CD SUNDAY - TRAVELS ABROAD

Good morning to you all, did you remember to put the clocks back 1hour?

I did, and it was good to have an extra hour's sleep but the downside is that the nights will be getting dark, however the upside means, more time to craft.

Time again for another challenge from us at CD SUNDAY and this week it is my turn to choose the theme.

Thanks for all your entries last week, I really enjoyed visiting you and leaving comments.

My choice this week is

TRAVELS ABROAD

Sadly this is WYNN's last week as our Guest Designer, do pop over to her blog to see her design for this week, I know you won't be disapointed.

Thank you Wynn, I have enjoyed working alongside you.

My DT Card is shown below

RECIPE

5 x 7 Card Blank

Two different backing papers along with the images are from 

Joanna Sheen's CD - EGYPT

My images have been printed onto Matte Photo Paper, I do like the effect it gives.

A few Gems and the word EGYPT using Peel Offs completes my design.

I hope you will join in with us again this week as I know you will have something to share from your Travels Abroad

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

Do take a look at my fellow team members blog's to see what they have created for you this week.

Bah Humbug Challenge 9

3 Quick and easy cards from me this afternoon as I wanted to join in with the 'Bah Humbug' ladies challenge this week, which is
EMBOSSING

I always seem to be last minute so as I had my Cuttlebug on my desk I decided to try
'Stencil Embossing'

2 of the stencils are on loan from my Sister, the larger Christmas Tree stencil came in a freebie pack with Docrafts Creativity Magazine.

All have been sanded with my new Tim Holtz sanding block.

I hope Ann & Max think they are acceptable for this weeks challenge, and I know have 3 more to add to my Christmas Card Box.

I am entering my card into CNCH Challenge No 10 which this week is also 'Embossing'

Thanks for looking, I appreciate you leaving me comments.

CD SUNDAY - SPONSOR NO 3

Good morning to you all and welcome to our latest challenge at CD SUNDAY


You are in for a special treat this week as we have the lovely Joanna Sheen as our Sponsor

I am sure you will all know Joanna and the wonderful things she brings us via her Website. She also provides a forum for fellow crafters to meet and chat about almost everything. If you haven't joined up for the forum just pop onto her site and sign up there.

Joanna gave the DT's wonderful things to play with for this weeks challenge which we have called

THE NATURAL WORLD

My DT card is shown below

My image is from The Jayne Netley Mahew Collection Part 2
Another stunning CD from Joanna & Jayne.
Any one who knows me will know of my love for Butterflies so it was easy to decide which of the beautiful images to use.

RECIPE
Topper, Backing Paper from the above CD
Cream Ribbon
Dragonfly Brad
Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch
Peel Off

The rest of my 'Teamies' have stunning designs to show you, so do pop over to our blog for more inspiration.
We hope to see more of you joining us especially as Joanna is giving a £30 Voucher to one lucky person who enters our challenge. The name will be chosen by Random Generator and you have until Saurday 13th November to submit your entries. The winner will be announced on the blog on Sunday 14th November.

On a personal note I have to say that Doreen will no longer be part of our DT after this week, we are all sad to lose her but wish her lots of luck for the future. Thank you my friend for your input in making this blog a success.

Starting this month we will be having Guest Designers and the team are pleased to welcome
Rachel as our first Guest. Do take a look at her blog and give her your support.

Look out for more Guest Designers and Monthly Sponsored Challenges
We ask that you use something from a CD in your design and say which CD you have used.

Happy Crafting to you all

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE

Good morning all my blogging friends, another week, another challenge from CD SUNDAY


Our challenge this week is:
SOMETHING SWEET

As usual we ask you to use something from a CD, either a piece of paper or embellishment and tell us which CD you have used.

Our DT's have come up with gorgeous 'treats' again this week, so pop over to see the designs.

RECIPE

Backing Papers from the latest Thomas Kincade - CD 2 - Joanna Sheen
Scrummy Digi Cupcake Images from - Scrappindoodles
Cupcake Border from a Freebie Book - ex Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine
Flowers and Peel Off Sentiment from my stash.

We look forward to seeing your designs and visiting your blog to leave you comments.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

AI FACTORY - Anything Goes
CHARISMA CARDZ - Anything Goes
A SPOONFULL OF SUGAR - Anything Goes
KARBER - Food & Beverages

CD SUNDAY - 1st SPONSORED CHALLENGE

Good morning to all my blogging friends.

WELL - IT IS HERE - CD SUNDAY 1st SPONSERED CHALLENGE

The team are thrilled to have the lovely SHARON DUNCAN as our very first sponsor.

We are sure you all know Sharon having seeing her demonstrate her lovely CD's on Create & Craft. She has been designing CD's since 2002 and before that she had many successful years running her own Ebay Shop.

Sharon decided to set up her own Website in July 2006 along with her own Craft Forum and more recently a Craft Club. She is joined by her daughter Laura who now designs CD's in her own right.

Sharons has set us - the Design Team a super challenge which is:

ANIMALS

Below is the CD Sharon is giving away to one lucky person who participates in this weeks challenge

So what do you have to do:

Design a Card, ATC, Fat Book Page, whatever takes your fancy using Animals as your main theme. It doesn't have to be from Sharron's CD, any CD is acceptable as long as it features Animals. Please let us know the CD you use as it may be one we haven't got.

So dust off you CD's and join us for this week's Special Challenge. We will use a Random Generator Number to pick the winner.

This is my DT Card for this week

RECIPE
5 x 4.75 Card Blank
Backing Paper from Joanna Sheen's CD - Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection - Disc 2
Beautiful Topper from the same CD
Gold Peel Off to edge the triangles and to show the letters - ANIMALS

Unfortunately my backing paper is not showing up very well, but it is a lovely cream shade covered with grass.

Our DT's have designed beautiful cards as always, so pop over to the blog to look.

We hope that more of you will join in this week and we look forward to seeing and commenting on your blogs.

Penny Black Challenge - Recipe 3,2,1

Here is my card I made for the Penny Black Challenge this week.

The challenge was to follow a 'Recipe' using 3 Brads, 2 Ribbons, 1 Flower plus a Penny Black Image.

I stamped with Versafine then coloured the image with Lyra Crayons. 3 Brads were added to the large Flowerpot, this was layered onto a card which I had put through my Cuttlebug Machine using Swiss Dots Embossing Folder then attached to another strip of card, again using my Cuttlebug. The whole image I then mounted onto my card base which I had covered using Papermania Creative Tones - Equisite Paper. A large Pink Bow was attched to the top of the card with a smaller bow at the bottom of the image. As the final ingredient, a fabric flower has been attached to the bottom of my card. I decided to add peel-offs at the side of the image as I thought the hedgehogs were playing Hide & Seek.