A sprinkling of glitter...

Good morning Saturday bloggers....another blustery day here in sunny Scotland...lol!!

So I am up bright and early this morning as I want to get on with some card making...lots to make!!  I also need to play with my new iphone...now I really wasn't liking it yesterday when it arrived however by the time I went to bed last night I was getting used to it and I was feeling a bit happier with it.  I have now got some music on it too so even better...just need to practice with the alarm....that's why I am up early too...lol!!

Anyway...for my card this morning I have used papers from The Sweet Shoppe (which I love), the perfect colour of papers for me..I layered each of them onto bazzill card, distressed the edges and then also stitched each of them.  The stamp is Tilly from Saturated Canary which I coloured with copics...also added glitter to her wings and clothing.  the flowers are die-namics flower trio die and I added some pearls to the centres and also added pearls to the corners of each of the layers.

supplies:

papers - The Sweet Shoppe

stamp - Tilly Saturated Canary

pearls - The Hobby House

glitter - stash

die - die-namics flower trio

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - sketch #81

Saturated Canary - set your creativity free

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - lots of layers
Crafty Calendar - anything goes
ABC Challenge - M for micro (teeny weeny pearls)
Polka Doodles - birthday girl
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - favourite colour combo
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with pearls

Fi

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Some birthday wishes...

Good morning folks...and I hope the sun is splitting the trees wherever you are!!  I am hoping it is here too as I am scheduling this post as I will be at work when you are reading it...lol!!  Working on a sunny day...now that ain't fair although we can have lunch outside in the gardens.

Today's challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies is "birthdays"....a nice easy challenge.  

i have used papers from Echo Park Bundle of Joy, the stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics.  The flowers have been cut with a die-namics flower trio die and I added a ribbon, bow, charm and some pearls...oh and I distressed each of the layers too but no doodling!!

challenges:

LOTV - pretty in

My Mum's Craft Shop - for the girls

Bunny Zoes - pink and white

CMC - anything goes

Crafts and Me - anything goes

The Ribbon Girl - add a bow

 

 

Fi

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Birthday wishes...

Howdy folks....what a gorgeous day it has been today...I hope it stays like this especially tomorrow for the perfect end to the tennis especially when Andy wins...mon the Murray!!

So a friend asked me if I would make a card for her daughter who is going to be 13 years old, so there was special requirements...a bit of pink, long hair in a braid....and a bee....well think I managed them all and she liked it...phew!!

The image is from A Day for Daisies which I coloured with copics and shaded a bit with polychromos.  The papers are Echo park Country Drive....love these!!  The sunflower has been cut with a die-namics die.  The numbers were in my stash, so I just inked them up and added some glitter and finished with some doodling and pearls.

Happy birthday Abby!!

supplies:

paper - Echo Park Country Drive

image - A Day for Daisies

pens - copics

pearls - The Hobby House

dies - die-namics sunflowers

glitter - glamour dust

challenges:
sketch Saturday - sketch

My Mum's Craft Shop - just for the girls

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Dream Valley - make your own flowers

Crafting for all Seasons - girly

Fi

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Little flower Fairies...

 

Good evening folks ...I'm off to watch Britain's Got Talent but first a wee card.  I have used one of brand new stamps that the lovely Elaine sent to me for my birthday, I just love it, it's so adorable!!

So the papers are Fancy Pants Park Bench, I have layered the papers onto bazzill card and then distressed each of the layers, the stamp is Flower Fairies from Whimsy Stamps which I coloured with copics, I added some stickles to the wings and some tiny pearls around the fairies although it's hard to see them but they are there IRL!! I also used a piece of cheesecloth...thought I would give that a go as so many of you use it and looks amazing so I just did a small piece to start with. I also added a piece of match lace, I added some wee flowers and one to the centre of the bow which also has a wee charm attached....hope you likey.

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Park Bench

stamp - Flower Fairies Wee Stamps for Whimsy

pens - copics

ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

lace - The Ribbon Girl

cheesecloth - The Ribbon Girl

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House 

dies - die-namics - mini rolled rose

challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch

Joanna sheen - girls, girls, girls

That Craft Place - dies and punches

Addicted to Stamps - bingo(charm, sentiment and pearls)

Allsorts - Happy Birthday

Crafty Calendar - blooms and blossoms

Crafty Ribbons - anythin goes

Cute Card Thursday - tie it up

Crafts and Me - lots of layers

Whimsy - anything goes

Fi

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Another little fairy...

