On the first day of Christmas...tra la la la la.

Hello and Happy Wednesday, i don't normally do posts mid week,but we have some exciting news to share with you all.

Over on the Crafty Ribbons Inspiration blog we are having another  one of our fabulous events this time we are doing a Christmas Advent event which will run from 1st December through to the 24th December........

FANTASTIC  I here you say.....

Each day we will be highlighting a different Craft Company or Shop,the Design Team will be posting cards/projects on  the Inspiration blog and on their blogs each day there will also be a prize from the highlighted Company up for grabs that's 24 prizes  in total and you can enter each day,only one entry per person per day to make it fair,so make sure to become a follower and remember the Christmas Advent will start at 8.30am (GMT) on the 1st December the Design Team hope you will all join in the fun and countdown to Christmas with us....... 

To start the ball rolling Crafty Ribbons are offering some fabulous ribbon candy 

if you would like to win these gorgeous ribbons..then all you need to do is go over to the Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog and checkout the post about our Christmas Advent event...

See you there!!! hurry there might be a queue......

Enjoy the rest of today.

x Carol x

Snowflakes and more

Hey it's Friday....that's if you didn't already know it!!!

Today at CRAFTY CATZ our lovely Dianne has picked a lovely Christmas theme for you all

Snowflakes,Stars and Sentiment

Our lovely sponsors are

CRIMSON CLOUD with a prize of 3 packs of Die cuts

I have used my  trusty snowflake embossing folder and this stamp of mine from a few years ago, which was very popular, have heat embossed the image and added a big bow, ribbon from Crafty Ribbons .

Simps!! you would think!! lol except i had to stamp and do my image twice as this embossing powder doesn't show when embossed, so hard sometimes to see if it's all embossed

Now i hope you can play along with us as there isn't many challenges left for this year.

Christmas card challenge...double  embossing

Dream valley challenges...anything goes

Little Claire's design ......Christmas

Stitch it up!!

Hello .... How are we all doing in blog land, good i hope...

Now my card this morning is for our new challenge which starts today over at 

TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS

and the theme is Stitching, real or fake...

Now i have asked for a little sewing machine off Santa, if i am real good he may bring me one..lol 

But in the mean time fake it is!!

Our sponsor this week is 

A Day for Daisies

This is one of the images which i got to chose from ADFD 

Flowers i made with diecut and paper, papers i have had a long time, not sure of the make.

be back soon..

One stitch at a time...use a digi
challenges for everyone.....anything goes

x carol

Colour Combo time

Hi there, well it is time for a new challenge at CRAFT and this week the challenge is a colour combo

Think i manged to cover it, 

The image is from the new CD from Just inked

The papers are from LEJ designs which are one of our sponsors this week

and the flowers i made with papers and die 

Other sponsor this week include

Trimgym,.......Sassy studio design..........Digital delights

Our TOP 3 this week will also win

a prize from Crafts u print

Glad you stopped by, Have a lovely day!
adding my card to these other challenges around at te mo

Robyns Fetish ......make it vintage
squirrel and the fox......Anything goes
Gem of a challenge......ribbon and lace

hugs Carol x

Keep Calm and Carry On it's Christmas

Today it is my turn to try and give you some Inspiration .... as over on the Crafty Ribbons Inspiration blog  we like to keep you inspired with all the fabulous ribbons available at the Crafty ribbons store, It's just like been like a kid in a sweetie shop  but in my case its  fab ribbons to play with ...

Now i was making a card for a future challenge when i came across this little image on the new Christmas Ribbon and thought aw he's cute i need  to use him!! so i made a kind of embellishment out of him, so i ended up making three more and this is the outcome 

You can find the snowmen here and Keep Calm ribbon Here

I have added the ribbon to a piece of square card, then die cut a shape with the cuttlebug, then attached to the top of my ribbon to give him this shape!

Thanks for your visit, 

adding my card too

card mania...embossing

Mygrafico challenge...anything goes

Pretty little ribbon shop....die cut and punches

Tammy's scrapin corner...anything goes

The pink elephant....punches or dies

Crimbo Crackers......snowmen

hugs carol x

Who can resist adding Sparkle

WELL not us at CRAFTY CATZ....as we would love you to add sparkle to your creation, This is our fab  Janette's choice this week, so blame Janette when you are going around with bits of glitter on your face!! as there is no escaping it.. no matter how good you are.

I have glittered the hat and some of the dots on my backing paper. Ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, which is a fab way to add your greeting.

The image is from our fab sponsor this week which is Stamping Boutique ...called Bring it on snowman!

and you could win 3 images of your choice.

The  rest of  the DT have been playing nicely with this theme in mind and come up with some gorgeous creations, hope you can pop by and say hello.

now i know you may be getting sick of me ..lol 

BUT

i do have one more post for today...yeah 3rd of the day,  

see you soon.
adding my card to
My Mums craft shop......winter wonderland
7 kids colledge fund ....bling
Bunny Zoe's craft.....winter

x Carol x

Clean and Simple !!

Good Morning .......HAPPY FRIDAY !!

I have took  this photo at an angle to

try and  show you the glitter on the stars on my card for TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS ...But its not showing to well. Now our theme this week is 

CAS ...Black n White chosen by Lisa

Well this is about as  CAS as i can do...lol

The image is from our sponsor, Meljen's Designs called Star and String

Simple snowflake embossing on the white card background, used silver mirror card and added the final little bow detail on the top.  

Pop on over and have a peek at the other DT creations, they look fab.

Catch you in a little while as i am back with another Friday morning card, 

toodles

adding to these other challenges

craft your passion...CAS

Hooked on craft...Christmas..No red or green

Moving along with the times.....Seeing  Stars 

Sassy studio designs....no patterend paper

x carol x