WOYDW Christmas !!!

No Porridge on my desk this week girls .....its Christmas and that means Chocolate !!!!! lol
No they are not all for me (although I do feel a little sick from pigging them !! he he ) I'm making up bags of Quality street to give out to the kids playing with Woody tomorrow.
I hope you are all ready for Christmas?, tree decorated, presents wrapped, Turkey stuffed etc !!!! lol.
Right whats on my desk this week ?......well I haven't done a lot of crafting over the last few days but I have still managed to make a mess !! I had an early present from Santa (well it was from Garry really!! he he) I know I shouldn't have it yet but I was to excited to wait and had to open it, its my new (and I must confess the best yet) Martha Stewart boarder punch .....its not actually a boarder punch like any other as it cuts a lace like ribbon its fantastic ......and I have heard that Santa is also gonna get me a Score-pal !!!coz I have been a good girl !!!
I had 2 present arrive by DHL courier this morning from my lovely friend Vikki you can see them on my desk and I have promised not to open them so they are now under the tree along with the other gifts I have been sent by my DT girls ....I must say I'm a very lucky girl this year. And I have had some really beautiful handmade cards from lots of lovely bloggers the one you can see on my desk arrived today from the lovely Donna, thanks Donna .
Oh and then there is a little pressie I got for myself the Spellbinders Shapeabilities fancy tags they arrived today and I love them, wasn't it just so thoughtful of me to buy them for me !! he he.
Well that's it I have to go I'm being summoned by Woody to come and see what he's made so I gotta say goodbye for now but if you feel like joining in the fun of WOYDW all you have to do is take a photo of your desk....... just as it is right now, don't go and tidy .....show us all of your Christmas creativeness!!!
Then just post your photo on your blog and pop over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground blog and join in all the festive fun of Whats on your desk Wednesday by leaving a comment on the WOYDW post.
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone

More Candy at the Christmas Club blog

Just a quickie to let you know that there is More New Candy on offer so hop over to our new blog Susie & Vikki‘s Christmas Club to enter and become a follower so you don't miss the starting date of the new challenge .
Don't forget both of us.......... Vikki and Susie have more candy on our separate blogs so if you haven't entered yet pop by soon.
Merry Christmas

Hidden Snowflake !!?

Our theme this week over at the Die cut Dreams challenge blog is "Hidden Snowflakes" why not pop over and have a peek and enter yourself.
Also if you don't want to put your Christmas crafting away and fancy getting ahead with next years Christmas cards and projects why not join us for our new weekly challenge at Susie & Vikki‘s Christmas Club and at the moment both Vikki and I have candy on offer to celebrate the new challenge blog you can find mine Here.
This is my entry into the following challenges
Anyone for Anya Challenge Last Christmas
Kaboodle challenge winter
Stampavia and more Challenge Snowman
Tuesday taggers challenge let it snow
I used the following to make this card;
DP from DCWV
Stamps; Snowman from Greeting Farm (coloured with Copic markers)
Sentiment stamp from Magnolia
Die cuts from my shop; Die cut Dreams
Doodlebug gems and glitter brad
Tools used;
MS snowflake boarder punch MS snowflake punches
Cuttlebug snowflake die
Ellison snowflake cut'n'emboss die
Sewing machine
SU tab punch
I hope you all have a nice warm day xx

New Challenge blog Candy !!!!!!

I promised you candy to celebrate Vikki and I starting our new Christmas Club Blog
.....So here it is , all you see in the photo; stamped image toppers and a nice selection of die cuts will go to the candy winner plus the winner will also be the our Guest designer for Challenge #1 which will start on the 16th January.
The candy is open to everyone anywhere in the world all you have to do is ;
Post the above photo on your blog with a link back to here to spread the word
Pop over to the new blog Susie & Vikki‘s Christmas Club and become a follower
Then come back and leave a comment on this post to let me know you have done those 2 small favors
The candy will be drawn on Friday 5th of Jan and announced on Saturday the 6th of Jan.
Don't forget to pop over to Vikki's blog as she will have have celebration candy too.

New Challenge blog & Candy news

Hi I just wanted to tell you about a new challenge blog that Vikki and I have set up to start on the 16th of January to read a few more details hop over to Christmas Club Challenge blog but come back here tomorrow to enter my candy to celebrate the opening of the new challenge.
Also hop over to Vikki's blog tomorrow as she will have a little candy thing going on too.

Sophisticated Tree

This sophisticated easel card is for one of my posh friends I hope she likes it
Its also my DT card for the Susie’s Sassy Challenge where the theme this time is "A touch of gold"
I have used the following to make this card
2 different Christmas cuttlebug folders
Brilliance Galaxy gold ink
Gold wax Rub
The sentiment is from magnolia
The flourish stamps are from WoJ
The large cracker and tree die cuts are from my shop
And the beautiful Golden Crystal gems are from Doodlebug Designs
I have entered into the following challenges
Alphabet Challenge J for Jewel
Craft challenge Free For all
Get Sketchy Challenge colour challenge
2 red bananas Challenge Tree
Lots to do Challenge open challenge
Corrosive Challenge Bling
Merry Christmas everyone

Challenge #4 A Touch of Gold

Thank you to all who entered the "Buttons & Bows" challenge all the entries were stunning which made it hard for me to choose the winner but after much thought and looking at all the entries at least twice I have made my choice

And so the winner of our 3rd Sassy challenge and our GDT spot ............
Kirsty Young from Australia

Congratulations Kirsty, Please email me give you details of your GDT spot and

please take your winners badge to display on your blog

And now the Top 3 chosen by our DT in no particular order

Piali
Katie T
Fran
Congratulations Girls, Please take your Badges to display on your blogs

The prize for the next challenge has been donated by the lovely Dulcie Jackson The winner will receive the 3 items in the above photo.
Dulcie kindly sent me a bag of Sizzix /Ellison products to use as prizes on my craft bubble group and said I could use some of the goodies for a challenge prize for the Sassy challenge too ....so a big thank you to Dulcie for your kindness.

