Sprinkle of Snowflakes

We had some great 'H's last time around for Carol to choose her top 3 but this time it is Wynn's turn to choose and she has picked a Sprinkle of Snowflakes for us to play with at CD Sunday.

I chose an image from Barkley Christmas CD from Crafter's Companion. I wanted to use a die I have purchased to make a snow globe. This is a useful die and all sorts of images can be used with it. I think it would make a nice birthday card too with a different image. Anyway, I added lots of tiny gems and glitter as it's for Christmas and also the corner dies cut from silver mirri card.

The dies I used are:

Snow globe by Impression Obsession
Corner snowflakes by Memory Box
Inner Circle in silver on globe by Spellbinders

I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs so please join our challenge and don't forget to use something from a CD and let us know which CD you used. It may be one we haven't got yet lol!

Something beginning with ..... H

Carol has chosen our theme for this time at CD Sunday Challenge Blog and it is something beginning with H. My fellow teamies and our guest designers have come up with some wonderful ideas so do please go and have a look.

Here is my card. My H is for Christmas Hugs and I've used this lovely image from Polkadoodles Angelberry Christmas CD. I used a Crafter's Companion die to make the cut and embossed background and used some gems for the centre of the snowflakes.

The Christmas Hugs is a rubber stamp and to finish I just added some ribbon.

I hope you all had a fun Halloween. We had a dinner party:

Don't forget to go to the CD Sunday Blog to find out how to enter the latest challenge. 

Baby Love

I had some bloomin' lovely entries for my theme of bloomin' marvellous at CD Sunday Challenge Blog and I shall be choosing my top three soon.

In the meantime it is Sunday again and it is Sue's turn to choose the theme and this time is is Baby Love. There is lots of lovely inspiration for you over at CD Sunday so do stop by to take a look and see how you can join in. All you need to do is incorporate something from a CD in your design and let us know which CD you have used.

Here is my card:

Apart from the ribbon, some black card for layering and a few black gems everything was from the CD Meerkat Madness for the Girls - simples!

Bloomin' Marvellous

Well what beautiful weather we are having. I do love this time of year. Just look at these colours.

This is my garden Saturday afternoon

and the following 3 photos are from Sheffield Park on Tuesday

I'd like to thank Wynn for choosing our previous theme of Pearls and Lace. Don't forget to check out CD Sunday Challenge Blog for our new challenge which was chosen by me this time around. Wynn will be letting you know her top three later....

So, this fortnight I have chosen 'Bloomin' Marvellous' for the CD Sunday theme and as you can see from the above photos it certainly is at the moment.

Here is my card:

I've used Winston CD by Polkadoodles for all my blooms. The main card was constructed using a Crafter' Companion accordion die and the matching overlay die.

Here is a closer shot so hopefully you will be able to see the detail.

The construction was a bit fiddly so I don't think I will be making these in bulk but it does make a very pretty card and something a little different. 

Please dust off those CDs and join us this fortnight for a 'Bloomin' Marvellous' time. As usual I will have a little prize for the winner.

Knitty Nora (Back in Time)

Recently we joined friends to visit Sheringham in Norfolk for a 1940s weekend. The weather was glorious, we had a ride on a steam train and got dressed up for the occasion.

All this nostalgia and the wonderful vintage clothes that people were wearing got me thinking. 

I used to be always knitting in my younger days so when we got home I googled 1940s knitting patterns and came across this wonderful blog by a very talented lady - 1940's Style. 

Having been inspired I decided I wanted to have a go. I purchased a copy of an original pattern from her which reminded me of a cardigan I knitted in autumnal colours years ago and then searched for some nice yarn to knit with. 

I chose four colours from a yarn which is recycled cotton so I feel there is an element of the 'make do and mend' ethos of the era. As you can see I couldn't wait to get started.

It arrived beautifully packaged.

Here are my colour choices. 

It's growing. I'm onto the pattern and colour changes now. Not bad as the yarn only arrived on Wednesday and I've been at work Thursday and Friday and out at a golf dinner Friday night so I'm very pleased with progress. 

Pearls and Lace

A new challenge at CD Sunday and Wynn has chosen our theme this time and what a great one it is. I have made this as a wedding card for a friend at work as her and her future husband belong to LARP (Live Action Role Play) and are having a hand fasting celebration in the woods next month. 

I used Flights of Fantasy CD from Crafter's Companion with artwork by Morgan Fitzsimons. The die is also from Crafter's Companion.  I just added some lace trim and a few flat back pearls in her hair.

I can't wait to visit your blogs and see all the pearls and lace.

Gorgeous Gowns

Carol has chosen a lovely theme for us this time - Gorgeous Gowns and I've used two CDs for my card: Main Image - Flights of Fantasy, Morgan Fitzsimons CD by Crafter's Companion, Backing Papers - A Touch of Magic from Linda Ravenscroft CD by Card Creations. I've used pink card by Docrafts for layering the backing papers. Just added a bit of Wink of Stella for sparkles and a die cut flower and an epoxy button from some of the backing paper.

Get those gorgeous gowns out and show us what you can do at CD Sunday Challenge Blog.