Anything Goes!

Hello again! Monday, so time for another fab challenge over at Dream Valley Challenges! This challenge you can do anything you like in Anything Goes!

I have carried on yesterday's theme of boxes, and I used these to give my office teamies little just because gifts!

What I have used:

Boxes made with We R Memory Keepers Gift Box Punch board

Flowers - Marianne Creatables

Leaves - Magnolia DooHickeys

I would like the enter the following challenges please:

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Box it up

The Pink Elephant - Anything but a card

Thank you for stopping by, and remember to enter our fab challenge!

Love and light

Claire xx

Getting ready for Christmas...

Morning everyone! Urge, Monday, but never mind! Back at school, and the countdown to Christmas has officially begun!

It's time for another fab challenge at Dream Valley Challenges, and our theme is 'Getting ready for Christmas!' Our sponsor for this challenge is Robyn's Fetish, and the winner will receive three digital stamps!

So, this is my first Christmas card, hopefully the first of many!

What I have used:

Papers - First Edition Vintage Noël, Tim Holtz Coredinations Forest Moss and Fired Brick

Brad - Hobby House

Poinsettia - Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia

Sentiments - Kaisercraft and DoCraft

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Viva la Verve - October sketch week 4

Always Something Creative - Green and Red

Thank you for stopping by - please remember to enter our fab challenge at Dream Valley!

Love and light

Claire xx

Humour

Hello again! Second post for the day, which can only mean another challenge at Dream Valley Challenges! Our theme this fortnight is Humour, and we are being sponsored by Bugaboo. The lucky winner will receive a $21 spending spree in the online store!

I got this set of stamps free in a magazine quite a while back, and have never had the opportunity to use them until now...

What I have used:

Papers - First Edition Papers Boho Chic

Image and sentiment - Acid Drops and Whatnots

Coloured with Tim Holtz DMs

Brad - The Hobby House

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

CAS(E) this sketch - Sketch 52

Creative Knockouts - Banners and Pennants

Addicted to Stamps and More - Clean and Simple

Thank you for stopping by, and hope to see you again soon!

Love and light

Claire xx

Buttons!

Hello again! Second post for the day, and this time it's for Dream Valley Challenges. My post for Eclectic Ellapu is the next one down, please have a look too!

Our theme at Dream Valley this time is Buttons, and we are very fortunate to be sponsored by Freckled Fawn, who do a fab range of over 300 washi and deco tapes! Our lucky winner will get a $20 voucher to their online store!!

As it's October, and also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I decided that pink was the way to go, and so this is what I did...

What I have used:

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Buttons - Woodware

Banners - Joy craft die

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Fusion - Pink Power

Cut it Up - Think Pink!

Wags and Whiskers - Breast Cancer Awareness

Link up for Pink - Breast Cancer Awareness

Divas by Design - CAS

Shopping our Stash - Breast Cancer Awareness

Live and Love Crafts - Use Pink

Thank you for stopping by! Please pop over to Dream Valley Challenges to see the other fab makes for this month, and of course to link up your entries! And to all the ladies out there, remember to Think Pink!!

Love and light

Claire xx

Autumn

Hello again everyone! I'm back again with my post for Dream Valley Challenges, and this time we would like to see your Autumn cards! We are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter, and the winner will receive a $20 gift voucher!

I have used some beautiful papers from BoBunny for the background on my card...

What I have used:

Papers - BoBunny

Leaves - Tim Holtz die

Sentiment - Woodware

Lace - Hobby House

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Sugar Creek Hollow - Fall is in the air

Aud Sentiments - Autumn

Milk Coffee - Fabulous Fall Colours

Seize the sketch - Sketch 4

Thank you for stopping by, hope to see you again soon!

Love and light

Claire xx

Purple and Green

Hello again! My second post for the day, and this time it's for our latest challenge over at Dream Valley Challenges, and our prize is another surprise goody box!! We would like you to use the colours Purple and Green! I will admit I was a bit bemused when I started this, as it's a combination I don't really use, but I have rather enjoyed making this card.

I have used Marianne dies to make my flowers, and kept them all the same colour, so although they are all different, they all match! I really love these flowers, as they can look as elegant or as grungy as you like, depending on what card or paper you use to make them...

What I have used:

Flowers - handmade using Marianne dies

Leaves - Magnolia DooHickeys and Joy Crafts

Sentiment - Penny Black

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Sugar Creek Hollow - My Rose Garden

As you like it Challenge - Favourite Flowers or Trees (flowers are easy to make and always look fab!!)

Clearly iStamp - Thank You

Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon

Thank you again for stopping by, please have a look at what the other girls have created at Dream Valley Challenges, and remember to enter the challenge!!

Love and light

Claire xx

Oldies birthday and For a Child!

Morning friends! Beware, this will be a bit of a long post, as I have DT creations for Eclectic Ellapu and Dream Valley Challenges to show you!

