OSAAT DT creation(s)..........

Good morning everyone, hope you're having a good day and enjoying the cold weather.....if you're on this part of the globe anyhow. Today's post will be relatively short and sweet as I'm scheduling this, which means as I'm typing, it's Saturday night (or I should say Sunday morning!) and way, WAY past my bedtime. So, sorry to disappoint, but no ramblings today.

Sunday means of course, a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog, and the theme this week is to celebrate in style, meaning dig out the glitz, glitter, bling or whatever else you think you might need to give it the old 'razzle dazzle'! We have another great sponsor this week.........


..........Digi's With Attitude are offering a $10 voucher to one lucky winner but you know you've got to be in it to win it!

I actually have 2 cards to show you today, the first, using some very pretty digi papers from Panda Bear Designs.............

So as you can see, the front of the card is acetate which I've used many times but never actually like this, so there's a first for me. The Birthday cake was made using a paper piecing pattern I found online at Scrapbooks etc. I did emboss the frosting using a Cuttlebug folder, and ran the cake case through my paper crimper. There's glitter on the cake and candle flame, and of course, some bling which I dug from my stash. The ribbon and punch I used are from Martha Stewart.

Think that's all for that one, so let's move on to contestant number 2............

For this card, I used an image from Kelley Kids. Both this and the Panda Bear papers are included in a mega freebie pack you could get from the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store with any $10 purchase. I coloured again with Copic's and added glitter here and there, and I believe DP's are from Imaginisce. I also 'blinged' the 'Nestie' die cut and embossed using another Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is printed from my PC.

I now have to show you the inside which I'm pretty proud of. Full credit goes to Sharon over at The Pixie Cottage, who did a great tutorial for this a couple of weeks ago........you can check it out here. When I saw it, I knew I'd be trying it out at some point, so here it is.........

.......does that look cool or what.........and believe me, it was fairly simple.....honest! I coloured the tree with Copic's and again, added more bling.

Well, that's all for now folks........don't forget to head on over to the OSAAT blog to check out the rest of the lovely DT creations. I'll be back later with challenge hopefuls!

Enjoy the rest of your day.

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The challenges one or both of these cards will be entering are:

I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #31 Surprise Me

Gingerloft Challenge - #7 Bows

Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Merry Christmas

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Cut It Out

Artful Inkables - #34 Punches and/or Die Cuts

For Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - #88 Red/Green/Gold

Crafty Creations Challenge Blog - #95 Christmas

Inktegrity Design Team Challenges - #24 Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Oh Christmas Tree

Stamp Insanity - Challenge Yourself (try something new)

I'm Back!

OK, so I know I'm probably a candidate for the worst (or at least the most absent) blogger this week but, oh I have been a sickly specimen! However, there is light at the end of the tunnel..........I had a 'cough free' night of sleep..........woooooohoooooo! Anyhow, enough about that, today is Sunday and that means it's time for a new challenge over at the OSAAT challenge blog.

Our sponsors this week, all 3 of them, are as follows:

So there you go, lots of goodies up for grabs, no excuse not to enter! The theme this week is.........Christmas, traditional or modern, whichever you prefer. I thought I'd try something a little different again this week, so sometime during my battle against the germs, I came up with a couple of gift card holders............

So, I guess one is in traditional Christmas colours, the other more modern. Here's another view...........

I got to play with new Christmas digi papers this week from Panda Bear Designs which you will find shortly at the Stitchy Bear and I Did It Crafting Boutique. These papers are really pretty on their own, so I only embellished with various alpha stamps, ribbon, a sticker, glitter and stickles from my stash. These gift card holders fold pretty nicely too, so I think they'd look cool hung on the tree.

Well, that's it from me for now, but hopefully the creative juices will start to flow a little more freely from now on, so I should be back with another post fairly soon. Don't forget to head on over to the OSAAT blog to check out the beautiful creations from the rest of the DT.

Happy Halloween!

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OK, thought I'd better actually post the challenges this will be entered into!

Fab'n'Funky Challenges - Keep It Simple

ABC Challenge Blog - G is for Glitter

Stampavie and more - #114 Christmas

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - #26 Recipe:Ribbon, gems, at least one paper embellishment

Frosted Designs - Holiday Treats

Bah Humbug - Presents

Bee Crafty - #41 Christmas (must use a digi)

And now for something completely different..........

...........No, the Monty Python team are not gonna appear, with a wierd and wonderful sketch! Just me, with something a step away from the 'norm' so to speak ('norm' for me that is!).

It's Sunday, and that means it's time for a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog. Our theme this week is to 'embellish with your favourite things', and we are sponsored by Joanna Sheen, who you can check out right here.........

My task this week, as part of the DT, was to create, using some very pretty Digi papers from the 'Imagine' collection by Panda Bear Designs (which you can find of course at the Stitchy Bear Store). What.......no image to colour up and play around with? What's a girl to do?.........Stick to something she knows best, and create something 'girlie', that's what! So here's my effort for this week.............

Technically, it is still a card, although by the time my DD's have finished carrying it around the house, there probably won't be much of it left to send to anyone (lol).

I'll spill the beans and tell you that I bought a yummy new book a few weeks ago called 'Fast And Fun Folded Cards' by Annies Attic, so this is my version of one of the creations in there. Come on, you knew there was no way on this earth that I would have come up with something like this on my own..............especially as there is no colouring involved! Anyhow, I obviously 'blinged' it up, fussy cut and popped a butterfly on there, added flowers, more bling, ribbon, a fabric sticker I've had in my stash forever and..............Voila! Tres chic!

You'll definitely want to head over to OSAAT this week, and check out the other DT creations. Of course, if you enter this weeks challenge, you are in with a chance of winning the goodies up for grabs.

Well, I'm too tired to scour 'blogland' for challeges to enter right now, so I'll be back.

Have a good one.

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OK, I'm back with some challenges this baby will be heading into:

Crafty Cardmakers - Fancy Folds

Little Red Wagon - #50 Something Old/Something New

Inspiration Avenue - Pink

Scrapbook Sisters - #6 Flowers

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.