The Snow People

Challenges :

Crafts4Eternity - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut - Layers

Creative Inspirations Paint - Layers

Polka Doodles - Spots and Dots

Elements :

Image - Kanban

Embossing - Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug

Die - Scalloped Oval by Spellbinders

Punches - Scallops by Stampin Up! / Snowflake #3 by Woodware

Button / Flower - Crafty Feeling

Pearls - The Hobby House

Sing Little Birdie

Challenges :

MAWTT - Birdies

Make It Monday - Anything

Sew Many Cards - Edge Punch

Sparkles - Punch It

Elements :

BP / Image / Sentiment - from Elegant Birdcages collection by Nancy Watt

Ribbon - stash

Die - Circles by Spellbinders

Punch - Half Daisy by Martha Stewart

Male Christmas

Challenges :

Crazy 4 Challenges - Male

Delightful - Digital Paper

The Paper Variety - Travel / Transport

Top Tip Tuesday - Masculine

Elements :

BP - from Christmas in July collection by The Scrapping Sisters

Image & Sentiment - from Loads of Love stamp collection by Stampin Up!

Dies - Ovals / Scalloped Ovals by Spellbinders

Faux Brad - Card Candi by Craftwork Cards

I'm A Japanese Girl!

Challenges :

Digi Doodle - Anything

Karens Doodles - Punch / Die

Papertake - Dies

Some Odd Girl - Paper Piecing

Elements :

BP - from Eastern Promise collection by Dovecraft

Paper Piecing - Origami paper by The Japanese Shop

Image - Li-Ann by Card Mad Fairy

Dies - Lotus Border / Rectangles by Spellbinders

Flowers - made from middles of Lotus Border die

Coin - stash

Tassel - Joanna Sheen

Pearls - The Hobby House

Ribbon Tree

Challenges :

Aud Sentiments - Anything

CCEE - Gold

Crafts4Eternity - Christmas

Creative Inspirations Paint - CAS

Divas by Design - Christmas

Fresh Brewed - Embossing

Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbons (a bit of creative license here as the tree is paper pieced ribbons)

Make it Monday - Anything

Marks Finest Papers - Emboss It

Pals Paper Art - CAS Round Corners

Samuel Taylors - Christmas Rubber

Stampavie - Christmas

Elements :

Stamp - Christmas Ribbon Tree by Woodware : paper piece using scraps of Christmas paper in my stash

Sentiment - same set as above

Embossing - don't know what the folder's called but by Cuttlebug

Die - Labels Nineteen

Bits and Bobs - stash

OLL - DT

Challenge :

Ooh La La Creations - No Backing Paper

Elements :

Image - from Pink Magnolia collection on Carnival of Colour CD by Ooh La La Creations

Ribbon - Stampin Up! and stash
Flower - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - The Hobby House
Dies - Labels Two / Fleur de Lis by Spellbinders
Sentiment - computer generated : Font - Susie's Hand

I have to say a big thank you to my blogging friend Irene for the inspiration for this card!

Christmas Toby

Challenges :

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything

Bah! Humbug! - Something New (Image & BP)

Gingerloft - Sparkle

Elements :

BP & Image - Toby Tumble Christmas by Cuddly Buddly
Sentiment - Birds Cards
Dies - Ovals / Scalloped Ovals by Spellbinders
Faux Brads - Card Candy by Craftwork Cards
Peeloffs - stash

Summer Time with My Granddaughter

Here are a selection of photos we took during our holidays.

YORK

railway museum

  

Betty's Tearoom

   

Caitlin at 'Appy Feet'

The Minster

Castle Museum

Jorvik Viking Centre

ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh

The Bridge

    

The Queen & Duke's Bedrooms

  

The Drawing Room with the Baby Grand

  

one of the Bunk Rooms and the Laundry

  

Rolls Royce Phanton V which travelled on board and the operating theatre in Sick Bay

SENSATIONS, Dundee

  

  

a selection of the scary dinosaurs that used to roam our land - glad I wasn't here then!!!

For the Christmas Box

Hi folks!  I'm going to try to get back into challenging and blogging again now that the schools have gone back.  I've had a great time with my granddaughter this summer and we've been around the country a bit.  I hope she enjoyed it as much as I did.  Anyway here's my first challenge in ages, apart from my DT commitments.  Hope my mojo gets itself into gear again cos it's got a bit lazy over the past few weeks too! x

Challenges :
Bah! Humbug! - Christmas Kisses
Forever Friends - Round Card
I Did It Creations - Shaped Card
Make it Monday - Anything
One Stitch at a Time - Anything
Paper Playtime - Anything
Secret Crafter - Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - Round and Round

Elements :
BP & Decoupage - Forever Friends
Charm - stash
Ribbon - courtesy of Primark!  It came on a pair of pjs I bought last winter
Die - Circles by Nellie Snellen

Shipping Charges

I saw this on Donalda's blog and am 110% behind what she says.  There's shipping charges and there's PTI shipping charges.  When we lived in Spain I had several packages from Joanna Sheen and was never charged for postage.  If she can do it and stay in business why can't others. 

OLL - DT

Challenge :

Ooh La La Creations - Christmas

Elements :

Image & BP - from Lenten Roses collection on Carnival of Colour CD by Ooh La La Creations

Sentiment - Sentiments 4 You

Pearls - The Hobby House

Ribbon - stash

Dies - Ovals / Scalloped Ovals / Circles / Scalloped Circles by Spellbinders

Template - Digi-re-doo-dah

Cupcake - DT

Challenge :

Cupcake Craftroom - Soft and Sweet

Elements :

BP - Awaken, Blue / Leaves, Blush / Pretty, Little Apple : Die Cuts - Blue / Blush / Little Apple all from Soft Whispers collection by Cupcake Cards & Crafts

Image - Flowers for Mommy by A Day for Daisies

Bakers Twine - Sentiments 4 You

Flower - Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies - Ovals / Scalloped Ovals / Circles / Scalloped Circles by Spellbinders

For the backing paper I've used the Bargello technique which you can find here