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

Help needed .... pretty please ;O)

Well as all the bloggers that visit my site i am on the DT for Stitchy Bear Stamps and love being on there.. Its a great family feel that we have with all the creators, design team, co ordinators and even the big Royal Stitchyness herself..

So i figured that we should try to get Stitchy bear stamps to number 1 for Christmas ;O)
( This is in no way endorsed by Stitchy... i just wanted to see if i could make a difference.. As i know she would be absolutely OVER the moon.. Shes just broke her finger, so is poorly too :O( )

Stitch Bear Stamps



Above is a link to the Stamp site that i design cards for.. Can you please click the link. Then scroll down 3/4 of the page. ( Theres a silver box that says please vote for us)
Click on there then
click to vote for the site that sent you there.
If you then leave a comment by clicking leave a comment... Enter your rating, 10 is always appreciated ;O)
then your name.. no need for any other details but if you want to add anything, thats fine

I really think that we deserve to get to number 1 for Christmas ...........and we arent that far behind........

Go on just a few clicks and you can make a very big team...... VERY happy !!

Choccy xxx

OSAAT #43 Surprise,Surprise.. See you in 2011

This week...... its the final challenge of 2010 :O( .... What a year its been !!

The Challenge :

At OSAAT for challenge 43. The theme is 'Surprise ,Surprise'Just do and make anything you wish and have fun!
FREE FOR ALL - MERRY CHRISTMAS

Sponsors:

This week we are sponsored by One Stop Card Crafts who are offering a £10 gift voucher

Also there will be 2 winners who will receive Decembers' collab
gonna use random thingy and gather up all the past "early birds" who are the first entries of each challenge and all the "late bloomers" (last card) of each challenge and pick two winners,
they will receive the collab code for their prize.

My Project :

This week ive been able to work with Toucan Scraps again :O) Oh such fun, As Angela has just created these fantastic Calendar Tabs for 2011 which are available here and ive also made her confetti boxes, that are available here.

Ive made up 3 calendar pages that are 8x8. The confetti boxes i used to fill with chocolate coins and tree decorations that i made :O)

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Heres the confetti boxes that i made which were filled with the tree decorations.

Heres the October Calendar page. I themed this page using Autumnal colours. Using leaf backing paper that i edged the edge of the leaves in gold stickles. I used co ordinating gems on the tabs and i also attatched a leaf brad that i had. ( Click on the pictures to make them larger)

My November page was created using a firework background paper. It needed abit of bling too ;O) So i followed the firework lines with gold stickles to enhance the paper. I then added extra stickles on the tab to give more shine.

The December page that i created was made using Christmas tree die cuts That i ran through my cuttlebig snowflakes folder to create a snowflake embossed tree. Of course i had to add lots of red and clear 2mm gems. The top of the branches were edged in stickles. Then i added Snow using my snow marker. I then added a Happy Holidays ribbon and more snow.. Well after the past 2 weeks we have had in UK i figured it seemed the right thing to do ;O)

This week also sees a few new names on the DT blog Roll, Please stop by the 7 new ladies blogs and give them abit of love.

Well thats it from OSAAT for 2010.......... :O(

But dont forget to come back January 9th 2011 for the next exciting challenge !!

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Heres to Happy Holidays to one and all .

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Choccy xxx

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Also want to add a very Happy Birthday to Stitchy xxx

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 !!

OSAAT challenge 42

This week at OSAAT its old stash or new stash for Challenge # 42

The challenge is sponsored this week by Michelles Scrapbooking & more
With a $15 prize to spend on digi images


Also a 10 % off code for you to use on your order, for our blog readers. Code is STICH.
Theres sooo much gorgeous stuff available and with a discount code for everyone. Whats a better excuse to buy yourself a little Christmas gift ;O)
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My Card :
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For my Design Team card this week i was given a choice of Barbara Jenson images..
WOW !! This was such a hard choice as ive been soooo looking forward to play with one of her images. I chose Red Riding Hood who is available here
She is such a beautiful detailed stamp. I really love it !!
I chose to make a Birthday card this week and used new stash that arrived when i bought a few kit packs from Craftwork cards ( Just before snow stopped any of my mail getting through 5 days ago !)




Heres a close up of my image.
I tried to keep to set colours but use different shades. I didnt know there were so many shades of red, 7 on here and 6 browns !! I used 9 different grays on here too..
You cant really see clearly but i managed to just highlight the axe with glossy accents and of course i added abit of stickles glitter here and there ;O)




Thankyou for stopping by to see my DT card this week. I cant wait to stop by your blogs and see all your gorgeous creations this week....

Oooh there will be a few new faces on the OSAAT DT blog roll next week. I am sure that you will all enjoy their fabulous creations.

Choccy xx
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I would love to enter my card into the following challenges
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Party Time Tuesdays : #23 Anything goes. Birthdays
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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