Christmas Is Coming

Good morning all,

Christmas certainly is coming at an alarming rate.

Every year I swear I will be more organised and every year it's always a last minute rush!

This week over at The PaperShelter we have a brand new challenge

As always we have an amazingly generous prize from

Veronica and Pedro

The theme as the title suggests is

'Christmas Is Coming!'

This week I have used one of the pre- coloured images to create a 'chocolate card' for our gorgeous grandson to give to his teacher at Christmas. I made one earlier this year but of course he needs more than one!

The image is 'Are You Ready My Friend?' and comes in both pre coloured and line art so you can colour it yourself.

and the inside .........

Ryan is thrilled with it - I hope his teacher is!

The papers are from two digital kits by Stampin Mindy called

Cold hearted and Country Christmas available here 

 The vines are cut using Tonic dies which cut through most things like butter.

The sentiment is a digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts and the ribbon is from my stash.

I do hope you enjoy the challenge.

Have a great day

Good morning,

I hope everyone is well and enjoying this gorgeous weather. It’s Wednesday again and time for a brand new challenge at

The PaperShelter 

Our theme this week is ‘Winter Fun’ - which can include Christmas cards.

As always we have an amazingly generous prize from

Veronica and Pedro

For my card I chose the gorgeous  image called 'The Beautiful Skier.

As always she is coloured with Promarkers.
I teamed her up with a couple of background stamps from Make It Crafty.
The fancy border and snowflakes were cut out using my Sihouette Cameo.
The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.
The pearls are from my stash and the lovely paper id from a digital set by Katie Pertiet - can't reemeber the name but it is available here

Have a great day and enjoy the challenge.

For The Boys

Good morning all,

Well this is the first card I have made in a month. I have had trouble with my hands which has made crafting impossible. Today there is a new challenge at Natalie and Amy's .

Papers & sentiment from Debbi Moore Shabby Chic Mechanical; 6 x 6 Kraft card blank - available at Natlaie and Amy's shop.

The images are from Dr Digi - Davy Dunderton and Amplifier

The star brads were from ebay.

Hope you like it.

Shabby Chic at Natalie and Amy's Challenge

Good morning all,

At the moment I am doing just  a tiny bit of crafting due to work commitments, but I hope to back in the new year working with my usual DTs – that’s if they’ll have me back!

Today over at Natalie and Amy’s we have a new challenge…

…..Shabby Chic

The beautiful Papers -are from Debbi Moore Shabby Chic Paper Delights Vol 1
Image is from Marianne D Christmas & Cards Cutting sheet.

Marianne D Die - Decorative tags

Mulberry Paper roses

Petaloo Flower

All of these are available at Natalie and Amy’s shop.

The charm is from my stash and I really can’t remember where it was from.

The cheesecloth, pearls and ribbon are also from my stash.

I hope you enjoy taking part in the challenge.

Have a great day,

Good morning,

I hope everyone is well and enjoying this gorgeous weather. It’ Wednesday again and time for a brand new challenge at

The PaperShelter and it’s a warm welcome to some new DT members so please pop by their blogs and leave some crafty love.

Our theme this week is ‘Use Stitching - Faux or real’

As always we have an amazingly generous prize from

Veronica and Pedro

For my card I chose the gorgeous new image called Vintage Phone

Isn’t she stunning?

She is coloured as always with Promarkers.

The papers are from the Raspberry Road Collection Victorian Bliss.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the flourish is a Cheery Lynn mini flourish.

The ribbon is from Stamps by Chloe and the pearls are from my stash.

Have a great day and enjoy the challenge.

Sun, moon or stars

Good evening, this post should have been posted on Wednesday, but I forgot to hit publish so it has sat in my drafts folder instead.

There is a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter.

As always if you use a Paper Shelter Image available here, you will be in with a chance of winning an amazing $30 voucher to spend in the store.

If you win using any other image you win 3 digis of your choice from the shop.

So with prizes like this on offer, why not have a go?

The theme for this week is

  "Sun, moon or Stars "

It's team B's turn to host the challenge this week and as always the girls have come up with some amazing creations

Here is my offering this week using the fabulous new digi

‘Incantation'

This is the coloured version of the digi.

The papers are from the Starlight Mini Digi Set by Lynn Greigson available here.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the swirls cut using a Marianne Swirl Die.

Crafty Sentiments  Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown  Anything Goes

Sketch time at Incy Wincy

Good morning all. It’s time for another challenge over at Incy Wincy.

This week our sponsor is the fantastic KennyK.

We have a fab sketch for you to follow this week.

We were lucky enough to have some KennyK stamps to play with.

I used this stamp called Scrooge for my teenage nephew’s Christmas card.

The papers were from Stamping All Day.

The image was coloured with Promarkers

The snowball/pom pom trim was from my stash – a gift from my best friend.

The parcels are part of a Nit Wit set and have been recoloured in my graphics program.

Have fun with the challenge.