Week 2 Guest Designer at SCD

This weeks challenge over at 'something completely different' is to create an ATC on the theme of 'WINGS'

I was playing with some new stamps from 'Paper Forest Designs' and I came up with 2 ATC's to show for this weeks challenge...actually I came up with 3 but I am saving the wacky blue one for another time....sorry :)

The top one being the one I am sending in to Carol to be swapped at the end of the 4 ATC challenges for February. Since scanning the ATC I have clear embossed the words and part of her wings.

If you would like to join in with this weeks challenge then please pop over H.E.R.E. and see what the SCD team have created on the theme of WINGS.

It's not tooooo late to join in the 4 swaps if you would like to catch up on last weeks challenge create an ATC on the 'Mad March Hare' and post it with this weeks challenge. See post 5th February.

Have fun.... thanks to SCD for inviting me to join in the fun. x

Our club news update

THERE IS A DELAY WITH THE ZETTI SWAPS GOING OUT AS WE ARE WAITING FOR A SET TO ARRIVE FROM AUSTRALIA WHICH WERE POSTED A WHILE AGO BUT HAVE NOT YET REACHED US.

REMEMBER

We have our own monthly ATC swap challenge and if you need a little reminder to what it's about then check it out H.E.R.E

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

Luv Chriss xx

Doodle Backgrounds and Winter ATC's

Here is the start of my Doodle backgrounds for Donna's February challenge over H E R E


Will post them when they are completed it was a huge challenge for me. :)

Palma's ATC's our first time with us...her blog can be found in the side bar on the right.

Thanks for Joining us Palma x

Also Lyn's first time with us too ...thank you for joining us...find Lyns blog in the sidebar.

Still a couple of 'A Winter's Day' ATC's to show.

Hope that you are all having fun with Dona's challenge.

Zettiology ATC swaps out by the 12th along with our bday ATC's won.... anyone who ay not have received their cake images please send me your email addy.

Tina if you have managed to pop on from NZ hope that you are having FUN.

Chriss x

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

2nd post of Winter Day ATC's

Karen D, welcome Karen your first time with us :) Loved the use of Christmas serviettes.

Gez brilliant CI stamp used above thanks for taking on the challenge as I know you have been busy caring for your dad x

Chriss, I loved doing these (above).

Dawn, your first swap with us big welcome. x

Still more winter ATC's to be shown soon.

February's doodle challenge is on the post below, create your ATC's put them on your blog before you post them, leave a comment and then we can all come and visit you :)

Below is also my OWOH give away.

Hey the workmen are finally here to put a lintel above my kitchen window 7 months later....yahooo!

Only another dozen jobs to finish before I can do the nice stuff like put paint and pics on walls and a carpet on the stairs.

chriss x

February ATC Cookie Challenge

Hello all,

Once again the 1st of the month is here and it's our February challenge time...2months into 2010....that's scary!

Time to introduce you to our lovely ATC Guest Designer.....Some of you may remember our good blogging friend Donna aka 'Cookie Sunshine' mostly for her 'work of art' birthday cakes, her cupcake drawings and not forgetting her lovely Mum Elizabeth, Elizabeth suffered Alzheimer's and sadly she passed away, Donna gave up her blogging.



Donna has been missed in blog land and I am soooo pleased that she has returned and opened another blog and agreed to be here with us this month.



WELCOME BACK DONNA.



Anyone remember this as one of her sketches, there are plenty more where this one came from.

This next piece of info on Donna, I took from Donna's business blog and there is more to read should you wish to.

I don't remember the incident but Mother told me that I grabbed a can of fake snow and decided to decorate the entire house. I was very little, just two or three. I was discovering colors about the same time.

Apparently I was also discovering walls. My parents wanted to encourage my creativity so Daddy purchased my first art desk right away. I just wanted to see images and color.
My aunt Jeanette encouraged me in another direction. She taught me the fine art of cutting paper. This was good. Whenever we visited her house I came face to face with a stack of catalogs, a big box, and round tip scissors. Glue and paper followed later. I liked it. Paper dolls became a passion of mine.

And as they say the rest is history

Donna says...

About two months ago Chrissy Rollins contacted me and asked if I would like to participate as the February guest designer for her wonderful blog. Oh My Goodness! Thank you Chrissy!

I was so thrilled. I said "yes" right away. I began thinking about the ATC's that I wanted to share as my art has evolved continually over the past six years since I began sharing it online.

I hope I'm doing this correctly.

These are all digital as they are made up of images from previous paintings, collages, illustrations, and photos that have been put together to create each ATC. I call them "Cookies" in honor of my previous blog - Cookie Sunshine. I have included Cookie Sunshine in each card.

I will be printing each one of these one time only and will add hand embellishments that are not seen here.

Then I will destroy the file. I hope you like them. They will be appropriately signed and identified on the back.

Are you ready for this challenge Girls/Nigel

We have all doodled and every Telephone directory in the world must have been doodled on...do you agree?

And so what the challenge involves is 'doodling' on the backgrounds be it in colour or pen and ink, that's up to you :)

I gave it a little thought tonight and came up with the idea of doodling an A4 card and when finished cut it into ATC size.... you get 9 out of an A4 and there you have your 5 backgrounds (with 4 left over) without having to work on a small 2.5x3.5 canvas

You are now ready for your next bit of art ...magazine cuttings, your own drawings, stamping,

wow the more I think about this the more I am getting excited and raring to go....

Don't forget to add the odd embellishment by hand and there you have it your very own 'COOKIES' ready to swap and no calories...lol.

Check out Donna's blog click on the ATC's over there to enlarge, revealing all the detail.

Here are Donna's 5 ATC for this challenge

I love this next image of 'The Crafting Queen' she can be found on Donna's Etsy

Each of the drawings come with a little verse

She's a crafting queen

she can do anything

she can paint

she can twill

she can tat

she can sew

she can bake

she crochets

she can knit

she's on the go

the above words belongs to 'the crafting queen' HOWEVER the last 2 lines are missing SO to be in with a chance of owning the fab print (below) also by Donna

pop over and get the missing words and email me them leaving a comment in the box for when we make the draw.

I know it's a LONNNNG post and if you are still with us..thank you, you are fabulous.x

Once again big thank you to Hermine our fabulous January guest designer. xxx

See start of winter ATC showcase below. x

UPDATE

When you have created your ATC's come back and leave us a link so we can come and visit you :)

ONE WORLD ONE HEART GIVE AWAY 2010

This is my very first time I have taken part in this fabulous event.

The One World One Heart give away event was started by Lisa a few years ago to bring

bloggers from around the world together who would never ordinarily meet :D

What a fab way to make new friends and also be in with a chance of winning some amazing goodies from those that take part.

If you'd like a chance to receive one of my little giveaways then why not hop onto the magic carpet and join in with the fun.

My giveaway is open to ANYONE but you MUST leave a comment on THIS post to be entered into the draw.

If you don't have an active blog then you must include your email address in your comment so that I can contact you should you be a winner

The winners will be notified on or immediately after 15th Feb which is when the draw will take place.

Here are my offerings

1.... one pair of fun loving unique handmade earrings

2... Once again it's unique and handmade this necklace is in pretty pink glass with silver metal and turquiose beads

Good Luck xxx... and if you'd like to know more about this event and/or would like to take part yourself...

then you can find all the info you need right here.

Thanks to Lisa for organising this great event.

Chriss x

Winter swaps and thank you

Happy Sunday,

Do you all remember way back in December when we had a challenge set by our talented ATC GD Sue Roddis well here is the start of the FAB ATC's you sent in for our swap hope that you all liked them x

thanks girls they really are gorgeous IRL.

TOMORROW brings our new ATC GD for February so please lets thank the wonderful Hermine for giving us a fabtastic January Zettiology Challenge...

You did us proud Hermine, many many thank u's from all of us here at the ATC swap 'til you drop blog.

Thank you also to Joan our generous sponsor, please see side bar for Joan's lovely shop.

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