CHALLENGE 123 AUTUMN FOLIAGE

Well another two weeks gone by and challenge completed. Thanks so much for your lovely entries - as always you can see some of them over on my favourites blog.
We are now well into the autumn/fall season and the trees up here in the Highlands are showing some wonderful colours - this inspired my challenge this week AUTUMN FOLIAGE. Leaves, trees, flowers the choice is yours and do remember you will still be in with a chance to win the lovely stamps from Caroline - I will draw the winner on Halloween. So the more entries you have the more chances to win.....
As usual you may create whatever you fancy be it atc, card, scrapbook layout, tag, inchie, 4 x 4 - the choice is yours. As always add your creation to your blog or email me direct with the picture if you don't have a blog. Leave me a comment with a direct link to your work of art and I will pop over to have a look. Please include a link to my challenge site on your blog. Thanks and enjoy the challenge.
Here is my card showing some fungi - I found a mushroom in the plant pot that held last year's poinsettia over the waters - very odd.

CHALLENGE 122 AROUND THE WORLD - 2 weeks - new challenge 21st October

Many thanks for your lovely Arched entries last week. As always they are on my favourites blog.
This week, today in fact, I am on my way home from overseas so I thought AROUND THE WORLD would be an appropriate topic - I have chosen Africa, a place I have never been.
Choose whatever country you wish and make your creation a card, atc, layout , bookmark - the choice is endless and yours alone.
This month there will be a lovely prize from Caroline - three unmounted stamp sets - see picture below. I will choose a winner at the end of October so have fun with your entry. This challenge will last for two weeks.

As always add your creation to your blog or email me direct with the picture if you don't have a blog. Leave me a comment with a direct link to your work of art and I will pop over to have a look. Please include a link to my challenge site on your blog.

Here is my African card for inspiration.

OCTOBER PRIZE - you have to enter to win

Here are the lovely stamps you can win this month donated by Caroline from Carolines' Rubber Stamps. I think you will agree they are lovely.

Thank you Caroline for your generosity.

Do check out Carolines blog for inspiration too.

I will choose the winner at the end of the month. Good luck

CHALLENGE 121 - GOTHIC CHRISTMAS

Many thanks for your lovely entries last week. You can see them over on the favourites blog as usual.
You will all be pleased to know the Island has returned to it's normal lovely peaceful self with gloriously long summer days and temperatures of 83 degrees or thereabouts.
However as it is almost October, the nights are drawing in and the time has come to start those Christmas creations  if you haven't done so already.  So this week I would like you to create something Christmassy but in the shape of a GOTHIC ARCH.  There are many types of Arch you can use so just design your own and have fun.

As always you may create whatever you fancy be it atc, card, scrapbook layout, tag, inchie, 4 x 4 - the choice is yours. As always add your creation to your blog or email me direct with the picture if you don't have a blog. Leave me a comment with a direct link to your work of art and I will pop over to have a look. Please include a link to my challenge site on your blog.
Have fun and enjoy the challenge.


Here is my arch hope you like it.

CHALLENGE 120 - TICK TOCK

Thanks so much for all your gorgeous creatIons this last week - you can see them over on my favourites blog as usual.
This week my challenge should be wind, rain and hurricanes as I just survived the dreadfully dangerous Hurricane Igor - BUT - I would not make you do that so - my challenge is TICK TOCK. How is that related you may ask - well - The 36 or so hours I spent in a secure basement hospital office whilst my husband worked and the hurricane blew over us were the longest and most scary I have ever spent and time went very slowly hence this challenge. 
You may use anything related to clocks, watches and time in general and have fun with the challenge.
As usual you may create whatever you fancy be it atc, card, scrapbook layout, tag, inchie, 4 x 4 - the choice is yours. As always add your creation to your blog or email me direct with the picture if you don't have a blog. Leave me a comment with a direct link to your work of art and I will pop over to have a look. Please include a link to my challenge site on your blog.
Thanks also to the many friends who supported me through the weekend - you know who you are.
During this time, believe it or not I had the offer of a new sponsor (thank you you know who) - so two in the future to come (will not do them till October when I am home and can post out the prizes) so hope you will understand the delay.


As usual you may create whatever you fancy be it atc, card, scrapbook layout, tag, inchie, 4 x 4 - the choice is yours. As always add your creation to your blog or email me direct with the picture if you don't have a blog. Leave me a comment with a direct link to your work of art and I will pop over to have a look. Please include a link to my challenge site on your blog. Thanks and enjoy the challenge.


Here is my card created partly during the hurricane and finished off today (a lovely sunny and windless day)

Check out my crafty blog for some pre Hurricane pictures.

Challenge 119 - FEATHERS

Many thanks for your lovely entries last week there were some beauties again - check them out on the sampler over on my favourites blog.
This week I would like you to use FEATHERS in your creation - real or stamped the choice is yours.
As usual you may create whatever you fancy be it atc, card, scrapbook layout, tag, inchie, 4 x 4 - the choice is yours. As always add your creation to your blog or email me direct with the picture if you don't have a blog. Leave me a comment with a direct link to your work of art and I will pop over to have a look. Please include a link to my challenge site on your blog. Thanks and enjoy the challenge.

Just as an aside I am lucky enough to have managed to get a ticket to one of the Tim Holtz courses he is running in the UK next year - to say I am excited - well not quite the right words....... roll on February and please do not snow then...... as I need to fly down there.....

Here is my feathery bookmark to give you some inspiration.
Have fun

CHALLENGE 118 BLACK WHITE AND SILVER

Well another week gone by and we are well into September - time flies....
Thanks for all your lovely dreaming entries last week - you can see them on the favourites blog as always.
Now for the new challenge today - I would like you to use BLACK, WHITE AND SILVER in your creation. I have done a lovely card, scanned it and added it to Picasa - obviously on my home computer. BUT I am here in Toronto without my netbook using Geoff's laptop - so that means I cannot show my card until I get to Bermuda and have access to my laptop there sorry.... silly me!!
However I know you do not need any inspiration for this one so as always create a work of art, add it to Mr Linky and link your card back to my blog.
If you would like to be GD just add that to your comment please.
I will come and visit you and leave comments too.
In the next few weeks I have a new sponsor coming up and an old one (if you see what I mean) so keep checking for further info.
Enjoy.

CHALLENGE 117 'DREAMING'

Well what a lot of gorgeous entries last week - thanks to each and every one of you. I was actually thinking I may close down for a wee while but now I will carry on. Some of your lovely designs can be seen over on my favourites blog.
This week I would like you to 'DREAM' with me.  Whatever you dream will be a lovely surprise for me - as long as you include the words Dream or Dreaming in the creation somewhere.
As usual you may create whatever you fancy be it atc, card, scrapbook layout, tag, inchie, 4 x 4 - the choice is yours. As always add your creation to your blog or email me direct with the picture if you don't have a blog. Leave me a comment with a direct link to your work of art and I will pop over to have a look. Please include a link to my challenge site on your blog. Thanks and enjoy the challenge.
Here is my card for dreaming inspiration if you need it.