Spotty Owls

Isn't this a jolly owl image? It's a digital giftie from Laura and I have coloured it with pencils. The papers are from Anice at Funky Hand, from the Paper Blossom set. Embossing is with Cuttlebug swirls.

I would like to enter this for the following:

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #55 - Polka Dots.

Patties Creations Challenge #36 - Embossing

SS&DS Challenge - Anything Goes with a digital image
Opus Gluei #123 - Tweet, chirp, trill
Sentimental Sundays #87 - Dry embossing

Toot-toot

for my poinsettia teabag card...thank you Mynnette and Jacqueline!

Christmas Challenge Card

Hazel has asked us to make a square Christmas card, and Mynnette wants at least three rhinestones...
Base card and matting are Lidl card, DP is Pink Petticoat and I have coloured the Penny Black Snow Couple with coloured pencils

I would like to enter this for the following challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Make it Square 

The CPS sketch of the week

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Rhinestones

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Non Traditional Christmas Colours
Cupcake Craft Challenges - All you need is love
Cute Card  Thursday - You're a Gem

Old Poinsettias

I was having a little sort out of the cardboard drawers where I keep decoupage sheets and odds and ends of printed images when I found a page protector with some Christmas teabag sheets and backers that I designed in 2004! Some had poinsettias on, and I thought they might be just the thing for the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown that stipulates Christmas flowers...I haven't done teabag folding for years, but at one time I designed and printed  teabag papers and coordinating backing papers and demonstrated folding around the Costa Blanca Craft Clubs and Fairs ... hence my nickname!

I dithered about how to add a sentiment, as my stamping is not of the best when I can't cover up my bodges and splodges with a bit of judicious painting, but then I realised that if I used a peel-off, it would also qualify as an Unstampabelles entry....problem solved!

So...backing papers and teabags by me, punched centre added to the folded rosette that is mounted on a Nestie  4 label, blue lace strip cut with Cuttlebug Ironworks set, and a peel-off on another Nestie label.

I would like to enter this in 52 CCT Theme Challenge #1

Unstampabelle's Challenge #7 - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything Goes

Woo-Hoo!

It seems to be my lucky week; I received an Honourable Mention on the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Blog for the card that I entered for their first colour challenge of the year; Black, White and a Splash of Red. Thank you Mynnette and Jacqueline.

This week's theme is Christmas flowers, so why not come and play and build up your stock of Christmas cards?

I Won!

My name came out of the Big Teapot over at Funky Hands and I won these lovely papers in the Get Funky Challenge Blog Hop! Thank you to Anice and the lovely Design Team ladies!

 

Baby Love

Very simple ingredients today; cream card for the base and a lacy strip cut with the Cuttlebug Ironworks die. Blue pearl paper, silver peel-off sentiment and a favourite image printed from a Joanna Sheen Baby CD. The check paper is from coverless pad given to me by a friend, so I don't know the make. Now I have uploaded the photograph I can see I need to re-glue the end of the ironwork strip!

I have used this sketch from Mojo Monday

I would also like to enter it for Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - mainly blue

Crafty Cardmakers - No floral embellishments

Unstampabelles Challenge #7 - Anything goes

Crafty Calendar January Challenge  - New News

It's all downhill from here...

I thought I'd finish off the sheet of grey card I used for the ColourQ challenge. The sketch is from Freshly Made and I have used a digital image from Joanna Sheen's Dancing with Shadows CD; this fulfils City Crafter's request. I have mounted it onto black card. The lovely green, spotty petersham ribbon covers both requirements for the Saturday One Stop challenge and it's a birthday card so it also fits in with Winter Wonderland this week and the Joanna Sheen Monthly challenge.

Freshly Made Sketches #17
City Crafter challenge Blog Week #91 - Back to Black
One Stop Craft challenge #165 - On the spot and ribbon
Winter Wonderland - Birthday wishes
Joanna Sheen Monthly challenge - Celebration

Black, White and a Splash of Red

 Black card, with black and white paper and digital image from Pink Petticoat. I coloured the candy cane with my Derwent pencils and added a touch of colour to one "happy christmas".

I used Nesties to cut and mount the image, an edge die from Nellie with a little red ribbon and three red jewels. 

The jewels were only 60 eurocents a sheet from the tat shop; I found them amongst the nail art stripes and squiggles!

I would like to enter this in the flowing challenges:

Sketch Saturday #190

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown #1... Black, white and a splash of red.

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #55...use a digital image and/or digital paper.

Blog Candy #24

Blog Candy this week at the Marianne Design Challenge Blog!