Snowy Wreath

Good Evening,

I'm back with a card for a couple of challenges.  I was determined when I sat down tonight that I wasn't going to do a Christmas card, but guess what I ended up with!

Supplies Used:
Papertrey Ink - Snow Flurries
Sparkles from my stash

Challenges Entered:
Clean and Simple on Sunday

Festive Friday

On a seperate note, I have finally worked out why when I upload my photos to Blogger it has been 'darkening' them.  Turns out Google in their wisdom has changes the settings in Google + to 'auto enhance' photos. If you turn this off you photos should be as they are when you edit them.  If you are having the same problem and want to fix it then follow these steps

• Log into Google +
• Go into 'Home'
• Then 'settings'
• Scroll down 'Photos'
• Change 'Auto Enhance' to Off

This is probably something that others already know about, but if it has been driving you mad like it has me hopefully this will resolve the problem.

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CASology Week 68 - Black

Good Afternoon,

It's time for another one Challenge at CASology and this week's Cue Card which is 'Black'.  So with Halloween just 2 days away I went with a spooky card for this week.

Supplies Used:
Memory Box - Ghastly Ghouls
Clearly Besotted - Boo To You
VersaMark
Wow Embossing Powder

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

 and our guest designers - Kristie

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Muse #41

Good Evening,

I am back with a card for this week's Muse challenge.  As soon as I seen the blue Christmas Tree from this week's Guest Designer, Janet Ribet, I knew I was going to create one of my own.

Supplies Used:
Sizzix Framelits - Merry Christmas Tree
Inkylicous - Sentiment
Sparkles from my stash

Here is the gorgeous card from Janet:

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CAS(E) this Sketch #51

Good Morning,

A super quick post from me this morning to share my card for the latest CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  Hopefully you can still see the sketch in my card as I didn't follow the sketch exactly as I found a stamp that I thought created the same shape.

Supplies Used:
Unity Stamp - All Santa's Reindeer
VersaMark
Wow Gold Embossing Powder
Inkylicious - Sentiment

And here is the sketch I kinda followed.

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Twine Wreath

Good Afternoon,

A bit later in the day for me to be joining in with Less Is More, however I was away to a cupcake decorating class this morning so didn't get home till later.

The challenge this week at Less Is More is to use 'String or Twine'.  I was going to make twine flowers but I noticed that Chrissie had showcased that so decided to do something different.

Supplies Used:
Nestabilities
Twine from my stash
Sparkles from my stash
Inkylicious Sentiment
Ribbon from my stash

I would also like to enter this card into the latest challenge over at Festive Friday where the challenge is 'Wreaths'.

And here is a picture of the cakes I decorated this morning, not bad for a first attempt I thought.

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Muse Challenge #40

Good Evening,

I am getting right back into the swing of entering the weekly Muse challenge. I took a little bit of a break for a while, but for some reason my mojo for the challenge has returned.  I would also like to thank everybody for the votes for my card I entered in last week's Muse challenge, it was a great surprise to see I was a featured member.

This week they have a guest designer and it is the wonderful Darnell.  I am sure everybody in the card blogging world knows Darnell as she is so sweet and supportive to everybody.  So when I seen she was guest designer there was no way I was missing joining in.  In the end my card looks nothing like Darnell, however hopefully if you tilt your head sideways you will be able to see I used Darnell's card as a sketch as my inspiration.

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - Jumbo wheel stamp
Glitter Paper and Bakers Twine from stash

And here is Darnell's beautiful card

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CASology Week 67 - Country

Good Afternoon,

It's time for another one Challenge at CASology and this week's Cue Card which is 'Country'.  There is so many ways to interpret this one, so I can't wait to see what you all come up with. You will see that the Design Team all went in totally different directions.  After a lot of head scratching I went with imaging a walk in the country.

