Crafty Cardmakers ~ No Flowers!!.

At  Crafty Card Makers

This fortnight the challenge is .....No Floral Embellishments.

You may use floral papers or images that are floral or include flowers but NO flower embellishments!

This time we are sponsored by

One Stop Crafts

who are offering this weeks winner a fab £10 voucher for their shop,

and also 

Digi Doodle Shop

$10 gift Certificate for the store.

Here is my make, an Engagement card for a young and funky couple to celebrate the NEW stage of their life together!

Challenges for this card are:

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz ,By The Cute & Girly, Simon Say's Stamp, Whimsy Inspirations, Dutch Dare, Craft Your Day Away, Crazy4Challenges and  Cute Card Thursday ~ New/ New Beginnings.

Addicted to Stamps ~ January Blues.

My Time To Craft ~ Hugs & Kisses.

Ingredients:

PP ~ Pink Petticoat.

Digital Stamp ~ Kenny K.

Gems ~ Whiff of Joy.

Lace from stash

CS ~ Coredinations.

Coloured with Copic's.

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz ~ Team A with a New Realease!!

The Krafty Girlz of Team A are now under way with the first challenge of the new year and this week they are playing with some fabulous new images too. Kenny K Downloads have some fantastic new releases.

and

Valentine's Day  

The challenge this week at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz is:
 New Beginnings.

It can be either a new image (as many of the DT have done) or to celebrate something new.

Don't forget you need to use a Kenny K image to be in with a chance to win this weeks prizes.

And here is what you could win......

a bundle of gorgeous ribbons from Crafty Ribbons

and 5 fabulous digi's of your choice from Kenny K's Downloads.

So why not come and play along!

Sketch Saturday ~ # 189, Bente's Sketch/

This week is Bente's turn to host at Sketch Saturday and 

we have a fabulous sponsor to with The Paper Shelter. 

The Paper Shelter are offering...........as a prize for our lucky winner.

  

This is this weeks sketch designed by Bente

The Paper Shelter generously gave the SSDT some wonderful Digital Stamps to work with.

 I chose to use Winter Princess.

Here is my make,the other challenges for today's card are:


Through the Craftroom Door ~ Monochrome.
Really Reasonable Ribbons ~ Ribbon & Sparkle.
Pollycraft ~ Punch It!
Incy Wincy, Papertake Weekly and Crafts & Me ~ Anything Goes.
Stampavie & More and Delightful Challenges ~ Hearts/Have a Heart.
Digital Tuesday and  Papercraft Star ~ Winter Wonderland/ Winter.

Everybody Art ~ Snow.
Anything Goes Challenge ~ Blue & White.
Fussy & Fancy ~ Birthday.

Ingredients:

PP ~ Pink Petticoat.

Digital Stamp ~ The Paper Shelter.

CS ~ Core'dinations.
Dies ~ Mariannes & Memory Box.
Pins ~ Wild Orchid Crafts.
Netting ~ Websters Pages.
Stickles & Copic's.
Ribbon & Peel-off  from stash.

Inspirational Card Sketches ~ Any Sketch Goes!

This week at Inspirational Card Sketches the Sketch is "Any Sketch Goes".

You can use any sketch available after 27th December 2011.

Sponsoring us this week we have the amazing Bugaboo

and this weeks prize from Bugaboo is a fabulous 7 digi's of the winners choice.... Cool eh!

I chose to use this weeks sketch from Sunday Stamp & Sketch.

other challenges for my card are:

Crafts & Me  ,Incy Wincy,  The Pink Elephant , Secret Crafter's
and Creative Inspirations  ~ Anything Goes

Ingredients:


PP ~ Pink Petticoat.
Digi Stamp ~ Bugaboo.
Brads & Embossing Folder ~ Papermania.
CS ~ Core'dinations.

My Favourite 5 cards of 2011.

Debby at A Scrapjourney has challenged us to show our favourite five cards of 2011

It was quite difficult to pick just five but here goes!

So there it is.... one crafty year in 5 pictures!

Happy New Year!!!

 to you all.

Sketch Saturday ~ # 188 with The Craft Barn.

I'm sure we are all rested after our weeks break for Crimbo 

and you've all had enough time to sleep off you Christmas lunch and prepare for this evenings festivities. We are having a quiet affair just Me James and Aiden as the girls are with their Dad!

This week at Sketch Saturday we have one of our regular monthly sponsor back with us.

Three cheers for....

The Craft Barn!

This weeks winner will win a co-ordinated embellishment bundle:
Artemio Ribbons Boy, Artemio Blue Ric Rac ribbon pack, Artemio light blue tassels, pack of blue buttons, Artemio blue flowers, box of wooden embellishments, a selection pack of extra large brads and a jar of blue Beadazzles.
All these goodies have a total value of almost £23

AMAZING prize eh?
Massive thanks go to The Craft Barn xx

Now onto this weeks Sketch!

Today's Challenges are:

One Sweet Challenge, Charisma Cardz,  Simon Say's Stamp,  Crafts & Me and Creative Inspirations ~ Anything Goes.
Stampavie & More ~ Hearts.
Kaboodle Doodles ~ Angels or Fairies.

Ingredients:

PP ~ Pink Petticoat.
Stamps ~ Sweet Pea and Stampin Up!
Ribbon & Pins ~ eBay.
CS ~ Core'dinations.
Stickles & Copic's. 

Seasons Greetings.

I just popped into wish you all

A Very Merry Christmas

and a 

Happy New Year!

I shall be taking a break for a few day's as I shall be soooo busy, so this blog will re-commence on New Years Eve!