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

Christmas Deer

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers This evening 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 December Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called Christmas Deer 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

Star shape card made from a Dutch Doobadoo Stencil

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

Paper is  Maja Design I wish For Frosty Mornings from The Mad Scrapper

Stitched circle die

Tree die and star border die's are both Joy Craft

Snow flake border is from a Pion border sheet papers

Maroon Wooden Reindeer's are from Hobby Craft last year

Small wooden love sentiment from eBay

Sentiment stamp was free in a magazine

Twine is from Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials now closed

I hope you can take a look at the challenge this time . Have a lovely weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

December Anything Goes

Good morning to all my friends and followers as its Wednesday you have guessed its the launch of a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs However its not just any old challenge its our last one before Christmas and for 2018.

We have four sponsors for our Challenge so bumper pirzes to be had.

Oddball Art by Lizzy Love   

Prize - 3 digi images

Crafty Sentiment Designs 

Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images

 A Day for Daisies  

Prize - $12 gift certificate to store

StickerYou 

$25 gift certificate to store

For my Design Team cards I've used images from Crafty Sentiments Design s Joy of Christmas and  A Day for Daisies Christmas Bulbs.

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Card Recipe

6x6 blank card

Stamp is Joy of  Christmas from Crafty Sentiments Designs painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Kraft card is Crafter's Companion 

Snowman paper I bought in Hobby Lobby in Florida 

Square stitched dies

Wooden snowflakes from my box 

Blue snowflakes are from Hobby Craft

Snowflake charm my box

Twine is Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials.

Christmas sentiment stamp tags are  LOTV 

Wink of Stella on his hat and the snow

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Kraft card is Crafter's Companion

Papers are from An old LOTV pad Twas the night before Christmas

Stamp is Christmas Bulbs from A Day for Daisies painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square frame die I bought from eBay

Hessian trim I think came from Whitby Crafts

Small bulb trim is Docrafts

Wooden Merry Christmas Sentiment tag I bought at Hobby Lobby in Florida

25 wooden sentiment is form The Works

Twine is Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials

Small twinkly gems my box

Sorry about the photo is a little dark a very dark day when I photographed it .

Well I hope you can join in our last challenge of the year we love seeing your creations. As its our  last challenge  of 2018 I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a  Happy New Year from the Crafting by Designs Team . Love and  hugs Carole x

 

Chibi Snowman

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers its Wednesday and  the launch of a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs Our theme for this week is Get Ready for Christmas.

Our sponsor for our challenge this week is

Bugaboo Stamps   

Prize - choice of 4 digi images

For my design team card I used a lovely stamp called Chibi Snowman

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Card Recipe

6x6 Blank card

Stamp is Chibi Snowman from Bugaboo Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square stitched die

Papers are Dovecraft Little Red Robin from Printable Heaven

Frosted berries from ebay

Wooden Holly leaf from The Works

Merry Christmas sentiment Hobbycraft

Button is Dovecraft Little Robin from my local Garden Centre 

Some Glamour Dust on the berries on the stamp

Well I hope you can join us again this week. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone. Love and  hugs Carole x 

Season to Sparkle

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and are having a great week. 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

Mistletoe & Kisses

Monster Dino

Season to Sparkle

Snowy Day

For my Deign Team card i used the fabulous Season to Sparkle and  as i have a friend with a 60th birthday soon I thought this was the perfect stamp to use.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is a Season to Sparkle from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Celebration- Flower Giveaway from The Mad Scrapper
Stitched Rectangle die is Lawn Fawn
Star Frame Die
Organza flower trim was from Boyes Stores
Large Organza flower from Michael's in Florida
Ribbon my box
Sentiments are Lili of the Valley Time To Party Stamp set stamped and  heat embossed in Gold
Number die was free in a magazine
Some white Frantage on the background
 Clear Wink of Stella on her tiara and  belt

I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are all gorgeous Enjoy the rest of the week everyone. Sorry I've not been around bet we have been away on a short break to our Son's and then to the Peak District the weather was awful but the hotel made up for that. So I'll be catching up you all soon. Love and  hugs Carole x

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Little Angel

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers This evening 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 made a Christmas Wall Hanging. I used a lovely stamp called Little Angel 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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Wall Hanging Recipe

Bell shapes are made using a Dutch Doobadoo Stencil from Buddly Crafts

Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps Little Angel painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Silver Mirra card Jelly Bean crafts

Paper is Maja Design A Gift For You - My Dear Friend from The Mad Scrapper

Stitched circle die 

Joycraft Winter wishes Circle Star die

Bell die is Joycraft from Crafts U Love 

Silver Mesh ribbon and silver bells Whitby Crafts

Large Bark star Ross Papercraft 

Merry Christmas sentiment from the Maja paper 

I hope you can take a look at the challenge this time . Have a lovely week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into Crafteeze Challenge Anything but a Card

Isabella

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers its Wednesday and  the launch of a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs Our theme for this week is Give Thanks or Fall Colours

Our sponsor for our challenge this week is

Sparkle N Sprinkle

Prize - $15 gift certificate to store

For my Design Team card I used a lovely Art Deco image called Isabella

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Papers are from a V&A Docrafts pad I've had for a very long time

Teal card is Tim Holtz 

Stamp is Isabella from Sparkle N'Sprinkle painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square stitched dies

Marianne Circle leaf and  flower die

Magnolia Do Hickey swirl and  leaf die

With love sentiment is trimmed but is a Spellbinder die

Large Flower is Prima and I bought it in Florida ages ago.