Supplies Used:
Lawn Fawn - Winter In The Park
Stampin Up - Pocket Silhouettes
Stampin Up - Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Inkylicious - Ink Dusters

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

 and our guest designers - Hannelie & Lori

We also have a fabulous sponsor this week - 7 Kids College Fund

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Merry Monday - Snowflakes

Good Afternoon,

Back again to sneak to card in at the last minute for the challenge over at Merry Monday.  The challenge this week is to use Snowflakes, Blue, Silver and White on your card.

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - Glimmer Paper
Memory Box Die - Swirl Ornament
Lawn Fawn - Winter In the Park
Wow Embossing Powder
VersaMark
Ribbon from my stash

Here is the inspiration photo that was provided

Have to dash now.
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Happy Birthday Old Chap

Good Afternoon,

It's been a pretty miserable weekend here weather wise, so perfect for disappearing into my craft room. The card I am sharing today is for 2 challenges. Don't you just love it when that happens.

Supplies Used:
Pink Petticoat - Mr Moustache

Challenges Entered:
The Paper Players - CAS Masculine Card
Addicted to CAS - Transparent

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Less Is More - Trees

Good Afternoon,

It's Saturday, which means it is time for another Less Is More Challenge and this week Chrissie and Jen have asked us to make a card featuring 'Trees'.

Supplies Used:
Pink Petticoat - Noric Papers
Hemptique - Twine

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Muse #39

Good Morning,

Before I share my card for this week's Muse Card Challenge, I would like to thank everybody for the votes last week, I was delighted to discover my card was voted 'top 3'.  However it is another week and another card, so here is my take on Marion Vagg's card.

Supplies Used:
Pink Petticoat - Stripes
Stampin Up - Express Yourself
Xcut Heart Dies

This is Marion's fabulous card

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Chevrons

Good Morning,

I have been looking at the Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World and been wanting to join in with the challenge.  However I couldn't think of anything that I wanted to make, until this morning when I remembered the Chevron die I have in my stash.  Rather than use all the colours in the picture I decided to focus on just one.

Supplies Used:
PTI - Chevron Cover Plate
Stampin Up - Express Yourself
Pink Petticoat - Ombre

And here is the Tuesday Trigger Photo.

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CASology Week 66 - Pumpkin

Good Afternoon,

It's time for another one Challenge at CASology and this week's Cue Card which is 'Pumpkin'. Yes it is getting close to Halloween.  Here in the UK Halloween is not something that we celebrate in the same style as in the US or Canada and we certainly don't send Halloween cards.  So my Halloween theme stamps are in limited supply.  Thankfully I do have a pumpkin set, so I wasn't as difficult as it could have been.  Be warned my card is 'bright' this week!

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Boo To You
Woodware Stamps - Geometric
Avery Elle - Tag It

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

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Whimsical Christmas

Good Afternoon,

 The latest challenge over at Festive Friday is to create a Whimsical Theme Project.  Hmmmm I'm not sure I have much 'whimsical' themed stuff.  So I tried to use colours and a pom pom embellishment to create it instead.  Not sure I have nailed the challenge but thought I would share the end result anyway.  I am also entering this into Jingle Belles annual Pink Christmas challenge. Such a great cause.

Supplies Used:
Inkylicious - Sentiment
Papertrey Ink - Snowflake Flurries
Stampin Up - Glimmer Paper
Pom Pom Ribbon from my stash

I'm having a good clear up of my crafting space today, then playing with a new medium that I have been sent.  Hope you are all having a good crafting day.

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Less Is More - Witches or Wizards

Good Morning,

This week's challenge at Less Is More is to make a one layer card featuring witches or wizards. Simple right? Wrong! This card has taken me so many attempts and it should have been a fairly straight foreward card, but with every attempt I would make a stupid mistake and ruin it.  Finally I finished a card error free.

Supplies Used:
Floppy Latte Designs - Flying Witch Digi Stamp
Computer Generated Sentiment
Ink Dusters

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Autumn Leaves

Good Afternoon,

I'm back with a card for the new Clearly Besotted Challenge.  This time we have been given a colour pallette to use and to create an Autumn theme.

