Say Konnichiwa (Hello in Japanese) to Geisha Tween!

Konnichiwa everyone! Challenge 23 starts today on the Digi's with Attitude! Challenge blog and we want you to  show us your Asian flair. This week it is my pleasure to introduce you to Geisha Tween! The newest release from the Digi's With Attitude! I love this image and I wanted it to sparkle and shine, so I included a lot of glitter and bling!

The Challenge this week is being sponsored by Bearly Mine Designs.

Donna, at Bearly Mine Designs,  will give the winner of our challenge 2 Digi paper packs of their choice from her store.  Please stop over and see all the gorgeous papers she has to offer.  Her store also has a freebie section so everyone can try her papers.  I have purchased two of her CD's and I LOVE everything single one of the papers included.  The price is unbeatable!

Digi's With Attitude is also releasing Sportscar Beiber Boy this week. 

 You can find all the newest releases on the April Releases page at the store. Cindy-Lynn has provided a great freebie for April, Clipper the Crab.  Digi's With Attitude! images are not required for our challenge, but if you have them we would love to see them!  So set your sites on the far East and show us your Asian creations! Arigatö gozaimashita (Thank you very much).

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

1. 2 Sisters Challenge-Bingo (Die cut, Glitter, flower)
2. A Gem of a Challenge-pearls
3. Whoopsi Daisy-Free and Easy
4. Cupcake Inspiration-Picture (I see an Asian theme!)
5. Cupcake Craft-Layers
6. Incy Wincy-Bright and Bold
7. Karens Doodles-Lots of Layers
8. Make it Monday-Anything Goes
9. Stamp Fairy-For the Girls with a sentiment
10. Woodware USA-Diecuts/punches
11. Going Grey with Scrap-Creations-Use a digi
12. Lady Bug Crafts Ink-Anything Goes
13. Top Tip Tuesday-Open Challenge
14. Fresh Brewed-Sparkle and Shine
15. My Mum's Craft Shop-All That Glitters
16. Aud Sentiments-Anything Goes
17. CRAFT-Flowers
18. Digi Doodle Shop's Best-Glitter and Glitz
19. Little Miss Muffet-Glitter and Shine
20. Shelly's Images-Show us what you've got
21. OSAAT-Make it Sassy
22. Delicious Doodles-Anything Goes
23. Totally Gorjuss-Bling it on
24. Cardmad Fairy-1 digi, 2 patterned papers, 3 embelishments
25. Inspire me Fridays-Anything Goes
26. Outlaws Challenge-Anything goes (copics)

As always a special Thank You to the Challenge Hosts and their Design Teams for the work they put into their challenges and the inspiration they provide. Thank you to the sponsors for their generosity in sponsoring the challenges.  Thank you to Feline Playful for giving us an up to date list of available Challenges and then supplying us with the list of winners. Most of all Thank YOU for looking!

Put a little Attitude! in your Spring

Hi everyone.  Please allow me to introduce you to Gardening Tween! The inside sentiment says "How do you Like my New Bloomers? " She is a brand new release this week at Digi's With Attitude! This week is Challenge 22 and we are celebrating Spring! I have used the color palette listed on the challenge at In Style Stamps. We are being so graciously sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.

Robyn is offering the winner 2 Digital Paper Packs of your choice as a prize this week. I love digital papers, they are easy to store, easy to see what you have and if you only need a 2x2 square you can re-size it to fit your needs! Robyn also has formed a group to help crafters get their supplies at a discount.  The group is called the Outlaw Women's Scrapbook Emporium. Check them out!  

Along with the fabulous Gardening Tween the Digi's With Attitude! are also releasing two other brand new images,  Hippie Chick Tween! and Sportscar Beiber Boy! You can find all the new release images on the April Releases page at the store.

Have you seen the new Digi's With Attitude Store? It is awesome! Cindy-Lynn is providing "Clipper" the crab as a freebie for the month of April. We all know someone who could use a card that has a crab with Attitude! (Example: Boss, husband,mother in law, clerk at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles ..I'm just sayin).