Small Orange flowers are also from Florida from Michael's

 Fabric flowers are from Boyes Stores

Cameo is from my box I think it came from Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls my box

Gold viva pearl pen on her necklace dress trim and hat flower

I hope you can enter the challenge this week we are having a tremendous response to our Anything Goes challenge this month which is great.

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone. I'll be back tomorrow with another post 

Love and  hugs Carole x

Anything Goes - Marvellous

Good morning to all my friends and followers and a special welcome to my two new followers Tammi and  Pops  I hope you can visit me often It was great to get two new followers as blogger does seem out of favour just now.
Well its Wednesday and the beginning of the month so its the launch of our very popular Anything Goes challenge over at Crafting by Designs

Our sponsor for this months challenge is

MHK Designs  

Prize - choice of 3 digi images

The Design Team all used the same stamp set called Marvellous for our Design Team projects this month and  this is mine I'm always amazed at the different designs everyone comes up with using the same stamp set.

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Card Recipe

6x6 blank card

Stamp is from MHK  Marvellous stamp set painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Frilly edge die I bought from eBay

Square stitched die

Sentiment is from the stamp set

Green metal square was from my box no idea when or where I got it.but I did have two !!

Twine is from Walmart in Florida

Small hearts are from a Joycraft die 

Some Clear Wink of Stella on the flowers

Pink card is Tim Holtz

Well I hope everyone is having a good week and can find time to enter our challenge this month. Before I go I'm leaving an apology I'm way behind with blog commenting its been a hectic week but as always I will eventually get round to seeing your lovely blogs  

Love and  hugs Carole x

Stitched Snowflake

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers today I'm sharing something a bit different last week at Craft Group  we did these Stitched Snowflake cards. we have done stitched cards  before but not for a long time and  I really enjoyed doing it at class and also finishing it at home so relaxing. I made it into a card using the card design from Craft Group . Thank you Carol for the loan of the lovely snowflake embossing folder..

We were given two snowflake designs so I might have a go at the other one sometime .

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card 

Form -A-Lines Stitching cards Snowflake 2-Christmas 2 Pattern

DMC Bronze Metallic thread 

Cream card

Bronze Mirra card 

Stitched square dies

Merry Christmas die came free in this months Papercraft Essentials Magazine

Pearls my box.

Embossing Folder is Crafter's Companion Nordic Christmas Frosty Morning 

Sadly the metallic thread and  Mirra card have not shown that well in the photo its much more sparkly than the photo shows.

Well I hope you are all looking forward to the weekend I'm planning to do some more work on the last curtain at some point and some more Christmas shopping..

Finally I thought you would all like to see Miles in his Pumpkin Halloween outfit he's so cute especially that Hat !!. 

Love and  hugs Carole x

The Most Adorable Snowman

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers its Wednesday and  the launch of our very popular Anything Goes weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs.

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is

The Paper Shelter   

Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images

For my Design Team card for this months challenge I used the black and white digi stamp from The Most Adorable Snowman set Its a great set as you get a coloured version and  backing papers so something for everyone.

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Card Recipe

7 x7 Blank card

Paper is from an old LOTV pad not sure if its still available

Kraft Card is Crafter's Companion

Stamp is The Paper Shelter The Most Adorable Snowman painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square stitched dies

Wonky stitched square die is a Creative Die from Craft Stash  

Tree border is a Fiskers punch I bought years ago in  Florida and  I've not used a punch in ages and  I have quite a few !!

Ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and  I love the sentiment

Red and  wooden tree is from my box might have come from Hobby Craft a while ago but not certain

Small felt stocking was a gift when we cleared out our Craft Cupboard at the Craft Group I go to. It was originally attached to a small peg

Sentiments are Lili of the Valley Christmas tags

Snow is made with Cosmic Shimmer Fluffy Stuff from Craft Stash  I also added some Twinklets to the snow his hat and the pompoms

Some white Wink of Stella on the tree border

Twine is from Brenda;s Lace an d Ribbon Specials sadly now closed

I hope that everyone is having a good week and  can find time to enter the challenge this week.

 I've not got a lot on this week for a change so I'm working on a Roman Blind and Hall door curtain for my Son and Daughter in Laws house Those who follow me will remember I made a lot of curtains and  blinds last year and early this year. .I promised them a door curtain for this winter so looks like i'm just going to make it judging by the recent weather.

Love and  hugs Carole x. 

70th Birthday card for my Special Friend

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers .Today I'm sharing a card I should have shared with you all on the 25th September as it was one of my close friend Barbara's 70th birthday. Unfortunately I gave it to her for her birthday then realized I had not photographed it . My friend has now kindly photographed it for me so finally I can share it with you all..Better late than never.

The Box

Card and Box Recipe

8x8 Blank card

Stamp is Sweet Pea from Stamping Bella from Dies to Die For painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils 

Pearlescent paper embossed with an embossing folder that came with my ebosser machine
Paper for the flowers is Maja Design Celebration- Jubilee

Die is LDRS Gilded Oval set

Flower dies are Poppy Stamps Poinsettia 

Large Organza flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

Small Organza flowers are from Hobby Craft

Pearls leaves and  flower pearl string The Hobby House

Resin Heart is Melisa Francis from Live and  Love crafts now closed.

Heart sentiment I made on the computer

Lace is from Whitby Crafts

Box

8x8 box from Mad Hatter Crafts at Ross Papercraft show

Sentiment I made on the computer 

Flowers and  papers to compliment the card

Pearl string The Hobby House

Barbara is one of my golden girl friends and we celebrated her birthday with a lovely afternoon tea at Brockley Hall at Saltburn by the Sea .

Enjoy the weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x