Allsorts Challenge 290/291

Hope you are all having a good weekend. Christmas is almost here, the house has had its annual festive makeover, the food is under control, pressies wrapped, a couple of cards still to do then l can relax and enjoy. Hope all your plans are coming together.
Saturday again and that means the start of the new challenge over at Allsorts.  This week my lovely teamie Helene is the host and she has chosen

Last Minute Gifts

The design team have some amazing inspiration to share with you over on the challenge here along with all the details.  This challenge will run for two weeks.
If you are like me you buy these calender tabs every year and never use them...well this year is different as l am determined to use them all.  I made the base with go Kreate Frilly #2 frames and the flowers are made with a Marianne die LR0162.  I have enjoyed making little gifts this year and more of my family will be getting hand made next year.
So if you have forgotten a gift l am sure you will have something in the craftroom you can alter/make and l look forward to seeing it on your blog.

Merry Christmas to all my crafty Friends xxx

We have been generously sponsored by
Marianne Designs


A Passion for Stamps Ruth has a lovely selection of digi images - pop over and have a look


Thank you for stopping by and for your comments and hope to see you over on the challenge x Susan x

Winter Wonderland Challenge

Hello my lovely crafty friends, l am a bit late with my post today, it is friday again and the start of the new challenge over at Winter Wonderland and it is

Fancy & Fussy

This challenge will run for two weeks and is also the start of non christmas if you wish. Both teams - Icicles and Snowflakes have some gorgeous inspiration to share with you over on the challenge blog here, along with all the details.
This will be my last challenge as part of the team as l have decided to step down, l have thoroughly enjoyed being part of this lovely team as well as helping me to keep on track with my christmas cards - thank you ladies.
I have used the lovely snowy postcard stamp from Stampendous and fussy cut the holly leaves, l stamped the whole image on the base card and then again and just cut the oval shape with holly and added it on foam tape for a bit of dimension.

Stamp -  Stampendous Snowy Postcard

Distress Inks.

This week we have been generously sponsored by
The Hobby House with a £10 Voucher for a lucky winner


Wild Orchid Crafts with a £10 voucher for another winner


Crafters Companion with a £10 voucher for another winner


Crafty Sentiments with 3 Digi images for another winner


Thanks for stopping by and for your comments hope to see you over on the challenge blog x Susan x  

December Penny Black & More Midway

Hello my lovely crafty friends, we are now halfway through the Penny Black & More @ Allsorts challenge for December which is

Special Occasions 

You still have plenty of time to join in to be in with a chance of winning a great prize from one of  our generous sponsors listed below.
My teamies have some lovely pieces to share with you over on the challenge blog here along with all the details. You can use any brand of stamp except digi's - any entries using digi images will not be eligible for a prize. If you use a Penny Black stamp you could be chosen as a Guest Designer for a month.
I had an order for a baby shower card and knew which stamp would be perfect - this adorable Penny Black Baby Shower stamp.

A Little Peep inside 

Stamp Penny Black Baby Shower
Coloured with copics and prisma pencils
Papers Craft Creations, Duddlebug, Polka Dot stamp SU
Marianne Umbrella die,
Martha stewart clay, Katy Sue mould
ribbon, lace, gem, pearls. stickles

We are generously sponsored by...

Penny Black
Flonzcraft
Nicecrane
Crafty Ribbons.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.

TBA

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you over on the challenge x Susan x

Inspired by my buddy Sam

Hi there my lovely crafty friends, hope you are all well. I am just popping in very quickly to share this card l made yesterday - the lovely Sam Whisper  has been having a bit of a spend lately and when l saw she had bought SB bauble dies the nightmare came flooding back.....l bought a similar set a few years back and l don't think l have ever used them as they have not inspired me.  I reached behind me and pulled them out of my die box and was determined to do something with them - the first make was a bit of a disaster but will do as a tag - l might share it another day.
So this is what l did.... cover the bauble with distress ink and stamped a few clarity stamps here and there - love that tiny holly stamp which l also used to create a border around the main base matt that l also inked with the same distress ink. Dotty paper and sentiment from LOTV, A sprinkle of glamour dust, a squirt of stickles a bit of ribbon and a gem and Bob's your Uncle Fanny's is your Aunt .....this expression does make my grandaughter chuckle mischievously :)  

