ANOTHER BLOG AWARD ... THANK YOU JACKIE

Wow two blog awards in one weekend how lucky am I! Thank you to Jackie for this lovely Lemonade Barrow isn't it cute. Jackie has awarded it to all the MCFC DT.  Pop over to Jackie's blog she has some great work on show and if you feel like some more blog surfing why don't you pop over and see what the Magical Crafts DT have been up to, if you feel inspired you could even enter the latest challenge!

I would like to award this Blog Award to all the lovely ladies who play with MCFC as there are too many to mention please help yourself.

CAROL ANN XX
 

A BIRTHDAY AND ANOTHER CHALLENGE

I had to make a card for my sister who has a birthday this week so decided to make it fit with the One Stop Craft Challenge (link on my side bar) Challenge #66 is  a colour challenge APPLE GREEN, CHOCOLATE and CLOTTED CREAM. 
The brown paper is Basic Gray 'Granola' the rubber stamp is 'Swimsuit Girl' by Lost Coast Designs. I used my promarkers to colour her hat and swimsuit and wrote over the top of the words and sentiment with a green metallic pen then drew faux stitching around the edge of the card. I threaded some green ribbon through the top of the lace, inked the edge of the stamped image and green mat with Jumbo Java by Versa Magic. Flower and pearls from my craft stash.

HUGS CAROL ANN XX
 

MAGICAL CRAFTS CHALLENGE # 8

Challenge 8 over at Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge is 'Something for the Kids' Remember we welcome all kinds of craft as long as you stick to the challenge theme. Our sponsor for this challenge is SIMONS SAYS STAMP Our winner will receive $10 to spend in the Simon Says Stamp shop and they will pay the P&P too!

For challenge 8 I altered two CD's to make a wall /door hanging. I used grey acrylic paint around the edge of the CD's the papers and decoupage sheet were free from a craft magazine last summer unfortunately I can't remember which magazine it was, the ribbon was from my stash.

Why don't you pop over to MAGICAL CRAFTS and have a look at what the rest of the DT have made for this challenge there is some magical projects!

HUGS CAROL ANN XX

A BLOG AWARD FROM SPYDER ... THANK YOU!

How lucky am I to receive this fabby blog award from Spyder over at Spyder's Corner how cute are those Panda's!  I would love for all my blog buddies to accept this award from me after all there would be no point having a blog if you did not stop by so thank you from me and an extra special hug to all my blog buddies who leave comments they are very much appreciated.  Pop over to Spyder's fab blog she has some lovely work there.

HUGS CAROL ANN XX

MULBERRY BEARS AND A SPECIAL LITTLE GIRL CALLED SARAH

Mulberry Bears at Rustic Blue Crafts are very special and gorgeous mulberry tear bears! Apparently they are big over in America, it is the first time I have ever seen or heard of them. Rustic Blue Crafts have a very special page called Sarah Bears page please go and take a look, this little girl died from a Brain Tumour at the age of just 6 years old. Sarah's family are trying to raise money for  the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust you can read Sarah's story on Sarah Bears Page I am sure you will be inspired. You can also donate to the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust via a link on Sarah Bears Page. I hope you can find the time to pop over and have a look.

CAROL ANN XX

A BIRTHDAY AND A CHALLENGE

I had a birthday card to make for a friend who likes pink I also came across a new challenge blog called JUST CUTE BEARS CHALLENGE  Challenge #1 is "One For The Girls"  so I thought I would combine the birthday card with the new challenge.  I downloaded a digi image from Cuddly Buddly by Kim MacFarlane called Annies Heart she is very cute!

CAROL ANN XX

MAGICAL CRAFTS CHALLENGE # 7

Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge number 7 is VALENTINE'S yes Valentine's day will soon be here so we would like to see your projects with Valentine's in mind. This week we are proud to be sponsored by SUNSHINE STAMPS the winner of this challenge will win three SUNSHINE STAMPS images, pop over to Magical Crafts to see all three images and to see how the DT have used them in there projects.

My project is a gift envelope I made one or two of these at Christmas time and put money gifts in the little envelopes. I have also used them for CD's with photo's or special music for family.  The gift envelope is made using one sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper. The money/gift envelope was made using blue card, I put it through the Cuttlebug to give it some texture and just added a little bit of colour in the centre of the flowers then tied some ribbon around it. Then finished with some hand made embellishments. I wanted to use the lips image which is one of Sunshine Stamps new images on my project but because the paper I have used is a bit busy I decided to use it on the back of the envelope I think it looks great, reminds me of when we used to send Valentine cards when I was at school, we always put S.W.A.L.K on the back of the envelope!

CAROL ANN XX