Add a Stamped Image chosen by Christine

It is time for a new challenge over at CD SUNDAY

However before I continue with my post details I would like to let you all know that the time has come for me to Step Down as a Design Team member.

I have been with CD Sunday from the first challenge way back and some of you may remember that the Challenge was posted from the Original DT member - Wendy McGlinchey. I was honoured that Wendy asked me join the team and I have enjoyed being part of 'our family'

My decision to leave is that I recently became a 'Hobby Demo' for Stampin Up and I am now hooked with all the things they supply. I want to concentrate on being a success with them and I am back with a love of Stamping which is what started me on the craft route.

Now the challenge for the next two weeks which happens to my choice.

I am going back to where I started and my theme is

ADD A STAMPED IMAGE

This will be my last card as a DT

I have created an A5 Portrait Card for a change using Navy Blue Card as the base.

This style of card is called a 'Latch Card'

My lovely punched edge is a Stampin Up Punch called Scalloped Edges, there is also a matching corner punch but chose not to use it in my design.

For my CD element I went back to an older CD from Sharon Duncan, her embossibilities range and the design is called 'LACE'

I attached a beautiful ribbon strip down the middle before adding my Scalloped Die and Stamp.

The stamp is called 'Gifts of Kindness - SU and I stamped it using Marina Mist ink, again from Stamping Up.

For my 'Latch' I used a stamp called Create from the SU Set - Creative Elements,  this is fixed with a couple of raised pads to one side which enables the card to be opened.

I hope you like my final design and that you will continue to support the Team in the weeks ahead.

I will be back in 2 weeks to post my TOP 3 here on my blog and Carol will also post it on the Challenge Blog. I will have something for my winner so please check back and if it is you contact the team via email  to claim your prize.

Kind and Caring Thoughts with Christine

Hello and welcome to our latest challenge over at

CD SUNDAY

As I prepare my post the sun is shining and it is a lovely warm day, I hope it has been the same for you.

Thank you for your entries for Carol's challenge of 'Round Again - Recycling'

not so many of you but guess it is holiday season and Carol will have trouble choosing her Top 3 as the entries we did have were super.

For this fortnight it is my turn to choose the theme and I have chosen

KIND and CARING THOUGHTS.

I am sure we all need this type of card at sometime in our lives so I look forward to visiting you and seeing your take on the theme.

My DT Card is shown below

I have made an A5 Landscape Card for a change and used 200gsm Card and a paper from

'In Other Words' CD from Joanna Sheen for the base.

I haven't done my favourite colour of lilac for a while so decided this is what I would choose.

The actual topper is also from the same CD and you can change the colour and font of the verses to match.

The sentiment says 

Say Yes to Life

Say Yes to life and let it come

Bounding into heart and home

Giving all it has to give

Say your Yes to Life - and live

Patience Strong

I used a scalloped purple card as a mat and tied ribbon around the middle and down the edge of the card.

I cut out a lovely die - Raindrops on Roses - HCD 743 which was a purchase from Oyster Stamps when I attended the workshop with Emma Lou Beechy who is the Creative Director of Heartfelt Creations, here is the link to their Facebook Page

The die has been cut in half and placed either side of the mat and under the ribbon, a few gems were added for a bit of bling.

The die underneath the bow is - Arianna Lace - HCD 747, again from Oyster Stamps

A few purple pearls complete my design.

As it is my week to choose I am giving you a second card, just because I can

This time it is my favourite 6 x 6 Scalloped Card for the base.

Both the backing paper and sentiment topper is from the same CD as above.

This sentiment is

TAKE HEART

Take heart, Take comfort too,

Let time be kind to you

Think thoughts that heal and bless,

With quiet happiness.

Patience Strong

I chose to matt the topper onto a piece of Burgundy card which I had already embossed and it's from my craft box.

3 Flowers have been punched and added as embellishments along with a Burgundy Ribbon Bow

For a little sparkle on the flowers, glitter has been added.

I hope you like what I have created and look forward to seeing your designs, please remember to use something from a CD and say which it is you have used.

My fellow teamie's have beautiful idea's for you, so do pop over to see what they have designed for you.

Here Kitty Kitty with Sue-B

Good morning to you.

 Sunday has come round again which means it is time for the latest challenge from us at 

 CD SUNDAY

Your challenge this week is from SUE-B - Team A and I know you will like her choice which is

HERE KITTY KITTY

My DT contribution is below

RECIPE

I chose to make an A5 landscape card this week and used the insert section of 

Joanna Sheen's Furry Friends CD - the cat section which I printed directly onto A4 Card.

It is quite pale so apologies for the border not showing up too good.

