ABC Challenge - M for Magical

Happy Wednesday to all my faithful followers out there and those who left heart felt wishes when I had the flu. Fortunately I am on the mend but knackered doing not very much so my craftime is still somewhat limited.

I actually managed to surprise myself twice on Sunday while making this card. The first being I made only two christmas cards last year (so shameful) so I took the opportunity to create a christmas card. The second surprise I used an old Sugar Nellie image. I was and still am a huge Sugar fan but when you come across so many other wonderful stamp companies it's easy to get lured.

Anyway today marks the day of a new challenge over at abc challenges and the theme this week is M for Magical. Our sponsor this week is the wonderful Pollycraft and they have given us a fabulous prize to give away to one lucky winner.
Please pop over to abc for more details and the chance to see some fabulous inspiration from the dt girls. We have also anounced the winners of the dt call and what can I say but wow!!


Our telephone exchange went down last night while writing this post and I have lost the details of my card and all the links :-( I will pop by later today with an update and if you have any questions leave me a comment on the side bar.

Hope you are all well and please pop by again tomorrow when I will share with you my card for Sarah Hurley Challenges.

hugs Clare x

ABC Challenge - B for BLUE

Seems like only last week since I posted A for August over at abc challenge and now here I am posting our new challenge that started today! Our theme this fortnight is B for Blue (at least 80% of your card has to be blue) and our sponser this week is Secret Crafter. Please check out the challenge blog for more details.

Here's my blue card

recipe...

dp's- PM Henbury Lane
tools- promarkers and ms heart lace punch
stash-ribbon,flowers,pearls,card candy and rafia lace
image-LOTV rosie posie
sentiment-do crafts magazine

I will be back tomorrow with my DT card for a new challenge over at Sarah Hurley Challenges .You still have until sunday to enter our Animal theme challenge and you might be lucky enough to win a wee prize from Sarah.

Thanks for popping by

hugs Clare x

ABC Challenge - A for AUGUST

Hi there that's another fortnight gone by and the start of a new challenge over at abc challenge.

This week the challenge is A for August

and our sponsor this week is Simon says stamp

here's my wee card....

I have kept it rather simple for a change


Dp's Papermania sweet nothings
flowers- Papermania capsule collection
ribbon- Wild Orchid Crafts
candy- craftwork cards
tools- ms heart lace punch and promarkers
sentiment- my local craft shop
image- CC designs thanks Debs

sketch- Sketch Saturday

Hope you are all well

hugs Clare x

remember there's still plenty of time to join in Sarah's challenges and it's anything goes!

ABC Challenge - Z for ZIZ ZAG card

That's another fortnight gone by and that only means one thing. A new challenge over at ABC and this time it's Z for ZIG ZAG card. Like me this was way out way comfort zone but once I got started it wasn't so bad and I actually had some fun, which it's all about right?? The challenge runs for a fortnight so you have loads of time to join in and if you need some inspiration why don't you pop over to the challenge blog and see the dt's amazing cards.

This week we are very lucky to be sponsered by the fabulous Lacy at STAMP and CREATE.



and here is the prize Lacy has kindly offered.



and there's more.

Lacy has also agreed that for the term of this challenge, all ABC Challenge participants/blog readers can receive 10% of your total order!! Use discount code abcjuly (all one word and lower case) at the checkout


I found a tutorial for a tri (shutter) fold card over at split coasters, a great sourse of inspiration. It did take me a couple of hours to make but I really wanted to make a special card for my wedding anniversary. I also wanted to have a wee play with Sarah's Hurley's woodland whimsie cd1. Knowing that there are so many different elements to the cd I knew it would be perfect and how could I resist those cute little deers.


I will be back soon with news regarding Sarah's blog hop to celebrate the start of her new blog challenge. So if you are not already please become a follower of my blog so you don't miss out on the chance to win some yummy candy!!

hugs Clare x

ABC Challenge - Y for YOU and Me

By gosh, can you believe another fortnight has passed and it's time for a new challenge over at abc. The number of entries we had for our last challenge was amazing and it was great to see so many new peeps joining in alongside our trusty regulars.

