been falling since around 9pm and looks like near a couple of inches and still coming! Because of the snowfall we have had the past few years the schools all have "Severe Weather Procedures" arranged so the kids have online course work and communication via email/internet. We live in a small village so the high schools are about 5/6miles away which mean kids going on the bus run but in bad weather they stop running.

We have also been getting ready for Christmas this weekend. We have got the tree up and got all our Christmas ornaments out. I love sitting in the quiet with the tree lights and some candles on! Bliss!

Anyway enough snow talk! I am here with my card for Crafty Calendar Challenge! The theme this time   is "White Christmas" (very appropriate if i may say so considering the weather we have tonight!)

Here is my card!

I am really loving the new Digi Stamps from Wee Stamps....think i have a "wee" addiction at the moment! This image is called  Angelica. You must check out the other digis over there, they are fab. She is coloured with promarkers and i tried out faux snow using my white pen and glossy accents with white glitter.

My papers are "Home for Christmas" from Papermania with kraft cardstock.

The dies used are spellbinders scalloped circles, snowflake and mistletoe vine is cut from my Cricut Expression with Potpourri Cartridge.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft, ribbon, jute and charm from stash and                                                       sentiment was in a freebie with a magazine i think.

Fussy and Fancy - I love Christmas

Cupcake Craftroom - Anything Christmas

The Squirrel and the Fox - Summer or Winter

The ribbon Girls - Christmas Project

Jingle Belles - Anything Holiday Goes

Thats me for now. I have not had much sleep tonight, well none so far and its 5am. Still fighting with this illness and lack of sleep is getting to me.

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar Challenge, check out the girls DT cards and let us see your White Christmas projects....we love to see your creations and you might even be the winner of our prize from Crafty Sentiments!

Have a great Monday!

                                                                                                                                             

Wrap up Warm for Winter! Crafty Calendar Challenge

Well where did this weekend go?? I feel like i have had a wasted weekend. I never got anything i wanted to do done and here we are on Sunday night. we did go over to my Mums last night as its her 60th birthday on Tuesday so we had some friends and family in for a little get together. I think everyone had a nice time.

Anyway its time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.

The theme this month is.."Wrap up for Winter" with the usual optional extra of Twine, fibers of String.

We have a brand new sponsor this month....Cedar Chest Designs!

You can buy digital stamp, papers and some cutting files. They are very new and adding new things all the time so keep a watch out! 

The lovely Katie from Cedar Chest Designs very generously gave our DT girls plenty of image to work with. I decided i was going to make a shaker card so used a lovely image "Georgia and the Snowman"!

 Here is what i used...

Image - Details above photo

Papers Bo Bunny Snowflurry 6x6 pad, Kraft Cardstock and embossed Acetate.

Dies/punches - Spellbinders classic circles for circular frames, Tim Holtz Vintage Lace die, Marianne Snowflake dies, Martha Stewart border punch, Marianne swirl die.Tonic Studio Small Snowflake punch.

Embellishments - Wild Orchid Crafts for flowers, Tulle, gems and micro beads from my stash and sentiment from a magazine free gift stamp set!

Here is another few photos...

 This is the challenges i am going to enter this card into...

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch

Christmas Stamin' All Year Round - Anything Goes (must be xmas)

Crafty Ribbons - Christmas

Card and Scrap - christmas

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Remember to stop by the Crafty Calendar Challenge to check out our DT inspiration and join in the fun. The prize is a $10 gift certificate to use in Cedar Chest Designs!

Have a great night!

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Egg-stra Special and a DT Call!

Good Morning! Hope your all having a lovely Easter weekend.

I am having a crafty day today. David is off so i am going to try and clear our some of my drawers of stash. My ribbon box is in a right old mess and my drawer with all my tools, such as knifes, pliers, pokey tools, rulers etc is also a bit of mess. Thing is when i start to tidy i seem to get distracted with stash i find and end up abandoning the tidy up to craft!

I am considering selling my Cricut Expression with all the cartridges and buying a Grand Calibur with the sale money. I am a bit worried i will miss my Cricut but i hardly use it and i know i will use the Calibur all the time. Any advice would be grateful!

Anyway back to business! Its time for another Crafty Calendar Challenge!

This challenge is all about creating something Egg-stra Special with optional extra of "more than one fold."

Anything egg related counts, doesnt have to be Easter related. You could give us a recipe card, dinosaur egg related, birds nest, chickens...you decide.

I decided to make a little treat bag with mini eggs in it!..yum..yes its now a empty treat bag! I only meant to eat one or two and when i put my hand back in to get another they were all gone! I dont know how that happened..lol!

Treat Bag Recipe

For the actual bag i used a small cello card display bag. Works perfect.

Image - Tilda in her egg coloured with Promakers and Flexmarkers.

Dies/punches - Scallop circle Nestie, Martha Stewart lattice punch, Marianne Design various flourishes.

Embellishments - Ribbon, tulle and button from stash and flowers from Wild Orchid Craft.

I am also going to enter into the following challenges;

CRAFT Challenge - Easter/spring

Fairy Tale - Anything Goes

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - I Want Candy! 

Just Inspirational Challenge - Picture inspiration.

I hope you can pop over to Crafty Calendar Challenge and show us your egg-stra special creations!

I hope you all enjoy climbing those hills tomorrow to roll your eggs! 

Happy Easter to you all!

Lynne x x

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!

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!

Crafty calender Challenge - Hot Colours!

Well another month passed, where does the months go!?

Today is the start of another new challenge and this month its hot colours. We want to see all the hot colours for this hot month,...well meant to be hot month!

This month our sponsor is the fabulous..

The Beary Scrap

The shop is fab and well worth a look around! The prize is a massive $20 gift certificate!

I am entering my card into the following challenges;

Fun with shapes and more - Twine

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - Buttons and Bows

Sweet Sketch - Sketch followed.

Just a short post today. Carrie is having her birthday party today so we have a bouncy castle in the garden and going to have fun and games. I have got the paracetamol at the ready!

Thanks for looking

White Christmas!

Hi, Another late night! Today we had our first flutter of snow. It never came to anything but it definitely did snow! My card for tonight is all about snow! The Crafty Calender Challenge this month is "Winter Snowflakes and Crafts and Me Challenge is "Dreaming of a White Xmas". The card is a step card as you can see and i have used my snowflakes embossing folder to emboss the 2 layers on the base card. The image i have used it from LOTV and i just love it! I have coloured it in with my Promarkers. I have left most of it white obviously and used my grey shades to give shadows etc but you can hardly see it on the picture. The snowflakes are from my Cricut Potpouri cartridge and i have layered them up 3 times and used 3d foam pads to add depth. The charm, ribbon and pins just finish the card off and i added a little glitter to the smallest snowflakes. I have entered the Tip Top Tuesday challenge, they are looking for "Layer upon Layer"so this card fits in with that. There are a couple of "Anything Goes" challenges which i have entered and i will add the links to them below. 

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Winter (DT also)

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Dreaming of a White Xmas

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ - Layer on Layer

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes With a Bit of Sparkle!

Thanks for looking and for the kind comments always left!