carols world

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Dream of cake

Good Morning.....

What you doing today then......i am doing nothing but in other words nothing i don't want to do..lol

may get some card making done as i do have a few Birthdays in March!

To days card is for a few challenges and i am also sending it off to crafty ribbons, for their craft stalls through out Europe.They do challenges every so often, send you some ribbons to play with in return for some sample cards, how great is that...

I have used the sketch from A spoonful of sugar which is a fantastic sketch.

The colours are chosen from One stop craft challenge as their challenge is Brown, Green and Cream

Buttons and Bows with distress is the theme at Allsorts challenge blog

Just cute bears blog is all about hearts,and last but not least is Tuesday Taggers as their theme is a Bear and how cute is this stampabilities bear. "Dream of cake"

The papers are from Costco had them a very long time.

Thanks for popping round again, come back soon..hugs carol

Friday, 5 February 2010

CraftyCatz DT challenge card

hello ...I'm a little late posting my DT card today for http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/

This week we are having a colour combo, Lilac and Lemon.

It is Trish's turn to set the challenge and as our sponsor this week is

"lilac lemon designs" she thought the theme would match perfectly, i totally agree..

I have used a PB image on this card and papers from craft Cd

glad you took time to have a peek,

hugs carol x

Monday, 1 February 2010

Allsorts challenge--sketch

Hi again...two posts in one day!! i know most unlike me..lol

well wanted to add this before i get back into the swing of work again. also i wanted to try and get the photo done before it got too dark as the colours are just not the same without the daylight,

I have followed the sketch over athttp://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/week-37-allsorts-sketch-and-dt-call.html ,great sketch it is too and as usual the DT have some fantastic inspiration for us all to look at. They are also looking for a new DT member so yep i will try again.

ok that's me finished chit chatting ,enjoy the rest of your evening folks, x carol

Baby Boy!!

Hello ...Decided to make good use of my last day off work so made this card and combined it with a few challenges

The image is a Pennyblack one, so cute! added papers from a craft CD and thought the letters made great building blocks, don't you think, or is it just me..lol

The theme is from Simon says stamp, the layout is Truly scrumptious sketch challenge and the colours used are from colour create, Fab cards from all the DT's on these blogs too.

1. http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/Baby

2.http://www.colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ Soft Pink.Soft blue.white and silver

3.http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/ Sketch to follow

Thanks again for your visit, enjoy the rest of Monday..hugs carol

Sunday, 31 January 2010

Sketch saturday & Just magnolia Challenges

Hiya... well the sun is shining BUT we still have SNOW!! on the ground...does anyone else?

Now i thought i would try the fab sketch over at http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ and i have also combined this one with http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ as there's is hearts and flowers and they have some fantastic flowers as the prize .Both challenges have some fantastic DT cards, why not have a peek.

This Tilda is one of my favorites,so because the sun was shining yesterday when i was making this, these colours came to mind something fresh and colourful, embellishments are all from stash, flowers, butterfly gems and heart ribbon brad .

Nice to see you again pop back soon...hugs carol

Friday, 29 January 2010

Crafty Catz DT card

Hi there, well it's Friday nearly the weekend......whooo i here you shout, but my weeks nearly over so no whoooo from me..lol .

It's new challenge time over at http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ and Denise has decided to give us a sketch to play with

Why don't you pop over and have a browse and you can even combine it with other challenges in blog land.

We have also got GD spot for two weeks up for the prize, so go on what you waiting for.

I have used Popcorn bear, i have just been buying some new ones cause i thought i needed them...as you do, but i think i maybe need some more real soon.lol

papers are from craft CD and ribbon and brad are from my stash.

Thanks for visiting and for any coments you leave i'll be back soon i'm sure, hugs carol

Thursday, 28 January 2010

Yet another card this week!! on a role

Happy Thursday... Hello everyone how are we all doing, I'm still enjoying my week off, catching up on jobs which you never have time to do when juggling work, housework, been mum and wife..lol the list could go on and on.

This week i have had lots more time to have a look around blog land....WOW so many challenge blogs and great inspirations, i have combined loads of challenges, including this one today.

I started with the sketch from Mojo Monday and just added from there, Tuesday taggers has a theme Jigsaw pieces, well i have had a sizzix die for months now and never used it, so it came in handy today for this challenge. all the challenges are listed below.Why not hop over and join in with all the challenges, i think it makes it so simple to make a card this way, the decisions are all made for you!!

This is a whpper snapper stamp for the peeps who want to know; called Tuesday bathing beauty