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Hi all,

I hope you are having a super Sunday?... im having a crafty Sunday and its becoming my regular day for making my cards and im loving every minute, I don't even have to get dressed if I chose not too he he! and given that it's teaming down with rain here I think I chose the perfect day!

 I have crafted this card for the glittergeeks monster challenge, I must admit i didn't enjoy this one he he, my closest friends will tell you I cant watch doctor who or anything that has the slightest possibility of making me jump! so I choose bright colours to help cheer the card up :-) ...given that its Halloween soon someone will be receiving this card if they dare to knock on my door and I dare answer it... he he!!!! 
Have fun crafting folks!

I have entered this card into the following challenges;

glittergeeks challenge; Theme "monsters"

Distressed Santa....

Afternoon everyone .... I have so many cards to make this weekend,  so watch this space for lots of postings lol!  I have started the day making this Christmas card ....this Santa image made me laugh so much when I saw it as it reminded me of myself on boxing day he he ....

  the card is an 8x8 easel card created using shaped die cuts,

 I have punched holly  to enable a stopper so that the card will stand well, the holly has been embossed and sanded  to give a distressed look

 I have coloured the image using flex markers.... distressed glitter and gems to accent....have fun crafting and ill be back soon bloggers ....X

I have entered this card into the following challenge;
Polka doodles; theme "Distress it"

In The Garden .....just because

Hi everyone....well I have had a fabulous week off from work, I have spent my time keeping it simple and enjoying doing the things I most love to do, crafting, shopping, reading ....oooh its been a perfick week lol!, my garden is looking clean and simple also  now that I have put most of the finished blooms into the compost bin! ... swept all the paths, and put away the garden furniture until the Spring! (oooh that sounds a long way off) all that is thriving at the moment within my garden is my little herb corner! ....so with this week glitter geeks challenege theme called In the garden i have continued to keep it simple with this card, I have stamped straight onto smooth white card stock and coloured the image with pro markers, the grass along the bottom edge is a doo hicky die (oooh i love this die) finished off with some fabulous gingham ribbon i recently bought on one of my shopping adventures ....more about that in another post ;) ... have fun crafting and ill be back soon bloggers....X

i am entering this card into the following challenge;
glittergeeks; Theme; "in the garden"

White out

This morning I have been putting things together for my lovely family and friends Christmas 2011 cards, I had already decided the colour scheme which is white on white, hmm sounds simple eh ! ...well I have faffed about most of the day already going though my stash of white card stock, trying different embossing folders, digging out my old Christmas stamps and then decided to put it on hold for now and create a card anyway !....so pleased I did as I have now have my design, the aperture has been created using Marianne circles die, I have chalked the embossed snowflakes in a very subtle blue glimmer chalk, (must get a decent camera lol) the image I will be using is still undecided for my family but I have dug out my penny black stamps for my friends, ..... okay with that said i must get back to making cards he he.....have fun crafting and ill be back soon bloggers.....X

i am entering this card in the following challenge;
Polkadoodle; theme white out! with a hint of colour

Spare Moment's are the Gold Dust of Time ....

Hello All,
So what do I like to do when I get a time to relax? ...Craft I can hear you all say he he! ...Wrong!!!!  I actually love to take myself off to a quiet area away from my busy life, ( usually my bedroom ) and lay on the bed and read, so  for this weeks crafty attack moment I put together this project, I have used Sarah Kay decoupage and layered this onto Kraft card, Xcut border punch for the looped edge, lots of lace, pearls and vintage ribbon for the bow, not forgetting Tim Holz distress inks to edge ... note I haven't used glitter! that must be a first lol!... I'll be back soon Bloggers....have fun crafting ...X

i am entering this into this week challenge's
Glitter Geeks Challenge (Theme Relax)
jelly park challenges....Theme pass it on, this will be passed onto my local church xmas fair
creativecardcrew; theme anything goes
anythingchallenge: theme shabby chic

Oriental Dreams

Hello everyone,

 Well I was certainly put to the test for this weeks blog challenge over at the Glittergeeks!  I decided to step outside of my comfort zone for this one!  I too generally stick with what I love doing which is stamping and colouring images from my  favourite stamp collections, and always using pro markers  The theme was “all around the world” and so  avoiding my stamp collections and locking away my pro markers  and paper stash I looked though my craft stuff to see what I could find! ....so here it is! This project is a 6x6 inch Oriental Picture Frame, I have used Kraft card for the frame, used a rectangle nestie die to create the window and embossed it to give a subtle effect, edged with faded jean s and spiced marmalade distress inks, the image is from the Sharon Duncan’s oriental dreams CD which I thinks certainly captures the oriental culture, to make the oriental fan I have used the paper from the CD , scored at 1 cm lines,  using Martha Stewart border punch i have created the decorative effect , pinched at the bottom and i have glued a brad here to finish it off. At the back of the frame I decided to use the piece of kraft card from the die cut centre, however you can also use a mirror hanger (local diy stores) to adhere with a Brad if you wanted to display it on a wall!  I translated “oriental dreams” using Google translate for the sentiment on this frame.....have I visited china?....no it is a dream that maybe one day I shall visit....I hope you like this project and get a little inspiration from it too.....have fun crafting and I’ll be back soon Bloggers....X

I have entered this project into Glittergeeks weekly challenge