DD Challenge #23 - Festive Colours

Good Morning from a very white & pretty Essex. However, it is the frozen kind of white this morning. We have had freezing fog since last night so it's a tad icy out there today. So what better way to keep warm than to grab a cup of coffee & have a look at this week's challenge.
This week we would like to see you use Festive Colours on your projects & the winner gets a fab $10 voucher for the Daisy Doodle store. Please remember though you need to use a Daisy Doodle image or you won't be entered.

Right I have managed to combine my card with a few challenges again & I have to say I did enjoy making this card. my mojo has been a bit flat recently so it was good to feel it seeping back.I have used the Poinsettia image & coloured it using my Promarkers & Copics. The sketch is from Sketch Saturday. I used my bug to make the snowflakes as well as add some texture to the card. I have to say also that my dining room is now officially a glitter room as there is Glamour Dust everywhere lol!!!! Don't forget to pop by the other DT blogs & spread a little festive cheer this week xx Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Sketch ........ Challenge #132 .......Sketch Saturday
Theme.......White & Splash.......Crafty Cardmakers
Theme.......Christmas.......Secret Crafter
Theme.......Sparkly Christmas.......2 Sister's Challenge
Theme.......Winter Wonderland.......Pear Tree Designs
Theme.......Texture.......Craft Your Days Away

Papers : Card From Stash
Image : Poinsettia by Daisy Doodles
Snowflakes : Spellbinders Create a Flake 1, Glamour Dust, Twinklets Diamond Dust, Snowflake & Circle Brads
Sentiment : Design House Papercrafts (email for details)
Stickles : Star Dust
Others : Swiss Dots Folder, Lace bands

Pens Used :
Promarkers : Cardinal Red, Lipstick Red, Saffron
Copics : R29

MAWTT GD - Someone Special

Morning Everyone from a cold & snowy Essex. However where we are we seem to be getting off quite lightly with the snow. I hope you are all coping wherever you are.
I can't believe we are into December already. I hope you have all got your Advent Calendars! As it is the 1st week of December that means I have stopped by at MAWTT & created a GD card. This week the team are being sponsored by Whimsie Doodles
As a special treat we were given some fab images to play with & these will be available to purchase from the 5th December. Anyhow here is my card

I have used the image of the little boy with the candy cane. This card is going to be put aside for my hubby I think. I have used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The lace was originally white & I have coloured it in blue using my Copic Pens.
I hope you will all pop by the challenge & support the girls xx Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Sketch.......Challenge #78.......Sweet Sketch Wednesday
Theme........Christmas Card.......Cards For Men
Theme.......Dreaming of a White Christmas.......Crafts & Me
Theme.......Christmas.......Crafty Catz

Papers : Basic Grey - Eskimo Kisses
Image : By Whimsie Doodles
Ribbons & Lace : From Stash
Snowflakes : Cut on Cuttlebug

Pens Used :
Promarkers : Aegan, Blue Pearl, Blush, Cardinal Red, Cinnamon, Cobalt Blue, Cocoa, Cornflower, Denim Blue, Grey Green, Lipstick Red, Saffron, Satin, Soft Peach, Tan
Copics : B29

Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes

Good Morning Peeps!! I hope you all had a nice weekend. I had a busy weekend doing a Christmas Fayre & sorting out bits & pieces for Christmas.

This week at Daisy Doodles we have a nice easy challenge for you - Anything Goes!!! Well, almost anything lol!! The only thing we ask is that you make sure that you use an image from Daisy Doodles or this week's sponsor


Right onto my project. I thought I might try some more treat bags for Christmas & remember seeing last year some bags of Reindeer Poop!!! So I have come up with my alternative - Polar Bear Poop lol!!!!

I printed the Polar Bears onto paper & coloured with Promarkers. I cut 2 scalloped ovals on my bug. I then popped some mini marshmallows into cello bags & tied the tags on with organza ribbon. xx Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Theme....... Blue & White.......Incy Wincy Designs
Theme.......Ribbon & Bows.......The Pixie Cottage
Theme........Handmade Xmas Gifts.......Secret Crafter
Theme.......No Flowers.......Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays

Papers : From Stash
Image : Perry the Polar Bear by Daisy Doodles
Ribbon : From Stash
Dies : Scalloped Oval

Pens Used:
Promarkers : Aegean, Cardinal Red, Cool Grey 1 & 2, Lipstick Red, Satin, Sky Blue

Daisy Doodles Digi Release

Welcome to an extra post from me this week for the special release of The 12 Days of Christmas over at the Daisy Doodles Store.The girls on the DT have been working hard this week on making cards to showcase this fab set & there is a raffle going on too so make sure you check it out. Today, is my card & I created another of my Easel card calendars.

