Tuesday 22 October 2019

Gingerbread House



Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the October new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. As always they are all fabulous designs.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are and they are now available in the Etsy Store here



For my Design team card i used the adorable Gingerbread House




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Card Recipe

7 x 7 Blank card
Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps Gingerbread House painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Papers are Dovecraft Little Red Robin 
Kraft card is Crafters' Companion
Square stitched dies
Tree die is Joycraft
Button from the Dovecraft Little Red Robin collection 
Wood Merry Christmas sentiment from Hobby Craft
Reindeer I think was  The Works
Snow I made using Cosmic Shimmer Fluffy Stuff 
Wink of Stella 

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great I had a lot of fun making this  card 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x





Tuesday 15 October 2019

Snowy Days

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of a new Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.

The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my October  Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called Snowy Days  There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.





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Card Recipe

Card Shape is made from a Dutchdoobadoo stencil from Buddly Crafts 
Stamp is Snowy Days from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Maroon card is Ross Papercraft
Paper is Maja Design Joyous Winterdays Cozy Inside from Ctafts U Love
Stitched Circle dies
Stat circle die is Joycrafts
Sentiment is from the paper
Small trees are from The Works
Twine is Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop now closed
Bells are from Live and Love Crafts
Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide Ink 
The stars are the waste from the circle die


I hope you can find time to enter our challenge just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp if you do.

Enjoy the rest of the week Love and  hugs Carole x



Sunday 13 October 2019

White on White Christmas

Happy Sunday everyone i hope that you are all well and  enjoying the weekend . Thought today] I would share a card I made recently for the ladies at the Craft Group I go to to make last Thursday. I do enjoy making white on white cards so hope you all enjoy this as well






Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card
White smooth card Ross Papercraft
Spot embossing folder is Die'sire from Crafters Companion
Poinsettia dies are Spellbinder 
Merry Christmas die I bought from Anne's destash 
Fawns and branches dies are Cottage Cutz  
I made the hills from the circle waste
Pearl string and pearls my box

Enjoy the rest of the day its pouring with rain here so after catching up on ironing I will be crafting this afternoon Love and  hugs Carole x






Wednesday 2 October 2019

Snow Family and Birthday Hat

Good morning everyone today sees the launch of our new monthly Anything Goes Challenge over at Crafting By Designs .
We have three great sponsors this month

 Dr Digi 


Prize - choice of 2 digis


Prize - choice of 2 single digi images


Prize - 2 digi images



For my Design Team cards I used images from Twinkle Lane Designs Snow Family and  Hetty Clare Birthday Hat

Snow Family


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 Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 
Kraft card is Crafters Companion
Square stitched dies
Snow paper and Background scene paper both came free in a magazine
Stamp is Snow Family from Twinkle Lane painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils and fussy cut.
Let it Snow sentiment is from Crafty Ribbons
White button stars are from Whiby Crafts
Some Wink of Stella on the Snowmen


Birthday Hat




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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card
Papers are from The Works Make and Create Romantic Escape 12x12 pad great value at £3
Stamp is Birthday Hat from Hetty Clare painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Oval wonky stitched dies are from Creative Dies
Heart Dies are Memory Box 
Sentiment is Presscut
Flowers are the Ribbon Girl and  Wild Orchid Crafts
the rafia flower trim and pearls are from Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Well I hope you can enter our challenge this month Have a great week Love and  hugs Carole x