Challenge #5 for Get Creative Challenges

Well, I'm a bit late posting. It's hubby's birthday tomorrow and he wanted all the family and a few friends to get together for a barbeque and to watch a live music radio broadcast. It finished about 30 mins ago and we've just finished unpacking the table and chairs and the remains of the food. I made a couple of salads and my famous baked pumpkin cheescake which went down well. Cheese and crackers and a dip to finish off whilst watching the various acts and I think all have gone home happy. I even got to snuggle with one of our cute little granddaughters during the night, so I'm happy too, lol.
Also I noticed I have a couple of new followers, thanks for joining and I hope to see you calling in from time to time. 
Now onto the reason for my post tonight and that is to share my DT card for the new challenge starting today at Get Creative Challenges.
The theme this week is an Ingredients Challenge -  use 2 patterned papers, 3 brads or buttons and some ribbon. Our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine Stamps.
Here is my card.......

 

 Recipe:

SU Perfect Plum cardstock 

White card from stash

DP from Dovecraft 12x12 paper pad

Image is from Lacy Sunshine Stamps - Truddi Fruitfly Buggmee

Sentiment is from SU ~ Short & Sweet

Nellie Snellen die

Three brads from stash

Woven Ribbon from stash

Copic Markers

Memento Black inkpad

D/S tape roller

Foam Dots

I am entering my card into the following challenges: (back later)

Well that's all from me as I really need to publish this, lol. Looking forward to seeing your wonderful work so please pop over to the challenge blog and join in the fun.

My teamies and I would love to see you popping in to our personal blogs too.

Thanks for stopping by

Take Care,

Hugs,

Sandy

Challenge #104 at 613 Avenue Create Challenges

Hi everyone, sorry I've been missing in action but have had a couple of weeks feeling pretty low with bad headaches & nausea as well as tooth problems! It's not been much fun. I'm finally headache free and had an enjoyable Christmas get together with family members here at home. We had 22 here at dinner time and then six at tea time. I hope you all had a wonderful time. It's hubby's birthday tomorrow so the family are getting together for a simple barbeque and then watching a live radio station music programme called the Hillbilly Hooters. Hope everyone enjoys it and they have some good acts. Most of the time they are quite good but occassionally there are one or two not so good ones, lol.
My card for today is my very last Christmas card for 2014 and is for the new challenge starting at 613 Avenue Create. It's an Anything Goes Challenge with No Twist this time. Our sponsors are Melonheadz and QKR Stampede. My cute little elf comes from Melonheadz and is a part of a bundle.
Here is my card........

Recipe:
SU Crumb Cake cardstock
White cardstock from stash
DP from Kaisercraft
Image is by Melonheadz ~ Elf - Stars  from Christmas Elves line art bundle
Sentiment is from SU
Kaisercraft Oval Die
Copic Markers
Wink of Stella (gold)
Memento Black inkpad
D/S tape roller

My teamies and I would love to see you entering the challenge and also popping in to our blogs to leave a comment.  We are off to our daughter and SIL's tonight as we bought her a air fryer for her secret santa gift and she wants to try it out on us......
So... that's it from me but I'll be back tomorrow with another post.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

Christmas Greetings from Down Under - Challenge #41 at Completely Christmas

It's been a busy day today with grandchildren arriving to stay overnight, a craft breakup party (with crafting too, lol) I had to do some shopping to buy ingredients for zucchini slice for tomorrow's church choir Christmas luncheon. I will be glad to sit down and relax after the kids go to bed!
This week at Completely Christmas our challenge is as usual Anything Goes and the twist this week is to add some Holly.
Our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine and I had recently purchased a few digis so decided to go with a non-christmas image to make a card to send overseas. Thus the title of my post......Christmas Greetings from Down Under and my image is appropriate as she is called Kenna, Aussie Girl. I coloured her clothes in Khaki and Denim with some red and green thrown in to represent Christmas. Hope you like her and her little Koala friend.
Here is my card......

 Here's a second picture, was trying to be arty with some of the garden in the background, but the word "Christmas" doesn't show up so thought I had better go with the scanned pic for the challenge blog.
The colours show up a bit lighter too- the top pic is more correct.