If you haven't been over to Dulcie's blog I recommend you to go and have a peek as she designs the cutest stamps ever for her company "The Wild Rose Studio".
Challenge Rules;

There are not too many rules to this challenge as you know by now but you do have to stick to the theme or you will have your entry removed from the linky to be fair to everyone
And please link back to the challenge in your post .

Anyone can enter anywhere in the world all you have to do is make a card or project;

The theme for this challenge is

A Touch of Gold

So once you have made your entry upload it on your blog with a link to here and put the link to your entry (Not your blog it must be a link to your entry so the DT and I can come and see your entry) and your name in the Mr linky at the bottom of this post

Closing date is Wednesday 30th December at noon GMT

(entries posted after this time will not be entered so don't be late)

The winner and the next new challenge will be announced the following day

I am sure you have loads of ideas for your cards and project you are going to enter but just in case you need a little inspiration to get your creative juices flowing here is some lovely

Gold creations

from my very creative & Sassy Design Team

Please visit their individual Blogs by clicking their name to see more photos and their recipes.

Well good luck everyone, I can't wait to see all your entries

Have fun ......... and a very Merry Christmas from me and my Sassy girls

Love Susie xx

VikkiTracy

Sally

Lisa

Denise Jane Susie

Christmas Kiss for Tilda

At long last my Tilda card is finished I coloured her with copic markers stitched round all the edges of the DCWV DP and the Bazzill card stock , added tartan ribbon, Prima Christmas flowers, and the MM fancy brad, the embodied motif is an inspirables by EK success.
A simple card that took so long to make and fits so many great challenges
Friday Sketchers Challenge Sketch
Die Cuts R Us Challenge "Naughty or Nice"
Just Magnolia challenge Christmas
Tanda Challenge Cool to be Square
Our creative corner Challenge Christmas
Simon says challenge Merry Christmas
The Pink Elephant challenge Winter and/or Christmas
SophistiCat challenge XMAS THEME....ANYTHING GOES
Frosted designs Challenge Holiday
Cooking it up with Katie Challenge The recipe is: Use a Christmas theme, Add Ribbon, Use any current sketch challenge.
Little red wagon Challenge Sewing
Totally Gorjuss Challenge open challenge
Please scroll down as this is my 3rd post today.
So to see my WOYDW post read on !!!
Have a great evening everyone and be sure to keep warm

Anya Birthday GIrl

I didn't yet get a chance to finish my Magnolia card ...why you ask ? what have I been doing you ask? well the post bought me my new Anya stamps and I just couldn't wait to get them inked up!!
So this is my first creation with one, I really love them and this one was a dream to colour which I did with Copic markers.
The textured printed card and paper is from DCWV and I have stitch all the edges on my sewing machine , the flourish stamps I used are from Whiff if Joy and the glitter butterfly is punched with an MS punch, the Crystal gems are from MAMBI.
The flowers are Prima Hydrangeas and the red glitter brad is from creative imaginations
Tanda Challenge Cool to be Square
Totally Gorjuss Challenge open challenge
Creative Belli Challenge Flourish
Anyone for Anya Challenge Bling
Flutter By Wednesday challenge Sketch and Butterfly
Little red wagon Challenge Sewing
Cup Cake Challenge 5"x5" Birthday card

WOYDW ??

Morning all..............Its freezing down here in Gosport today I'm sure its the same all over the UK, my desk was ice cold when I came down this morning and I have had to put a throw over me leather mastermind chair that I sit in to craft as it was so cold it sent a shiver up my spine, unfortunately we don't have the luxury of central heating here, we were going to put it in when we bought the place 5 years ago but didn't get round to it and as we are moving next year (coz they are knocking our place down to redevelop that's another story !!) it seemed silly to do any extra work to it, so hopefully this time next year we will be tucked up in our new house with (I hope) heating.
Still there is an upside to not having central heating Garry pops the hot water bottles our bed half hour before we go up and then we get to snuggle to keep warm ...what could be more romantic !!! lol
Anyway I better stop there and move to whats on my desk today.............well first things first a nice cup of strong black "hot" coffee and quite a bit of mess , but among all the crafty clutter there is the beginnings of my last family Christmas card, its gonna be for Woody who requested a card with Joseph and Mary and as I don't have a stamp with them I decided to use the Sizzix people so that's my next card to finish and I have coloured mistletoe Tilda ready for my just Magnolia challenge card, if I get it finished on time you will see it on the blog later today.
Also on my desk you can see a new MS cupcake stamp and punch set that just came from Simon Say Stamps in the USA which I bought with a voucher that I won on the The Creative card crew challenge so thanks guys for the great prize, I chose a set of Prima corner stamps too which are also on my desk.
There is another new MS boarder punch its the snowflake one I got that a couple of days ago for the bargain price of about £10 from Bunny Zoe crafts she has a sale on.
So do you fancy sharing whats on your desk with Julia and all the girls?? Well then just post your photo on your blog and pop over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground blog and join in all the fun of Whats on your desk Wednesday by leaving a comment on the WOYDW post there so all the girls can come and have a rummage round your desk........... you will soon become hooked and find you can't wait to get over to Julia's place every Wednesday (to meet up with all the crafty girls that take part every week !!)

