Being Subtle for Monday

Is it just four weeks to Christmas ? No way ..cant be !! Let me check..
OH ME... OH MY , It's true . There have been times this past 12 months, while Doug was fully dependant on  me ,  when I thought that time was dragging  by . But lately I've been thinking that there has only been 12 hours in a day . LOL.   Really though,  with all our children living so far away and them  only having short break over the holidays we will spend a very quiet  Christmas at home .
Oh, hello ,   have you been waiting at my door for long?
Sorry to keep you waiting . Please come in and  welcome to my room . I do have something to share .
This  being my DT post  for Make it Monday,  I  have used some digi paper from our sponsor for this week's  Linky Party
This is just the worst photo but best I could get .

 Back ground  digi paper is from Cupcake Cards&Craft. Subtle image [ bird in a tree] is a tag from KaiserCraft Journal Tags which I placed on a diecut frame.A gold sticker sentiment [ happy birthday ] used .  Pearls, Bow and flowers from my stash . No stamps were used in this creation  so I  hope it will be entered into http://unstampabelleschallenges.blogspot.com/  CHALLENGE #5 - TREES
This week we are sponsored by the lovely Mandy over at






http://www.cupcakecardcraft.co.uk/

The wonderful prize this week is a CD with the winner's choice of 4 collections!
 If you would like  to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
Then , if you can , pop over to the DT 's blogs to see their  fabulous projects .Truly , these ladies are wonderful papercraft artists .
The hardest task for all DT members is choosing an entry to feature on their Make it Monday post .I know that just like me , they find  it hard to choose from so many amazing , inspiring entries .  . 
 I have chosen   number 188
Becky http://bouncyflouncyfunfunfun.blogspot.com/2011/11/hes-chilly-fun-and-festive.html

Loved this because it is so bright and cheery and the parcels make great embellishments .

Well that's it for now , thank you for calling in .I hope that you have enjoyed the browsing and will pop in again soon .

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

Entering my card into http://unstampabelleschallenges.blogspot.com/  CHALLENGE #5 - TREES

UnstampaBelles Challenge

Hi there .Welcome to my room and thanks for calling in .
Special welcome to new followers, Nikki,  you should see her beautiful  Shaker Christmas card ,
and one new entrant in my Christmas card challenge , Kate.[mamapez5]
I have visited Kate 's blog and am inspired by her hand made flowers , her vintage and her poppy paint fusion card. Now  I hope that has  aroused your curiosity enough for you to call in to see these and her two Christmas cards entered into the challenge .
My card to share is one for a challenge  which  I found through a blog pal Annmaree.
Celebrating Christmas.

Info from      http://unstampabelleschallenges.blogspot.com/
Now it's time for our first challenge and what better way to start off with than a CELEBRATION.
This month we would love to see all your CELEBRATION papercraft creations.
You will find our RULES in the right sidebar.
We have two important rules to remember No Stamps (with the exception of a sentiment) and Have Fun.
Challenge #1 closes 31st July and winner announced with the next challenge Monday, 1st August.

Now as I have a few craft friends who do not have a lot of stamps I have been exploring ways to encourage/ inspire  them  to seek alternative images to use. I have used a chipboard image here . Quite effective , do you agree?
So I hope this qualifies for the challenge .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now Shirley-Anne