Autumn Colours....

 

The good folk over at Seize the Birthday have been playing 'Favorite Fall treat' as their Topping for Challenge #316. I decided to play along but somehow turned the theme into 'Autumn/Fall' in my head! Oh, well... It's a good job they have an Anything Goes theme too!

I made this card for one of the Seize the Birthday gals, Shirley B, who had her birthday at the start of this week. I hope it was a good one, Shirley! 

The cute little bunny is from Mama Elephant set Crafted With Love and the Big Birthday Wishes die is from MFT. It was fun to work with a bold colour palette on this card.

Have a good day, folks!

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #103 - Reminder

 

Hi everyone, it's time for our Reminder post over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  

We're so lucky to have the lovely Loll as our Elf this month, she is one talented lady!

Our theme is:

Challenge #103 - Snow Alert!

Loll has kindly created a second card for our challenge, and you can see it here in all it's glory. 

Here's a quick reminder of Loll's first card for our challenge.

I really love this card, and had so much fun spending time looking at all the gorgeous details. Loll's colouring is awesome and the scene is just perfectly balanced and put together, but I decided to steal her fabulous signature paint splashes and that great torn paper effect. here's the result:

I discovered just how hard it is to get splatters that look as good as Loll's do! I decided I needed a splatter brush and bought a TH one, but I have to say that I just made a mess with it. I'd certainly welcome some tips and hints on getting a good splatter effect from any of you guys who are in the know. The little deer is from Avery Elle and the set is called Dasher, so I shouldn't really have given him a red nose! 

Rudolph has another fun prize for this challenge, so why not drop by and take a look. Loll and I hope you'll come and play along! 

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #103 - Snow Alert!

Anyone got SNOW yet, or are we still shoveling leaves from our driveways? 

I'm delighted to have the very lovely Loll as my guest/Elf over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge this month. Loll is one talented lady and you are going to love her work... I know I do!

Loll has chosen a fun theme for October:

Challenge #103 - Snow Alert!

Nice choice, Loll, and there's plenty of scope for everyone to play this challenge their own way!

Here's my first snow-themed creation:

I was in the mood for a little monochrome with which to wish someone a very beary Christmas. This little chap is from the retired Pinkfresh set Christmas Wishes. The snow is glitter card and the moon is silver metallic card - neither are showing up that well in the picture. 

Card number #2 is a little different and was soooo quick and easy to make. The beautiful snowflakes are from Simply Graphic and the embossing folder is Kaisercraft Snowflakes. 

I really hope you'll come and play along with Loll and me over at The Christmas Kickstart as we're both really excited to see what you create!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #267 - S is for Spooky

 

Edna is helping us play S is for Spooky this month over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! October is also breast cancer awareness month, so we're offering you an option to include pink on your creation.

My card isn't so much spooky as just plain silly!

My Sizzix ghosts are enjoying a chat against a Tim Holtz embossing folder background. All in all, this was a fun card to make. 

I'm going to link this card over at The Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. This is such a fun challenge and I have no idea why I don't play here more often. Their Mood Board for this month is just brilliant and the DT inspiration rocks!

And finally, don't forget to check them boobies, gals, it's important and could just save your life!

Take care. x

The Card Chain Challenge Reveal - September 2025

Hi guys, it's reveal time for the Card Chain Challenge!

We had 28 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month and our total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is a rather amazing 4,781. Im-press-ive! 

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Flamingos / Fish / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Foil / Silhouette

I sent this glorious Gloria to Pia in Norway... 

And received this beautiful creation from Hilary in the UK. Such good foiling!

You can see the Reveal post in all it's glory by heading here!