Match Master @ Charisma

Good morning everyone! It's Thursday again and that means another fab challenge at Charisma Cardz. This week the lovely Alie has chosen the theme and she would like to see a matching card and envelope.

My DT inspiration for you this week is a Baby card and envelope, I have used a fab little image from the Digi Stamp Boutique who are one of our sponsors this week. The image is from a set of two called Baby Zoe and Henry. I really love this image it's just so cute and the other one Henry is gorgeous too. If you haven't visited Digi Stamp Boutique yet why not pop over and see all the fab new images for October.

Recipe

Image Baby Zoe DSB. coloured with Copics and I paper pieced the pram

DP a free download ( sorry don't remember where)

Thin cuts die Baby

Circle Nesties

Field of Sky Stamp (round the outside of the inner Nestie)

Martha Stewart Doily punch

CB Swiss Dots embossing folder

Nellie Snellen Mutli frame

Woodware heart punches

Nellies Choice punch frond

Ribbon Wild Orchid Crafts

White Flowers from stash

For the flowers I mixed Perfect Pearls with water, I saw Tim Holtz do this a while ago, and filled a Mini Mister spray, I then sprayed the white flowers a few times and I must say I'm delighted with the effect, and you don't have to put a sealer on either as the Perfect Pearls already contains a sealer. I think I will be doing this to all my flowers now...lol. Much cheaper option to buying all those Glimmer mists. You can see the fab shimmer it creates on the second pic.

Sorry for the poor picture quality but it's been so dull here today I couldn't get a nice light to photograph in.

Don't forget to pop over to Charisma and see the fabulous matching sets the DT have created and of course those fab prizes that you can win.

Thanks for popping into my blog today and I look forward to seeing all your Match Maker creations this week .

Take care

MORE FABULOUS NEWS.....

Hi everyone!!!! I just had to share my good news with you.

Leanne my lovely blogging buddy and owner of Top Tip Tuesday challenge blog has asked me to join her fabulous DT. Of course she didn't have to ask me twice and I jumped at the chance to be part of her fabulous team.

Of course you will all remember Leanne from her previous Charisma days. I'm so chuffed to be working with her again. I'm really looking forward to passing on my tips and hope you will all do the same. The more tips we gather the better crafters we all become!!.

So if you have some hot tips you use why not share them with everyone and also be in with a chance of winning a prize too.

**********************

FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS ONLY

Top Tip Tuesday has an open challenge , ANYTHING GOES so you don't have to include a Top Tip this time we just want to see all your fab creations.

Don't forget the PRIZES.........

4 of them this time....pop over to the TTT blog and see what they are.

Thanks for popping into my blog today

Happy crafting!!

TOP TIP TUESDAY...ANYTHING GOES

Hi there, no card again today but I have some fab news for you instead.

This week over at

TOP TIP TUESDAY

instead of showing you a Top Tip they have an ANYTHING GOES challenge with four delicious prizes on offer. You don't have to give a Tip with this challenge, they just want to see your fab projects and cards, how easy is that!!

The challenge will last for two weeks and you can enter up to three times.

So why not pop along and see the gorgeous cards the DT have created for your inspiration , remember, each card or project must be new and and linked back to Top Tip Tuesday.

Have fun!!

Charisma would like to see Autumn Colours....

Hi there, I have some good news today, I got my plaster off yesterday and the break is healing nicely. The bad news however is that it will still be very painful for the next 4 or 5 weeks. :(
I have exercises to do and have it strapped up so I'm hoping the pain will start to ease off soon. So still limited crafting I'm afraid as I have to give it a chance to settle down.

Now onto this weeks challenge at Charisma.
Firstly a huge thank you to everyone who joined in my Christmas Crafting challenge last week, your entries as always were amazing and I had a really difficult time choosing the top three. So pop over and find out if you were one of the lucky ones this week and who knows you might even be the winner of our fab prize.

This week the lovely Allison has set our challenge and she would like to see
AUTUMN COLOURS
The DT this week were very kindly given some images from Pink Cat Studio who are one of our sponsors this week. I chose this lovely tree to play with and teamed it up with Laura Ashley dp, and Making Memories dp. The ribbon is from Wild Orchid crafts and the Leaf pins and flowers are from my stash.
Thanks so much for popping in and don't forget to visit the challenge blog and see the fab creations this week from the other DT members.