Thanks for dropping by to check out my little space, have fun................

Glitter Me Silly Kit

This is my DT project for over at the Die cut Dreams challenge blog this week where the theme of the week is "Glitter me Silly" you can make anything you wish as long as it sparkle with glitter ....oh I love a bit of glitter don't you !!?
I made another Easel this time its a calender and I used a sweet stamp from LOTV and glitter papers DCWV .
I gave all my DT a kit with the same ingredients to see what they all came up with this week, so why don't you pop over to the Die cut Dreams challenge blog to see what beautiful creations they all made and the prize for the challenge this week is a kit the same as the DT got plus 10 extra assorted stamped images. Why not enter the challenge and get a little glitter on your fingers
I have also entered this calendar into the Totally Gorjuss Challenge who have an open theme this week
And at the Create 4 Fun challenge they want us to make Easels.

For the Love of Garry

This is my Christmas card for my darling husband Garry, the lovely CC Designs Emma and Trevor represent Garry and I sitting on a bench at the beach with our mug of hot coffee from our flask !! lol how sweet
I masked up Emma and Trevor before over stamping the bench to make it look like they are sitting on the bench when this is really 3 separate stamps, I coloured them with Copic markers.
The DP is BasicGrey from the Figgy collection which is my favourite I also used Tim Holtz old paper distress ink round the edges before stitching the edges.
The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Adage ticket, other things I have used are;
Cream flowers from Prima
MAMBI Sparkly Crystals
Pink foil snowflakes cut with Martha Stewart punches and a loopy Martha Stewart boarder punch
The silver Snowman charm is from Making Memories
And the flock brad is from Deja View's.
I have made this card to also cram into loads of challenges ;
Simon says challenge Let it snow
The Creative card crew challenge Silver or gold
Corrosive Challenge Walking in a winter wonderland
Stamping sisters in Christ challenge Bling it up
If the shoe fits Challenge Let it snow
Create 4 Fun challenge Easel card
Fun with Shapes & more Challenge Snowflakes
C4C challenge Snow
Our creative corner Challenge Christmas
The Secret Saturday Challenge Snow
Ginger snap challenge sanding
Paper Cutz Challenge snowman or snowflake
Stamp something challenge Winter Wonderland
The Pink Elephant challenge Winter and/or Christmas
SophistiCat challenge IT'S XMAS THEME....ANYTHING GOES
Frosted designs Challenge Holiday
One stop craft Challenge Christmas Love
BasicGrey Challenge Colour combo Pink Blue & cream
Kaboodle challenge Sparkling winter

Frosty the Snowman

Morning all, its cold and frosty again down here in Gosport today bit like my card !!
I have made this easel card for a friend of mine who I think will love it as she likes this sort of style . I love this snowman stamp he's kinda spooky don't you think !!
Let me tell you what I used to make it; I coloured the snowman stamped image with copic markers all the DP is from the BG figgy collection and the card stock is all textured Bazzill card.
I stitched all the card and paper on my sewing machine using several different stitches.
The snowflake in the top corner is cut and embossed with an Ellison cut n embosslit and then I sanded it with sand paper on the white core blue DCWV textured card.
The snowflake in the middle of the card I cut using the Sizzix snowflake die in chipboard and then I used Tim Holtz broken china distress ink on it and then covered it in 3-D crystal lacquer and sprinkled it in Crystal art glitter.
The snowflake on the base is from DCWV, the Gems are from Kaiser and the snowflake charm and white fibre is from my stash.
There are a lot of snow/ Snowflake challenges out there at the moment and I managed to get a couple of technique challenges onto this card as well............
I’m a big shot Challenge Cut your own Chipboard glitter shapes
Simon says challenge Let it snow
The Creative card crew challenge Silver or gold
Corrosive Challenge Walking in a winter wonderland
Stamping sisters in Christ challenge Bling it up
If the shoe fits Challenge Let it snow
Create 4 Fun challenge Easel card
Kaboodle challenge Sparkling winter
Fun with Shapes & more Challenge Snowflakes
C4C challenge Snow
Our creative corner Challenge Christmas
Pile it on Challenge Chip chip
The Secret Saturday Challenge Snow
Ginger snap challenge sanding
Paper Cutz Challenge snowman or snowflake
Stamp something challenge Winter Wonderland
The Pink Elephant challenge Winter and/or Christmas
SophistiCat challenge IT'S XMAS THEME....ANYTHING GOES
Frosted designs Challenge Holiday

Trevor Decorating the Tree for Reid

I made this Christmas card for my son Reid and for this weeks ATS Challenge where the theme is snowflakes.

I coloured the CC Designs Trevor and the Christmas tree with Copic markers the sentiment is also from CC Designs.

The snowflakes I cut with an MS punch from DCWV DP then added some aqua ice Kaiser gems, the large snowflake I die cut in pale aqua card sprayed it with spray mount adhesive and sprinkled it with Glamour dust to give it some twinkle.

I stitched the edge of the card on the sewing machine.

