Christmas Card Club - CAS

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It was Anne who chose the theme for us over at the Christmas Card Club this time and she chose my favourite theme of CAS. Thanks Anne :)
I used one of the Crafter's Companion Humphrey's Corner Stamps called Mistletoe Kisses

Coloured with Polychromo pencils......nothing else to say!
Hope you have all had a good day.
Thanks for popping over.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Aperture

I'm back again with a second card today.......
I haven't been very good at keeping up with the Christmas Card Club over the last few weeks but thought I would give this fortnights challenge a go which was set by the lovely Zoe and she has asked us to use an Aperture.

Sorry about the rubbish photos......

Just for a change it is a CAS card!!

So the image is from Sassy Cheryls called Snowey and His Blue Bird.
The image is coloured with pencils and then I added Glossy Accents and Stickles.
Sentiment - Fizzy Moon Christmas Stamp.
Don't forget to pop over and see what the other girls have made...there is a list om my side bar
Thanks for popping over...enjoy your evening.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Anything but a Card

Morning bloggers,
How are you all this morning...some not very happy from what I have been reading with new Blogger!! 
It was a bit of a shock when mine changed the other night but I think I quite like it.  One thing that I really like is the new look reading list, I think it is a lot easier to see what everyone has been up to.  Yes it took a little bit of time to find a few things but I think I must be in the minority of people who like it!

Sorry I haven't been around over the weekend but just didn't feel like blogging.  I went to get my hair done on Saturday at Mum and Dad's and we had a lovely day.  We also got talking and reminiscing about when we were in California.....I was 10......hmmm quite a while ago then. Mum writes a diary everyday and has done pretty much since 1978and she leant me the diaries that she had kept for the two years we were over there so I have spent my weekend back in the lates 70's early 80's........

Anyway back to the Christmas Card Club, this is a group of us who make a crad every couple of weeks just for fun.  Check out what everyone came up with as they are listed on my sidebar  the lovely Clare challenged us to make Anything but a Card.... I used one of my favourite Forever Friends Christmas Stamps and made a picture.  Sorry for the poor photography......don't look too closely as you will see my reflection!!!
The image is coloured on Kraft with Polychromo and Prisma pencils. Paper from stash. Frame - Papermania.

Well thats all from me today.
I will be back tomorrow with another challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink.
Hello to Shari my latest follower...glad you have joined me :)
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xx

Christmas Card Club

It was Margaret's turn to choose the challenge for our Christmas Card club and the theme was to create a Monochromatic Christmas Card.

Mine was a very quick card using a stamp from Inkadinkado

Check out what the other girls have made, they are all listed on my sidebar.

Hope you have all had a good day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Winter Sport

I have managed to make a card for the Christmas Card Club which is just as well being as I set the challenge!
I asked the girls to make a card featuring Winter Sport.

For my card  I used a Penny Black image called Snow Fun.
My bestest friend Robyn visited last weekend and brought over two big boxes of stamps to borrow so you will probably be seeing quite a few Penny Black and LOTV images over the coming weeks.

The image is coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils.
I added snow write and glamour dust for the snow.
Paper - Dovecraft
Embossed paper - Craftwork Cards
Snowflakes - Sizzix Die
Sentiment - from stash

Thanks for popping over.
Hope you have a good day.
I hope to have more cards to share with you this week.

I would like to enter Crafty Hazelnuts challenge - Glam it up with Glitter.

Dont forget to check out what the rest of the girls made.....they are listed on my side bar.

Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Snowflakes

Brrrr its cold and damp here today and we haven't even ventured outside.

I have a card to share with you that I have made for our Christmas Card Club and the lovely Sylvie chose the theme of Snowflakes.

I have used a Ladybug Crafts Ink image called Magnum and Lily building Snowman

The image is coloured with Promarkers and highlighted with Stickles

Snowflake embossing folder for the background

Martha Stewart Snowflake punch with self adhesive gems

Bakers Twine

Thanks for popping over....hope you are managing to keep warm if you have similar weather to us.
I hope to catch up with you all a bit more this week.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club

Good evening everyone, hope you are all ok and have had an enjoyable weekend.  Mine has been very busy and has flown by.  It's the first weekend for a while that I haven't managed to get much crafting done but it has been a good weekend.

So its time for another challenge for the Christmas Card Club and this time Pinky set the theme for us to use a critter.

I have used an image called Snow Bunny from Meljens Designs
Coloured with Copics and added stickles and liquid pearls for the buttons on his jacket.
Snowflake - Martha Stewart punch
Sentiment - Fizzy Moon

Don't forget to pop over and see what the other girls have created.  There is a list on my sidebar.
Well its nearly time for Dancing on Ice so will try and catch up with blogland.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club

I lost track with our little Christmas Card Club before Christmas but hopefully I will be ok for a while again now.  So this is the first challenge of the year for us and we have had some new girls join us. Make sure you check out their creations which are listed on my side bar.