Recipe:
Cream Shimmery cardstock from Kaszzaz
Green card stock from stash
DP was also from Kaszzaz
Image is from Lacy Sunshine - Kenna Aussie Girl
Holly is from a freebie set of stamps
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots

My teamies and I would love it if you popped in and left us a comment and we are looking forward to checking out your entries on the challenge blog. I'd better go and check on these grandchildren, lol and start thinking about what I am going to feed them.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

Vintage Tree Party Challenge 121- Holiday Bingo

Wow, this is our final challenge for 2014 so we would love to see as many entries as possible to round off a fantastic year of fun, creativity and new friendships. I'm sure there are a lot of new followers on different blogs that have been represented in the challenges throughout the year, or if not definitely people popping in to have a peek or two.
For this last challenge at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog, the theme is Holiday Bingo - anything holiday themed but don't forget it still needs a sentiment. I will share the  Bingo chart further down in the post.
Our sponsor is A Day For Daisies - such wonderful images!!! - you may be the lucky winner of the prize being offered so come and join us.
I chose this beautiful vintage image to use on my card and tried to follow through with a vintage theme. Hope you like it.

Here is the pic........ I used the Middle Column ~ Diecuts, Digi and Bling (lots of it - on the tree and on the sentiment)

 Thought you might like to see my two ducks that wanted to get in on the photo shoot, lol
There's a third duck but he is taller so he is off to the right hand side,

Recipe:
SU Baked Brown Sugar cardstock
Blue cardstock from stash
White cardstock from stash
DP is from Kaisercraft 12x12 paper pad - North Pole
Image is from A Day For Daisies - Vintage Tree Party
Nestie Dies - Stately Circles
                  - Fancy Tags Three - I chopped off the top fancy bit.
                  - Standard Circle - Small
Sentiment is from SU Good Greetings
Copic Markers
Memento Black inkpad
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots
Bling from stash

Here is the Bingo Chart -

 

I am entering this into the following challenges:
(back later)

Check out the the challenge blog to find last challenges winner and the top 5 (are you one of them?)
I hope you get a chance to pop into the DT blogs and leave a comment and also to enter the challenge this fortnight. We have a two week break and will be back in the New Year.
Thanks for stopping by
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

My first DT card at Get Creative Challenges - Challenge #3

Welcome to my blog, There is a fairly new challenge blog called Get Creative Challenges and I had been taken on as a sub but one of the DT has had to stand down and Angie asked if I would like to take on the DT position. So....here I am officially - I had to fill in rather quickly but that's what I would have been doing as a sub anyway. The challenges are Anything Goes and are bi-weekly. We hope you come and join in the fun and spread the word about the challenge blog too.
We are being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique for this challenge and I chose to use this fun image of 3 snowmen singing. Was an easy choice for me as I am a soprano in a couple of choirs and always love images of singers, lol.
Here is my card....... I went with non traditional colours for my snowmen trio.

Recipe:
SU Pear Pizzazz cardstock for the cardbase and diecut matte
White card from stash
Scrap of blue card from my evergrowing scrap pile.
Scrap of green card
DP is Rosie's Studio Designer Papers - 6x6 paper pad ~ Making Merry ( a recent acquistion)
Image is from The Stamping Boutique - Caroling Snowmen
Sentiment is from SU - Christmas Messages
Punches - Square and Scalloped Square
Spell Binders Dies - Nested Pine Trees
Memento Black inkpad
Bling from stash
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Not Just Cards - Challenge # 7 ~ Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - Challenge # 170 ~ Christmas
Stamp and Create - November challenge - Christmas
Through the Purple Haze - Challenge#70 - All About Christmas
Come and Get It Challenges - Snowpeople
Christmas Card Challenges - Challenge #53 ~ Anything Goes
My Perfect Life - Challenge Festive 48 Week 47 - Always Christmas

Come and check out the challenge blog (especially if you haven't been before) and also the fab inspirational  work from the DT. We would love to see what you create so why not enter the challenge and be in the running from the great prize up for grabs from our wonderful sponsor.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

Challenge #100 at 613 Avenue Create

It's been a lovely day today, started off this morning with church and singing in the choir, a quick cuppa afterwards and then home for some lunch. I had booked into a Copics club afternoon at our local craft store so gathered up my pens and met a friend there. We coloured a lovely horse freebie digi from Deviant Art - I did one white with grey highlights and another one in brown ~ I'll share them when I get them made up into cards.
Well, today is the 100th challenge at 613 Avenue Create - a milestone for us all. We love to see the wonderful entries each week and glad that those who enter enjoy being part of the challenges.
I think challenges are marvellous opportunities to share our work and also to be inspired by other people's contributions as well. You can pick up tips about layouts, colour schemes and embellishments and you also get to see the many different images (whether they are rubber stamp or digital images) that are available. Digital being one of the easiest to acquire, most instantly, which is fabulous and a real boost to the many talented artists out there too.
This week at 613 Avenue Create we have an optional twist of making a calender, something that we all use or could give to someone else. I know the world of electronics has us all using phones and tablets etc but it's still nice to have something more permanent on the wall or fridge etc.
Our sponsors this week are: Bugaboo, Fitztown and Fred She Said. I was able to select this lovely country scene from Fitztown to use on my creation.

Here is my calender: This photo of the whole calender has not come up very clear so I've added a pic of just the top section so you can see the wonderful image better.

 This close up was edited for colour and has come up not quite true. The horse on the right should be more brown like the one above, lol and the other one should be slightly darker. I just can't seem to get it right sometimes. Very frustrating.......and one of my poor little chooks got an eyelet in place of it's head. Didn't think that one through very well!!!!

Recipe:
Chipboard from stash
White card for the image
DP from
Image is from Fitztown - Country Scene 8
Calender purchased from my local craft store
Copic Markers
Gold Border stickers from stash
Eyelets from stash
Rings from stash
Soft twine from stash
Cropadile
D/S tape roller

I am entering my calender in the following challenges:
Hiding in My Craft Room - HIMCR #176 ~ Freestyle
A Crafty Mess - Challenge 1 ~ Anything Goes


Well, it's time for a bit of a relax before thinking about what to cook for dinner. I bought some marinated chicken strips so I think we will have a sort of stir fry dish with a few vegies added.
Our son and DIL who are living here at present have been house sitting for one of our other son and DIL as they have been visiting her brother and SIL interstate for their 30th birthdays. They get home later tonight so our boarders will be back tonight too. Emma is pretty good as she works during the week she cooks up several dishes at a time and they use them for lunches or dinners, me......I usually come up with something on the hop, lol.
My DT teamies and I would love to see you stop by our blogs and leave a comment and please do share your creativity with us this week, we are an Anything Goes Challenge Blog and have an optional twist so you have lots of scope to play with. Hope to see you in the neighbourhood at 613 Avenue Create,
Thanks for stopping by
Take Care,
Hugs.
Sandy 

Challenge #40 at Completely Christmas

Last weekend of November and we really are starting the countdown to Christmas celebrations. Today sees the start of another challenge at Completely Christmas Challenge Blog. Hope you are keen to join in with us and get your cards done in the process.
Our sponsor this week is Paper Pretties and I got to use this fab Santa image to make my card. I'm not normally a big Santa/Father Christmas fan but do like vintage ones and I like this one ~ he looks so jolly and he has a fantastic beard.
Our theme is ATG with a twist - Use something starting with "S"
Here is my card using a "S"anta and he has "S"hiny textured fur on his hat and collar.......

Recipe:
SU Crumb Cake cardstock
White card from stash
DP is from Francheville 12x12 paper pad ~ Christmas Basics (two different patterned pieces)
Image and "Ho, Ho, Ho" sentiment are from Paper Pretties - Nicholas Digi
Sentiment from SU - Good Greetings
Nestie Dies - Standard Circles ~ large and small
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #85 ~ Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times - Challenge ~ Inspired by a Song - Mine is a children's song called "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"
Southern Girls Challenges - Challenge #100 ~Celebration
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Challenge ~ Santa Clause


Looking forward to seeing lots of creative entries this week at the challenge blog. We really would love to see you joining in this week and don't forget there is a fab prize from our sponsor for the lucky winner.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy