Merry Christmas

Morning all

I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and thank you all for your lovely comments. Sorry I have not been visiting you all recently but my Mum is not well and I am helping my Dad a lot.

I have a card to show you today that I made for Mum and Dad.

Have a super Christmas.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

That Craft Place - Christmas

Ladybugcrafts - Anything goes

That Craft Place - Winter Wonderland

Charisma Cardz - Santa Claus is coming to town

Items used:

Tilda stamps

Papers - Papermania

Snowflake - Local garden centre 

Lace, poinsetta & brad - Wild Orchid

Ribbon Simply Ribbons

Copics 

Sentiment - Own made 

Crafting When We Can DT Card

Morning all 

Its our last challenge of the year over at Crafting When We Can. 

This week we are sponsored by: 

Our wonderful Sponsor for this Challenge is the talented Megan of 

Dilly Beans Stamps

Here is my card 

Items used: 

Image - Dilly Bean 

Copics

Papers from stash 

Sentiment - Digital Delights 

Flower - Papermania 

Digital Delights DT Card

Morning all

I cant believe I am not getting time to post my creations I am still working hard on Christmas orders. i got another special order tonight.

Anyway today its time for another Digital Delights DT card and its not a Christmas one. She is called strawberry delight and isn't she just great.

I would like to enter this into teh following cjallenges:

Tammys Scrapin Corner - Anything Goes 
Divas by Design  - Anything Goes 

Items used 

Image - Digital Delights

Sentiment - Digital Delights 

Papers - Papermania 

Strawberry - Martha Stewart mould and clay 

Doily from stash 

Copics 

Ribbon die cut 

Nessties 

Pearls from stash 

Christmas Card for Mum

Morning all

WOW, I have been so busy with my Christmas orders, I have just not had time to photograph them all or even post them.

Its only 7 more sleeps to Christmas and I am still making cards for the event - that's not good - I must start earlier next year.

Anyway here is my card today.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Dream Valley - Christmas 
ABC Challenge D for deck the Halls 
Charisma Cardz - Christmas Makes 
Stampin for the Weekend - Let it Snow 

Items used: 

LOTV Cute square

LOTV - Recipe sentiment 

Papers from stash 

Ribbon from stash 

Snowflake - local garden centre

sentiment - own made 

Cards for men day 12

It's Day Twelve ....

.....which is our final day of our Christmas Event.  Boohoo I here you cry!  We will beback in the New Year with challenges, the first one being 7th January 2013 and hope to see you all back with us joining in.

Today's prize is sponsored by Letraset and the prize up for grabs is a pack of Flexmarkers.

ProMarkers are made by Letraset and are a twin tipped, dye based alcohol marker offering a high quality product at a great price. Avilable in 148 colours, they give incredible tonal range and can be applied to a diverse range of materials, not just paper and card. ProMarkers produce vivid, bright colours right through to the subtlest pastel shades - the translucent inks can also be overlaid and blended, even further extending the range of shades and hues on offer. ProMarker's quality nibs and inks provide flawless colour lay down with consistent coverage and no unsightly streaking. 


Today's host is Kym so pop over, leave her some Christmas Cheer and you may be the luck

Digital Delights DT Card

Morning all

It's Thursday and time for a DT for Digital Delights. This week I am using  Donita And tree Isn't this image just gorgeous.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Dream Valley - Christmas 
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Merry Christmas

Items used

Image - Digital Delights

Sentiment - Digital Delights

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Dies - Nessties and Memory box

Copics

Papers - Digital Delights

Day 11 cards for men

It's Day Eleven....

.... and today's sponsor is Stampin Up with a £10 gift voucher courtesy ofCarole Bryson Wood:

I am an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator in Lancashire & surrounding areas. I teach large and small scrapbooking and craft classes. I can arrange parties in your home for crafting and non-crafting friends to suit your requirements, and where everyone is guaranteed to have a great time !

I also run a crop in the Rochdale area. Please contact me for more details at carole.bryson@gmail.com xx

Today's host is Donna so pop over, leave her some Christmas Cheer and you may be the lucky winner.

Cards for Men day 10

 At Cards for Men it's our 3rd anniversary and we like to do something special to say thank you to all our followers, participants and sponsors.  This year we our having a special 'Days of Christmas' Event which is running until 14th December. 

 Each day a different team member is hosting the event and posting a projects. There is a sponsor each day and a prize to be won.

Pop over to the main blog each day to find out who is the host for the day and then give them a visit, leave a comment and a prize winner will be drawn the following day. 

So today - Day 10 is My day ... and we are sponsored by .....

That Craft Place 

Will give a £10 voucher to be spend in there shop 

Welcome to That Craft Place 

This is a Shop run By Lisa Horton ..   I run an actual bricks and mortar shop in Eastbourne, East Sussex

We have every Kind of craft for sale ...