Hello folks...well yet another rainy day!!  So I hope this wee card brings some sunshine...lol!!

The papers are from Fancy Pants - Park Bench, the stamp is Dandelion Clock from LOTV which I coloured with copics and added stickles to the wings.  I have used Memory Box cloud die, and an old sizzlits daisy die and chopped the ends of to make it look like a sunshine...fastened with a button and bow.  The flower is from die-namics - rolled hybrid heirloom rose, I added a pearl to the centre,  and the fancy flourish is from magnolia...I added some doodled lines around the edges and a piece of black lace....hope you likey.

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants park Bench

stamp - Dandelion Clock LOTV

pens - copics

lace - stash

dies- dienamics rolled hybrid rose, memory bos clouds, sizzlits daisy and Magnolia fancy flourish

pearl - The Hobby House

twine - The Ribbon Girl

stickles - stash

challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Simon Says Stamp - things with wings

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Crafts and Me - lace

Pretty Little Ribbon shop - lace

Color me Creative - anything goes

Fi

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Ruby...but in bluey green...

Hey everyone....isn't it baltic today?  The temperature it tells me just now is -1 which is warmer than it was first thing...was -3 then!!

 I have had to turn the heating up a wee bit too as Pepper got home from the vets yesterday and has most of her undercarriage shaved off...poor pooch!!  She was diagnosed over Christmas as having cancer so she has been poked and prodded to see what they can do....so we are waiting on further test results coming back before a final decision will be made. :(

Now I had half made this card between last night and this morning ready for pouncing on the postie today with my new die...love it!!  I also did try to go for another colour but I somehow coloured in blue...will save the pink for another day.

So the papers are from MME - Nutmeg collection which I layered onto bazzill card and distressed the edges, the stamp is from Personal Impressions which I coloured with copics, the flourish die is from Magnolia and the flower die is my new die-namics rolled hybrid heirloom rose received today, thank you Kitty!! I finished with some stickles and some tiny pearls made with my pearl pen.

supplies:

papers - MME Indie Chic Nutmeg - stash

stamp - Personal Impressions Gorjuss Girl Ruby - stash

sentiment - stash

dies - Magnolia flourish - stash

dies - MFT Mini Hybrid Heirloom rolled Rose - My Mum's Craft Shop

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

stickles - My Mum's Craft Shop

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - sketch

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Inky Chicks - anything goes

CR84FN - colour combo

Allsorts - dies and punches

Cute Card Thursday - beat the blues

Crafts and Me - something new (die)

Divas by Design - girlie

Creative Inspirations - one for the girls

Fi

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My last Christmas card this year.....

 

Next post today....well I thought I had actually finished with my Christmas cards for 2012 however when I saw the sketch and the DT cards over at Sketch Saturday I had to just make one more!!

The papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland, the image is from Dilly Beans which I have coloured with copics and then added some glitter, I tied some Bakers Twine around the card and fixed it with a glittered snowflake and a button and finally I added some doodling....hope you like this one!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Dilly Beans - winter

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - new(new digi purchased to make this card, delete me if this doesn't qualify)

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Hotshot Crafts - clean and simple

Crafts and Me - Winter Wonderland

Fi

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Challenge #1 at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'

Well today's the day that we launch our new challenge...Christmas at Sweet Stampin'....we are all so excited at the thought of snow and glitter all year round!!

Our first challenge is anything goes...as longs as it's Christmassy!!

We have a fabby prize from Funky Kits...

and also Letraset.

Now...as you can see I have gone for something a bit different and not a card.  I bought this kit from Craftwork Cards at the SECC, it was so easy to make as all of the elements were in the kit, I only needed glue and glitter...oh and the bells.

Pop over to the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' blog and check out my teamies creations...


Crafts and me - anything goes
Glitter and Sparkle - flowers
The ribbon girls - christmas project
Totally Gorjuss - glitter
Totally Papercrafts - anything but a card
Crafting for all Seasons - flowers
Anything but a Card - anything but a card
Fab 'n' Funky - not a traditional Christmas

Fi

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Pretty little Sweet Blossom....

Hello all and here's another creation from me today...well seeing I'm on holiday from work!!  so for this card I have used papers from MME - Blush which I layered onto bazzill card and then distressed each of those layers. The flowers are MFT rolled roses, added a few pearls to the centres.  The corner die is from Memory Box...I have seen a few cards with these and they do look fab however I think I need to perfect the sprucing up of mine but for this one I have added little flower sequins.  I also have added a piece of white lace which i bought from funky Kits.  The stamp is Sweet Blossom which has been coloured with copics and shaded with polychromos.  I stamped the image and using an oval template cut around the florally part to make it look like Sweet Blossom was sitting on the bottom of the oval...I added tiny pearls to the image to finish off.

