A Meeting of Christmas Blogs

Hi! Another busy week but I've managed to catch up with blogging friends and make a couple of cards.  This is just a quick post as I'm off to the SECC in Glasgow with a couple of friends to see Dancing on Ice.  We're going to the afternoon show (cos we're not allowed out when it's dark o'clock) so are having lunch beforehand.  Mr C, our daughter, SIL & granddaughter are off to see our son and DIL.  They had a pool table delivered the other day and it's too heavy for the pair of them to carry downstairs to the games room so extra hands are needed, it's all go!

Hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Make it Monday - Anything

Christmas Card Club - Ribbons / Lace

Crafts 4 Eternity - Ribbon

Digi Doodle - Anything

Divas by Design - Mono

Papertake - Anything

Stampavie - Mono

Sunday with Santa on Facebook - Baubles

Elements :

Image - Beccys Place

Sentiment - computer generated

Font - Tangerine

Lace & Stars - stash

Dies - Rectangles

May Flowers

Morning!  Just a quick post as I'm off out with my friend.  We are having a trip to Dunfermline today as neither of us has been there for years.  We've had lovely warm weather the past few days so hopefully today will be the same, fingers crossed!

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Creative Inspiration Paint - Flowers

Crafts4Eternity - Spring

Fussy and Fancy - Punch / Dies

Paper Sundaes - Ribbon / Pearls

Secret Crafter - Cute & Fluffy

The Pink Elephant - Spring

Elements :

Deco & Paper - Bear in Bloom by La Pashe

Ribbon - Stash

Pearls - The Hobby House

Punch - Half Daisy by Martha Stewart

Acceptance

Hi! I'm still not getting into my normal routine.  Yesterday we had our new boiler and central heating installed.  Oh what a mess the house was in but this morning I was up with the lark and got stuck into the kitchen which was the worst, covered in gritty dust, yeuk!  All is clean again for another couple of weeks as we are getting our new kitchen on 14 May and will be in uproar again.  It will be well worth it in the end.  We bought our house as a shell 20 years ago and had to have everything done and we've never replaced either kitchen or heating since then so I don't think we can complain as neither owes us anything.  In fact I'm surprised the boiler lasted so long as latterly it rattled and banged when it went on in the morning - our alarm!

One of my friends is on holiday this week so we had lunch at a lovely farm restaurant then had a look around the farm shop.  She is looking forward to retirement and can join the 'ladies who lunch' brigade.

We have been invited to a golden wedding so I've made this card for our acceptance.  I was at the Sincerely-Yours craft fair at Ingliston on Saturday and bought some Dreamweaver brushes, a poppy die by Memory Box and a dot template by TCW, all of which I've used on this card.  It's fun using new things.

Challenges :

Crafts for Eternity - Something New

Fab n Funky - No DP

Fairy Fun Friday - Anything with Flowers

Fussy and Fancy - Punch / Die

OSAAT - Anything

Paper Pretties - CAS

Simon Says - Anything

Truly Scrumptious - Distress + Die / Punch

Elements :

Template - Mini Swiss Dots by TCW

Dies - MFD009 by Nellie Snellen : Prim Poppy by Memory Box

Colouring Medium - Pine Needles / Worn Lipstick Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

hey baby

Hi peeps, hope you are well today.  I'm meeting up with 3 friends for lunch and I've no doubt there will be lots of chat too.  I have to say a big thank you to my blogging friend, Neus, who gave me the inspiration for this card. Enjoy your day. 

Hugs
Anne

Challenges :

CAS-ual Friday - Baby

Crafts 4 Eternity - Digi

Crafty Catz - Punches / Dies

Divas by Design - Spots or Stripes

Make it Monday - Anything

Paper Sundaes - Circles

Pixie Dust Studio - Buttons

Polka Doodles - Dots or Stripes

Raise the Bar - Twine

Sisterhood of Crafters - Digi

Stars & Stamps - Digi

Elements :
Paper - from Tulip collection by Docraft
Image - TLC Creations
Dies - Circles / Scalloped Circles by Spellbinders
Button & Twine - stash
Punch - String Lace by Martha Stewart
Sentiment - computer generated (Font : Treefrog)

Delicate Blossoms

OMG, I was on the naughty step again last week as I entered too many challenges to be able to enter the LIM challenge!!!  I really have tried to do better this week so hopefully I'll not get a telling off again.  Do you detect I'm either a rebel ... or just don't pay attention :) One of my blogging buddies, Jules, inspired me to do the paper piecing on this card.  Hope you like!

Hugs

Anne

UPDATE : I went to add my card to the LIM challenge and discovered that yet again I hadn't been paying attention.  A rectangular design was called for so, rather than face expulsion, I quickly put together another card!

Challenges :

Crafts 4 Eternity - Clean & Simple

Less is More - Sketch

Moving Along with the Times - Flowers

Totally Gorjuss - KISS

Elements : 

Image - Delicate Blossoms by Hero Arts

Paper - from Tulip collection by Docrafts

Sentiment - from Nostalgia Pastimes collection by Papermania

Colouring Medium - Polychromos

All White

I'm late on the go tonight again.  I've been out most of the day with my daughter as she's back to work tomorrow.  We had lunch in town along with some shopping then we had to do even more shopping but food this time!  I watched the soaps this evening then decided to come to the craft room to try some designing.  Mr Mojo is still a bit sluggish after the holidays but hopefully he will spring into action again one day soon.

Challenges :

Aud Sentiments - Anything

Charisma Cardz - Anything

Crafts 4 Eternity - Quote

Delicious Doodles - Anything

Die Cut Dreams - White on White

Fairy Tale - Something Easy

House of Gilli - Anything

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything

Pile it On - Anything

Sentimental Sundays - Anything

The Pink Elephant - Anything

Elements :

Sentiment - TLC Creations

Dies - Catalina Wreath by Memory Box : Flourishes by CREAlies

Pearls - The Hobby House

Flower - stash

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