VLV September Week4 & more

OK I told you another card would follow.  This one is a little crazy and shows a sneak peak of a set being released by Marks Finest Papers, A Heinrich company this week called Tweet That. 




I have used the colours from this week colour challenge (CC393), the layout from VLV week 4 and the little bird and sentiment from the new set.  I have paired it with a sentiment from the Christmas Greetings set.

Run over to the MFP store in a couple of days and you will find all the goodies.  Pop back here and to my team mates blogs and you could win some goodies - the hop starts Tuesday.

VLV September Week 1 - CCC12

I continued to use the September VLV sketches to add to my Christmas cards.  This time with sketch one I have used bling - perfect pearl sprayed doily, metallic card for the baubles and plenty of Stickles on the cute Penny Black image.

This is what I ended up with

Thanks for checking this out - another card coming really soon!

VLV September & CCC12

Well I am back from holiday and not working right now.  With more time creating seems more difficult! 

I am back working from Tuesday for a few weeks and then I will be moaning that I have no time to breathe - just can't please some people!!!

It is a Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich company, blog hop next week and I got my new stamps yesterday.  I haven't completed any cards yet although I have done some colouring and plenty of thinking. 

Today I have two Christmas cards to show you using the sketches from VLV for weeks 2 and 3.  Week 1 was too difficult to start with!  They will be 2 of my 12 for September as part of CCC12.

This card uses the week 2 sketch, some paper scraps from my desk and a lovely deep red ribbon.  The sentiment embossed in gold is from Verve.

The second card uses the week 3 sketch and one of the new expandable dies from Spellbinders ( I just used it on a circle).  Lots of glitter, a sentiment from Verve and 2 different DPs - DCWV for the dark one, Reminisce for the turquoise one.  I also used some plain white card with the Swiss dots folder from Cuttlebug and some perfect pearls!

Now that the temperatures have started to fall and the colours are changing Christmas does not seem that far off. 

I hope whatever you have planned you have a great weekend.

Janine

FOSTV 38 - Bingo

Here is the Bingo Card for this week's challenge if you would like to play along with us at Friends of Speedy TV

There is a lovely stamp set up for grabs to one lucky participant called Old Summer and this is what it looks like.

The card I made was tough to photograph but here is is - using the middle row (ribbon, butterflies and easel) and also using SC397.  The paper is from a Bo Bunny pad which is called Gabrielle and is available from MFP.

Here is a closer look at the butterflies.

Please join us in this weeks challenge - you just need to pick a line from the Bingo card that works for you.  We would love to see what you create.

Raising of the post flag

Today I had a first - I raised the mailbox flag to get this card collected and sent off. Last weekend we went to a really fancy fund raising ball with our friends. We went as guests of his boss and his wife and it was a great evening and there was a great deal of money raised for the Childrens Theatre. The card is a little "thank you" to Jeff and Janet who were our hosts. The theme of the ball was White Rabbits and Black Ties and was all Alice in Wonderland based. Here are a few snaps from the ball

Yes I did pack the dress!

Hubby all decked out

The Stage

Chris & Jules at Dinner

Table Decor

More Table Decor

Yet More Table Decor

The Table We Sat At

Janet

Children of the Company entertaining us

Now you have checked all these out here is the card I made as the the thank you - couldn't do the theme as had limited images with me but as Jeff and Janet go up to a lake in the summer this seemed quite appropriate.  The image and papers are from Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich company.

Please Pretend it is Monday - FOSTV 37

Apologies for the lateness of this post - too busy enjoying myself and lost track of the days!

The challenge at FOSTV this week is to CASE a card from someone you admire.  My card is CASE'd from a beautiful card made by Beate Johns a few weeks ago.  Her card can be found here.  I love Beate's work and have admired what she does for many years - she encouraged me to post my first card to Splitcoast!  Please take a look at her blog Fresh and Fun

Well it is your turn now to consider whose work you might like to CASE and produce a card fro this week's Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  There is a stamp set to be won called New Pines - a really pretty set.

Back to School - FOSTV 36

Many kids will be sorry to be going back to school right now, but the card I made is for a teacher friend who goes back properly this week.  I only found out on Thursday though that she has had to do summer school too - so the 6 weeks off in the summer has been reduced to only 2 or 3.

My card uses the MFP set recently launched called "Lesson Learned".  I am sure many people saw the blog hop and how the design team used this set.

We would love you to join us in the Back to School challenge this week, making a card or project on this theme and if you join in you stand the chance of winning a set called "I'm in Stitches" which is another cute MFP set.  If you pop over to Speedy TV and check out the FOSTV challenges and look for number 36.

Apologies for posting late but I am enjoying some time off!

Janine