So what are you waiting for! Grab your Spring image, "spring" over to the Digi's With Attitude Challenge Blog for Challenge 22, link it up and show us what you've got! Remember Digi's With Attitude images are not required for this challenge, but we sure would love to see them!

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

1. 2 Sisters - Spring
2. Card Creations and More-Spring Related
3. Catch the Bug-4 layers or more
4. Craft Your Days Away-Spots and Stripes
5. Crafty Calendar-April Showers bring May Flower
6. Little Claire's-Spring Theme
7. Stamping Vacation-April Theme
8. The Crafty Pad-Spring
9. Catered Crop-Patterned Paper (dots and stripes),Color-Yellow,  Circles
10. Creative Cowgirls-Spring Time
11. Quirky Crafts-Spring, a punch and bling
12. Make it Monday-Anything Goes
13. My Partners in Crafting Crime-Layer it up
14. Stamp N Doodle-Girly
15. Woodware USA-Anything Goes
16. Anita Be Stampin-Anything Goes
17. Digital Tuesday-Little Women
18. Karen's Doodles-Anything Goes
19. Papertake Weekly-Dimensional( Liquid Applique in flower box and flowers on ribbon)
20. Top Tip Tuesday-Spring has Sprung
21. Creative Card Crew-Spring
22. Crafts and Me-Ribbon
23. In Style Stamps-Color Challenge
24. Amber's Crafts and Stuff-Your Favorite things (Prima color pencils and osm and Copics)
25. Fab n Funky-Spotty and Dotty
26. Fresh Brewed Designs-Cute and Sweet
27. Paper Pretties-At least two DP
28. YNS-Texture (liquid applique in flower box, stitching on ribbon)
29. Pixie Dust Studio-Say it out loud (use a sentiment)
30. Art Impressions-Anything Goes*
31. Aud Sentiments-Anything Goes
32. Crafty Purple Frog-Ribbon and Texture (liquid applique in flower box)
33. Digi Doodle Shops Best-Stripes
34. DYSU-Scallops
35. Sassy Studio Designs-Spring
36. Shelly's Images-April Showers, flowers
37. Stamping Vacation-Pick 3 (Circle, Sentiment,embroidery floss on ribbon)
38. Stamping Vacation-Lots of Paper, circles and squares
39. Stamping Vacation-use a Nestie
40. Stamp Insanity-Flower Power
41. Cute Card Thursday-Weather (Spring)
42. Card Makin Mommas-Spring colors
43. Inspire me Fridays-Anything Goes
44. Totally Paper Crafts-Spring Time
45. My Mum's Craft Shop-Anything Goes

As always a heartfelt thank you to the Challenge Hosts and their Design Teams for providing us with Challenges and Inspiration.  Thank you to the sponsors who generously sponsor our challenges.  Thank you to Feline Playful, my go to site for Challenge information. Most of all, Thank YOU for looking!

Easter with Attitude! and A Brand New Digi's With Attitude! Store

The Challenge this week at the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog,  is to create an Easter card.  Tis that time of year! Digi's With Attitude has a BRAND NEW STORE! Head over and take a look around. Sign the Guest Book and leave your thoughts about the new store and you could win a $10.00 Gift Certificate good for any future purchase in the store! 

And that is not all! To celebrate, Cindy-Lynn is offering 20% off your entire purchase starting today (Friday ) all the way through Sunday! Just enter coupon code GRANDOPENING2011 at checkout!

This week our sponsor is The Robin's Nest and they are offering the lucky winner, a $25 dollar gift certificate to their store!

Here is my take on Bunny Tween:

So color your eggs, hang out with your peeps and drop by the DWA store to grab up the newest Tween with Tude! Bunny Tween. Create your Easter card and link it up to the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog. Bunny Tween is the perfect image for an Easter card for the Tween's in your life. Remember, DWA images are NOT required to enter the challenge! 