Thanks Sam - hope l have given you some inspiration too x Susan x

Spare Baubles

Hello my lovely crafty friends, l hope you are all well. Are you ready for christmas? l have tried to plan and prepare at a steady pace but a nasty cough and cold has slapped me in the face and slowed me right down but after a couple of mornings in bed l am hoping l have shaken it off but will keep taking the medicine for a little while longer.
My grandaughter finishes school friday lunchtime so that may be a baking day.

This year l bought far more baubles than l needed so my girls took them for their trees but l still had a bag left from last years - l kept looking at them and thinking..... a trip to the allotment where l knew l had holly with berries, a bit of pine and conifer, a coat hanger and a bit of ribbon and this is what l made.

I have never made a wreath before and l am quite pleased with the result, l think l will be looking around the sales for cheap baubles and raiding the wardrobe for wire hangers to make them for family next year.  I have hung it by the door - What do you think???

I would like to enter this into the following challenge
Papertake Weekly - Last Christmas Card - or festive project - holpe this counts ;)

Wishing you all peace and happiness for the festive season x Susan x

Allsorts Challenge 289

Hope you are all having a good weekend and your christmas plans are all on track.  Saturday again and that means the start of the new challenge over at Allsorts.  This week my lovely teamie Jo is the host and she has chosen

White Christmas

Now l don't mind a bit of snow but l hope it waits until Christmas Eve when all my deliveries are done and food supplies are in the cupboards.  So for this challenge we want to see your white projects, l struggle with white but am quite pleased with  how this turned out.  I bought the poinsettia corner (Memory Box) die in October at Harrogate and this is the first time l have used it - it was one of those purchases that l had to have but when l got it was not sure what to do with it. Hope you like it.

Poinsettia corner die - Memory Box

Embossing folder

Oval & scalloped Spellbinders

Glitter paper, gems, stickles, ribbon

Sentiment Papermania embossed in silver.

The design team have some amazing inspiration to share with you over on the challenge here along with all the details.

We have been generously sponsored by
Flonz Craft


Scrappers Delight

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

TBA

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments and hope to see you over on the challenge x Susan x

Quick Makes

Hello my lovelies, hope you are all well and keeping calm for christmas.... I am almost done and am quite pleased that everything is wrapped, just need to make a few tags.
 I have run out of cards but still have a bit of time left.
 I am trying to make a few gifts as well which l will share later.
Today l am sharing some cards l made with a little set from Stampin Up, l have made a wreath with the Pine Cone stamp and then a garland, the poinsettia flower one is from the stamp set too.
The weather here is atrocious tonight and l had intended popping over to LOTV for the late night as l would have loved to see the shop light up but l am not braving the weather :(

The flowers are so sparkly and the photo does not show it

Stamp set from Stampin Up

Stampin up stamp Write pens

Glamour dust, glossy accents, twine.

Thank you for stopping by and for all your lovely comments x Susan x

December Cutie Pies

Good morning my lovely crafty friends, time to get all Cute again.  Today is the start of the new challenge over at Cutie Pies and this time it is....

Cute Anything But A Card

There are not many rules so please keep it Cute to be in with a chance of winning. The Design Team have some lovely cute inspiration to share with you here on the challenge blog.
I have made a cute little tag using my favourite snowman - Snowy from Penny Black.  My daughter was throwing out a couple of jars earlier this year so l claimed them and they have been sitting under my desk for months.  She loves candles and l thought it would make a lovely storage jar for tealights, I decorated it in colours of her lounge and put tealights inside - l wonder if she will recognise the jar.

