Green or Good Luck #110

This week over at Paper Sundaes we are letting you choose between making a Green card or a Good Luck card. I decided to do a Good Luck card coloured in pinks.... but that didn't quite turn out - as you can probably see. 

We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamps and I have used Magnolia Watercan Tilda together with CC Design field fence. AND, can you believe it - I even masked my image. Yes the whole post it note, stamp image, cut it out, stick it on, stamp over it, practice on scrap paper first - yes that Masking technique. (Gee do I think that I am clever) 

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

PartyTime Tuesday #57 Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz #8 Masking Technique (Winner! $20 voucher from Simon Says Stamps. Yippee!) 

Card Makin Mammas #40 Green

Check out the variety of creations that my fellow team members have come up with right here.

Sweet Stampin - Nature

It is time for another challenge over at the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog. This fortnight we would like to you to "get back to Nature". Not literally of course, otherwise we would be called the Sweet Stampin Outdoor Adventure Blog. 

We want you to create a project that shows us ... NATURE, in particular, bugs, bees and ladybirds. 

Our regular monthly sponsor - Joanna Sheen and our challenge sponsor - Crafty Emmas Store have some great prizes to give away.

I have used my Magnolia Tulip Wheelbarrow and for all of you that have this stamp and just don't remember those ladybirds - no need to run and check - you are right - they are a tucked in extra. My T2, T4 and T6 Copic markers got a good workout with this image and the background paper I have used is from My Minds Eye 'On the Bright Side'. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Magnolia Stamp Lovers Punch challenge

The Cutie Pie Challenge Flowers

Deep Ocean Challenge #20 Spring

Flutterby Wednesday #192 Open 

Do you Stack Up #61 Things with Wings

Don't forget to pop on over to the Sweet Stampin blog and check out what the rest of the design team have come up with.  

Circles #109

             

This week at Paper Sundaes our theme is 'Circles'. Fabulous! What a great chance for me to make one of these Telescopey cardy thingys. The whole - put it upside down and attach it together so that it can be the right way up - was a little bit tricky to start with and had nothing to do with the wee small hours of the morning at the time. I found some easy to understand instructions here at barbstamps.com and hey presto - a Telescopey cardy thingy was born. Our sponsor this week is Stamp and Create so off you all go and stamp and create something too. We would love to see you over at Paper Sundaes.

I am entering this Telescopey cardy ... (you get it) in the following challenges:

Lil Red Wagon #121 Chipboard (Yes that Happy Birthday is chipboard)

Paper Play #8 For a Mother (My Mum would like this)

Aud Sentiments #48 Happy (and I certainly am)

Stampin for the Weekend #4 Bingo (Ribbon Sparkles Flowers)

Card Makin Mammas #39 Happy Birthday (It must be someone's) 

Allsorts #143 Anything Goes (That's good!)

Birthdays #108

This week, Paper Sundaes are having a 'Birthday' challenge sponsored by Lili of the Valley. 

Luckily, I do just happen to own a few of these images. If you follow my blog you will know that "a few" in my world can mean anything from three onwards. (Even 19 or 38 or 74 can be considered 'a few'). 

So, lets just assume that I had a selection of images to choose from. 

Milly - Just for You stood out as being perfect for this paper from the My Minds Eye paper pad - On The Bright Side with my favourite colours (this month) of Orange and Teal.

I hope that you will join us at Paper Sundaes with your Birthday creations.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Spring is in the air

Flutterby Wednesday #190 Anything with Wings 

Divas by Design  #22 Wings and Things

Craft us Crazy #21 Favourite Colour (Orange and Teal combo)

4 Crafty Chicks #77 Double Down (2 pearls on dress)

Polka Doodles #7 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments

Card Makin Mammas #39 Happy Birthday

Allsorts #142 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Bingo

This fortnight over at Sweet Stampin we are lucky enough to be sponsored by Crafts and Me

... and we have a BINGO challenge. 