 I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

1. Catch the Bug-Anything Goes
2. Little Claire's Designs-Any Spring Celebration
3. Shannon's Sentiments-Use an Oval
4. ABC DT Challenge-Easter
5. Sparkles-Springtime
6. Aly's Sunday Challenge-Bunnies
7. Catered Crop- Colors (Green, Blue, Yellow), Scallops, Bling
8. Creative Inspirations-Spring
9. I Did it Creations-Anything Goes
10. Bee Crafty-Easter
11. Make it Colorful-Bright Colors
12. Desert Islands Challenge-Glitter, Bow, Bright Colors
13. Sundays With Crissy-Spring is in the air
14. Craft us Crazy-Easter
15. Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes
16. The Shabby Tea Room-Color Challenge
17. My Partners in Crafting Crime-at least 3 layers
18. OLLCB-Happy Easter
19. Paper Playtime- Use a Digi
20. Stamping Scrapping Challenge-Make it Sparkle
21. Stamps R Us-Easter Theme
22. The Pink Elephant-Easter
23. Sugar Sweet Paper Treats-Easter
24. A Spoonful of Sugar-at least two textures
25. Everybody Art Challenge-Easter
26. Tuesday Throwdown- Spring
27. Digital Tuesday-Easter Parade
28. Papertake Weekly-Anything Goes
29. Simon Says-Easter
30. Crafts and Me-Glitter
31. Dutch Dare-Spring has Sprung
32. AI Factory-Easter
33. Meljens-Easter
34. Crafty Sentiments-Glitter
35. Paper Romance-Bling
36. Iris's Spot-At least two pattern papers
37. Card Makin Mamas-Embellish It (2nd entry)
38. Crafty Catz-Embossing
39. Fun at Fairy Knoll-Ovals/Eggs
40. If the shoe fits-Spring
41. Floweret Stamplar-Easter
42. Fun with Shapes and More-Easter
43. Paper Cutz-Easter Eggs
44. Phindy's Place-Easter
45. Stampin for the Weekend-Easter
46. Stamp Something-Sassy
47. Sew Many Cards-Color
48. Stamping Vacation-Glitter
49. Stamping Vacation-Nestability
50. Stamping Vacation-Easter
51. Stamping Vacation-Pick 3, Sentiment, anything Pink, dry emboss

As always thank you to the Challenge Hosts and their Design Teams for providing us with challenges and inspiration.  Thank you to the sponsors for their generosity. Thank you to Feline Playful for their daily list of challenges and winners. Most of all thank YOU for looking!

DWA DT! and a Card



Wow! I am thrilled to announce that I am officially part of the Digi's With Attitude!  Design Team. My first ever Design Team, thank you Cindy-Lynn! So, my blogging friends, this is my first ever official Design Team creation:

 We could use any DWA image we wanted and I had a hard time choosing, so I chose two images! I decided to use Shopping Tween one of the Tweens With 'Tude and given the current climate of accessorizing with pets, I teamed her up with Angry Anabelle she is one of the Animals With Attitude. One of the things I absolutely LOVE about digi images is the ability to re size and merge them.

The Challenge this week at the DWA Challenge blog is "Anything Goes". The DWA Challenge  complete details are available here and I have provided a brief summary:

•Weekly winners will be selected by random draw. There will be one random draw for every 25 entries to a maximum of 4 winners.

•The winner(s) of the random draw will receive a $10.00 Digi's With Attitude! Gift Certificate and a weekly winners badge for their blog.

 DWA images are not required to enter but if you have them, we would love to see what you can do with them!  So make a new project and  come on over to the DWA Challenge Blog and link it up!

I have also become a HUGE fan of digital paper, the background paper for this card is from a digital scrapbook kit.  I can re size it to fit my card or embellishment and then I am only using enough ink for the size I need. Storage is simple on the computer and much easier to search and organize than paper stacks (which..I still have a ton of).

The pins were a gift from across the pond.  The very generous Linda Wescott had posted a picture on her blog of these wonderful pins she made.  Many people complimented her on her creation and she so sweetly sent out a bunch of them and I was the lucky recipient of 6 pins. Thank you again Linda  I am also going to try to make my own so stay tuned.

