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Thursday 31 December 2009

JANUARY 2010 ATC CHALLENGE and BLOG CANDY.

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R

A huge welcome to our very talented ATC designer for Jan 2010, hey where did last year go?

Some of you may already know Hermine, I found her on my first day of setting my blog up and have admired her work ever since, she is a great inspiration to so many and a wonderful blogging friend too.


Our 1st challenge of 2010 is... Z E T T I O L O G Y .....AND I AM SHAKING IN MY BOOTS...LOL.. AS LIKE MANY OF US IT TAKES ME WAY OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
But we all love a challenge ....don't you agree.... I hear you groaning and calling me names, haha... just don't call me too early in the morning...lol.

Below is a small Bio from Hemine....


Hi,
I am from The Netherlands.

I love doing arts and crafts as long as I can remember and I love to do many different things, like mixed media, rubber stamping and my latest addiction is felting.

I have been published many times in the Art Specially Magazines, Art Specially books and was featured artist in Craft Stamper.

I am designing rubber stamps for Joan Gevaert Rubber Stamps and Scrapbooking under the name STUDIO Art Stamps and last year my dream came through, I made a book called Hermine's Choice.

The ATC's I made for this challenge are all made with my own designs, except for the script and scratches.

After watching Teesha Moore's You Tube film I simply had to try this technique with stamps only.

Me again,

See Hermines Zettiology ATC's for this challenge she has used all of her own stamps and I think you will agree they are fabulous.... the stamps and the ATC's.









If you would like to watch Teesha Moores video then YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BLOG.

Thank you so much to Hermine for being our Guest ATC Designer for Jan 2010 xxx

Why not pop over HERE to see her amazing blog BE WARNED THOUGH YOU MAY NEED A CUP OF TEA AND CHOCOLATE BISCUITS...LOL... AS YOU WILL BE THERE SOME TIME.
UPDATE
If you would like to be in with a chance of owning one of Hermines Zetti ATC's please join in the fun by creating 5 Zetti style ATC's send 4 into me to be swapped and keep 1 for your own collection.

BLOG CANDY

We have some F A N T A S T I C blog candy up for grabs and all have been designed by our talented artist Hermine....there is the lovely
'Free to be me' plate and the 6 stunning Twinchies below... they have soooo kindly been donated by Joan over HERE and because she was so generous I have decided to split it into 3 prizes....YES 3 fab prizes..... so don't delay keep reading and find out just what you must do to be in with a chance of winning some of this blog candy.



To be in with a chance to own some of this fantastic BLOG CANDY pop over to Joan's shop and find out the price of the 6 gawwwwgus TWINCHIE stamps.






put the answer in an email to me and leave me a comment to let me know you are taking part...remember the total price of all 6 is in Euro's.


I have never seen so many different style of stamps on one online shop....such choice.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL. X



The 1st prize will be the large plate and 2nd and 3rd prize will be 3 twinchies each.


Closing date for the blog candy is midnight UK time 05th January


Thank you soooo much to Joan for her very generous blog candy.... Good luck Everyone...what are you waiting for?


'Put your heART in it' ....is to be our 'Swap 'til you drop' logo.... an ATC I created sometime ago for our Russian doll challenge. Not normally a pink girl but I do love her.

Please help yourself to our ATC logo above.

Thank you to Sue for our fab 'WINTERS DAY' Dec '09 challenge, you did us proud.....we are waiting for a few International set's of ATC's to come in but they should all be out to you by the 12th.


Wishing you all A Healthy and Happy 2010

Thank you for all the support and swapping throughout 2009.

In 2010 we will be doing more online challenges again.

Welcome to our 8 new followers.

Crafty luv coming your way

Chriss x

Sunday 27 December 2009

KEY ATC SHOWCASE.


Hello and welcome to the showcase for our 'KEY 'ATC challenge that was set in November.
Lorri kindly offered to be our ATC designer for the challenge even tho her mum was very poorly.
Sadly Lorri's mum passed away from cancer , Lorri I know I can speak for all of us when I say we are so sorry to hear your sad news and that we send our love to you and your family.
Take care Lorri and remember all those happy times you shared.
The start of our Key ATC's come from jeanie





Thank you Jeanie. x


Hi Cheryl,






Thanks again for taking part x


Hello to Sheila J,



I would never have thought of The Florida Keys, thank you x


Hello to Carol,


There is still another 2 of yours to come Carol, thanks x

In My last post I said there was still the last of the Halloween swaps to come and for some reason I thought that there was more but after looking through the file I see we have shown all 20 sets of them,
A HUGE THANK YOU to you ALL well done, please give yourselves a pat on the back I think this is the most we have had take part in anyone challenge THANK YOU I was thrilled to receive sooo many.... and not forgetting Martina our October ATC designer.
Hope that you all had a lovely Christmas..... I also want to thank so many of you for taking part in the December challenge 'A WINTER'S DAY' considering just how busy you all are...there is still time to get yours in if you want to take on the challenge just let me know that they are on the way.
We will be back again soon with our Jan 2010 Challenge and I may even get another post in with more Key ATC's to show you before then.
love Chriss x

Wednesday 23 December 2009

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S

Wishing you all a Wonderful Christmas.






