Challenge #9 - Halloween!

Good morning crafty friends, hope you're all well.

I can't believe we're about to start the 9th challenge.....doesn't time

 fly when you're having fun.....and I sure am having fun! I thank you all

 so much for taking the time to join in with my challenges.

I love this time of the year......the cooler weather, the darkening nights,

 hot chocolate, Christmas prepping......and ......Halloween!

..

So, this time the theme just has to be......

HALLOWEEN

Now I have to be honest.......the card I originally made for the challenge

had a bit of an accident with a mug of coffee!! The coffee was fine,

unfortunately the card was a soggy write-off and with no time to make

another I'm sharing a card I made a while ago. My favourite style with

lots of layers & a beautiful image from Oddball Art coloured with Copics.

Lots of die cut embellies, some Tim Holtz words & faux gems to finish.

This month I'm so chuffed to have my lovely blog buddy,  Meg from

BITS AND PIECES

joining me as Guest Designer..........

 Hi from the beautiful rural North East of Scotland. Happily retired after a long career in the NHS I now have plenty of time to indulge in paper crafting , gardening and walking the dog, my three passions. Sadly there still aren't enough hours in the day to fit everything in. Thank you to Jo for asking me to join her as Guest Designer this month.

and here's what Meg made......

 I love the circular shape, Meg does this style of card so well.

Fab embellishments too & look at that little ghost peeking out from

behind the pumpkin..........brilliant! Do pop over to her blog, you

will be most welcome. Thanks so much for joining me Meg, hope you

all can too!

Rules

1 - You must follow the theme set

2 - One entry, new makes only

3 - You must be a follower of this blog

4 - Please link your entry post back to this blog

So whether your style is frilly & fancy, CAS,or even grungy & gritty you

can enter your make.....and as usual, there'll be a surprise prize for the

lucky winner. And if you fancy joining me as a guest designer then just add

GD after your name!

Good luck!

xx

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Autumn Colours with Crafty Cardmakers!

It's new challenge time over at Crafty Cardmakers and this time the theme 

as chosen by our lovely Marg is........

AUTUMN COLOURS

My favourite time of the year is Autumn/Winter.....I especially love the Autumn

colours, the darker nights, snuggling on the sofa, hot chocolate.....ooh, I could go on!

For my make I started with a kraft card base, added a chocolate brown layer

then some distressed paper layers. I raised the topper on foam pads, added the die

cut leaves, some string for extra texture & finished with some Tim Holtz chit chat

stickers & some faux gems. The patterned papers, the image were freebies with the

Making Cards magazine & die used for the leaves came free with the Papercraft

Essentials!

If you fancy joining us this time we welcome any & all makes.....just so long as

you stick to the theme & if you're low on inspiration we can help you with that too!

Thanks for calling & for any comments you might leave.

See you tomorrow.

xx

Don't forget, my FOR THE KIDS challenge is here.

challenges
Fall/Autumn at Aud Sentiments
Autumn/Fall at Cardz 4 Galz
Autumn at Cute Card Thursday
lots of layers at Crafty Calendar
Autumn colours at Crafty Friends

Christmas in July Day 31!

Hi crafty friends, happy wet, dull & much cooler Wednesday!

Oh, how nice it is to hear the rain....still warm but a welcome relief from the

blazing sun we've been having.....a cool breeze & it would be perfect.

So....here I am on Day 31 of my Christmas in July challenge to make only

Christmas themed makes for the whole of July.....and I made it!

To be honest there were days I thought I must have been crazy but I stuck

with it & now I have a very decent size pile of Christmas cards & toppers.

For my final make I chose a scallop circle base with a cream hammered

card layer......the simply added the bench & cat couple die cuts, a

stamped sentiment, a few faux gems & a little ribbon bundle at the top.

Not sure what to do with this make......maybe a card topper, maybe an easel

card....or maybe a decoration for the tree? Can't decide so I'll leave it

for now & come back to it later on in the year.

Thanks so much to all who have visited & left comments.......it's so very

much appreciated, I love reading them.

xx

challenges
Rudolf Days at Scraps of Life

Christmas in July Day 30!

Hi friends, hope you're all well.

Can you believe it's Day 30 of my Christmas in July challenge? Only one

more day to go....saying that I think I could carry on for another month!

A decoupaged card today........3 layers matted onto silver mirri then onto a

base of cream hammered card. Lots of sparkle on this one but so hard to

get a photo that shows it!

Rightio, lots to do today so better dash.....thanks for calling!

See you tomorrow.

xx

Don't forget, my CHRISTMAS IN JULY challenge is here.

Christmas in July Day 29!

Hi crafty friends, hope you're all well.

Nice & cool here today so hopefully it'll be a productive day in the craft room.

Day 29 of my Christmas in July challenge & I have a card topper to share using

my favourites - lots of layers & die cuts!

Sometimes the simplest of ideas work just as well as the fancier ones. I think

it's so easy to get caught up in wanting the latest papers/dies/stamps etc that we

forget that we need very little to make a nice card. Every piece on this topper

was from the scrap box....I just trimmed them to size, added a few die cuts, a

stamped sentiment then finished with a couple of faux gems. Another card

that could be made in lots of different colours for lots of different occasions.

Thanks for calling, see you tomorrow!

xx

Don't forget, my CHRISTMAS IN JULY challenge is here.

Christmas in July Day 27!

Hi crafty friends, happy Saturday!

Hope you're all well & enjoying the weekend so far.

'Tis a bit cooler here today....and a bit windier too.....but much nicer to

craft in. Today is Day 27 of my Christmas in July challenge to myself

and I'm sharing some of my Paper Frosting, my favourite way

to use up some odds & ends from my scrap box....and so useful too.

Kraft, cream hammered card, LOTV paper, Tim Holtz chit chat stickers..

.....die cuts & some faux gems to finish.

Thanks for calling & for any comments....see you tomorrow!

xx

Don't forget, my CHRISTMAS IN JULY  challenge is here.

Christmas in July Day 25!

Hey friends, hope you're well.

Have you melted yet? There's no escaping this awful heat here....still, 

nothing lasts forever so there's bound to be cooler days soon enough. Moaning

aside, I slept like a baby last night & struggled to wake this morning.

So today is Day 25 of Christmas in July.....where have the days gone?

I have a card to share today, another CAS make using only die cuts & scraps

on a lovely cream hammered card base.

Thanks for calling, have a lovely day......and stay cool!

See you tomorrow.

xx

Don't forget, my CHRISTMAS IN JULY challenge is here.