This week has been rather busy, which has been lovely! Last Sunday Nadine and I went to London to see Dirty Dancing, which was absolutely fantastic! We also had lunch and cocktails at Jamie Oliver's Diner in Piccadilly, so we thoroughly spoilt ourselves!! Graham has been on leave this past week, and is also off next week, so we have been pottering around the house. We went to Stamford on Friday and had a look around all the quirky little shops and the market, and then had lunch out.

Yesterday I went to Sir Stampalot in Peterborough for a demo by the very talented Clare Rowlands, the creator of Molly Blooms! It was a very informative couple of hours, and my head is spinning a bit with some lovely ideas!!

Right, on to today! My first card is for Eclectic Ellapu, and this week our theme is Oldies Birthday! This card is for my brother-in-law who turns 50 on Tuesday!

What I have used:

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Charm - Hobby House

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Seize the Sketch - STS #2

Lili's Little Fairies - It's all about the boys

Seize the Birthday - Anything goes

CAS(e) this sketch - Sketch #42

Divas by Design - Use some twine

My next card is for Dream Valley Challenges, and this time our theme is For a Child! I chose to do a baby card, and this one is going to one of the teachers from school who was blessed with her second little girl this past week...

What I have used:

Image and sentiments - Lili of the Valley

Rose - Marianne Creatables

Fern - Magnolia DooHickeys

Leaf - Joy Crafts

Brads - Hobby House

Ribbon - from stash

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

A Die for a Sketch - Challenge #15

Sister Act - Challenge 21

Aud Sentiments - Anything but a birthday card

Crafty Ribbons - Challenge 58

Crafty Creations - Shabby Chic

Thank you for taking the time to have a look, and please remember to pop over to have a look and see what the DT members on both teams have come up with, and of course link your creations to the challenges!

Love and light

Claire xx

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Monochrome!!

Hello All! Back again this morning with another hat on, this time for Dream Valley Challenges, and this week we would like to see Monochrome! I love this kind of theme, using shades of one colour - I think it gives cards a really elegant feel! We are sponsored this week by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, and the winner will receive either 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 paper pack of the winner's choice!

Right, onto my card! I tried something a bit different for me this week, and did some stitching on my card! Now I know this may not be new to all of you, but I think I have always been scared of trying it, so I just jumped in a the deep end, and I love it! I think you may just be seeing a bit more sewing on cards from me in the future!

What I have used:

Flower - Spellbinders Rose Creations

Leaves - Joy Crafts

Sentiment - Woodware

Brad - Hobby House

I wold like to enter the following challenges please:

Allsorts - Stitching

The ABC Challenge - S is for Stitching

Emma's Cards UK - Floral

Thanks for stopping by, and as always, please stop by the rest of the team to see what they have created!

Love and light

Claire xx

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Summer Days and Anything Goes

Hello again friends! Well, officially on holiday now, until the beginning of September, except for a few odd days that I have to go into work to do a few bits and pieces! I had a wonderful week last week, my birthday happened to fall on the day we finished school, so what a fantastic present - Summer holidays!! I was thoroughly spoilt for my birthday, and received some lovely presents and beautiful cards!

Today we have challenges at both Eclectic Ellapu and Dream Valley Challenges. Eclectic Ellapu are having 'Anything Goes' which is always really popular, and Dream Valley Challenges want to see 'Summer Days'!

What I have used:

Flowers and leaves - Magnolia Doohickeys

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

One Stop Craft - Flowers and Ribbon

A Little Bit Crafty - Die-ing for it!

Thank you for stopping but, and please remember to pop over to both Eclectic Ellapu and Dream Valley Challenges to see what both very talented design teams have created for you this week!

Love and light

Claire xx

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Flowers and Fancy Folds

Hello Everyone! Well, some exciting news – I have been asked to join the wonderful Design Team over at Dream Valley Challenges! This week is my first challenge, and our theme is ‘Fancy Folds’!

 

It is also the turn of the Pink Team at Eclectic Ellapu, and this week our host is the lovely Kelly, and she has chosen the theme of ‘Flowers’.

 

I have cheated a bit and combined the two challenges – I haven’t been very well again and ran out of time to do two cards, but I think it all worked out quite well in the end! Only a week and a half until the school holidays, which I am really looking forward to! Five and a half weeks off to make cards and relax!!  Anyway, on to my card…

 

 

 

 

What I have used:

Sentiment – Lili of the Valley

Flowers – Marianne Creatables

Leaves and Fern – Magnolia DooHickeys

 

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Hobby House – Vintage

Card Makin Mamas – Monochromatic

Fairy Tale Challenge – Favourite Colours

Sister Act Card Challenge – Anything Goes

Lili's Little Fairies – Happy Birthday

 

Thank you for stopping by, and please hop on over to Eclectic Ellapu and Dream Valley Challenges to see what the DTs have created!

 

See you soon!

 

Love and light

Claire xx