Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge # 148 Music .......

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What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog

Challenge # 1 Emboss It.....

Our first challenge at Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog is on

Saturday 2nd November,

No Size Requirements, does not have to be a Card, as long as somewhere on your project you have added some embossing. So come on and join in with the fun, and we have some great prizes for the winners.......  

Good Afternoon Readers,

Well are you all bracing yourselves and battening down the hatches ...... the weather forecast for tomorrow and Monday are not looking very good for some places, I am hoping it will bypass us, and stay out at sea ........ not sure what the chances of that happening will be, at the moment the sun is shining here in my little corner of Cornwall..... as my regular readers will know, I was due to go Christmas shopping today, but it has been put of until next weekend, as my friend Sherry who I was going with, has very inconveniently got the plasterers in ...... so I will be pulling my hair out next week as apposed to this week, just as well I have had it all cut of ....... well today saw me up the yard running around in circles with my horse Ace of Spades ...... not sure who was sweating the most me or him...... but at least I also had a good workout !!!!!!!!  did a few chores, before leaving the yard to venture in to Falmouth, to purchase some self adhesive velcro ....... I will take my hat of to whoever invented that one ..... as I hate sewing with a vengeance ........ had a little look around , picked up a nice little sewing box for a pressie for my friend Julie, some tennis balls for the rabble, and of course I had to venture in to the craft dept ....... I do not need anything, well that's what I keep telling myself anyway, but did buy some new water colour pencils, that were £33.00 down  to £23.00 bargain, so they jumped of the shelf pretty darn quick and in to my shopping basket ....... job done, back in to the truck and home, to join in with the
 fun over on  craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge and my design is below..... well will speak again tomorrow, if I have not been blown away .......

Recipe for my Design
C5 Size White Base Card, printed with a design sheet from Debbie Moore's Shabby Music CD Rom,
Bronze Card Stock used for layering and Border
Art Deco Lady from Debbie Moore's Art Deco Christmas
Flower and Ribbon added using Craft Artist Professional
Sentiment Computer Generated
Spellbinder Round Dies
X Cut Border Die 

  

Winter Wonderland Challenge Check This Out ........

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What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog

Challenge # 1 Emboss It.....

Our first challenge at Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog is on

Saturday 2nd November,

No Size Requirements, does not have to be a Card, as long as somewhere on your project you have added some embossing. So come on and join in with the fun, and we have some great prizes for the winners.......  

Good Afternoon Readers,
 I hope you are all well ...... what ya all been up to, today the weather here in Cornwall has been quite pleasant, sunny with a strong wind, but still not that cold for this time of year, especially as we are nearly in to November ...... Clocks go back this weekend , yipeee an extra hour in bed, but I can never remember if it get's darker in the morning or at night, oh well I will soon find out ... I am planning on doing a bit more Christmas shopping tomorrow ...... without any of my daughter's with me, shhh don't tell them ....... I need to be able to concentrate, and as much as I love them, that is something I can not do when they are with me, we always seem to go of on a tangent, and forget half the thing's I am supposed to be getting ...... so hopefully I will be able to a bit tomorrow, I have been busy behind the scenes on my two challenge blogs......
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog  goes live next Saturday, getting excited about that, and I have made some changes over on my other challenge blog, who's name has been changed to...
Fan-Tastic Tuesday , we only used to do 4 by 4 challenges, but it has been changed to any size projects, as long as it remains square and incorporates the theme of the week ..... I am hoping the changes made will increase the entries, I myself did find doing such a small project could at times be quite challenging ....... and if I was suffering from dexterity problems, even harder,.... but now any size is accepted big or small ....... so after quite a lot of time on the computer, I decided to have a break and join in with the fun over at Winter Wonderland, were the theme is Check It Out ..... and my design is below, hope you like it ....  

Winter Wonderland

Recipe for My Design,
6ins Tag cut using my Cricut Machine
White Card Stock, distressed, with a Gold and Warm Red Ink Pad, once I had distressed the tag, I went around the edge with the Gold, then used a Clarity Stamp Tree Silouette NDC221-F, and stamped in the warm red ink pad around the edge of the tag, when I was happy with it, I then used the same stamp and stamped the whole design in Gold..
At The Top I have added a Red and Gold Tartan Ribbon, some gold skeleton leaves, Gold Metal Leaves and then finished it of with some Berries and three gold crystal gems.

{PIN}spirational Challenge # 80 Halloween .......

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ON DECEMBER  14th, to win the candy. Simples...

