Holly and/or Ivy and Saying Goodbye to Winter Wonderland

Morning to you all and Happy Friday.

Well this is going to be quite sad as this is my last card as part of the DT at Winter Wonderland....  I have been on the team since 2011 and it it was one of my first DT positions.  I want to say a big thank you to all team members past and present for being such a lovely team to work with.  
I am hoping to sell a few more cards in a couple of different outlets so need to concentrate on that but you will see me in blogland I'm sure.

So this week the theme is Holly and/or Ivy

My card is CAS!........

This card is made usingTim Holtz holly wreath die
Added some liquid pearls, stickles and twine.
Sentiment - Craftwork cards

There are two great new team members Claire and Rebecca......hope you will pop over and see what they have created.  
We have two fantastic sponsors this week

Crafty Ribbons

Crafty Sentiments

A choice of 3 digi images for the winner

So this is me saying Goodbye to Winter Wonderland.

Thanks for popping over.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend.

Hugs Sally xx

Winter Wonderland DT - Bows

Happy Friday!  Another long weekend to look forward to :)

It is time for another new challenge at Winter Wonderland

Our theme for this week's challenge is.....

'Bows'

A nice easy one for you, any Christmas creation as long as you add a bow.

I used a stamp from High Hopes called Baking Ginger

The image is coloured with Polychromos on kraft card stock
I used Lil Inker stitched square die to cut the image out.
Bows are made from seam binding and jute twine
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

This week we are sponsored by Oyster Stamps

who are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher

It would be great if you could join us and also hop over and see what the rest of the team came up with :)

Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

I have crafty stash for sale.....

Little Robin Redbreast - DT Winter Wonderland

Good morning Crafters,
Hope you are all ok and hopefully you have got a long weekend ahead :)
It seems odd posting a Christmas card on Good Friday but I am here to share my card for the latest challenge at Winter Wonderland and the theme is Robin Redbreast...we want to see a Robin on your card :)

I used an image from Pink Petticoat and made yet another CAS card

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils and die cut with stitched square die from Lil Inker.
The embossing folder is X Cut called Quilting
Ribbon from stash


Hope you can join us for the challenge ......

We have two sponsors this week

 Marianne Design

 

and this is the fab prize they offer

and Whiff of Joy

which will give a stamp at winner's choice.


Don't forget we have a DT call at the moment which you can check all the details of here   If you want to get more organised with your Christmas cards this is the perfect opportunity.

Have a good day.

Thanks for popping over.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT Snowballs

Morning everyone, how are you this morning.  Glad it is Friday again so that means I am here to share my card for the latest challenge over at Winter Wonderland.
This week the lovely Kate is hosting the challenge and the theme is Snowballs

I have used an image from Ladybug Crafts Ink called Snowballs 10 cents..... it is available as a digi image so can be re sized to fit your card.  There are lots of other fun images in the collection...minimum colouring needed so perfect for those quick cards :)

Coloured with Polychromo pencils

Sizzix embossing folder for the background

Gingham ribbon from stash

Twine from stash

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

We are sponsored by 

Marianne Design

giving away this fabulous set

Hope you can pop over and see what the DT have created and even add a Christmas card to your box in readiness for the festive season!

have a good day and a lovely weekend.

Thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Paint the Town Red - Winter Wonderland DT

Happy Friday everyone....
Hope you have had a good week.  We have been on holiday this week and have a fantastic week up in Northumberland staying in a lovely cottage in Ellingham between Alnwick and Seahouses.  The weather has been pretty good too and the cottage was fab........It will be a definite one to go back to :)

So it it is time to share a card for the latest challenge at Winter Wonderland and the theme is 

Paint the Town Red - Use lots of Red 

I used a Tatty Teddy Image 

Coloured with Polychromo pencils.

paper from stash

Sentiment from Pink Petticoat

Twine from stash

Hope you can join us this week.

we have two fabulous sponsors 

Crafty Sentiments 

With a Prize of 3 digis

and

Crafty Ribbons

Who have some gorgeous new and vintage ribbons to choose from

With a prize of a £10 voucher

Thanks for stopping by.
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland Dt - A Christmas Couple

Good morning and happy Friday...another week almost over and then a couple of days away from work :)  I love the weekends!!!

It is time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and this time the lovely Kelly is hosting the challenge with the theme of 

Christmas Couple 

So we are looking for images with 2 people

Our sponsors this week are Oyster Stamps with a £10 voucher

AND Sunflowerfield  with 1 stamp for the winner, which is pictured beneath this logo.

For this theme the obvious image for me had to be from LOTV and this sweet image called Oh Christmas Tree  fits the bill.

Coloured with Polychromo pencils....paper from stash

Ribbon - American Crafts

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Hope you can play along with this challenge.

Have a good day and thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Morning all,
Happy Friday!!!   So glad it is the weekend again.  It's been a busy week so looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

So there is another new challenge over at Winter Wonderland and we have had a few weeks break from Christmas cards but today is the start of Christmas themed challenges....you can never start too early!

