FRIENDSHIP & ANGELS

I recently made a card for one of my beautiful friends who is going through a rough time at the moment. She is a fellow Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer who I met through card making and blogging and I feel so happy to have met her as she knows exactly how I feel and what life is like living with this horrible disease. 

My friend has been suffering terribly lately and I just wanted her to know that I understand and she can count on me when things get tough.

INGREDIENTS

POLKA DOODLES STUDIO 12 "GINGERBREAD TWIST" PAPERS

POLKA DOODLES RED DEW DROPS

PAPER MAKEUP SENTIMENT STAMP

RED MESH TRIM FROM THE LITTLE BOUTIQUE ETSY

WILD ORCHID FLOWERS

RED GINGHAM BOW FROM STASH

Thank you for stopping by and hope everyone has had a good Halloween!!!!.

Big hugs Clare xxxx

HAPPY MAIL CHALLENGE 2

Hello everyone, just wanting to share a project that I have made following a challenge over at DOODLEBUG. For more information on the concept of Happy Mail campaign click HERE. For the Happy Mail challenge 2 you are required to make your creation to include 2 different size circles. 

I have made this star card for a friend who has recently moved. I have used the gorgeous Doodlebug "Welcome Home" paper's and sticker's for my make. I have used two circles layered for the sentiment which are Spellbinder's Petite Circles. I have also used circular eyelets around the frame. For more information on taking part all of the information is HERE.

Hope everyone of my lovely friends are having a wonderful weekend.

Big hugs Clare xxxx

ANOTHER GREAT CHALLENGE OVER AT POLKA DOODLES!!!!

Hello my lovelies! can't believe it is Friday again. Hope you are looking forward to the weekend. Well we have another great challenge over at Polka Doodles this week which is to make a Christmas card and to add Kraft somewhere onto your creation.

I used the Kraft as the base of my card. I have used images and my sentiment from Here Comes Christmas and Sundae of Seasons CD's. I have used Polar White Flowers Soft for the snow. Kaiser red pearls and Kars wood snowflakes which I have added diamond Stickles to. 

Although I know many of my lovely friends play along I would love to see all of my friends come over to play at Polka Doodles. There are some amazing prizes to be won and you do not need to use Polka Doodles stash to win them, although we love to see what you can make from Nikky's gorgeous collections. 

Also while I am here I would like to let you all know that there is an international design team call. Here are the details!!!!.

I would love to see my oversea's friends apply!!!!.

Thank you for stopping by and for the beautiful comments that you leave me.

Big hugs Clare xxxx

LIZZIE'S MUSICAL THEME CHALLENGE

Hello everyone. Hope everyone is well on this miserably dull and wet day. When is this rain going to stop!!!!. It resembles a rugby pitch in my back garden and I nearly fell A over T when I put the hedgie food out earlier!!!!. 

Well it's that time again and the Christmas Card Club had another challenge this time set by the lovely Lizzie which was to make a project with a musical theme. I chose one of my favourite Christmas songs by Andy Williams "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". I wanted to try making one of these gorgeous star shaped cards/decorations and I was surprised how quick and easy they were. Think I will be making a few more of these!!!!.

INGREDIENTS

LILI OF THE VALLEY ESSENTIAL PAPERS "KRAFTY CHRISTMAS" PAD

STAMP BY LILI OF THE VALLEY

SENTIMENT IS POLKA DOODLES "HERE COMES CHRISTMAS" CD

SPELLBINDERS CIRCLE

CRAFTWORK CARDS BROWN SCALLOPED DIE CUT

ANTIQUE LINEN DISTRESSED INK PAD

PROMARKERS

DIAMOND STICKLES

BROWN RAFFIA RIBBON FROM STASH

Wow I absolutely love these new Lili of the Valley papers!!!!. I had been trying to be good and resisted buying for a while but when I was looking over there the other day the pad just jumped into my basket. Would have been rude to have sent it back!!!!. 

