CCT Anything Goes

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and got lots of nice pressies. We have a nice and easy theme at CCT this week, Anything Goes. I have painted a wooden 'Love' ornament with acrylic paint and then stamped a few Stampin Up images onto it. The butterfly is a X Cut punch which I have covered with Fran-tage and I have added a few paper flowers. I'm really pleased with how this has turned out especially as it only cost £2 to buy.

CCT Celebrations

The theme at CCT this week is Celebrations and seeing as I'm so far behind with my Christmas card making I have decided to make another 1 for this challenge. I have used the Stampin Up Joyful Christmas set again and also the Gorgeous Grunge set in the background. The border is a Martha Stewart punch and the swirls are EK Success. 

CCT Christmas Catch Up

This weeks theme at CCT is Christmas Catch Up. I have made another Christmas card with my Stampin Up Joyful Christmas stamp set and a Stampin Up embossing border folder. I stamped the image onto Crumb Cake card,  coloured it with white ink and then Stampin Up markers to get a very pale watery effect. The sentiment is also stamped and embossed in white.

We had a lovely time in Budapest, the markets were great and we managed a lot of sightseeing as well. Its back to work now and I think the next couple of weeks will be very busy so it looks like I'm going to have to buy most of my cards this year!

CCT Eternal Flame

This weeks challenge at CCT is Eternal Flame. I have decorated a candle using an old Magnolia snowman stamp which I coloured with Distress Inks. 

Hopefully as this post goes live I'll be sat on a plane waiting to take off for a few days in Budapest, can't wait.

CCT Anything Goes

This weeks theme at CCT is Anything Goes. I have made another picture frame using the Tim Holtz Cabinet die and Maja Design papers. The flowers were made with the Spellbinders Bitty Blossom dies and the leaves are a Magnolia Sprawling Ferns die. I added some berries, a birch cone, lace and some cheesecloth and then finished off with Shabby White Fran-tage, Glamour Dust and snowtex. I have cut an easel with the Tim Holtz easel die so that the picture will stand up.

I hope you will be able to join in this weeks challenge.

CCT Anything But A Card

The challenge at CCT this week is Anything but a Card. I have decorated a gift box which I got from Stampin Up with an old Magnolia Santa stamp. I think this is my favourite Christmas stamp and I use it every year. The DP is retired Stampin Up and I have distressed the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.I coloured the image with Distress Inks and also edged the die cut circle with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I have also added some Fran-tage to the image.

 I have decorated the sides of the box with some hessian and lace and added a small tag which I cut with a Tim Holtz sizzix die. The message on the tag was stamped with a set of alphabet stamps which I got from the NEC about 5 years ago, they were a bargain at £1 for the set. This is the first time I've used them but I'm sure they will get lots more use now. The little jingle bells are from Ebay.

I really enjoyed decorating the box and am hoping to do a few more for Christmas pressies.

I am also entering this into this weeks Magnolia Down Under Challenge which is Jingles Bells and the Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge which is Vintage or Shabby Chic.

CCT So Angelic

The theme this week at CCT is So Angelic. I have made a large tag which I covered with Basic Grey papers. The angel stamp is from a set by Stempelglede which I have had for a few years and the music stamp is from Magnolia. I have used Vintage Photo distress ink around the images and the tag. I have added a flower, pearl and leaves from the Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone die.

I really enjoyed making this tag, its ages since I made anything 'vintagy' - is that a word!

I hope you'll be able to join us this week.

CCT Animal Magic

The theme at CCT this week is Animal Magic.I have used a super cute Penny Black image for my card which I coloured with Distress Inks and then cut out with a Spellbinders Nestability die. The papers are retired Stampin Up and the snowflake is also a Nestability die. I added a bit of glitter to the image and some gems to the card.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a fab prize from Bunny Zoe.

CCT Sparkle

This weeks theme at CCT is Sparkle, perfect for all your Christmas cards. I have used a Spellbinder bauble die and a Creative Expressions stamp for my card. I have stamped the image with Versamark and then used Ranger sticky embossing powder so that I could cover the image with glitter. The photo does not really show the sparkle but it is really 'blingy'. The sentiment is Stampin Up.

We have another fab prize to give away this week so I hope you'll be able to join in the challenge.

Have a good week. 

CCT Spooktacular

This weeks challenge at CCT is Spooktacular. I have used one of my favourite stamps Crowscape from Stampendous. I have just stamped the image onto white card, run the corner of it through the Cuttlebug Houndstooth embossing folder and inked around the edge of the card with Distress Inks. I also added some Fran-Tage to the corner of the black card. 

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have another fab prize. Have a good week.

CCT Candyman

This weeks challenge at CCT is Candyman, we'd like to see candy or sweets on your project. I struggled to find an image and eventually found this rubber stamp which I have had in my stash for years and forgotten about! I think its quite cute actually, how happy does the little cat look?  and perfect for this challenge with the little candy canes. The image has been stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured with Distress Inks, I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed this method of colouring.  I cut the tag from Kraft card and used an old piece of Basic Grey DP.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a fab prize for 1 lucky winner. Have a good week. 

CCT Neutral Zone

This weeks theme at CCT is Neutral Zone. I have made a very quick and simple card using my Stampin Up Joyful Christmas set. I have stamped and embossed the poinsettia twice onto vellum and layered up the center petals. I stamped and embossed the image and sentiment onto a kraft card base and added a few pearls to the poinsettia. I saw a card very similar on the internet and just love the simplicity of it.

It's off to bed for me in a few minutes as I've worked the past 3 nights and am in again tonight plus I didn't sleep much yesterday so I'm hoping for a better day today. If not I've got 2 nights off to recover!

Enjoy your Thursday.

CCT Signs of Distress

The challenge this week at CCT is Signs of Distress. I have used Tilda papers and die cuts from the Winter Memories pad and added a few pearls and lace and some Fran-tage on the blue tag. I stamped the Magnolia swirls on the paper and distressed around the edges with a Versamagic inkpad.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a fab prize from Bunny Zoe's Crafts. 

CCT Fairy Nice

This weeks challenge at CCT is Fairy Nice. I have used a digi image of a Wee stamp Silver Fairy which I coloured with Copics and then added a little bit of Glamour Dust. The papers are Docrafts and the swirls are punched with an EK Success punch from white glitter card. The other punches are Stampin Up.

I'm not doing too bad with the Christmas cards, I think I've managed about 7 different ones with the Poinsettia stamps so far and I'm hoping to get chance to make a few more at the weekend! My knee is getting better and I'm back at work but i don't think I'll be running for a while yet!

Have a good week.

CCT Hip To Be Square

This weeks challenge at CCT is Hip To Be Square. I used Kraft card for my card base and a very old Stampendous stamp which I have had for well over 10 years and has never been used before. The image has been stamped and embossed in white and I added a piece of DP, a punched scrap of white card and a ribbon. Another quick and easy card.

I decided not to buy much Christmas stuff this year so I have got 1 set of stamps from Stampin Up called Joyful Christmas and I'm going to see how many different cards I can make with that set! Here is the set I bought - wish me luck!

I'm enjoying a bit of extra crafty time at the moment as I'm off work ill with a injured knee and can't do much else. I was running in the fields last week and one of my spaniels ran straight into the side of my knee at full speed! 

CCT Pretty in Pink

This weeks challenge at CCT is Pretty in Pink. I used my new Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and also the Affection Collection set. The stamps were coloured with Stampin Up markers to match the card.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a great prize from Bunny Zoe Crafts. Have a good week, 

CCT Things with Wings

This weeks theme at CCT is Things with Wings. I have used Indigo Blu stamps on my card and I have distressed around the image with Distress Inks and added some scrummy Fran-tage (love this stuff).

Another super quick post. Have a good week.

CCT Button Up

The challenge at CCT this week is Button Up, we'd like to see some buttons on your cards. I have used Stampin Up DP on my card and an old giraffe image which I got as part of a set from QVC well over 10 years ago probably more like 15 and I'm afraid to say its the first time it has seen ink!! I distressed the DP with Antique Linen Distress Ink and added a Darkroom Door sentiment. The button is from Etsy and the twine from Stampin Up. Another very quick card.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a great prize from Whimsy Stamps. Have a good week.

CCT Die-ing For a Punch

This weeks theme at CCT is die-ing for a punch. I have made a photo frame using the Sizzix Vintage Cabinet die and also the Easel die so the frame will stand up. The papers are My Minds Eye and the photo is a Photo Chip from Darkroom Door of the Charles Bridge in Prague. The flowers are Hero Arts and I have punched 2 fronds and added a doiley, some pearls and a piece of velvet ribbon.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have another fab prize from Whiff of Joy.

CCT Anything Goes

Well at last I've managed to make a card! The theme at CCT this week is Anything Goes so and nice easy challenge and we have a fab prize from Bunny Zoe Crafts. I made my card using a Sizzix Pop n Cut die, I love these dies and think I might have to treat myself to another couple soon! The papers are Docrafts and the image is from Penny Black coloured with Copics.

I'm off for a look round some blogs. Have a good Thursday!

CCT In The Summertime

This weeks challenge at CCT is In The Summertime. I have made yet another quick card using a Penny Black hedgehog and dies from Die-Namics. 

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Once Upon A Time

This weeks theme at CCT is Once Upon A Time, my altered heart has the 2 blue birds from Cinderella on it! I bought 3 hearts from Sainsbury just after Valentines day for 20p each and have removed the sentiments from them. The heart is covered in Tilda Country Escape papers and I got the die cut birds from the same paper pad. I have distressed the edges with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and then randomly painted Picket Fence Crackle Paint on the papers. I stamped a few flourishes and a sentiment  and added a few flowers.

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Ebony and Ivory

Another super quick card for this weeks CCT challenge on the theme of ebony and ivory. The ties are a set of 3 Hero Arts stamps which I picked up for 50p at a craft sale and I stamped them using a stamp positioner which was also 50p so quite a bargain!! I have 3D the ties and  the white card is embossed with a Cuttlebug houndstooth folder and the sentiment is also Hero Arts.

Only just realised but I havent even cropped the photo! Oh well, I have been very lapse at blog hopping recently what with working overtime and my eldest daughter moving into her own flat but hopefully I will get time later today or tomorrow.

Finishing on quite a sad note the floods in Prague which have again flooded the lower levels of the zoo is such sad news. Kerry and I visited there in October and it was one of the best days out which I have had, it is a fantastic zoo and I only hope they manage to get the funds to reopen it. Luckily they managed to save the animals. 

CCT Too Cool For School

The theme over at CCT this week is Too Cool For School. I have used a Mo Manning digi image on my card which I have coloured with Copics. Yet another quick card!

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have another fab prize.

CCT Dancing Queen

The theme at CCT this week is Dancing Queen. I have used a Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers die to cut out the dress form from brown card and some very old Graphic 45 paper. The kraft card has embossed lines on it but unfortunately they do not show up in the photo. The punches and edge die are from Stampin Up and I added a little piece of ribbon, a paper rose and a few pearls. Yet another quick and easy card!

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Something Blue

This weeks theme at CCT is nice and easy, Something Blue. I used Stampin Up butterflies and a Cuttlebug embossing folder. This is another super quick card as I'm rushing to get the dreaded housework done as I'm working 6 nights out of 7 this week!

