Fashionista Challenge - Elisabeth Bell 3 digi Give-away - Eden's Second Christmas

Hi Blogging Buddies

Don't forget to enter my Candy - see the link in sidebar 

Its week 2 of the Fashionista Challenge 

"CHRISTMAS" 

LOTV is our sponsor for the main challenge 

but each of us has a blog hop sponsor and 

we are showcasing our personal

blog hop sponsors image...

My sponsor is the amazing Elisabeth Bell 

Elisabeth Bells Digital Collection features enchanting, whimsical,Digital stamps for all of your paper-crafting projects!
Although Elisabeth illustrates for several stamp companies, no one exceptElisabeth Bell herself has a collection of sweet digital stamps, this is aperfect way to get your instant gratification.
With a growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps, Elisabeth offers amultitude of themes.  Such as holidays,special occasions, childrens adorable characters, and just the everydaycuteness that Elisabeth is famous for producing.
These Digi Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, and aregreat for resizing, and rotating to suite your needs.
Inspiration, by her very own Design Team, is posted, and shared daily, onElisabeth’s “Digi Bells Blog” using Elisabeth Bell’s digital art.

Elisabeth is offering

 3 digis of your choice to my blog hop commenting winner...

To be eligible to be a winner you must

comment on my blog and complete the hop

by commenting on each DT members blog.

I made a Christmas card for my Granddaughter - Zara - I chose Eden's Second Christmas as it will be Zara's second Christmas this year.  Isn't she sweet?

I made a Magic Card - from StampARTic - click here for the tutorial, I changed the sizes as I wanted to make the middle a large 8"x8" card. 

I made more of my glittered poinsettia (gosh I do love this time of year) and a memory box Flowering Christmas tree with gems. 

This is the inside - as you can see it opens up from the top with a little hinge.  

Here is the blog hop order list:

Rina

Suzie (that's me)

Pat

Eva

Julie

Carol

Samantha

Christy

Katie

You must comment on each DT members blog to win

any of the blog hop prizes!

Please join in with our blog hop and don't forget I have 3 great digis to give away. 

Edited to that I could join in with a challenge - I have heat-embossed a sentiment and also all the die cuts are dry embossed although it does not show up too well on the photos.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

In the Pink- Embossing

Challenges 4 everybody - Anything goes.

Squiggles and Giggles - punches and dies.
The Squirrel and the Fox - Celebrate the occassion (Christmas)
Di`s Digis Design Challenge - more than 1 punch / die.
Heck of a challenge - anything goes.
Just Keep on Creating - Christmas challenge.
Ladybug Crafts - Anything goes.
Natalie and Amy - Anything goes.
Unique Crafters Challenge Blog - Anything goes.
Dream Valley Challenge - Celebration (christmas)
Craft Room Challenge Childhood Memories
Sassy Cheryl Die Cuts
Through the craft room door Anything Goes
Divas by design Lots of layers
Whimsy Stamps Anything Goes
Creative Craft Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T Children image
Digi Doodle Shop Anything Goes
Milk Coffee Use at least 2 shapes
My Heart Pieces Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey Use a sentiment
PaperPlay Choose a holiday - Christmas
Simply Create Anything Goes

Hugs 

Suzie xx

Anything Goes - Sketch - Wild Rose Studio - Annabelle

Good Morning,
Wow 3 posts in two days, what has come over me... it must be famine or the feast.
Today I have a DT creation for Anything Goes Challenge Blog and this fortnight we have a sketch from the lovely Val - this is my interpretative of the sketch, I have used one of the lovely new Christmas Stamps from Wild Rose Studio and matching paper.  

Here is the sketch which you need to follow to enter this fortnight's challenge.

I hope Val thinks I more or less kept to her sketch.

I used the mini poinsettia die from Marianne which I covered in red glitter and I added one of my stick pins.

I also decorated the inside to match and used the same Marianne Die which is on the front.

Ingredients:

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio - Annabelle

Papers - Wild Rose Studio

Circle Die - Marianne Creatables LR0180

Poinsettia Die - Marianne

Rose - WOC

Stick Pin - my own

A lot the of the products I used on this card can be bought at the Craft Den

Please drop over to the Anything Goes Challenge Blog and see the fantastic creations from my other team mates.

I would like to enter the following challenges

http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/ - Snowy

Hugs
Suzie xx

Fashionista Christmas - LOTV Trimming the Tree

Hello everyone...

   Today is a very important day at the Fashionista Challenge!

First of all we have the world renowned LOTV as our challenge sponsor!!!

 

 The lovely Bev at LOTV was generous to send images for our DT to use for our inspirational creations and we are excited to announce its a 

CHRISTMAS Challenge!

OK, if thats not enough excitement for you, we are also having our very  

FIRST BLOG HOP!

Yes, every DT member has a sponsor and there will be a People's Choice Challenge winner and 10 other blog hop winners!

My sponsor is the wonderful 

Elizabeth Bell and I have 3 digi stamps to give away to the lucky winner who leaves a comment on my blog.

Elisabeth Bells Digital Collection features enchanting, whimsical,Digital stamps for all of your paper-crafting projects!

Although Elisabeth illustrates for several stamp companies, no one exceptElisabeth Bell herself has a collection of sweet digital stamps, this is aperfect way to get your instant gratification.

With a growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps, Elisabeth offers amultitude of themes.  Such as holidays,special occasions, childrens adorable characters, and just the everydaycuteness that Elisabeth is famous for producing.

These Digi Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, and aregreat for resizing, and rotating to suite your needs.

Inspiration, by her very own Design Team, is posted, and shared daily, onElisabeth’s “Digi Bells Blog” using Elisabeth Bell’s digital art.