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

1. Simply Create-Do it yourself
2. 2 Sisters-Make your own embellishments
3. Creations by Gill M-Pets
4. Bizzy Becs-Color Challenge
5. Stamping Vacation-You name the Challenge (use lace)
6. Pattie's Creations-Flowers
7. Shelly's Images-Get Punchy! Use Punches!
8. Lexi's Creations-Ribbon but no knots or bows
9. Gingerloft-Punches and or die cuts
10. Scrappy Frog-Flowers and Lace
11. Sentimental Sundays-Cute and Cuddly
12. Creative Inspirations-Flowers
13. The Crazy Challenge-Sweet Teens
14. Make it Monday-Anything Goes
15. Paper Playtime-Anything Goes
16. Pile it on-Cute
17. Iris's Challenge-use more than 1 Patterned paper
18. Amber's Crafts and Stuff-Use Flowers
19. The Paper Variety-1,2,3 (1 sentiment, 2 images (merged), 3 DP
20. Anything Goes-Make your own embellishments (flowers)
21. Karen's Doodles-Make your own embellishments
22. Ladybug Crafts Ink-Handmade flowers
23. Party Time Tuesdays-Anything Goes + a Handmade Flower
24. The Stamping Boutique-Handmade Flowers
25. Tuesday Throwdown-Floral
26. Paper Romance-Bling
27. Paper Pretties-Bling
28. CCEE Stamper-No Buttons, Buckles, Bows or Brads
29. Charisma Cards-Bling and Sparkle
30. Craft us Crazy-Spring
31. Delightful Challenges-Flowers
32. Digi Doodle Shops Best-Happy Birthday
33. Dutch Dare Challenge-Distressing
34. Pals Paper Arts-Punches
35. Paper Crafting Journey-For the special lady in your life
36. The Rubber Cafe-Spring Flowers
37. Shelly's Images-Punches
38. Southern Girls Challenge-Add an Animal
39. The Play date Cafe- Silver, pink, blue
40. Verve Stamps-Color Me Spring
41. Aly's Sunday Challenge-Spring
42. Prairie Fairy Fridays-Oh So Spring
43. Totally Gorjuss-Spring has Sprung
44. Cute Card Thursday-Couples (Shopping Tween and her pet Angry Anabelle)
45. Allsorts-For a Special Lady-For my Grand Daughters bday
46. Crop Stop-Shine On
47. Card Makin Mamas-Embelish it!
48. Frosted Designs-Bling
49. Fairy Knoll-Whatever
50. Fairy tale Challenge-Happy Birthday
51. Stamp Something-Use a Digi
52. Stamping Vacation-Pick 3 (Dry embossing, anything pink, a sentiment)
53. By the Cute and Girly-Cute and Girly
54. Desert Islands Crafters-Birthday Theme, Dots, Bright Colors
55. Sundays with Crissy-Spring is in the air
56. Really Reasonable Ribbon-Punches or Diecuts
57. Sparkles Forum Challenge-Springtime

As always, a special thank you to

 the Challenge Hosts and their Design Teams for their challenges and inspiration.  Thank you to all the sponsors for their generosity and for sponsoring  the challenges. Thank you to Feline Playful for updating their challenge lists daily and posting the winners.  Most of all, thank YOU for looking :)

Australia Day Game 3rd Entry

Zoe over at Make it Crafty has an Australia Day Game going until Feb 26.  She gives us a list of Aussie slang terms and we have to make up definitions for them.  This is my third entry!  Have some fun, stop over at Make it Crafty and give it a burl (Lol)and say Hey to Zoe. 

1. You little ripper-what they called "Jack" as a toddler
3.Crikey-what you get when you cross a cricket and a monkey
4. Fair Dinkum-what you call horse poo at the State Fair
7. She'll be apples-new monopoly game piece (I'll be the race car, you be the top hat and She'll be apples)
13. Ningnong-A new snack cake by Hostess
15. Rough end of the stick-what you use on a naughty dingo

