Cute Tilda for a couple of challenges

I have had a bit of spare crafting time to myself - a rare occurance - and I have taken this opportunity to get another Christmas Card out of the way and just by chance it fits in with a couple of challenges - even better!!


This cute little Tilda has not seen any ink on her in ages and I had forgotten just how cute she is. I have teamed her up with some traditional coloured Dovecraft papers and at long last I have managed to fit one of these huge poinsetta flowers onto a card.

This card fits in with the theme of anything goes at Just Magnolia and also the Christmas crafting theme at Charisma Cardz .

I am looking forward to a nice quiet weekend at home and will hopefully get a bit more crafting time in.

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas in August

Our Challenge this week at A Spoon Full of Sugarwas picked by the lovely Ingrid and she has asked for Christmas.
We have a great prize this week donated by our own Nikki for her online shop Bunny Zoes Crafts so please go check it out Here and also take a look at the gorgeous Christmas projects the DT have come up with this week.


I have used a couple of last year's Magnolia stamps on my card this week - this cute little girl and also the bench that she is sitting on. The papers are all from a Trimcraft pad and the flowers are by prima.


I have followed the sketch this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday



Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 40 - Shape Shifters

This is my first card as DT member at A Spoonfull of Sugar
Our challenge this week is called "Shape Shifters" and we would love to see all different shapes of cards. This week we welcome Bev as our fabulous Guest Designer this week.

We have a great prize of the two cute stamps below (Easter Jar & Chick in Egg). These have been kindly donated by Helene from Alota Rubber Stamps and they are just soo cute.

I have used Basig Grey Eva papers along with this lovely Magnolia stamp. I cut the card with my circle nestabilities and have added a florish from quickutz, flower by imagininsce and charm and gems from my stash.

I had bit of a lie in this morning as I did not have to get up to catch the train to work as I am on jury service today and am heading off to court in about 10 minutes. Hopefully this will only be for today. Not done this before so it will certainly be an experience, only hope that it is not a case that goes on for days and days.

The postie has just arrived here and delivered my much awaited Greeting Farm new stamps - hopefully I will get some time this evening to have a play with them!

Have a great day.

Karen x

Dutch Dare Scalloped Edge

The challenge this week was to use a scalloped edge somewhere on your card. I have used one of my new Martha Stewart border punches to create the scallop at the bottom of the card. The image is one of the stamps that was in the Magnolia Winter stamp club set. I had not even inked her up until last night and did not realise how cute she was until then. DP are basic grey dasher (I don't have many of these left now - just as well I have nearly finished my Christmas Cards). Ribbon, flower and gems from my stash.



All our snow has gone now and it is a really horrible rainy day here today.

I am now starting to panic a bit about getting all my Christmas bits and bobs done before I head off on holiday next Saturday. We are heading down to Aberdeen on Sunday to drop of some presents which means that I need to get the shopping finished tomorrow and get everything wrapped. It is just as well that I had decided not to put any decorations up here this year as I have no idea when I would have found the time. However, I am looking forward to decorating over in Spain when we arrive there on the 20th.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x

Friday Sketch #30 with skating pair

These Magnolia skaters are so cute and I have used the sketch over on Friday Sketchers this week to make a card with them. Coloured with promarkers, DP Basic Grey Wassail, sentiment is Papermania and ribbon and embellishments from my stash. The metal heart came in a pack from Tesco earlier in the year and was in their selection of wedding favour bits and pieces - I had forgotten that I had them until a couple of days ago.



I noticed on my way home from work tonight that quite a few Christmas Trees are appearing in windows and what with the snow which is still around here it really is beginning to look festive. There is more snow forecast for tonight and into tomorrow so I hope it does not cause too much chaos.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #26

I am going off on holiday on 13th December, so am frantically trying to get all my Christmas cards and shopping sorted out prior to this. I am heading off to Dubai for 5 days with my sister. I get back on the evening of 19th December and then my husband and I are off to our place in Spain on 20th December for Christmas and New Year. I thought that I was quite organised this year, but now it all seems like a bit of a panic. I have my aunt and uncle still here from California and they don't leave until this Saturday - so not much getting done at the moment, but it has been really good to spend time with them.

