Creative Craft World

At Creative Craft World Sue has designed a fantastic scrap map for you all

Here it is

June Scrap Map June 2nd - July 6th

As usual, we are challenging you to use the scrap map as your starter to make a scrap book page. Leave us a link to your completed page and you might be our lucky winner – we have one of our sell out kits up for grabs as well as a guest spot in the Creative Craft World Design Team which comes with a generous shop discount.

Pop to the challenge blog to leave your creation for us to see.

Hugs

Choccy xxx

Another shout out, to anyone looking for a GDT spot

At Creative Craft World we are still out talent spotting ;O)

Have you ever wondered just how people manage to get to be GDT ( Guest Design Team) members over on the challenge blogs ?   Well heres your chance to let us know that you are interested in a GDT spot...

Email me at Choccy.Oona@gmail.com

Send me a link to your blog

I can then sort out a date for you, to join us..... Thats it ;O)

So come on ladies share your creations with a wider audience. Such beauty should be seen by so many more xxx

Choccy xxx

Scrap Map Saturday at Creative Craft World

Above is this weeks Scrap Map Saturday Map over at Creative Craft World.

Its been designed by Lou .

Why not stop by and see the fantastic DT LO and if you have always fancied having a go... Whats easier than following a 'map' ;O)

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Oh and whilst i am here.. We are 8 away from 250 followers . Another big draw is coming at 250. So if your not a follower, come and play... All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to be a follower.

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Choccy xx

Creative Craft World... Love, love love

Oooh now i keep singing that song from Love Actually LOL.

Can i firstly thank everyone for joining in with our new card challenges. The response has been fantastic and we do love visiting your blogs to see all your beautiful creations. Can i add that its VERY Hard to pick our favorites too. Which is a good thing ... just shows how tallented you all are ;O)

The theme this fortnight is 'Love' at Creative Craft World card challenge #3
But Lou has put a twist to the challenge... Its love using red, pinks and black.

We are sponsored this fortnight by Stitchy bear stamps. If you click on the logo below it will take you straight to the store.

Heres my take on 'Love' using Stitchys' Stupid Cupid who is available to buy here.

With a close up of cupid.. Whos been coloured with Promarkers. He has a tint of pink to his hair. Glossy accents on his glasses and arrows and cute pink wings lol. I used a sizzix embossing plate to make the red heart background and then used a fiscars punch to add the black scalloped edge card. So that it kept in with the theme colours.

At Creative Craft World we have a new DT member thats joining us. *waves* to Hannah

We also have Susi who has taken up a GDT spot for February. Susi won Januarys' Saturday Scrap Map challenge. So if you fancy joining in and getting a Guest DT spot like Susi... Pop over to the blog and have a look at this weeks map.. A new map is unveiled every Saturday.

The current card challenge is running from today until 15th February.

Dont forget to check the rules that are wrote right at the bottom of the challenge blog. We have had some enteries that were gorgeous but didnt follow the general rules so had to be excluded from our winners search :O(

Choccy xx

OSAAT .. New Beginnings... Stitchy

Over at One Stitch at a Time this week.. Its New Beginnings... So it could be a New baby, New Love, New life together (wedding), New Year (birthday) or New Home the possibilities are endless ;O)


The sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen, who is offering 1 lucky winner a £10 voucher to spend in store







This week i was lucky to be able to choose a fabby image by HRH Stitchyness ;O) . I chose ' Catch of the day' who is available here




I coloured the image using Promarkers and added little gems. I cut a heart shape and again added lots of 2mm gems to the edge of the heart. The DP that i used is a firework paper that i was sent by CCW.
The image was such a fun image to colour and i hope that you have as much fun joining in as i did making my DT card.

I cant wait to stop by your blogs to visit all your New.......

Choccy xx
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I would like to enter my card into the following challenges
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The secret crafter. Saturday Challenge. #117 With Love
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Lexi's Creations. #31. Say it with Love
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Paper Crafting Journey. Lets get Digital.
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Lothian Crafts. Challenge 10. Anything Goes
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Craft Your Days Away. #11. Anything Goes.
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New Year, New Start, New Card challenges

At Creative Craft World in 2011 we have a few 'news'..




a new design blog

new scrapbook weekly challenges

and now

...................................................new fortnightly card challenges !!