Choose any three - across, up, down or diagonal and create a card (pssst - don't forget to tell us which three you have used)

I have used the Crafts and Me image called Deevonne as well as Lace, Ribbon and Pearls. It goes without saying of course that I have coloured with my Copic markers and the flowers are from Hooked on Craft.
Take a look here to see the fabulous creations the rest of the team have come up with.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Incy Wincy Designs #133 - 3 embellishments (Lace,Flowers,Pearls) 2 papers (Background and under lace) 1 image (ummm - yes! its there)
Creatalicious #31 All about Lace
ICopic #69 - 'BG' family. I have used BG70,72,75 & 78

Clean and Simple #106

At Paper Sundaes this week - our theme is CLEAN AND SIMPLE and we are sponsored by 
Simon Says Stamps. 

It looks like I am in a bit of a 'rut' by using the same stamp as my previous post - but it is only because I like this little Ribbon Tilda so much and I just needed to colour her again. Plus, she is perfect for all the Valentine challenges there are at this time of year. And even though - as my daughter pointed out - she has no mouth, (thanks for letting me know) I can actually see her smiling. No! not like the Emperors clothes - I know that he really was in his underwear :-)

Check out the other Clean and Simple cards from the rest of the Design Team and join in with this fun challenge. See you over at Paper Sundaes. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room #99 Love is in the Air
Stamps R Us Valentine/Love
Tuesday Throwdown #83 Use hearts

Top Tip Tuesday #69 Valentine
Deep Ocean #18 Love You!
Moving Along with the Times #134 Have a Heart 

Sweet Stampin - Love

Thank you so much to Karen, the Hooked on Craft challenge co-ordinator and the fabulous Design Team. I had lots of fun creating for challenges and the Hooked on Craft on line store has such great products to work with. Loooove those flowers!!! Over at the Hookedoncraft challenge site they are currently having a DT call so that they can add some more happy faces to their fabulous team. Head on over, submit a card and let them know you are interested.  It definitely is worth it!  

 Now ... I have joined the team over at Sweet Stampin. The girls over there very generously accepted me into their 'challenge' family. No! I didn't say challenging family - I am sure they are all very nice ;-)

This fortnight our theme is THE ONE I LOVE and our sponsor is Stamp and Create. I have used Ribbon Tilda and coloured her with my Copic markers.
The prize offered by Stamp and Create is

Looking forward to working with all the ladies over at Sweet Stampin. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Design #131 Flower Frenzy
Tuesday Throwdown #83 Use Hearts
Top Tip Tuesday #69 Valentine's
Ladybug Crafts #53 Loves me Loves me not
Deep Ocean #18 Love you!
Little Red Wagon #118 Valentine's Day 

Valentine's #105

My partner thinks that I am hard to buy for - I don't have a single clue what he means - I am sooooo easy. 

Take Valentines day for instance! I would be perfectly happy with a dozen red roses. All the florists will have them. They will even have a little gift card that he can buy and sign while he is there. He doesn't even have to think that much (maybe that is his problem - he is overthinking the whole gift thing) Keep it simple I say. Roses, chocoloates, diamonds. I am so easy to buy for!!!! 

'Valentine' is the theme for our challenge this week at Paper Sundaes. Tickled Pink are our sponsors and they have some fabulous new images. Check out what the other girls have come up here - they are truly pieces of art. I have used Lil Valentine Lad Luca with my Martha Stewart heart punch and a dozen red roses and that cute little heart charm from Hooked on Craft. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge Valentines
Craft us Crazy #19 Valentine/Love
Crafty Ribbons #11 Love is Red and Black
Aud Sentiments #46 Use the word LOVE
Simply Create Too #5 Love is in the Air
Card Makin Mammas #37 Something Old (this paper is from my 6 months and over bin)
Secret Crafter #170 Ribbons
Allsorts One or more hearts

PS: If you commented on my Paper Sundaes Blog Hop then don't forget to check my post below to see if you are a winner of my blog candy.

Blog Hop candy winners

As you know - at Paper Sundaes we recently celebrated our second birthday. Happy Birthday to us ... Happy Birthday to us ... sorry - I get off track easily. 

