CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR ROUND - SEPTEMBER - SHABBY CHIC AND/OR MONOCHROMATIC

Hi there everyone it's the mid month reminder for the CCAYR September Challenge and our theme is 'Shabby chic and/or Monochromatic' for your Christmas/Holiday creations.  I bought some gorgeous images a while ago from a wonderful artist Toni Arthurs, she has a group on FB ("My Art By Toni" Digital Stamps Sharing Group) and her images are varied and very pretty!

Ingredients

7" x 7" white card blank - Anna Marie Designs

Image - Birdhouse with Robins by Toni Arthurs (FB)

Embossing Folder - Free with a Craft Magazine

Crea-Nest-Lies XXL - Stitched Rectangle Ref 44

Core-dinations 'Ebony and Ivory' 12" x 12" pad

Anna Marie Designs - 'Blissful Teal' 7" x 7" paper pad

Flexmarkers

Stardust Stickles

Ribbon - The Hobby House

Charm - stash - bought from Ebay

Sentiment - printed and then 'Minc'd' with silver foil

We are being sponsored this month by Elizabeth Bell

and she is offering the two sweet digis below as a prize

Prize no 2 is the following 

 So there we have it - two prizes on offer when you enter our challenge.  Don't forget we love seeing your creations and we hope you can find the time to drop by and check out the DT work on our Challenge site (here).

I do have some sad news to tell you about and that is that we lost our gorgeous Blossom on Monday 6 September.  On the Sunday night she came up the stairs to bed in my craft room and I noticed that she was out of breath but guessed she must have been cavorting with Donny in the garden before she came in.  She'd been absolutely fine up until then, however in the morning she was no better so we popped her to the vets and they said they would x-ray her and give us a ring when she was ready to pick up.  Apparently they gave her a small sedative and she had a seizure.  The x-ray showed a large amount of fluid on her lungs and the vet said she couldn't be sure whether it was her heart or the return of the cancer.  She said she could try to drain her lungs but couldn't risk giving her a full anaesthetic and even then she couldn't guarantee anything.  After consideration we thought it best to let her go and join her other furry brothers and sisters over what I think is beautifully described as 'the rainbow bridge'.  We were both with her and she was so dignified bless her.  I'm keeping her little bed in my craft room, I know the other two are missing her, Biscuit was looking for her for two days, whilst  Donny seemed to be like my shadow for a while.  Sorry to end on a miserable note but I know that many of you will understand how we're feeling at the moment.

Big hugs to you all


Love Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Bit More Time to Craft Challenge No 28 - Anything Goes (1) 

Classic Design Team Open Challenge No 6 - Anything Goes (1)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge No 381 - Christmas

Crafty Awesomeness Challenge (SEP) - Anything Goes (1)

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge No 25 - Anything Goes (1)

Digi Choosday Challenge Wk 37 - Anything Goes (1)

Ike's World Challenge No 72 - Things that Fly

Lemon Shortbread Challenge No 24 - Anything Goes (1)

Love to Craft Challenge No 2 - Anything Goes (1)

Paper Creator's Crafts Challenge No 51 - Christmas