Fairy Star

 Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the November new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps. As always they are all fabulous Christmas 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

Christmas Caravan 

Fairy Star 

Hobby Horse 

For my Design Team Card I used the lovely Christmas stamp Fairy Star

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Fairy Star from all Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Silver glitter card is Crafters Companion 

Pale Lilac paper is from a Christmas 12x12 pad from The Works

Stitched Square dies

Circle die is Spellbinder

Large silver star is cut from a Dutch Doobadoo shape art stencil

Net ribbon was from Hobby Craft

Silver stars my box 

Sentiment stamps are from a Winter Wonder set by Adam Prescott I was given it by my Craft Friend Carol  but it originally came free in a magazine I heat embossed them with silver embossing powder then fussy cut

Silver stickle dots on the image and Silver glitter on the stars

I hope you can find time to take a look at the new release stamps . Have a good week and stay safe

Love Carole x

Christmas Post

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our November 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 November Design Team project  I used a lovely Stamp called  Christmas Post . Its not one of the newer Christmas stamps but one I rather like.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps Christmas Post painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Blue card is Ross papercraft

Paper is from a Sending Christmas Wishes paper pack that came free in a craft magazine

Square stitched dies

Rectangle dies are Creative Expressions Noble Dies Pierced rectangles I recently bought from a craft stash sale

Snowflake dies are Marianne

The red felt stars are from my box they were attached originally to small pegs which I removed. Sorry no idea when I got them or where from

Sentiment stamp is Whimsy Stamps sentiments collection Seasons Greetings Notables 7 . I bought them from Dies to Die For and stamped them using Memento Paris Blue ink

Some red distress ink around the edge of the image and sentiment

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

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Have a  great week everyone  

Love and hugs Carole x

Snowy Days Snowman

 Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our 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 August Design Team project  I used a stamp called  Snowy Days Snowman

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Snowy Das Snowman painted with Derwent Inktenxe Pencils

Papers are Blue Snowman paper is called Country Snowman from My Paper Studio that I bought last year at I think Hobby lobby in Florida

Kraft card is from Crafters Companion

Star sentiment die is a First Edition sentiment die set

Beaded berries are from eBay

Twine i think came from Whitby Crafts

Wooden bird is from my box might have come from Michaels in Florida

Square stitched dies

Twine from Brendas Lace and  Ribbon specials

Card candy Craftwork cards 

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

Have a great weekend  stay safe and  I hope you all  well
Love and  hugs Carole x

 

Christmas Bauble

Good morning everyone today I'm sharing a card I made a couple of weeks ago for the ladies at our craft group to make Its a Christmas Bauble Design made using mostly dies sorry bur the silver mirra card has not photographed  well .

Card Recipe

Circle shape card made from a 7x7 blank card using a Spellbinder Grand Dies

White card is Ross Papercraft

Silver Mirra Card is Jelly Bean Crafts

Poinsettia Die is Spellbinder

Holly Die is Creative Expressions

Happy Christmas Die came free in a magazine ages ago

Silver mesh ribbon is from Whitby Crafts

Frosted Berries eBay

Silver Twine Michael's in Florida

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend I'm finishing my post with a couple of photos of my trip this week with my Golden Girl friends to London to see the Tutankhamun Exhibition at the Saatchi gallery a fabulous exhibition and a great couple of days.

Love and  hugs Carole x

Christmas Skater

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the November 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

Autumn Owl

Christmas Bunting

 Christmas Skater

 Woof Christmas

For my Design team card i used the adorable Christmas Skater

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps Christmas Skater painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Silver Mirra Card 

Papers are Maja Design Winter Days Blizzard from Crafts U Love

Oval scalloped Edge die

Ice skate die is Joycraft

Poinsettia die is Spellbinder

Holy die Joycraft

Frosted Berries from eBay

Toboggan is MDF painted with Snow White Acrylic paint 

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley heat embossed with silver embossing powder

Tiny pearls my box.

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

Mistletoe Kisses

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 November Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called Mistletoe Kisses There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

Card Recipe

Star Shape Card made from a Dutch Doobadoo stencil

Stamp is Mistletoe Kisses from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design I Wish for a Jolly Holly Christmas and I wish we will have a tree

Stitched circle die

Star garland is Joy Craft

Mistletoe die is Frantic Stamper

Wooden Sentiment is Hobby Craft

Wooden trees The Works

Bells from Live and Love Crafts now closed

Joy sentiment stamp came free in a magazine

Fired Brick Distress Ink

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

Enjoy the  weekend Love and  hugs Carole x

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

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

 Twinkle Lane Designs 

Prize - choice of 2 single digi images

Hetty Clare 

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

Christmas PoinsettiasRectangle Blank Card

Good morning everyone hope everyone is well and  had a good weekend it rained here all Sunday so a good day for me to catch up with some craft commissions.The card I'm sharing today is one i made last Thursday at the craft group I go to It was lead by Andrea who brought this lovely design for us all to make.

