OUR FINAL ATCAS CHALLENGE OF 2013 !

Hi crafty peeps - thank you for visiting! 

Hope you are keeping warm and cosy indoors, but if you like icy cold snow, you will love our last challenge of the year at ATCAS!

Your Hostess this fortnight is the lovely Karen and she has chosen the Code Word ........ 

Yes - we would love to see your Clean and Simple Snowflake creations!

Our generous sponsor this time is Kathryne of Stampart Designs
who is offering 5 digi images of the winner's choice.

Do pop over to the ATCAS Blog for some snowy DT inspiration! 

Here is my little DT card!

Recipe -
Cardstock - Crumb Cake and Whisper White
Winter wreath made with a Martha Stewart Branch punch,
a tiny Woodware snowflake punch and Glamour Dust!
Tiny sentiment - HOTP.
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I am joining the "Snow" challenge at Keep It Simple  .
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Our next Challenge will be on January 4th 2014.
In the meantime, have a very Happy Holiday!

FIRST ANNIVERSARY AT ADDICTED TO CAS!

Hello lovely bloggers - many thanks for popping by!

Our new challenge at ATCAS is a rather special one - the Code Word may give you a hint!

 Yes - we would love you to help us celebrate the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of Addicted to Clean and Simple! It's one year since our wonderful leader, Kylie, started the ATCAS challenge blog, and I'm sure you will agree - she has done an amazing job! 
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Your Hostess this fortnight is the fabulous Marie ,  and because this is a special occasion, there will be some extra gifts for our CAS Perfectionist, plus 3 sheets of digis from our generous Sponsor, Deedee's Digis.   Your card design can be for any kind of anniversary, as long as it's CAS, with lots of "white space".  Full details HERE.

 and here is my DT card -

Recipe ~
Indigo Blu "Tree-mendous" stamp
Kaleidacolour  Fruitcake ink pad
SU sentiment - Memorable Moments set
SU red Glimmer Paper and Woodware heart punch plus hand-drawn "string"!
Pin-pricked border.
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We are also starting a new feature at ATCAS - a new Guest Designer will join us each month, and our first Guest Designer is the very talented Bonnie Klass ... welcome to the team Bonnie!

Look forward to seeing you all at the Anniversary Party!

CRUMB CAKE AND WHITE ANNIVERSARY!

Hello lovely friends, followers and bloggers - thank you for visiting - it's always good to see you!

 The April challenge at Stamping Sensations is "Special Occasions" (apart from Birthdays). I decided on Anniversary - always a useful card to have in stock, and it gave me a reason to open up my new Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms dies! 

Recipe:-

Stampin' Up Cardstock - Whisper White and Crumb Cake

Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two

Memory Box Madera Corner die

Stampin' Up Sizzlits "Little Leaves" die

Linen ribbon from Samuel Taylors (Embsay Crafts)

Sentiment - SU Memorable Moments set

Coffee Archival ink

Tiny heart punch - Woodware

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I would also like to enter the following challenges -
 "No Patterned Paper" challenge at Crafty Creations,
Crafts4Eternity "April Showers Bring Spring Flowers" (Lots of Flowers) 
and the "So Sentimental" challenge at Craft Room Challenge.

Love and Hugs to all ~

IT'S GONNA BE A PINK CHRISTMAS at IN THE PINK!

Hi peeps - are we all ready for Christmas with cards made and presents  wrapped?  No, neither am I !  So, here  is an opportunity to make at least one more Christmas card -

our challenge at In The Pink this fortnight is ..... 

"IT'S GONNA BE A PINK CHRISTMAS"!

Of course, it doesn't have to be a card - it could be a gift box, a Turkey, or anything else  Christmassy, but it must have LOTS of PINK on it ! 
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We had so many gorgeous entries for our last challenge, it was difficult for Christine and I to choose just 4 Perfect Pinkies - do pop over to the Blog to find out who they are!

Recipe:-
Card-stock - Stampin' Up and Bazzil.
Image - Mo Manning Christmas Fairy Holly, coloured with Copics.
Nestie Dies -  Labels #1, and Lacy Squares.
Sentiment - Cuttlebug alphabet die, and Woodware tiny snowflake punch.
Glossy Accents on the  snow globe, and SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter here and there.

( the detail looks so much better when you click the pic. to enlarge - honest it does!! )
Look forward to seeing more of  your  fabulous projects -
take care, keep warm, and Happy Crafting

I would like to enter my card into 
Mo's Challenge - Favourite colour combo + a Mo image.
and
Fab.'n' Funky Challenge - Use 3 of something (3 letters).

Love and Hugs, 

BUTTONS AND BOWS - IN THE PINK!

Hello my lovely friends, followers and bloggers - I hope you are having a happy week!

Wow - another two weeks have passed already so it must be In The Pink time again!

Huge thanks to everyone who joined in our last challenge - there were over 100 fabulous entries, so do pop over to In The Pink to find out who the Perfect Pinkies are!

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Now onto this fortnight's challenge - Christine and I would like to see BUTTONS and / or  BOWS on your creations.  Of course there should also be a large amount of PINK!

I have used Buttons and Bows - but you may struggle to find them all!

The beautiful image is from Leanne Ellis, stamped with Coffee Archival then coloured with Copics.

Nestabilities Lacy Squares die (cut twice, then spliced to create a rectangle).

The flower is a Cuttlebug Poppy die - the top layer is the smallest flower from the TH Tattered Florals die.

Ribbon from Embsay Crafts. Buttons from my button box!

Linen Twine - Stampin' Up.

Tiny tag punch - Woodware.

Spotty paper - Zoe Pearn.

Vintage text stamp - Crafty Individuals. 

Brushed Corduroy and Antique Linen DI.

Machine stitching.

Hugs  ~ 

VALENTINE HEARTS, AND A SKETCH AT LESS IS MORE ......

Hi lovely bloggers, it's lovely to "see" you, and many thanks for popping by. 

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My card today is for week 52 at LESS IS MORE

where the challenge is to work with a sketch. Do pop over and visit the wonderful Mandi and Chrissie for full details, and some inspirational cards.  
Huge congratulations to Mandi and Chrissie, on the 1st Anniversary of LESS IS MORE - thank you for all the wonderful challenges you have given us.
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As it is almost Valentine's Day, I have used lots of hearts, and lots of red! Hubby and I don't send Valentine's cards any more - well after 46 years of wedded bliss, it seems kind of unnecessary!! (I would love to know what you think about that)!!!!!!!!

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Recipe:-

Cream base card.

Tiny Hearts - Woodware cartridge punch. Attached with 3-d pads.

Paper used for the hearts - SU "Love Letter" designer paper set, plus 3 hearts cut from red glitter card.

Red card layer - SU Real Red.

Sentiment - PSX (from 1999, so probably retired), inked with ColorBox Pigment Brush Pad - Scarlet, and heat embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Berry Red Aurora  EP.

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I am also entering my card into Pixie's Crafty Snippets #5 
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Have a great week - Love to all ~

STARS WITH A PUNCH FOR LESS IS MORE!

Hi peeps - hope you are all having a happy week ?  

This week, Mandi and Chrissie, the LIM Divas, have set us the challenge of using STARS at

LESS IS MORE.  So after searching through my stash and finding very little star-inspired goodies, I went once again into that darkest corner of my craft room, and re-discovered this Woodware Cassette punch, which has several tiny interchangeable punches, including a tiny STAR!!   Yaaay!

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Update - 7th Dec, - my holly wreath was chosen as a runner-up in the St. Luke's Charity November Challenge. Thanks ladies!
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But what to do with it was the question!!  But then I spotted a small Holly punch (All Night Media) - also very old, and so, a wreath was born!!  

The holly leaves are punched from snippets of  various different designs from the Papermania Verde Capsule Collection, and the Stars are punched from leftovers of red glitter card.

Ribbon from stash - sentiment from Hot off the Press (which is also quite apt for Mandi as she sails off into the sunset - have a great one Mandi)!

I am entering this card into the following Challenges:-
 Jules' Snippets Challenge at ALWAYS WITH A HEART

WINTER WONDERLAND - Clean and Simple.
ST LUKE'S CHARITY - Christmas.

Love to all ~
Sylvia

SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS - USE 3 OR MORE PUNCHES!

Happy Easter Sunday, Peeps!
At the Sentimental Sundays challenge  this week we would like you to use Three or More Punches  (plus a sentiment). Quite an easy-peasy one, so get out those punches and join in the fun!  As always, there are prizes to be won!
For my DT project I decided not to make a card (just for a change), but it could have been the thought of yummy chocolate eggs which inspired me to make an Easter basket. 

 The punches I used are :-

MS Doily Lace border punch.

SU heart punch for the base of the basket.

Woodware circle punch for the sentiment.

Woodware Daisy punches in 2 sizes for the flowers.

Other items used :-

All the papers are from Nitwit's "Egg-stra Special Collection", printed onto cream card.

Nestie circle for the outside border on the sentiment.

Sentiment - my own, created on the 'puter.

Glamour Dust.

Olive Green seam binding - from Wild Orchid Craft.

Mini chocolate eggs - Cadbury's (had to buy a second pack of these as I ate most of the first lot whilst I was making the basket)!!!!
The basket template can be found here:-
http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/freebie-teeny-weeny-basket
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I would like to enter the little basket (but not the chocolates) into the following Challenge:-
CES - Spring Colours/Image.


Have a happy sunny week, wherever you are in the world.