If you can't find it i will try by best to source it for you. We stock most leading Brands and have a huge collection of rubber stamp's , Saturated Canary , Kraftin Kimmie , My Craft Sentiments , Crafters companion , Indigo Blue , My Favorite Things, CC Designs to name a few . We also stock a large selection of Die's Memory Box, Sizzix, Spellbinder's , Cherrylyn , Marianne Dies. We have new deliveries arriving each day.

Items used:

Image Beccy's Place

papers from stash

Copics

Snowflake stash

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Day 9 cards for men

It's Day Nine ....

.....which means today's sponsor is Bugaboo Digi Stamps.

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge,Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. TodayBugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stampsstamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

The prize up for grabs is 10 (yes 10!) images and the host is Lisa.  Pop over, leave her some Christmas Cheer and you maybe the lucky winner.

Cards for Men day 8

It's Day Eight .....

....and today's sponsor is Kenny K.

I'm sure you're all familiar with the wonderful work of Kenny K's Shop but what about the man (and woman) behind those wonderful creations. Take a look here to see their journey, http://www.kennykdownloads.com/about-kenny-

The prize is 3 digis and today's host is Carole.  Pop over, leave her some Christmas Cheer and you may be the 

Crafting When We Can DT Card

Morning all 

Its time for a new challenge over at Crafting When We Can 

For Challenge 33 we are sponsored by the fabulous 

MilkCoffee

The DT were kindly given an image to use and the theme we followed is 

 BINGO!  

Choose 3 items in a line or diagonal OR if you're really adventurous try getting a full house. 

Here is the bingo card:

I have used Twine, Orange and Pearls 

Items used 

Image - Milkcoffee 

Sentiment - LOTV 

Copics 

Papers from stash 

Flowers and Pearls - Wild Orchid 

Gingerloft DT Card

Morning all

Its time for another challenge over at Gingerloft. This week our challenge is Christmas and I have so been looking forward to use this image


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 
Charisma Cardz - Challenge 48 Christmas 

Items used: 

Image - Gingerloft

Copics 

Papers - Summer Driggs and Papermania 

Sentiment - Whimsy

Tim Holtz die cuts 

Cards for Men Day 7

It's Day Seven ....

......and the sponsor today is Fresh Brewed Designs.

The prize on offer is 5 digi images and today's host is Erin.  Please pop over, leave her some Christmas Cheer and you may be the lucky winner.

Cards for Men Day Six

Its Day six and our sponsor today is Dr Digi's House of Stamps.

Welcome to the brilliantly bizarre brain of Dr. Digi's House of Stamps. Here you will find Monsters, Aliens, 

Odd balls and Dundertons as well as many many more wonderful digital stamps. Our artist and founder cut 

his teeth in the craft world at the company "Just Inklined", where his unique digis made a huge impression. 

We're hoping to continue to entertain and amuse, with our growing catalogue of great value digis with

a sense of humour.

The prize up for grabs is 2 digi images and today's host is Viv.  Pop over and leave her some Christmas Cheer and you may be the lucky winner

Cards for Men Day 5

Morning all 

Today is day 5 of our Christmas Event. Pop over to Sandras blog to see todays card and prize. To see if you're a winner, check today's post on Cards for Men

Digital Delights DT Card

Morning All

Its Thursday and time for another DT Card over at Digital Delights . its also time for a new launch so please pop across to the shop HERE to take a look.

I have used Sweet Ginger here

Items used: 

Image - Digital Delights Sweet Ginger

Papers - Digital delights

Ribbon from stash 

Sentiment - Digital Delights

Snowflake - Sizzix Die 

Jewel - Wild Orchid 

Cards for Men Day 4

Morning all 

Today is day 4 of our Christmas Event. Pop over to Alans blog to see todays card and prize. To see if you're a winner, check today's post on Cards for Men

Cards For Men Day 3

Morning all 

Today is day 3 of our Christmas Event. Pop over to  Michelles to see todays card and prize. To see if you're a winner, check today's post on Cards for Men

Cards for Men Day 2

Morning all 


Today is day 2 of our Christmas Event. Pop over to  Shirleys blog to see todays card and prize. To see if you're a winner, check today's post on Cards for Men.

Cards For Men 12 Days Of Christmas

Morning all

We are celebrating our 3rd year here at Cards for Men challenge and we would love for you to celebrate it with us. We have enjoyed seeing all your creations and I have been inspired thought out the years and hope you have been inspired by our created cards as well. So we are calling our Challenge #25 "Days of Christmas" for the next 12 days we will share with you each day a NEW CARD from one of the design team members. Make sure you stop by Cards for Men blog over the next 12 days so that you can see what the the respective DT member has created that day. We are giving away prizes at every blog, so you are going to have to stop by Cards for Men and see who is next every day and go and make a comments on their blog to have a chance to win. 

Day 1 is PAT 

Blog Candy Winner

Morning all

Sorry I did not post the winner last night but the Internet was playing up

Without further delay the winner is........


Fiona lawlor

http://handmadebyfionamccarthy.blogspot.com/
Congratulation please send me your address using the contact me and I will post ASAP.

Thanks to all of you and all your lovely comments.

Caz