Ding Dong

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week our theme is A Christmas Mouse, this is my card using an adorable Makey Bakey Mouse from our sponsor Crafter's Companion.

I have coloured my image with ProMarkers and cut him out with a Spellbinders circle die, the papers are from the Authentique Renew collection and the sentiment is part of the stamp set.  I have inked the edges of the image and added glitter to the fur on his hat and coat, the snowflakes have been in my stash for ages, I added some more glitter to them to brighten them up.

This week we are sponsored by

Crafter's Companion

The prize is a £10 voucher

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs - Christmas or Winter
Scrapper's Delights Challenge 12 - Make it Sparkle
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge 73 - Holidays
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 195 - Cute Critters
Clear it Out Challenge - Anything Goes with a Snowflake
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 170 - Christmas
Creative Knockouts Challenge 13 - Tic Tac Toe (Stamps, Sentiment, Dies)
Victorine Originals Challenge 73 - Christmas with Non Traditional Colours

Make sure you pop over to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our A Christmas Mouse challenge.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline

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Monster Birthday

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and this fortnight the theme is Birthdays - a nice easy one for you.

I have made a Birthday card for a Child using the Bugaboo image Birthday Monster - Sign.

I coloured my image with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and my papers are from the Teresa Collins - Every Day Moments collection.  I have added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the balloons and some twine from my stash.

Our sponsor this time is:

Bugaboo

Prize: 7 digi images

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Cause for Celebration
Through the Purple Haze Challenge - Use your craft stash (papers and twine)
Cards for Men Challenge 24 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - For the Men in your Life
Ooh La La Creations Challenge 144 - Birthday
Love to Scrap Challenge 18 - Boyz Rule!
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 196 - Anything Goes
Come and Get It Challenges - Anything Goes with a twist (Use a Digital Stamp)
Inspired By Challenge 97 - Inspiration Photograph

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT projects - some of our new DT ladies are joining in this week, we would love for you to take part in our Birthdays challenge.

Thank you for calling this morning, please come back and visit again soon.

Pauline
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Anniversary Wishes

It is my Mum and Dad's 65th Wedding Anniversary this week, unfortunately Dad is in a nursing home suffering from dementia so we will not be having the usual family celebrations this year.

Dad went from being perfectly normal this time last year to being unable to remember what happened five minutes ago now - I find that quite frightening and very, very sad.

Mum and I will go and visit him on the day and take cards with us, but his moods are quite unpredictable now so I don't know how we will find him.

Anyway enough of my miserable rambling, this is the card that I have made for them - the colours are much more vibrant in real life, I'm struggling for light at the moment.

I used one of Joanna Sheen's TC Chiu Decoupage Sheets and Pink Petticoat papers, the sentiment was computer generated.

I have decorated the inside of the card and you can see the decoupage layers in this photograph.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Celebrate!
The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge 57 - Use Violet
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 154 - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Carousel Challenge 87 - Holidays and Celebrations
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge 94 - Any Sentiment
4 Crafty Girls Challenge 6 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline
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Merry Christmas

Another CAS card today, my inspiration for this card came from the Lawn Fawn Blog again, it uses their Winter Sparrows stamp and die set along with the fabulous Memory Box Merry Christmas die.

This is one of those cards that looks so much better in real life.

I have used papers from the Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love collection and coloured my sparrows with ProMarkers.  Glitter has been added to the sparrow's hat and the Memory Box Star of Wonder.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Less is More Challenge - Christmas Cards - Use a Bird
Creative Moments Challenge 30 - Anything Goes/CAS
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 194 - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter Challenge 138 - Christmas is coming
Charisma Cardz Challenge 46 - Christmas

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest followers and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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LOVE YOU always

I have made this card for this weeks Addicted to CAS Challenge - Anniverary and the Less is More Challenge - Use Designer Paper in a CAS Way.

My image and sentiment are from the DigiStamp Boutique and my papers are from the Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love collection which is actually a Christmas collection, but as they have lovely little hearts on them I thought they were ideal for an Anniversary card.  I die cut the image and large heart with a Sizzix die

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS - Anniversary
Less is More Challenge Week 146 - Use Designer Paper in a CAS Way
Through the Purple Haze Challenge - Use pink, purple or red
The DigiStamp Boutique November Customer Competition - must use a DigiStamp Boutique image

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline
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Deck the Halls

I saw some fabulous Christmas stamps by Jayne Nestorenko in one of my craft magazines the other day so I popped over to her website and had a quick look - needless to say one or two stamps and some traditional decoupage sheets fell into my basket.  They arrived within a couple of days and this is a card I have made with one of the decoupage sheets.

The decoupage sheets are really good quality but a little fiddly to cut out, there are six layers in total.  I embossed the white card stock with my Embossalicious Chevrons embossing folder using an embossing diffuser that I made myself before layering it onto some Kraft card stock.  The sentiment was part of the decoupage sheet and the string is from my stash.

This photograph shows the decoupage layers a little better.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles Challenge 62 - CAS
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 193 - Clean & Simple
Dream Valley Challenge 70 - Clean and Simple
CHNC November Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Christmas
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - CAS Christmas
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Embossing
Deep Ocean Challenge 65 - Favourite Colour Combo (Red and Green - especially for Christmas cards)

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest followers and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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Let's Celebrate

The title of my post is let's celebrate and that's just what I'm doing because I have been invited to join the fabulous House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge Design Team. Anyone that knows me will be well aware of how much I love House-Mouse and it's such an honour to be joining such a talented team.

Our theme for this fortnight is 'My Favourite Things' hosted by Sue Kment, for my card I've used one of my favourite Joanna Sheen House-Mouse decoupage Sheets, buttons and twine/string.

My papers were some freebies that came with Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine and the sentiment is a Paper Smooches stamp.  I have embellished my card with a Die-namics die cut corner, along with some buttons and twine from my stash.

We have two fabulous sponsors this week:

House-Mouse Designs®

Prize:  $25 Gift Certificate.

and

Joanna Sheen Ltd.

Prize:  £10 Gift Voucher 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cards Galore November Challenge - Animals

Crafting Musketeers Challenge 7 - Pretty Pastels

Sparkles Monthly Challenge 50 - Animals

Alphabet Challenge - T for Twine

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 101 - Pastel Colours

Moving Along with the Times - Furry Friends

As You Like It Challenge 15 - Spots or Stripes (Spots because they go with anything - even stripes!)

Thank you for popping in today, don't forget to take a look at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge blog to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with our 'My Favourite Things' challenge.

Christmas Angel

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week our theme is 'Fairies or Angels', I have made something a little different for me this time.

I have used a gorgeous image from the LOTV Christmas Angels Art Pad, I cut her out with a Spellbinders circle die, the papers and sentiment are from the Christmas Post collection from Craftwork Cards.  I have inked the edges of the image and papers and my rolled roses have been made with a Marianne die.

This week we are sponsored by

Wild Rose Studio

The prize is 2 stamps of the winners choice

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 70 - Anything goes with Ribbon
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 295- So Angelic
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes with a twist of Christmas
Bunny Zoe's November Challenge - Shabby Chic/Vintage
Craft-Dee Bowz November Challenge - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
The Crazy Challenge 158 - Vintage
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 189 - Holidays
Charisma Cardz Challenge 45 - Vintage

Make sure you pop over to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our 'Fairies or Angels' challenge.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline

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Happy Holidays

I have made a card for the current Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - CASE A CARD.  I absolutely loved this card the minute that I saw over on the Lawn Fawn Blog, it was made by Yainea, you can find her blog HERE.

I have the paper pack - Lawn Fawn's Peace Joy Love collection and the Winter Gifts stamp and die collection but unfortunately I don't have the Winter Bunny stamp and die set (mine is still in transit) so I used the adorable reindeer from the In Stitches Christmas stamp and die collection from Clearly Besotted for my card.  This is my CASE of Yainea's card:

I used the same papers and the Winter Gifts stamp and die set to decorate the inside of my card:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Crafting Journey - CASE A CARD!
Shopping our Stash Challenge 127 - Use Something Already Out On Your Desk - the reindeer stamp and die were still on my desk from yesterdays card along with the Fiskars edge punch.

