Letters to Santa

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Oh my word what an awful day it has been so far!  We have had hail, rain and very strong winds, I have lost a couple of fence panels, bins have been in the road and I can see a couple of roofs have come off sheds in the allotments.  Staying in and crafting, been really productive so far, fingers crossed it continues for the rest of the day.

Here is one of the cards I have made this morning.

Recipe

1. Centre stepper card made with oil on water effect card.

2. First layer is purple snowflake card which I have distressed with Seedless Preserve.

3. The topper I have added glitter flakes on the ground to resemble snow flakes and around the image, highlighted the holly berries with red glitter but doesn't show very well.

4. On the 2 side panels I have added clear gem flowers and bows.

5. Along the bottom I have added purple ribbon and 3 purple buttons.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

7 Kids Challenge Blog #88 - Anything Goes

Divas by Design Challenge - Festive

Elphine House #53 - Autumn Leaves/Snow

Penny's Challenges #156 - Tic/Tac/Toe I have used Bow/Buttons/Flowers

The Stamping Chef - Anything Goes

Scrappers Delight #12 - Sparkle

Craft All Day #1 - Winter

Thank you for stopping by Today

Hugs xxxxx

With Love to You

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Welcome to all my new followers, I hope that you enjoy your time visiting and enjoy viewing my projects.

Today Kath came over for our usual crafting day.  It seems to have been ages since we last got together. We have had a fabulous time and managed to make only one project which I still haven't finished as we were gossiping and catching up.

Today's card is made using Aspire Vintage Bloom kit.

Recipe

1. 7 x 7 square card which I have matted and layered gold patterned card.

2. The second layer is from the kit which I have attached lace to the bottom with a double bow and a button.

3. I matt and layered the topper onto gold patterned card.

4. To finish off I have added 3 roses and the sentiment which reads "with love to you"

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network - Girly

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Crafting Musketeers #8 - Layer it up

Many thanks for Stopping by Today

Hugs xxxxx

Design Team Call at Imagination Crafts

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

As you know I have my own Challenge Blog and I am having a design team call. We are looking for new design team members to join our friendly team.  We are looking to extend our team to 8 members.  The closing date for submissions is Monday 23rd December 2013 at 12 noon.

Below is a list of duties expected from our design team:

1.  You must have an active blog and Facebook account.

2.  We require you to make 2 projects a month, one will be for when the challenges goes live and the second will be posted halfway through the challenge for inspiration.  Our challenges are monthly.

3.  Comment on entries to the challenges, we will be assigning numbers for you to comment on.
4. Once a month on the 15th (the inspiration post) a design team member will make a picture tutorial of how they have made their inspirational post.  This will be done on a rota.
5. Make samples for the TV.

6.  The period of being a member is 9 months and will start 1st February 2014 to  31st October 2014

7.  Promote Imagination Crafts on your Blog

In return you will receive the following:

1. Receive products to use in the challenges

2. A discount off any Imagination Crafts products you buy on the website.

3. Your samples will be posted on the Imaginations Gallery.
4. Samples will be shown on Television.

If you are, we would like you to make a sample/s using Imagination products, photograph the sample (about 2 good photographs from different angles) and email them to me (Linda) along with a small paragraph about yourself and a link to your blog.  Please put as the subject header in your email Imagination Crafts DT Call.  

The successful candidates will be informed by email on Friday 27th December 2014.

Good luck, we look forward to seeing your applications.

Thank you for visiting Today

O Christmas Tree

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

How are you all this morning!  I have had such a busy couple of days getting my Christmas cards finished and put the finishing touches to them this morning.  Phew, glad that is over for this year.  We have an agreement I make the cards and Rick (hubby) writes them all out and sends them!  That is fair don't you think?

Today's card I made with the Tic Tac Toe challenge on Mad Crafter's Giggle Facebook Page.

 

Recipe

 

1. 7 x 7 square white card which I have cut the corners with my corner punch.

2. First layer is polka dot and snowflake card.

3. The topper is blue shiny card which I have stencilled the star tree mask with Silver Sparkle Medium (Products from Imagination Crafts)

4. I have added a sentiments, star gem and snowflakes from my stash.

 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

 

Artistic Inspirations Challenges #70 - Winter Wonderland

Create with Love Challenges #69 - Christmas

Lexis Creations - Christmas

ABC Challenge - A is for Almost Christmas

Feeling Crafty Challenge - Christmas

Just for Fun - Anything Goes

 

Thank you for stopping by Today

Hugs xxxxx

The Holly and the Ivy

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Where has this morning gone? I can't believe it is nearly 3 o'clock!  I have had a few errands to run this morning and am in the process of getting the last of my Christmas cards made.  I have another 50 more to finish off and then phew that it is for this year.  No more Christmas cards for me this year, I will start again in the New Year.

My card today is using an image from Delicious Doodles, their theme this time is inspired by a movie.  Do you know that there is a film called The Holly and The Ivy?  It starts Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliott and Margaret Leighton.  I knew there was a Carol but a film!  It is an old one and is in black and white.

 

Recipe

 

1. 7 x 7 square cream card which I have matted and layered snowflake card.

2. The second layer is cream and gold card with holly embossed and cut out with Spellbinder Decorative Oval die.

3. I printed the image which is from Delicious Doodles onto Supersmooth and coloured with my Copic Ciao Pens, I have used Spica glitter pen on her wings.  I have distressed around the image with PanPastels Metallic Gold.

4. I have added the sentiment and made a double bow.

5. To finish off I have added 3 green snowflakes.

 

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges:

 

One Stitch at Time #192 - Use a Digi

Robyns Fetish Challenge Blog #188 - Christmas Card

The Ribbon Girls - Ho Ho Christmas

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #172 - Anything Goes

Wags n Whiskers #118 - Things with Wings

Delicious Doodles Challenge #64 - Inspired by a Movie

 

Thank you for stopping by Today

Hugs xxxxx

Blog Candy Winner

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

I would like to say welcome to all my new followers, I hope you enjoy your visits and that my projects have inspired you in some small way.

I would like to thank all my existing followers for all your lovely comments and visits they mean a lot and I hope they also inspire you too.

Well 56 entries, WOW thank you!  I have picked the winner with Random Org and here is the winner!

 

Congratulations Ardilla!

Here is her comment too...

 

How generous of your to bring a Christmas candy to share with us... thanks for the chance!
Hugs,
Ardilla :)

 

Would you please email me with your details please so I can get your prize in the post.

 

Thank you for stopping by Today

Hugs xxxxx

 

Christmas Blog Candy

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors,

I hope you are all well and have a wonderful weekend.  I must say that weekend has started off really well I have made Top 3 in a couple of challenges and won a challenge too!  Busy day here today putting the finishing touches to my demos. 

I also got a lovely surprise this morning, I had won some blog candy, (Graphic 45 papers).

As a thank you to all of you for your support of my blog throughout this year and your comments, it is time for some blog candy. The blog candy will be a surprise but I am sure one of you lucky people will be chuffed to bits with the goodies.  An early Christmas crafty present.  I will post all over the world too!

 

To be in with a chance to win this blog candy there are only a few things you need to do.

 

Become a follower of my blog or already Follow

Leave a Comment

Post a picture of my Candy on your Sidebar.

Add your name to the Linky

 

This Winner will be chosen by Random Org on Monday 2 December 2013 in time for Christmas!

 

Good Luck

 

Thank you for visiting Today

Hugs xxxxx