This time the lovely Keryn set the challenge to create a THIN card! Less than 5mm deep once in envelope ie no buttons, bows or 3d flowers!  For my card I have used an image from My Favourite Things called Tweeny Teen Frosty Friends
I have coloured the image with Copics and added Stickles.
Paper again is from my scrap box, I am really enjoying using up some paper......still a long way to go

The sentiment came with the stamp.
Hope I am allowed the twine bow Keryn!!
Thanks for visiting today.
Have a great day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club and Freebie again!

So the end of the Holidays are here for me as it is the last day before heading back to work tomorrow. I have really had a lovely relaxing  break and I'm sure tomorrow will be a bit of a shock to the system.  Who knows what the New Year will bring in terms of work I am just going to wait and see :)
I have a couple of cards to share with you this morning and first up is a card using a cute image from Cuddly Buddly Crafts . He is called Fudge - Do I look Good in this.

The image was coloured with Promarkers and stickles added.
Paper from stash
Snowflake - Marianne Creatable
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
This car is for the following
Christmas Card Club - Carol's Choice of Anything Goes
52 Christmas Card Throwdown -  Their first challenge - Anything Goes
Speedy the Cats Friends Challenge - Use a Snowflake

I just had to use my Freebie Stamp again!!  I just think this image is so cute from Country Companions. Thought I would go for a brightly coloured card.

Image coloured with Copics
Paper pieced the top
Boots coloured and then glazed with Glossy Accents
Martha Stewart Border Punch
Sentiment was with the image
Paper - Jili Bean Soup
Flower - Papermania and Card Candi from Craftwork Cards for the centre

I would like to enter this at
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes

We have the sun shining here so I think its time to go and take the Christmas Decorations down and have a bit of a tidy.
A big Hello to my New Followers, so glad you could join me.
I will be back tomorrow with my Guest Designer card for Ladybug Crafts Ink.  Have you popped over to the Sale there yet to grab yourself  a bargain.
See you all tomorrow and have a good day.
Hugs Sally xx

Sunday Spotlight on Teddy Bo and Catching Up

So the journey home from Whitby was pretty uneventful.  We did however have a lovely stop off to see my Mum and Dad and of course Libbee. It was a great way to break up the journey :)

While we were away I had an email from Nicole at Teddy Bo to say that they would like to Spotlight me and some of my cards this Sunday over on their blog........How cool is that!?  Why not pop over and see my cards :)  I am so happy, Thanks Nicole and all at Teddy Bo Towers.

I have a lot of catching up to do with my cards especially for the Christmas Card Club.  Before I went away I completed 3 big orders for Christmas Cards so I can now concentrate on playing catch up.  The lovely Clare challenged us to make a set of four cards.......a great challenge indeed.
For my cards I have used Mini Rudolph images from Pink Petticoat coloured with Copics and highlighted with Stickles and Glossy Accents.
Paper - Free with Quick Cards Magazine.
Coloured Gems and Snowflake Punch

Thanks again for a great challeneg Clare....sorry I missed the deadline.....Must Try Harder LOL!!!
Have a great day.
Off to catch up on the washing and then more crafting.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Sketch

At last I have managed to get some time to myself and catch up with a few blogs.  The last 7 weeks I have been supporting one of the schools that we took on the catering contract for at the begining of September and it has been a long hard slog.  But it looks like all the hard work is paying off at last.  
So I have  a couple of days off next week to rest and get ready for the next half term.  Typical that I started with a cold on Thursday and think the worst of it hit me yesterday so onwards and upwards from today........ I'm sure some card making will help do the trick.


So onto my card for the Christmas Card Club and it was Lizzie's  turn to set the challenge which was a sketch.  Thanks for a great challenge Lizzie :)

For my card I used a pre coloured image from Craftwork Cards
Paper - Free gift with a Card Magazine - Quick Cards
E K Success border punch
Ribbon - Craftwork Cards


Thanks for popping over today. Hope you all have a good day, the sun is just breaking through here so looks like it might be another bright day.
Don't forget to have a look at the rest of the girls creations for the challenge which are listed on my side bar.
Bye for now
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Anything Goes

The challenge for the last fortnight was set by Chris and I am glad to say it was a nice easy one.....Anything Goes!
I used another of the decoupage images form Tatty Teddy.......Santas Little Helper.

I have added Stickles to the image.
Paper - from stash
Snowflake - Marianne Creatable
Sentiment - Tatty Teddy Decoupage

Make sure to have a look at what the rest of the girls have created, there is a list on my side bar.

Thanks for popping over today. Hello to my new followers, glad you have joined me.
I will be back tomorrow to announce the winner of my Candy.

Enjoy the rest of the day.
Hugs Sally xxx

White on White

Another fortnight has flown by and it time to share my card made for the Christmas Card Club challenge set by Margaret for the last fortnight which was White on White.  Don't forget to pop over and see what the rest of the girls have created,

I love White on White for Christmas as I think it looks so elegant.
So for my card I have used a Christmas Tree embossed border and sentiment.
Martha Stewart Border Punch and Snowflake Punch.

Sorry about the rubbish photo :(
Well hope you have a good week and I am hoping that mine can't be any worse than last week!!
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Penny Black

This was a real struggle to find a stamp with mistletoe for our Christmas Card Club Challenge set by the lovely Sylvie .....then I was looking through my Penny Blacks to make a card for their sketch challenge and I saw the cute Snowy with his sprig of mistletoe.....so this is the image I have used.

The sketch at Penny Black Saturday is

For my card I have coloured the image with Prisma Pencils blended with Sansador.

Paper - First Edition - Christmas Joy

Card Candy - Craftwork Cards

Stickles and Snow Write.

I would also like to enter this into Crafty Hazelnuts challenge - at least 3 layers.

Dont forget to pop over and see what the rest of the Christmas Card Club gang have created there are some great cards again.

Its gone very cloudy here now and quite chilly so I dont think we will be venturing very far.

Enjoy your afternoon.

Don't forget if you haven't already entered I have Candy

Thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club

I think "Simples" cards are all I can do at the moment....lol.
What about all those lovely papers and embellishments that I have stashed away!!  They are definetely nowhere to be seen on this card!
Kerry chose the theme for us of using a Robin, Holly and a Postbox as an optional image.  Well I don't seem to have the postbox but have a tick against the other two.
The robin and the holly are both Penny Black Stamps and the Sentiement is from one of the new Fizzy Moon stamps. Coloured with Prisma Pencils  I used a red promarker to make a border round the edge of the card.

Pop over and see what the other girls have come up with, they are all listed on my sidebar.

Thanks for looking and popping over to visit.  Hope you are having a lovely weekend.  There is definetely not much crafting going on with me at the moment so will have to have a rumage and see if I have some cards made that I haven't yet shared with you for during the week.

I would like to enter this into the challenge at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - One Layer Card - Simply Christmas

Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club

Looks like the sun is going to shine on us again today!! Not sure what we are going to do really, probably not that much.
So here is my card for the last fortnights challenge with the Christmas Card Club be sure to check out what the rest of the girls have created too. (you can find a list on my sidebar)

I set the theme which was to have Father Christmas on the card.  He also has a couple of trusty friends with him here.

I have used a Stampavie stamp.  I really like the image although it is a little bit fiddly to colour in.  Coloured with Polychromos and Prisma pencils with Stickles and Snow Write.

Paper - Forever Friends

Sentiment - LOTV

Thanks for visiting.  I may be back later today if not I will definetely be back for the launch of Ready-Teddy-Go Challenge tomorrow.   The new monthly challenge for our cute and cuddly Teddy Bears.

I would like to enter my card into the following

Crafty Catz - Christmas in July

Fussy and Fancy Christmas in July

Hope you have a lovely day.

Hugs Sally xx

Christmas Card Club - Teddy Bear

The lovely Pinky set the challenge for the last fortnight and asked us to include a Teddy Bear on our design.  Perfect for me as I have a soft spot for the cute bears.  For this card it had to be Forever Friends making their Christmas Pudding.....

The image was again coloured with Promarkers for the main colour of the bears (Ivory Promarker) and then I used Prisma Pencils for the rest of it and of course a touch of Stickles.

The paper is some that I have had for ages. (I am trying to use up some of my scraps!) 

Ribbon from Stash.  Another simple card.

Dont forget to check out what the other girls have created.

They are all listed on the side bar.

Have a good day

Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Club Card - Red, White and Green

Back again with another card.  This time for the Christmas Club and I will hopefully be back on track now with my cards after missing the last challenge.

This time the challenge was set by the lovely  Claire and it was to use Red, White and Green and a Reindeer.

So here is mine.

The image is a clear NitWits stamp coloured with Prismas

The paper is from my stash

Ribbon from my stash 

Sentiment - Craftwork cards.

Be sure to visit the rest of the girls to see what they have created.  They are listed on the side bar.

Hope you are having a good day.

Hugs Sally xx

Christmas Club - Christmas Tree Ted

Margaret certainly set us a challenge for the last fortnight but it was great fun.
So we had to make a card to include 
.snow... Christmas tree ...glitter.....berrys....and not square..
I have just today discovered circular easel cards....I have seen some great ones in blogland but today is my first attempt at making one (I think you will be seeing a few of these over the coming weeks as I have made 3 today!)


The image is Penny Black Christmas Tree Ted - Coloured with Prismas
Paper - DCWV
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Gems (Berries) DCWV
Glitter - Stickles
Small Trees - Tonic Studio punch

Have a look at the other great cards that the girls have come up with  this week.  There is a list on my side bar.
Hope you are all having a good weekend.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Club - Sylvie's Challenge

For the last fortnight the lovely Sylvie challenged us to create a card using the colours Pink, White and one other colour which the other colour in my case is pale green.
 I have used an image from Marianne Designs - Beary Sweet, coloured with Copics and Promarkers.

Paper from my stash.

Ribbon Dovecrafts

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
Don't forget to check out what the other girls have made. They are all listed in my sidebar.

Hope you have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxx