Sunday, 31 October 2010
'Surprise' OSAAT # 37
With 54 days to go... Now is an ideal time to make a start ,if you haven't already.
For this challenge i was sooo excited to be able to use Surprise by Stitchy. Surprise is available to buy here .
Can i add that those of you who know me will know that i really dislike mice. I could only colour House Mouse Stamps if they didnt have visable tails. !!! Its the tails you see. I can handle hamsters LOL. So you can imagine my shock and toe curling when i saw this image lol. He was coloured with a piece of card hiding his tail..............then i put the card over the mouse... Yes i am a tad strange.. ( But it worked and i managed to colour a mouse hehe) Can i also add i coloured him twice !!!!
Below are my 2 'surprise' cards. Well with the name of 'Surprise' and me colouring a mouse !! They fit together perfectly !!
This week there are 3 fabulous sponsors:
Easy Craft. com with a £10 voucher
I am roses with a gorgeous set of flowers
Michelles with a $10 voucher
Thankyou for stopping by to see my 'this weeks OSAAT makes' I cant wait to stop by your blogs and see all your christmas makes
Choccy xx
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I would also like to enter my cards into the following challenges:
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Stampavie and more. Christmas
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Stamping Scrapping Challenge . Ribbon
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Bee Crafty #41 . Christmas
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Christmas Fairy
' Christmas Fairy is just soooooo gorgeous. I had to use her on my next project.
She is available to buy here . Not forgetting that if you spend $10 you get a fantastic freebie that has been put together by the creative team. Theres more info on the home page that tells you exactly whats included. But heres a little picture.
Now back to that GORGEOUS fairy :O) Heres a card that i made using the little stunner. I backed the image with pearlesent ivory card. Then onto a snowflake background. This was then mounted onto a scalloped card blank.
I coloured her using my promarkers then blinged up her wings with Stickles. Her hat has fluffy stuff on it. The gift has glossy accents. Then the whole image was edged with more bling :O)
(It must be a blingy day today lol)
The snowflakes were cut from the same ivory card,using a die that arrived a few days ago. The sentiment is from Craftwork cards.
Abit of a wobbly close up.
This week Stitchy is sponsoring Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge here . The theme is 'Winter Wonderland' So i would like to enter the challenge using my card.
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I would also like to enter :
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Delightful Challenges . Its beginning to look alot like Christmas.
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Totally Gorgeous . Challenge 53 Sparkle
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Craft Your Passion . Challenge 29 . Add Glitter, sparkles.
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Papertake weekly Challenge . Sparkly & Bright
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Sunday, 24 October 2010
OSAAT challenge # 36
Choccys Challenge
Over at Creative Craft World (CCW) this time. Its my turn to pick the challenge theme.Since the weather here in the UK has started to really get chilly.I wanted to bring this into my challenge. Its also a great time of the year with Haloween, Bonfire Night and Christmas ( just to mention a few holidays) .
So without further ado i want to announce the challenge as
Hot Choccy, Marshmallows and Cream
It can be any project as long as the main colours used are Hot Choccy ( brown) , Marshmallow ( pink) and Cream ( Cream )
Sponsors:
The Sponsors for my challenge are
The fabulous Stitchy Stamps who are offering 5 digi stamps
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The equally fabby Bugaboo Stamps who have 7 digi stamps for the winner.
Rules:
Following Creative Craft World rules.
1. You must post project on your blog with the title ' Choccys' Challenge'
2. Must be a new project.
3. Link back to the CCW challenge within your blog post.
4. Link to your post and NOT your general blog please.
5. Leave a comment on our challenge post after entering.
6. Your entry can be submitted into 5 other challenges. Any entered into more then this will be ineligible.
ONLY people who have followed all of these rules will be eligible to win our prize.
All entries are to be in by midnight on SUNDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2010
My makes:
Heres my card, corner bookmark and ribbon bookmark
These are made by using Stitchy Stamps
Then heres my card and decorated gift box using Bugaboo stamps
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Swishing
Below are the things that i use.
Plain card blank, ive done an ATC also.
Versacolor 5 colour ink pad
A baby wipe
Sparkles
For some reason this image always cheers me up . She is soooo adaptable and available to buy at Stitchy Stamps here
Stitchy is sponsoring Crafty Creations Challenges this week.
At Crafty Creations Challenges they have a colour challenge of red, brown and green. So i had to have a play.....
Heres my card :
The backing paper was sent to me by a dear friend Sarah ( Rainmac) ,so im not sure which it is
I used green gems on the brown die cut strip.
The gorgeous Sparkles image by Stitchy was coloured with Promarkers, i added stickles and glossy accents. It was backed onto red card.
I finished my card with 3 red gems.
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Stampin with the Dragon - You got ink
Hmmm well ive never tried colouring using inks. So i decided that i would use another 'thingy' that i did for a recent ATC swap. I say thingy as im not sure if its even a technique LOL.. ( Ooooh i might of invented a new one LOL)
I have an ink pad thats 4 different colours but never quite know what to do with it !! So i took a baby wipe and the ink pad and swished it all over ;O) I like to call it ink swishing haha. It has the added joy that theres nothing to clean afterwards as you just throw the baby wipe away ;O) Now thats my kind of crafting.....
The image that ive used if from Stitchy Stamps and yes its my favorite 'Sparkles ' again ;O) This time shes wearing bright colours that matched the ink swished card blank. Sparkles is available to buy and shes so versitile and sooooo darling. I love her !! I mounted the image on some red card that i had left over from another project.
