2 Cats in a Hat / 2 Challenges in 1

This card fits in nicely with CCT Challenge 30 http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
Christmas Animals and seeing that I added 3 crystal gems I think I may get away with putting it in the OCC http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/

Materials Used:
Image & Papers Joyeux Noel CD
Red Ribbon
Crystal Gems
Tag

RAK

Last week I received this gorgeous card the colours are just beautiful not only this but an ATC, some lovely ribbons and other crafty bits from Sarah ( Tiggertastic ) you can see her blog by clicking on RAK she has an amazing blog and some fab jewellery , thank you Sarah it was such a lovely surprise

This is for the challenge over at CupCake Craft Challenges

This week the theme is christmas, I love christmas and I have decided to try and get my cards done early this year so this fitted in nicely

I managed to do 3 today, I seem to have had a glitter day,and I'm still finding it everywhere

Here are the other 2 .......

Arty Glitz Challenge

This is my take on the challenge over at Arty Girlz the theme being RED

The image and papers are from Dreams of Tranquility

Ooh la la creations

Dreams of Tranquility

This is Guinevere backing papers and Images are all from Dreams Of Tranquility CD6 from Ooh -La La Creations

all designed around the beautiful and stunning artwork Of Jonathon Earl Bowser who we cant thank enough for allowing us to use his art

You can see and read all about Jonathon and even purchase some of his art from here

http://www.jonathonart.com/

Desert Princess .........

Autumn Larches

This card was made by my son and is called ......

Dark Knight

Joyeux Noel New CD Cards

These are made with the quick card toppers, all you need to do is print the image out and then mat and layer onto card and add any embellishments you like

I just glittered the hats on the cat card, I added a button present on the snow people card and the Angel card I added ribbon and gems all 3 cards took only 5 mins to complete

8"x 8" Card

I glittered the candle for this card

The last card is a folded card

Ooh La La Creations Challenge Blog

I have not been joining in the challenges for a while and have missed them so I have finished our newest cd and this week I shall start joining in again
Our Challenge Blog at http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ has a theme of Singing in the Rain this week so if you would like to join in we would love to see your creations just leave a link so we can pop along and look

Present from a friend

4 weeks ago my friend sent me a little crystal angel, that same day we got a phone call to say that our cd's that my daughter and I design had been accepted for a craft website and live web show and if they did well a slot on Best Direct TV, we have not looked back since and our craft cd's are doing brilliantly, so our little angel worked her magic

The following week she sent me a beautiful Swarovski Crystal star and another angel for my friend and my son, the day my son received his he got the offer of a job he applied for and my friend won on the lottery

Thank you Di for sending us a little piece of magic

Wendi & Emma

Cats

This week on My Time to Craft the challenge is Cats as I am trying to get a xmas card a week made so I dont get snowed under I decided to use this cute image for my entry

The papers and image are from our Kiddiwinks cd,the ribbon was a freebie from a mag,the flower is a pack I found for 65p and I coloured the middle to suit my card and a buckle finished it off

Thank you for looking

Thankyou

I have received another lovely award from Jude at Crafts International The purpose of the award is to send love and acknowledgement to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy what a lovely thought. You can give it to 1 or 100 or any number in between, it's entirely up to you.

Make sure you link back to their blog from your post

Also link back to this blogsite

I have visited lots of blog friends I know and they seem to have recieved this lovely award and I dont want to duplicate so will save it until later

Buttons and The Two of Us 2 challenges in 1

I started this card for the CCT Challenge ' The 2 of us' http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
The image has been decoupaged but not too high as I dont like my cards too 3D that I cant get them in the envelope
I love these spotty buttons with ribbon

I then popped along to see what Papertake Weekly challenge
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
was and discovered it was buttons so here I have 2 challenges in one

Papers and images from kiddiwinks cd

Vintage

Today I decided to have a go at ATC's again inspired by my wonderful find last week. The pyramid decoupage and backing papers are from Passion for Fashion cd http://www.ooh-la-la-creations/

I also used one of my precious tassels and gems
The Atc is for the Arty Girlz challenge Vintage

Oriental

I have had a wonderful week we decided to visit Cognac with our friends and on the way home stopped off at a Brocante/Antique shop just as we were leaving I spotted this beautiful pack of cards,infact it was the box that caught my eye and it was not until I opened it I discovered these beautiful Oriental playing cards inside
This reminded me I had not made any ATC's for a while

Christmas

The challenge this week at http://www.mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ is Christmas.

