tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:59:47 +0000http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/setraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)Blogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-183817252181861294Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-12-05T09:07:50.521ZOne Stop Card CraftsStamp SomethingCrafty Calendar ClubWhat a fantastic weekend this is! Why is it different from any other? Well, I have the week off from work next week - oooooh! bliss! I have lots of things planned. One of the highlights is going to see the show 'Here Comes The Girls!' Oh yes....just a little bit of Lulu, Chaka Khan and Anastasia (You bet I'll be singing my heart out! - at top volume! Everyone else should bring ear plugs, lol)http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/12/explode-card.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-2282226858658427831Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-12-03T09:00:01.595ZColour CreateOkay, I'm starting to panic...it's already December and I haven't bought a single Christmas present yet. Why is it that I seem to get more disorganised every year? Mind you, the turkey is already on order, so we won't go hungry. Today, I'm giving Christmas a miss - well, as far as the card making goes. For my Colour Create DT card this week I've made another 'Thank You' card for those http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/12/lilac-and-aqua-thanks.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-5095886998040198118Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-12-01T09:00:05.604ZWhimsy StampsCreative Card CrewI have a couple of announcements today. Firstly, I am saying a sad farewell to Creative Card Crew. I have had a wonderful time helping to run the challenge and working with the really talented ladies on the design team. However, I've struggled so much to catch up with things this year that I've decided to take a bit of a break. I will really miss making my items for the challenge but it is going http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/12/whimsy-advent-calendar-and-creative.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-3436631764091155130Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:38:00 +00002009-11-30T13:45:10.875ZI just thought I'd share these photos of my 2 gorgeous girls, granddaughter and grandson taken at his Baptism yesterday. Here's Becky and Oscar (Mum & baby)and Siobhan & Oscar (yep - she's the cheeky one!) And finally our little AmeliaSharon xxhttp://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/oscars-christening.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-3526961585174516539Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-28T09:45:51.344ZOne Stop Card CraftsI can't believe that this weekend has finally arrived! Our little grandson Oscar will be baptised tomorrow. Bless his little cotton socks. It's been six months since he made his far too early appearance into the world and he's grown from the teeny, tiny 1lb 4oz he was then, to being over 9lbs now. What a little fighter this boy is! I promise to have pictures of him on here in the coming week. http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/penguin-and-sketch.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-3979176449785308018Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-11-24T23:03:59.656ZBlog CandyMake sure you hot foot it over to Mina's blog. She has some fabulous candy on offer to celebrate her first blogoversary. Congratulations on one year of blogging Mina - you've really treated us all to loads of eye candy in that time! Here's to the next year of blogging.Mina has some lovely Magnolia stamps, papers, flowers, buttons, ribbons....oh go on, go see all the gorgeousness for yourself!http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/minas-candy.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-8692212337009616326Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-24T09:00:02.209ZCreative Card Crew........I have been very good this year. Isn't that what every little boy and girl are thinking and saying at this time of year? My DT item for Creative Card Crew this week helps them to get the message across to Santa. Paula has picked a lovely easy theme for you all to join in with this week: My favourite things ....so there's no excuse not to join us! :o) We're sponsored by digital http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/dear-santa.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-7966569297317992330Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +00002009-11-23T22:23:27.674ZWhimsyWhimsy Stamps have decided to hold a holiday card contest. All you need to do is use a Whimsy image to create a holiday themed card. This contest begins today and will run until Saturday 12th December at 11:59pm ET. (For those in the UK, ET is 5 hours behind us)The Whimsy design team members will select 3 finalists from the entries and then we will put the finalists to a reader/viewer/customer http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/holiday-card-contest.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-6814442709778703912Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-21T10:02:00.681ZOne Stop Card CraftsWhimsy StampsGood morning. Today my card is for a snowflake challenge and rather than using snowflake punches I've used a masterboard with snowflakes on it. I'll show you how it was created a little further down this post. The lovely Paula set the theme of Snowflakes at the One Stop Craft Challenge this week but unfortunately she has been really poorly for over a week now and she's been unable to do a card http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/snowflake-kiss.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-1944275256077072159Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-19T09:00:00.292ZColour CreateWhimsy StampsSugar Rush ALERT!!!!Yes, it's Colour Create day and my word, that wonderful Mina has picked the sweetest (sorry about the pun) picture she could find as inspiration for this week's challenge. And boy, does it put me in the mood to start singing Christmas songs. Here's the fab picture she chose: Mmmmmm! I could just eat one of those now. Our colours this week are GREEN, RED and WHITE with the http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/candy-canes-and-snowmen.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-9042314775915846411Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:00 +00002009-11-18T19:48:27.353ZFriday SketchersWhimsy StampsHi everyone. Here's a really, really short post tonight. This is a card I made with the wonderful sketch over at Friday Sketchers challenge this week. I decided to crack into the old Christmas papers I bought last year that I hardly used at all, and team them up with my new Whimsy image. The box and bow on the image has been paper pieced and the little kitten has been coloured with promarkers. Ihttp://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-kitten.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-4351324389666445557Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-17T09:00:02.646ZCute Card ThursdayBasic Grey ChallengeCreative Card CrewOh my goodness! Has a week really gone by since I last posted on this blog? Yes, it certainly has. Well, I have been incredibly busy since my last post, churning out loads of Christmas cards and that has made me a bad blogger! I will fix that this week - well, there are a few DT projects to post.Here's my DT project for Creative Card Crew which has the theme of 'Strings Attached' chosen by the http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/strings-attached.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-1014367558848689061Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +00002009-11-10T17:00:02.196ZWhimsy StampsOn the seventh day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:Seven Swans a SwimmingSix Geese a LayingFive Golden RingsFour Calling BirdsThree French HensTwo Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeWell I guess you know that if you've arrived here from Debbie's blog that you are in the right place - the song kind of gives it away, doesn't it? If you've landed on my blog from anywhere else and want to http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-seventh-day-of-christmas.