It's an easy one to get you started ....just create a Christmas card or project for the theme The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We are sponsored this week by The Ribbon Girl

and the lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in their online store :)

For my card I have used a Penny Black image coloured with Polychromo pencils

Patterned paper - Forever Friends

Ribbon - American Crafts

Sentiment - Papermania - Tatty Teddy 

Hope you can join us for the challenge.

Thanks for popping over ......have a good day and hope the weekend is good :)

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - No Stamping Allowed

Friday again! Wow what is happening to the weeks...already the first week in February is almost over......

Well at least it is Friday which is always good news as far as I am concerned :)

I am here this morning to share a card for the latest challenge at Winter Wonderland which is hosted by the lovely Pauline and the theme is 

'No Stamping Allowed'

(use die cuts, decoupage, pre-coloured toppers etc.)

We are currently in our off peak sessions, so that means you can enter up to 3 creations and they do not need to be Christmas related.

This week we are sponsored by Crafter's Companion

who are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher

I decided to go with a Christmas card for this challenge and it was hard not to get the pencils out and do some colouring in.....
I have used Tim Holtz Bigz Die - Holiday Wreath.

Cardstock is - Die Cuts with a View
Pearls - Hobbycraft
Seam Binding and twine  - from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Thanks for popping over and hope you can join us this week for the challenge.

Hugs Sally xxx

Monochrome DT at Winter Wonderland

Happy Friday everyone..... 

It's time for a new challenge over at Winter Wonderland and this time the theme is Monochrome use one colour apart from fur or skin.   

We are sponsored by 

Wild Rose Studio

who are offering 3 stamps of the winners choice.

You can alos join in with a non Christmas themed card for the next few weeks ;) 

I have a card that I made a while ago that fits perfectly which was a birthday card for head ladybug Kerry over at Ladybug Crafts Ink.....

I used the super cute Billie bear ...... available from Ladybug Crafts Ink Birthday Billie is only £1.75 and available as a digital image.

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Sansador.

The card is made from white card from Paper Mill Direct

The number and sentiment stamps are also from Ladybug Crafts Ink and are available in the shop here

Pearls are from the Hobby House.

Seam Binding was from The Pretty Little Ribbon shop that is sadly no longer in business.

The card was finished off with Crystal Stickles glitter glue.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you can join us for the challenge.

Sorry I haven't been around much in blogland lately but I haven't felt much like blogging.  I am hoping to maybe do a couple of craft fairs this year so will be spending some time making stock for that.

Have a good day and I will try and visit you all soon.   I will also hopefully have some candy that I keep promising soon too :) 

Hugs Sally xxx

Fashion at Winter Wonderland

Good morning to you all,

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas ......did you get spoilt :)
We had a lovely time at my parents but it was all over so quickly.

I am here to share a card for the new  challenge over at Winter Wonderland  - Fashion....

We want to see you cards including clothes, bags or shoes that are fashion related.

This can be a non Christmas card.....we are having a break for a few weeks from Christmas cards.

 We are sponsored by Crafters Companion 

The lucky winner will have a £10 voucher to spend in their online store.

Yet again I have a clean and simple card using a Penny Black image called Mimi in Paris......Oooo la la!!!

Sally

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils with some highlights of glitter glue.

The sentiment is from Craftwork cards

Ribbon from Meiflower

Twine from stash

Hope you can join us for the challenge.

Now what shall I do today?  I have a few days of work so I might be able to get my Craft room a bit more organised :)  I have so much stuff to get rid of too!

Its very windy here so hope wherever you are you are keeping safe.  Have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxxx

Winter Wonderland DT - A Christmas Mouse

It's time for another new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week the them is 

A Christmas Mouse

 so we like to see a mouse in your creations . 

Please remember Christmas projects only. 

We are sponsored by 

 Crafter's Companion 

A £10 voucher for the lucky winner

For my card I have used a Country Companion stamp from Docrafts

The card base was made from red cardstock from Payperbox.
Patterned paper - jillibean soup - Christmas Eve Chowder (what a great name!)
Image coloured with Polychromo pencils.
Sentiment - LOTV


Hope you can join us for the challenge. Pop over and see what the rest of the team have come up with.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Fairies or Angels

Another week gone.....so happy today as we are on holiday next week :)   

It's time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and the lovely Kate is hosting the challenge which is Fairies or Angels.

For my card I chose an image from Pink Cat Studio Betty Candy Cane Fairy

Coloured with Polychromo pencils
Bauble die - Nestabilities
Spruce Twig Die - Magnolia
Twine from Stash
Sentiment - Trimcrafts

We have a fab sponsor for this challenge 

Wild Rose Studio

The prize is 2 stamps of the winners choice.

Hope you can join us. Pop over and see the rest of the teams creations.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Blue and White

Happy 1st November! Im sure you are all thinking the same! Where did that year disappear to.......... I know we still have a few weeks left but we certainly are counting down now.

Here is your chance to make a card to add to your Christmas card  stash or maybe you haven't started yet!  We have  a new challenge at Winter Wonderland this week and the theme is 

BLUE AND WHITE ONLY

(Apart from skin, hair or fur)

This week we are sponsored by

Pollycraft

With this fabulous prize for our lucky winner.