Hope you all have a lovely Sunday

HoHoHo Santa Emma

I have been messing about all day today and had a bit of a mental block ...its taken me all day just to come up with one card!!!! and this is it , but by the time I had finished messing about I had lots the light so the photo is pants!!! ....sorry.
I make up this Sugarplum Santa Emma stamp from CC Design to make it look as if she is sitting on the gifts
I distressed the edges with Tim Holtz peeled paint distress ink and stitched it to a scalloped mat
I glittered the die cut HoHoHo and added some big ruby gems to give some sparkle and punched the edges of my easel card to add detail
This is for the following challenges;
Winter Wonderland challenge HoHoHo
Our creative corner Challenge Christmas
Kraftin’ Kimmie challenge Sparkle Baby
Stamp something challenge Winter wonderland
Create 4 Fun challenge Easel card
Frosted designs Challenge Holiday time
Charisma cardz challenge Red & Green and either White or silver
Everybody-Art Red & Green

Personalized Candy

Aren't these personalized stamps just wonderful, they give your work a really professional finishing touch.

Would YOU like the chance to win one ..........................
............Well over on the Magnolia down under blog Kellie has some candy on offer.

So why not pop over and help her spread the word for a chance to win

A Tall Order and a chance to win An Epic Giveaway

Over at the Tanda Challenge This week the theme is Nice and Narrow (unlike me !! lol) make a standard DL card
Also the theme at Die cuts R us Challenge is make a card or project with a Holiday feelAnd you should pop over to Die cuts R us Challenge Blog as the girls are trying hard to reach 500 followers by new years day so if you follower them and help them reach their target you could be a winner.
Yes one lucky follower will win a NEW QuicKutz Epic Six Die Cutting System and a grab bag of QuicKutz dies to get you started...............How great is that, but you have to be in it to win it so go follow the girls

A Little ME Time !! I Wish !!

This week there is an open challenge at Anyone for Anya Challenge so you can make anything with any theme you want (how much fun is that !!?) as long as you use a Greetings farm image on your creation , so I made this little calendar, its for a friend but I like it so much I might not be able to part with it !!! lol,.............. How mean am I !!

Quick and Simple ...Thats the Card Not ME !!! lol

Over at Stamping Vacation Challenge - Pick 3 challenge This week the theme of the choices is keeping the card simple, I like this theme at the moment as I am so behind with my Christmas cards it has given me a chance to catch up a bit on cards for the neighbours and distant acquaintances.
I picked the following choices for this simple card.
Use only one color of card stock and layer color on color
Do not use more than one layer on card
Use pre-cut card bases
But I could have also chosen either of these as they fit my card as well;
Use an embellishment as the main focus of your card
Make a card that has lots of white space.
Anyway Why don't you pop over to Stamping Vacation blog and Pick 3 for yourself !! Its a great challenge

Silent night Tilda

Morning everyone today I have another easel card I made for a special crafting buddy of mine
I used a lovely Tilda stamp from the magnolia Christmas collection, I have coloured her with Copic markers, the sentiment is by HeroArts and I have stamped onto a Nellies die cut .
I punched the Silver and blue snowflakes with an MS punch I also used an MS boarded punch on the mat before I ran it through the Cuttlebug snowflake folder
The flowers I punched from DCWV snowflake paper with my new Nellies punches that I told you about in my WOYDW post yesterday, the Beautiful sparkly glitter brads are from Doodlebug Designs and the glitzy Crystal gems are from Martha Stewart.
I hope you like it and I hope my friend will, I have entered it in to these lovely challenges
Just Magnolia challenge Card for someone special
Die cuts R us Challenge Christmas
Creative card crew challenge Silver
Stamp something challenge Glitzy
Three Clover Designs Challenge Blue-White-Silver Holiday Card
Spoonful of Sugar challenge Monochromatic
ECP Challenge Turquoise
Simon says challenge Snow
Bizzy Becs Challenge include snowflakes and lots of sparkle/glitter
Incy wincy Challenge Snowflakes
Pile it on challenge/ Glitter
The Pink Elephant challenge Fav colour combo Blue & White
Cupcake craft challenge Carole Silent night
Magnolia down under challenge Bedazzled - sparkle & glitz

Birthday Boy

This is a scheduled post as we are out for Woody's Birthday dinner tonight, when I asked Woody what he would like for his birthday he told me all he really wanted was a blueberry cake covered with white frosting and a card he could keep up all year round.
So I baked him a blueberry cake covered in lots of frosting and I was going to make him a hanging birthday card so he could hang it on his bedroom wall, but instead I decided to make him an easel post-it holder and he was thrilled with it, but not as thrilled as he was when he opened his presents we got him, I was so glad I didn't believe he only wanted a cake and a card !!! lol bless him
Over at Any one for Anya Challenge blog this week they have an open theme as long as you use a Greeting's farm stamp.

On the 1st Day of Christmas

I made this card this morning but I have had such a busy day running here and there, but its now in the post to a dear friend , hope she likes it
What did I use to make this one ??:
Die cuts from Die cut Dreams
Cuttlebug folders
White core textured card, sand paper
MS deep edge boarder punch
MayArts sheer ribbon
And its for the following challenges;
Our creative corner Challenge 12 days of Christmas
Cupcake craft challenge 12 days of Christmas
Everybody-Art Red & Green
Ginger Snap challenge Sanding
My Time To Craft Challenge Christmas foliage
Die cuts R us Challenge Holiday feeling
Sorry I have to fly , have a great evening everyone.

