I am feeling Pale!.... or should that be pail?

Hey all its Wednesday and we have a new Challenge at ABC Christmas challenge we are up to the letter E and our host this time is Bettina

The theme shes has chosen is E for Enclosed

so that basically means - a box, gift bag or something like that.

Our fabby Sponsor is the lovely Zlatoena and the image I have used it the cute little snowman.

We have had these really cute Pails at work and I thought it was high time I decorated one, they come in different sizes and would be great for sweets or a small gift.

I LOVE washi tape and have also added a little twine for texture.

Here are the challenges I am entering my project for:

Speedy Fox and Friends - Metal - The Tin

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Spots Or Dots

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

All Crafts Challenge - Anything but a Card

Crafty Cardmakers - Anything But a Card Winter and or Anything Goes

Happy Wednesday hugs me x

Christmas cards with Sketches

Good Wednesday Morning well we are nicely into March and here comes another Christmas cards with Sketches challenge.

You will have to go the main challenge CCWS to see the sketch but I have kept my card Very plain so you can see the sketch really easy... The Sponsor this time is Make it Crafty

 For my card I have coloured James with Specturm Noir pens and added a little Gel Black.

Glam dusted his hat and paper distressed the layers and then sewn everything together on my sewing machine. and I have added Zero embellishments I felt that the papers were busy enough.

Here are some challenges I am entering with this card:

Fashionable Stamping - No digi- Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Teddy Bears

The Corrosive Challenges - Animals.

 Crafty Hazelnuts CCE - Anything Christmas

Card Makin' Mamas - Stack It Up 3 or more layers

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations - include an image – Spot / Dots

Enjoy the rest of the week!

hugs me x

3,5, or 7....Pancakes?

HAHA its Pancake day yippee!
But I don't think I will be having 3, 5 or 7!
more like 1 or 2....
and to save on calories I will probably make savoury ones for dinner,,, Trying to be good and it seems to be working as I have now lost a little under 15 kilo's!


We have a fun challenge for you today at Top Tip Tuesday and also a GREAT tutorial too!

The theme of the challenge is 3, 5, or 7

For example you could use 3 buttons, 5 flowers, 
or 7 pearl/gemstone embellishments.

we have a fabulous sponsor the lovely designs of Zlatoena

and we have a fabby Guest too!

and our Design Team have been very busy and made awesome creations to help inspire you so do come over and join in too!Snowman ice skating

My 3,5 and or & are 3 papers, 5 Pearls and 7 Banner flags

Here are the challenges I am entering my card for:

Sparkles Forum - More than 3 Embellishments

Catch The Bug – Anything Goes

Card and Scrap - Use Dies

Cards Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi stamp

Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Cut it Up - Die Cuts - Winter Fun - Blue & White ( is brown allowed too?)

Left of Center - Die Cuts

Pattie's - Include an image – Spot OR Dots

Have a great Tuesday and hope to see  you at TTT

hugs me x

Sniff sniff... No I have not got a cold!

Yup there is me feeling sorry for myself!
I have a really bad ache in my tummy area and the Doc thinks it could be Kidney stones! GREAT! just what I want and need like a hole in the head....





So I managed to get a card done for this fortnights challenge 
over at As You Like It Challenge we have a great sponsor for this challenge
they are a new sponsor to us and its a great prize!

Freckled Fawn

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your favourite item to create 3D texture and tell us why its your favourite.

Oh goodness what is my favourite 3D item? I love to create flat cards but texture is never far away either.... If you know me well you will know I LOVE sewing on cards so that is my most favourite way to create texture, I love random sewing but for this card I did a little experimenting too! Ok so I wanted to create some inking on the image and had a play then worked out the position of my image and papers...

Then instead of using the tape runner and gluing in place and sewing I cut a Circle in plain paper and used repositionable scotch tape to work a new sewing technique for myself... Random circle sewing...

 

I have the foot of the sewing machine right on the edge of the circle so when I did the first go round with the machine I was off the edge of the circle so when I removed the tape and circle, I wanted a random circle but not an odd shape.

Also to add yet more texture I love crumpling die cuts, the dotty border is a die cut, and I have distressed and crumpled then sewn into place, also paper distressing adding more texture and then A little wooden flower coloured and glossy accents and a pearl added.

Here are a few challenges I am playing along with:

House Mouse challenge HMFMC164 - Anything GOES

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Must Be Square - Anything Goes

Fitztown Challenge - Stitching

Squirrel & the Fox - Something Spooled - Sewing cotton

Love to Create - Anything Goes

Oh and just wanted to remind you that
if you have used stitching on your card you could play

Top Tip Tuesday - Stitching we are on Week 2 so get your card uploaded soon!

Happy Thursday friends