Bunny Zoe - pink, pearls and lace

Crafts and me - pearls and lace

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch (flipped)

A Gem of a challenge - flowers

Anything Goes - make your own embellishments (flowers)

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Lollipop - birthday

The Crafty Pad - distress it

2 sisters - anything goes
Cupcake - 2's company
Crafters companion - birthdays

Fi

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A Christmas Hazel....

Good morning Sunday fans...another dreich day here in Scotland so I can't think of any better to do than some crafting.  I started colouring this last night and finished this morning.

The papers are MME - Winter Wonderland, the snowflakes have been punched using the same papers and glittered up, I have used a piece if twine from the Ribbon Girl and attached a wee snowflake charm, the message is from Craftwork cards.  The image is Hazel and Nutty from Sugar Nellie, I have coloured the image with copics and then added some shading with polychromos.  I finished with some dots of perals made using an ice white peral pen (loving this at the mo) I have seen a couple of cards with Hazel done up in christmas colours and thought she looked cool so I thought I too would give it a bash...hope you likey.

2 sisters - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts - snowflakes

Craftymess Challenges - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - traditional Christmas colours

Paper Play - simply cute

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - dies/punches

Whimsy Inspiration - all things sparkly

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - non traditional image with traditional colours

Fi

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Sweet Stampin' DT card...

Good morning Saturday bloggers...well 2 sleeps to go and back to work. Before that though we have another challenge over at Sweet Stampin'...use the colours of your Nations flag.


This week we are sponsored by Letraset...and our monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen..

Now I swithered about going with just the blue and white as in the colours of the Saltire but thought I was a bit limited so I have gone for the colours of the Union jack...red, white and blue.

The papers have been in my stash forever and are from Making Memories. I layered each of the layers onto red cardstock and added some stitching. All the die cuts are from various MFT die-namics dies...which I love!! The stamp is No. 1 Fan from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with promarkers....hope you likey!!

Cards For Men - birthday
Cupcake Craft challenge - number cruncher
Paper Playtime - die cuts and red, white and blue
Crafts and Me - stitching
Passion for Promarkers - gingham and checks
Raise the Bar - red, white and blue
Sarah Hurley Challenge - buttons
Totally papercrafts - lots of layers
Crafty Catz - Olympics, colours of flag etc..



Fi
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A wee birthday wish...

Howdy folks...hope you are all having a lovely weekend...well I have actually managed to get loads of housework done including washing, the rain has stayed away long enough...yay!! i haven't done much today as I have hurt my shoulder...not sure if I have pulled a muscle but I was using my new dyson yesterday and I felt I had had a work out...it's hard going!!

I started colouring this image through the week and it has taken me until today to get it finished...the stamp is Hazel and Nutty from Sugar Nellie which I have coloured with Distress Inks(still practising). I also inked up around the edges of the image..The papers are from Prima Marketing - Madeleine Collection and MME - Breeze. The flowers have been cut using my MFT royal rose die and leaves, the flourish is a do-hickey. I added stitching to the layers aswell and added a few pearls to finish...

Dream Valley - things with wings
Crafty Calendar - flowers in bloom
Paperplay - use a die
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - to die for
Bearly Mine - flowers
Bunny Zoe - girls, girls, girls
Lollipop - happy birthday
2 Sisters - anything goes
Allsorts - any die will do


Fi
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My final GDT card for Cupcake Craft Challenges...

Good morning fellow bloggers...today is my final card as a guest over at Cupcake Craft Challenges!! Thank you ladies for having me, it was a pleasure...

So this weeks challenge is "Best of British" and you can take your inspiration from the photo below..


For my card I have taken inspiration from the London part of the photo, the papers are Portobello Road - Papermania as are the the buttons and bow. I embossed the union jack and distressed it down so that some of the white core would show through...I layered each of the layers onto kraft. I cut the bunting using my MFT banners die and attached them to some heavy button twine and the flower has also been cut from a MFT flower trio die. The stamp is from the slapstick range at Penny Black called London and I just added some minimal colouring using copics.....finished with some doodling around the edges...hope you like.