WOYDW "Porridge & Punches"

Morning girls, no your in the right place........... I'm not getting ready for panto you haven't walked in on Goldie locks and the three bears!! I thought I would share my breakfast with you today, I was up early to finish Woody's birthday card (Woody is my youngest son for those of you that don't already know) its his birthday today so we are out for a meal tonight to the eat all you can stuff Chinese which we love!! So I have porridge for breakfast today and then save my appetite for tonight ...........no chocolate on my desk today !!
My desk is a bit of a mess and nothing really exciting to see this week as I am so behind with my Christmas cards although I am getting there, I finished 2 this morning one you can see on the edge of my lap top waiting to be photographed for a challenge.
But I have got something to show you (well its really to show my WOYDW punch addict buddy Kathy!!) I found these new punches I don't know if any of you have seen them yet , they are by a company called Nellies you get 2 in a set and there are 2 sets in different sizes, in each set you get a regular flower punch which you can see in the photo has the solid silver flower on and then the second punch in the set (the one that has the outline of the flower) is an embosser.
So you punch your flower and then you open up the embossing punch pop the punched flower in and press as you would a normal punch and it embosses lines on the petals and shapes the flower and the end result is a flower much the same shape as some of the Prima type flowers you can buy the good thing is you can make flowers to match you projects and in the same designer paper to coordinate, great idea and I'm sure other companies will catch on and there will soon be lots more designs out there.
You do need both sets really to make the flower , there are also 2 other punches in the range a leaf branch which I didn't buy as I have the MS one which I prefer and also a small sort of star/snowflake shape punch that is to be used as the center of the flower but I didn't like it as I like to use a brad for the center to give a bit of dimension, well I hope that punch info was useful to you, to be honest before I started blogging I didn't much care for punches I thought they were old fashion but they have grown on me a lot in the last year, now I'm always punching things !!!

Now if you feel like joining in the fun of WOYDW all you have to do is take a photo of your desk....... just as it is right now, don't go and tidy .....show us all of your creativeness!!!
Then just post your photo on your blog and pop over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground blog and join in all the fun of Whats on your desk Wednesday by leaving a comment on the WOYDW post, you'll soon become hooked and find you can't wait to get over to Julia's place every Wednesday (to meet up with all the girls and to rummage round every ones desk!!)

Thanks for dropping by to check out my crafty space , have a fun day................

Simple Elegant White Christmas

I have been playing with my embossing folders today trying hard to catch up with making my Christmas cards I think I still have about 50 to make so watch this space !!! lol
This one is one of the ones I made for my neighbours , simple and quick , its just a 6"x6" square white card I just gave it a scalloped edge with an SU boarder punch, added a die cut white tree that I had run through the Cuttlebug tree folder.
I added some tartan ribbon and some Martha Stewart birthstone gems to the tree and there you have it ............so simple !!
Cupcake craft challenge Oh Little Christmas Tree
Everybody-ArtRed & Green I used Tartan Ribbon
My Time To Craft Challenge Christmas foliage
Die cuts R us Challenge Holiday feeling
Design Dollies Challenge Dressed in White
Tuesday taggers challenge Christmas Tree
Stamping Vacation Challenge - Pick 3 challenge I picked Use only one color of card stock and layer color on color, Do not use any stamps, Make a card that has lots of white space.

It's a Hat Trick

Today has been my lucky day , I my card was picked to be a shinning star at Stamping sisters in Christ challenge and I can in the top 3 at Die Cuts R Us Challenge
and that's not all I won the Ginger Snap challenge

Thank you to all the ladies at all 3 challenge blogs for making my day

Wrought Iron embossed Tree

At the Stamptacular Sunday challenge this week they are asking for a card or project with lots of Sparkle
So for this card I die cut a basic Christmas tree shape in black with my own design Die and then embossed it with the Cuttlebug embossing folder added some MAMBI clear Crystal gems.
Then I added it to the front of a 6"x 6" card that I had punched the edge of with an MS boarder punch.
I finished it off with sheer red MayArts ribbon and 3 Martha Stewart's ruby red gems

Snowballs or Stuffing Balls !!! lol

Evening all !!! over at Die cut Dreams challenge blog this week the challenge theme is a rich colour combo SAGE & ONION STUFFING (GREEN, CREAM AND BEIGE) so why don't you pop over and enter the prize this week is a 2 week GDT spot for the second part of this month.
To make this card I used one of the new Magnolia snowman stamps stamped in memento rich coco ink onto a die cut top note die cut from my shop, the image I coloured with copic markers.
Stitched and distressed the edges with Tim Holtz old paper distress ink.
The snowflakes I punched in glitter card with an MS punch then added a glass cabochons to the center of each snowflake, I also glittered the snowflake part of the image and added a MAMBI Crystal gem to the center.
The DP is BG from the figgy collection,
The sentiment is magnolia stamped in SU old olive ink. I also used the SU scalloped edge punch.
Fun with shapes Challenge Snowman
Just Magnolia challenge card for some one special
Magnolia down under challenge Bedazzled - sparkle & glitz
Lots to do Challenge snow
Cupcake craft challenge Christmas Carol "Walking in a winter wonderland"
Pile it on challenge/ Glitter
Incy wincy Challenge snowflakes
All that Scrap Christmas
Paper Cutz challenge use a stamped or digi image
Copic Creations Challenge Snow people

Candy Pink Christmas Easel

Another Christmas easel card, this time I used a cute Christmas bear Stamp from Lili of the Valley and I have coloured it with Copic Markers and stitched and distressed the edge.
The Black & Pink candy cane DP is from DCWV and the sentiment stamp is from Magnolia.
I used 2 different Martha Stewart punches to cut the pink Mirri card snowflakes.
The ribbon is from MayArts and the fibre and pompom trim is from my stash.
Lili of the valley Challenge Sketch
Ildico Challenge Black & Bright
Cute card Thursday challenge Girlie
All that Scrap Christmas
Cooking it up with Katie Challenge Use things in 3's I used 3 snowflakes & 3 gems

Girlie Christmas Easel Card

I'm getting there ...here is another one of my Christmas cards an easel one this time, a girlie one for a friend of mine who is very girlie princess and I think this will be right up here street, well I hope she likes it.
To make this I used;
Glittered DP from DCWV
Bazzill textured card
The glamorous girl stamp is from Penny Black, I coloured her with Copic markers but her dress I coloured with a glue pen and then Doodlebug Design pink cupcake glitter.
The Snowman charm is from MM,
Sentiment stamp is Magnolia
Gems from Kaiser
Die cuts from my shop
I also used an MS snowflake punch
I have entered into the following challenges;
Cute card Thursday challenge Girlie
All that Scrap Christmas
Simon says challenge Charm
PBS challenge Christmas for the girls
Ildico Challenge Black & Bright
Cooking it up with Katie Challenge Use things in 3's I used 3 snowflakes & 3 gems
Stamping Vacation Challenge - Pick 3 challenge - I coloured in the dress with glitter, used glitter paper to punch the snowflakes and used glittered DP for the back ground.

Peggy Sue !! Note Holder

Oh what a dull and cold day it is today down here in Gosport , its not even 5pm yet and its pitch black outside and freezing but I am tucked up here in my craftroom in the warm. The other down side of a dull day like today is the light so I took my photo with the flash and I apologize for the poor quality.
This time I have made a little peg note holder as a little tree present for a friend
To make this I used ;
CC Designs stamp coloured with promarkers
I also used some ultra fine Crystal Art glitter on her hat and wings
The DP is from BoBunny and I zig zag stitched the edges
From my stash I used the BG button, Prima flowers, and the cute peg
BTW the little note book was just 12p ....yes you read it right 12p from Asda the whole thing cost less than £1 too make and took about 30 mins
I have entered it into the following challenges
2 red bananas Challenge winter/Christmas
Stamp with fun challenge Xmas
Die cuts R us Challenge A gift
Everybody-Art Stitching
The Pink Elephant challenge Color Me Wonderful; Use your Favorite Coloring Medium
Stampavie Challenge Christmas
Cute card Thursday challenge Girly
Passion for Promarkers challenge Anything but a card
Flutter By Wednesday challenge Fairy
All that Scrap Christmas
Royal challenge Holiday christmas
Crafty Calender Challenge winter sparkle
Paper Cutz Challenge use a digital or hand stamped Christmas image
La La Land challenge Buttons
Magnolia down under challenge Christmas Decoration/card
A spoonful of sugar Challenge Non traditional coloured Xmas card
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge Alternative Christmas
Thanks for dropping by, I hope you have a evening

"The Chip Shop"

Hi everyone I just wanted to share some news with you I am planning to open a new blog shop next month it will be linked to my Die cut dreams shop so if you wanted to shop in both places in the same transaction you can hop from one to the other while keeping your shopping cart open and adding products from both shops which means you only pay one lot of p&p when you pay for everything together.

The new shop will be filled with all our chipboard items, Book, shapes,Letters, numbers, hangers, coasters and lots of kits ..........and the name of the new shop ?

...........Well of course it has to be ...............

"The Chip Shop" !!!

I will keep you informed as to when it will be open

Christmas fairy Fridge Magnet

I hope you like my new creation its a Christmas fairy Fridge Magnet I am going to give it as a little gift to my friend , I Just love these CC Design stamps they are so cute don't you think ?.
I back this with a chip board die cut shape I was going to cover the whole of the back in chipboard but was worried it would make it to heavy for the magnets so decided to cut the shape just to give it some stability see below for back view.
Here's what I used to make this Fridge magnet
DP is a scrap of DCWV paper that has been in the scrap draw since last year so I though it was time to show it the spirit of Christmas and put it to good use.
Sage green & Christmas red Bazzill card
Green and white glitter paper
White glitter card
Art glitter in Crystal
Chunky Doodlebug Design Lady bug Red glitter
MayArts sheer red and gold ribbon
Paper chase wired craft tinsel
Magnolia sentiment
MS snowflake punch
SU scalloped Punch
Sizzix sizzlet Mistletoe
Promarkers
sewing machine
Chip board shape
4 pieces of magnet
And here are the challenges I entered this magnet into
Sophisticats Challenge Glitter snowflakes
Frosted Designs Challenge Scallops
C4C challenge Punch
2 red bananas Challenge winter/Christmas
Stamp with fun challenge Xmas
The Creative card crew challenge Christmas
Die cuts R us Challenge A gift
Everybody-Art Stitching
The Pink Elephant challenge Color Me Wonderful; Use your Favorite Coloring Medium
Stampavie Challenge Christmas
Corrosive challenge Christmas Red & Green
hearts delight cards Challenge use up old scraps of paper
Cupcake craft challengeRed & Green
Incy wincy Challenge Red & Green
Cute card Thursday challenge Girly
Passion for Promarkers challenge Anything but a card
Stamping Vacation Challenge - Pick 3 challenge, colour in with glitter -wings, red glitter- boots, punch glitter paper snowflakes
Flutter By Wednesday challenge Fairy
All that Scrap Christmas
Ooh-la-la-creations challenge Make a card for a child
Crafty Calender Challengewinter sparkle
Crafty Catz challengeRed green and silver
Paper Cutz Challenge use a digital or hand stamped Christmas image
Creatalicious Challenge snowflakes and lots of sparkle/glitter
This is the back of the magnet

