Vintage Christmas......

Afternoon to you all, hope you are enjoying the start of the weekend, I'm at work today and it's the light switch on in our town so it should be quite busy as Christmas shopping gets under way.
Todays challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow is Vintage Christmas so we would love to see your vintage/shabby chic Christmas projects. I have used one of the new stamps from Crafty Individuals CI 421.

I coloured in the image with Distress pens and added white puff embossing powder for the snow, I then embossed over the image in clear twice, popped it in the freezer for a few minuets which forms cracks when cold, then I rubbed tea dye distress ink over it which gives it the more vintage look

It seems ages since I last blogged, I'm working on an album at the moment which I'm totally addicted to doing at the moment, so I get up early in the mornings to complete a page before getting ready for work

Have a great weekend

Sugar Creek Hollow.......

Well it's the weekend again, I've had a busy week at work his week getting the shop ready for Christmas, the tree is in the window and the tinsel is up. Today sees the start of a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow, the theme this fortnight is .......Recycling/ repurposing. I have painted and decorated a wooden spoon. The image on the spoon as well as the stamped image are from Crafty Individuals CI 389 called Tea at Three. The stamped image I coloured in with twinkling H20 paints, haven't used these in ages. The spoon I painted black and then used crackle glaze before painting in peach, I then added Treasure gold in silver and rose.

Have a great weekend

Sugar Creek Hollow......

Afternoon fellow bloggers and welcome to a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow, the theme this fortnight is ........Tag your it, so don't forget that we want to see your Shabby Chic/Vintage style projects only for this one.
I have used a pocket tag from the Femme Fatale CD at Kraftyhands, love the image and you can also pop something extra inside the pocket.  I've used a part of a doily behind the flowers and then added a stick pin and pearls to finish off.

I'm going back to work on Monday which will seem very strange after

being off for five weeks, I've still got to see the consultant on Wednesday

about my Kidney Stone and I'm still being monitored for my liver function as its still icky,

can't believe that never having drunk I could be getting liver disease.

.......might as well start having a tipple!!

Have a great weekend

Hugs n smiles

Sugar Creek Hollow....

Afternoon to my crafty friends, yay last day at work for awhile, it's that time of year for chillin' and relaxing in the sun except we are going to Orlando and my guess is we will not be doing very much relaxing. I'm looking forward to the shopping though, my craft shopping route is already planned, not that I don't have room full of stash anyway, but it would be rude not to go all that way without checking out the local shops.

Todays card is for the new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow and the theme this fortnight is Flowers, please don't forget if you are entering that we want to see Shabby Chic or Vintage projects only as we are a vintage challenge blog. For my card I used an image from Doodle Pantry, I am using an image called English Bluebells, coloured in with Prismas. I have added a string of crystal beads around the edge of the image. The papers and vintage seam binding are from Live and Love Crafts, the perfect place to shop for all things vintage.

Another nice sunny day here so I guess I will be selling lots of ice creams

at work today.......

hugs n smiles

Kraftyhands......

Morning to you all, back to work today after having the Bank Holiday off......bliss a whole day of crafting and a film a totally indulgent day, although I did do the ironing. I managed to make a Graphic 45 mini album, now I just need to add the photos, I've made it for my Mum. Todays card is for the Kraftyhands challenge, the theme is .....anything goes. I have used the Femme Fatale Cd for my card, if you love vintage you will love this Cd, great images and papers. Thebird cage die I have embossed in pink frantage powder, as well as the doily.

Have a great week, I'll be having lunch with my hubby and Zachary as they come down to see me on a Wednesday, my Grandson is such a handful but totally loveable.

hugs n smiles

Challenges

Bearly Mine.....flowers

Craft room challenge....roses and romance

Craft hoarders anonymous....use ribbon, lace or twine

Deep Ocean.....distressing

Papertake....anything goes

Divas by design....in the pink

Happy Easter....

.Morning to all my fellow bloggers wishing you and you and your families a very Happy Easter, must say I'm glad to have 3 whole days off to recover from our marathon icing of Easter Eggs this week, it has to be said that we were rushed off our feet, we sold out at lunchtime yesterday and my hubby and son had to get me some more stock from another shop. Phew time to put our feet up, shame the weather has turned cold though as I was looking forward to getting into the garden and putting in some plants, oh well I'll head to my craft room and after giving up chocolate for Lent I might just sneak in a chocolate bar with me.....yummy.

Todays card is a reminder that you still have 1 week left to join us at Sketch n Stash, we have a couple of sponsors as well, Inky Impressions who have donated $10 and Buttons for Brains who have donated a £10 spend. So well worth joining us for his sketch challenge.

The papers are by Pion designs and the doiley is using my Stampin' up stamp embossed with a white twinkle Wow powder.

Have a lovely weekend

hugs n smiles

Sugar Creek Hollow......

Afternoon to you all, another weekend here and just one week to go before the Easter Bunny delivers all those yummy chocolate Easter eggs, we have been so busy icing names on them all at work this week, and next Saturday it will be chocca blocked with customers.

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow and this fortnight we would like to see your Easter Vintage/ Shabby Chic creations. I have papers from Pion and I've used my new doily stamp for the background, I embossed it in white on Vellum, the stamp is from Stampin' Up.

Have a great weekend

hugs n smiles

Challenges

Crafty Girls.....anything goes

Crafty Ribbons.....flower power

Creatalicious....easter

Creative Knockouts......spring is in the air

Cute Card Thursday......easter

Delightful Challenges....You're Egg-Stra Special

Hannah and friends....Easter

Moving Along the times.......Easter/Spring

A Creative Romance.....Spring/Easter

Alphabet Challenge....E for easter

Creative Fingers.....anything goes

Digi Haven......Easter (use brown)

Jelly Park.....Easter

Paper Shelter.....Easter

Totally Papercrafts......easter

Crazy 4 challenges......Easter Eggs

Sketch n Stash.....

Morning peeps back again with another card, this is  a midway reminder for the challenge at Sketch n Stash, I actually got round to making a card yesterday even though I had had very little sleep as I had my two Grandsons for a sleepover on Saturday, Zachary is really easy to get to sleep, goes to sleep in a blink of an eye but Ethan wears you out before you can wear him out and for someone who isn't very big he sure does take up a lot of the bed.

We have Live and Love Crafts sponsoring this challenge and one lucky winner will get £10 to spend on line.

For my card I have used an image and papers which you can get from Live and Love Crafts, the papers are by Pion called Violet, the tags are from LOTV which I have embossed with Wow fine gold embossing powder. The flowers are from Wild Orchid.

have a great week

Sugar Creek Hollow......

Afternoon to you all, I'm having a me day today and I'm off to Moxley for a class with Trish Ladouceur who is all the way from America teaching this weekend, I've only seen a couple of sneak peeks of what we are doing so it will be a surprise what we are making........a pleasant one I'm sure.

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow and the theme this fortnight is......Sew Fashionable. We want to see your shabby chic/vintage projects following the theme. I have used a stamp that I have had for a few years from B Line, I have also added some sewing bits n bobs, the sewing machine embossed in gold is from Crafty Individuals.

Challenges

Simply Create.....use old stash nothing new

Creative Fingers.......anything goes

Crafty Catz.....anything goes

Alphabet Challenge....B for button and bows

Creative Romance.....bingo,Ribbon, bow and charm

Crafty Ribbons.....ribbon n buttons

Stampavie.....anything but square

Everybody Art.....ribbon/lace

Oldie but a goodie.....buttons

Have a great weekend

hugs n smiles

Sketch n Stash.....

This is the first of two posts today, at least I have managed to catch up with all my DT cards for now, have been quite busy getting some samples done for Kraftyhands ready for the launch of their new Cd on Friday, will be show casing these for the rest of the week. Had to go for more blood tests this week which I hate as looking for my veins are like looking for a needle in a hay stack. I do envy people who have veins, every time I go they slap my arms and tut and then usually call someone else in to have a go. Still waiting for my hospital appointment from Cardiology, just hope I will still able to fly to America in June cos I will be so miffed if I can't go.

My first card is for the new challenge at Sketch n Stash, this fortnight we have two great sponsors

firstly Crafty Individuals

and Stitchy Bears

I used the stamp CI 378 A Royal Bird, I embossed the image in Wow fine gold and then just the bird again and layered up, I used Pan Pastels to colour in the image using a very small brush. The patterned paper is from CI and the background paper and ribbon are from Live and Love Crafts

Back later with another card

Challenges

Stamps and Fun=Creativity........vintage

Craft Your Passion.....love is in the air.

Crafty Calender......love is all around

Natalie and Amy.....love is all around

Live and Love Crafts....love n lace

A Creative Romance.....show us some lace

Crafty Catz.....anything goes

Fussy and Fancy.....vintage

Allsorts.....love is in the air

Crafty Individuals......

Morning peeps, its the start of a new challenge at Crafty Individuals and this month I got to choose the theme.......A Fine Romance, I thought that this would give everyone lots of scope, so it doesn't have to be just Valentines. I had a play with one of the new stamp sets CI394 No guarantee without the stamp. I made a box card with images coloured in with Prismas overlaid in the recess and then added lace around the edges, I coloured  a bodyform diecut in gold dabber paint and added little heart buttons which are also from CI. The round montage on the front panel of the card is made up using an image from CI and the fan and corset image from the stamp set, I popped a white feather behind to finish it off.For the front of the card I used Pan Pastels and over stamped with the fan stamp.
To join in the challenge all you have to do is use a Crafty Individuals product, all entrants will receive a 25% discount off an order with them. I shall be picking a winner at the end of the challenge so I look forward to seeing all your lovely entries......have fun.

hugs n smiles

Sugar Creek Hollow......

Afternoon to you all, well its the start of a new month and it looks like the dreadful weather is going to continue, what happened to frosty days and snow in winter instead of rain, rain and more rain.
Today sees the start of a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow and the theme is .....Love and Adore, mwaaaahhh, its fast approaching the season of lurvvvvve and my chocolate shop is full of delish romantic choccies.
For my card I have used images from Heather Hudson, I have added loads of glitter for bling. I strung three hearts to form a banner with seam binding.

have a great weekend

Challenges

My Sheri Crafts......Valentines

Gem of a challenge....all you need is love

Allsorts ......love is in the air.

A Creative Romance......show us some love

Crafty Catz.....anything goes.

Fussy and Fancy....vintage

Jelly park.....lots of love

CRAFT.....love/valentines

Auds Sentiment....use a valentines sentiment

Soulmate

Morning to you all, phew another week of illness, I've gone for a record breaking how many things can you have wrong with you in a fortnight, found out there are couple of things wrong with the old ticker so I've been referred to Cardiology, I have a hiatus hernia, problem with my liver/gall bladder (need further tests to confirm which), then this week I had a really bad water infection and now I have a cold......oh well there's always next week.
Today's card is another using the fabbie Chocolate Baroque rose stamp set, again coloured in with Pan Pastels. I used a gold Brilliance ink pad for the background text, the leaf is embossed in gold, I used a mixture of powders, chips and shavings for the Frantage heart.

Challenges

Creative Fingers....anything goes

Delicious Doodles...use Ribbon

Fairytale challenge......bows

Fussy and fancy.....Vintage

Brown Sugar.....Embossing

4 Crafty Chicks.....bling

Frilly and Funky....to warm the heart

Fab n Funky....use words

Divas by Design....anything goes

Another weekend of rain=more crafting, although I have two little

guys coming for a sleepover tonight so I will probably

spend Sunday catching up on sleep

hugs n smiles