The cute topper has been printed using Decoupage Paper and I attached it to a Spellbinder Mat which I already had in my stash.

My flower and gem are from my Secret Santa pressie and compliment the design beautifully.

I am having internet connection problems again so hope that this will post as it is scheduled.

Do pop over to see what the rest of Team A has designed for you this week.

Remember to use something from a CD and say which CD you have used.

I look forward to visiting you, connection permitting

CD SUNDAY - SNOWPEOPLE

Good morning fellow bloggers and welcome to our latest challenge over at

CD SUNDAY

I am pleased to say that I am back online at last, 4 weeks without a connection has left me feeling frustrated as I haven't been able to comment on your entries.

Not so many for last weeks challenge but I have visited and left you comments.

We still have ANNE as your Guest Designer and she has created another beautiful design for you. Do pay a visit to her blog to read all about it.

This week Beryl has chosen the theme and her choice is

SNOWPEOPLE

A reason for you to make a few more cards for Christmas, I haven't made any yet.

You can see my DT Card below

RECIPE

I chose to make a A5 Landscape card for a change and I printed the backing paper design straight onto white card.

For your main image, I used Giordano Christmas Creations CD from Joanna Sheen.

I thought it showed 'Snowpeople' perfectly, the backing paper is from the same CD.

To add a little sparkle I punched out a few Snowflakes from Silver Mirri, looking at it now, maybe  I went a little OTT.

My sentiment was created using the smaller die from the 5 x 7 Enchanted Labels 28 set.

The 'festive wishes' is from the Snowy Animals kit from Hunkydory.

I hope you will join us, just remember to use something from a CD and say which it is you have used.

Do pop over to my fellow team mates blogs to see what they have done for you this week.

CD SUNDAY - HATS

Good morning to you all. Looks like Summer has arrived.

I have scheduled today's post as by the time you read all about our latest challenge over at

CD SUNDAY

Hubby and I will be travelling with our local MX5 Group down to the Cotswolds.

We couldn't have asked for a nicer day so it's 'TOP's down all the way.

As it is the start of a new month we not only have a new Guest Designer but also a super Sponsor.

We welcome back the lovely TESS as July's Guest Designer and if you have joined us from the beginning of our challenge's you will remember that Tess was one of our original Design Team members.

I have been lucky to persuade the lovely SUSAN ANDREWS, who is 

JEM's DESIGNS to Sponsor us this week and she kindly sent all the DT and GDT a CD to use.

Thank you Susan and I hope you will like what we have designed.

One lucky person will be chosen by Random Org to receive a copy of the CD.

I am sure you will have seen Susan recently on Create & Craft showing her latest CD's and this particular CD has been designed by the lovely SHEENAGH HULIN

Now onto our challenge which we decided to call

HATS (the CD is actually called Hat Box Confections)

I lot of scope we hope for you this week.

My DT Card is shown below

RECIPE

An A5 cream card for the base to which I added one of the super backing papers from the CD.

The design I chose is called CHOCOLATE ORANGE

I chose a Pyramid Image for the main design which was printed onto Matte Photo Paper.

This in turn has been mounted onto an Anja Die and two beautiful Marianne Flowers complete the design.

I am a little disapointed in how the main image shows up and wish I had printed it onto Glossy Photo Paper to give more colour depth.

This CD is beautiful and I couldn't just let you see this image alone so I have made another to showcase what is on the CD

This additional card design is called

SPEARMINT ICE

 and you can see it below

Another A5 card to which I added this gorgeous backing paper, printed directly onto Glossy Photo Paper

My topper is from a selection on the CD, so many to choose from.

I mounted it onto a Spellbinders - 'Marvelous Square' cut out in White for contrast.

To complete the design I just had to use my latest purchase of Heartfelt Creations - Delicate Asters Dies, they are gorgeous and I have my fellow team member Jenny to thank for telling me about them.

I hope you are still with me and hope you will join in with us again.

Remember to use something from a CD in your design and say which it is you have used.

Before you go, do pop over to see the stunning designs my team mates have for you .

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE - FROSTY DAYS

Good morning to all my followers and welcome to our latest challenge over at

CD SUNDAY

I understand from my family and friends that BERYL'S choice of

FROSTY DAYS 

is apt for the weather in the UK.

Not so for us, as we have clear blue skies and lots of sunshine here in Spain.

Thanks for your entries in last week's challenge, pop over to see if the Random Selector has chosen you for the Prize from our Sponsor - The Art of Craft.

