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There's a Hole in my Bucket

This weeks Challenge was set by Jenny on the Design Team,
She choose a Hole in my bucket
I want people to make their card etc with a Hole in it - It could be an aperture card, a shaker card or anything aslong as it has a Hole in it!
I don't really mean for it to be a bucket, That's just the song!

There is a Prize up for Grabs this week on Cupcake Craft Challenges, 1 Lucky Person will receive a Bag of Around the World Brads, Cool yeah?

So what you waiting for get over to Cupcake Craft Challenges and join in!

Oh wait scroll down and take a look at my Design Team piece for the challenge this week first though please.


This card was a challenge in itself for me again,
Firstly as i haven't been well all week this is the first time i have attempted to do any crafting in over a week ( nearly 2 weeks)
Another thing is my Darling Partner brought me some Stampin' up goodies when i wasn't myself,
He got me some Whisper white card, I heard people mention this saying how it was brilliant with the sansdour stuff? personally i didn't believe it as i got on "ok" with the Papermill Linen card(front/backside depending on the look i wanted)
When i say OK , i mean its OK but it hasn't made me jump for joy and want to pick up my expensive pencils and do more , BUT Now I'm officially in love with my new Stampin up Whisper White card! everybody is right it glides so well , its just the perfect thickness for cardmaking ie for images, Nothing smudges, nothing bleeds, it just Glides!

Sorry i got excited over White card then!

Back onto my card for this weeks challenge...

The other reason it was a challenge for me is , its an A4 card again ( A3 folded in Half )
And it was the first time i have really used my pencils on a card and I'm so pleased with the colouring,
The Chair on the card i used a little Anitas 3-d Gloss, Over the "wood" to give really nice Rich Shiny wood effect, it gives the "bevelled" feel to the chair and makes it come to life.
I have also bevelled the Whiff of joy stamp onto the chair so she isn't laying flat, But i forgot to take a picture of that to show you.

Using my new Cuttlebug ( another new toy from my Partner )
I have tons of Cuttlebug Embossing boards, so it was time i got to use them?
So out comes the Christmas Tree, embossed behind the chair so it looks like she is sitting in front on a Christmasy day drinking her hot drink in front of the tree, The Tree has a slash of Green Gemstones on.

For my "hole" i have used 3 Eyelets, and also The Scalloped Edge at the bottom of the Green paper has Punched Holes in.

Hope you like it

This week over at Cupcake Craft Challenges, We were set a Challenge by Jennifer, Which was " Turn up the Heat" You can use any form of "heat" on your work, you could use Heat Embossing, Heat Tools, "HOT" colours if you don't want to use actual Heat.

This week i decided to try candles, Please note that i only made 1 candle before so I'm not very good but practice makes perfect eh!

This was my 1st Attempt...

This was my 2nd Attempt...

Checkout the Blog there is some Stunning Creations on there this week

After having such a busy week, so annoyed i wasn't able to join in ONCE again on my own challenge blogs, hey ho!

I managed to get my card done for Cupcake Craft Challenges in Time,
But also i combined this challenge with the Basic Grey (I'll never win anything anyways, just do it for fun, Hence breaking the rules as you need to do "new" work when trying for the prizes)

Here is my Card for my DT work for Cupcake Craft Challenges
& BasicGrey Challenges
(Like Cupcake Craft Challenges, Basic Grey is another Blog i have designed)

This weeks Cupcake challenge 8 - is a Sketch
Basic Rules you can flip it turn it etc , as long as it still looks like the sketch.

This week Crafty krafts is Sponsoring Cupcake Challenges
1 Lucky Person that joins in will get a chance to win
1 WonderBoard
1 6x6 Paper Pack
1 pack of Chipboard
all for doing a little card!
so Don't forget to join in this week!

You have until Monday 13th at 9am Adelaide time to join in if you wish to be considered for the prize, There is a clock on the Blog of Lauren's " adelaide" time.
But my personal choice is, Here it shows you, YOUR time and HER time and counts down

And This weeks BasicGrey Challenge 5 is Scalloping
Of Course the rules are you must include BasicGrey Items in your work.

Right now i have bored you all to death,
Onto my Card for this weeks challenges
(please excuse the quality of the photos i left it a bit late to take pictures, then it was Very dark)






This card was a challenge in its own Rights its an A4 Card,
I brought some 8x8, A4 & A4 folded longways cards among others a while ago,
And i thought they would be great, I find them a little hard work as they are so big, its hard to get them right, not to over do it or under do it.
Once again i have used the Wonderboard for the Embossed Lines going across the bottom half

My Very First Time on the CCC ( Cupcake Craft Challenges ) as a Design Team member.

Challenge 7 ~ Christmas
Hi everyone,
Its time for another challenge. This weeks challenge is Christmas, you could make a card, a tree decoration, a cake, ATC, tag, anything. As long as the theme is Christmas.
Entries need to be in by Monday 6/10 9am (Adelaide Time Please)
If you go to the blog there is a little clock on there that tells you what time "Lauren" is in.
Gives us British people extra time!

Now i was told not to rush etc and not to worry about this week ( as i only had a couple hours notice while working on Cupcakes Blog Makeover)
But i really wanted to join in this week, I didn't think i would get a chance to but come midnight i quickly went upstairs and started to play, The card turned out a right mess! it was late i was tired, i Haven't made a card for a while etc

Anyways I stuck with it as i decided i liked the embossed lines too much to leave it!

Then Finally a light bulb moment! - I remembered all the fabulous Hanglar & stAnglar images i got last week, and i was able to colour a couple in on Saturday while in the garden.

So here is my super quick Christmas Card for This weeks Challenge

(Close up of the Hanglar & stAnglar Coloured with Copics, No Shading Done)

The Card was made using the Wonderboard, For the Embossed Lines