I am entering my card into the following challenges;

CHALLENGE 4 EVERYBODY - Anything goes
CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGES - Bows
MY TIME TO CRAFT - Just sepia
ONE STOP CRAFT CHALLENGE - Anything goes
FUSSY & FANCY - Anything goes
INSPIRE ME FRIDAYS - Always anything goes
CARDS GALORE - Anything goes
JUST KEEP ON CREATING - Christmas
LILI OF THE VALLEY - Anything goes
ABC CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE - U is for up to you
STAMP & DOODLE - Anything goes
DEEP OCEAN CHALLENGE - Anything goes
CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK - Anything goes
FASHIONISTA CHALLENGE - Anything goes

Right Dad's just came in as he is having his dinner with me tonight so best get going before he gets grumpy and hungry!. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Big hugs Clare xxxx

HALLOWEEN AT POLKA DOODLES!!!!

Can't believe another week has passed since the last Polka Doodles challenge. This year is going so scarily fast!!!. Talking of scary the challenge theme for this week is "Halloween". Funnily enough in all the time that I have been card making and crafting I have never "done" Halloween yet I absolutely loved it and got into it so much I made two lots of cards and "Trick or Treat" bags. 

For the first set I used the cute spider papers from the Polka Doodles Halloween Bundle download. The sentiment and images are from Sundae of Seasons CD. The orange Puffy Stickers are from American Crafts. I have used a Martha Stewart border punch and a Spellbinders scalloped circle for the treat bag. Everything else is from my stash. I actually used the mesh bag from the chocolate pumpkins on my card, a bit of recycling!!!!.

I used the Sundae of Seasons CD for the images, Martha Stewart border punch, black Puffy Stickers from American Crafts and everything else from stash.

If you fancy having a play along this week at Polka Doodles you can find out more about the challenge and prizes HERE. Please remember that you do not need to use Polka Doodle products to enter into the weekly challenges but we would love to see the amazing creations you can make using the gorgeous Polka Doodles materials!!!!. 

I would like to enter my makes into the following challenges;

CRAFTS & ME CHALLENGES - Anything goes
DIVAS BY DESIGN - Anything goes
PAPER PRETTIES - Halloween
STAMPAVIE & MORE - Halloween
CAN YOU DIGI IT - Creepy & kooky
DEEP OCEAN CHALLENGE BLOG - Anything goes
RIBBON CAROUSEL - Halloween spirit
NO MATTER WHICH CREATIONS - Halloween creations or Halloween colours
SCRAPPY FROGS CHALLENGE - Fall/Halloween
CRAFTY CALENDAR CHALLENGES - All things spooky

Thank you so much for all of your lovely get well messages. It has really cheered me up. I am feeling better than I was this time last week that's for sure. I am still taking things easy as still pretty fragile but I am getting back into creating which definitely helps keep your mind of feeling crappy!!!. Just wish that the sun would come back out as it is really cold at the moment.

Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe weekend.

Love and hugs Clare xxx

SYLVIE'S RED & WHITE CHALLENGE

Hello my friends. I am apologising again for my lack of blogging. Since I last posted things health wise had got worse and I ended up at the hospital on Wednesday for a steroid infusion. Even my throat has been inflammed and by the time Wednesday came I knew I could not carry on any longer feeling so bad. I am gradually improving but it seems to have really taken it's toll this Rheumatoid flare up. I have my monthly treatment tomorrow so am really hoping that this will also help. 

I have been trying to make sure my DT and Christmas Card Club work is done and this fortnight was the beautiful Sylvie's turn to choose the Christmas challenge which was a red & white theme. 

INGREDIENTS

DIGI IMAGE - EMMA CANNING

DIGI SENTIMENT - POLKA DOODLES "HERE COME CHRISTMAS" CD

PATTERNED CARD - POLKA DOODLES "HERE COMES CHRISTMAS" CD

RED BERRY DOODLE DEWDROPS - POLKA DOODLES

RED STICKLES 

PROMARKERS

RIBBON FROM STASH

Just want to say a big thank you for all of your well wishes, it really means so much. I just feel so bad that I haven't been able to get around to everyone's blogs for an update but please do bear with me. 

Lots of love and big hugs Clare xxx