Anyway, some members of the design team had their own personal candy to offer to one lucky person who left a comment on their blog. (me! me! me! I did!). 

So, I thought about trying to get that 'linky' thing onto my blog so that I could say "and the random winner as chosen by Mr Linky is ..." and then I had another thought - why did I have children? One of the reasons must have been to have them unbiasedly select a number at random. I mean, I have always wanted to say "Here kids, pick a number" and they do! 

So, therefore, no Mr. Linky for me just two children, two numbers and two prizes for two lucky winners. (Luckily for me, I didn't have six children)

                              

The first number is 53 as chosen by my son .... Congratulations to Cardsbymo

The second number is 72 as chosen by my daughter ... Congratulations to Debs from Especially for You
If you gals would like to email me by Sunday the 29th January - I can arrange to send your goodies to you.
Thanks kids!
Thank you all again for your lovely comments. 

Hooked on Something Bright #16

Hookedoncraft is having a 'Something Bright' challenge. It is to go with the lovely summery weather that we are having at the moment. No really - we are. I know that I can complain about the weather here in Melbourne occasionally, but at the moment we are enjoying lovely summer days. So wherever you are - in whatever sort of weather - get out those bright papers and those bright embellishment and enter in our challenge. 

Plus Hookedoncraft is also having a design team call so get those entries in and add DT after your name and you could be lucky enough to be chosen to be on this fabulous team. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges: 

Shopping our Stash #35 Across the Border (this border was made with the throw away part of a zig zag die)

4 Crafty Chicks #73 Summer in January (cause it is where I am)

Raise the Bar #88 Ring in the New Year/Circles (I made those bubbles with dimensional magic)

Ooooops! forgot to mention that this cute whale image comes from the Hooked on Craft on line store and you can find him here as well as lots of other stamps and embellisments.

Paper Piecing #104

First of all - Thank you so much to all of those who joined in our Birthday Bog Hop at Paper Sundaes. I hope you all enjoyed 'hopping around' and collecting our secret sentence. Thank you all for your lovely comments. 

I have some candy to give away to a random commenter on my blog which I will draw shortly, keeping in mind the whole time difference thing here in Australia and I am probably asleep while you are reading this. Thank goodness that I mastered the "scheduled post" thingy - stay tuned! 

This week at Paper Sundaes we are sponsored by My Favourite Things and the challenge is for you to use your Paper Piecing skills. After I finished my card - I had a major panic attack - was the challenge Piecing or Piercing? Luckily for me - I was right with the 'Piecing'. I figured that I could easily fix my mistake if I needed to, by just poking some holes in my card. On second thoughts - maybe not a good look. 

I have used paper from my new Basic Grey 6 x 6 Picadilly paper pad and the little cutie 

is called Flower Girl from here at MFT.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Ladybug Crafts #52 Bows

Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes

Birthday Blog Hop #103

Make a cuppa - settle in - we are having a Birthday Blog Hop!!!! Yes! that is right - Paper Sundaes are celebrating their second birthday and we are giving presents to YOU.

We have fabulous sponsors this week, including Elisabeth Bell, Simply Betty, My Favourite Things, Bugaboo, Stamp and Create and Tickled Pink.

It is easy to join in with our hop. All you have to do is:
1. Follow the links to each Team member
2. Comment on each blog as you go
3. Collect a secret word from every Design Team member
4. Arrive back at Paper Sundaes and leave the secret sentence in the hop post.

Plus, individual candy will be offered along the way from our Design Team members. I have a mystery bag of goodies to give away and I will randomly select a winner from among the people that comment on my blog hop post, at the close of the challenge.

You should have arrived at me safely thanks to Christine and your next stop now is onto Julie.
Don't forget to take with you my secret word - Paper. 

This weeks challenge is:  Pick a previous challenge. 

I have chosen our 100th challenge - Celebrate. 