Craftymess Challenge - distressing and embossing
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Fussy and Fancy - dies/punches
Wags n Whiskers - distressing
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - bingo(emboss, flowers, ribbon)
Aud's Sentiments - anything goes
Pixie Dust Studio - embossing
Crafts and Me - embossing
Divas by Design - buttons and bows
Truly Scrumptious - distressing, die cuts/punches
Whimsy Inspiration - distressing
Deep Ocean challenges - punches/dies
Part Time Tuesdays - anything goes with kraft
Bunny Zoe - ribbon or twine
Craft Your Passion - lots of texture
Love to Create - flowers and buttons


Fi
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My GDT card for Cupcake...

Morning Cupcake fans....I'm here with my next GDT card for Cupcake Craft Challenges. Today's challenge is "In the Deep End" - so that means you need to use something that would add 3D detail...gesso, glossy accents etc.

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Be You, the Gorjuss Girl has been coloured with copics. I doodled around the edges and the cloud, I used glossy accents to make raindrops and on the brolly...not sure if you can see that.

Papertake Weekly - April showers
Oldie but a Goodie - April showers
Crafting for all seasons - April showers
Crafts & me - 3D embellies
Simon Says Stamp - April showers
Sassy Cheryl's - anything goes
Fairy Fun Friday - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - spring flowers


Fi
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Springtime.....

Good morning Saturday bloggers....yes scheduled but my last weekend of working!! I'm on holiday from Wednesday and then I start on my new Monday-Friday shift and in my new role as a Senior HR Co-ordinator and I have a wee fab team reporting to me!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "Anything goes"...how easy can that be!! We have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...




and we have a new weekly sponsor A Day for Daisies...


I have used this cure little digi - Ducks in a Row from A Day for Daisies, I coloured the image with copics. The papers are Springtime from Echo Park which have been layered onto bazzill card. I cut a scalloped border with my SU scallop punch and added a matching ribbon, button and pearls....forgot...there's glitter in there too!!

Deconstructed sketches - sketch
Paper Sundaes - photo inspiration
Stamptacular - button
Crafts & Me - spring
My Mum's Craft Shop - use a digi
Pixie Cottage - spring
Joanna Sheen - spring
Sassy Cheryl - think spring
Crafters Companion - spring
Dream Valley - easter
Moving Along with the Times - spring
Paperplay - spring
Crafty Catz - spring is in the air
Fairy Fun Friday - spring fling
Hotshot Crafts - ribbon
Simply Create Too - spring
Sweet 'n' Sassy - spring
My Craft Spot - spring scallops


Fi
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I am a busy bee....

Well good morning bloggers and once again my scheduled post but not because I am working today...it's round 2...I'm off to the SECC again!! Donna my friend was definitely not going as she didn't need anything but I think when I told her about my buys on Thursday...she feels she is missing out!! so I will be en route as you are reading this...will I will be if you are reading this now!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is lots of layers, now I just love layers so this was right up my street.

We have 2 sponsors this week, firstly Sew Sweet who is giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher.

We also have The Stamp Fairy who are giving a $10 voucher.



And we have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen who is also giving a £10 voucher.

phew...

For my card I have used Lenny Bee....isn't he just the cutest?? I coloured Lenny with copics, the papers are Country Drive from Echo park which I have layered. I also distressed the layers too and added stitching. The flower was cut with a sizzlits daisy die and I finished with the message from PI, oh and I also inked up the edges of each layer with some TH DI too....hope you likey!!


Fairy Fun Friday - distress it
Crafts & Me - things with wings
Fab 'n' Funky - yellow
Paper Shelter - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
The Pink elephant - layers
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with a button



Fi
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Back to work tomorrow....

Happy Sunday everybody...well I did intend to get more cards made this week whilst I have been on holiday but you know how it is when the schools are off....Holly had me traipsing all over and spending money. although she got bored and fed up once she had eveything she wanted!! Went shopping to Glasgow one day too....I thought it was bad enough shopping with Holly but my mother and Holly on the same day...love them both dearly but omg!! Holly likes to go to Primark, Repbulic, New Look and then you go to the other extreme...the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which confused Holly as we were in Glasgow. What did I buy....roasting bags from Lakeland, that was me so I think a little bit of internet shopping may be in order later today.

So for my card I have followed the sketch over at A Gem of a challenge although I have tilted it round, I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summers End, I have layered each of the papers onto bazill card and distressed the edges, the stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I have coloured with copics. I have cut out some felt flowers with my MFT flower trio die which has to be my most favourite die but then you may know that!! I added a ribbon and a bigger bow than I would normally use but I think it looks ok.