This time the letter is Y for You and Me so we want to see two images on a stamp or two separate images on your card. This weeks challenge is perfect for those wedding and anniversary cards or perhaps a card for twins or you could create a scene. So many options so def no excuse not to join us and to tempt you even more we have a fabulous sponser.


Our sponsor this challenge is WILD ORCHID CRAFTS whom I am sure you are all aware of, where else are we getting all our delicious flowers from. Here is the prize that they are offering.



If you are looking for some inspiration the DT has once again come up trumps so pop over to the abc blog or their individual blogs. You could even leave a wee comment or two, even just to say hi.

Below is my card for my brothers and sister in law Alisons wedding anniversary. Now I am super organised which is a rarity for me, as they're 1st wedding anniversary isn't til August but with my niece due to be born the end of July I want to be organised.


tools- MS butterfly punch and heart x cut punch
promarkers- sunkissed pink,cocktail pink,ice grey 1,apple for bunnies and meadow for grass
rak-LOTV image,papers and ribbon thanks Mel,flowers thanks Dawn
sentiment- stamp from old docrafts magazine

challenges I have entered are....

friday sketchers- fab sketch



I will be back soon as I have my sister in laws birthday card to share with you.

Thanks for all your comments regarding my last post you all made me laugh so much my sides hurt!!

hugs Clare x

abc challenge- X is for...

Well it's that time again for a new challenge over at abc challenge. This weeks challenge is x is for xtra dimension so please get those creative juices going and join in this exciting challenge!!

We are luck enough to be sposered by Denise at Wimsey stamps whom has offered one lucky winner a $15 voucher to be spent in her shop.

If you need some inspration or fancy trying something new pop over to the DT's blogs you won't be disappointed.

Here is my project which I have made for Arrans nursery teacher.Miss Cordillo is a supply teacher and the sad news is it will be her last day tomorrow. Hopefull she will be back at some point during the next term as we will all miss her dearly. I can see me taking the tissues tomorrow lol

My camera lens is playing up again so after a lot of screaming and tantrums (from me not hubby just in case you were wondering) I managed to get these pictures. I took a few so you could see it from several angles as I haven't made a notelet pad before and wasn't sure how to photograph it. Hope you are inspired and I will be stalking you until you join.....only kidding!!





challenges I am entering are

Totally gorjuss- sugar and spice (hoping the sugar nellie counts)
bunny zoes crafts- Nice and girly
simon says stamp-you gotta have friends
spoonfull of sugar- best wishes/good luck

hugs Clare

ABC Challenge - W for Weather

Yeah!! I can finally show you my first DT for the abc-challenge. My initial thoughts was a summer theme but with all this rain lately Splashing Maggie came to mind. I just love her to bits, well she is Scottish afterall lol. I also got the chance to play with my new Henbury papers which I bought when I meet a couple of buddies of mine in Glasgow. I am ashamed to say they never left the carrier bag but now they're out and been aired I am tempted to make another card with them soon.

This fortnights theme over at the ABC Challenge is


W for Weather

and we are very lucky to have Secret Crafter as our sponser


They have just released the new Mangas and they're delivery service is amazing speaking from personnel experience

I used the sketch over at MAWTT who have a DT call this week so double the fun. Clare is stepping and will be moving on to pastures new. It's been almost a year since I started blogging and it's all been thanks to Clare, of course MAWTT was my first ever challenge entry and guest designer. It would be amazing if I could be a part of the DT but if not well it's not meant to be.

The challenges I have entered are...

crafty angels-favourite stamp
a spoonfull of sugar- floral delight
craftalicious-new

The sun has suddenly decided to make an appearance so off to do a bit of gardening.
Take care
Clare x