ATC's For Forum Swap

Hello all my lovely readers, thank you soo much for the lovely comments I really do appreciate them!
Today I have some ATC's to share with you! I have made these for the January Swap over at the Cardmaking downloads forum. This month's theme is Food & Drink.

The image I have used is Grumpy Gretchen, Big Deal Birthday & she's available from Digi's With Attitude! surprise surprise!!! Let me tell you a little about why I chose her!

A while back on the forum, when we had all the bad snow & ice in the UK, we were chatting about how all the shops were running out of bread. That brought to mind the famous misnomer about Marie Antoinette saying "Let Them Eat Cake!"

See where I'm coming from????

I printed the images onto smooth decoupage paper & coloured them all with Watercolour Pencils which I've had forever but not used very much. After colouring them I went over with a Papermania Watercolour Blender to blend a bit. Very different to the promarkers I've been using lately!

I added a ribbon to each & then mounted on to a variety of different card.

Here's a closer look at them

For this pink one I used a corner punch to give a bit of detail.

For the green & black, I used a Cuttle bug embossing folder (Swiss Dots)to add texture.

For the pink & blue, I used the same embossing folder & some textured pink card

For the blue & lemon, I used the embossing folder again & a pair of decorative edge scissors to add detail.

To each I added the computer generated wording "We're all out of bread" which I matted onto card & mounted on foam pads for dimension. I finished them off with a couple of sticky gems.

Hope you like them & thanks for looking!
There's still just about time to join in if you like! Pop on over to the forum to see the details! 
Have enter the Incy Wincy Challenge#75 ATC

I've Been Selected For A DT!!!!

Wooo Hooo!!!! I've been bursting to tell you about this for a few days now!!!
A while back, I posted about the Digi's With Attitude! DT Call!
After a bit of encouragement, I answered that call and would you believe, I've been selected!
Hurrah!!!!

This is my first ever DT spot!!! I really hope I can live up to the challenge!
The ladies over there have already been sooo helpful!
I will post my first DT card on Friday to coincide with the next DWAC! Watch this space!



As one of the newest Designers With Attitude! I was awarded the "My Blog has Attitude! Blog Award"

I am so excited about this & to jump start my week, I'm to  pass this awsome blog award on to 5 of my readers!

As you may already be aware, this is not just ANY blog award! This one comes with a fab $5 Gift Certificate! How cool is that????

In order to qualify for the $5.00 Digi's With Attitude! Gift Certificate you must state 3 things that makes you different from everyone else and you must nominate 5 blogs, then let those 5 blogs know you nominated them. Lastly, you must display the Blog Award Badge (above) in your sidebar and link it back to the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog
For all the details please visit THIS LINK
3 things then that make me different from everyone else:-

Hmmmm now let me think........................

1/I have just accepted my first DT spot! (Yippeee)
2/I am keeping a very important secret at the moment & have kept my lips sealed where it counts!!! (I'll let you in on it when I can!)
3/I gave up a job that I loved, 3 years ago, due to politics, & then I found another that I love even more!!! (Yaaayyy)

I would like to nominate the following blogs for this award!!!
Ali
Mary
Kathyk
Edel
Suz
The Good News!
Note: If someone got this LAST year, they are again eligible for the Gift Certificate again as it is one Gift Certificate per person, per blog, per year!!! How fantastic is that!!!

Birthday Candy Giveaway at Crafts-International

Hi all, was just doing a bit of blog hopping & found out about this lovely Birthday Candy Surprise giveaway from Jude over at Crafts-International. Judes Birthday is on the 6th of Jan & she'll announce the winner on the 7th! Pop on over & check out her blog, become a follower,leave a comment wishing her a happy birthday & share on your blog!

Just to Say Hi & A Very Happy New Year!

Thought I'd just stop by whilst tidying up my blog & giving it a change of clothes! Sorry, I don't have a card to share I'm afraid as I've spent quite some time looking for some nice pics of the family to go into Mum's locket! I've finally managed to get that done, I just hope she's happy with it!
I would like to wish you all a very prosperous 2011! I know that 2010 has not been the best of years for many people so hopefully that will all change for the better!
Hogmany looks set to be a fun event in the centre of Edinburgh. Earlier on we heard Biffy Cliro rehearsing up in Princes Street Gardens!
I personally am seeing out this year with a dreaded lurgy hanging about & I'm due to have a house full of people on the 1st! Hope I can stay awake long enough to keep them entertained! Lol
Can I also take this opportunity to welcome my 2 new followers Stacie and fleur thanks for stopping by!





Have fun everyone & take care!

An Old Card For A New Comp

 

Mum's Birthday Card


























Good morning all or is it afternoon??
It will be afternoon by the time I've finished posting! Lol!
I wanted to share this card with you just one more time as I've entered it in the Dec/Jan Comp over at Craftystash.
Debbie has asked that we share a favourite project from 2010! See below for details:-

This competition is very different from all of the others we have hosted, whereby I don't actually want you to make a new craft project to enter! instead I would like you to share with us your favourite project that you have completed in the year 2010.