Ooh La La Challenge 10# Acetate

The challenge this week is Acetate and I was inspired to make
this card by Ann design team member for Ooh la la Creations

I so enjoyed making this as it was a first for me with acetate and the tutorial Ann has put on the blog was very easy to follow

I also managed to shrink an insert so that it fitted inside the card so that it all matched

If you feel like having a go pop on over

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/

Wonderful Weekend spent crafting

I have been busy today making sample cards for our cd's and thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon

All the cards have been made from http://www.Ooh-la-la-creations.com/ cd's

Quick Card 2

Another very quick card again using one of the layered toppers, and matting it onto a piece of blue card. I then framed the image with peel offs, high lighted the buttons again, added a strip of yellow stripe backing paper to one side and added a flower to finish in minutes

Quick Cards

I love this image, this is a really quick card to make, the central image is a large topper already layered up, just print this out and mount on to a card that has been covered with a matching backing paper, I then used dimensional magic to make the buttons stand out

Ooh-la-la-challenge 9# Sketch

Papers and images from Ooh-la-la-creations Floral extravaganza CD2
http://ooh-la-la-creations.com/craft.aspx
Ribbons and buttons from stash

Theme Thursday Challenge & Commission

This card was commissioned by a French lady who has just opened up a new shop in our village, she saw my cards in the tobac and asked who made them and then asked if I would be able to do a special card for her, this also fits in with Theme Thursday challenge Flowers

My second this week

I have been given the "Blogging Forever Friend" award by Joan Thank you so much Joan I feel very priveleged to receive such an award, the perfect ending to my week

The rules of the award.
1. Only 5 people allowed.
2. 4 have visited your blog.
3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award quite simple really it is a way of saying thank you to those who take time out for wonderful comments to boost your day. Okay - I have dedicated this award to.....

Sabine / http://sumbinesblog.blogspot.com/
Sabine lives in Germany and found our challenge blog a few weeks ago, I'm so pleased she did as her cards are just gorgeous

Award

I received this award today from Trish http://chloecards.blogspot.com/ thank you so much for brightening my day!!

2 Challenges in one OOh La La & Cute card thursday

Ooh-la-la-creations All Creatures Great and Small challenge 7# and CCT challenge19 Animals Only

I bought this stamp many years ago and was having a clear out and found it again, I actually enjoyed colouring it in I think I will have to rummage nore often as I have a huge stash of stamps that I forget about

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

Distressed Tilda

This is my card for Tilda & Co Challenge 28 Make her Distressed looking, a little rough around the edges, a bit of grungy!
I hope its grungy and distressed enough

More Blog Candy

Nikki over at Nikki's card creations is offering wonderful blog candy to celebrate 30,000 hits go and take a look here

Ooh-La-La-Challenge Blog
New challenge this week over at http://oohlalacraftyblog.blogspot.com/ is the colour BLUE so if you feel like joining in please hop on over

Blog candy

Here's another wonderful site offering blog candy. Maya is celebrating10 000 visitors by giving away 140 H&S stamped images (ends July 20th) Here's the link to her website:http://mayas-hobbyblogg.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-candy.html

CCT Challenge Card for Children

I am so pleased I discovered blogging and all the wonderful challenges, I seem to get all my cards made on time , the image has been decoupaged all from Ooh-la-la-creations Kiddiwinks cd

My Time to Craft Challenge Numbers

My Dad is 80 this year so this was a brill challenge over on http://www.mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/
to get my card made in plenty of time
The image and Paper come from
http://www.ooh-la-la-creations.com/ Silhouette Magic
and the numbers are cut from sizzix numbers

Ooh-La-La-Challenge Blog

New challenge this week over at http://oohlalacraftyblog.blogspot.com/ is the colour BLUE so if you feel like joining in please hop on over