Q. What do vampires put on their Christmas turkey?



A. Grave-y.



Q. What did the ghost say to Santa Claus?



A. I'll have a boo Christmas without you.



Q. What do you call a snowman party?



A. A Snowball!



Q. What did the Gingerbread Man put on his bed?



A. A cookie sheet!



Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a shark?



A. Frost bite!



A native Mexican plant, poinsettias were named after Joel R. Poinsett, U.S. ambassador to Mexico who brought the plant to Americain1828.
Poinsettias were likely used by Mexican Franciscans in their 17th century Christmas celebrations.
One legend has it that a young Mexican boy, on his way to visit the village Nativity scene, realized he had no gift for the Christ child.
He gathered pretty green branches from along the road and brought them to the church. Though the other children mocked him, when the leaves were laid at the manger, a beautiful star-shaped flower appeared on each branch.
The bright red petals, often mistaken for flowers, are actually the upper leaves of the plant.


We learn something new every day


Interesting Christmas Card Facts from Woodlands junior school....


In 1846 1000 cards, with the same design as the first Christmas cards, were sold to the public at 1 shilling each by Felix Summerly's Treasure House in Bond street.


Postmen in Victorian England were popularly called "robins" because their uniforms were red.
Victorian Christmas cards often showed a robin delivering Christmas mail.


In the nineteenth century, the British Post Office used to deliver cards on Christmas morning.
The first Christmas stamp was released in Canada in 1898.


Want more interesting Christmas facts then please do visit HERE Woodlands junior school where I am sure you will learn something new....
for instance I didn't know we had a 'Stirup Sunday' at least I didn't know it had a name.... do you know what this tradition is?



With 2 days to go and maybe you are running around like a headless chicken and the kids are bored... now thats a surprise...lol.... why not send them to visit this link there is so much to do...
dress a snowman
dress a tree and more
and my fave for the girls dress a dolls house

Hope that you all have a great day ....
I will be back to show you the very last in the Halloween ATC's and the start of the Key ATC's (key swaps all went out yesterday)
New Years Day we have our first ATC challenge of 2010 and a great one it is too....
It will be challengeing me as I have never had a go at this before....
come meet our lovely ATC designer from the Netherlands.
take care and thanks for popping by.
Much Christmas luv to you all.
Chriss x

Sunday 13 December 2009

MONA, COFFEE and ATC's

Hello Happy Sunday,
Here we are again with some more of our Halloween ATC's but before I show you them I wanted to share with you some fab art which was sent to me this week by the lovely Karen G, thank you Karen x.

Mona is one of my fave stamps and use her allot.... time for a coffee break right now as you scroll down and check MONA out... enjoy.







Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia. The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!!
Fantastic wouldn't you agree x

Hello Jeanie,
Well as you can see for 2 of Jeanies ATC's she was definitely thinking outside the box...lol,,, and must say love the contents too Jeanie.








Thanks Jeanie x
You will remember our Guest designer for the Halloween ATC swap, Martine... see below some of her swaps








Thank you Martine for being a wonderful Guest Artist, many thanks for your fantastic swaps and for posting on your blog.x
Hi Sheila,
I see you have been distressing your backgrounds with inks... love distressing.



Thankx Sheila for taking part x

Hello to me...lol... The gorgeous Audrey no matter how much we change her in our art she is still beautiful....don't you agree?
The next 2 are a definite size zero...lol The web stamp I purchased from Tanda and it was cheap as chips..could just eat some chips now.



The other Stamps purchased from Karen at Scrapz.
The 2 images below were from LAA... I coloured them in black to make them look like witches in training and made them a hat... think it worked.



Just a few more sets of Halloween ATC's to post and then we can start on the wonderful KEY ATC's.... thank you to everyone who took part.
The last of the swaps arrived on Saturday and should be in the post very soon...still have a few to photograph as not many of them could be scanned this time...not a complaint.... they need to be photographed to show you just how gorgeous they are.
We have some gorgeous Winters Day ATC already arriving and considering how busy everyone is with Christmas...a big thank you.
We already have Jan & Feb 2010 Guest Designers set up and boy am I gonna be challenged and pushed outside my comfort zone... do hope that you will join us and for some be challenged too.
love chriss x
PS hAPPY bIRThDAY To My SoN ALaN. xxx