I hope to be back shortly with another creation.

A Gem of a Challenge - sketch
Allsorts - free & easy
CES - spots & dots
Crazy 4 challenges - spots & stripes
Crafts & Me - distressing
Cute Card Thursday - flower power
Crafty Catz - favourite things(flower die)
Craft us Crazy - favourite things(flower die)
Dutch Dare - distressing
Crafters Companion - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - ribbons and bows
Sarah Hurley - die cuts
Paper Sundaes - birthdays


Fi
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It's Pippi....

Well I said Pippi would be along soon, so here she is. I think there seems to be a bit of an orange thing going on here...don't you think??

Just a quickie...the papers are from Jillybean Soup - Apple cheddar Soup, which I have layered and stitched. I dyed the TH ribbon and flowers with Spiced Marmalade DI. The stamp is of course Pippi Longsocks from Sugar Nellie which I coloured again with my new polychromos.

Totally Papercrafts - sketch
Prairy Fairy - things with sparkly wings
simon Says Stamp - something new(new pencils)
Paper sundaes - something old, something new(new pencils, everything else is old)
The Pink Elephant - anything goes
Fairytale Challenge - something new (pencils)
Flutterby Wednesday - anything goes
Crafts & Me - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes(new stash)


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Warm Winter Wishes

Another post from me today but not scheduled...I coloured this little cutie the other night so thought I would quickly make it into a card. The stamp is Warm Winter Wishes from Sugar Nellie which is unfortunately out of stock at the moment however it is available in digi format here.

The papers are Echo Park - Winter Park, which I layered up and doodled around the edges of each layer, I like layers!! I coloured the stamp with promarkers. punched a snowflake and added a message and ribbon...then glittered the whole thing up...you can never have too much glitter!! Hope you like.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Christmas Card challenges - doodling
Crafty Boots - Christmas
Lexi's - Christmas but no red/green
ABC Christmas Challenge - anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Christmas
Crafts & Me - Christmas
Divas by Design - Christmas
Little Red Wagon - Christmas
My Mums Craft Shop - cute and funly christmas
Bearly Mine - untraditional christmas
Cupcake - sparkle
Dream Valley - christmas
Joanna sheen - Christmas
By the Cute and Girly - Christmas
I ♥ Promarkers - blue and white(not sure if I have too much of other colours so just delete me if I do)
Totally Gorjuss - let it snow
Paper Sundaes - anything Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas
Crafty Purple Frog - it's cold outside
Delightful Challenges - anything goes
Forever Friends - it's all Christmas
Paper Crafting Journey - christmas
Paperplay - Christmas
Really Reasonable ribbons - anything goes
ABC Challenge - F is for Frosty




Fi
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Merry Christmas....

Good morning windswept bloggers!! Well...what a day and night yesterday for us Scots...we had winds up to 160mph at parts of the day. The extreme weather caused havoc all over and I am so glad I didn't need to venture out!! It was a tad scary I have to say and I hope everyone was safe.

So I doodled away last night colouring in this stamp which is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie and this time I coloured with copics and then glittered it up. I bought a few new colours so thought I would put them to the test although I haven't managed to get the right shade of green, so if anybody knows of a kind of lightish promarker green, let me know. Now when I saw the sketch over at Christmas Challenges, I had to try it...I do prefer lots of layers as I am kind of rubbish at the embellishments so With lots of layers I don't need to add too many other bits and bobs.
The papers are from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection, and they are yummy!! I have entered the challenges below. I layered the papers onto kraft card and edged them with a fine pen to give them a stitched look. I punched out the snowflake and glittered it up and then added a button and twine. I also added some twine around one of the layers and attached a snowflake charm.

Christmas Challenges with sketches - fabulous sketch
ABC Christmas challenge - anything goes
Crafts & Me - snowflakes
Paper Sundaes - sundae bar(stripes, red, fake stitching and a punch)
Creative Card Crew - tis the season
Creative Craft Challenge - stitching(mine is fake this time)
Passion for promarkers - celebrations
Craft your Passion - anything goes plus glitter
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - let it snow
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - Christmas
Winter Wonderland - let it snow
Hotshot Crafts - promarkers
Divas by Design - anything goes
Addicted to stamps - christmas
Crafty Calendar - cold & frosty
Designed to Delight - snow


Fi
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