New Additions to the family

My daughter bought 2 Guinea Pigs in february, both girls, well this is what they asked for and had no reason to believe otherwise she thought one was getting fat, on friday when she went to clean the cage there were 2 new additions, well her face was a picture, they are sooooo cute

Ooh-La-La- Challenge Blog

The new challenge this week is Oh I do like to be beside the Seaside to get us in the mood for all those hot sunny days long awaited holidays
So pop on over and join in the fun
http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/

Thanks A Latte & Friday Sketchers #8

The weather has been so hot that I have just not been on the computer or in the craft room for the past week,but I decided last night to browse the challenges I usually join in and I am hooked again so here is 2 challenges in one
The image is from Passion for Fashion I love this cd I also used Flora Doodles,pearl brads and 3 amber gems
Thanks A Latte http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
Friday Sketches http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/

Ooh la la creations challenge 'REMEMBER WHEN '

The challenge this week over at http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ blog is REMEMBER WHEN
I found these pictures the other day of my mum and dad and I have decided to make a scrapbook / family tree this is the first page
I have been speaking to my dad a lot recently and finding out all about his life and jobs and never knew what an interesting and funny person he was in his younger days, I am enjoying this very much
This also fits in with the challenge over at
http://sbs18challenges.blogspot.com/
Challenge #6- Lilac

Blog Candy

Jacqueline http://crejakaarten.blogspot.com/ is celebrating 10,000 hits in 5 months and is offering some fab blog candy. All you need to do is leave a comment on Jacqueline's blog and put a link on your blog take a look, Jacqueline's cards are gorgeous

4 Challenges in 1

I had a bit of an accident last week, swinging my grandaughter around I managed to tear the tendons in my shoulder, I have been getting withdrawal symptoms as I have had to stay off the computer and away from card making but today got the better of me and thank goodness I am partially left handed

So I decided to make a card that went with a few of my favourite blog challenges

Image is from Floral extravaganza CD2 Ooh La La Creations

Bee stamp from CTMH

Just had to enter this one as I live in France Friday Sketchers week 7

Cute card Thursday Challenge 15 Make a Birthday Card http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

Papertake Weekly Challenge Feelin' HOT HOT HOT!!!

Daring Card Makers Quick Card Challenge http://www.daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/

Ooh La La Creations ' ROMANCE ' Challenge

This weeks challenge over at http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ is to create a card/scrap page or anything crafty in the theme of Romance
Hope you will be able to join in this week. I chose this lovely image from the Fashion for Passion cd
The beautiful papers are Anna griffin and added a beautiful piece of french lace
This also fits in nicely with the challenge over at
http://artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Hint of Pink

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 14

The CCT challenge this week is to use 3 different types of embellishments so I have used 2 pearl brads Flora Doodle and some ribbon Image and papers from Silhouette Magic

Ooh-La-La-Creations Challenge blog

Ooh-La-La-Creations Challenge blog. lots of beautiful ribbons are up for grabs this week and we would love to see your creations so pop on over and leave us a link so we can have a peek
This lovely image was sent to me by a friend, the dragonfly brads and ribbon found in my embellishment box and I think the lime green card was from JS

Xmas comes Early

This week CCT have a Xmas theme, I love Xmas and always say I will be ready but it never happens, perhaps this year wiill be a first, backing paper from Joyeux Noel CD1

CCT Challenge 13 Xmas

This card is for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge

We have sponsored this challenge this week so pop on over the papers and Pyramid decoupage on my card are all from our first cd we designed Joyeux Noel , as usual the DT have made some amazing cards they are all such a talented team
Infact I dont know how they do it but they come up with the most stunning cards every week
So 1 down 49 to go

CCT Challenge 12 Patterned Papers

Just made it my grandaughter Maisy was 2 today and we had a rather boisterous day plus guests in the B&B last week

My friend sent me a whole load of Tilda stamped images so I thought I would use one for this challenge, You cant really see but I glittered the wings, I chose these colours as Maisy was wearing these on saturday for her Birthday