'Surprise' OSAAT # 37

This week at OSSAT its Christmas ..... Be it traditional or modern... you decide

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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Christmas Fairy

I must say that i absolutely adore a new stamp thats been created by the tallented Stitchy of Stitchy Stamps.

' 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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OSAAT challenge # 36

Over at OSAAT this week its

Celebrations . Anything Goes.

Stitchy Stamps are offering 5 digi stamps as the fabulous prize this week.

This week i chose a gorgeous CardMadFairy image called Flirty Fairy to use. I wanted to celebrate Love.

Flirty Fairy is available to buy here along with lots of her other beautiful images

To make my card i used

Craftworld cards 6x6 Scalloped edge card

Paper Doyley,which was part of a blog candy prize by a DT teamie at OSAAT , Paula

Flirty Fairy coloured with Promarkers and decorated with Stickles and glossy accents.

Coloured gems

I of coursed 'Swished' the paper doyley from Paula. Can i add that this was VERY hard as doyleys are only thin !!

This card was such a pleasure to make. 'Swishing' Really brightens up these dark days :O)

Can i also add that even though i originally made this card as a celebration of Love. Its been given already as a birthday card. My friend did love it too ;O)

Dont forget to enter your celebration card over at the challenge blog here

I cant wait to stop by your blogs and see your creative projects.

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

Swishing

Well heres my first ever attempt at some kind of tutorial for the technique (lol) ive called swishing :O)

Below are the things that i use.
Plain card blank, ive done an ATC also.
Versacolor 5 colour ink pad
A baby wipe

Now ive found out that you have to work pretty quickly. So taking pics whilst i was doing this has made it abit patchy. But i do have a few examples of 'swishing' on my blog.

I try to start with the darkest colour and choose where i want that. On the example below i used the dark green then the red .

The babywipe being wet is the thing that helps. It smudges the ink. This one was abit dry with stopping to take a picture. With each time i added the new ink i used a new finger bit of the baby wipe. This helps the ink not to mix together and turn brown/ dirty looking

I then added the lighter green and the orange. I kind of decide which way i want the ink to lie and 'swish' it from side to side. Hense me saying this is swishing hehe ;O)

The middle of the card was filled with the yellow.

When i have the basic colours on the card i go over it all quickly with the lightest colour. There was another coat of yellow ink that went on over this but i didnt take a photograph.

This was a textured card that i used so its abit bumpy. But i hope it gives an idea of swishing :O)

Choccy xxx

Sparkles

I just had to use this fab fairy 'Sparkles' this week..

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.

Stampin with the Dragon - You got ink

Over at Stampin with the Dragon the challenge this week is - You got ink . To use ink somewhere on your project.





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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