AN UPDATE plus My ATC's for March challenge and the bird showcase.

AN UPDATE....

Now then you all know how much I love Crafty Individual Stamps from Jean and Malcolm.
Jean, if you don't already know has opened her very own blog :) you can find her over here... http://craftyindividualsblog.blogspot.com/ I am just so excited that she has decided to run a monthly challenge for us so why not pop over and give her a great BIG warm welcome to blogland.


I have completed my finger painting on text paper for this months Artist Trading Cards.... the 3 below are mine for the swap my other two are further down on another post.



A bit scoooowy wifffffy as I failed to scan them straight...lol. TRY TILTING YOUR HEAD TO THE RIGHT as you look at them it just may help.


As you can see I have used an old map from a book which I started altering about 6 months ago and NO I never got to finish it .... but hope to one day.

Now for the start of the Bird challenge set for us by our talented artist and friend Godelieve the 2 below are hers, you may remember them.

The colours and embossing are gorgeous you will agree.

Crafty Individual stamp on the above and once again colour stands out.

Whoever receives them will love them.


Below are Debbies..

Using a fantastic stamp designed by Crafty Individuals she created a fun filled ATC well 5 of them to be exact and those feathers she she used she plucked from her feather duster leaving it almost bare and so now she is unable to get rid of the cobwebs in her house giving her more time to be creative.... girl after my own heart

Answers on a post card please 'which came first the chicken OR the egg????'

Thanks Debbie x

All the way from Alberta Canada we have Electa's oh I am just loving the colours

And hey that bird is wrapped up well as I know the winters in Canada can be rather cold, I was on holiday in Alberta about 11 years ago in July/august and one day the heavens opened and from out of the sky fell millions of golf balls.... I swear I thought they were as they were soooo big I had never seen hail stones like it before they were making dents in some cars.... AND I do remember strawberry's the size of apples and apples the size melons.... well nearly.

I just had to show you the back of these atc's too.

Thank you Electra x


Hi Vonny,

Thanks for entering your bird atc's I'm sorry but I dont recognise the stamps but I love them that nest is yummy could you tell me who's it is please.

Great backgrounds great colours. Thank you. x


Hi Sheila,

Sorry yours are a bit lopped sided too so if you could just tilt your head or maybe stand on it you may get a birds eye view of them

The one that catches my eye is the top left the 5 birds all cut from coordinating papers.

And a little bit of embossing too. Thank u x

Chris went crazy here with 2 of her birds

Then she went all regal and gold on the 2 below I got one of the gold ones in my swap.

the bottom one to be exact

Thank you x

Then comes mine...recognise the same stamp used on our designers ....a completely different look

Bird Head CI stamp.

The birds on a wire are from another of Crafty Individual plates... Can you tell I love their stamps

Thanks for looking and if you would like to join in with us please do email me.

Birds are flying their way to you.

I'm catching up and getting my head/act together...it wasnt easy but thanks to blogging friends I am getting there.

I have not yet changed my address for those who have asked but that will happen this year however I will keep you informed. xxx

Guest ATC Designer over at SCD

Happy Friday and hey I am so excited as I have been asked to be this months Guest Designer over at Something Completely Different you will find them H E R E... When Carol asked me I thought... ME! ....Do you really mean me... well once I knew she meant it I jumped at the chance and I am thrilled to join SCD design team for the month of February taking on the challenge of creating 4 ATC's on a set theme 1 a week... well I love a challenge don't I.

Thanks for asking.


The challenge this week is MAD MARCH HARE well I have hundreds of stamps but not one single stamp to do with Alice, (Alice who the hell is Alice?..lol) and so as not to be beaten here is my take on the challenge....


'3 WISE MEN AND 1 MAD HARE'


Both the wise men and the hare stamp are those of Crafty Individuals.

Carol who runs SCD has also suggested and kindly agreed to run an ATC swap at the end of the month.

So the creative team on SCD hope lots of you will take part.

Join in the fun and upload your ATC onto your blog and we will come and Visit.

At the end of the month send Carol either 1,2,3 or ALL 4 ATC's with an S.A.E., (large letter stamp)and you will receive 1f or 1 back. A little piece of someone elses creativeness dropping through your door :)

Contact Carol via the email link on her blog and she'll send you the relevant info.

I was playing with 2 of my gorgeous Tanda female stamps last night and just thought that I would share them with you click on H E R E and visit Tanda see what other lovely goodies they have.

Ok and a very Happy Birthday DD Cheryl... we are having a girls PJ crafting party tonight with lots and lots of creative goodies and challenges going on and fab food, wine and lots of chocolate..don't you just wish you could be there. lol.

