CRAFTY CALENDAR SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE - LEAVES AND LACE

Hello everyone out there, I hope you are all keeping well and crafting.  It's definitely turned to cooler weather now and I lurve it, autumn is my favourite time of year, have I ever said that before ????  I am definitely feeling loads perkier!  

Anyway, over on Crafty Calendar we have a new monthly challenge and the theme is Leaves and Lace.   When I saw this I had loads of ideas in my mind about what I could do (there's a first)  and knew exactly what papers I was going to use.   We are being sponsored by  Art by Miran this month, I love her images and she is giving 3 digis to the winner of our challenge - there are so many to choose from as well!!!

 Just thought I would tell you that the mat underneath the digi image is something I had been playing with.   I've inked the embossing folders first before I popped them through me machine - not tried this before!  I really like the fact that some areas are minus the ink on this piece, so I decided to use it on my card.  I should have asked the maestro to take a pic before I cut it up - duh!!!

Ingredients

7" x 7" Kraft card - Anna Marie Designs
Digi - Autumn's Memoirs - Art by Miran
Enchantment paper pad - LOTV Nitwits Collection
Sentiments - LOTV Set 24 Sentiment Tags
Grand Circle die - Spellbinders Dies
Regency Swirls Embossing Folder - Die'sire Embossalicious Folders
Flexmarkers
Leaves - WOC
Berries - Hobby House Crafts
Skeleton Leaves - stash (Coo these are soooo old and one of the very first things I bought for my stash carrier bag - waaaaay before I got my Craft Room!)
Twine, Lace, Pearls and Peel Off Stickers - stash

Now, remember that you have until 8 October to get your creations made and entered into our challenge - I really would love to see them on there!!!

Whilst I am on I will just give you an update on furry babies!!!  Donny (Blossom's husband and love interest) is slowly being integrated into the family, he has always lived outside and we were hoping to get him 'sorted' before an adoption 'proper'.   This is mainly because of spraying - phwoar does it pong!!! - anyway he came in without us realising and was in all afternoon fast asleep on one of the dining room chairs under the table.  No spraying whatsoever!!!  This is happening all the time now and I firmly believe it's Blossom's Feliway (or cat spliff's).  He is still quite timid but he's getting more confident and once he is less shy we will take him to the V - E - T's!! for a blue brick job!   He is getting the same flea treatments as Blossom and has been wormed, so we are slowly progressing, he will be chipped at the same time as chopped!   Yayyyyy!

I will now leave you in peace, thank you for the nice comments I have received on my last two cards and also for the understanding you have shown me - I do appreciate it!  Please take care of yourselves and your families and if you have time to make a card for our challenge - please do so!!!!

Lots of big hugs to you all

Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Bearly Mine Challenge - http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/september-2014-challenge-autumnal.html

Corrosive Challenge No 208 - http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-208-autumnfall.html

Creative Romance Challenge - http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/anything-goes.html

MilkCoffee Challenge - http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/colors-of-autumn-challenge.html

Simply Create Too Challenge No 70 - http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-70-fallautumn.html