Let it snow

Hey everyone...

still catching up on Christmas cards!

Can you only believe that it is only 20 days away!!

ARGGHHHH!!!

I have to get moving!!

Anyhoo... here is my card

 and some close ups

 

I am so glad that you stopped by and here are the challenges that inspired me:

sister act - atg

marks finest paper - purple Christmas

all sorts challenge - Christmas song

hiding in my craft room - atg

keep it simple - snow

sweet pea stamper - cold out

retro sketch - sketch

It's the season to sparkle

Hey everyone...

I am still trying to catch up on my Christmas cards!  ARGHHH I don't think that I can ever get them done.

Here is my card... and of course the challenges that inspired me..

 

and some close ups

and the challenges that inspired me

delightful challenge - favorite things (stickles and cricut)

moving along with the times - girly but not pink

jelly park - christmas

crafts 4 eternity - non traditional colours

scrappers delights - make it sparkle

fantabulous cricut challenge - beyond red or green

simon monday - with a flourish

just add ink inspiration challenge - star

crafting by design - christmas

PIO - things with P

Good morning everyone...

The Pile It On Challenge is having its yearly December-long challenge, this year with the theme P is for...! Use as many items/themes starting with "P" as you can, and let us know what you used.

This challenge will actually run 5 weeks, December 1 - January 4. You can enter as many times as you like, providing it is a new challenge made with our rules in mind.

This challenge is sponsored by our friends at Jellypark, who are giving 2 images to the winner this week!

Here is my take on the challenge

P- playing, pennant, polka dots, purple, paper piercing

Challenges - 

Sister act card challenge - atg

4 crafty girls- atg

Aud sentiment challenge - atg

hiding in my craft room - free style

pumpkin spice - old scraps or left overs

sweet stampin - black and white + one

one stitch at a time - use a digi

rogue redhead designs - happy birthday

here come the boys - atg with the boys

simon says - atg

kaboodle doodles - buttons and twine
unscripted sketches - sketch

Merry and bright with CTMH and YNS

 Hey everyone

I have been busy in my craft room but I have a ton of cards still to make for Christmas!!!    Arghhh when to do them all.  I am liking how this one turned out so I might make a bunch.  Loving the sketch from your next stamp. This is my third entry!!   

Here is some close ups of the card.  I used ctmh stamp, left over ribbon, and old fiskar rubbin plates to get the embossing in my cuttle bug

I popped up the image and added ctmh silver glitz glitter gel

Here you can see the embossing on the blue and white

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate all your comments!

Here are the challenges that inspired me:

Ccee stampers- embossing and glitter

Crafty creation challenge - christmas

Sweet stampin challenge blog- celebration

Totally paper crafts- add a bow

Scrap booker PhDs- no red and green

Deep ocean - fav color

Penny black and more -atg

Your next stamp- sketch

LMCB - Christmas Traditions

Good morning everyone!

Yesterday was day one of our first snow fall... so pretty but it does remind me to get out those winter tires!!  This week at Lasting memories we have a new challenge for you...

Christmas Traditions

now some of the DT members found this easy others not so easy!

for me I knew right off the bat!

for about 20 years I have been going to my auntie Marjie's house for Christmas eve, now that she has passed away this tradition will change a bit - her daughter is starting to plan an event for the family this year.

Here is my LO I hope that it inspires you to create one

here is some close ups 

 

I used my cricut for the partridges and title - joys of the seasons

the stamps are from CTMH 

and the challenges that inspired me:

fantabulous cricut - animal

through the craft room door - atg

charisma cardz - Christmas

digistamps - stitching

the corrosive challenge - happy holidays

scrap much - sketch

PIO - non traditional christmas

Hey everyone!!

Pile it on has another great challenge for you this week and I hope you can join  us!   The theme isNon Traditional Christmas, either non trad colors (no red and green) or a non traditional image (use a frog instead of Santa for example)

And our great Sponsor is Pink Gem Designs and the prize is 2 regular digi's (no sets or custom digis) 

Here is my card...  As you can tell I picked non traditional image.  

Not too many monsters around at Christmas time!!

Here is some close ups

I used ctmh stamps for the background paper and sentiment

And of course the challenges that inspired me!

Challenges:

a gem of a challenge - sparkles

digi galore - bright colours

paulaholifield crafts - sparkle

imagination - glitter and sparkle

crafts 4 eternity - glitter and sparkle

delicious doodle - no design paper

brown sugar - atg

digitally sweet - atg

all sorts challenge - bring on the bling

polka doodles - celebrations
paper crafting - bling it up 

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.ca/2013/11/bling-it-up.html
aud sentiments - any sentiments
delightful inspiration - sketch

Truly fabulous!!

Hey everyone... 

I have been super busy in my craft room

I made this layout for of course a couple of challenge - seriously I wonder how I ever scrapped before I found the blogging world??

here is my LO - challenges are listed below

above with out journal and below with :)

here are some close ups

I love the colours! and the bling :)  really like how this LO turned out

and the challenges

weekly scrapbook - teenagers

scrapping4fun - atg

scrapmuch - sketch

ADFAS - #18 November

Hey everyone

A die for a sketch has a super challenge going on this month 

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Our generous Sponsor this time is:

Jellypark

You can win: 3 Digis of your choice!!!

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here is the sketch

and my take on the sketch

I used Spell binders nestabilities labels four and Memory box corner bow

and the challenges that inspired me

cute card Thursday- so angelic

winter wonderland - fairies or angels

copic markers - everything about Christmas

christmas cards - sparkle and bling

scrapbook PhD - anything that Flies

addicted to stamps - punches and dies

Cheers!

Hey... 

so I am trying to use up last years Christmas paper and there are so many great sketches and great challenges.. that I have to keep making things... lol

and some close ups

and of course the challenges that inspired me
Curtain Call - CAS Christmas
Christmas card - bling
dream valley - cas
crafting for all seasons - stitching
lacy  sunshine - bling
Crafty creations - dies and punches
the sisterhood of crafters - embossing
cce stampers - stitches
ABC Christmas - W for winter wishes
addicted to stamps and more - atg
creative knock outs - bling
crafty girls challenge - atg
cardabilities - sketch

GDT for Scrapstuffz

Hey everyone... 

Stacia over at Scrapstuffz asked me to be a guest designer!

Thanks I am honored and I hope my LO does your inspiration photo justice...

the inspiration picture is..

and my LO...

The picture is from a Greece cruise we went to in 2009

the knot was made using reef knot which i know they use on sail boats

I forget which cartridge I used for the little sail boat but isn't he just adorable!!

And of course the challenges that inspired me to complete the LO- 

hiding in my craft room - die cuts 

scrapstuffz - photo

deconstructed sketch - sketch (it was the twine that captured me)

Autumn a day of thanks

hey everyone..

you know I think I spend more time on the computer than in my craft room... and tonight is walking dead night so I am just about done!  lol

here is another card I created for challenges that are listed below

My goal this weekend was to use up all the stuff on my desk - yep I made a little dent.. 

But there is so much more.  I must not buy any more!!!

and a close up

sweet stamps - thank you

Simon says - thanks

stamp and create - leaves

Paper nest dolls - give thanks 

created with love - thank you

patties - give thanks

addicted to stamps - punches and dies

One stitch at a time - atg

craftin desert diva's - a day of thanks

colour Q - colours

mojo monday - sketch