ANYONE FOR CHESS?....

Hello everyone....I hope you are all well. 
Thank goodness its the weekend and the start of nine lovely days off work for me.....and boy have I been looking forward to it.....
Today I have a card to share....I was asked to make this for my niece, Charlotte's birthday. She likes to play chess and she also likes mice so I think this image was a perfect choice for her card....

The image is a House Mouse stamp called Check Mate. I coloured using Promarkers and chalks. The papers are from Craft Creations Ltd. The border punch is from Martha Stewart. I finished off by adding some Stickles to the straws and some pearls from the Hobby House.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~

Critter Sketch Challenge ~ # 91 ~ Monochrome

Pollycraft Monday Challenge ~ # 119 ~ Friends/Friendship

Cupcake Craft Challenge ~ # 168 ~ Two's Company

2 Sisters Challenge ~ # 66 ~ Let It Sparkle

Crafty Ann's Challenge ~ # 54 ~ Sketch or Monochromatic {or both}

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VINTAGE CAR

Evening everyone....I hope you are all well. 
Today I have another card to share. I made this card for my partners father's birthday which is today.

This is a totally different style of card for me but I have to say I really enjoyed making it. I must also report that at last I think my Mojo has finally found its way back home....Thank goodness!!!.....I will be having a serious word with it later to find out where it has been of late.

The image for this card is from Rubbernecker and the papers are from a Kanban paper pad called Industriana which I think are just perfect for men's cards. The cogs and wheels are Tim Holtz. The piece of brown card in the centre was embossed and then rubbed over with a bronze wax.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~

Divas By Design ~ # 15 ~ Monochromatic

2 Sisters Challenge ~ # 65 ~ Anything Goes

Bearly-Mine Challenge ~ # 23 ~ One For The Boyz

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REMEMBRANCE POPPIES

Good afternoon everyone.....
As it is Remembrance Sunday I have made a card in honour of this special day. 

The Poppy image is from Penny Black. I coloured using a mixture of Distress Inks and Promarkers. The Poppies were made using various punches and Shapeabilities Spellbinders.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~

Crafty Ann's Challenge ~ # 53 ~ Floral Frenzy

Delicious Doodles Challenge ~ # 6 ~ Remembrance

Cute Card Thursday ~ # 190 ~ Reds For Remembrance!

Just Inspirational Challenge ~ # 2 ~Remembrance Day

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BITS AND BOBS

Evening everyone.....
Today I have another card to share that I have finished. It is another card designed by Sue, and was one of the six cards that we made at the Christmas card workshop that I attended recently.
This card was the last card to be made and Sue designed it so we were able to use up all the scraps that we had left over from the previous five cards that she had taught us.

Its a very simple card but of course there is plenty of free space to add other embellishments if you wanted to be more creative. I have deliberately left this space as I didn't want to cover up the lovely papers. Thanks Sue....I think this is a really good idea for using up those little scraps of paper, especially as I hate to throw anything away.
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SNOWY DAY

Evening everyone....
Today I have another completed scrapbook page to share. This is another page taught by the very talented and creative Polly at my local craft shop.

This is a photo of myself and my daughter and was taken late last year when we were out walking the dogs in the woods. The snow had been quite heavy overnight and it was extremely cold and we were very wet after a spot of snowballing. 

I haven't had very much to show in the way of cards lately but I have been trying to complete various projects that I have started and have left unfinished .....so I'm trying to finish things off and sort out my craft room at the moment. I do have cards that I have made but I can't show them at the minute as they are for various up and coming birthdays, weddings and anniversary's.                                                        
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VINTAGE SANTA

Morning everyone....well at last I've managed to set aside some time to just sit and play in my craft room. I have been so busy just lately that the days seem to slip by between posts....but I must confess to being one of those people who can say....and I'm sorry but ...."I've finished my Christmas shopping". 
Don't get me wrong.....I absolutely love Christmas but I detest shopping unless of course its for crafty bits and pieces....so hopefully now I can spend a little more time creating and crafting.
Today I have a card to share that I made at a Christmas card workshop. We made six cards in total and the class was taught by Sue and was held at one of my local craft shops. 

This is the first card of the six I have completed and as per usual for me I never seem to finish things at these workshops so end up bringing them home to finish....eventually. All the cards Sue designed and  taught us had different elements which you could easily recreate. I had a lovely day and came home with lots of ideas.....so 'Thank You' Sue.....

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TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Hello everyone...
Today sees a new challenge over at CHRISTMAS CRAFTING! and this month the lovely Morgan has chosen the theme and it is the 'Twelve Days of Christmas'....so we would love to see you use this Christmas song to inspire your creations for this months challenge.
The sponsor for this months challenge is Robyn's Fetish and here is my card using one of their lovely images. The image I have used is called 'Gilded Christmas Dove'....and I used this image to represent the turtle doves in the song but as you can see I have only used the one dove where there should be two..... 

I have coloured the image using gold and silver metallic Letraset markers and used Diamond Stickles to the body of the dove. I then cut out the image and mounted it on embossed card which I rubbed over with silver wax.
So please pop over to Christmas Crafting! and have a look at the lovely creations my team mates have come up with.....and we would love for you to join us in this months challenge.
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