LPoCF #220 Hetty Clare Christmas Penguins

 Hello again, 

Well, we are in the midst of a severe heatwave here in my part of Australia, as we live in a cool climate air conditioning is not usual for any homes! Sydney siders asked us to put the air-con on and were very surprised that we don't have it. 

Today brings us to another all new Anything goes Challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are being sponsored by Hetty Clare who kindly allowed us to chose two images for the design team. I chose Christmas Penguins, I am using up another of my scrappy paper strips, all stuck onto snippet of white card and trimmed, I have an envelope on the back of the paper pads to store the snippets from other projects that are too nice to throw away.

Hetty Clare

Prize 2 Images

Here is my card-

What I used-
Hetty Clare Christmas Penguins 
Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

White cardstock
Scraps from Bo Bunny 'Elf Magic' paper pad
Art Stamps Australia Sentiment Stamp

I would like to enter this card in:-

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Anything goes optional Festive Animals

Christmas Crafts All Year long Anything Christmas Goes

Creatalicious Challenges #273 Anything Goes last minute Christmas

The Sisterhood of Crafters Christmas

Christmas Kickstart #81 If it is Christmassy link it up

Little Red Wagon Merry Christmas

Christmas with the Cuties Something Cute and Christmassy

ABC Christmas Challenge Your Choice or Zebra

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. A Huge Thank you to all my kind blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

LPoCF December Polkadoodles

Hi again,

Well the fires in NSW continue to burn, leaving the city choking with smoke- when I have had to be in the city I have had my asthma medication prior to leaving home and again before departing the train. The nearest fire to me is expected to burn for another month or more, but those of us who have lived in the area the longest know that it needs the burn off to protect us from more dangerous fires in the future. The biggest fire has grown by over 200,000 hectares in the last week and currently sits at 369,279 hectares, if you add all the smaller fires that have joined on to the main fire front the area burnt totals 575,782 hectares...

Enough about fires, onto my post. Today brings us to the last challenge of this year with my lovely team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Polkadoodles who are offering a ￡6.75 voucher for use in their store to the lucky winner.

Polkadoodles

Prize ￡6.75 voucher

I have made two cards using the image Cute Penguins from our Sponsor Polkadoodles I have flipped one image to make the penguins face each other and used a large sentiment from MFT Hand Lettered Christmas above them as they appear to be looking upwards.

What I used:-
2x 12.6x.17.8cm card blanks (5x7")
Polkadoodles Cute Penguins Digi stamps
Derwent Watercolour and regular pencils
Fiskars Corner Rounder punch
Red cardstock
Blue Polka dot paper
Versa Color 'Cyan' ink pad
Clear and Metallic Silver embossing powder
Silver glitter paper
Star hole punch
MFT Hand-Lettered Christmas Clear stamps

I would like to enter these cards in:-
Red card-
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge week 50 Anything goes
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes optional Layer it up
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #468 Anything goes optional use the word Merry

Blue Card-
Christmas with the Cuties- Show us your Santa Hats
Crafts Galore Encore December Anything goes
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge week 50 Anything goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #17 December Anything goes
The Happy Craft Challenge Anything goes- optional ribbon, Christmas flowers or mood board

I managed to get almost all the cards in the post last week, unfortunately the cards for England and Scotland relatives needed to be placed inside a post bag and I didn't have the time or inclination to stand in line at the Post Office to get them, so we are off in the morning to get the last few out.

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. Many thanks to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

CBD December Anything Goes

Hello all,

Today brings us to the final challenge of 2019 with the lovely ladies at Crafting By Designs, it is also our final challenge for now. We have Four wonderfully generous sponsors this month offering a prize to one of four lucky winners. I would love to see your creations in our challenge all family friendly crafts are welcome...

A Day for Daisies

Prize:- $8 Gift Certificate

We Are 3

Prize $15 Gift Certificate to shop

Di's Digi Stamp

Prize:- TBC

Oddball Art

Prize:- $10 Gift Certificate

I have used two images from our sponsors, the first kindly given by our Sponsor, A Day for Daisies, called Walking Bonnet which I coloured with water colour pencils from Derwent and painted with water. I have used First Edition papers from 'Rose Garden' paper pad, some lace, pearls, seam binding die-cut butterflies and a sentiment from Wild Rose Studio.

