Crafty Catz Challenge #290 ~ Golden Oldie

Hello, I must apologise for being so late with this post but in my haste to go away for a week to see my Mum & Dad I totally forgot to shedule this!  So better late than never.  This weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz has been picked by our fabulous Aunty Sue and she wants to see you stamps (rubber, clear or digi) that are over 12 months old and I'm sure (actually I know) we all have some of them! lol (I definitely have a few that are in that category!) and this weeks fabulous sponsors are 

CRAFTY RIBBONS

prize

So I dug deep and rummaged through all my old stamps and decided on an old The Greeting Farm stamp from my early days of card making.  I do love this little Anya stamp and really should look through my old stamps more often!  I have coloured her with Copics and Sprectrums and used lots of wonderful new dies that I ordered at the same time as my Cut 'n' Boss!  the papers are from First Editions Blank Canvas pad.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Not Just Cards #23 ~ Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #259 ~ Just Because

Creative Fingers #90 ~ Anything Goes

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Crafty Catz Challenge #289 ~ Flowers

Good morning, well this morning I'm off to the hospital for a cortisone injection in my right thumb and then on Sunday, we are off to visit my Mum & Dad in Kent for the week so I'm really looking forward to that and when we get back I still have a week off work! But that's not why you are here you are hear to find out about this weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our fabulous Janette has chosen a beautiful theme of 'FLOWERS' and we have a wonderful sponsor too ...

BUGABOO

prize...7 images of winners choice

How fabulous and the DT were very generously given some images to play along with and you really should check out what everyone did, they are gorgeous.  Well I have used Hedgehog Flower and coloured the image with copics, spectrums and First Edition markers, pale yellow cs and paper from Bearly Mine Designs.  The sentiment stamp and banner die cut are new and they are Marianne Design Collectables, the flowers are using Die'sire Itsy Bitsy Bloom (new), ladybird die Quikcutz and the leaf ribbon is from my stash.

I woud like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Come and Get It ~ Round things

Crafty Boots ~ Fair and square

Crafting From The Heart #73 ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #23 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ To Die For

Ruby's Rainbow #111 ~ Dies or punches

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Crafty Catz Challenge #288 ~ New Beginings

Good morning, well the Crafty Catz are back after our summer break, all rested and raring to go so this week our wonderful Nick has chosen the theme of 'New Beginings' so think new home, baby, back to school that sort of thing.  Our fabulous sponsor this week is 

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS

Prize is 3 digital images

And the DT were given some wonderful images to play with.  I chose the adorable 'Bird House' which I have coloured with my spectrums, background paper is First Edition Neroli pad teamed up with some red cs, little banner die cuts (sizzix thinlits new)  and birds on a wire (Spellbinders die) finished off with some handwriting!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' ~ Anything but Birthday.

A Gem of a Challenge #150 ~ Animals or birds

Robyns Fetish #276 ~ Things With Wings

Crafting From The Heart #72 ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #23 ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky #270 ~ Things with Wings

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Make a wish

Wow it seems like I've been away for a while, not intentionally I must add!  Unfortunately we've had some ill health in the family and it has distracted me from crafting, but it didn't distract me from doing some serious online shopping for which I have my wonderful Mum and Dad to thank xx  Ahh retail therapy, don't ya love it!

Just recently due to the arthritus in my thumbs I have been finding it painful to use one of my most prized pieces of equipment and one I have had from very early on in my crafting, my beloved Big Shot, I love my Big Shot but I'm sorry to say I have replaced it and treated myself to a wonderful Cut 'n' Boss and along with that I decided I NEEDED some new dies and some new embossing folders, well we crafters can never have enough of those can we?! lol

Then at the end of a very difficult, stressful and tiring week I came home to find that I had been a Designer Favourite over at TEW AND I had also won TEW Facebook challenge, so thrilled and I won 4 TEW images, lots of smiles and happy dancing!  You could say it was just what the doctor ordered! lol

Anyway I have used plenty of new bits on this card that I'm sharing today.  The image is TEW Lucy Loo Snow Queen, coloured with Spectrums, First Edition Markers and Sakura startdust pens, the background is embossed with Embossalicious Clouds (new), then diecuts added, JS banner, Cheery Lynn Designs Colonial Lampost (new), Crafty Cutters label die, snow flake punch, sentiment stamp from Paula Pascual Stamps (new) finished off with a flower, leaves and gem from my stash. (and there's more new stuff I haven't used yet!)

Also took one with the flash to show off the sparkle.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew #93 ~ Sparkle

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter #213 ~ punches & dies

Creative Fingers #89 ~ Anything Goes

Simply Create Too #91 ~ Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #118 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #72 ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #23 ~ Anything Goes

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