I have used the My Favourite Things A La Mode image called Time to celebrate as well as Dienamics Mini tab, Mini Rolled roses and Doily Duo together with some My Minds Eye papers.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Shopping our Stash #34 All that glitters sparkles or shines (Can you see that cake!)
Ladybug Crafts Ink #51 Use your new stash (That's everything)
Southern Girls #35 Show us your sparkle (Check out that frosting)
Moving along with the Times #131 Spots and Stripes
C.R.A.F.T. challenge #137 Celebrations
Simply Create Too #4 Layers and Layers
Sweet Stampin All that Glitters (Is sparkly frosting edible?)

HAPPY HOPPING!

Hooked on something new #15

The girls over at Hooked on Crafts asked us to try something new this fortnight. No problem!

I am such a free and easy spirit with no limits to my unstructured and easy going life style. I could try something new without any stress to me at all.

NOW! If all of my friends could stop laughing immediately, I would appreciate it.

No seriously - Stop laughing.

I think that there are some things that I am very relaxed about - I try to take on the philosophy of "Life is way too short to worry about ... stuff!"

But then ... on the other hand... I could possibly be a teeny tiny bit compulsive about things as well. (So I have been told)

Back to the challenge: I love layering and I love my Copics so I avoided both on this card. Seeeee! I can do something new! (Although there are two layers of white on this card and I would dearly love to add some dimension to those leaves with a YG67)

All of these gorgeous flowers and adhesive pearls can be purchased at the Hooked on Crafts on line store.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Deep Ocean #16 Lots of white
Flutterby Wednesday #184 Open
Stampin with the Dragon #1 Frames
One Stop Craft Bingo (Emboss/Diecut/Flowers)
2 Sisters #73 Things with Wings

Saturated colour #102

This week at Paper Sundaes we are very excited to be sponsored by Saturated Canary and I have used the image called Ellie's Birthday. Our challenge this week is to use saturated colours.

The dictionary definition is: "of maximum chroma or purity; of the highest intensity of hue; free from admixture of white"

So I read all the 'saturated' images links. (Perhaps 'all' is a bit of an over exaggeration) I studied hard as to the difference between warm colours and intermediate colours and saturated or bright colours and now know what 'hue' is (and not just Hugh Jackman and my Uncle Hugh). I read about complementary contrasts, simultaneous contrasts and quantity contrasts. I learnt that there is a word 'juxtaposition' and cant wait to play scrabble with someone.

So with all this knowledge, when it finally came down to creating a card - I thought to myself ......Yippeee - colouring!!!

I know - pretty 'in depth' huh!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #79 Something Shiny (Those bling flower centres from Kaisercraft are pretty shiny - believe me!)

Top Tip Tuesday #67 Anything Goes

Partytime Tuesday #49 Something New (That would be Ellie)

Simon Says Stamp New Something (Ellie)

Fab 'n' Funky Something New (Ellie again)

Saturated Canary #8 Clean and Simple

Simply Create Too #4 More than 2 layers

Card Makin Mammas Something New (and Ellie)

Old and New #101

Welcome 2012!!!! and welcome back to Paper Sundaes and our first challenge for the year.

It is an easy one to start off the year with - Something Old and Something New.

This was easy for me cause I already have some old 'stuff' and that jolly old Santa left me some new 'stuff'' - cause I have been good! 

Don't laugh - I have been good!  

Okay - maybe with the exception of my little craft addiction thingy but I am sure that he understands that. (Ssshhh, possibly he has some tiny addictions of his own.)

Simon Says Stamps are our sponsors for this challenge and I have used something old - Hero Arts All Occasion Messages - for my sentiment and the something new are the  Basic Grey Picadilly papers both of which are available from Simons.

I am entering this card in the following challenges

Top Tip Tuesday #66 Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday #48 Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts #50 Bingo Ribbon Flowers Die Cuts

Charisma Cardz #50 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments #44 Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks #70 Something New - paper

Stampin for the Weekend #23 Anything Goes

My "Pink" fix

Do you know the feeling when you just neeeeeeed to make something fresh and new - that isn't Red or Green?

Well I had that feeling! and luckily for me La La Land Inspiration Monday is all about 'Flower Power' which meant that I could use my new flower die and a cute Marci image and create something without even a hint of Christmas.

Don't get me wrong, I do love Christmas and I enjoy making Christmas cards but I reeeeaaalllly neeeeeeeded Pink.

I think that I might be in serious trouble if I gambled or smoked.

Luckily for me, I only have a Craft addiction :-)

I am entering this card in the following:

La La Land Inspiration Monday Flower Power (Pink)

Little Red Wagon #113 Something New (using new product - with Pink)

Top Tip Tuesday #66 Anything Goes (totally Pink)

Shopping our Stash #32 Tie it up (with Pink ribbon)

Party Time Tuesdays #48 Anything Goes (more and more Pink)

Merriest Wishes

Recently, I popped on over to my friend, Jan's blog and she had asked this question of her followers:

Is it cheating to enter a card into challenges when you got major inspiration or if pretty much completely CASEd another cardmaker?

The general opinion was: Of course it is okay, provided that you credit where you got the idea from and link to their blog.

But when I read the 30 odd responses (and I am suggesting that you do too - here) it made me see that this blogging world of ladies (and some men) are truly a unique group of caring and sharing people.

I am not only inspired by your card making skills on a daily basis but also by your generosity, kind words and encouraging comments.

So, to all of you, lovely, lovely people, I wish you all a very happy Christmas and look forward to spending time with you all in 2012.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stampin for the Weekend #23 Anything Goes

Crafting for all Seasons #16 Christmas

Divas by Design #17 Merry Christmas

Charisma Cardz #50 Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog Happy Christmas

Southern Girls #34 Lets Celebrate

Celebrate #100

We have good reason to celebrate over at Paper Sundaes as we have reached 100 challenges!!!

So now, our challenge to you is .... to 'CELEBRATE'.

It shouldn't be hard with that big event coming up soon - Easter! :) Or you could choose New Years, Birthdays or you could even celebrate Christmas.

Stamp and Create are our sponsors and I have chosen

Sweet November Josie's Misteltoe CC Designs 

cause she is just so so cute!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Sparkle and Shine

The Cutie Pie Challenge #7 Use a Sentiment

Party Time Tuesdays #46 Use Red and Green

Flutterby Wednesdays #183 Open

Divas by Design #17 Christmas

Crafting for all Seasons #16 Christmas

Charisma Cardz #49 Last minute Christmas

4 Crafty Chicks #68 Christmas card

Cupcake Inspirations #141 Photo inspiration

I will be back with another card to share with you before Christmas after I dig myself out of the pile of Christmas cards, gift wrap, sales dockets, store catalogues, gifts and hand written 'to do' notes. Lucky for me, I am so laid back and relaxed (and obviously delerious, if I believe that!)

Hooked on Christmas #14

Hooked on Craft are having a Christmas challenge. The prize this week is a $10 voucher from the Hooked on Craft on line store, which is where you can buy this stamp of Santa and his tree. 

Everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit. This is one more card done for me and only 17 more to go - give or take a few.

Easy!

There is still plenty of time... isn't there? I still have about 10 more days to get my cards in the mail.

10 days!!!! Short post today.

Anything Christmas #99

Over at Paper Sundaes this week our challenge theme is

"Anything Christmas".

Very appropriate for this time of year. We would look pretty silly having an Easter challenge now wouldn't we? Don't answer that!

We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamps and this cute little Tilda is available over at Simons along with a load of other Christmas stamps and embellishments.

If you are like me and still struggling to make all those Christmas cards, then head on over to Paper Sundaes for some fabulous inspiration from the team and then get that production line going. 

All you need is an idea to start ... oh... and then some card... and some paper... and a stamp or two... and some ink... maybe some colouring pens... possibly some tape... and you might need a bit of ribbon... and a few embellishments... definitely some bling... and you are ready to go!