What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog

Challenge # 1 Emboss It.....

Our first challenge at Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog is on

Saturday 2nd November,

No Size Requirements, does not have to be a Card, as long as somewhere on your project you have added some embossing. So come on and join in with the fun, and we have some great prizes for the winners.......  

Good Afternoon Readers,

Hope you are well ....... the weather here today in my little corner of Cornwall, is loads better than yesterday, we have had some rain but it has not been constant like yesterday ...... hows it been were you are ..... well up the yard as per usual today, to fetch in from the fields a rather soggy horse ...... he was drenched bless him, so toweled his legs of and put his nice dry stable rug on ....... I could only just lift his outdoor rug as it was so wet, so after a nice groom, to get at least some of the mud of his face, I decided to keep him in tonight, so he could have a nice lie down on his straw, so when I left the yard I had a rather content horse munching his way through a pile of hay ...... will ride him in the morning, which will probably wipe the smile of his face ..... so on the return home stopped of at my fav charity shop Pants..... and purchased a lovely white shirt with pale pink vintage roses on for a £1.00, which will look good with jeans, and after I had dropped of my friend Julie, I called in to the Air Ambulance Charity shop, well I had to, as there was a car parking space right outside, with my name on it ....... and purchased a lovely blue fluffy fleece for up the stables, £2.50, bargain...... and while I was in there I filled out an application to become a volunteer to work in there shop ....... I may  or may not hear anything, but at least they have my details ...... returned home and decided to do a bit of housework  before settling in to my craft room, well was doing a bit of washing up, and noticed that when I emptied the bowl the water was taking a long while to drain away, which pointed to the sink being blocked  so tipped a load of bleach down plughole, eyes streaming from fumes, dogs evacuated to the garden, but still not draining, so thought what can I push down plughole that will bend, Idea, some old curtain wire ....... so started to push wire down plug, seemed to go a long way down, then stopped, so wiggled it around as you do ...... went to pull it out, and guess what it was stuck ..... so I kept tugging at it nothing, so there was I left with a four foot long piece of curtain wire hanging from my plughole, then the light went on in my brain...... I had forgotten about the hook on the end of the wire, and yes you've guessed it, it was caught on something, so in the end I had to take the s bend to pieces to get the wire out, but at least I cured the blocked pipe ....... anyhow, after all that I decided to join in with the fun over at

 Pin Spirational and the theme is Halloween,  I decided to use my Craft Artist for this design, I purchased it sometime ago, and have never really used it, so I thought I would give it a go ..... and my design is below.....

Recipe for my Design

Square Base Card,

Entire Design created using the Craft Artist Professional 

Fat-Tastic Tuesday Challenge # 6 Ribbons and Bows ........

Good Morning readers, it's Tuesday already, were does the time go, but it means it is time for another fab challenge over at

  Fat-Tastic Tuesday

were the challenge this week is 

Ribbons and Bows

So pop on over and join in with the fun our wonderful sponsors this week
 are.......

Robyn's Fetish

Who give's the winner 4 digi of there choice,
but you have to be in it to win it
So come on ....... come and join in the fun,

Recipe for my Design
4 by 4 White Base Card, lightly distressed with Tim Holtz distress ink Tattered Rose
Christie Angel Digi by Robyn's Fetish
Hessian Heart Ribbon by Craft Ribbon
3 x Small Pink Crystal Gems
Butterfly by Crafters Companion
Image shaded using Spectrum Noir Pens

Winter Wonderland Carol Singers .........

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What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog

Challenge # 1 Emboss It.....

Our first challenge at Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog is on

Saturday 2nd November,

No Size Requirements, does not have to be a Card, as long as somewhere on your project you have added some embossing. So come on and join in with the fun, and we have some great prizes for the winners.......  

Good Afternoon Readers,
Firstly I would like to welcome Fiona, to my blog, thank you Fiona for taking the time to join my blogg, please pop back from time to time, and secondly I would like to thank the DT over at Winter Wonderland, for choosing me in the Top Three, thank you ladies ....... my badge sits proudly on the side bar, 
Well the weather here in my little corner of Cornwall, is not very nice at all ..... very windy and rain, lots of it ........ so will not be doing any 
gardening today ..... oh dear will just have to stay indoors and craft
 ( what a drag.....lol), not in work this week, as my regular readers will already now, my Mum bless her was taken in to hospital on Thursday evening, so I brought forward the holiday I had booked in November to this week, as I thought she was going to be in there for a few day's, and  I needed to be able to go and visit, but I am glad to say Mum was only in there for one night ....... and she is now safely back home ...... and work had already covered my shifts, so I am of all week until next Monday Night,  so I went to have my hair cut this morning, it is now quite short, decided to grow old ungracefully....... then popped in to see my Mum, on the return to home decided to join in with the fun over on Winter Wonderland, and my design is below ....... 