Vintage Red & Green Christmas Tag

Well I could have sworn I saw a challenge for a vintage tag so this is what I came up with but then I couldn't remember which challenge it was or where I saw it !!! lol just like me to lose the plot !! lol so I never did find it !!Anyway it fits a few other challenges so all is not lost.
To make this tag I used a giant tag cut from my own design die and the trees are also cut using one of my own design dies (you may have seen me making them on WOYDW) they are cut in Vintage red BG DP from the figgy collection I have distressed them with Tim Holtz Vintage photo Distress ink.
The flourish stamps are from the new Whiff of Joy Christmas flourish set I have stamped them in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink the sentiment is from Hot off the press.
Other things I used ;
BasicGrey Green Button & Twine
Cream Lace from Tabby craft
Deep red Prima Christmas flowers
Vintage Ruby gems from K&Co
I have entered my tag into the following challenges;
Allsorts challenge Buttons
Pile it on challenge/ Flowers & Flourishes
2 red bananas Challenge winter/Christmas
Frosted Designs Challenge Same shape - different sizes
Corrosive challenge Christmas Red & Green
Cupcake craft challengeRed & Green
Ginger snap challenge Winter wonderland
Rosie D‘s Challenge Red & Green and a bit of bling
Incy wincy Challenge Red & Green
Secret Crafter Challenge Christmas Trees
The Creative card crew challenge Christmas
Stamp with fun challenge Xmas
Crafty creations challenge Lace and Distressing

Girly Merry Christmas

Evening all !! I hope you are all warm and cozy , I made this Christmas card a couple of days ago but have only just remembered to post it on here, so what did I use to make it lets see if I can remember ........ Well the stamp is quite obviously a lovely Penny black and I have coloured her with copic markers, I stitched the edges of the image and the Papertrey Ink DP I used a punch to cut the Glitter flourishes I added a stitched felt Christmas flower and button a sentiment, MayArts sheer ribbon and some Kaiser gems to finish it off ....hope you like it this is one of my fav PB stamps ....I say one of coz I love them all !! he he

I have entered it into the following challenges ;
C4C challenge Punch
2 red bananas Challenge winter/Christmas
Copic Buzz Challenge colour something red
Stamp with fun challenge Xmas
The Creative card crew challenge Christmas
Everybody-Art Stitching
Stamping Sisters Gift
The Pink Elephant challenge Color Me Wonderful; Use your Favorite Coloring Medium
PBSC challengeSketch
Pile it on challenge/ Flowers & Flourishes
La La Land challenge Buttons
Allsorts challenge Buttons
Stampavie Challenge Christmas
Frosted Designs Challenge Same shape - different sizes
Corrosive challenge Christmas Red & Green
Cupcake craft challengeRed & Green
The Creative card crew challenge Christmas
Rosie D‘s Challenge Red & Green and a bit of bling
Incy wincy Challenge Red & Green
Cute card Thursday challenge Girly

I'm a lucky Lady

I'm so lucky, not only did I come in the top 3 this week at Stamping Vacation Challenge - Pick 3 challenge I also won the monthly draw thank you so much Denise I am over the moon with my win.
To all you other crafters out there who love a good weekly challenge you should check out Denise's super Pick 3 challenge each week its so much fun I almost always have to enter at least twice !!! he he
Thanks again Denise xx

Hot choc pouch for a Friend

This is my DT project for the 3rd challenge here at Susie's Sassy Challenge
What better way to put a smile on a friends face in this freezing cold weather than to reminded them to button up there coat and pop round for a warming hot chocolate and a chat and if they are to far away to pop round them this makes a nice little gift to send in the post.
The theme of our 3rd challenge (if you haven't already seen it) is Buttons & Bows check it out Here Why not join in the challenge the prize this month is a GDT spot.
To make this pouch I used a template from Papertrey Ink by Lauren Meader called Around Town Tote, I cut it out in Aqua card and then stitched BG DP from the figgy collection to the front.
The stamp I used is from Stampendouse.
I also used;
velvet ribbon from Fancy pants
BasicGrey buttons & Twine
Prima flowers
And a fancy brad from MM
And of course Cadbury Highlights hot chocolate
I have entered this into the following challenges;
Allsorts challenge Buttons
Just us Girls Challenge use a template I used one from Papertrey Ink by Lauren Meader called Around Town Tote.
Double Dutch challenge Make a holder for a sachet of hot chocolate
La La Land challenge Buttons

Challenge #3 Buttons & Bows

We didn't have as many entries this time as we did for the first challenge, I guess not so many of you like pink as much as I do !! lol but we still had quite a few (45) so we were very pleased that you joined in, I hope you will like this next challenge theme more but before we move on lets see who won challenge #2...................

Thank you to all of you that entered the "Pink & sparkly" challenge all the entries were lovely and of a very high standard which made it too hard to choose a winner so I have had to pick a random winner again

And so the winner of our 2nd Sassy challenge and the prize ............