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-1387348547026631732Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-10T09:00:05.260ZCreative Card CrewGood morning everyone. It's a busy day here on this blog. Here's the first post of the day with two cards.....but there will be another post and card coming along later in the day. I've just realised that I haven't told people about the fabulous new artist that has joined Whimsy - well, please pop back later to see one of the new images here.Right, onto this post. Today at Creative Card Crew the http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/doodles.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-4823044953428505725Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:37:00 +00002009-11-09T22:48:59.248ZTutorialSorry for the late posting. I did say I would post my easel card instructions with photo's today - but luckily one of my Whimsy DT colleagues found these links for a tutorial and template (Thanks Lisa!). That was really lucky for me because my photo's didn't come out too well.Here are the links:(Updated these links - they should work now)Click here for the templateClick here for the tutorialhttp://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/easel-card-instructions_09.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-6481636424803079856Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:02:00 +00002009-11-08T14:26:34.873ZSaturday SpotlightAt last I've had time to make a challenge card. I chose the Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential challenge for this one. The theme this week is Repeatedly Useful, so that means using a stamp repeatedly on your card. This one is a really quick but fairly elegant card - good for the bulk cards that we need to make each year. I've used the large Christmas tree from the Papermania Joyeux Noel http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/saturday-spotlight.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-1748535836869378236Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:37:00 +00002009-11-07T09:55:10.300ZTutorialOne Stop Card CraftsBefore I show my card today, I just have to tell you how impressed I was with the 'masterboard' technique in this month's Craft Stamper magazine. I tried it out last night and I love the results I got. Maybe I'll share the results with you on here soon.Okay, on to today's One Stop Craft Challenge. The lovely Shelley picked the theme ofCards for kidsand I decided to make a card for an older kid. http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/easel-card-instructions.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-409918597545060145Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-05T09:00:02.644ZColour CreateWhimsy StampsGood Morning!What a wonderful combination we have for you over at Colour Create this week. Not only are the colours fantastic for Christmas cards...but the optional extra is perfect too. The DT absolutely loved working on their challenge items this week and we're sure you will love them too if you join in with us.Our really talented Karen picked this picture for inspiration:Brrrrr! Chilly http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/silver-christmas-raccoons.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-151173112124835526Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-03T09:00:04.352ZCreative Card Crew....That's the gorgeous theme picked by Sam today over at the Creative Card Crew Challenge today. My card is a bit rushed because I had some orders to finish in double quick time. But at least I managed to get the ribbons and gems on it. The door on the image has turned out almost fluorescent in the photo - don't you just love electric light? :o) It really isn't that bad when you see it in http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/ribbons-and-gems.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-3141981279192970713Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +00002009-11-02T23:19:21.795ZBlog Hop"On October 4th, 4 teenagers armed with knives broke into a home in a small town in New Hampshire, USA. Alone and sleeping inside were a mother and her 11 year old daughter. These 4 boys broke into this home with the intent to rob and kill anyone inside. They stabbed the mom, Kimberly Cates, to death and left her daughter, Jaimie, for dead in their driveway. It was a completely random act, their http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/11/spread-love-blog-hop.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-2131075784229245423Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-10-31T09:00:01.502ZRach's flowersOne Stop Card CraftsWhimsy StampsGood Morning! The card I have for you today is the result of one of my harebrained light bulb moments, and to be honest I think the DT thought I'd completely lost the plot! (but you should see the amazing work they came up with; it is awesome. Well done ladies!!!)Whilst thinking about what to set for the challenge at the One Stop Craft Challenge this week I really wanted to set something http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/10/use-newspaper-on-card.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-8660386512616504715Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:44:00 +00002009-10-28T20:58:40.117ZWhimsy StampsIt is time to announce the Whimsy winners. But first a very big THANK YOU to each and every one of you that joined in the 'Change of Seasons Blog Stroll'. I hope you all had fun seeing the new stamps.The grand prize winner of the full set of new Whimsy stamps has been published on the Whimsy website. Congratulations!The random winner of the stamp that I am giving away - the Fall Raccoons is .....http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/10/whimsy-winner_28.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-1631950264148973619Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-10-27T09:00:00.923ZWhiff of JoyCuttlebugCreative Card CrewChristmas is in the air today over here with 2 cards that I made using different techniques. One is stamped and coloured with distress inks (oooh, my first real try at that and I loved colouring with distress ink), and the other is a simple embossed card.Today is Creative Card Crew Challenge and our very talented Claire chose the theme of using SNOWFLAKESsomewhere on your creations. Well, the http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/10/snowflakes-are-falling.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-1137954790527366186Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +00002009-10-26T06:01:46.468ZABC ChallengeA Spoonfull of sugarMagnoliaWoo Hoo! I managed to do a challenge card (for a change!) But I didn't finish it until the sun went down so were on electric light again. This one is for 2 challenges: A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge - this week is a fab sketch by DebbieABC Challenge - F is for flying. Believe me Tilda is hovering above the ground ;o) Even though it may not show up on this blog, I seem to have been stuck in Autumnhttp://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/10/fly-away-tilda.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394854810115177800.post-1941997560636729305Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +00002009-10-24T11:09:11.148+01:00Good morning everyone. It's time to party and celebrate today! I only mentioned the other day how quickly time flies - well, today it's one year on from the start of the One Stop Craft Challenge so we're celebrating our first blogoversary today. We've come a long way since the humble beginnings and I'd like to thank each and every one of you that has supported us over the past year. It is so nicehttp://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-celebration.htmlsetraynor@btinternet.com (Sharon)13