Winter Wonderland

Recipe for Design

Square Blank White Base Card

Covered in a Christmas Design Sheet by Raspberry Road

Spellbinder Labels Dies

Spellbinders Flourish Die

Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Ink

Papermania Universal Embossing Folder

Large Blooms by Crafters Companion 

Vintage Image by Pantheon Arts

3 x Crystal Gems

Christmas Card Challenges # 47 Flowers ..........

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ON DECEMBER  14th, to win the candy. Simples...

What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog

Challenge # 1 Emboss It.....

Our first challenge at Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog is on

Saturday 2nd November,

No Size Requirements, does not have to be a Card, as long as somewhere on your project you have added some embossing. So come on and join in with the fun, and we have some great prizes for the winners.......  

Good Afternoon Readers,

Well I hope you are all well ...... today the weather in my little corner of Cornwall, is not to bad, quite blustery but not cold, ideal for drying 

my washing ....... have not been up to much lately, my Mum was back in hospital on Thursday, but she is home again now, pleased to say, so that was  bit of a worrying time, but all is well ....... and yesterday, I did a bit of Christmas shopping ....... yep actually got a couple of pressies, went with my eldest daughter Sarah ........ I must say I did not enjoy it one bit ...... loved being with Sarah, but as for the shopping ...... I could have quite easily given up and gone home, my feet were killing me, and I got quite bored, it probably would have been better if I had known what I was getting, but I had not a clue ...... so after painstakingly purchasing some pressies, I said to Sarah, I need a pair of chocolate brown leggings, do you think I could find any, no,
 any colour but ......  so came away with an embossing folder, some hessian ribbon and some card stock, which I did enjoy choosing, well after a busy morning up at the stables,  I am safely  back in the confounds of my Craft Room ...... and I managed to join in with the fun over on 
Christmas Card Challenges
and my design is below.....

Recipe for my Design

5 by 5 White Card Stock

Covered in a Christmas Design Sheet by Kate Knight

Spellbinder Label

E-Craft Blooms

X Cut Universal Embossing Folder

Distress Inks by Tim Holtz

 in

Dusty Concorde

Spun Sugar

Tattered Rose

1 x Large Crystal Gem

Christmas Card Challenges

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Make It Square .........

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Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog, one follower will be randomly picked 
ON DECEMBER  14th, to win the candy. Simples...

What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Good Morning Readers,

Well it's a grotty day here this morning, in my little corner of Cornwall, it's quite dark a typical Winter's morning, if there is such a thing ..... what's it like 

were you are ....... did not do any blogging yesterday, felt a bit yuck ....... and no it was nothing to do with the fact, that on Saturday I went and had a coffee and a chat with Sherry and Mark from work ..... even though I did have one G&T, I think it was because, when I was up the yard on Sunday , I was quite busy doing fencing and filling up a rather large water trough, and it was raining and no I was not wearing a coat ...... so when I returned home, I had a hot shower, but as the day progressed I started to ache across the shoulders, and felt cold, so I sat in the lounge in front of the fire and dozed on and off for most of the afternoon,  so hubby had a quite day ....... I feel better this morning although I did wake up with rather a thumping headache, anyhoo back in to work tonight, so I will soon work it of ...... so what ya all been up to, have you started your Christmas shopping yet, ( did I just hear a lot of Groans .......) I have not done anything yet , might try and get a few bits this weekend , money permitting lol , it would probably be easier if I knew what to get everyone, but I don't so I will probably be doing the normal Christmas and running around like a headless chicken on Christmas Eve ....... but not to worry, still have plenty of time it's only 10 weeks to Christmas ARGHHH........ 

I would like to enter my Design below in the following Challenges 

Christmas Card Challenges Colour Combo

Crafty Hazelnut's Make It Square

Recipe for my Design

C5 Chocolate Brown Base Card 260gsm

Papermania Stamp I think ...... it was an unmounted stamp found in my stamp box .... 

Papermania Universal Embossing Folder

Image Stamped using an Archival Pigment Ink Pad Colour Aurora

Sentiment Computer Generated 

Winter Wonderland Challenge # Wrap It Up ........