Sorry a little late posting this I didn't get the blogging clock right ..hopeless at that sort of thing.

Have a great weekend.

Chriss x

Zetti Bird Winner & Crafty Individual's surprize

So Sorry that I am late in posting the winner of this ATC... Life got in the way as it does sometimes.
All names went into a vase this week 'cos I still don't have a hat and as the vase is redundant I thought it could be put to good use..lol.

Marley did us the honours and can't you just tell he loves it.


The winner of the ATC is ...


Drum roll please....






Hope that you can read that as the sun is shining through the paper from the back.....if you can't once again it's our lucky girl from Australia....


SUSAN....

Well done Susan... you are soooo lucky with our blog candy....how many is that now?

DON'T DASH OFF.


Because 11 of you were squabbling over this ATC the lovely Jean and Malcolm from Crafty Individuals stopped by for the birthday bash and donated 3 prizes of the BIRD plate used to create the Zetti Bird ATC

SO

Susan you get one with your ATC and another 2 lucky people were drawn out of the vase by Marley.


Good Luck Everyone.

our winners are...

ARTYJEN..... well done to you.

AND Chris..... well done to all 3 you receive this fabtastic stamp below.

BIG THANKS TO Jean and Malcolm over at Crafty Individuals see direct link to them on the side bar....check out the new stamps just out.

Also thank you to Marley.

Please post and let me know about anything you make and I will pop over and see it .

Sunday last week this ATC was up for grabs to anyone who knew the female on the right with the cupcake on her head... she come with a selection of CI mini stamps that I have doubles of.

No one attending the party got it and so here are a few clues for you to help and all those that email me the correct answer will have their names drawn from the hat...please send me the answer by Wednesday midnight.

She demonstrates how to encourage good behaviour by using House Rules to set boundaries and the Naughty Step to reinforce discipline at home and that's just for the parents...lol.

The emails will be flooding in after that...lol. Good Luck.

There are still some that have not collected their prizes from last Sunday.

Thanks and have a great Sunday. x

2nd ATC WINNER

Who is the winner of this Miss Daisy ATC there were 12 comments left on this post check out the random number below and then see was it you...

I am off to have a look too as I do not know myself... I am putting the random number in as a copy and paste as I have forgotten how to put it in without the whole page COMING UP...lol.

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers: 9

Timestamp: 2010-01-27 14:59:49 UTC

GOOD LUCK ALL XXX

SEE POST BELOW FOR 1st WINNER

Birthday ATC give away Zetti Bird

Hope that the winner of this one smiles when their name is pulled out.

once again CI stamps their new bird stamp and the ticket and franked postal plate...

BOTH plates are fabtastic and I think Dawn would agree as she used the ticket one for her Winter Day ATC's which by the way are brilliant.

The striped legs are from the limbs plate by Teesha Moore.

Put your name in for them all to be in with a chance of winning one of our BIRTHDAY ATC's.

OUR 3RD BIRTHDAY ..ATC, GUESS WHO

OK, This was my second attempt at the Zetti style and though I liked it I prefered the others that I created for our monthly challenge.

Created this ATC with magazines and junk mail and using the cakes from Lisa's altered art....

Do you recognise the female on the right of the ATC?

If you do just email me the answer and if more than one get it right... names in a hat to win this ATC plus the CI mini stamps below which I have doubles of... nothing wrong with the stamps my ink pad needed refilling when I stamped them out onto the sheet of paper to show you.

In the event that no-one gets it right I will post this again at around 8ish tomorrow night with a few clues.

Check out our other posts today...further down.

Good luck. x

IT'S OUR 3RD BIRTHDAY and 2nd give away ATC

For our 2nd give away ATC just add a comment if you would like to be in with a chance of owning these gorgeous girls, the back ground harlequin, the ladies and the daisies are all from different CI rubber stamp plates ...I thought the girls needed their hats and hair dressing up and what better way than with a flower and of course my fave flowers are daisies much prefer those to roses...is I cheap...lol.

What is your fave flower?

For those just joining us here at 'SWAP 'TIL YOU DROP' birthday bash see the post below

If you would like to be in with a chance to own any one of our ATC give aways just leave a comment in that box you can try for as many as you would like to.

thanks for joining in.

Check out todays first post to find out what our BIRTHDAY bash is about

Chriss x

Sue Law Paris fashions

Our Paris fashion designer today is Sue Law, she has chosen a classic elegant look in Autumnal colours using fibre and gold trimings a timeless look.

