Just been on Carolspaperplayce and she has a challenge this week that looks fab, so I thought I'd have a go!! Here it is! I used paper from the new Joanna Sheen "Baby Love" CD-Rom, black card embossed with Swiss Dots in the "Cuttlebug". A snowflake cut and embossed on the "Cuttlebug then glittered using "Glamour dust", and a small red satin bow, ribbon is from the stash! The mount for the snowflake is cut using "Nestabilities" large scallope squares. I really enjoyed this challenge, why don't you have a look at her blog?? Sorry about the state of the photo (the card doesn't look very square does it, it is actually a 5inch square card!!!)

Well, I was looking through the challenge blogs and noticed on the Cuttlebug challenge site the suggestion was to make something other than a card, that got me thinking! My daughters boyfriends nephews (hope you can work that one out!!) are only 14 months old. Boy twins called Otis and Frankie (cute eh!!) as they won't understand Christmas cards I decided to make them door hangers using my "Cuttlebug". What do you think? A bit of glitter, and printing on the computer and here we are. The only trouble is I'm not sure if I still in time to enter them on the site, but I'll have a quick look when I've finished playing on here.
Thanks for looking. Just have to make big brother George one now!!!

Penny Black Challenge

Today I have been on a catch-up with all of the challenge blogs and came across this one at "Penny Black Saturday Challenge". As I'm trying to make Christmas Cards at the moment, and I have a few Penny Black Christmas stamps I thought I'd have a go, at making this weeks challenge, an ATC. Never having made one before I am quite pleased with the results.
I used red card 3.5 x 2.5. then cut a piece of white card slightly smaller, coloured this to look like holly and berries, then stamped and decoupaged the cute hedgehog. I stuck some small red beads on for berries and stamped "Christmas"using just the word from a "penny Black" "We wish you a merry Christmas" stamp.Ribbon is from the stash. (must get some more of this as am running out, but can't remember where I got it from, do you get like that or is it just me??? must be my age!!!!)Anyway wish me luck. Also if anyone knows how to link my attempt onto another blog please tell me, most entries now say " and you can view my card here" and when you click on the here it takes you straight to their entry??? How do they do that????

My time to craft challenge

Hi all!!
Well today is Sunday and I'm on strike. I'm doing no housework today, (although I did do the ironing this morning and I'm about to make the tea!!!) So I have had a craft day, and I have made this 3D card for my sister-in-law. It is shaped like a box and stands alone. I made it from all kinds of pieces. Stamped and coloured the "Daisy Squares" stamp by Inca Stamps then cut out each one individually, The swirls are stamps from "Penny Black". The glasses are miniture shakers made with "Quikutz" die on the "cuttlebug"one layer is acatate and one layer is silver metal, then put fine glitter in between!! The pink polkadots is from "Funky Hand" "PaperBlossom". The sentiment is just off cuts. Ribbon from the stash. Background is embossed with "Swiss Dots on the "Cuttlebug" There is quite a bit of doodling going on as well, each edge has some around, be it straightish lines, faux stitching or dots, unfortunately as I've said before I don't take very good pics!!!
I really enjoyed myself, and I'm quite pleased with the outcome. Hope she likes it. Now to sort out my tea!!!! Bu before I do I've just noticed that over at "My time to Craft the challenge is doodling!! So I've had a quick enter!!!

Jack's card

Hi everyone, Today I have had a great time visiting a craft shop with a friend and getting lots of ideas. So tonight I have made our friend Jack a birthday card. The picture does not show all the detail I'm afraid, but it is in layers the outer layer is from "Funky hand" "it's Funky Too" this has an aperture cut into it to show the middle layer which is also printed using "It's Funky Too". Then the last layer has a triple embossed tile in three shades of gold and white then stamped with a "see-D" Happy Birthday. Around all the edges I have doodled a line (but you can hardly see this??) I don't think Davis Bailey has anything to worry about!! Hope you like it? Sorry I could not get the pictures to scale as I had to scan the card as pictures just did not show anything??? Speak to you all soon!!