Merry Christmas again ....

I've been playing with my Memory Box Merry Christmas die again, this time I have used Kraft card stock.

The background was created with embossing paste and my Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow mask - I love the embossing paste, you could be seeing a lot more of it!  The snowflake is a combination of Spellbinders dies and the button and twine is from my stash.

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Little Claire's Monthly Challenge 39 - Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 170 - Christmas
Creative Inspirations Paint Challenge - Merry Christmas
Robyn's Fetish Challenge 188 - Christmas Cards
V's Sweet Ideas Challenge 18 - Holiday Theme
Christmas Card Challenges #1 - No Stamping
Delightful Weekly Challenge - Favourite Things (embossing paste and Memory Box die)

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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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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