Marguerita Time

So December started so well - I'd finished the few cards I needed by the 5th and thought I'd spend the lead up to Christmas just building up my stock of birthday cards... 

Then everything went mental at work and I ended up doing 2 weeks of overtime every night as something major had gone wrong with one of our processes - great for my bank balance at the end of January but a total downer for my blog!

So this is the first card I have posted since the beginning of December... a girly Marguerita cocktail themed New Year 'cheers' card.

I used some dies that came with an old edition of Die-cutting Essentials and used a palette of greens, cream and purples. I just adore how cute that cocktail umbrella is!

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Creative Knockouts #433 - anything goes

Cardz4Gals #163 - in with the New Year

Paperminutes #724 - Happy New Year

Krafty Chicks #592 - anything goes

I hope anyone who bothers to read my little blog has a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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CAS Christmas Landscape

Today's card is very clean and simple -  and uses some very retro sparkly puffy stickers:

What I used:

Stickers - The Range

Snowflakes - Papermania

Greeting - Clearly Besotted

Simple but very sweet.

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

The Paper Players #570 - Winter wonderland

CAS on Friday #219 - Winter

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Special Christmas Friends

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week we are being sponsored by:

Polkadoodles:

All Dressed Up :

Di's Digi Designs:

The Paper Shelter:

All of these companies provided us with some fabulous images to use.

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

I've gone old school with busy papers

What I used:

Papers - really old from Dovecraft

Image - The Paper Shelter - Are You Ready

Greeting - using Courtney Dorkling font

Glitter heart - Papermania

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Allsorts Challenge #652 - hand stamped/digital image

Crafty Hazelnut Challenge #570 - letter R (reindeer)

Christmas With The Cuties #55 - for someone special

Make My Monday #162 - cute Christmas

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Krafty Christmas Card

What a horrible day - we're feeling the full brunt of Storm Arwen here on the North East coast - it's cold, a bit snowy and my garden fence will need some serious attention when my other half comes home on Monday!

I've spent the day crafting and listening to the radio - I was greatly inspired by the photo inspiration today at Less Is More - it's been a while since I played along with this lovely CAS challenge...

Here's what I made:

What I used:

Kraft base card - from stash

Corrugated kraft paper to make the pressie - from stash

Snowflake washi tape - The Range

Greeting die - The Range

Red embroidery thread

I'm also playing in the challenge at:

Crafty Catz #574 - AG + twist (non-traditional Christmas colours)

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Cool Dude Dawg

Today's card is a masculine one for a change. I just don't seem to make many male cards at all!

I was inspired by one of  the current sketches at Sweet Sketch Wednesday

What I used:

Image - freebie from Making Cards Magazine

Papers - The above magazine and The Range

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Peel-off greeting - Little Claire

He's such a cool looking doggy isn't he - he really suits those glasses! I loved this sketch - I'm a sucker for nice regular clean lines.

I'm also playing along with the challenges at:

Watercooler Wednesday's #329 - all things masculine Rocker

Creative Fingers #219 - anything goes

AAA Birthday Challenge - Animals

Creative Knockouts #428 - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #278 - male TOP 3

Thanks for popping in - stay safe

Sharon

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White Deer

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week's challenge is just for fun therefore the theme is:

 Anything Goes 

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Vellum - from stash

Puffy Stickers - The Range

Greeting - The Range

Foiled patterned card - The Range

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Allsorts Challenge #650 - Christmas

Creative Moments #226 - AG

Krafty Chicks #585 - Christmas

Crafty Catz #572 - AG + sparkle/shine

C R A F T Challenge #617 - Christmas

Aud Sentiments #287 - Christmas + sentiment

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team. 

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Lovely Day

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at

Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week we are being sponsored by Polkadoodles who have kindly provided images for us to use. Check out their store for some fabulous images:

The theme for this week is a sketch:

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Image: Let's Go from Polkadoodles

Papers: NitWits

Greeting: Follow You Into The World font 

Flower die - Sara Davies (matches the hat flower perfectly!!)

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Dragonfly Dreams October - in the pink

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2144 - anything goes

Crafty Animals Challenge #56 - anything goes

Allsorts Challenge #648 - add a sentiment

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Trick or Treat !

I don't know where this year has gone - another month nearly over and Christmas music in the shops!

Today's card is a cute creation for Halloween...

What I've used:

Mummy digi image - Robyn's Fetish

Halloween stickers - Poundland (some years ago)

Greeting - using 'Prime Minister of Canada' font in Publisher

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Creative Knockouts #424 - Halloween fun

CAS on Friday #216 - Halloween/Autumn

Sweet Stampin' - All Hallows Eve

Di's Digi Challenge - creepy or cute

Use Your Stuff #434 - Halloween or pumpkins

Unicorn Challenge #70 - Halloween/Autumn

Thanks for looking

Sharon

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Balloon Ride

 It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week we are being sponsored by Rachelle Anne Millar who has kindly provided images for us to use

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Image - 'Balloon Ride' by Rachelle Anne Millar

Coloured with - Pro Markers

Greeting - free with magazine

Patterned papers - Dovecraft

Border die - Wish

I'm entering this card into the challenges at the 'anything Goes' challenges at:

Gem of a Challenge #21 

Creative Fingers #217

Cute Card Thursday #693

A Bit More Time To Craft #146

613 Avenue Create #11

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #10

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Just For You Owl

I had an afternoon off work today to enjoy the last of this year's sunshine and to mow the lawn. I then relaxed with a cuppa and added to my stash of cards with this:

 

What I used:

7 x 7 inch white base card

Burgundy Core'dinations

Stamps - Jennifer Ellory (mag freebie about 5 years ago)

Coloured with - Pro-markers

Paper - Nitwits

Kraft card

Embossing folder - Sissix

Branch die - Memory Box

Flat pearls - The Range

Those tiny leaves were tricky to attach but worth the effort as they compliment the branch on the stamp!

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

I ♥ ProMarkers #445 - AG plus embossing

The Paper Shelter #486 - layer it up

Make My Monday #158 - embossing

Double D Challenge - owls or pumpkins

Retro Rubber #168 - tic tac toe (flies/foliage/circles)

 Thanks for popping in

Sharon

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Thinking of Autumn

 It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week's theme is:

LOTS OF SQUARES

This week we are being sponsored by Morgan's Art World who has kindly provided images for us to use

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Image - Morgan's Art World

Coloured with - Pro-markers

Patterned paper - DCWV

Greeting - Neuton Cursive font

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Crafty Catz #566 - AG/Autumn Shades 

Inspiration Station #15 - Autumn countryside

I ♥ ProMarkers #444 - make it square

Chocolate Baroque (Oct) - anything Autumn

Stamping Sensations (Oct) - animals, birds and bugs

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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'Tis The Season To Prance

 So I'm slowly but surely adding to my pile of Christmas cards...

What I used:

All stamps - Clearly Besotted

Coloured with - Pro-markers

Papers - from my Christmas stash

Washi - from Lidl

I just adore these cute stamps - I made a handful of this design using various Christmassy papers - it's a really quick design for bulk production!

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2139 - AG Honorable mention

Sweet Stampin' - Christmas in September

My Time To Craft Christmas #19 - Christmas Critters

Try It On Tuesday - going round in circles

Crafty Catz #565 - AG/anything but square

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Q or R (reindeer!)

Thanks for popping in!

Sharon

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Patterned Squares

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week we are being sponsored by Di's Digi Designs 

The theme this week is:

use two or more patterned papers

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

As you can see, I've gone patterned paper mad and used 9 different papers!

What I used:

White linen base card

Orange linen backing card

Font - Reklame Script

Paper flowers - The Range

Patterned papers - from my snippets boxes - I keep all my snippets in colour groupings which helped enormously with this card.

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Crafty Catz #564 = AG + 2 or more papers

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2138 - AG

Pixie's Snippets Playground #412 - use snippets

A Place To Start #9 - patterned papers

Crafting Happiness #114 - AG

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Autumn Girl

 It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

The theme this week is:

Make it digital

This week we are being sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps who has kindly provided images for us to use

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Digi image - Autumn Girl by All Dressed Up

Coloured with - Pro Marker pens

Patterned papers - from stash    

Greeting - Hello Bunny font

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Creative Fingers #214 - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' 2021/08 - lots of layers

Crafter's Cafe #273 - anything goes

 I ♥ ProMarkers #442 - lots of layers

Watercooler Wednesdays - all things feminine

Di's Digi Challenge - 2 or more patterned papers

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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