Fashionista Challenge - Anniversary

Good Afternoon
My first post of the week and it is a very special post as it is the end of our first challenge over at Fashionista Challenge Blog. What a month it has been for us, a new challenge blog and we received over 160 entries, we are little different as the DT decide on our Top 5 and then we let you vote for the winner, who will always get a super prize, so definiately worth dropping over and joining in our challenge. This month it was won by Alyce who submitted a brilliant card.

We now have a DT of 10 fantastic crafters and we are sponsors by some very big names, all this in a month, we are going to go from strength to strength.

This months theme is

Wedding, Anniversary or Shower

Our Sponsor is Inky Impressions

So on to my project for this month, I have made an explosion box for my beautiful step-daughter, Jessica and her husband Elliot for their first wedding anniversary. I designed the stationery for their wedding last year so I was able to use the same coloured card and paper, also the J&E were the same as on their stationery.

First two pictures are the box closed, then the lid comes off.

To reveal pictures from the wedding and a second box. 

Then the second lid comes off to reveal...

Sorry it is so picture heavy but I love this box and cannot wait to give it to them in June. 

Don't forget to drop over to Fashionista and see the ABSOLUTLEY fantastic creations from my team mates. 

I would like to enter my creation into the following challenges

 http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.co.uk  - Anything but a card  4.5

http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk Flowers   5.5
http://jeanette-soartfulchallenges.blogspot.co.uk  Anniversary  5.5
http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.co.uk  Pearls and Lace (it is paper lace) 3.5
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk  Anytthing Goes 3.5
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk  Punches and Dies  3.5
http://hotshotcraft.blogspot.co.uk  Young Love  4.5
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.co.uk  Anything Goes  14.5
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk  No Stamping  3.4
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk  Anything but a card  1.5

Hugs

Suzie xxxxxxx

P.S.  Thank you to everyone who left me messages about Ollie, they all meant to much to me and made me cry everytime I read them, I miss him so much, he should have been here for many more years xxx

RIP Ollie 2001 to 2012

Hello
Just a quick post to say sorry I have not been commenting on your blogs, but I have had a sad week one of my cats went for a minor procedure on Tuesday and never recovered properly from the anesthetic and I have spent the week nursing him.  He was fine when he went in and in great health but after the operation, once I brought him home his back legs went and he became incontinent, deaf and blind, sadly he was put to sleep this morning.  The vet at first thought it was a reaction to the anesthetic and would recover but now seems to think he had a brain tumour which we did not know about and the stress of the operation brought it to a head. 

We have buried him in the garden and my friend brought me a plant and we bought a yellow rose bush and planted them both around where he is buried.  He was a lovely cat with not a bad bone in his body, he will be sadly missed by us and also his brother, who I guess must be wondering where he is. 

Hugs



Exciting News and Driving Test Card

Hello everyone
I have some excitng news to share with you, I managed to pick up a cancellation for an Advanced Colouring Class next Saturday at LOTV with Bev Rochester no less.  WOW... I am so excited, Bev is the reason I make cards, some time last year whilst surfing I came across her blog and I thought OMG these cards are amazing, I didn't realise at first that they were hand coloured images and then the layouts, flowers, lace, pearls... you know I could go on for ever they are just fantastic.  So I am hoping that you will see an improvement in my colouring and that I find out exactly what I am suppose to do with all those Primacolour pencils I bought and hardly ever use. 

So on to my card, which is not hand coloured... LOL.  I made this a few weeks ago for my son's girlfriend who had just passed her test, I really enjoyed making it, such fun. 

This is from Crafts U Print, I thought it would be a quick card, but by the time I had cut all the pieces out it took a few hours, but I had great fun.  I added glossy accents to the headlights and windscreen, loads of stickles and some gems on the flowers. 

It even came with it's own envelope - just perfect for any girl who has just passed her test. 

Hope you enjoy, back Tuesday with no less than 3 DT cards, phew...

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Digital Tuesday - Winter Blues

Hello everyone
It's Tuesday so that must mean another challenge at Digital Tuesday and our theme this week is Winter Blues  - which is anything wintery or blue and this week we are sponsored by Pink Gem who have offered the lucky winner a prize of 4 digital images... WOW.

I decided to make my lovely Grandson, Leo a Christmas card, nothing like getting started early, so here is my card, using a Pink Gem imaged called Winter Philip, just perfect for Leo who will be nearly 3 then. 

This is my first attempt at a criss cross card and I thoroughly enjoyed making it.  The papers are Christmas Wishes from Bearly Mine Designs. 

This view shows the pull out sentiment, using a little teddy die cut, I coloured the hat to match the digi image. 

I coloured the image with copics and used glossy accents and glamour dust for glitter, I had forgotten how much I love this stuff, I don't find it as opaque as stickles so not good for fairy wings but fantastic for some glitter fur on clothes or snow. 

First Christmas card made, hope I can still find it when December comes around... LOL. 

Don't forget to drop over the Digital Tuesday and see what my other team mates have made this week.

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Fashionista Challenge Winners

Fashionista Challenge Winners
"Anything Goes for Girls"
and NEW People's Choice Award

I am really excited to announce that the Top 5 winners have been chosen by the Fashionista Design Team - this is our first challenge and the quality of entries was really fantastic and I would love you to drop over to see if one of your cards was chosen but also but we would like to add a new twist to our challenges...
We want you to choose which one of these 5 great designs will win the "People's Choice Award"

Cast your vote by clicking on the link below the card and vote. Not only will the winner receive a great prize, but a "voter" will be selected at random to also win a prize!

How cool is that, so please drop over the Fashionista Challenge Blog and cast your vote. 

Back tomorrow with my DT card for Digital Tuesday. 

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