Xmas Crafts

Hi,

Oh i do hate the clocks going back as it feels like i spend my life walking the dog !! (oh well it's good exercise for me, even though i never seem to loose weight !!) - as i try to walk her in the daylight, so my OH doesn't have to walk her in the dark, when he gets home from work !!

Oh well i won't have to do it at all this weekend, as i'm off to Birmingham Friday morning - if we get there early enough we are going over in the afternoon, if not then it will be first thing Saturday morning, yipee i'm looking forward to it, a weekend away in a nice hotel (we are staying at The Ramada, near to the NEC) with an indoor swimming pool and crafting - what more could a girl want !!!

Right onto todays Card and Challenges I've entered are :

Sketch and Stash - where Challenge No: 47 has been designed by Sue - i have rotated it 90 degrees to fit the image

Allsorts Challenge  - where Challenge No: 76 is 'Gold, Cream and a hint of Red'

Top Tip Tuesday - where Challenge No: 8 is 'Christmas Inspired'

Totally Papercrafts - where Challenge No: 40  'Bling It On'

Docrafts Snoflake Challenge Week No: 44

I've also decided to enter it into - due to Brenda and Julie :

Penny Black At Allsorts - where Novembers Challenge is 'It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas'

Image - Penny Black - 'Xmas Crafts' - have added gold stickles glue to snowflake and pieces of snowflake

Sentiment - Penny Black - 'Crystalline'

Punched Corners - Martha Stewart - Photo Punched Corner

DP - Crafts House - 'Plum Pudding'

Snowflakes - Nestabilities - 'Make A Snowflake' - covered in Stampin Up - Heat & Stick Powder, then Dazzling Diamonds

Embossed Card - Cuttlebug Folder - 'Snowflakes'

Thanks for looking, Luv Sam x

For You _ _ _ _

Hi,

Ok for this card i'm officially a 'Muppet' as i entered into a challenge and hadn't read the rules properly - so rightly i was withdrawn !!, i know it serves me right, well this time hopefully i have got it right !!!

I've made this card for SOS to send out to our troops in Afghanistan, so they can send them back for their Mums on Mothers Day, so it was for a worth while cause - decorating the inside of another card.

My Card and the Challenges, I'm entering are :

Basic Grey Challenges  - where Heather has come up with a great sketch for Challenge No: 32

Caardvarks Challenge  - where the Challenge is to decorate the card inside and out

Simon Say's Challenge - where this weeks Challenge is 'Punch Em'

Image - Penny Black - 'For You _ _ _ '

Sentiment and Flowers - Penny Black - 'Sentiments' from a Transparent Set

Papers - Basic Grey - 'Origins'

Punched Edge - Martha Stewart - 'Floral Lace'

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

I've distressed the edges with - Tim Holtz - 'Shabby Shutter'

and stamped the flowers in - Tim Holtz - 'Scattered Straw'

Thanks for looking, Luv Sam x

Poppies

Hi,

Well as today is the 1st of November, then i had better present my new DT card for Valentines Monthly Challenge

Todays card is using a fabby little stamp that i've had for a while and it's only the 2nd time i've used it - the papers i've used were free in a magazine and they so fit this image perfectly.

The Card and the Challenges i'm entering are :

Valentines Monthly Challenge - where this months title is 'Poppies' - at least 1 Stampin Up product must be used - i've gone for punch and ribbon

Just Cute Bears and Friends - where Challenge No: 38 is a fabby sketch

Everybody Art Challenge - where Challenge No: 114 is a 'Photo Inspiration Challenge'

Creative Card Crew - where this weeks Challenge is 'Let's Punch It'

Image - Penny Black - 'Poppy Fields'

Papers - free from a magazine

Poppies - Wild Orchid Crafts

Punched Edge and Ribbon - Stampin Up

Thanks for looking, Luv Sam x

Let It Snow !!

Hi,

Well for this card, i've been rooting around again and i've come up with some very old Papermania papers - that i'm sure i bought in the very very begining and as they were a pack of 100 sheets, that's why they have lasted a very long time - bar buying some distressing inks and some papers that were in a sale,  i've been very good lately - gee i don't know what's the matter with me, could it be the fact i'm saving my pennies for next weekend as i'm lucky enough to be going to Birmingham !!, anybody else going ??

On to todays Card and Challenges :

Allsorts Challenge - where week No: 75 is 'Spots and Stripes' - i just simply had to enter this challenge, as the sponsor this week is a lovely lady called Jackie who owns The Crafty Garden over in Seaford and it's a fabby craft shop.

