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

  

Christmas Snow Globes

Happy Sunday to all my lovely friends and  followers sorry I've not been around for a few day its just those life things keep getting in the way of my craft time.Anyway enough of that, today I'm sharing some lovely Snow Globe shaped Christmas cards I made at Craft Group a few weeks ago. They are quite simple designs but I loved making them something a bit different for me Thank you to my craft friend Carol for bringing this great project for us all. I made  three very different designs.

Snow Globe Recipes

Snow globe shaped cards are from Craftwork cards

Papers, topper, candi, flowers and sentiment for the first card are all from Craftwork Cards 

Twine on all the cards is from Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials Facebook shop

Reindeer circle die and  Christmas scene are Tattered Lace I think but not my dies

I think the blue paper is also Craftwork cards

Sentiment die is Britannia again not mine

White embossed card is Jelly Bean crafts 

Reindeer charm my stash

Winter Decor Snow pen from Leanne Creatif topped with glamour dust glitter

We have got rain here today so after some jobs I will be catching up on some crafting as I'm out tomorrow with some friends for afternoon tea at Wynyard Hall.  Enjoy the rest of the day. Love and  hugs Carole x

Christmas Deer

Good evening to all my lovely friends and followers tonight's post is to showcase the new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps for November, but firstly I would like to say a warm welcome to my new follower Davinia thank you for joining in my Blog I hope you can visit often .  There are four new gorgeous designs just perfect for your Christmas cards.

So here they are and  you can buy them all now from the All Dressed Up Shop This is another fabulous release from Wendy and  as always its very difficult to decide which one I like the best.I think I love them all.

Boy's Christmas Stocking

Christmas Deer

Girl's Christmas Stocking

Magic Wand

For my Design Team card I used the very lovely Christmas Deer and  made a star shape card for a 

change.

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Card Recipe

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

Star shape Card is made from a Dutch Doobadoo stencil from Noor Designs

Papers are Pion Design Greetings From The North Pole Let it Snow and Border Sheets I bought these earlier in the year from the Live and Love Crafts closing down sale. I still miss that lovely shop.

Stitched circle dies

Marianne Designs Wooden Christmas Tree from Buddly Crafts

Button and Wooden Reindeer are both from Whitby Crafts

Twine is Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Snow is made with a Winter Decor Snow Pen from Leanne Creatif and  some Stampendous Chunky embossing powder

Ground Expresso Distress ink 

Winter letters and Reindeer strips are from the border Paper

Well I hope you can visit the shop and  take a closer look, these are just such a lovely selection especially those stocking stamps if you have children or grandchildren.

I'm sorry I'm being a very bad blogger at present but I'm making curtains for my son and  daughter in laws new house its an Edwardian house they have renovated so some massive bay windows. I'm getting there so hope to get back to a little bit of normal craft life in a couple of weeks. I hope everyone is well take care and sending you all Love and  hugs Carole x

Christmas Penguin

Good evening to all my lovely friends and followers tonight's post is to showcase the new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps for October  there are four new gorgeous designs just perfect for your Autumn /Christmas  cards.

So here they are and  you can buy them all now from the All Dressed Up Shop This is another fabulous release from Wendy and  again its very difficult to decide which I like the best..

Bushy Tail

 Christmas Hair Do

 Christmas Penguin

 Snowy Days

For my Design Team card I used the lovely Christmas Penguin hope you like it. I made a wooden Christmas wall plaque with this stamp for a change.

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Wooden Wall Plaque Recipe 

Wooden circle plaque from Wallmart in Florida painted with Snow White Acrylic Paint

Stamp is Christmas Penguin from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Intense Pencils

Stitched circle die from eBay

Star die is Joycrafts I cut two to fit the edge

Snow type paper overlay to cover the plaque from Ross Papercrafts

Paper is from a Frozen pad I bought in Poundland  For the money it is good quality 200gsm

Silver snowflakes and  the sentiment are from Hobbycraft

Twinklets and Winter Decor Snow by Leane Creatief to make the raised snow

Silver Ribbon to make the hanger is Tim Holtz from Michael's Florida

Well I hope you all like the new release there are more Design Team projects on the BLOG  if you want to take a look.

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I Love My Puppy

Good evening everyone well I'm back with my second post of the day This is so unusual for me two posts in one day. Its so like the buses they all  come along together.
Tonight  is the launch of a new challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps as always its an Anything Goes Challenge  as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp . If you don't have a one then there are some great freebies to be had on the challenge page HERE The prize for the random winner is 3 digi stamps in addition we also select a top three and one of those is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.
For my Design Team card this month I've used a gorgeous stamp called I Love My Puppy

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Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Stamp is I Love My Puppy from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Spring Basics

Card is Tim Holtz Milled Lavender

Summer Border die cut twice and layered and the Iron Gate die are both Memory Box

Frame die is Leane Creatief Classic Rectangle from Buddly Crafts

Butterfly punch Martha Stewart

Lace is from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Yellow Rafia Bows on string are also from Brenda's shop

Pearl String is The Hobby House

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley sadly another one no longer available

Cream Viva pearl pen to make the small pearl dots on the image, butterflies and sentiment.

The challenge runs until the 14th March so plenty of time to get crafting and enter your fabulous cards. Just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp.Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone.Love and  hugs Carole x