Christmas Card With Attitude!

Hi, today's offering is another Grumpy Gretchen Elf from Digi's With Attitude! This is December's Freebie & I think she's fab! I was meeting Mum & Dad today & wanted to get their card done. I had coloured her up  with my Promarkers already & printed off the card & greeting, so I just had to pull it all together!

 I decided she would look good on an easel card!
The base card is from a download by Elaine Hayhoe over at Cardmaking Downloads! She is one of my fav designers at the moment & is quite new to designing on a commercial basis although she has been designing for her own creations as long as I've known her! The dotty paper is by Elaine also!
The sentiments are computer genterated & the text is in a free font called Andy!
I added some silver ribbon from my stash & a build your own pointsetta also from my stash. I added a bit of glitz to her hat dress & belt as well as the brad in the centre of the flower with my Diamond Sparkles!

For the stop I used more of the printed card & the silver ribbon, which I attached with foam pads, to give the depth!
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges!
Digi's with Attitude! Challenge #10 Anything goes
Allsorts Week 82 Last Minute Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday Use Ribbon Challenge!
Ellephantastic Challenge 21 Winter/Christmas
One Stop Craft Challege Sassy Christmas
A Spoonfull Of Sugar Challenge 113 Christmas Cards
2 Sister's Challenge 17 Twas the Night Before Christmas
Passion For Promarkers Week 80 Mega Christmas Challenge!
Craft Your Passion Challenge #35 Anything goes

Office Party Blog Hop Christmas Card!

I followed the Digi's With Attitude!/Drunken Stampers 1st combined Design Team  Office Party Blog Hop yesterday! Oh what fun I had along the way! It's well worth a look at all the DT cards! At the end of the hop, you're asked to enter a card in the theme of the hop or for someone in the office!!
Here's mine!

Poor Gretchen has turned up at the Office Party & is the only one in Fancy Dress! Did someone play a little joke on her or did she mishear someone saying "Wear a fancy dress!" (This Digi is free this month & you can get her here!)
I needed it in a hurry as I have to give it to one of the girls at work, who gave me a card & pressie today & after tomorrow, I won't see her again until well into next year!! I also have my neice staying as she's having difficulty travelling to work in the arctic conditions we're having right now!
For that reason I decided to keep it fairly simple. I used some shiny papers as a matt & to punch out the little Christmas trees too! I did want to use snowflakes but have leant out my snowflake punch & didn't have anything in the colours I wanted! I coloured Gretchen with promarkers & added some Diamond Sparkles to liven up the furry bits! I hope you like her!

I would also like to enter this card into the 2 Sisters Challenge Blog Sparkly Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown Clean & Simple

I Got an Honorable Mention!!!

I made a card for Challenge #8 over at Digi's With Attitude! I came home from work miserable because we have even more snow & I found this!

That has cheered me up no end! Thank you sooo much guys!!! One for the trophy cabinet!!! My card is now eligible for Best Card of the Month & will stay on the Honorable Mention page all year long!!! Whoop whoop! Thanks again guys!!!

Birthday Candy Winners

Here are the results of my Birthday Candy Draw!

I had 13 blue froggy links and  an email entry. Not sure how to best choose the winners, I Googled a random no. generator & the numbers it generated are as follows:-
Drum Roll Please........................................
14, 6, 5, 9

14 Tilly, you win the craftystash voucher!

 6 Denise you win the CMD Voucher



5 Emma, you win the Crafty Bundle
I hope you find a use for it all!



9 Edel one of my latest followers. You win a surprise!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered and shared! I hope you enjoy your candy ladies! Sorry you couldn't all be winners!!!

I'm off to have a coffee now, while I wait for the phone engineer to come!                                 



Another lovely blog award!!!

I recived another Stylish Blogger award from Cindy-Linn!!! Thank you sooo much for thinking of me. I just love getting these!!! Make me feel all warm & fuzzy!!!

There are of course the rules that come along with this!

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this - Done!

2. Share 8 things about yourself - Done!

3. Pass it on to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered - Done!

4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards - I'm on to it Done!