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest follower and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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Christmas Fun

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and this fortnight the theme is Stitching - real or faux.

I have made a Christmas card inspired by one that I saw on the Lawn Fawn Blog, I didn't have the adorable image that they have used (mine is still in transit) so I have used one of the new Clearly Besotted In Stitches Christmas stamps - I have embossed him with clear embossing powder, but of course you can't really see it in the photograph..

The papers are from the Lawn Fawn Into the Woods collection, I cut the bunting from one of the papers, the little fence is a Tim Holtz die and the sentiment is a Kirsty Wiseman stamp on a hand cut banner.  My stitched element is a stamp from the LOTV Babies Companion Stamp set.

Our sponsor this time is:

The Paper Shelter

Prize: $20 gift certificate

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Ooh La La Creations Challenge - Stitching - Real of Faux
LEJ Designs Challenge 79 - Seasons Greetings
Through the Purple Haze Challenge - Winter Scenes
CHNC Challenge 150 - Outdoors
CHNC Challenge Extra for November - Anything Christmas Goes
Digistamps4Joy Challenge 80 - Stitching (real or faux)
The Paper Girls Challenge 43 - Cut it Out
Just Inspirational - Stitching Real or Faux

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT projects, we would love for you to join us for our Stitching - real of faux challenge.

Thank you for calling this morning, please come back and visit again soon.

Pauline
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Wonderful Husband

This is the final card that I made for my husband's birthday, this one was from me.

If you follow my blog you might remember a previous card that I made with a dog on it for my youngest son 'A dog named ROY'! A dog named ROY is a bit of a joke in our family - the boy's in the house would all like to get a dog and my husband has told them that if we do he will call it Roy! Don't ask me why because I don't have a clue, but I'm sure you can imagine what the boy's think of it. Well this is what I imagine ROY would look like.

The image is from the Digi Stamp Boutique Wallace collection, I have coloured him with ProMarkers and cut him out with an oval Die-namics die , The papers are from Studio Calico and I have used my favourite Fiskars edge punch for the border. I computer generated the sentiment and added some ribbon and card candy from my stash.

I decorated the inside of my card to match.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge 69 - Punches and Dies
The Squirrel and the Fox - Animal Antics
Graph'It Colour Challenge 20 - Furry Friends
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 67 - Use a Sentiment/Anything Goes
Digi Sketch Challenge - All for the Animals
Everybody Art Challenge 253 - Card for a Boy
Natalie and Amy's Challenge 14 - For the Boys!
Digi Stamp Boutique November Customer Competition - Digi Stamp Boutique image

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest follower and thank everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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Birdbrain Ninja

This is another card that I made for my husbands birthday, this one was for my eldest son to give him.  I chose this image because our surname is Bird and he is a Black Belt in both Tae Kwon Do and  Kickboxing.

The brilliant image is 'From the Heart - Birdbrain Ninja' and I have coloured him with ProMarkers.  The papers are from the Dovecraft Back to Basics Monochrome paper pack and the border is a Spellbinders die.  LOTV sentiment tags attached with a brad and some red twine complete my card.

I have decorated the inside of my card with the same papers and design.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - T for Twine
Craftitude Challenge 52 - Anything Goes/Use Twine or String
Jo's Scrap Shack Challenge 25 - Things with Wings
Pattie's Creations Challenge 79 - Birthdays
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 294 - Animal Magic
Diva's by Design - Use a Digi
Dream Valley Challenge 69 - Humour
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge 27 - Anything Goes + Option Black and White with 1 Colour

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest follower and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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Happy Birthday Dad

It's my husband's birthday today and this is the card I made for my youngest son to give him.

I have used papers from a few different paper packs and the ink splat is from the Hero Arts 'brush' stamp collection, I used Distress Ink and Distress Markers to colour it.  The DAD has been die cut with Memory Box Alphabet dies and heat embossed with black embossing powder.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge 67 - Anything Goes
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 119 - Embossing
Mema's Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz Challenge 44 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Keep it Clean and Simple
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - For the Guys

Thank you for calling this morning, please come back and visit again soon.

