Male Cards @ Charisma ....

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Morning all!!!

It's a brand new challenge at Charisma and our Team have been super busy at designing some fantastic creations to share and inspire you.

Firstly! I'd like to give a huge welcome to two new DT's joining Team Carly this week!!!

♥ Kavitha ♥

&
♥ Sarah ♥

We look forward to getting to know you and seeing your beautiful creations each week!

On to this week's challenge which has been chosen by the lovely Michelle!

MALE CARDS

UH OH!!! I hear you sigh!!! well with fathers day fast approching what better way to get something crafty made and join in to win some fabulous prizes which are.....

PRIZE ONE

Bunny Zoe's Crafts is full of wonderful craft items to make very special cards and crafts from! Nikki is a lovely friendly lady who will make your shopping experience one you'll always keep coming back to!!!

Bunny Zoe's Crafts have a whole array of items in stock from Magnolia Stamps to Charms, from Whimsy Stamps to Ribbon the list is endless why not pop along and see for your self!!!

One lucky crafter will win.....

PRIZE TWO 

We're pleased to welcome back..

Some Odd Girl is the place to find fun and quirky digis that I know you will love!!! Some Odd Girl was inspired by two great friends who are such dolls! They took one of my pencil drawings and made it into red rubber! That act of generosity spiraled into what you see today!

This week's prize is THREE Digis of your choice to one lucky winner


My card recipe
Image by Mo Manning
coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noir pens
First Edition papers, New Leaf
Bark embossing folder
Corners from Whimsy Stamps
Sentiment hand written on chipboard and tied with paper twine.


Thanks for your visit today, don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog and see the rest of team Carly's cards for your inspiration.

Travel @ Charisma...

Hello everyone, I'm afraid I'm a little late with my post for this week's Charisma challenge, totally forgot to schedule it last night....far too much stuff going on in my brain this week.
It's team Gem's turn and they would like to see anything to do withTRAVELOur sponsors this week are

Simon Says Stamp

and

Pink Cat Studio

So why not pop over and see team Gem's wonderful creations for your inspiration this week.Happy crafting

Silver Wedding Card & Box......

Recipe........

Nesties Die, Marianne Creatable Heart Dies, Sizzix Number dies, Wild Orchid Roses and Metal corner. Metal Butterfly from Mei Flower, pleated ribbon  and pearls from stash. Papers are Paper Cellar, Victorian Classic.

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Thank you for calling into my blog today, I hope you all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.

 I was busy with my Grandchildren over the weekend and we had a great time. I managed to fit in some craft time colouring  some images, tiling in the kitchen and some gardening too...... the weather was great until today. Never mind I'm back to work tomorrow and it's a nice short week so hopefully it will fly in and it will be the weekend again and then it's only 3 weeks till my holidays  (big smile!!) 

This card was a commission  for a Silver Wedding, I decided to make the box as I don't like squashing cards with flowers into envelopes. 

I wouild like to enter it in the following challenges.....

Simon Says... Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts....More than one fold
Anything Goes Challenge blog
Secret Crafter Saturday.....Anything Goes

BLING, BLING BLING @ Charisma...

Good morning everyone, it's Thursday again...........where did the last week go? 

 We have an easy peasy challenge for you chosen by the lovely Carrie and she would like to see lots of 

** BLING**

on your creations. So get out the gems and the glitter and go for it...lol

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My DT inspiration this week was made with a very old stamp from Sarah Kay, papers are  Dreamkeeper and they are fully glittered. The die cuts are Marianne creatables and Joy Craft, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and the circle sentiment is LOTV. Gems from Mei Flower.

Prize One

Emma from Crafty Emma's Store is offering one lucky winner this week a £10 voucher to Crafty Emmas store (not inc pnp)! her store is full of wonderful things why not take a peek you may grab a bargain or a few at the moment as sadly Emma is closing her store!!

Prize Two

We'd like to give a huge big welcome back to our monthly sponsor!

One Lucky winner will recieve Your Choice of SIX Digi's from Digistamp Boutique!
Sally-Ann from Digistamp Boutique! Now i'm sure you've all seen her fabulous work???!? NO?! Well head on over to her Digi shop! there's a digi for everything her work is fantastic and at such a low price too! Sally-Ann is very talented! go on! have a peek!!

Our DT call was a huge success and we will have four new team members joining us soon. So keep an eye out for them when you visit the Charisma blog.
Thanks so much for popping in  today . I'm looking forward to visiting all your dazzling blogs this week.
Happy crafting

New Home...Make it Crafty

When my friend Susan asked me to make a New Home card I knew exactly the image I wanted to use from Make It Crafty. Unfortunately it had disappeared from my computer, goodness knows how..........so I popped along here and bought it again. Chances are when I'm not looking for it I will come across it again... Sods law!! lol.

 I used papers from First Edition...all nice and sparkly....Metal corner from Wild Orchid Crafts and the rest is from my stash. 

