Merry Christmas Everyone

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Very Happy New Year. Thank you all for stopping by my blog and leaving me comments, they are all very much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing you all again in 2011.

DigiSparkle Challenge

White base card with backing paper from Dovecrafts Charcoal Prints pack. Image and Sentiment is from Digisparkle and you can get it here. It is part of a set and well worth 99p for the whole set. Frame is a freebie from Wendymade and you can get it here. I have added some black border peel-offs round the edges. Brads are from my stash.

Lothian Crafts Online Challenge No. 9

White base card with holly backing paper. Image is a Just Inklined from Imag-e-nation and you can purchase it here. I have coloured it with Promarkers and cut the image into four squares to give the window effect. I layered it onto silver mirror card and then red card. The sentiment is done on the PC and cut with Nesties. I have added red gems and red card candy from my stash.
The ribbon is from Wilkinsons. I think Gran is a very special person to anyone.

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 40 - Christmas

White Base card with backing paper from Dovecraft 'Ho Ho Ho' pack. Image is a freebie from Karens Doodles and you can get it here. I have coloured it with Promarkers. Ribbon is from my stash. Poinsettias and swirls and Marianne Creatables. Sentiment is from PC.

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 39

White base card with backing paper from Cardmaking & Papercraft. Sentiment done on PC and cut the Nesties. Card card from Stash. Flowers are from stash and I added a Peel-off snowflake and a gem. Hannah is cut with X-cut Impress. Card layers are embossed with Swiss Dots folder and Snowflake folder. Image is Karen's Doodles Peekaboo Girl and is coloured with Promarkers and I added some artificial snow to her frilly pants to make it look like she had sat in the snow. She is printed onto Rymans card and cut with a Nellie Snellen Circle Die.

A Hard Sympathy Card To Make

This was a very hard card to make so can't talk too much about it. Used this single flower image that you can get from Digi Stamp Boutique for free. I thought it was appropriate for this card.
Thanks for looking. 30/11

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 36 - Black & White Christmas

White Base Card, with Karens Doodles Image - First Taste of Snow coloured with Promarkers and Cut of with Nesties. I have layered this onto some black card from my stash. The backing paper is from Debbie Moores Funky Divas Xmas CD. White Ribbon coloured with a black Promarker. Snowflake was donated and I added a silver card candy to the centre. Sentiment is from the lovely Angie on the Docrafts forum. Black bow with silver bell is from the Papermill Shop. I added some snow from £land to the image.

Digi Stamp Boutique - November Competition

White base card with backing paper from Dovercraft Masculine Pack. Image is Alf Fishing from Digi Stamps Boutique coloured with Promarkers and printed onto Rymans Card cut with Square Nesties. Blue Square nesties used as another layer. Sentiment and Fish from stash. 30/11

DigiSparkle Challenge No.5 - Limited colour palette

White base card, ribbon from Poppicrafts, Red card is embossed with Swiss Dots Folder, Fancy shape is cut with a Mariannes Creatables Die, I have added an embossed border on the edges and added some gems from my stash. Image is from the free Poppies Collection from Digi Sparkle.

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge No. 55

White Base card with red card as a topper Image is an old freebie from Digi-stamp Boutique and is coloured with Promarkers and layered onto black card. Black ribbon is from Poppicrafts. Flowers and Leaves are punched with Nellie Snellen Punches. White corner Peel-off and red gems are from my stash. I am also entering this into DigiStamp Boutique Challenge for October.

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 33 - Distress It

White base card with silver mirror card used as a backing. I have distressed the backing paper that I have layered my image onto. Karens Doodles Image First Taste of Snow coloured with Promarkers and added some artificial snow. Ribbon and Gold Snowflakes are from my stash.

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge No. 19

White base card with layers cut with nesties. Image is from Imag-e-nation and is coloured with Promarkers. Bells, ribbon and sentiment is from my stash.

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 32 - Recipe

White Base card with 2 different backing papers from Papermania Blueberry Hill Pack. Ribbon from poppicrafts. Flower Bear Image from Karens Doodles coloured with Promarkers. Glittered foam butterflies and cream foam flowers from £land. Gems and sentiment from stash.

Merry Christmas for 2 Challenges

White base card with red mirror board and another layer of white card. Poinsettias and Leaves are Marianne Creatables. Sentiment is from my Stash. I am entering this into Lothian Crafts Online Challenge No. 7 and Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge No. 18.

A Gem of a Challenge No. 9

White base card with maroon card added as a backing. Striped and Leaves paper is from my stash. Image is a free digi from Pink Gems coloured with promarkers and cut with a Nellie Snellen Die and layered onto a hand cut maroon circle card. Sentiment is from a Forever Friends Decoupage Pack. Card Candy is from Craftwork Cards [Tinsel Tots].

Just Cute Bears Challenge No. 37 - Baby Creation

Deep pink base card with pink gingham backing paper. Ovals cut with Nesties and Forever Friends Image coloured with Promarkers. Leaves punched from a Woodware Punch. Flowers from The Works. Buttons, Ribbon and Sentiment from stash.

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge No. 53

Lilac Base card with backing paper, sentiment, flowers, brads & gems from stash. The ribbon is from Poppicrafts. The image and sentiment are coloured with Promarkers. The white frames are cut with Neillie Snellen Dies.

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge No. 52

White base card, backing paper from stash. Ribbon from Papermania Sparkling Trims, gems and card candy from stash. Image is from Karens Doodles [Peekaboo Girl] coloured with Promarkers. I have added some stickles onto the frilly knickers.

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 30 - 7 of Something

White base card with backing paper from Furry Friends CD. Brown Organza ribbon from Laura Ashley. Sentiment from a Dogs Clear Stamp Set. Image in Karen's Doodles 'I Didn't Do It' coloured with Promarkers. I have used 7 buttons for my '7 of Something'.

A Gem of a Challenge No. 8

White base card with silver mirror backing paper. White card sections embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflakes Folder. Silver Mirror paper cut using Nesties Oval Die, Flowers and Leaves cut with Nellie Snellen Punches. Image from Pink Gems [Penelope] with christmas tree removed. Sentiment from stash. Image is coloured with Promarkers and added some artificial snow.

Sharon's Blog Candy

Sharon is giving away this lovely candy. You have until the 2nd October to enter to pop over to her blog for a chance to win. I have won this candy so I can't for it to come now. Thank you Sharon.

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 25 - Polka Dots

White base card with 2 coloured polka dot papers from my stash. Polka Dot Red Ribbon from Poppicrafts. Nellie Snellen Square Die Cuts embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Folder. Flowers from £land and Brads from stash. 29/8

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge No. 11

Hand cut outer layer and used nellie Snellie cirle Die to cut inner layer. Image is stamped on a donated scalloped circle. I have added flowers and leaves from my stash. 26/8

Karen's Doodles Challenge No. 24 - Animals

Pink Base Card. Image is coloured with Promakers {Pinks - Pastel, Antique & Hot Pink} [Greens - Pastel, Leaf, Grass}. Pink & Green backing paper from my themed goody bag swap. Pink Gems from my stash. Pink handmade flower from the lovely @ngie. Sentiment from PC with pink ink. 22/8

5 Digi Stamps for Free

Ruth @ A Passion for Stamps has some lovely digi stamps on her blog and she is giving away 5 as a birthday gift from her. All you need to do is become a follower and put a note on your blog to tell everyone about her birthday giveaway. The winner will be picked by random.org on 24th August. You can find Ruth's blog here.