Stamp Penny Black Snowy

Coloured with copics 

Chunky white embossing powder

Papers Stampin Up

Butterfly die - Joy, Martha Stewart doily punch

Ribbon & gems

We have been generously sponsored by
Bugaboo with 7 images for one lucky winner

Flourish With A Bling

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments and hope you join in the challenge x Susan x

December Penny Black & More @ Allsorts

Oppps l thought l had scheduled my post for todays new challenge - silly me had not even prepared it.  So here it is a bit late, .
The first sunday of the month is here so time for the new challenge over at Penny Black & More @ Allsorts and this month the challenge is

Special Occasions

The Design Team have been hard at work with their Penny Blacks and have some gorgeous inspiration to share with you over on the challenge blog here along with all the details.  We are still getting entries using digi images which are not eligible for any prizes.
The focal point of your creation must be a HAND STAMPED IMAGE, you can used any brand of stamp to be in with a chance of winning one of our fabulous prizes. One lucky winner using a Penny Black stamp will be chosen to be a Guest Designer on a future challenge.  I have used a new stamp Dreaming of and have just given this to my daughter and she loves it, coloured red to match her hair and grey to match her lounge.

Stamp Penny Black Dreaming Of 40-362

Coloured with copics and prisma pencils

Sentiment SU

Die Memory Box, glamour dust and stickles

We have been generously sponsored by
Penny Black
Flonzcraft
Nicecrane
Crafty Ribbons

I would like to enter this card  into the following challenges
Simon Says Stamp - Christmas/Holidays

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments x Susan x 

Allsorts Challenge 288

Hope you are all having a good weekend and have christmas plans in hand.  Saturday again and that means the start of the new challenge over at Allsorts.  This week my lovely teamie Tracy is the host and she has chosen

Animals

The design team have some amazing inspiration to share with you over on the challenge here along with all the details.
I have noticed that deers are popular this christmas and as it is a bit late to buy anything deer related l checked through my stamp catalogue and found a gorgeous set it bought years ago from Butterfly Kisses - it is a collage set and l have only ever used the holly stamp. I started by stamping up several deers and cutting them out then inking up backgrounds, all the stamps are from the set except the little snowflake, they are also have lots of glamour dust but the photos don't show the sparkle    - l have to say l loved making these and hope you like them too.

Chunky white powder

Stamp Set from Butterfly Kisses - Christmas Collage

Distress Inks

WOW embossing powder, glamour dust, stickles

Snowflake die.

We have been generously sponsored by
Digistamp Boutique with a £10 for one lucky winner


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp Christmas/Holidays

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments and hope to see you over on the challenge x Susan x

Winter Wonderland Challenge

Good morning my lovely crafty friends, it is friday again and the start of the new challenge over at Winter Wonderland and this week it is the lovely Debs turn to host.  The challenge is

North/South Pole  

We would love to see your festive makes with  polar bears or penguins or anything related to the theme.

Team Snowflake have some gorgeous inspiration to share with you over on the challenge blog here, along with all the details.  I have used this sweet little stamp from LOTV.

Stamp - LOTV Merry Christmas Penguins

Coloured - copics

Dies- Noor (Joy) Snowflake, Marianne tree
Papers LOTV Snow Princess
Chunky white embossing powder, glamour dust, stickles,
Gem, Ribbon, doily

This week we have been generously sponsored by
Marianne Designs and one lucky winner will receive a surprise gift.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
Noor Designs Challenge 1 Merry Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - Christmas/Holidays

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments hope to see you over on the challenge blog x Susan x

A Christmas Break

I am not going on holiday as the title may suggest - just having a day off from christmas lol.
My lovely niece wanted a card for a friends birthday and she was supposed to be calling thursday evening. but changed to this lunchtime so l spent the morning in my very untidy craft room making this card.  It was so refreshing not to be thinking christmas and l really enjoyed making it.
I have just realised l have not done my DT card for friday so it is back to christmas tomorrow.