8 things about me:

1 I just turned 50 a week ago!
2 I still have my birthday cards up cos I keep getting more!
3 I spend far to much time on my laptop! (sound familiar?)
4 I'm totally fed up clearing my path of snow! (as soon as I've done it it starts to snow again!)
5 I totally lurve Fridays, get sooooo excited about them!
6 I did a bit of Tap Dancing back in the day!
7 I love ! I add them to the end of everything I write! (have to go back & remove them at times!)
8 I always try to look on the bright side!

Now who to pass this on to???
I have two lovely new followers so I will pass it on to them first!
1) Edel welcome to my blog!
2) Suz who has a brand new blog! Welcome to my blog!
3) Alison who has a brand new challenge blog!
4) Elaine who has the cutest kittens
5) Mervi who is cosier in Finland than we are here!
6) Paula some great new stamps!
7) Ali not technically just met her but she's got her 1st GDT chance! WTG!!!
8) Chrissy met her through her great candy giveaway!!

Pink,Silver & Black

I have another card to share! I have been busy making lots of Birthday cards this week!

This is Grumpy Gretchen! The digi stamp is called Big Deal Birthday and comes from Digi's With Attitude!

I have coloured her up using my promarkers & to fit in with their current Challenge #8 which is a colour challenge. Use Pink Black & Silver!
I have used a bit more colour on the cake but I hope it fits the bill!!!
The base card is A5, black & I have added a matt of silver & then a flocked paper which I got in a Do Crafts Goody bag eons ago! I also added another panel using a striped paper from the same pack. I love these papers sooo much, I can barely bring myself to use them!!lol
I added a bit of pink ribbon from some candy I recieved. I matted Gretchen on to some black and then some silver card which I had punched down one side using a Martha Stewart punch. Then to finish off a computer generated sentiment & number star, some card candy & a flower.
I hope you like her!!!

A Girly Christmas Card

(Hi all, just a quick reminder that my Birthday Candy is still up for grabs here!)

At last I have managed to get my competition entry done for the 

November Comp over at Cardmaking Downloads! 

The November theme was for Christmas! 

You must use a download from either Cardmaking Downloads or Scrapbookingmad to enter

 but there are many different styles of downloads to choose from!

I used a combination of two downloads designed by Elaine Hayhoe. 

I love the non traditional colours she has used and, as intend this card to go to a lady 

who lives on her own,  it's an ideal girly card!

The main download is the pyramage and border with the sentiment. 

The base card is made with backing papers which are included with this and another download. 

The only added elements are a few pieces of ribbon which came tied round 

cards & envelopes that I bought!

                                                                                      

I did also use a border punch on the stop.

I quite like the effect of the matting and layering under the punched section

Have entered this into the  2 Sisters Challenge Blog  Challenge#15

My Blog Definitely Has the Tude!

I have been awarded another of these lovely awards!!!

           As some of you may know there's a gift attached to this little beauty!

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. Lastly, you must display the Blog Award Badge (above) in your sidebar and link it back to the Digi’s With Attitude! Challenge Blog.
I have already recieved my gift & I encourage you to do the same if you get the chance!

Three things about myself that make me different from everyone else???
I'm having a Birthday Party today to celebrate my 50th!
I have a motorbike
I lived in Gibraltar for 4 years a while back
Now I'm to find 5 blogs that have the tude! But not the award yet!!!
1 Andrina
2 Ali
3 Nikki
4 Faye
5 Mary
That's me done! See the T&C below!!!
If you have been awarded the “I got the Attitude! Blog Award” and you have followed all the steps please email dwacblog@live.com claim your Gift Certificate. Include your full name and your blog name. Only one gift Certificate per person & blog please.
(Gift Certificates will be sent to you within 48 hours of receipt on a business day via a reply to the email received.)

Digi's With Attitude! DT Call

Digi's With Attitude! are looking for their next team of Designers!

Do you have the tude?

Do you love working with Digi Images?

Get yourself over to Digi's With Attitude!

and check out how you can apply to join!

Decoromana Handmade Decorations Blog Candy!

Ever fancied another type of crafting???

Pop on over to Decoromana Handmade Decorations & have a wander 

around this lovely blog!

There is even a candy giveaway to get you started!