Pauline
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Remember ...

This is the card I have made for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - Stripey.  My stripes are embossed on the white panel down the side of my card, I hope this is OK.

The image is from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection and the poppy papers are from her Pamela West Collection.  The embossed stripes were created with my Cuttlebug Candy Cane Stripes embossing folder and I have punched the edge of the panel with a Fiskars edge punch.  I have kept my design quite simple because I did not want to detract from the beautiful Poppy image.

I have decorated the inside of my card with the same papers.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

CD Sunday Challenge - Stripey
Creative Inspirations Challenge 239 - Poppies and/or Red Flowers
Creative Craft Cottage Challenge 9 - Say It With Flowers
Stamp 'n' Doodle Challenge  - Remembrance
Bearly Mine Challenge 111 - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes
Cardmania Challenge 33 - Anything goes
Pan Pastel UK Challenge Week 44 - Anything goes
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 209 - Remember

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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Sweet Tooth

I have been playing with my favourite House-Mouse CD again and have made a card for this fortnights Joanna Sheen Challenge.

I have used an adorable decoupage image and the floral papers are also from the CD, the gingham ones are from Pink Petticoat along with the sentiment.

You can just about see some of the decoupage in this photograph.

And, I promise, the last photo - the inside.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Food for Thought!
Ooh La La Creations Challenge - Food and/or Drink
The Squirrel and the Fox - animal antics

Southern Girls Challenge 81 - Sweets for My Sweet

Pile It On Challenge 44 - Animals with Character

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 99 - Cute Cards

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for visiting me today and for any comments that you might like to leave.

Pauline

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Sending Christmas Cheer

This is another Christmas card, I really need to get my act together if I'm going to make enough cards to send to friends and family this year.

I have used another image from the fabulous LOTV Festive Foliage Art Pad and papers from the Carta Bella 'so this is Christmas' collection - quite different from my last CAS Christmas card.

I cut the image out with a Spellbinders die cut circle and mounted it on a scalloped circle, the border has been punched with a Fiskars edge punch and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat mounted on a hand cut banner.  I added some 3D Crystal Laquer to the berries and some pearls from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Christmas
Polka Doodles Challenge Week 44 - Anything Christmas Goes
Cards and Scrap Challenge 54 - make a Christmas card
CHNC November Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

One Crazy Stamper November Challenge - Christmas

Created with Love Challenge 65 - Christmas Reds and Greens

Thank you for visiting today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline

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Season's greetings

I'm really in Christmas card mode now, I have made a few throughout the year, but I need quite a few more to send to friends and family.

This is another CAS design using an image from the LOTV Festive Foliage Art Pad.

I have used papers from the Carta Bella Winter Fun collection and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat. I intend to make a set of these for my Mum to give at Christmas so you could see a few more between now and Christmas.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
CHNC November Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
A Gem of a Challenge 104 - Christmas is Coming
Allsorts Challenge Week 231 - Christmas Cheer
Word Play Saturday Challenge October - Anything
The Crafty Calendar Challenge - All things Christmas

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is most welcome.

Pauline
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Let it Snow

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week our theme is 'Blue and White only'.

I have used a LOTV Mini Masterpiece and have layered it up on a selection of Spellbinder and Lil' Inker die cut circles, the papers are from Bearly Mine Designs.  The sentiment tags are also LOTV and my only embellishments are some ribbon and gems from my stash plus some glitter on his hat and the snow.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same layout and papers.

This week we are sponsored by

Pollycraft

With this fabulous prize for our lucky winner.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

CHNC November Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Creative Card Crew Challenge 48 - Teddy Bear Picnic
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 113 - Seasons
The Crazy Challenge 157 - B is for - Bear, bling and blue
Creative Inspirations Challenge 238 - Bingo (glitter, white, ribbon)
My Heart Pieces Challenge - Anything Christmas
Paper Creators Crafts Challenge 16 - Pink and/or Blue
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Winter Wonderland
Sparkles Christmas Challenge 34 - Have a Beary Christmas

Make sure you pop over to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our 'Blue and White only' challenge.

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline

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