There are no rules whatsoever - it doesn't even have to be made with a Craftystash download, it could be your favourite stamp, a scrapbook page, even your own design, I would just like to see what has made you say 'Wow! that's good!'

I think we are sometimes too quick to criticise our own crafting endeavours, however we do occasionally think 'Yeah! that's just right! :)

So if you wouldn't mind sharing the creation of 2010 which made you smile, we would just love to see it :D

Simply upload your photograph to our gallery with brief details of what makes this sooo special - it could be due to how it made you feel when you made it, or the gratitude you were shown from your loved ones.

If you do not wish to create a gallery account but would still like to enter our competition, please email your entry to me before the closing date and I will add your entry for you.

You can see my original post about this card here!

Happy Boxing Day

Good morning all!!! I trust you all had a lovely Christmas day with family & friends as I did!

I thought I'd share with you a little card that I made in around 15 minutes on Christmas eve!

The card is for my great nephew who's birthday is on Christmas Day! As usual, I was running short of time. There is always soooo much to do on Christmas eve! Fortunately I remembered this great waterfall download  which I purchased from Scrapbookingmad ages ago. It's called Horse Mad Boy and is designed by Sammy Murphy. You can purchase it here. Oliver has inherited his mothers love of all thing horsey, so I thought this would fit the bill perfectly! As I was so short of time I decided to keep it really simple!

The download comes complete with 2 backing papers. I used the plain blue for the base card & the checked one to matt the waterfall onto. I mounted the waterfall using foam pads which I feel gives a bit of room to allow the waterfall action. I added a couple of peel off corners and number 4's along with a Happy Birthday peel off. I used a silver self adhesive triangle gem type thingy for the pull & added some card candy that I got from a friend a while back!

I was quite pleased with the result & I have it on good authority that he loved it too, so all is well! Thanks for saving the day Sammy!

I have entered this card in the December competition over at the Cardmaking Downloads forum, where the theme is any card any theme as long as it's made with something purchased from Cardmaking Downloads or Scrapbookingmad.

No Pics No Card Just A Chistmas Wish!!!

Just stopped by to wish anyone who pops in a very Merry Christmas!!! I hope that the weather has not interfered with your plans too much & that you & yours enjoy lots of festive fun & togetherness!!!
Thank you for following or for just stopping by on your travels!

A Clean & Simple Christmas Card!

Three posts in one day! I do apologise for hogging the network!!!
Thought I'd share one of my Christmas cards with you!

The image is a Just Inklined Digi Stamp called Little Church In The Snow! You can find it here! I've coloured it with my trusty Promarkers and cut out with my Nesties! I added some Diamond Sparkles Glitter but it's difficult to see! I matted the image onto some blue spotted paper from my stash & some blue mirri card. I added a ribbon, some star & round gems & a metal sentiment from my stash!
I'd like to enter it in the following challenges
The Character Cafe Shiny/Foil
A Spoonfull of Sugar 133 Christmas Card
Digital Tuesday Challenge Sparkling Christmas
Dotties World Anything Goes Predominately Blue
Digi's With Attitude! #11 Anything Christmas
2 Sisters Challenge#18  Christmas

Edinburgh Winter Wonderland!

Ah the irony!!! We decided to go out for a wander as we couldn't take the car out again due to the snow! Didn't intend to but ended up in the centre of Edinburgh. We cut through St Andrews Square Gardens and saw this chap.
He was making snow bless him!!!! We have, interestingly enough, had about 6inches of snow today!

At the other side of the gardens is this lovely wooden Nativity Scene!

Walking down towards Princes Street we have The Scott Monument & the Big Wheel in Princes Street Gardens! In the Gardens there is a Scottish Market & at the foot of the Mound there is a German Market. It was quite quiet today but normally it's mobbed at the weekend!

This is the Ice Rink in the Gardens! They've had to clear the snow to allow people to skate! That's what the big mound is at the front of the pic! If you look closely you can see the little Penguins that the kids are using to help them keep upright!!! Soo Cute!!

 This final pic is of the Caterpillar ride at the kids funfair! They must have been frozen as it was cold enough for us just walking about!!!

Most Definitely Not a Christmas Card!

Yesterday was my dearly beloved's Birthday so I made him this little card!

 

So nice to get away from the conveyor belt Christmas cards!!! We certainly have been a production line this year!!!

I loved this image the minute I saw it! He's Strongo The Manificent and is from Just Inklined. You can Purchase him here!

 I simply printed him off & coloured him with my Promarkers.I tried several different colourways but decided to go with this one! I then cut him out with my nesties on the big shot.

The card base is printed with Spring time backing papers available from Scrapbookingmad. I have used them to do the matting & layering too!

The Unique tickets are from Sentiments 4 you & I coloured the outside edges again with promarkers & attached with foam pads for dimension. My other half is most certainly unique!

The Greeting is computer generated, I'm sorry I can't remember the name of  the font but will update if I do! It's not on the laptop so would need to power up the desktop!

The ribbon was recycled from one of my pressies!

I'd like to enter the following challenges
Sentimental Sundays #34 Inspired By a Song Mine is Diana Ross, Muscles!
I Did It Creations #34 Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad #102 Anything goes
All Sorts #83 Anything Goes