Isn't she sweet, l only had time to colour with copic and would normally have added pencil but l think it looks ok

A peep of the matching inside

Stamp Sugar Nellie Fizz

Coloured with copics

Papers Timeless Victorian LOTV

Dies - Flower TH tattered florals, Banner & fancy shape Joy, 

magnolia foliage, SB Romantic rectangle

Martha Stewart air clay, butterfly mould, picture mould Katy Sue

Seam binding, lace, gems, stickles, glamour dust

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Sugar Bowl Anything Goes Challenge 119

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments x Susan x

Winters Bough

Hello my crafty friends, hope you are all well. I am on track for christmas with shopping, wrapping and today l started writing some cards ready for posting. Always so much to do at this time of year.

 Today l am sharing some more quick cards l made a couple of days ago.  I have used the Winter Bough stamp from Inkylicious - another stamp that l have sat looking at for ages and wondering what on earth l was going to do with it, but thankfully a few ideas eventually came, l started with inking my backgrounds with distress ink. I am pleased with the results except for my fluffy stuff - it fluffed then went flat next day. I will be using this stamp again.  All perfect for flat postage :)

 This one has glossy accents and frantage, snowflakes embossed

 Flower soft, glossy accents, snowflake stamped with distress ink

  Flowersoft, red stickles, glitter glass on snowflake

Fluffy stuff (gone flat, glossy accents, snowflakes stamped and embossed in white wow

Tonight is catch up blog night for me, thank you for stopping by and for any comments you leave x Susan x

Merry Christmas Quickies

Hello my lovelies hope you have had a good weekend.  I must say mine has been rather pleasent - l have managed some more quick christmas cards - ideal for posting which l will share with you this week.
After all the miserable weather we have had this week today has been lovely so l have had sometime outside - a couple of weeks ago l bought some packs of tulips from M&S that had been reduced - 24 for £1.25 l got two packs and managed to get them planted today, so we should have a good show of bulbs in the spring.  The snowdrops are already poking through the soil and l had to be really careful when hoeing, l am hoping the weather stays dry this week to get a bit more done
Anyway l am here to share these quick cards l made a couple of days ago, I used my fav background stamp - Cover a Card snowflake.  When l looked for a snowflake die l did not realise l had so many - note to self do not buy anymore snowflakes you have enough to create a snowstorm lol.

Stamp Cover a card Snowflake

Ink Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler

Die - Memory Box 

Gems, stickles, glitter paper, twine

I have quite a few MDF pieces l want to decorate - could anyone please tell me what you use to paint them before decorating???
I have half my christmas shopping done and wrapped and l am going shopping tomorrow, hopefully l will get the rest done and then it will be time to sort out cards and start writing them out, hope you all have a good week x Susan x

Allsorts Challenge

Hope you are all having a good weekend.  Saturday again and that means the start of the new challenge over at Allsorts.  This week my lovely teamie Sarah is the host and she is celebrating a big birthday so has chosen

Milestone Birthdays

So that is special birthdays - 1st, 18th, 21st, 40 etc., my lovely neighbour recently celebrated her 80th birthday and l made this card for her.

The design team have some amazing inspiration to share with you over on the challenge here along with all the details.

Stamp by Penny Black 

Coloured with copics and prisma pencils

papers LOTV

SB dies

Ribbon, pearls, stickles

We have been generously sponsored by Stix 2


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes.

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments and hope to see you over on the challenge x Susan x

Heart Wreath

Hello my lovely crafty friends, l hope you are all having a good week.  I thought l had better get a move on and make my 'ideal for posting' cards so l set too last night and stamped this lovely Heart Wreath from Chloe's up four times and made them all different although l did get carried away and added some embellishments.  They all have red stickles for the berries and are lovely and sparkly but the photo does not really show it. The sentiment in the centre is from LOTV

Cover a card snowflake stamp

Marianne Holly die, berries & bells

Spell binders Poinsettia die

Ribbon, gem

Ribbon, card Candi

Go Kreate base die

Frantage, tim Holtz Snowflake border die

I would like to enter the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments x Susan x