I just couldn't resist using this cute Ragdoll image from the set. I coloured her in with Promarkers & used the sketch from last week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I won't be ale to enter it into the challenge unfortunately but I still enjoyed using the sketch. I had another play with the Metallic Rub on set again & got my trusty bug out too.
Make sure you pop over to the store over the next 12 days to see the other cards created using these fab images xx Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Theme.......Dry Embossing.......Crafty Cardmakers
Theme.......Use something you have bought but not used.......Digital Tuesday (Nitwit Papers)
Theme.......Anything Goes.......Cute Card Thursday
Theme.......Butterfly or Xmas Card.......Ellephantastic Challenges
Theme.......Christmas.......2 Sisters Challenge
Theme.......Christmas Trees........Craft Your Days Away

Papers : MME Glittered Stack, Nitwits - Keep You in Stitches
Image : Ragdoll - Daisy Doodles
Ribbon, Tassle & Sentiment: from Stash
Calendar Pad : From Store (Email for Details)

Pens Used :
Copics :V12
Promarkers : Blossom, Blush, Gold, Ivory, Pastel Pink, Primrose, Rose Pink, Saffron, Satin, Soft Peach

Daisy Doodles Challenge #21 - Land, Sea & Air

Well good morning to all you lovely peeps in Blogland. Well whaat a horrible day it is here in Essex. The good thing is its a perfect day for keeping warm & doing all those wonderful crafty things.
Right before I get on with this week's challenge I have to tell you about an exciting event that is happening over at the Daisy Doodles store.

Starting today, whenever you purchase something from the store, you will be sent a ticket number. You will get a number per item bought (for sets bought you get 2 tickets), not per order.

So, say you buy a $1 stamp and a stamp set, you will be given 3

ticket numbers.

The raffle itself will start on 10th November, each day a winner will be randomly picked to win one stamp.

Then 23rd November will be the main draw.

One ticket number will be chosen to win an unreleased set entitled

'12 days of Christmas'

Right onto this week's challenge. We are being sponsored this week by Bonibleaux Designs. They are offering you the chance to win 3 stamps of your choice.


Daisy Doodles has this brilliant set of digistamps available called Doodlebug. I know for a fact that I will be playing with these images for a very long time to come. I have a lot of "bug" lovers in my family lol!! I coloured the image using Promarkers & followed the Sketch from Sketch Saturday. I just love the wave designs on the side of this car. xx Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Sketch....... Challenge #128.......Sketch Saturday
Theme........Blue.......Ellephantastic Challenges

Papers : Nitwit - Keep You in Stitches
Image & Sentiment : Doodlebug by Daisy Doodles
Buttons : From Stash
Distress Inks : Faded Jeans

Pens Used :
Promarkers : Cobalt Blue, Cool Aqua, Cool Grey 1,2,3,4 & 5, Gold, Honeycomb, Ivory, Primrose, Saffron, Sky Blue, Vanilla,

MAWTT / DAISY DOODLES

Good Morning Everyone. It is a lovely sunny morning here in Essex, if not a bit blustery. I have a fab card for you all this morning covering 2 DT projects. But to start off with a little bit of housekeeping that I need to get done.

Unfortunately the winner of my blog candy from September never came forward so I have re-drawn the winner on Random.org. This time comment #22 Angie Congratulations & could you please contact me at threadbare01@gmail.com with your address.

Right onto this week at Moving Along With The Times. I have great pleasure in not only being asked to take up my regular spot as their guest designer but to be sponsoring them as well so please pop over & join in this week. Hazel has provided a great sketch for you to follow & there is an open theme.


I have managed to combine my card with a Daisy Doodle image so this will be my card for Daisy Doodle this week as well.

I have used these fab MME papers that I got from Debbie last year. Unfortunately the camera hasn't picked up all the glitter on the papers. I have coloured the bear in using a mixture of Promarkers & Copics. I will be glad when the day comes where I have all the colours & only need to use one brand or the other. I added glitter gems to all the scallops on the card although these don't seem to have picked up :-( xx Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Theme.......Anything Goes....... Incy Wincy Designs
Theme.......Relish to Embellish.......ASFOS
Theme.......G is for Glitter.......ABC Challenge
Theme.......Use the Colour Red.......Little Red Wagon
Theme.......Winter Wonderland.......Fussy & Fancy

Papers : MME Glittered Stack
Image : Perry the Polar Bear by Daisy Doodles
Gems & Flower : Stash

Pens Used :
Promarkers : Blush, Cool Grey 1 & 2, Lipstick Red,
Copics : R29