Thanks for popping in, hope you are enjoying the lovely sunshine

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Creative Inspirations.....Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge...use 2 or more papers, add a tag and glitter

Wot No Flowers ?????

Good Morning!!

We have a brand new challenge over at Charisma,  chosen by Jenni....

No Flowers Allowed!!

Our FAB sponsor this time is...

Stamp Fairy!

Stamp Fairy are generously offering our lucky winner a $10 voucher to their online store! Wow!


As it's team Gemma's turn this week I don't have a card to share with you. Hopefully though I'll be back tomorrow all being well ( Laptop been sick all week but now he's got a nice new screen )  :-) with a card to show.
Hope the sun shines for you today   !!

Charming Charisma.......

DON'T Forget we have an OPEN DT call at the moment! there's been some fantastic applicants so far but there's still time see the post here!

It's time for a brand new challenge at Charisma Cardz, which has been chosen by Allison xtglx ....

USE METAL CHARMS

Yep so you can create anything as long as you include some charms!!!
We have some fab sponsors for you, as follows:

PRIZE ONE

Have kindly donated one lucky winner a brand new Bev's ribbon bag!

PRIZE TWO

Joanna Sheen are generously offering a £10 voucher! wow!! Joanna Sheen's website also offer free p&p worldwide!! how cool is that!!!

PRIZE THREE

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!
One Lucky winner this week will win there choice of 4 Digi's of there choice!!!


Recipe for todays DT card.


Image LOTV
Charm and Ribbon from MeiFlower
Paper from Stash
That's it from me today I hope you enjoy our challenge this week. Looking forward to visiting all your lovely blogs.

Simpli white

Hi everyone, I'm just taking a few minutes to post this card before going to lunch with friends. I kept it very simple, no image just Marianne Creatable dies, pearls and a sentiment from Penny Black. I'm just back from my holiday in Tenerife last week and I made this card before I left but never had time to post it on my blog. So here it is I hope you like it. I'll be back later with another less is more card and some challenges to enter them in.

Thanks for looking

challenges for this card are:-

Penny Black....In the garden
Top Tip Tuesday....Clean ans Simple

Pink and Girlie @ Charisma

Morning!! It's time for another challenge @ Charisma Cardz and this week the lovely Debbie has chosen

PINK  &  GIRLIE

I've scheduled this post so I hope blogger plays nice and posts it at the correct time. 

As it's team Gemma's week I don't have a card to share, but I'm sure if you pop over to the challenge blog you'll find some fabulous inspiration form or talented Design Team.

This weeks sponsors are

PRIZE ONE

The Stamping Boutique

The Stamping Boutique are offering one lucky winner 5 digis of their choice! how fab!

PRIZE TWO

Digi Doodle Shop

and also Digi Doodle Shop, who are offering 2 lucky winners a $5 voucher each to spend in their online shop! Wow! 

We want to see PINK and BLACK @ Charisma this week

Good morning everyone it's team Carly's challenge this week and we are looking for the colours

PINK AND BLACK

on you fabulous creations.

As you can see above I have gone for the minimal look this week, not my usual style but I decided to have a go. 

My card was inspired by Mandi of Enchanted Occasions her work is wonderful and I have just recently discovered her blog, well worth a visit.  So you will probably see more of this style from me in the future, I had so much fun making it and it was so quick.

Now on to our fabulous sponsors this week

Simon Says Stamp

Who are offering one lucky winner a $20 voucher to their online shop!! Wow!
Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000 items in stock. They have all of the latest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Copic and so much more! With great deals on shipping, it’s a great time to shop with Simon Says Stamp. 
Pink Cat Studio

Who are offering one lucky winner 5 digi's of their choice!

Bunny Zoe Crafts

Bunny Zoe's Crafts is full of wonderful craft items to make very special cards and crafts from! Nikki is a lovely friendly lady who will make your shopping experience one you'll always keep coming back to!!!

Bunny Zoe's Crafts have a whole array of items in stock from Magnolia Stamps to Charms, from Whimsy Stamps to Ribbon the list is endless why not pop along and see for your self!!!

NEW ARRIVALS

*NEW Kaisercraft Paper Pads - Magnolia Grove & Rock Pool
*NEW Kraftin' Kimmie April Stamps
*NEW Humphrey's Corner Rubber Stamps
*NEW Teresa Collins Paper Pad - Sweet Afternoon
*NEW Bazzill Basics Paper 6x6" Multipacks
*NEW My Minds Eye 6x6" Paper Pads
*Magnolia Summer Memories Stamps - NOW SHIPPING
*Magnolia Summer Memories Papers - NOW SHIPPING
*NEW MagnoliaInk Sea of Memories - NOW SHIPPING

Bunny Zoe's have kindly donated a £10 voucher to this weeks winner!!!


Thanks for popping into my blog today, have fun with this weeks challenge.