Cute Card Challenge

Just looked at the Crafts by Carolyn forum after a long absence, and found I was just in time to enter the Cute Card Challenge. So here is a little card made using an image received from a swop some time ago, and just got round to using it.

Back again at last after a long six week holiday in Australia. Now have a lot of catching up with cards to make. I started with this one following the sketch by Designer Claire Mackaness for the Charisma Thursday Challenge. This was made for some friends who moved house whilst I was away, so better late than never.

Lindsay Masons candy

Claire took me to see Lindsay Mason demonstrating at our local craft shop in Wickford today. She really is very clever and I have learnt so many new things.


Lindsay is offering some super Blog candy including a signed tag made specially for the candy by Tim Holtz!!

Family 50th Birthday Girl

Here is a card I've made with lots of help from Claire! It's designed around the Papertake Weekly Scetch and features Holly in the Garden from the Holly & Madison Collection. I painted the image with twinkling H2O's and Claire matted it up and applied the hot fix Rhine studs for me. I needed to make sure the lines were nice and straight as it is a special card for my sister-in-law in Australia, so I left the cutting to Claire as my eyesight isn't up to straight lines!....you might have noticed in some of my other makes LOL!

The great thing about crafting at Claires house/studio I should say, is I get to raid her stash whilst I'm there! I did provide the backing paper & the pink matting and gave her some new bits I had bought recently as a thankyou.

Back in Time

This weeks Dotties World, Lou asked to see a card we had made previously and repeat the layoutbut of course showing a Charmed Image. I was always pleased wityh my LOV Fairy card, so re-created it using Dottie this time. Just for taking part I can e-mail Louise and she will send me the new Holly in the USA image. Can't wait to get colouring

Summer is coming

This has been made for my 82 year old Aunt who loves cats. It hopefully fits Daring Cardmakers Friday Challenge of lots of Green - As it was intended as a Birthday card, could'nt make it a double dare this time. I used the Friday Sketchers 39 layout. I don't have anything to make an oval image, so I hope the round scalloped one will be acceptable.

Good Enough to Eat!!

I had made this to have a go at paper piecing & stitching, then found the Charisma Card Challenge which would have been ideal. Unfortunately I was unable to photograph the card before challenge ended today. But hey, the card is here now, so thought you may like to see it anyway. I have put it into this weeks Charisma challenge, with the hope it will get a notice. Hopefully I will be putting a more appropriate card on the site for this weeks Hugs and Cuddles.