Alpha Challenge - S

We are almost out of letters now on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge.  This time we have the letter S.  I was going to do Seaside for my ATC but it wasn't in my little pocket dictionary that I am using!  So I went for Summer instead and still used the seaside stamps I was going to anyway!

Beary Christmas

I've finally made a start on my Christmas Cards and I need them to be quick and easy this year without too much being piled on them!  So I have used a digi image by Pink Gem Designs and some bp from a huge pad I've had for years and kept it fairly simple.  I am entering this for:
 Sparkles Christmas Challenge 'Have a Beary Christmas' .
Sparkles Monthly Challenge 'Animals'

Alpha Challenge - Q

I knew exactly which stamp I would be using when we got to Q on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge! As it didn't involve much work because the stamp took up pretty much the whole of my ATC I did a bit of paper piecing on it!

November

I don't seem to blog much lately, so to keep things ticking over here are my November calendar pages.  I have just about managed to keep up with this project throughout the year, even though I am usually late finishing each month!  I tried to get a foggy drizzly feel for these ones with a brighter blue for the day squares as we do occasionally get a bit of blue sky, like today!

Alpha Challenge - N

At last I've managed to get my next ATC made for The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge - I've not had access to my craft room for a couple of weeks!  Our letter this time is N and I went for Numbers for my word.

Alpha Challenge - L

Our next letter on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge is L with the added twist of having to have a window on our work.  I chose to do L for Look for my ATC and made what I hope looks more like a window than doors - they are shutters covering it!  I will be blogging the book I have made for all these ATCs but thought I would wait until the challenge is completed and then take photos of all the pages!

Alpha Challenge - J

Our next letter on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge is J.  I decided to go for Jolly for my word as I thought it would go with Tim Holtz's lovely vintage Santa!  I don't know if anyone else went for this word choice, I haven't checked the others yet!  I've now made a book to keep all my ATC's in for this challenge, it's nearly full!  I will miss this challenge when it ends!

Alpha Challenge - G

Our new letter from The Craft Barn for the Alpha Challenge this time is G.  I decided to do Girl for my ATC as I always have to bear in mind what stamps I have got that I can use!  This is a Crafty Individuals stamp from my collection.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenges #63 - Team Spirit

The new theme on Ruby's Rainbow Challenges for the next two weeks is Team Spirit.  For my DT work I've made a card using a cute Cuddly Buddly image.

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #48 - Fairies and/or Butterflies

Time for a new theme on Sparkles Monthly Challenges and this time it is Fairies and/or Butterflies.  I made a journal page for this one using a variety of stamps from my vast collection!

Alpha Challenge - Z

Our letter this time on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge is Z.  I am guessing quite a few may go for Zebra as I have, but as I had the stamps I went for it too!

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #62 - It's A Male Thing

Where do these fortnights go!  Time for a new theme on Ruby's Rainbow Challenges and this time it is 'It's A Male Thing'.  I needed a couple of birthday cards for my great nephew's so used some Penny Black Stickeroos for these quick and simple cards.

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #32 - Non Traditional Colours

The new theme for the month on Sparkles Christmas Challenges is Non Traditional Colours.  For my DT card, I used an image from an old Christmas Card which was too good to throw away!  I love my new Christmas tree die so it was a good chance to use it!

We are sponsored for this challenge by Lili of the Valley and the lucky winner chosen at random will get a £10 voucher to spend online.

Alpha Challenge - O

Our next letter on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge is O.  I struggled to think of something I could do for this that I had a stamp for, and so went for Owl in the end.  I wish now I had stamped my letter O over the yellow bit which is meant to be a moon - but I wasn't going to make it all over again so it will have to do! My pile of ATC's is growing, I must make my book to put them in!

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #61 - Food and/or Drink

The new theme on Ruby's Rainbow Challenges for the next two weeks is Food and/or Drink.  For my DT work I made a birthday card using a Penny Black Hedgie stamp coloured in with Copics.

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #47 - Up Up and Away

The new theme on Sparkles Monthly Challenges this time is Up Up and Away- anything to do with balloons.  We are sponsored for this challenge by Crafty Ribbons, with a fab prize of a £10 voucher to spend in their store.

For my DT work I made a card using a Penny Black Stickeroo which I find so easy and convenient to use these days for a quick card!

Alpha Challenge - D

Our next letter on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge is D.  For my ATC I chose D for Dog and used my Crafty Individuals stamp for this.  It almost filled the ATC so I didn't have room for much else!

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #60 - Vintage

It was my turn to choose the theme on Ruby's Rainbow Challenges this time, and I decided on one of my favourites, Vintage.  I made this DT card recycling an image from an old birthday card which was too pretty to throw away!

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #31 - Charms/Brads

The new theme on Sparkles Christmas Challenges for August is to use Charms and/or Brads.  We are sponsored this time by Pink Gems Designs and we on the DT were all allocated a digi to use for our work.  I coloured mine in with Promarkers and added a bit of sparkle to finish.

Alpha Challenge - T

We are up to Week 15 on The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge, and this time our letter is T.  I went for T for Tree for my ATC, using Wild Honey Distress Ink for the background and a variety of my stamps.