Bugaboo Baby and Challenges

I needed a baby card for a friend and I chose Bugaboo's Boo with Teddy Bear. I haven't paper pieced very much and my attempt is not as smooth as I would like, but practice makes..better lol.  I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Make it Colourful-Smooth Gradients
2. Crazy for Challenges-Use a diecut
3. Little Claire's Designs-Anything Goes
4. Alphabet Challenge-P is for Paper Piecing
5. Guylou's Inimitabilty-Anything Goes
6. ResQ-Use something that makes you happy
7. Simply Create-Bold and Bright
8. Totally Papercrafts-Do it with a digi
9. Digi Doodle Shops Best-Anything Goes
10. Paper Crafting Journey-Anything Goes
11. Samuel Taylor's Craft-Use Copics or Pro markers (skin tone)
12. Shelly's Images-Show what you've got
13. Creative Craft World-Square
14. Scrapbook Sisters-Baby Baby
15. Stampin Royalty-Use Markers (skin tone)
16. Your Next Stamp-Paper Piecing
17. Digital Tuesday-Use a die cut
18. Die Cut Dreams-It's a baby Girl
19. Incy Wincy-Use at least two color mediums (Copics and Prisma colored pencils)
20. One Crazy Stamper-Make it Pink
21. Creative Inspirations-Dots and Stripes
22. Really Reasonable Ribbon-Spring
23. Whoopsi Daisy-Free and Easy
24. The TownScrapper-Use a Die Cut
25. Drunken Stampers-Use a die
26. Karens Kakes Krafts-Celebration (New Baby)
27. Cardmadfairy-Distressing
28. Delicious Doodles-Glitz/Glam/Bling
29. Papertake Weekly-Putting on the Glitz
30. 2 Sisters Challenges-Embossing
31. CES Challenges-Spots and Stripes
32. Wags n Whiskers-Punches
33. Cute Card Thursday-Shiny Happy
34. Do You Stack Up-Dots
35. Dutch Dare-Sparkle Glitter Bling
36. Sassy Studio-Use a punch
37. Blog a Doodle-Ribbon Embossing and bling
38. The Creative Cottage-Fab Florals
39. The Pixie Cottage-Embossing
40. Bunny Zoe-Flowers
41. Craft Your Passion-Use Pink
42. House of Gilli-Sparkle, 3 Patterned Papers, at least 2 dies or punches
43. Woodware USA-Embossing
44. Catered Crop-Prisma Pencils, Patterns, Square
45. The Latte Lounge-Use Flowers

As always thank you to the Challenge Hosts and their Design Teams for providing us with challenges to inspire us, thank you to Feline Playful for listing the challenges, thank you to the challenge sponsors who are so generous with their products, and thank YOU for looking!

Sorry I Suck and Challenges :)

Hi everyone! Well, this has to be some kind of record for me 2 cards in 3 days.  Have you ever had one of those days when you are just well...crabby at the wrong people?  My dear friend who works with me, was having a bad day...we were all having a bad day.  I was angry at another co-worker and snapped at my friend.  My friend, a very strong assertive woman, would normally have told me to shove it. However, on this day...she got emotional.  I would have much rather been told to shove it, so now I feel like a really tiny piece of dog crap on your shoe LOL.  So, I made her a card and hope it makes her laugh. 

The pattern papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, the vacuum cleaner image is from Graphics Factory (by the way you can download 5 images a day for free).  The face on the vacuum is of course from Peachy Keen. I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

1. Digital Tuesday-Use a Die Cut
2. Papertake Weekly-Puttin on the Glitz (Stickles and Gems)
3. Ooh La La-For Someone Special (close friend)
4. Aly's Sunday Challenge-Bling it up ( Stickles and Gems)
5. Creative Inspirations-Keep it Sweet and Simple
6. One Stitch at A Time-Make it Pretty (Gems, Ribbon, Stickles)
7. Little Claire's Designs-Anything Goes
8. Our Creative Corner-Cut it Out
9. Wee Memories-Funny
10. Miami Doodles-Flowers (Pattern Paper)
11. Stamping with the Dragon-Anything Goes
12. Totally Paper Crafts-Clean and Simple
13. Delightful Challenges-Get Punch/Use a die cut
14. Do You Stack Up-Ribbons
15. Crafty Creations-Use 3 Words

As always thanks to the Challenge Hosts and their Design Teams for all the work they put into providing these challenges.  Thanks to the Sponsors who sponsor challenges.  Thanks to Feline Playful for listing the challenges and Thank YOU for looking!

Wee Stamps New Stamp Shop

Hi everyone! Sylvia Zet has opened a new Stamp Shop called Wee Stamps and she is offering her amazing line of digi stamps. If you help her out and spread the word she will send you a free stamp.  Offer is good until Wednesday.  Go check her out!

Victoria Case Image and Challenges!

Hi everyone.  This is an image by Victoria Case "Fairy Catherine". The papers are from Cuddlebeez and I am pretty sure they were a freebie. I dyed my first lace with Alcohol inks and I distressed the flourishes.  *sigh* I got a little sloppy with the glue lol.  I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Aly's Sunday Challenge-Bling Bling
2. Catered Crop-Ribbon, Swirls
3. One Stitch at a Time-Make it Pretty
4. Sketchy Colors-Peach, Green and Gold
5. Little Claires-Anything Goes
6. Our Creative Corner-Cut it out
7. Alphabet Challenge-O is for orange
8. Miami Doodles-Flower Card
9. Simply Create-Bright
10. Stampin with the Dragon-Anything Goes
11. Charisma Cards-Mythical/ Fantasy
12. Delightful Challenges-Use a Die Cut
13. Digi Doodle Shops Best-Nature
14. Do You Stack Up-Ribbon
15. Outlawz Prisma-Spots and or Stripes
16. Pixie Cottage-Ribbon
17. Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes
18. Woodware USA-Ribbon
19. Mojo Monday-Sketch
20. Craft Us Crazy-Anything Goes
21. Drunken Stampers-No Sentiments
22. Karens Kakes and Krafts-Celebration
23. The Town Scrapper-Use Dies
24. Belli Challenge-Jewelry
25. Whoopsi Daisy-Free and Easy
26. Desert Islands- Gems, Ribbon, Die Cut
27. Iris's Spot-Out with the Old in with the New
28. Make it Colourful-Shadows and depth ( I tried! LOL)

As always thank you to the Challenge Hosts and their Design Teams for providing us with inspiration, thank you to Feline Playful for listing the challenges (and winners), thank you to the generous sponsors that sometimes provide prizes and most of all thank YOU for looking!

OUTLAWZ Online Party Challenge!

Click here to join the Fun!

Australian Day Game at Make it Crafty Entry 2

The fabulous Zoe at Make it Crafty has an Australian Day Game going on and you can have up to 3 entries.  I have already submitted my first entry and this will be number 2.  You are suppose to make up your own definitions for some Australian Slang words/phrases. Stop over to Make it Crafty, say Hey to Zoe and enter to win $50 voucher to her store!

1. You little Ripper-what you call a short pick pocket
2. Well I'll be buggered-reason you give to decline your 6th glass of wine
3. Crikey-sound my knees make when I hikey
4. Fair Dinkum-explaining the challenged Scrabble word you just used
5. On a good wicket-describing your weekend when you have a cold
6. Make a proper galah of yourself-stop dressing like a fella
7. She'll be apples- what you are when you are a few grapes short of bananas
8. Ridge Dige-place you left your car after too much alcohol and sliding off the road.
9. Buggerlugs-what the nuts are called that hold an Australian bugs legs on
10. Give it a burl-what you do after your car runs into the Ridge Dige, bend over and hurl (burl)
11. Bob's yer Uncle-1 step up the evolutionary chain from the "Monkey's Uncle"
12. Go like the clappers-what grandma does when she has walking gas
13. Ningnong-sound a door bell makes when it has a cold.
14. Good Onya-What you say to little Onya when she does well in school
15. Rough end of the stick-how you describe a bad proctology visit.

Thanks Zoe for letting me play!

Queen of my Craftroom: Cricut cartridge giveaway when she reaches 200 followers

Queen of my Craftroom: Cricut cartridge giveaway when she reaches 200 followers...: Head on over and help her reach 200 followers and enter for a chance to win!

FlashBack Friday Challenge

Hi Everyone!  I found a new challenge and it's called FlashBack Friday. Basically you make a new post with a previously made card that fits their challenge.  A nice way to see where we were and where we are now. I originally posted this card in September of 2009. The image is from The Stamping Boutique. Check out my smooth blending/coloring job LOL. Still not great at it now, but I can see some improvement with a lot more to go LOL.  The challenge is your first glitter project.  I am pretty sure this was the first one I put on my blog.  It was also my first attempt at stickles LOL. Pop over and join the challenge!

Australia Day Game at Make it Crafty

Zoe over at Make it Crafty is having a bit of a contest where she lists some common Australian slang and we are suppose to provide our own meaning.  You could win $50 to spend on Make it Crafty products and trust me, if you haven't looked at this website you are truly missing something!This looks like fun! So here is my go at it:

1. You Little Ripper-what you call a baby with gas
2. Well I'll be buggered-what you say when someone sneezes on you.
3. Crikey-Australian Yahtzee
4. Fair Dinkum-a pale nerd
5. On a good wicket-a winning ticket
6. Make a proper galah of yourself-a snooty spectacle
7. She'll be apples-what I would want to be if Vin Diesel was a pie
8. Ridgie Dige-CSI slang for finger print
9. Buggerlugs-what is actually sneezed on you..when someone sneezes on you
10. Give it a burl-To sing a song like Burl Ives.
11. Bob's yer uncle-What you tell your friend who likes Bob..when you want to date Bob
12. Go like the clappers-Flash in the pan gadget now obsolete-does anyone still use clappers?
13. Ningnong- sound a Door bell makes when it has a lisp
14. Good Onya-What you say to a friend wearing a new dress
15. Rough end of the stick-what most ex husbands deserve.

I didn't say I was good at it LOL.  Pop over to Make it Crafty, say hey to Zoe and play along :)

Open Post to Challenge Hosts and their DT'S

I would like to start by saying Thank You to all the Challenge Hosts and their DT's for all the work they put into challenges.  I am awed and inspired by DT projects and I have purchased many products based on those projects.  I appreciate the time you take to comment on my little projects, you are truly uplifting and encouraging even though I am obviously a novice.

I hope that my comments will be read in the spirit in which they are offered.  An explanation of sorts. I am directing my comments to Challenge Hosts and DT's in case there are some out there that have been offended by the number of challenges I enter for a single project.

I stumbled onto a discussion the other day regarding the number of challenges people enter and I was a little taken aback by the tone of the discussion.  I am one of "those" crafters lol. I LOVE to enter challenges and since I usually have 1 card per week, I try to enter my card in as many challenges as I can. Not because of greed, I enter challenges where there are no prizes offered.  Of the Challenges that do have a prize I have only won a handful and of those, I can't recall any one card winning more than one challenge, regardless of the number of challenges entered. I enter because I love the feeling of participating with all the real artist out there. You are my peers. The fact that any of you take the time to look at my little contribution is a joy to me.

During the discussion regarding challenges, one DT said she didn't even want to leave a comment on one project because of the large number of challenges entered and she didn't feel the project met the criteria.  Personally, I have tried to be more careful about reading guidelines.  In the past, I too have missed something that disqualified my card.  I never intentionally want to waste any ones time. It takes a LONG time to link all those challenges and I truly only want to participate in the ones my project qualifies for.  And please, regardless of your DT obligations, if you are offended by the number of challenges I enter or anything else about my project, do not feel obligated to comment, in fact I would rather you didn't.

I am in no way advocating that all challenges be open without guidelines. To the contrary, I think participants should be good guests and read and respect the rules.  There are some challenge blogs that place limits on the number of combined challenges and those limits should be respected.

I could never get a straight answer as to why entering multiple challenges was considered "ridiculous" and I asked nicely.  Why is it wrong? Why is it a problem? Why is a certain number "too many"?  I was really curious about their opinions, but no one would give me a direct answer. I got "Well..you do it your way and I'll do it mine" or "It's my Opinion" or "Personally, I think it's too many".  But that never really answered my question.

It was never my intention to become one of "those" crafters.  I thought people put challenges out there because they wanted participants.  Many of the themes are exactly the same.  I truly fail to see the harm or why it is so frowned upon.  I will continue on my merry way entering in those challenges that will have me LOL.  To the Challenge Hosts and their DT's, if I have not told you before, let me say now I TRULY appreciate each of you.  Thank you for inviting me and other crafters of all skill levels to your blog home, offering us a chair at the table and letting us share with you.

Thanks for reading my very long post and as always.. Thanks for looking.

First Christmas Card of 2011 and Challenges

Hi everyone! This is the first Christmas card for my stash for 2011.  The image is a digi image, Mollie Mittens Christmas,  from Tickled Pink Stamps.  The blue and orange papers are a freebie from Bearly-Mine Designs ( I LOVE her papers). The orange paper is from a kit cb CRelly. The doily is from JoAnns and I colored it with Distress ink.  The flowers were white and sprayed with home made glimmer mist. The decorative corners were free cut files from the amazing Penny Duncan and I embossed them and colored them with distress ink. I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Bearly-Mine Challenge- Recipe - 3 flowers, 2 dp and 1 image
2. CES Challenge- Bold and Bright
3. Totally Gorjuss-As You like it
4. Crafty Catz-Flowers
5. Fun at Fairy Knoll-Flowers
6. Fuzzy Wuzzy-Anything goes
7. Crafty Purple Frog-Distressing
8. Crafty Sentiments-Your favorite things (Cats, digi paper, pearls, flowers)
9. Do You Stack Up-Patterned Paper
10. PaperPlay-Layer it up
11. Southern Girls-Dry Embossing
12. Creative Belli-Something starting with P (Pearls)
13. Creative Craft World-Cute and Cuddly
14. Fab n Funky- Use a digi
15. Fresh Brewed-Warm and Flowers
16. Penny's Paper Craft-Anything Goes
17. Simon Says-Animal Antics
18. The Sisterhood of Crafters-Anything Goes
19. My Time to Craft-Embossing
20. Top Tip Tuesday-Flowers
21. Tuesday Throwdown-Distressing
22. Craft Your Passion-Use 2 Patterned Papers
23. Crafty Cardmakers-Floral
24. Critter Sketch-A circle and Distressing
25. Ooh La La-3 of a Kind
26. StampFairy-Circles
27. Stamps R Us-Animals
28. Woodware USA-Anything Goes
29. Catered Crop-Recipe (Prisma color Pencils)
30. Paper Sundaes-Distressing
31. The Crazy Challenge-Dots and Stripes
32. Kaboodle Doodles-Bling it up
33. Stampin for the Weekend-Warm it up (colors)
34. Stamping Vacation-Animal Applause
35. Stamping Vacation-Embelish it Anything Animal Related
36. Everybody Art-Favorite Things

As always, thanks to the crafters who take the time to challenge and inspire us, to the generous sponsors who sponsor the challenges, to Feline Playful and Pile it On for listing all the challenges and Thank YOU for looking!

New Card and Challenges

I have made another Girlfriend card.  This will be it for awhile for my Vintage girls and back to coloring my digi's! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

1. Catered Crop-Recipe Challenge (Flower Patterned Paper, Punch)
2. The Crafty Pad-Girly
3. Stamping Sisters-Vintage
4. Alphabet Challenge-L is for Ladies
5. Fairy Knoll-Chocolate
6. Fairy tale Challenge-Flowers
7. Simply Create-Punches
8. AI Factory-Anything Goes
9. Crafty Purple Frog-Distressing (ink)
10. Crafty Sentiments-Vintage
11. Cute Card Thursday-1-2-3 (1 butterfly, 2 flowers, 3 Patterned Papers)
12. Digi Doodle Shops Best-Anything Goes
13. Penny's Paper Challenge-Anything Goes
14. Simon Says-Bingo (Gems, Flower, Punch)
15. Truly Scrumptious-Brown Pink and Green
16. My Time to Craft-Spots and Dots
17. Stamping Vacation-No No Tags
18. Paper Cutz Challenge-Your Choice

As always thanks to those talented crafters that challenge and inspire us, thanks to the generous sponsors that sponsor the challenges, thanks to Feline Playful and Pile it On for listing the challenges, and thank YOU for looking!