CCC - CLARE'S CHALLENGE - LET'S GO MONOCHROME!

Hello there peeps I do hope you are all well and enjoying the weather - our bedroom window has been fully open, slightly open, fully open until I am going bloomin' dizzy!  I just wish it would stop faffing about and be either cool or warm!   I lurve Autumn and look forward to all the colours of the leaves and hedgerows - so I can't wait.  Mind you I am a tad fed up with all the leaves that are falling off the trees in our garden.  Well - this is me and I am having a little whinge!    It doesn't help that I am tryping this on my gorgeous purple laptop with furry keys - Blossom comes in to see us for a little while every day now, but, whereas Milo (our neighbours cat) is a man's cat (yes - I have just said this in a deep voice inside my head) Blossom is a lady's cat - ie she doesn't leave me alone and insists on sitting, laying, washing, sleeping on my desk sooooo I have white fur all over the place!  However, I am not whingeing about this 'cos she is a cutie.  The trouble is she is getting more and more comfy and I feel that there may have to be a discussion very soon (with 'the maestro') regarding her living quarters/abode!!!  You know where this is leading don't you.  What you don't know is that this is the fifth cat who has decided we are a good option to foster!  She would make the third one that has actually decided that we make good servants/housekeepers!

Ooops another load of wafflings, so without further ado, this is my card for the Christmas Card Club and Clare has chosen the theme 'Let's go Monochrome', I was going to put this on my blog this morning - but forgot.  It isn't due at the CCC until tomorrow but I really don't like posting 2 on the same day and I haven't a clue why (tis a tad airy fairy on Planet Susie! lol).  I will shut up now - honest!

There is a little story to go with the finishing of this card - it sat on my desk for three days and I just couldn't think what to do in the bottom right hand corner.  There was something missing so I was stumped.  Then .... the Postman arrived and popped a package through the letterbox and that was it!!!!   I had won the prize from Pixies Crafty Snippets Playground which consisted of a set of superb 'leaf' dies from Dee's Distinctively and a set of Christmas 'greeting' stamps.  The holly leaves among the die set were just perfect for the corner of my card and within 10 minutes I had cut them out, stuck them on and given it to 'the maestro' for pics.   Thank you so much for sending them so quickly Di.  A brilliant prize!!!!!

Ingredients

8" x 8"  Kraft Card - Papermania

Snowy Postcard Rubber Stamp - Stampendous

Vintage Sepia Ink Pad - Versafine

Krafty Christmas and Country Gent papers - LOTV 

Bazzill Bling Card

Sentiment from internet

Stardust Stickles

Precious Snowflakes Die - Memory Box

Holly Leaves Die - Dee's Distinctively (Thank you Di!)

Holly Berries - Card Candi

 

Thank you very much for stopping by and for leaving me a comment.  I hope your weekend is great and that you are enjoying yourselves.

Big hugs to you all out there.

SUE  xxx

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

Catch the Bug Challenge - http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/september-anything-goes-challenge.html

Christmas Stampin' All Year Round Challenge No 32 - http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-32-layers.html

Christmas Challenge No 15 - http://thegloryofchristmaschallenge.blogspot.de/2013/09/15-challenge-alles-geht.html

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge No 223 - http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-223-5th-of-september-christmas.html

Craftyhazelnut's Challenge No 141 - http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/chnc-challenge-141-layer-it-up.html

Creative Fingers Challenge No 1 - http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/01-anything-goes-delicious-doodles.html

4 Krafty Girlz Challenge No 1 - http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/silly-snowmen-release-winter-wonderland.html

Sister Act Card Challenge No 23 - http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/dt-call-and-challenge-23.html

Sparkles Christmas Challenge No 32 - http://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/ch32-non-traditional-colours.html