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Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog 


First Challenge Saturday November 2nd
For a chance to win some Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog candy, click on the candy picture,on my side bar, then become a follower of 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog, one follower will be randomly picked 
ON DECEMBER  14th, to win the candy. Simples...

What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Good Afternoon Readers,

How are you all ........ well hasn't the weather changed ..... here in my little corner of Cornwall, it has been rather chilly and windy, great for drying the washing ....... well have not blogged in a few day's, what with work an all,  So I would like to take this opportunity , to welcome my new followers , thank you for taking the time to join my blogg, please pop back from time to time..... well, up the yard today to see my boy, gave him a nice groom, and then lunged him in the school, he looked beautiful ...... his coat was looking lovely, and he is going darker , he resembles the Lloyd's TSB Horse, as in the winter his coat goes a darker black ....... I must admit he looked rather magnificent...... even if I do say so myself ...... so once I had finished up at the yard, I decided to pop in to my favorite haunt at the mo, PANTS, it's three industrial units, filled to the brim with second hand items, the charity is for Cervical Cancer and Prostrate Cancer, hence Pants, because of the area ......... what's great about it is, that it is not in the middle of town it's on the outskirt's so there is plenty of parking right outside, so I had a good old rummage , and guess what I found a pair of riding boots , Mountain Horse Brand,  in very good condition , and even better still they were my size yipee ...... so of course they had to come home with me ...... and they were only £2.00 ......... I do love looking in Charity shops to see if I can grab a bargain, but I tend to only look in the one's that support Cancer Research , and the Animal Hospital Charities, so on the return home I gave them a clean, and they good as new, I know what I will be wearing up the yard in the morning ....... well I have managed to do a bit of crafting this afternoon...... and joined in with the fun over on  Winter Wonderland   but I think I may need professional help ...... as I am addicted to distressing ........ I cannot seem to get away from it at the mo, so below is my rather distressed looking tag.........

Winter Wonderland

Recipe for my Design,
5½ Tag cut in White Card Stock using my Cricut Machine
Distressed using Tim Holtz, Black Soot, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade and Tettered Rose Distress Inks,
Holly Stamp by Papermania
Blooms cut using my E-Craft Machine, then distressed in the same ink tones as the tag, once distressed, I stamped the Holly on to them and screwed them up in to a little ball, to give an aged crinkled look.
The Gems used are all Plain Crystal, and I have shaded them to match my colour scheme using Spectrum Noir Pens 
Wide Gold Ribbon tied in a Bow 

Simply Less is More Colour Challenge White on White

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog 
First Challenge Saturday November 2nd
For a chance to win some Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog candy, click on the candy picture,on my side bar, then become a follower of 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Blog, one follower will be randomly picked 
ON DECEMBER  14th, to win the candy. Simples...

What's in the Candy.....

1- Pack of Black A4 Eva Glitter Foam 2 sheets in a pack

2 - Papermania Noel Stamp Set 9 in a Set

3 -  Pack of Cameos 4 in a pack

4 - 1 pack of 5 by 5 Scalloped Edged Cards with Envies 

5 - 1 pack of Crystal gems Assorted Sizes 66 in Total

6 - 1 Pack of Crystal and Turquoise Gems 110 in Total

7 - 2 x Packs of Crochet Flower Brads there are four in each pack .

Good Afternoon Readers,

How you all doing ......... well the weather in my little corner of Cornwall, is fab ...... sunny and very warm, and it is October ....... yet you look out the window and it could easily be a Summer's day .....

long may it last ...... anyhoo, what ya all been up to ...... I did the usual this morning, up the yard, ran the rabble, coffee with the girls, and then returned home ....... hubbie decided to have a proper day of today, so nothing was planned ...... did a couple of bits around the house, but that's about all, which has left me to craft to my hearts's content ...... so for the last hour I have been safely locked away in my craft room, so I decided to join in with the fun over on Simply Less is More were the challenge this week is white on white ....... not so easy to photograph ......... but I did my best and my entry is below.

Simply Less is More

Recipe for My Design
5 by 5 Scalloped Edged White Base Card
Papermania Embossing Folder  
Spellbinder Label Die
Clarity Stamps Tree Silhouette # NDC221-F
Tim Holtz Black Soot Ink Pad
Rangers Angel Lace Glitter
I placed the Angle Lace Glitter at the bottom of the tree and on the branches, but it is a bit difficult to see.