Happy crafting

Christmas Crafting @ Charisma........

Hi! This week it's my turn again to set the challenge over at Charisma and I decided on
Christmas Crafting.
Now that can be any kind of crafting you like, not necessarily a card.
For my DT project I made a card and I decorated a candle which I will possibly add to a table decoration at Christmas time.
The image I used for the card is from WOJ, Wee and Christmas Tree I coloured it with Copics and added some small pearls to the tree. The papers are from Dovecraft called Christmas Traditional and they are some I had left over from last year. I used the CB folder Snowflakes added a poinsettia cut on my Robo and a border also cut on the Robo. The sentiment is also part of last years stash.
The candle was decorated with wired ribbon and shop bought Poinsettias secured with pearl headed pins and I added some gold mesh material too.
I hope you can join in with our challenge this week, as always we have a fab sponsor and a great prize on offer to the winner.
Look forward to seeing your projects again this week.

Anything goes at Charisma

Well there's no excuse for you not to enter this weeks challenge.....this week the theme is
ANYTHING GOES
I'm still not able to colour or hold stuff properly so this week my DT inspiration for you is a 3D bookmark. I've had this lying around for a few weeks and I had planned on making a few more for extra little Christmas gifts. It's really easy to make.
You will notice that one side is a bit flatter than the other this is the side that goes into the book so that you don't mark the pages when the book is closed. Both ends are double sided and you can see the 3D side in the 2nd pic. Adding a larger brad also adds a little bit of weight and makes it hang better.

I hope you like my little offering this week, don't forget to pop over to the Charisma to see all the other fab creations from our lovely DT and see the great prizes from our sponsors this week.

If you have the time I'd love to hear your comments on this little bookmark.

Thanks for popping in

Top Tip Tuesday....

Hi there, I've been trying to think of some tips to add to Leanne's challenge blog
Top Tip Tuesday and thought I'd add this one.

I used to find it very difficult to get my clear border stamps straight on the acrylic block as they are so very flexible I now use this method and it works every time.

Using the grid on your cutting mat line up the block ensuring that it is sitting straight on the lines.


Now place your clear stamp on the block lining it up with the grid underneath.

Ink it up and stamp on your project, and you should have a nice straight border.

I hope little tip is of use to someone.

Thanks for your visit to my blog today and don't forget if you have any tips that you use why not pop over to Top Tip Tuesday and share them with everyone. There are fab prizes to be won every week and you can pick up some Top tips from other crafters.
Happy crafting

A little clear out.....

Hello again, not been on much this week 'cause it takes me ages to do a post with one hand.

However I had a little clear out of some stamps the other day and decided to put some on Ebay, so I've just finished doing it and thought I'd put a link here to the PB Christmas one for anyone who might be interested. The others are nearly all single ones except for a few.

Above is a pic of my desk this week. I've been searching through pics of my Grandsons so that I can do a little scrapbooking when this plaster comes off. Just thought I could do some of the time consuming ground work just now to save me time later. I never realised how many pics I actually have, there are literally thousands on my computer and also a huge box full as well. It's been great fun looking at them all and remembering them when they were little.
It's just so difficult choosing the ones I want as they're all so cute.....lol

Thanks for your visit today and I hope you have a great week ahead.

Charisma have a sketch this week....

Good morning, well here we are again another week flown by....This time we have a fab sketch for you from the lovely Carly.
My DT card for this week again had to be simple. Due to the fact that I am unable to colour at the moment I decided to use one of my Digi Stamp Boutique images which as you can see is just black, so that set the design and I went for Monochome.

Tools...Martha Stewart Punch and x cut corner punch
Image.. Modern Flower DSB
Flowers and sentiment from stash
Brads are Papermania from the Glitter Pot
DP is a download, sorry can't remember where from
NO RIBBON..AHHH can't wait till I can tie a bow again...lol.. my cards seem empty without ribbon.
Please take time to pop over to Charisma and view the fab creations for your inspiration from our very talented Design Team.
Another 2 weeks to go before I get this plaster off, I think I'll go crazy by then, thanks for popping in.

DT CALL @ CHARISMA CARDZ

Good morning everyone, just a short post to let you know that Carly is looking for 2 new DT members. So if you are interested and to find out how to qualify pop over to Carly's blog for full details.
Good luck!!