To finish my card off i added a few flowers and leaves in the same colours and a few pearls. Not forgetting abit of bling :O)
Choccy xx
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I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges :
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Tuesday Throwdown. Week # 21. 3 of something (flowers)
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Create4fun. Week 41. Use a digi
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Papertake. 3 of a kind (flowers)
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Craftalicious. Challenge 10. Anything goes
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OSAAT Embellish it !! challenge 35
Sooooo i had to have a think about this one. Now it seems i love putting glitter and bling on my cards lol. So this one had to have that oon it somewhere. But i do love this time of year. It amazes me how the trees know when to change colour and shed their leaves. So my card had to reflect this somewhere.
For this challenge i was lucky to be able to work with a product from Toucan Scraps available here . Well as soon as i saw 'Amy kicking leaves' my card started to make itself :O)
I was lucky enough to have a few Autumn embellishments left over from another project i worked on and these were perfect for what i had in mind.
The backing paper i used is available to buy here . They also had the large leaves and metalic leaf brads.
Thanks for stopping by to see my favorite things. I cant wait to stop by your blogs to see yours
Choccy xx
Monday, 4 October 2010
Card for a friend.
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Spooky at OSAAT challenge # 33
We are showcasing out Fantastic Creators new Halloween digi stamps that are available to buy in Stitchy Bear & I Did It Creations Crafting Boutique and i must say they are all stunners !! So dont forget to visit the other DT members blogs and see the beautiful creations that have been made with the new additions and spread a little love as you go ...
Sponsors this week are :
Craftbrulee with a $10 voucher
Crafty Ribbon
Easy Crafts with a £10 voucher
and
I am roses
WOW !!!
This week i was given the totally gorgeous Batty by Beary Dust Stamps available here . Now im not sure if you are supposed to say that halloween things are gorgeous. But this little bear is .. Simply Gorgeous !!
I made a box card for him to sit on the side of. Then popped a glittery witch flying against the moon.Inside the box. He had a dusting of stickles 'beary dust' on the edges of his wings and the inside was given abit of glossy accents just because..
This little batty was sooo cute that i made myself a badge using him. This time i cut him out 3 times and stuck him all together so he was nice and firm. Added a pin to his back. Gave him stickles'beary dust' on his wings then covered him with glossy accents so he was firm and protected. I cant wait to wear this little guy on halloween.
Then heres my 2 makes side by side
Thanks for stopping by to see my makes this week..... I cant wait to stop by your blogs to see all yours .......
Choccy xx
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I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
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Incy Wincy challenge #61 Anything Goes
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Stampitcrazy Anything but a card
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Creative Craft World
This time its the Boss's turn again.. Lou chose a Black, Silver and White theme.
Using just these 3 colours. But if you use a photograph that is allowed to be colour.
Your project can be anything , so long as it fits the colour theme set.
The fortnightly challenge is sponsored this time by
The Crafty Pad 3 digi images of your choice.
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Little Claires.2 x stamps, Tilly at the window and Will he find us ?
( Dont you just love that we have 2 sponsors for our fabby challenge ? I think its fantastic !! )
Closing date for this challenge will be midnight on 17th October 2010.
Lou's Rules:
1. Post on blog must be titled 'Lou's Monochrome Challenge'
2. Link to the post and not your general blog
3. Link back to CCW challenge blog within your post
4. Leave a comment on our challenge post after entering
5. Your entry can be entered into 5 other challenges, any entered into more will be uneligible.
6. Only enter new projects please
ONLY people who have followed all these rules will be eligible to win.
My project:
I had such fun with this challenge. With the time of the year i immediately thought i had to make a halloween card. A few days ago i had been to a new found shop. It has fabrics, ribbons and a few embellishments. Thats it !!. I was drawn to the shop by the fabric/ netting that i used on my card. It was placed in the window against a bright yellow background and looked simply stunning !! I will be visiting this store again, so i can see that fabrics might be featuring on my cards from time to time. Not bad for a woman who has a phobia of needles and cant even sew a button on LOL.
I chose to make an easle card for my project. I wanted to be able to show the beautiful web fabric. So i took a piece of black 6x6 card and added a section of silver Miri card,then popped the netting over the top. The base of my easle card was made from a strip of 6x12 black card. I stamped Happy Halloween and matted it with Miri card and then onto the card base. I also added a stamped witch on a broomstick. The spiders were stamped directly onto the base card after it was all put together.
Stamps i used were MME Haunted stamps and are available to buy at CCW here
I had to use my little Magnolia 'Witch' stamp as i really love this stamp and dont use it as often as i would like. Shes just sooo gorgeous.
Heres my finished card taken outside in natural light
Then again inside
Things i learnt with this project :
1. Miri card is gorgeous. But , a nightmare to photograph !! If anyone has any tips. I would LOVE to know them LOL.
2. Children will laugh when they see their mum wrapped inside a red fleece blanket, attempting to photograph a card. It doesnt matter if they are 11 or 20. Its still really funny lol.
Thankyou for stopping by to see my project.
I cant wait to come to your blogs to see your challenge projects for Lou's Black, Silver and white theme.
Choccy xx
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I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :
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Secret Crafter challenge #103 Easle cards
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The Crazy Challenge. No ribbons or bows
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Catch The Bug. Anything Goes
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Stampavie and more. More than one Fold
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Just Magnolia week 75. Anything goes
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ABC Challenge Blog. E is for
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Sew Many Challenges. Anything Goes
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Cowgirls Sunday Stampen Challenge Anything goes
Saturday, 2 October 2010
Saturday game at OSAAT
Also dont forget theres still time to get your 'Anything goes' card challenge entry in ... We are 32 cards off 300 , which is abit of a record.. So come on blogland .... If you havent entered one of your beautiful creations... Pop over and have a go .... youve got to be in it ........to win it ;O)
Have a read of Liz's poem Halloween at One Stitch At A Time , Its fantastic ..
Choccy xx