Gingham for Christmas

Hello everyone , welcome to my room .
Am so chuffed that you have called in and I hope that you enjoy browsing through my blog posts.


Another Christmas Card Challenge    has opened and today I am sharing this card ,

I must admit that I did um and arr about using an image this time  and as you see I kept the card REALLY REALLY CAS .

and the inside 

SU Thick white for card base . Real Red Matt cut same size as card  front .Cut  top piece 5cm x 2cm from red card ,adhere some red gingham to it before adding to top of card front with DS tape . I cut 2cm from   balance of red card and after stamping greeting as shown I adhered the balance of red card to front  base of white card  .Just added bling from my stash , at random .

Congrats to the winner and top 3 from challenge 8 , Thanks to all entrants . Hope that we see you all again soon .
Don't forget to visit the fabulous DT blogs to see their projects .


Please remember to link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation, and not just the generic link to your blog. The link feature won't allow for generic blog links. You must create a new project. No back linking please.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag SCCC so that we can all enjoy your cards.

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Giving Thanks

Hello there , welcome to my room . thanks for calling in .

Almost the end of January !! At this rate turning 70 will be old hat!! LOL 

Before I  begin my DT post for Christmas Card Challenges I would like to let you know that I have added some of my park photos to my photos page . Just click on My Photos in the top bar  and you will get to them ..please let me know that you have been .

And now onto my  DT  duties 

As usual the DT have been super busy bringing to you their most inspirational makes and your visit to their blog would just make their day ..

Congrats to last weeks winner and top 3. Thank you and all  the other entrants for joining in with us at Christmas Card Challenges .

My card 

This is a 12.5cm square white card.

I cut another piece white card 12 cm less 2 mm , square from which I die cut a decorative edged rectangle . I inked the inside edge of rectangle with Brocade Blue , SU . 

I adhered a LOTV image onto the front of card base . I stamped sentiment onto the top layer before adding it to card front with foam dots so that Christmas image was showing . 

Now if your mojo is asleep and you some prodding , here is some 

prompting with a colour chart . But any thing goes as well , remember .

 

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       Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Fly Away

The very warmest of welcomes to my room . Hello there , hope that all is good for you today .

Had my mojo go on walk about for couple of days .So hot and humid here .

But today , well last night actually,  while blog browsing and visiting some groups that I am a part of and sadly don't take part in often enough , I saw the challenge theme on
http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/sunday-clean-and-simple   .No excuse not to enter as this is my favourite style so here goes .

My card ,

                               

 

card base is Thick Whisper White , SU .

Two SU stamp sets , Gorgeous Grunge and Asian Artistry.

Bling from stash 

hope that these are classed as minimum embellishing .

Might be back if I see another challenge to enter .

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-create-with-critters/ 

http://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/

Be the light 

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne. 

Baubles

Before I begin my post I would like to thank Kris for tweaking my blog header 

Imagine That! Digis by Kris 

And also welcome to new followers . I hope that you enjoy todays browsing and that you call in again soon .

Hello every one . Welcome to my room and thank you for calling in . 

Time to share make for Christmas card Challenge #7 

All made from odds and ends in my stash .Baubles from old SU set . Once  stamped I covered images with Wink of Stella . 

 

Congratulations to the winner and top 3 from challenge #6

Thank you all  for joining in on the fun and well done .

 

DT  samples are shared on the challenge blog , while all their card recipes are on their own  blogs .  

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Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Baking Chloe

Happy  New Year 

Thank you for calling in . 

Welcome to my room . Thank you to all the visitors and followers .

Well into January now and the 1st challenge of the year for Open-minded Crafting Fun . 

Lots of new DT members who along with us oldies are champing at the bit to get started .

I do hope that you can pop over to the DT blogs , check out their samples then leave a little blog love in a comment .We would all love to see you at our own place. 

January 2016 - Challenge #1 

                                                            Try Something New 

                    

                   For my DT card to share 

My pre-coloured  image and sentiment along with papers.

Baking Chloe: http://www.imaginethatdigistamp.com/store/p661/Baking_Chloe.html

Card from SU, 

My new somethings are the new image , papers and sentiment  

                          

                                              While for the inside ....

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors and their prizes are listed along with their links .

Doodle Pantry (https://doodlepantry.com/home/home-page.html) - $10 Gift Certificate

Imagine That! (http://www.imaginethatdigistamp.com/index.html) - $10 Gift Certificate

Polkadoodles (http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk) - $7.50 Euros Gift Certificate

Smeared Ink  ,sorry but it appears that they have closed down and their link does not work

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

A bird sang

Hello hello hello !! How about this , another challenge from Christmas Card Challenges .

This new year is well on it's way . 

Welcome to my room once again and thank you for the visit .I do hope that you enjoy my make for this week . 

Thick white card base, Real Red matte and Whisper White for image , SU, 

Bird  Crazy from Jim Holtz collection 

Santa hat from same JHC but different set 

Bling from my stash .  Snow flakes from older SU set .

sentiment from a Hero Arts set Winter Wishes .

Now ,  our  awesome  designers ,  as always,have produced fabulous projects to inspire you . 

 you can click on the names above the projects, shared on the challenge post /blog  to be taken directly to their blogs for additional information about their cards. 

Congrats to the winner and top 3 from challenge #5

This weeks theme is 

Please remember to link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation, and not just the generic link to your blog. The link  feature won't allow for generic blog links. You must create a new project. No back linking please.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag SCCC so that we can all enjoy your cards.

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Kraftyhands news

Hi there just popped in to publish some kraftyhands news about the new Create It magazine soon to be available .


 Create It - Issue 6 is going on the website for pre-order .

 

There will be  our usual pre-launch offer of £12.99. Once the Mag is launched the price will go up to £14.99 in line with the other issues. 

It is a fabulous magazine with large coloured photos of amazing samples and dotted here and there among the pages are hints and tips to help you on your way to creating your own mini works of art . 

The CD itself is so easy to use , no need to upload to your PC , just click and play .

10 , yes 10 kits to print out and make .that easy , then add your embellishments to make it your own .

Love to have a review from you if you get it .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Week #5, colour challenge

Happy New Year 

Hi there, welcome to my room and thank you for calling in . 

 First DT  post , 2016, for Christmas Card Challenges .  

Now ,  our  awesome  designers ,  as always,have produced fabulous projects to inspire you . 

 you can click on the names above the projects, shared on the challenge post /blog  to be taken directly to their blogs for additional information about their cards. 

Here I have an image from Woodland In Winter set from , Ephemera's Vintage Garden 

Card, sentiment   and paper from SU.

A couple of oval punches from  SU as well . 

And pearls from my stash .

Please remember to link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation, and not just the generic link to your blog. The link  feature won't allow for generic blog links. You must create a new project. No back linking please.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag SCCC so that we can all enjoy your cards.

Here's hoping that you have all enjoyed the Christmas festivities and are happily  looking forward to the New Year .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.