The first challenge is sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a selection of digi stamps.




The theme is ' Anything Goes'


Heres my DT card for this first Creative Craft World Card Challenge.




and a close up



To make my card i use a scalloped 6' card blank. Nesties labels 15. Digi image from Stitchy bear stamps. Promarkers to colour my image and stickles to add some shine.. The flowers were white ones that i coloured with Promarkers and added some stickles. Swirls were made using a Marianne D die.. In real life the colour is alot more pink than it looks in my picture. The sentiment was one i was sent in a stash swap.
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The challenge runs until midnight on 18th January with a new challenge starting on 19th January and every 2 weeks after then...
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I cant wait to stop by your blogs to see your enteries
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Choccy xx
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Being on Stitchy Bears DT also i must confess that i do love 'Sparkles' by Stitchy. Its the digi i was sent to get onto the DT... So i do use her whenever i can as she has a special place in my heart.
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I would like to enter my card into the following challenge:

Passion for Promarkers #81. Thankyou theme
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New Year Resolutions

So we have waved goodbye to 2010..... Then opened our arms to 2011



Over at Creative Craft World we are starting the new year with a few resolutions... Why not join us ?


To kick start the New Year its an anything goes challenge, So long as theres' a resolution in there ;O)
(A few of the DT have shared their New Year resolutions with you on there too..)




The challenge is sponsored by Lou ( Creative Craft World ) who is offering the lucky winner a £5 gift voucher to spend instore...There will be a new challenge each week, and at the end of every month we’ll choose the scrapbook page we like best and ask its creator to join the CCW design team as a guest for the following month.

The challenge runs up until midnight on 7th January..With a new Scrapbook challenge starting on Saturday 8th January.... So a new look blog and new dates !!!!


There will even be a new card ..... challenge starting VERY soon ;O)




Heres my New Year, New Design, New Way of playing start to 2011



My resolution this year ( Well one of them ;O) ) is to spend more time with my family.
I am going to make sure that i put aside at least an hour a week to sit and spend time with those around me that i love... Even to just have a cup of tea and a chat ....




The card on the front opens out and has my resolutions wrote inside.. The doiley represents cake yummmmmmy and cupcakes makes me happy ribbon is because everyone loves cake , with their tea ...

So whos up for joining me in a year of tea and cake ?? Sounds a fun resolution to me :O)

Happy New Year Everyone

Choccy xx

Creative Craft World ' Family challenge'

At Creative Craft World its our final challenge of the year :O(

The theme was chosen by Sarah W. The theme that Sarah chose was Family and you have to use abit of metal....

Heres a sneak peak of my project



For my metal i used some mini brads, which were used to hold the name plate in place.

I started my project with white flowers ( Wild orchid crafts ones) Then coloured then using my promarkers to match the colours in my project. The flowers were then edged in Stickles to give them abit of bling.

The base paper that i used was Basic Grey. I added 2mm clear gems to the middle of all the pink coloured flowers. I also used 2 different Pink Bazzil Basics and 1 Brown Bazzil basics.

Die Cuts are Nesties labels 4, Sizzix Cattycorner alphabet and Marianne Ds swirls. The tips of the swirls were finished with 2mm pink gems.





Heres my finished Scrapbook page...... For my mum . Who has taught me all i know about Family values !!

Sarah' s CCW candy

Now that the Christmas Countdown has finished over at Creative Craft World

The fantastic Sarah A from Crafty Naturally has put together a bundle of fantastic blog candy, for one lucky person to win...


Sarah A is offering this fantastic candy to one lucky commenter on CCW blog post.
There are loads of goodies for you to play with – Dovecraft 6 x 6 Bumper pack of Christmas papers, coordinating ribbons, card toppers and stickers. Pink Gem Clear stamp “Mimi Skating”, pot of flower soft, pack of mini roses, pack of hand made papers, manila tags for altering, die cut tags, pop up card blanks, brads and much more…


What do you need to do to be in with a chance of winning?

1. Post about this candy in the sidebar of your blog with a picture of the candy and a link back to
Creative Craft World
2. We would like to know which of the 30 countdown projects was your favourite and tell us why?
3. If you have made one of our projects post a link to your blog post and you will be entered into the draw twice

Thats it .... Good Luck !!