The Crafty Pad - where Challenge No: 94 is 'Christmas Theme'

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - where they are up to Sketch No: 39 by 'Maggies Cards'

Stampavie and More  - where they are up to Challenge No: 114 'Christmas'

Gingerloft Challenge - where Challenge No: 4 is 'Winter'

Winter Wonderland - where this week's Challenge is 'Mousey Christmas'

Docrafts - Snoflake Challenge No: 43

Image - Penny Black - 'Let It Snow'

Papers - Papermania - Contemporary Christmas

Border Snowflake Punch - Friskars

Large Snowflake - Woodware Punch - covered in Stampin Up Heat and Stick Powder, then Dazzling Diamonds

Snow - Flowersoft - Polar White

I've glossy accented the pond, to make it glisten

Gems and Ribbon - from stash

Thanks for looking, Luv Sam x

Mouse Sleigh

Hi,

So how are we all coping with half term ? Fortunately for me son is in a nursery that is open 51 weeks of the year, but i did take him out Monday afternoon as the weather was so nice and we went to a farm for their Halloween activities (so glad i did, as weather has been horrible since !!), today i've taken him to a soft play and lunch at Zizis as OH is having dinner at 'The Dorchester' hotel in London, tonight and Friday is Rugby training in the morning followed by lunch and a play afternoon as his best friends house (as it's supposed to be raining again !!).

With today's card i've decorated the inside too, something i don't do alot of i must admit, i've used a cutie image i've had for a while and it's also the first outing out for my new Martha Stewart punch 'Presents'.

Todays Card and Challenges :

Delightful Challenges - where their Challenge is 'It's Begining To Look Alot Like Christmas'

Christmas Stampin All Year Long - where Challenge No: 68 is 'Something Metallic'

Winter Wonderland - where this weeks Challenge is 'A Recipe' - 2 papers, 1 charm, 1 ribbon and 1 snoflake

Caardvarks Challenge - where the Challenge is 'To Decorate Inside And Outside'

Fussy and Fancy - where Challenge No: 22 is 'Let's See Your Winter Wonderland'

Docrafts - Snoflake Challenge Week No: 42

Image - Penny Black - 'Jolly Follies' Transparent Set

Sentiment and Snowflakes - Penny Black -'Crystalline' Transparent Set

Papers - K & Co - 'Peppermint Twist'

Snowflake - Spellbinder Shapeabilities - 'Snowflake Wonder'

Punched Edge - Martha Stewart - 'Presents'

Snowflake covered in Versamark then covered in Heat & Stick powder heated, then covered in Dazzling Diamonds - both powders by Stampin Up

Charm - The Works

Ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking, Luv Sam x

Daffodil / Butterfly Hedgie

Hi,

Now for those that know me well - you will know that i don't do Butterflies !! (I think it's because when i started card making 5 years ago, that was all we did for a year !!!), so when i saw a challenge and it involved Butterflies, i thought oh no what do i have - but as all the rest of the challenges seem to be about Halloween and i dislike that even more, as i think it's a money making exercise brought over to the UK from USA by the shops and luckily for me 3 year old son doesn't really know anything about it.

Fortunately for me i did find something butterfly and also i had had it for ages - the papers were part of a pack that i was supposed to use at the Blackpool Retreat in January (but unfortunately couldn't go, as OH was ill), the grand adhesions to match the paper i've had at least 2 years (as i also have the 12x12 papers of this set too), the stamp is ages old too and the MS punch i bought on a shopping trip to Pontefract, Yorkshire whilst i was visiting OH's family in April - so in future in this time of economic climate, i'm going to have a longer route around for items before i do a challenge.

The Card and Challenges are :

Crafters Companion - where this months Challenge No: 5 is a fabby sketch, thanks

Oldie But A Goodie - where Challenge No: 4 is 'Add A Butterfly'

Simon Say's Stamp  - where this weeks Challenges is 'Simon Say's ---- Give Thanks'

Penny's Paper Crafty - where Challenge No: 40 is 'Anything That Flies'

Marks Finest Papers - where Speedy The Cats Friends Challenge No: 26 is 'To Use A Die Cut and or a Punch'

Image - Penny Black - 'Seeing Your Face ----'

Papers and Grand Adhesions - K & Co - Daffodils

Sentiment - Stampin Up - Circle Of Friendship

Punched Centre - Martha Stewart - Doily Lace Trim

Thanks for looking, Luv Sam x