So for my card this week I have used a High Hopes Rubber Stamp called ......Havin a Ball Snowy.

I hope you love him as much as me.

He is stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured with my Polychromo pencils.

Embossing folder for the background which I think is Sizzix

Snowflake die - Lil Inker

Happy Christmas sentiment - Trimcraft

Stickles - Star Dust

Twine from stash

***I don't know if anyone can help me but I have recently changed the cardstock I use to The Papermill direct but I am having problems colouring digi images as the lines just smudge.  Never had this problem at all before using my pencils on my previous card...love the card but very sad as I can't successfully colour any digis at the moment.....I am going to ask Uncle Google but if anyone has any tips or anything that I am completely missing please let me know :) ***

Thanks for popping over...hope you can join us for the challenge.

Have a great day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Carol Singers

Morning to you all.....
Hope you have had a good week.
It's time for another new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week the theme is 

Carol Singers

We are sponsored by the fabulous Ladybug Crafts Ink with a £10 voucher :)

I made my card using a Lili of the Valley image which I think I have only inked up once before :(

Coloured with Polychromo pencils ......just for a change.

Paper - Pamermania

Sentiment - Trimcraft

Liquid Pearls and Stickles.

Thanks for stopping by today

I will try and visit you all soon as I am a very bad blogger at the moment :(

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Buttons and Bows

Morning everyone,
Its my turn to host the challenge over at Winter Wonderland this week and the theme is 

Buttons and Bows

We are sponsored this week by Crafty Ribbons

They are offering some of their gorgeous new Christmas ribbons.

Now onto my card ......I have used the super cute Barkley from Crafters Companion for my card this week.

I have coloured the image with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest it.

Paper is from Nordic Christmas Pad - Papermania.  Its a great pad as it has some textured linen paper and this sheet is actually pearlescent which looks great in real life. You will have to take my word for it!

The Ribbon and twine was from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop before they closed down.

Buttons from stash.

Thanks for looking, hope you have been inspired to pop over and join us. Don't forget to see what the rest of the team came up with.

Have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - The Holly and The Ivy

Morning bloggers,
Hope you are all well. I am here today to share a card for the new challenge at Winter Wonderland which is 

The Holly and the Ivy

We are sponsored this week by Wild Rose Studio who are offering two stamps as a prize for the winner this week.

I have used a digi image this week from Ladybug Crafts Ink called Holly and Ivy Delight.  It can be purchased for just £1.75.

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest It which I have recently starting using instead of Sansador.
X Cut Hexagon Die Cuts
Sizzix - Embossing Folder - Christmas Holly - Actually called Snow Globe
Sentiment - Dovecraft
Card Candi - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - sadly closed now :(

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a good day and hope you can join us for the challenge and add another Christmas card to you stash :)

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT Card - Candles

Hello to you all,
Hope you have had a good week.........mine has been stupidly busy so this post is a bit late.  Sorry team mates...got there in the end!

It's time for a new challenge over at Winter Wonderland and this week the lovely Miria is hosting the challenge with the theme of  Candles

We want to see something related to candles on your project:  you can use an image or paper, you can decorate a candle or make some packaging with candles, as you like.

We are sponsored by the wonderful
KennyK

And the lucky winner will get 3 digis of their choice.

I chose a snowman image and made a tea light holder /card

Sentiment - Hero Arts.
Twine from stash
Paper was from a Forever Friends pad.

Hope you can hop along and join us.
Have a good day and Hello to my new followers, glad you could join me.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Rudolph

Morning to you all in blogland.
Hope you are all ok and looking forward to the long Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK :)

A new challenge starts today at Winter Wonderland and this week the challenge is hosted by the lovely Kate with the theme

Rudolph

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful 

My Crafty Heart

My Crafty Heart specialise in designer papers, quality stamps, dies and embellishments from all major crafting companies in the world.  Teresa, the owner of the store, who is a keen card maker herself, updates her shop regularly with new and exciting items, so why not pop into www.mycraftyheart.co.uk and see what's in store!"

For my card I have used a cute image from Wild Rose Studio coloured with Polychromo pencils

Paper - Lily of the Valley

Sentiment - Helz Cuppleditch - Trimcraft

Stickles Glitter Glue - Star Dust

Hope you can join us for the challenge.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT Cute Christmas

Hello and happy Friday,
Hope you have all had a good week so far and are looking forward to the weekend.  I had a couple of days off at the beginning of the week as my brother and nephew came to stay for a couple of days and it was great to see them :)


I have a card to share for the new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week the theme is

Cute Christmas

This week we are sponsored by 

Lili Of The Valley

Who are offering our lucky winner a £10 voucher.

For my card I used a Penny Black stamp - All Yours Teddy Bear with stocking coloured with Polychromo pencils.  I think he definitely fits the bill for being cute

The paper is from a K&Co kit that I have had for ages.  Twine was from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.  Sentiment - Personal Impressions.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx