DT card for Charisma challenge # 16

Morning everyone hope it's sunny where you are today. This is my card for Charisma this week, Claire has given us a fab sketch to follow so this is my take on it. The paper is Simply elegant by Papermania and the image is Pen Pal from Eliz.Bell. I had to crop it to fit but I think it looks okay. I coloured it with Copics though the colours are not very true in the pic as the light in here is very poor. The sentiment is from a set with flowers and teddies I bought years ago and I just came accross this week.The lace, velvet ribbon and flowers are from my stash.

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I'm off now to get my little grandson for the day, if he goes for a wee sleep in the afternoon I might manage to colour some images. Happy crafting.

A little flower image for a change....

Well I should be in bed as it's now 1am but I just had to finish this card or I wouldn't have slept. You know the way you have it all in your head and you just have to get it done. Well I can pop off to bed now quite happy. Hope you like it I got a wee bit fed up of the usual cute images and decided to do flowers instead and as luck would have it I'm too late for the cute card Thursday challenge this week which was all about flowers, Ah well never mind.... I've had this image for years and never used it so decided it was time to ink it up.The sentiment stamp was from the paper shop and doesn't have a name on it. I used paperania lilac flower paper and embossed white paper for the background. Mounted the stamp on to nesties and added free flowers that came with last months cardmaking and papercraft mag. It's really lilacs and pinks but the camera has made it look more bluish.

Right that's me off to bed now. Back again tomorrow or should I say later today.....with my DT card for this weeks Charisma challenge which is a sketch by the lovely Claire.

Carly's DT challenge

Is to make or alter an envelope. "Too much whiteness out there "she said. I've never made an envelope before although I seem to have found quite a few templates for them among my stash, so I used one tonight and came up with this. I'm not really keen on it, the only thing that I do like is the paper I used, that's about it really. Maybe I'll get better with a bit of practice. Thaks for stopping by.

UR 18

I made this card for my friend in work. I think it's for her Nephew, not sure. Anyway he has a black car hence the decoupage I used, which is from Craft creations. The papers are HOTP and Dovecraft Grayscale, I think...stupid me has lost the front page and I only had it in my hand yesterday...lol. It's probably under a pile of stuff somewhere. I'll find it eventually. Thanks for looking.

Cute wedding....

Another card for a girl in work. I used a cute decoupage by Monica, and layered embossed paper and swirl paper onto mirri card. Added a topper with champagne glasses ( can't remember where I got these I've had them for years) and the sentiment is done the computer, added organza ribbon to finish. It's a lovely day again today hope it's nice where you are.

Have a nice Monday.

350th Birthday

Hi there, I've not been around for a few days as I've had major computer trouble. I had to take off all my files and put them all on cd.s so that my son could clear the computer and re boot for me. It worked fine and now I've got loads of memory to play a round with but I've lost a few progams that I liked using for my card making and editing. So apologies for the poor picture of this card.

Now onto the card and what it's for. As you can see it's for Cumbernauld Old Parish they are celebrating 350 years and a girl in my work asked me if I could do a birthday card for the church. Never done one for a church before so I hope she likes it. I used a die cut decoupage for it and mounted it onto my oval nesties I wanted to keep it light and bright so I used an embossed white paper and added a ribbon and flower to match. I bought the glitter numbers in Tesco. Thanks for popping in. Hopefully once I get all my programs back in order my pics will improve.

New pic uploaded my son found the missing programs, everything back to normal..I hope!

DT card for Charisma Cardz challenge #15

Hello again, I hope you all had a lovely Easter break. I had a lovely weekend and the weather was fab up here for a change. This is my card for this weeks challenge...Little Black Dress... which was set by the lovely Carly owner of Charisma Cardz. I used Dovecraft paper on white cardstock. The image is coloured with Copics and is called Melanie but I don't know who makes it. The flower is made up of Prima esprit, and free flowers from cardmaking and papercraft mag.

Why not pop over to Charisma Cardz and have a go there's a great prize to be won.

This week sadly we say goodbye to our DT member Sharon who is moving on to pastures new and we wish her well in the future, and taking up a full time position as DT member is our previous guest designer Lyndsey. Congratulations Lyndsey glad to have you with us .

Thanks for popping in and hopefully I'll get a chance this weekend to have a go at some challenges and put a few more cards on here. Happy crafting.

DT CARD FOR CHARISMA CHALLENGE # 14

Hello everyone, this is my DT card for week # 14 over at Charisma Cardz. I loved using these colours this week, a really nice combination. This weeks challenge is being set by Joy one of our guest designers, who sadly leaves us this week. Her creations and projects are always amazing why not pop over to her blog... here... and see for yourself you won't be disappointed.

How did i make it:

Lilac paper, FF Christmas snow

Gingham, freebie from a mag a long time ago.

Egg is papermania, and oval nestie paper is Craft Creatives bought in Tesco

Coloured check paper is HOTP

Image is Cherry Tilda sitting.

Flowers and ribbon from stash.

Hope you like it...

This Saturday is the Opening day for Hubby's Bowling Club and 'cause he's President of the club this year I have to open the greens and throw the first bowls....lol...Never done this before and vowed I would never play bowls but I have to do it. So I will have to go and get some practice in otherwise they will all land in the ditch....lol... Hope it's a nice day weather wise, fingers crossed.

I have a house full of family on Sunday and an Easter Egg Hunt for my two little Grandsons, they love that. Have a lovely Easter Weekend and I hope the sun shines wherever you are.

DT CALL FOR CHARISMA CARDZ CHALLENGE BLOG

We have a position coming up for a fulltime Design Team Member!!! wahooo!!! It could be you!!If you'd like the chance to join Charisma please read on...
In order to apply you must be:
*An active Blogger*Produce high quality work and photograph your work*Join us on a 7 week rolling challenge rota (be able to publish your challenge on the set date (always on a thursday) )*Produce work for each challenge set*Your position will be reviewed at intervals of 6 months*Be able to leave comments on particpants blogs
In return we offer:
*A fun and friendly design team*A swap shop within the Design Team*Access to both DT Blog and main challenge blog*Freebies from sponsors
Does this sound like something you could do?Anyone can apply from anywhere in the world!
All We ask is you produce One Piece of NEW work choosing one of the following themes:
Flowers, Pink, Dreams
and e-mail it to us at charismachallenges@live.co.uk with a little about yourself, where your from, if your on any other design teams and why you'd like to join us.
Closing date is: 16th April 7pm GMT
The choosen DT member will be notifed on the 17thGood Luck!
Charisma DT xXx

Why not give it a go !!!

DT CARD FOR CHARISMA CHALLENGE # 13

This Week at Charisma we have 2 prizes to choose from for one lucky winner!
1st Prize for the UK only! is: a 10% discount voucher for Handyhippo.co.uk

2nd Prize for uk and worldwide is: a special little suprise packet from Create n Celebrate! So get on over there and join in the fun. Remember if you're the winner this week you muct choose one or the other.

Here is my DT card for this week challenge # 13 set by the lovely Lyndsy. It's a fab sketch for you so let your creative juices flow, use whatever stamp you like or make anything you like it's your choice.

I have used papers by basic grey, sultry. The image is my all time favourite, Claudia the Artist, by Elizabeth Bell. Coloured with Copics as I basked in the sun on my holiday aboard the cruise ship Norweigan Jade last week. Mmmmmm wish I was there now..............Back to reality now, the washing is all done and put away and now I have to find a place for the cases. I go through this every time I go on holiday, they never seem to fit back in the cupboard they came out of....lol...Happy crafting everybody.