Mary Demmons from the USA

Congratulations Mary, Please email me your address so I can send you your prize and

please take your winners badge to display on your blog

And now the Top 3 chosen by our DT in no particular order

Christine
Victoria
Jodi
Congratulations Girls, Please take your Badges to display on your blogs

As you know the prize will alternate between a crafty prize and a GDT spot, this is the 3nd challenge and we will be picking the winner to be a GDT so there is lots of fun to be had here at Susie's Sassy Challenge this time, if you are picked as the winner you will be asked to make a GDT project for the challenge after the next which we will need you to email us by the 28th of December.
Full detail of the challenge will be given to the winner in advance so you have almost 2 weeks to make your project.

Challenge Rules;

There are not too many rules to this challenge as you know by now but you do have to stick to the theme or you will have your entry removed from the linky to be fair to everyone
So as long as you stick to the challenge theme you are in with a chance to win.

Anyone can enter anywhere in the world all you have to do is make a card or project,

The theme for this challenge is

Buttons & Bows

Once you have made your entry upload it on your blog with a link to here and put the link to your entry (Not your blog it must be a link to your entry)and your name in the Mr linky at the bottom of this post

Closing date is Wednesday 16th December at noon GMT

(entries posted after this time will not be entered so don't be late)

The winner and the next new challenge will be announced the following day

I am sure you have loads of ideas for your cards and project you are going to enter but just in case you need a little inspiration to get your creative juices flowing here is some lovely

Buttons & Bows creations

from my very creative & Sassy Design Team

Please visit their individual Blogs by clicking their name to see their recipes.

Well good luck everyone, I can't wait to see all your entries

Have fun .................................
Love Susie xx

Vikki

Tracy

Sally Lisa

Denise

Jane

Susie

Pick up a Penguin........ and Send it to Victoria

This is another Plaque for Victoria's card/gift collection, Victoria is giving away candy in return for our generosity, to enter just make cards or gifts send them to Victoria to raise funds for a charity very close to her heart.
You still have time to join in and send your handmade card and gifts the candy is open until 9th Dec.
So if you do one good thing this week make a card or gift for the sands group to sell for charity to make money for a great cause to help SANDs Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity:

WOYDW ? Trees thats what !!

Well this is whats on my desk today, instead of showing you my normal mess I thought I would show you a project that's on my desk instead (that doesn't mean there's no mess coz there is !!!) Anyway I made this card to fit the challenges below.
I used a die that I designed myself a couple of years ago, I cut out the trees with the die on the Big shot machine, first I cut them in chocolate card and then in BasicGrey paper from the figgy collection. Then I cut off the tree trunks from the designer paper trees and discarded little stumps.
The tall triangles I was left with I distressed the edges of with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink and then glued them to the chocolate coloured card trees as you can see on my desk. I used 3 of the trees to make this card and the other 3 are for another project.
Other things I used to make this card;
MS deep edge punch
Sewing machine
Reindeer tree decoration (from Tesco's ...Thanks for the tip Claire)
BG Button and twine
K&co Ancestry.com Gems
Prima Christmas flowers
Doodlebug Designs Glitter brads
K&co tartan paper
Pearl head pins from Tabby crafts
Whiff of Joy Flourish stamp (not that clear but its stamped in brown near the flowers)
I have entered my card into the following challenges;
Allsorts challenge Buttons
Pile it on challenge/ Flowers & Flourishes
C4C challenge Punch
2 red bananas Challenge winter/Christmas
Corrosive challenge Christmas Red & Green
Cupcake craft challengeRed & Green
Rosie D‘s Challenge Red & Green and a bit of bling
Incy wincy Challenge Red & Green
Secret Crafter Challenge Christmas Trees
Ginger snap challenge Winter wonderland
Stamp with fun challenge Xmas
The Creative card crew challenge Christmas
Everybody-Art Stitching
so now do you feel like joining in the fun of "Whats on your desk Wednesday"?!!! ...........if so all you have to do is take a photo of your desk....... just as it is right now, don't go and tidy .....show us all of your creative work space!
Then just post your photo on your blog and pop over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground blog and join in all the fun of Whats on your desk Wednesday by leaving a comment on the WOYDW post there........... you will soon become hooked and find you can't wait for Wednesday to come round every week !!
Thanks for visiting my blog have a great day.

Christmas on ice !!

Its a lovely sunny (But bitter cold) day down here on the south coast in Gosport and I was up early crafting this morning as I am behind with my Christmas cards ...yesterday I just couldn't get my mojo into gear no matter how hard I tried the creativity wasn't flowing but its back today and I am raring to go so here is my first card of the day.
I have used Tilda and Edwin skating, coloured with copic markers
Distresses using Tim Holtz milled lavender ink and I have torn the edges then stitched them
Other tools and things I have used ;
MS deep edge punch
Two different MS snowflake punches
Sentiment stamp from HeroArts
Glitter card
Bazzil card DP is from a Forever Friends pad
I have entered it into the following challenges ;
Mojo Monday Challenge Sketch
Cute & Girly Challenge Movies...Christmas in Wonderland (2007)
C4C challenge Punch
2 red bananas Challenge winter/Christmas
hearts delight cards Challenge Christmas (no red/green)
Magnolia down under challenge Christmas Decoration/card
Simon says challenge Winter Love
Sophisticats Challenge SNOWFLAKES & SPARKLE
Stamp with fun challenge Xmas
The Creative card crew challenge Christmas
Everybody-Art Stitching
My Time to craft challenge Winter Pals
Quixotic Challenge Tearing
A spoonful of sugar Challenge Non traditional coloured Xmas card
The Pink Elephant challenge Color Me Wonderful; Use your Favorite Coloring Medium
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge Alternative Christmas
Kaboodle challenge Snowflakes
Thanks for dropping by, I hope you have a fab day