Come to think of it - if you have left it late to make your cards then maybe add a friend or two into that production line. I'm free!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #77 Celebrate the Season

Moving along with the times #127 Last minute Christmas 

Colour Create #85 Red White Green

Stampin for the Weekend #22 Christmas

Card Makin Mammas #35 Christmas
One Stop Craft #161 Traditional Christmas
CES #65 Traditional Christmas
2 Sisters #69 Christmas
The Squirrel and The Fox #7 Christmas

Sundae Bar #98

This week over at Paper Sundaes we have a Sundae Bar for you to follow. All we ask is that you use 2 or more of the following: Red, Stripes, Die Cuts and Stitching.

My Favourite Things are our sponsors this week and they certainly are - my favourite things. I love colouring these little cuties and the MFT Die-namics are also a favourite of mine.

I have some red and some stripes and a grass die-cut - 3 out of 4 aint bad.

Hope to see you at Paper Sundaes!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays #44 Anything Goes

Deep Ocean #13 'C' as in ... cutie

Fab 'n' Funky #101 Anything Goes

Divas by Design #16 Anything Goes

Card Makin Mammas #34 Sentiments

2 Sisters #68 Punches and/or Dies

Hooked on Winter #13

Over at Hooked on Craft this fortnight, we are having a Winter Wonderland challenge. Perfect for me 'cause I can use my new snowflake punches and this cute little charm and image - both from the Hooked on Craft on line store.

I am entering 'frosty' here in the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts #47 Winter Blues

Crafty Sentiments Metal

Bearly Mine #24 All my favourite things - Dots, Stripes and Bling

4 Crafty Chicks #65 Snowflakes

Charisma Cardz #46 Snowflakes
Just Inspirational #4 Snow theme
Dream Valley #21 Sparkle

Winter Wonderland #97

Michelle's Scrapbooking and More are our sponsors this week at Paper Sundaes where we are having a 

'Winter Wonderland' theme.

I bought this so so cute Magnolia and thought that she would look perfect in her winter whites.

Living in Melbourne Australia, we have been known to have four seasons in one day. (Quite often actually). So I raked up some Autumn leaves, planted some Spring seedlings, soaked up the Summer sun and then came inside to put the heater on and make this Wintery card. And that was just this morning!  

I have used my Copics to colour in and the Echo Park Dots and Stripes 6 x 6 paper pad.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Shopping our Stash #27 Christmas or Winter

Partytime Tuesdays #43 Snow us what you got

Bearly Mine #24 All my favourite things: Dots Stripes

and Bling

Little Red Wagon #108 Winter Theme

Aud Sentiments #42 Winter Sentiments

4 Crafty Chicks #65 Snowflakes

Charisma Cardz #46 Snowflakes

Moving Along with the Times Ribbons and Bows

Simply Create Too #1 Christmas

Craft your days away #34 Ribbons or Bows

2 Sisters #67 Festive Holiday

Stamptacular #140 Anything Christmas

Dream Valley #21 Sparkle

Beautiful Bows #96

IF by some chance you are expecting a Christmas card from me this year - LOOK AWAY NOW! Cause this may be it.

I have a group of friends and we all make each other cards for Christmas and exchange them at a Christmas dinner (you know who you are).

Don't we all love that surprise of opening up the envelope to see what each of us has created for each other.

Well, if you dont look away now, then you are going to miss out on that surprise feeling.

You will just end up with a 'oh, I have seen this card before' feeling.

Dont worry, I will surprise you all with $50 cash inside each card.

Yeah right! 

If I were you, I would be looking away now :)

Beautiful Bows. That is our theme this week at Paper Sundaes. We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamps and the image I have used is from the new Magnolia Sweet Christmas Dreams 2011 collection called 'Something for you Tilda'. The green roses are courtesy of Hooked on Craft and the bow was made by ... me ... me and and my bow easy. Is there a different one for left handed people cause I think that I have a right handed one :)

I am entering this card in the following challenges: 

Incy Wincy #120 Pop it up/Sentiment/Flowers

Just Magnolia #133 Ribbons

Divas by Design #15 Monochromatic

Winter Wonderland Cute Christmas image

OLLCB #93 Ribbon/Die Cut/Sparkle

Creatalicious Challenge #28 Christmas and Sparkle

2 Sisters #66 Let it Sparkle

Hooked on punched shapes #12

Over at Hooked on Crafts challenge we are hooked on something punched or diecut.