I have taken the opportunity to use this weeks sketch on Sketch Saturday to get another Christmas card done. Image by Magnolia, sentiment by Woodware, DP is basic grey Wassail and ribbon, jewels and flowers from my stash.



All our snow has now gone, but it is really cold here today.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x

Cute Card Thursday with Sketch from Sketch Saturday

Here is my card for Cute Card Thursday which is angels and fairies this week. I have used the sketch from Sketch Saturday which is a great one and a fairly simple on, but looks great when finished.

I have used Basic Grey Dasher again - I just love these traditional colours. Magnolia stamp is one of the New Christmas ones and at long last I have managed to track down some nice Christmas Flowers. I went to the local Garden Centre at the weekend and managed to find a poinsetta garland thing which I have now taken apart. Took me ages as there must be about 60 flowers and leaves on it. This should keep me going as I also managed to find a couple of other stems which I still need to dismantle. This garland was a snip at £5 which I thought was excellent for the number of flowers I will get from it.



I returned to work last Thursday and had forgotten how difficult it is to keep up to date with blogging while trying to fit work in. So, I apologise for not being up to date with my blog - I know that a couple of people have sent awards to me and also someone has tagged me - I promise I will get round to it over the next couple of days.

I have also just finished a commission for a local flower shop for some Christmas Cards. My husband has gone to drop them off today so I hope they are happy with them and hopefully more orders will follow from this initial one. Their theme for their beautiful windows and displays is traditional red, green and gold so I really enjoyed this one and have only made one of each design for them so as to keep them special.

I would also like to thank everyone who left lovely comments on my blog while I have been off work - they were very much appreciated.

Over and out!!

Karen x

Dutch Dare Card Challenges #8

This weeks challenge is a sketch by Korin from Sweet'n Sassy Stamps. Sketches are my favourite kind of challenge and this was a great one. I haven't made a card that is not square for such a long time and it made a nice change. The papers and flowers were a download from Fred She Said Store. Image is Magnolia and the sentiment was done using one of the new Cuttlebug border folders.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x

Friday Sketchers Challenge - Sketch No. 12

The challenge this week is a sketch by Jacqueline. I really enjoyed this sketch and will certainly use it again. I used a Magnolia stamp and needed something to sit her on, while hunting through my stash I found a sheet of cute images that I had bought from Panduro months ago for making baby cards and I think this little flower pot that she is sitting on is just right for this card.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x

Tilda & Co Sunday Challenge

I needed to make a card for our Great-Niece Lauren who is 5 this month - Happy Birthday Lauren. This weeks challenge over on Tilda & Co was to use swirls so here is my card. I have used the lovely glittery card from DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies pad along with one of my new Magnolia stamps and the little pearls are from Confetti.

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Here is my card for this week's Cute Card Thursday challenge. I am back to pastels this week again - I do love pastels!

Magnolia stamp, K&Co Sparkly Sweet papers, embelishments from stash.

It has been a beautiful day here today so hopefully the rest of the weekend will be the same.

Karen
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Trying something different

I bought these Dovecraft Hint of Pink papers a couple of weeks ago and had not done anything with them I just love the colours but this is something different from the pastels that I usually use. I am happy with the finished card but need to play around with the layout. Hope you like it. I have a couple of birthdays coming up in the next few weeks so will have a play around over the weekend.
Thanks again to Kerry (A load of old pickle) for the Tilda image.
Karen x

PTW Luscious Lime and Lilac

I loved this challenge as the colours are really good together. I had to use a bit of pink (well it is almost lilac isn't it!!) as I really did not have many lilacs or purples in my stash. I have used one of the Tildas that Kerry sent me and really enjoyed making this card.

Karen
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