CCT Come Fly with Me

This weeks theme at CCT is Come Fly with Me. I have coloured a tag with Distress Stains and used a Tim Holtz sentiment and a Stampin Up bird image which I inked with Distress Inks. I also added some FranTage embossing powders and glitters to the tag.

CCT Can't Stop The Rain

This weeks challenge at CCT is Can't Stop The Rain. I have made a quick tag which I coloured with Distress Stains. I was going to add various embellishments to the tag but I really liked how the background turned out and when I stamped the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man image it looked like he was walking down a path so I left it as it was and just stamped the Docrafts cog stamp in the corner and a dotty stamp under his feet. The seam binding is also coloured with Distress Stains.

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Cake Walk

This weeks challenge at CCT is Cake Walk. I used a Penny Black image coloured with Copics for my card, this is another stamp which I have had for years and never used!! The papers are from Docrafts, these have got to be my favourite papers at the moment and I die cut them with Die-Namics Blueprints 1 dies.

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Butterfly Kisses

We have a fab theme at CCT this week and its Butterfly Kisses. I have been having a bit of a change from card making and decided to decorate a canvas. I have painted the back with gesso and then made a stencil using a Tim Holtz movers and shapers die. I applied modelling paste through the stencil and then painted the canvas with acrylic paints. I added a little gold paint from a Tim Holtz paint dabber over the swirls and some flowers cut with an EK Success punch. I distressed the flowers and added a pearl to the centers. The background text was stamped on to tissue and applied with Mod Podge and the butterflies are cut with an X Cut punch and embossed with Fran-tage Shabby White embossing powder. I got the quote from the internet. I really enjoyed making this canvas and have a few more waiting to be decorated.

I hope you will be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a fab prize from Whiff of Joy. 

CCT Something Borrowed

I can't believe its Thursday again already, the time is really flying by at the moment. I hope you all had a good Easter. The theme at CCT this week is Something Borrowed. I made a little tag for my son's birthday and 'borrowed' a bit of garden string for it!! The image is an old Greetings Farm one which I coloured with Copics and the papers are Basic Grey. I am slowly using up some of my old stash and I'm having to get out all my old stamps to use because there aren't many new stamps that I like at the moment, which in a way is good because I can save a few pennies!

Have a good week.

CCT Brass In Pocket

The theme at CCT this week is Brass In Pocket. This stumped me for a while so I decided to take the word 'pocket' and made a card with pocket watches on it. For my card I have used Stampin Up papers and stamps. The pocket watch stamp and cog were freebies from a magazine. I cut the tag with a DieNamics fishtail stax die and added a button and piece of twill ribbon.

I hope you will be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have another fab prize. Enjoy the Easter weekend.

CCT Easter Parade

 The challenge this week at CCT is Easter Parade. I have made an Easter card using an old Tilda stamp which I have coloured with Distress Inks. It has been so long since I made a Tilda card and probably just as long since I coloured with DI!! I'm not sure what the papers are because I have managed to loose the front cover. I have used a Martha Stewart  punch on the yellow strip and added a couple of punched leaves and mulberry flowers to finish.

I hope you have a good day. Today is my 21st wedding anniversary, I can't believe how the time has flown!! I forgot to book the last night and tonight off work though (guess who's not very popular) so I won't be seeing much of hubby as I will be spending most of today asleep.

CCt Anything Goes

This weeks challenge at CCT is nice and easy, Anything Goes. I have made another quick card with a Stampin Up image and embossing folder. The stamp has been stamped onto a Spellbinders Nestability die cut and I added a piece of blue seam binding.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge. Have a good week.

CCT Something Old

Its time for a new challenge at CCT and this week it is Something Old. I have decided to use a very old Magnolia pram stamp which is one of the first Magnolia stamps which I bought. The image has been stamped with Momento ink and coloured with Copics. I embossed the white card with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and added a scrap of Christmas DP which I had lying around. Another super quick card!