Choccy xx

Choccys Challenge

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

Thankyou so much for stopping by to see my Creative Craft World Challenge.Please pop over to the DT members blogs to see their beautiful creations.

I cant wait to stop by your blogs and see everyones. Hot Choccy, Marshmallows and Cream.

Choccy xxx

I would like to also enter a few challenges with my creations :

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By the Cute and Girly . October. Halloween with my stitchy stamp card.

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Fab'n'Funky . Things that go bump in the night

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The Sisterhood of Crafters. Boo-rific

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The Creative Cottage Challenge Blog. Halloween

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Bee Crafty . Christmas with my Bugaboo card

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The Crafty Pad . Christmas

Creative Craft World

Its challenge time again..... at 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

Creative Craft World Lous' challenge.

Autumn nights are drawing in over at Creative Craft World for Lous' Autumn challenge. The challenge this time is to create something Autumn inspired, be it a LO or a card or some other Altered item. It should say what autumn means to you and must include Journalling. The main colours should be reds, oranges, browns, yellows and greens.

The challenge is sponsored this time by Robins Fetish Designs.

I also made an Autumn theme card.

The rules for the challenge are as follows :

1. Post on blog must be titled Lous' Autumn Challenge

2. Link back to your post , not your general blog

3. Link back to CCW challenge blog within your post.

4. Leave a comment on the challenge post after entering.

5. Your entry maybe entered into up to 5 other challenges, any entered into more will be uneligible.

6. Only new posts please, no back linking to projects created before the challenge went live.

ONLY people who have followed these rules will be eligible to win

All enteries must be received by midnight onSunday 26th September 2010

Creative Craft World. Sarahs' challenge

At Creative Craft World its time for a 'Celebration' receipe challenge thats been set by my talented team member Sarah.

Heres the ingredients:

1 x image (stamped, digi or photograph)
3 x flowers
1 x ribbon
2 x different papers
and of course it has to be a CELEBRATION (don't forget to let me know why it is special to you).

The challenge is sponsored by 2 amazing sponsors..

Stitchy bear stamps is offering some super cute digi stamps. ...Ive used one in my creation :o)
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A new sponsor as a new sponsor Inspire me Papers and they have very generously donated an amazing prize of luxury occasions box worth a WHOPPING £30!!

So get out your mixing bowls add all the ingredients, abit of imagination and a memory or two. I cant wait to see what you end up with :o)
Dont forget to add in your post a little bit about your celebration.

For my Scrapbook LO i decided on a winter/christmas theme. I do love Christmas. Well that should read i absolutely love the whole build up to Christmas.....
Ever since my eldest was little ( hes 20 now) as soon as we had bonfire night i would remind him that Kelvin the elf was listening for him being good. He was reporting all his good and bad things back to Santa. Well it worked a treat ;o) So i carried it on with my other 2 sons. In 2008 i found a gorgeous elf online ( he came from USA) Kelvin came to visit and he was sooo mischievous. One night he took all the tinsel off our tree.The next morning i caught him trying to hide in a big pile of the tinsel. He climbed the tree. Stayed up all night playing on the xbox360. Ate the candy canes off the tree to name but a few !!
On the LO i made a ticket that slots in behind the picture which has journelling about Kelvins antics. I added 3 snowflakes/ flowers to the top of the ticket so that it was more visable


I wanted the really cute Sammie Snowman digi image by Lexi Creations ( available here ) To look as if it was part of the backing paper,thats why i chose to use a white background for my LO. Heres a close up of the image.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers and then added stickles and glossy accents. I loved this image so much. It was really easy to colour. So i just had to make a card using the same receipe.



Just for a little celebration hows this ?
To help with the celebrations don't forget the Creative Craft World special For every order placed from now until Monday 23rd August there is a 10% discount and a FREE Christmas present!

I would like to enter my card in
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A Spoonfull Of Sugar challenge #117
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The Creative Cottage challenge 21 Christmas
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Crafty Ann's Challenge blog challenge 21 Christmas in August
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Winter Wonderland Walking in a Winter Wonderland
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Critters challenge blog. Boys and glitter
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Creative Card Crew. Sparkle and Shine