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Leafy Accents
Clearly Besotted - Fancy Feathers
Stampin Up - Express Yourself

This is the colour pallette we have be provided, I tried to stick to it as much as I could, but didn't manage to incorporate all the colours.

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Chevrons and Sequins

Good Afternoon,

Well I have finally got a card to share, I can honestly say I have never had such a problem photographing a card before, but this is the best I can do I'm afraid.  I am quickly sneeking this card into the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays, where we are to use chevrons and sequins.

Supplies Used:
Pink Petticoat - DP
Vellum
Memory Box 'Happy' Die
Uniko Studio - Birthday Sentiment
Sequins from my stash

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CASology - Week 65 Crisp

Good Afternoon,

It's time for another one Challenge at CASology and this week's Cue Card which is 'Crisp'.  My first thoughts when I read 'Crisp' was either a bag of crisps or bacon. Is it bad that I automatically thought of food? Anyway I knew I didn't have any stamps that I could use for my first thoughts so it was back to the drawing board.  Eventually the line 'deep and crisp and even' from the Christmas Carol 'Good Kind Wenceslas' sprang to mind.  So I ran with that idea and had some Carol Singers. I know its a tenuous link, but it is where the word took me!

Supplies Used:
Wplus 9 - Iconic Christmas
Ink Dusters

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

and this week's Guest Designer - Valerie

We also have a fabulous sponsor this week - Uniko Studio

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CAS(E) this Sketch #48

Good Morning,

Sorry back with another Christmas card, this one is for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.

Supplies Used:
WPlus 9 - Iconic Christmas
Hero Arts -
Woodware Stamps

Here is the sketch, that I followed (hopefully it is ok that I shifted my squares to the side)

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Muse Challenge #38

Good Evening,

Finally managed to find some time to make a card tonight and I hunted out something that was non Christmassy, as I don't want to overload you with them when we are only at the beginning of October.

The new challenge over at Muse was the basis of my inspiration.  My card it totally different from Therese's card, however I tried to envisage her card as a sketch and this is what I came up with.

Supplies Used:
Impression Obsession - Heart Stem Die
Clearly Besotted - Basic Banners Die
Stampin Up - Express Yourself (Sentiment)
Stampin Up - Glimmer Paper

Here is Therese's gorgeous card

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Less Is More - White Christmas

Good Morning,

Finally found some time to sit down and come up with a card, really struggling for time right now and when I am that short of time I don't seem to have any creative thoughts!

My card today is for this weeks Less Is More challenge and Chrissie and Jen have asked us to make a white on white Christmas card.

Supplies Used:
Memory Box - Crystalline Border Die
Pink Petticoat - Sentiment
Sparkle from my stash

Can't wait to see what else everybody else comes up with as I love white on white cards, they are so elegant.

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Festive Friday 18 - Star

Good Morning,

Now we are in October, I am making a real effort to make a start on my Christmas cards and thankfully there is plenty of Challenge blogs out there for inspiration.  My card today is my first entry for Festive Friday, where the challenge is to feature a star, my card has lots of little ones instead of one big star.

Supplies Used:
WPlus 9 - Iconic Christmas
Stampin Up - Dazzling Details (unfortunately that hasn't really shown up in the photo)

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CASology - Week 64 Harvest

Good Afternoon,

Before I share this week's card, you might notice my blog has had a little makeover.  I was very lucky to win a blog header design from the amazing Jackie Rockwell.  So a big huge massive thank you to Jackie, I love it!

Now back to business with week's CASology Cue Card which is 'Harvest'.  Harvest to me reminds me of Sunday school and having to make up a box of food to send to a charity in the developing world.  I don't seem to have any stamps I could have used to represent this, so I ended up going with a very literal interpretation of the the word instead.

Supplies Used:
Just Inked - Digi Stamp
Watercolour Pen
Clearly Besotted - Sentiment

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

and this week's Guest Designer - Gay

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