This super cute reindeer stamp is available from the Hooked on Crafts on line store as well as many other fabulous stamps. 

The papers I have used are from Echo Park 'Seasons Greetings' range and I have punched those circles out of one of these papers. Plus, thank goodness for my square punches - would hate to be without them.

Rather than fill this sleigh with gifts, I thought that this little sentiment was more fitting and I think that Rudolphs friend here agrees.

Don't forget - you have two weeks to enter!

Off to drive to work - by myself!

Pink Cat digi #95

Pink Cat Studio are our sponsors this week over at Paper Sundaes and our theme is "Use a digi" - another easy one for you all. This little cutie is called "Betty Tree Costume".
Pink Cat Studio have very generously offered 5 digis of your choice to the random winner.

I decided to combine my love of dots and stripes by using this 6 x 6 paper pad from Echo Park called - funnily enough - 'Dots and Stripes'.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #74 Favourite colour combo

Top Tip Tuesday #59 Anything Christmas goes

Charisma Cardz Cutesy

C.R.A.F.T. #128 Cute
Stamptacular #138 Punch It

The Secret Crafter #160 Spots and Stripes

By the way - the driving went well. We had no mishaps with other cars, there were no pedestrian injuries, no curbs were mounted and no trees came to any harm. So, maybe next time we will venture out of the vacant car park - mmmm - maybe not just yet.

Honesty is the best policy

Do you know what it is like when you just want to step out of your comfort zone .. do something a little bit different ... take a chance .... try something new?

Well that is exactly what this card is all about.

I chose a paper that I wouldn't normally work with.
I wet (under the tap - wet!) paper flowers.
I crumbled and I scrunched.
I distressed edges with my new 'Gathered Twigs' ink pad.
I added bits that I wouldn't normally add and
I chose 'rarely used' Copic markers. (Yes I do have some of those).

I did however, grant myself one luxury and that was using this adorable image from CC designs and ..... this is what I came up with.

Finished and sitting on my desk (the card - not me) I pondered whether or not my 'taking a chance' also included posting the card on my blog.

I knew that I could rely on an honest and constructive opinion from my daughter (since I asked her not to use the phrase 'euk' when critiquing).

"Oh no. I don't think so!" she said

She would really like me to take her practice driving on Saturday but,

"Oh no. I don't think so!" I said

Amazingly, since she has taken a second look at my card - all of a sudden it has some good elements to it. The bow looks good - the image is cute - that little fence is adorable.

So, we are off driving tomorrow and I cant wait to show her my next card because I really value her honest opinion. :-)

I will enter this card in the following challenges:
Cupcake Craft #167 Textalicious
Make my Monday #23 Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday #59 Anything Christmas goes
Deep Ocean #12 Vintage
Crafting for all Seasons #13 Texture

A Rectangle #94

So all you have to do is .... a rectangle. Gee, we make it so so easy for you to join in over at Paper Sundaes.

Tickled Pink are our sponsor for this week and that is where I picked up this little cutie - Party Pinkette Coraline. She looks as if her feet are not touching the ground so up in the clouds she went.

I am really loving all my twine that I purchased from the Twinery. Fabulous colours! and now everything is getting wrapped up in twine! Plus those 6 x 6 paper pads are still a favourite of mine and this one is Vanity Fair by My Minds Eye. A friends cloud punch came in handy (thanks Kerry) and .... goes without saying - Copic markers feature as always.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Allsorts #128 Anything but a square
Little Miss Muffet #21 Clouds
4 Crafty Chicks #62 Die Cuts
Tickled Pink #44 Anything Goes