I hope you all had a good week, we visited the Harry Potter, Warner Bros Studio Tour on Saturday. It was amazing even for me who wasn't really a Harry Potter fan, the sets etc are so interesting and the Hogwarts model - well I won't say anymore in case you are planning a visit as I don't want to spoil the surprise! In fact I even came home and downloaded the books to my Kindle! I'll leave you with a couple of photos from our day out.

CCT Simplify

The challenge at CCT this week is simplify. I have made another quick and easy card using my Stampin Up butterflies, punches and embossing folders.

I am off to bed in a minute but will hopefully get time to pop round some blogs before work tonight. We had a lovely time in Prague and it even snowed.

CCT Eye For Detail

The theme at CCT this week is an Eye For Detail. I have used one of the first stamps which I ever bought well over 10 years ago, I love this PSX cat face. Another of my very very quick cards!!

Super quick post because hubby and I are flying to Prague for 4 nights just after lunch and I haven't packed yet!!

CCT Love Struck

This weeks theme at CCT is Love Struck. This is a very quick card which I made for the challenge as I can't put my hubby's valentines card on my blog because he might see it! The heart is a chipboard shape which I have had for a very long time and that's about it apart from a Cuttlebug embossing folder and a piece of ribbon.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge and we have a fab prize from Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

CCT 254 A Different Corner

The challenge at CCT this week is A Different Corner. I have used a couple of stamps on my card which I got from QVC many years ago and this is the first time I have used them!! The images were stamped with Versamagic ink and I added a bit of glitter to the flower heads. The sentiment is Hero Arts and I added a punched butterfly and a piece of bakers twine. The corner has been rounded with a punch seeing as my Corner Chomper broke.

Have a good week.

CCT Out of This World

The challenge at CCT this week is Out of This World and we have a fab prize from Rick St Dennis designs. I have used a digi image from Rick St Dennis called Gloria Glowbug, isn't she fab. I coloured the image with Copics and added some old Rusty Pickle DP which I cut with the Die-namics Fishtail Stax.

I hope you'll be able to join in this week's challenge.

CCT Diamonds Are Forever

This weeks challenge at CCT is Diamonds Are Forever and we have a great prize from Whimsy stamps. I have been using my Stampin Up goodies again to make this weeks card. I stamped the flourish from the Elements of Style set and the sentiment in Crumb Cake ink. I used a Stampin Up pen in Rose Red to stamp the Hummingbird image which I cut out and 3D onto the flourish. The border was cut with a Finishing Touch Edgelit and I added a little gem to the flourish. The white card was embossed with the Lacey Brocade Embossing Folder.  Another very quick and simple card.

Have a good week.

CCT Beat the Blues

This weeks theme at CCT is Beat the Blues. As I don't have any humorous stamps I decided to make a blue card. The butterflies are from the Stampin Up set Papillon Potpourri which I stamped with Aegean Blue Versamagic ink. I stamped and punched another 3 butterflies using the Elegant Butterfly punch and added 3 pearls on each of them. The white card is embossed using a SU Lacey Brocade embossing folder and I added some seam binding from the Ribbon Girl. I bought myself a Big Shot this week and I can't believe how much better it is at embossing card than the Cuttlebug.

I hope you will be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a great prize from Whiff of Joy. Have a good week.

CCT250 Something New

This weeks challenge at CCT is Something New. I made a card, giftbag and decorated another mannequin using some of the new Stampin Up goodies which I got for Christmas to make a giftset for my daughter's friends 18th birthday. The mannequin is very similar to the one which I made before, just a few if the stamped images and trims are different. The stamp sets I have used are Elements of Style, and Papillon Potpourri. The decorative edge is a Stampin Up Finishing Touches Edgelit and the letters were cut on the Cricut.

I hope you all enjoyed your New Year celebrations. We got another dog on New Years Day, I have lots of photos but they are all on my phone and I don't know how to transfer them to the PC so I will add some later when one of the kiddies gets up!!!

Have a good week.