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We have a fabulous sketch designed by Debbie this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar Now I know I said we don't send Halloween cards but I just had to use this image which was the freebie image from last week! I've had this paper leftover since last year, so this was the perfect opportunity to use it up! I know I said that I don't send Halloween cards but I just had to use this fab image which was the Friday Freebie over at Digital Delights by Looby Lou . The papers were leftovers from lastyear (pinkpetticoat I think) so this was the perfect opportunity to use it up!

Our prize this week is a $15 voucher for Soft Pencil Digital Stamps kindly donated by Elisabeth.

Many of the girls have used images from the store, sadly I couldn't print mine off, but please take a look at the blog to see just how lovely they are!

I have managed to combine this card with several different challenges, which I just love doing!

1) Papertake Weekly - The Dark Side

2) Cute Card Thursday - Spook Fest

3) One Stop Craft - Halloween

4) Cupcake Crafts - Things that go Bump in the Night

It's so Distressing @ Charisma Cardz!!!

Yes it's Thursday and time for another Charisma Cardz challenge, this week Karen has chosen the theme 'It's so Distressing' so get taring those papers, get the sandpaper and inks out!!
I'm not too good with the old distressing myself so went for my usually taring of papers!! We are sponsored by All That Scraps and Christine has kindly donated the following prize to one lucky winner!

Well have fun and don't get too distressed with your distressing lol!!!! Pop over to the blog for inspiration from the rest of the girls!

I am also entering this for the Friday Sketchers challenge as I have used their lovely sketch, which could very well be the sketch I will be using for many of my christmas cards!!!!

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Good morning, at A Spoon Full of Sugar this week we have a lovely sketch which has been designed by Caryn. I loved this sketch as soon as I saw it, but unfortunately my mojo wasn't playing ball at the weekend and I really don't like my card, but had to go with it as I was running out of time. (sorry for the awful lighting on the piccie to!). The papers and chipboard topper were part of the freebie from this months Quick Cards Made Easy!

We are sponsored by:and the lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to spend at the shop! Wow!

Please drop by the blog to check out the girls cards which are just gorgeous, but aren't they always!?!

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We have a yummy recipe this week at Charisma Cardz which is as follows : 3 flowers - 1 charm & 1 ribbon.
I've used my lovely oh so attidude'y' Sugar Nellie gorjuss girl and a blue theme for this card, only blue because I already had the circle cut out waiting to use when the opportunity arose!!!!! I'm going to send this to a friend who is a bit down at the moment hence the hello sentiment.We are sponsored by The Cutting Cafe this week, for prize details see the blog, where you can also catch up with the fabulous creations the rest of the design team have made.

I would like to enter this card for a couple of challenges :
1) Sketch and Stash - sketch!
2) Cute Card Thursday - So charming!

Paper pieced out!!!!

The Sugar Bowl challenge along with the lovely sketch was to paper piece your image. Why oh why did I choose this image? There were so many bit to cut out and stick, but I think it looks kind of ok! I punched the flowers in matching papers and the bow kind of just ended up like that, I double up the fibre tied the bow and I thought it looked quite nice.

The girls went to school all dressed up today as it's childrens book week, Hollie has gone as a witch and Lillie as snow white!

They insisted on doing a curtsey!!!
It's so lovely to see Hollie smiling on these pictures, as we have been having lots and lots of tears these past few days, not wanting to go to school :0( I think there are various factors to the change as she was fine for the first 3 weeks, a lot of her friends that moved up to reception with her only do half days so they go home at lunch and her best friend is one of them, so I feel she is feeling a bit lost in the afternoons. Also lunch is playing a bit factor she just doesn't want to stay for lunch and has sobbed over it, Hollie will only eat what she wants when she wants, and I think the dinner ladies (if those from the school I work at are anything to go by) presurise them into eating! I've had words and asked them not to go on at her over her lunch and to make sure she sits with Lillie (luckily they are in the same dining hall). She's packing her own dinner so gets to choose whatever she wants, they said there were a few tears yesterday but a bit better than previous days. I had to pick them up early yesterday as I had a family friends funeral to go to, it was so sad, Brian dealt in, fixed and made antique clocks, his wish was always to be buried in his favourite GrandFather clock and his wish came true yesterday, it was amazing to see the clock being carried into church, all we've ever seen and sure will ever see again are your normal coffin. The family did so well at such at sad time, but I still can't get over the fact that my ex best friend didn't come to her own dad's funeral, just gob smacking!

Anyway have a nice day, I'm off to work in a mo. it's lasagna day!

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At A Spoon Full of Sugar we have the theme of 'Halloween' this week.
We don't send halloween cards but I made one anyway lol!!! I have used a 3d sticker that I've had in my stash since last year and have used scraps of paper from my file. For prize info and to see the DT examples please check out the blog.

Sorry for the short a blunt post today, I have tried since 9.30 to get onto my pc and only just got on, and have to go to work, right now aarrgghhhh......!!!!!
Got a funeral to go to after work, so back tomorrow.

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Good morning, the challenge over at Charisma Cardz was down to me this week, so I've gone for DECOUPAGE. I used to do quite a bit of decoupaging but since I found my love of rubber stamping that kind of went on the back burner, so to speak!
Anyhow I've had this super cute little image sheet sitting in my file for months and months now, and thought it was just perfect for my challenge, and also for my sister and brother-in-laws wedding anniversary! The heart is a die-cut and has pretty little embossed flowers on it, a freebie from one of my magazines I think, I topped this with a button that I salvaged from a pair of trousers Lillie had ripped and her dad had thrown in the bin!!! We have 2 sponsors this week, First Prize = $20 gift voucher for Simon Says Stamp and for 2 lucky runners up we have a 10% off voucher at Handy Hippo (for some reason I kept wanting to type 'hungry' hippo lol!!!).

The girls have as always made some fabulous examples so please pop over to the blog to take a look.