Winter meets Summer...

Hello there!

Hope you are having a nice weekend..Hubby and I are having a super lazy one and I am attempting to the bulk of my UK bound Christmas cards done (as JT is kindly taking them back with her after Thanksgiving to save postage costs)

In amongst this Christmas frenzy I found time to make a couple of challenge entries..the main photo today is for Color Throwdown #268..when I saw the colours I knew that I had to use the free Beach Girl stamp I have.

Her stripy dress works well with the colours, I used Cerise, Fresh Meadow, Duck Egg and Ginger promarkers for the dress, her glasses and her hair. I stenciled the background using a Crafters Workshop stencil in contrasting Ranger Distress inks. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts and I think the colour is a bit of a mix of the rust, rose and melon!

I really wanted to make a summery card, as the weather is so blah, it's making me think about the beach and being warm!

I feel like this card should go to my friend Liz in New Zealand..I owe her a long letter, so this will be a good way to say hi!

Back to Christmas cards for me. enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Cx

Moving Along With The Times....Furry Friends..

Hi,

Yep, it's that time already - where does a fortnight go?

Team B are up over at Moving Along With The Times this week and our host this week is Tammy.
Her chosen theme is Furry Friends.

I decided I wanted to use JT's Little Claire cat stamp and so she kindly sent it to me :)

I really love this stamp, it's so versatile, I have used it before without the butterflies and that worked really well too.

I used the following ingredients -

Stripy background paper - American Crafts
Stripy scalloped circle - DCWV
Scallop Punch - Woodware
Alpha Stickers - Target
Butterfly - EK Success Punch (that I don't own, JT punches these and sends them to me...)
Promarkers to colour the cat, post, flowers and butterflies

This has turned out to be such a pretty card, I am pleased as punch and thought I'd enter the Card Galore November Challenge (Animals) with it.

Your turn now! But first have a look at all the fab creations by Team B.

Cx

WOYWW #232 In the post...

And winging their way to all the lovely ladies that signed up are my 40 for 40 cards.

Before I show you a photo, lets talk about WOYWW - join the lovely Julia and the gang over at Stamping Ground for the weekly desk nose. It's fun, you should get involved!

An overhead shot of my desk this week and it is looking kinda busy this week..a pile of stamped and semi-coloured Valentines' toppers (stamp by Simon Says Stamp!) for OWH, some Thank You's that are either gifts / for me to use / for December craft fair (some complete, some partially done), my new hexagon punch, a card layout I am working on...with hexagons, a box of hexagons and mini stars (no idea why these are together), tweezers, my glasses, Mr Mouse, my pencil, a free disk of goodies and various bits and bobs.

Tonight I will be taking what I need off of the free disk and finishing what is on my desk.

Here is a montage of the 40 for 40 cards-

They were such fun to make, some were challenge entries and some were made specifically for 40 for 40. Big thanks to all my WOYWW friends for making my little dream come true :)

Maybe next year I'll do 41 for 41 - ha ha.

Hope they all arrive safely...email me ladies to confirm arrival. Happy WOYWW, I'll be visiting desks after work today, so that might be the middle of the night for some of you...

Cx

Blingy Christmas..

Hi,

Well it was snowing a bit this morning here in NYC! Which is cool and worrying all at once....

I worked late night, wolfed down a BBQ dinner with the Hubby and raced home to make something...making things relieves the pain of a bad day :)

I love embossing, so the current CAS-ual Friday challenge was perfect for me...

I also wanted to make a fancy card for my Grandma...as I am not convinced that our contemporary ones are right for her..

I think this card has the right CAS balance, I love the Sixxix snowflake embossing folder and the flowers are actually a font (dingbats) that work in my Silhouette Portrait - clever eh?

The glittery sentiment Peel-offs, I have had forever and have been doing that 'saving for best' thing...really got to stop that...soon I won't be able to use anything in the craft room!

I hope Grandma likes her card - the rich burgundy colour of the flowers and the label remind me of her.

Cx

Saying thanks...OWH style...

Today it is Veteran's day in America.

So I thought I would share the OWH Thank You cards that I have been making.

On the OWH site, they mentioned that they were low on Thank You's and I love making them, so have spent the weekend making them...I am at 20, all slightly different.

I found this great set of Thank You sentiment stickers in Michaels and thought they would work well for OWH, as I could do all different things with them.

The main photo is a collage of some of my faves and here are a couple of bigger ones.

Thanks - using spellbinders flower dies and American Crafts papers

All I can say is...Thanks! - using spellbinders label dies and American Crafts papers

These were very easy and fun to make, it also meant I got a serious play with the Big Shot, who might feel a bit neglected with the new fancy Silhouette, but I am trying to spend quality time with him :)

These cards will be going out at the end of the month with my Valentine's cards!

Happy Monday to you all and don't forget OWH always needs generous cardmakers.

Cx