Card Recipe

Rectangle Blank Card

Red layer is made by inking the edges with a pen

Stitched edge rectangle and red embossed rectangle  not sure of the make as it belongs to Andrea

I edged the red embossed card  with glitter

White poinsettia die is Spellbinder 

Floral holly flourish is Sue Wilson 

Sentiment tag is edged with glitter and  the sentiment heat embossed with silver embossing powder
White pearls on the flower centres 

I really enjoyed making this card  the dies are lovely. i struggled a bit with the watermark as I've just got a new laptop and  the latest version of GIMP I got it sorted but not without some frustration yesterday still a couple of things to sort out but getting there.

Have a great week Love and hugs Carole x

Anything Goes Going Home and Rudolph Cute Reindeer

Good morning everyone and  welcome  to Crafting by Designs Anything  Goes Challenge our first challenge since our Summer break. . Before I post my designs I wanted to let you know that we are no longer having weekly challenges but in future we will only be having one Anything Goes Challenge at the start of each month. For each of those we will have several sponsors and  lots of Design Team inspirations to inspire everyone so sadly no more "It's that Wednesday again."

Our sponsors for this month are

Leann's World 101

Prize - winner choice of 2 digi images

Ike's Art  

Prize - $20 gift certificate to store

Lunagirl 

Prize - $15 gift certificate to store

Oddball Art  

$10 gift certificate

For my Design Team projects I used images from LeAnn's World 101 Going Home and Oddball Art Rudolph Cute Reindeer

Going Home

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I'm entering this into Leanne's World Challenge Leanne;s world 101 Challenge

Rudolph Cute Reindeer

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Card Recipes

Going Home

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is Going Home from LeAnn's World 101 painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Green card my box The papers I bought on my recent trip to Florida from Hobby Lobby just perfect for this stamp.

Square stitched dies 

Wonky stitched circles are Creative Dies from Craft Stash 

Pine branch die is a Creative Expressions Sue Wilson die

Twine is from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop now closed

Sentiment was free in Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine last year

Rudolph Cute Reindeer

7x7 blank card 

Stamp is Rudolph Cute Reindeer from Oddball Art painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Kraft card is Crafters Companion

Papers are Maja Design Joyous Winter Days Blzzard from Crafts  U Love

Square stitched dies 

Wonky Stitched Rectangles are MFT

Wooden star is from Ross Papercraft 

Wooden Sentiment is from Hobby Craft

Hessian trim is from my box might be Whitby Crafts 

Silk ribbon from a Craft Show in Newcastle years ago

Pine cones are from Hobby Craft

Frosted Berries eBay

Well that took a while writing all those products down !! I hope you can join our monthly challenge this time you have until the 25th September to enter. we always look forward to seeing your entries.

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

  

Get Ready For Christmas

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers  its Wednesday so the launch of our new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs . Our theme for this weeks challenge is Get Ready for Christmas this is our first for this year. We will have one every month now till December

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is

A Day for Daisies    

Prize - $8 gift certificate to store

For my Design Team card I used a gorgeous stamp called Holly Dance

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Papers are Little Red Robin Docrafts and Lili of the Valley Woodland Wishes no longer available

Stamp is Holly Dance from A Day for Daisies painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square ans  Circle stitched dies

Holly die is Joycraft

Holly leaves are from Wild Orchid Crafts

Frosted Berries are from eBay

Holly shaped button was from Whitby Crafts 

Sentiments are Lili of the Valley Christmas tag stamps

Green twine Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon specials Face book Shop 

Clear Wink of Stella on the wings  and berries

I hope you can pop over and  take a look at our challenge this week and  kick start those Christmas cards. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Sharing at Christmas

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and are having a great weekend Not many sleeps left now !!. My post this evening is to showcase the December 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

Christmas Baubles

 Christmas Kitty

Sharing at Christmas 

Sledging all the way

For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Sharing at Christmas

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Card recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp All Dressed up Stamps Sharing at Christmas painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are from a Lili of the Valley Pad Winter Woods. I love the patterns on this paper pad but was slightly disappointed with the quality its quite thin at 135 gsm

Wonky stitched oval dies are  Creative dies from Craft Stash

Tree die is a Marianne die from Buddly Crafts

Green pearl trim my box

White stars are from Whitby Crafts

Green crisp ribbon my box

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley from the Simple Festive Greeting Set

Corner Rounder

Some Wink of Stella on the pompoms 

I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are all gorgeous Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.  Love and  hugs Carole x