Do you know our Sue was one of the runners up in the Crafty Individual's ATC challenge last month, below is her entry 'Winter Skies' check out Crafty individuals HERE for fantastic Stamps and see their gallery for inspiration.

Congratulations Sue.

Feb ATC challenge is 'Friendship' to be in by the 28th Feb but because we have a short month we will extend until the 5th march for those that need a few more days ...I know what it is like when you want to do them but life gets in the way of your crafting...lol.

Keep warm and have a wonderful weekend.

Chriss x

Sheila Jordon, The last of October's ATC's

Sorry a day late in showing you the last of the Breast cancer awareness ATC's... I was soooo busy cleaning the house and organising my craft stash
My increased medication gave me sooo much energy over this last 5 days ....I just had to strike whilst the iron was hot...it could be cold again tomorrow.. the first time cleaning got in the way of crafting..lol... just hope it doesn't happen too often.

Well all nice and tidy here but not for long Chris is landing in about 1 hour and we will wreck the place again.

These gorgeous ATC's with wonderful gold and silver embossing belong to Sheila Jordon of Reading... thank you Sheila.

In the next couple of days I will post the start of the Fashion ATC's for you.

Still time to enter the Crafty Individual ATC challenge see post below for more info.

Also still time to enter this months challenge... make 5 ATC's recycling parts of an old CALENDAR into your ATC. Keep one for your own collection and send 4 into me for swaps with the club.

Now for my confession.... I have had 3 chocolate coated biscuits.... and do you know I really didnt enjoy them that much... the first bite was yummy and then...nothing to write home about now I think about it.
However I have lost 4lb so far.... not much but at least it is going in the right direction...lol.

Talk Soon.
thanks to everyone who took part in the BCA week challenge and thank you to everyone who have left comments on the ATC's.
Pleased to hear Jaqi is now on the mend and has today returned to work.

chriss x

Jaqi's Pink ATC's & Crafty Individual Competition

Check out these gorgeous Pink ATC's from Jaqi...
Jaqi tells us.....

The images are from Crafty Individuals they are the A4 sheets they sell , the rubber stamps are from crafty Individuals too, they were embossed with pearlised embossing powder from Crafty Corner.

The breast cancer pink ribbon is a die from cutting edge crafts for the cuttlebug.
By the way the franked postage stamps are of Paris, London, Berlin, Rome New York.... The idea is that no matter where you are in the world , BREAST CANCER CAN EFFECT

Thank you Jaqi.get well soon xx
Chriss x
PS you wont see the Paris one here 'cos that will be in Jaqi's collection as she loves all things Paris.
JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE CRAFTY INDIVIDUAL'S ATC COMPETITION BEING RUN BY JEAN & MALCOLM....
THEY HAVE AMAZING PRIZES UP FOR GRABS...WHY NOT POP OVER HERE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.
THOSE PRIZES HAVE GOT TO BE WORTH ENTERING..
I KNOW I WILL BE... AND FOR EVERY ATC YOU ENTER,
YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE OF THE ATC's ENTERED FOR THE COMPETITION :) TO ADD TO YOUR ATC COLLECTION....
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE...Chriss x

ATC competition at Crafty Individuals and our music atc's

The above 2 ATC's complete my set of 4.. I created the backgrounds using the CI music stamp.

This lovely delicate dragonfly ATC was created by Michelle...thanks M.x

'Dancing is music' is the creation of Sue Law, thanks S. x
Our Paris music ATC is the creation of Chris, thanks C.x

A competition.... read on....
I just thought I would introduce you to some of the new
Crafty Individual stamps and as always they are sooo gorgeous...
I also have some really exciting news for all of you....

CRAFTY INDIVIDUALS are holding an ATC challenge on their website.
There are FANTASTIC PRIZES up for grabs :)))

Now we all love a challenge.... and we all love Crafty Individual stamps... put them both together and what do we have...

DESIGN AN ATC CRAFTY INDIVIDUALS CHALLENGE COMPETITION

We know that crafter's love to take on a challenge, so we have decided to have our very own CI ATC Challenge Competition.

Enter our brand new ATC design competition to win one of four fantastic prizes:

FIRST PRIZE:

£50 WORTH OF CI PRODUCTS OF YOUR CHOICE PLUS £50 CASH, TO SPEND ON WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

SECOND PRIZE:

£30 WORTH OF CI PRODUCTS OF YOUR CHOICE.

2 RUNNER UP PRIZES:

£20 WORTH OF CI PRODUCTS OF YOUR CHOICE.

So what are you waiting for????? For more details pop over HERE.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE xxx

Don't forget to catch up with our ATC queen Dottie over HERE