Birthday Blog Hop with Sparkles Christmas Challenges!

Morning lovelies........happy Saturday!

Can you believe it's February 1st already.......it's also our 3rd Birthday

over at Sparkles Christmas Challenges and to celebrate our lovely

boss lady Shaz has organised an extra special Blog Hop! The theme is 

ANYTHING GOES  and as usual, you can enter any crafty creation you

want as long as it's Christmas themed! So here's how it works:

You need to hop through the Dt blogs leave a comment at each then

 go back to the main blog & add your creation before Feb 25th.....

and to tempt you even further we have some fantastic prizes to be

won from our amazing sponsors!

Pink Gem Designs - 2 Digi's

Marianne Designs - Dies & Stamps

Crafty Ribbons - £10 voucher (exc postage)

Di's Digi's - $12 voucher

Joanna Sheen - assorted

Dawn to Dusk - £10 voucher

Fantastic Ribbons - £10 voucher

 As if that's not enough, there's even more prizes to be won along

the way....just keep hopping for the chance to be a winner of a Dt prize!
 You can start hopping by visiting Shaz then follow the links through all the

Dt blogs and if you're low on Christmas inspiration you're in the right

place......the Dt makes are fabulous!
You should have come to me from our lovely Brenda and your next
stop should be our fabby Debs......but don't worry if you get lost along
the way, you can always pop back to Shaz and start over!
Shaz
Sandra
Pat
Brenda
Jo - you're here!
Debs
Amy
Mary
Helen P
Jennifer
Helen N

For my card I used a gorgeous Marci stamp from La La Land coloured 

with Flexmarkers, die cut & punched snowflakes, die cut trees, I stamped 

a sentiment on a fishtail banner that I cut on both ends, used some

gorgeous creamy/beige card, pearls & the papers were freebies with

a mag......hope you like it! I have a little prize on offer too......just leave

your name in the linky & a little comment & I'll choose a random

winner at the end of the challenge!

So that's it friends, thanks for calling...............hope to see you

over at Sparkles Christmas Challenges......happy hopping!

xx

challenges

anything goes at 613 Avenue Create

anything goes at Christmas Card Challenges

anything goes at Passion for Promarkers

Christmas at Fab n Funky

Winter snowflakes at The Sisterhood of Crafters

anything goes at 4 Krafty Girls

Blue & Green should never be seen........

....... I always remember my Nan saying that lol!

I'm loving making these little wrap style bracelets, I love that
 they can be any size, shape & colour and they're just so quick & easy
to make! My boys ( I should really stop calling them boys, 3 of them are
 young men!) love em, Miss Rebecca has a new idea for one every
couple of days......and I still haven't made one just for me lol! So
 this one is simply using some gorgeous turquoise beads with silver
 spacer beads on some navy cord......with a simple sliding knot to open/close.

Ok my friends, that's me for today.....thanks for calling, see you soon!

Don't forget.....Miss Rebecca has CANDY.....she only needs 10 more
followers to reach her target of 100....would love it if you could
pop over!

xx

CAS at Nutcrafters!

Morning crafty bloggers......hope you're all well!

Just popping in to remind you of the CAS challenge over at Nutcrafters

all info & fabby Dt makes can be found over on the main blog!

Hope to see you there!

xx

challenges
anything goes at Digitally Sweet
anything goes at Sister Act
use a digi at My Sheri Crafts

I 'heart' you

Morning lovelies....and what an awful morning it is.....another day indoors

methinks.......so onto my card & for today I have a simple but (I think)

very effective card. I simply die cut a heart from a square of card, layered

it over a piece of hessian, added a stamped sentiment, a couple of pearls

and that's it......I think it would look good in other colours too!

Rightio, off to do some h****work......thanks for calling, see you soon!

xx

I'd like to enter some challenges
anything goes at Divas by Design
CAS at Addicted to Stamps
CAS at Little Red Wagon
anything goes at Sister Act
no designer paper at Dream Valley

Scary Stories with Left of Center!

Good morning lovelies........happy Friday! Hope you're all well & have

something nice planned for the weekend! I have some news to share

today.......I joined the Left of Center DT!!!!! So chuffed to be there

& I get to work with a fab DT, share some amazing challenge themes

& even let my darker side out to play too! I'm on team b so I get to create

 for the midway reminder which is today! Our theme this time is Scary Stories

 & our sponsor is the brilliant Ike's Art who kindly gave us some images to use!

I made a scrapbook page this time, a lovely change from all the cards

I've made, especially with Christmas just gone.........but doesn't it seem

like ages ago? I scrapped The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe & before it was

 even finished one of my Sons' decided he wanted it in a frame!!

So that's it for today, you can pop over to the main blog for more info

& to see the amazing creations from the rest of the Dt!

Thanks for calling today......see you soon!

xx

I'd like to enter these challenges
anything goes at Quoth the Raven
anything goes at Ike's world

CAS with Nutcrafters!

Morning lovelies, how are you today? Hope you're all well & warm!

Time for another challenge over at Nutcrafters today & this time 

the theme chosen by me, is CLEAN & SIMPLE. So as usual

if you want to win the main prize of £10 to spend in the Nutcrafters store

you have to use a Nutcrafters image (freebies available over on main page) 

2nd prize is 2 digis or 1 stamp sheet (subject to availability)

Don't forget to go check out the gorgeous makes from the rest of the Dt!

I used my favourite Music in the Air digi, a die cut wreath & a couple

of pearls on kraft card.....I used this image a lot last Christmas for cards

& tags......she's so sweet! You have until February 4th to join in.....

......hope to see you there!

xx

challenges

B for Bare Essentials at ABC Christmas Challenges

anything goes at Digitally Sweet

CAS at Hiding in my Craft Room

use a digi at My Sheri Crafts

anything goes at Paper Nest Dolls

A bit of a change........

Morning lovelies......hope you're all well!

Ooooh, it's a cold & frosty morning here, nothing much planned except

 boring housework and maybe even some nasty ironing!!!!

So for today I'm sharing something a bit different, well, for me

anyway! I thought I'd have a go at making a Shamballa bracelet since

Rebecca got a kit for Christmas......and we're both hooked lol!

So this is my first proper attempt & my own design, so very quick & easy

to make & my lot love 'em.........my new addiction methinks!

Rightio, sooner I get on the sooner I can sneak an hour at my desk...

thanks for calling......see you soon!

xx