My internet connection hasn't been good this week, especially at night so I have taken the opportunity to schedule my post during the day. Just hope Blogger behaves and the post goes 'live'

This is the second week for our lovely Guest Designer - LYNN, who you know as LINBY

She has done us proud and created a beautiful card to share with you so do pop over to her blog and leave your comments.

My fellow teamie, Jenny hasn't been well this week so she has no card to share with you.

 Hugs Jenny, hope you feel better soon xx

My DT Card is shown below

RECIPE

A5 Portrait Silver Card Blank

Navy Blue Mat attached to a beautiful backing paper from

Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme Vol 2  CD

My photo is our garden when we had snow early in November 2011, this is printed on Matt Photo Paper

I used a Spellbinders Die as an embellishment and  added a few Silver Gems for effect.

My sentiment is from a large bag of Sentiment's from Lakeland. when they sold craft things.

I hope you will join us again this week, we love reading your blog's and finding out what you use. 

Just remember to use something from a CD in your designs and say which CD it is you have used.

Sadly, we are still getting a few entries without a CD being used so you are not eligible for any prizes.

Pop over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of my teamies have done for you this week.

You won't be disappointed.

CD SUNDAY - OH CHRISTMAS TREE

Hello and welcome to our latest challenge over at CD SUNDAY

The theme this week is chosen by Caz and she chose - Oh Christmas Tree

I am sorry that my DT card is a day late but we are now wintering in Spain and the connection wasn't good yesterday.

Last week we said goodbye to Pauline and we have joining us as our Guest Designer for December, 

 Lynn who  you may know as Linby. 

Lynn has been joining us regularary so the team decided to invite her to join us as we like her work.

As it is the first Sunday in the month we also have a Sponsor who is Jane - The Art of Craft

Jane is offering a voucher to spend in her shop for one lucky person, however to be in with a chance of winning the prize you MUST use something from a CD and tell us which CD you have used.

My DT Card is shown below

The image and backing paper is taken

 from Thomas Kincade CD - Christmas

Printed onto Matt paper and added Mirri Board to matt the topper

A few punched flowers from the same Mirri Card and a sentiment from my stash complete the design.

 I hope you will join us this week, especially as there is a chance of a prize.#

Do pop over to see my fellow teams creations and also visit Lynn.

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE - POETRY CORNER

Good morning to you all and welcome to another challenge over at CD SUNDAY

You blew us away last week with your Autumn Splendour entries and I know Wendy will have a tough task choosing her TOP 3. 

It is the turn of Carol to choose this weeks theme for you and she gave us, the DT, quite a challenge but then that is what it is all about.

Carol's choice is  -  POETRY CORNER

and my DT Card is shown below.

RECIPE
A5 Landscape Card which I covered with this beautiful backing paper from Joanna Sheen's CD - If Flowers Could Talk.
My topper is from the same CD and I used a dark red card for the mat.
Using the same colour card I cut 2 seperate pieces using Amira Flourish Die from Memory Box.
A few pink gems have been added for a little sparkle.

I hope you will join us again, we love visiting your blogs and leaving comments. Please remember to use something from a CD in your design and say which CD you have used.

Take a moment to pop over to our challenge blog to see the lovely creations from my fellow teamies.
Unfortunately Wendy hasn't been able to take part but she will be back with us next week.

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE - NEED FOR SPEED

Good morning fellow bloggers. I hope you have enjoyed all the sunshine this week, I know I have.

Sunday has come round once more, how the weeks fly by, soon be 'that' time of year.

Thank you for all your entries last week and remember to check to see if you have been picked as the winner of a 'Funky Hand CD'

It is time for our latest challenge over at CD SUNDAY and it is CAZ who chose this weeks theme.

She posted on our admin blog she felt a 'Need for Speed' so this is our challenge for you all.

KEVIN continues as our Guest Designer and I know lots of you follow him regularly. Do pop over to his blog to check out his latest designs, you won't be disapointed.

My DT Card is shown below

RECIPE
A5 Card blank to which I attached a backing paper from 'Time's Gone By' CD - Joanna Sheen
My main image is also from this CD and has been printed onto Matt Photo Paper, I like the effect this paper gives so I be adding more to my stash.
I used my latest purchase - Marriane Anja Quandrant Die as a mat under the image. This die is beautiful so you will see it being used often. This section is the base layer of the die.
A little card candi has been added, I have so much it will take forever to use up.
I chose a Birthday Greeting Stamp from my collection to add to the top left hand corner, and cut it out using one of my collection of fancy scissors. 

I hope you will join us again this week, we love looking at your blog's and leaving comments.
Remember to use something from a CD on your design and say which it is you have used.
Last but not least, pop over to my fellow teamies blog's, you will not be disapointed.