Monday 30 January 2012

Saturated Canary in Pink





















Image from Saturated Canary
Papers from Nitwit Collections


Challenges

I Love Promarkers  pink and purple
Charisma Cardz  pretty in pink
MAWTT  blooms
Colour Create  pink and green ( backing paper has a green stripe )
Crazy Challenge  flowers

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Urchin
























Image from Mo Manning
Papers from Digital  Scrapbooking Studio


Challenges

Christmas Cards All Year Round  non traditional colours
Stamp with Fun  cute vintage
Creative Stamp Friends  old fashioned

Sunday 22 January 2012

Valentines


























Digital Stamp from Kenny K

Challenges

I Love Promarkers  anything goes
Crafty Ribbons  love is red and black
Crafty Sentiments  anything goes
Gem of a Challenge  sketch
Allsorts  needles and pins
Stampacular Sunday  seeing spots

Easel Card

























Stamp from Sugar Nellie
Papers from Nitwit Collections

Challenges

Winter Wonderland  easel card
OSAAT  round and round

Wednesday 18 January 2012

It's a Boy


























Digital stamp from Mo Manning
Papers from Nitwit Collections


Challenges

OSAAT  anything goes
Stamp with Fun  sketch
Crazy Challenge  tic tac toe :ribbon/lace image pearls
Sentimental Sunday  ribbon
Secret Crafter  blue
Alphabet Challenge  Y you choose
Stampin' for the Weekend  out with the old I've had the  image for over a year and only used once or twice
Divas by Design  something new : new baby

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Enchanted














































Both the CD Rom and this digital stamp are recent purchases/prizes and are being used for the first time in this card.The greeting was added at the last minute and I'm not sure that I should have added it.



Digital stamp from Crafts and Me
Papers from Artylicious Seasons Greetings


Challenges

Sparkles Forum  new goodies stamp and CD Rom
Sunday Sketch and Stamp  sketch
Winter Wonderland  birthday
CD Sunday  enchantment

Sunday 15 January 2012

Let it Snow

























It's a beautiful frosty morning here in the North- East of Scotland  there's a thick white frost lying on the ground hence a "frosty " themed card.

Stamp from Funky Kits
Paper from Digital Scrapbooking Studio


Challenges

Crafts-4-Eternity  blue
CHNC  digi papers
Fussy and Fancy  let it snow
Secret Cafter  anything goes with blue
Creative Stamp Friends  winter
ABC Christmas  anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons  snowmen, snowflakes

Saturday 14 January 2012

Blue

























Digital Stamp from Mo Manning
Papers from Digial Scrapbooking Studio


I don't know how I stumbled across the Digital Scrapbooking Site but luckily did ,as they have too many collections to mention with lovely papers and embellishments.


Challenges

Crafts-4-Eternity  colour recipe
CHNC  use a digi or digital papers
Secret Crafter  anything with blue
ABC Christmas  A anything
Alphabet Challenge  Y you choose
Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge  christmas stocking

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Cake

























The colours in this image are nothing like the colours in the card but after more than a dozen attempts to photograph the card I gave up. The colour of the tag and flowers is several shades lighter than in the photo.

Digital image from Mo Manning
Papers from Papermania


 Challenges

Secret Crafter  let them eat cake
WOC  anything goes

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Under the Sea

























Image and backing paper from Joanna Sheen Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection

I embossed the acetate with a swirls folder to emulate waves fish and star fish from stash

Challenges

CD Sunday  under the sea
Pile it On  manly

Sunday 8 January 2012

Shopping

























Digital stamp from Mo Manning
Paper from Nitwit Collections
Glittered star recycled from a M&S gift voucher card

Challenges

Winter Wonderland  shopping
Christmas card throwdown  sketch
CHNC  new lease of life
Jingle Belles  presents
Sweet Stampin  spots and dots
Colour Create  red cream and sage green
DP2 Challenge  anything goes

Saturday 7 January 2012

Puppy Love

























What can any child love more than a new puppy and this beautiful stamp from Lili of the Valley says it all.

Stamp from Lili of the Valley
Papers from Nitwit Collections

Challenges

Lili's little fairies  new beginnings : new puppy
I love promarkers  buttons and lace
My time to craft  hugs and kisses
For fun challenge  new
Crafty sentiments  love and romance
CES challenge  anything goes

Thursday 5 January 2012

Sunday Sketch

























Stamp from Lili of the Valley
Papers from K & Co.


Challenges

Stamps R Us what did you get for xmas  flexmarkers
Sunday Sketch and Stamp  sketch
Cute Card Thursday  whats new  flexmarkers
Crafting for All Seasons  fairies

Monday 2 January 2012

New Beginning

























What better beginning than a new baby this card is for friends who have just become grandparents for the first time.


Image from Mo Manning
Papers from Nitwit Collections


Challenges

Allsorts  new beginnings
Sweet Stampin Challenge  new beginnings
Crafts-4-Eternity  quote : hope the sentiment counts
Sentimental Sundays  anything goes
Pile it On  anything goes
Sparkles Forum Challenge  anything but a Christmas card
Stamps R Us  anything goes
For Fun Challenges  something new

Sunday 1 January 2012

Christmas Crafting First Challenge of 2012


























Happy New Year to everyone.

The first challenge of the year at Christmas Crafting is an easel card and of course since this is a Christmas site it must be a Christmas card.


Stamp from Funky Kits
Papers from Nitwit Collections
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Wild Orchid Challenge  christmas friendship
My Time to Craft  winter pals