My second card is another of my use my Christmas scraps up strips I made earlier this year with an image from our sponsor Di's Digi Stamp , called Santa's Long List, which I haven't been able to find in store, which probably tells you how old it is. Coloured with regular Derwent pencils and printed in a larger size than I usually use.

What I used:-
2x White 12.7x17.8cm card blanks
Derwent Pencils and Watercolour Pencils (water and brush)
A Day for Daisies 'Walking Bonnet' Digi stamp
First Edition 'Rose Garden' papers
Lace, sage green seam binding
Self Adhesive half pearls
Wild Rose Studio birthday circles sentiment
Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink
Clear embossing powder
MFT Stitched rectangle die
Circle and scalloped circle dies
Marianne Design Butterfly punch die
Di's Digi Stamps 'Santa's Long List'
Various scrap Christmas papers
Red and green cardstock scraps
Impression Obsession Sentiment Die
Fiskars corner rounder punch
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Glue pen

I would like to enter the birthday card in:-
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional challenge doodling or zentangle
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes with team Trace
Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes Challenge #70
Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything goes December
Crafty Creations Challenges Anything goes #403
I would like to enter the Christmas card in:-
Artsy Stamper Digitals Challenge- Winter Holidays
12 Months of Christmas Link-up- Optional Challenge Layer it up
Christmas with the Cuties- Show us your Santa Hats
Merry Little Christmas Challenge- Anything Christmas goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge optional Things with Wings
Sparkles Monthly Challenge- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment I truly appreciate them all!

Teddies Christmas

Hello again,

Autumn has well and truly arrived here in Australia, the leaves on all the trees are changing to the most beautiful bright colours and they look striking against a storm darkened sky (if only the clouds would open) we are approaching water restrictions soon due to the dam level reaching 50%. I did some illicit colouring last week and decided to make a Christmas card with one of the images I coloured.
I have again used my trick to expand the 15cm (6") paper to cover the larger card blank cutting and hiding the cut behind the centre strip...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x 17.8cm card blank (5x7)
From the Heart Stamps Teddy Gift Stack digi image
Lily Bee Designs Christmas Cheer Papers
Faber-Castell pencils
Wink of Stella liberally on bears hat
Hero Arts Stamp and Cut Christmas
Clear embossing ink
Silver super fine embossing powder
Clear rhinestones

I would like to enter this card in:-
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #438 Optional Candy canes
12 Months of Christmas Link up- Creature Feature
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything Goes May
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #10 May Anything Christmas
Christmas with the Cuties-#26 Feature a Creature
Cute N' Crafty Christmas Anything Christmas/Winter
Happy Little Stamper Christmas Challenge May

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. Many thanks to all my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Christmas Reindeer

Hello again,

I’m back with another Christmas card from my coloured images box, I have used this cute little reindeer from Digital Stamp Boutique called Bailey Reindeer, I’m still using up my left over papers from magazines, which are a great size as I can cut two panels from one A4 sheet if I’m careful and still have a little strip leftover.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6 x 17.8cm card blank

Brown and white cardstock

Pink and green papers

Digi Stamp Boutique Bailey Reindeer Set 

Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils

Stickles Sugar sprinkles

Versacolor Orchid ink pad

Clear embossing powder

Bauble stamp (magazine freebie)

CCD Pin-dot rectangle die

Kaisercraft Sentiment stamp Christmas Quotes

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Bling from my stash

I would like to enter this card in:-

Digi Stamp Boutique Challenge October 2017 Anything goes with DSB images

ABC Christmas Challenge U is for Unlimited, V is for Vibrant

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything goes

The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #17 Anything goes

Christmas with the cuties #10 Animals

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Anything goes optional-stripes

12 Months of Christmas Link-up #34 Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. A huge Thank You to all the lovely visitors who stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!