You must complete the hop and comment on each members blog

to be eligable to win any prizes....

Here is the order of the hop:

Rina

Suzie - that's me

Natalie
Pat

Eva

Julie

Carol

Samantha

Christy

Katie

Challenge Blog

Here is my LOTV Christmas Card

I chose a lovely image from LOTV called Trimming the Tree and I made a huge circular easel card with the largest grand nestie of Scalloped Circles, with loads of glittered poinsettia and snowflakes.  Don't you just love this image it is just gorgeous.

I used the technique I mentioned in a previous post of die cutting the flowers and snowflakes from card and then spraying with spray glue and adding glitter, this is so quick compared with using glossy accents which is what I used to do.  

This is a view of the full card. 

and now a close up of the sentiment, which is also LOTV which I embossed with black embossing powder. 

The border at the bottom and snowflake are both Memory Box, again sprayed and the glittered. 

A side view showing the decorated inside.  

Hope you enjoyed my card and don't forget to visit the other blogs to be in with a chance of winner.  

I will be posting a card next week using an image from Elizabeth Bell and all the other DT members will be posting using images from their sponsors.  

I would love to enter this card into the following challenges.

Lili's Little Fairies - Bingo - Flowers, Gems & Glitter (cannot miss the glitter)

Southern Girls Challenge - Bling
Di's Digi Designs - More than One Die
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - Shaped Card
http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ - Dies
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/ - Early Christmas
http://52cct.blogspot.co.uk/ - Gifts of the Season

Hugs 

Suzie xx

VannaBea - Stacey

Good Morning Blogging Buddies,

Sorry I have not been around much last week, life is very busy at work and at home - we had our 16 month old granddaughter from Friday to this morning - and we are sooooo tired, I understand why we cannot have anymore children once we reach a certain age, running around after them, sleepless nights, but all worth it when she smiles at you.

This is my first card of the day, I have a DT card planned for this afternoon, so just like buses - none for ages and then they all come at once.  This is card is from a new artist call VannaBea, she has some great images and they have just gone live today, I feel very honored to be give a chance to colour one up to show you.

I am sure you will agree she is stunning, I made a large 8" card and I have teamed her with some digi paper called Forest Fairy from Crafts and Me, I added her as a layer in Photoshop and put a drop shadow behind her, really pleased with the outcome because it looks like I spent ages cutting her out.

The flourishes are Memory Box as are the Willow Dragonflies, there are some black diamantes in each bottom corner.

So why don't you drop over and the other stunning images that are on offer... here

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.co.uk/ - Fantasy
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.ca/ Here Comes the Girls


Hugs

Suzie xx

Back to School - Mo Manning

Hiya Blogging Buddies,

I would like to say hello to my new followers  - I am very grateful for all your lovely comments, they really make my day. 

Today I have a card I made for my son's girlfriend, she has just started a new job as a school teacher, I chose a wonderful Mo Manning image To School 'c'.

I saw a fridge magnet whilst shopping a while ago and thought it would just be perfect for the basis of a card for Jess, it makes a great stopper for an easel card.

The all die cuts are memory box, I do love their dies they always cut perfectly for me.

 Hope you like this card.

Hugs
Suzie xx

Fashionista Top Five

Hello crafty friends...

Welcome to Top 5 and voting week!

We had some awesome Child Card entries to choose from.

Thanks to ALL who entered!

Challenge #6 Card for a Child Top 5

 

Now it is up to you to choose

 from these 5 great designers...

Who will win the

"People's Choice Award"?

 

** One lucky voter will also win a prize from**

To be in the running for the voter prize,

you MUST leave a comment after you vote!

 

Hugs

Suzie xx



Anything Goes - Early Christmas Card - LOTV - Christmas Gifts

Morning Everyone
Today sees a new challenge at Anything Goes and this fortnight our theme is Early Christmas, I just love Christmas and have been looking forward to all the cards I need to make for my huge family.  Not sure who is for yet, but I am really pleased with how it turned out.

I used one of the new LOTV stamps called Christmas Gifts, isn't she cute? Coloured in Copics with plenty of Glamour Dust, oh how I love this stuff, not used it since last Christmas.

I made another punch around the page cards using a Martha Stewart punch.  The sentiment is LOTV too and the die cuts are Memory box,  I didn't have any glitter card so I cut it out of normal card I had intended to coat with Glossy Accents and sprinkle with Glamour Dust but it takes so long and the die cuts are very intricate so I came up with a good idea I gave them a quick spray with Shine and Sparkle and then sprinkled on Glamour Dust, this was much quicker and dried really quickly. 

This is the inside, with two little pockets for messages.

A view of the left side

Close up of right side. 

I was asked if I could do a tutorial for this type of card, it is really quite simple - if you are using a Martha Stewart punch around the page you can only use certain measurements, starting at 4 inches with increments of 2 3/4 inches.  The other card I made was 6 3/4 inches by 9 1/2 inches, this card is 6 3/4 inches. 

You start by punching in each corner with the corner punch and then finish off with the straight punch.  

Decorate the panels - the then fun part. I sort of eyeball how I want the inside joining panel. 

I score in the middle and then again each side, I then angle the edges and decorate.  

I use the red double sided, really sticky tape to joint them together.  See I told you it was easy. 

Paper is Bo Bunny, which along with Martha Stewart punches can be purchased at the Craft Den.  

The other DT at Anything Goes have made some amazing creations so please drop over and see them.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges. 

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/  - Anything Goes

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.co.uk/  - Square Card

http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk/ - Include a present

Just Keep on Creating - Christmas Just Around the Corner

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - Use a sentiment

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - Bling

Flutterby Wednesday - Fairy

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ - Shine and Sparkle

Hugs 

Suzie xx