52 {C}CT September Stash Challenge

We've reached the end of September, folks! How scary is that?! With  a little under three months for Christmas - let the panic begin!

Before we sink into manic mayhem, let's just take a quiet moment and look at this card I made for the Stash Challenge over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown. The brief this week is: Diamonds and Pearls ... for that elegant extravagance befitting Christmas.

I decided on a clean and simple design using traditional Christmas red & green combo with pearls, rhinestones and Stardust Stickles for that mandatory festive sparkle. The stamps are from Clearly Besotted's new Christmas Sparkle set.

I made a window card,  framed with Spellbinders Eyelet Circle. I dotted the card base with
Stardust Stickles and finished off with a big red bow.

All around the frame I adhered flat-back pearls. 

On the inside I stamped the tree and decorated it with clear rhinestones and more
Stickles!

Parading my tree at these challenges:

Sister Act Card #76: AG Cards Only
Brown Sugar #113: AG
Word Art Wednesday #151: AG Inspirational
ABC Christmas: S for Something Festive
Completely Christmas #31: AG Christmas
Dream It Up: Christmas & Holidays
CHNC September Extra: AG Christmas

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Stash challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm UK / 1pm EST on Friday, 3rd October. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Danielle * Deborah * Fabiola * Gill * Jacqueline * Louise * Patricia * Ruth

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see y'all in blogland. Have a sparkly Saturday, friends!

Beijinhos

52 {C}CT September Theme Challenge

Well well, it's the third week of September, folks. We're getting ever closer to Christmas. Over at the 52 {C}CT grotto we're celebrating a Nordic Christmas. That's our theme for this week.

Admittedly, after I picked the theme there was a brief moment of excitement and then ... cold sweat and a resounding "What were you thinking?!" I found myself flipping through Ikea's 2013 Christmas catalogue for inspiration.

To spare you the humiliation (of being outed as a flatpack junkie and a hoarder), nip over to  the 52 {C}CT blog where I've included some tips on how to achieve the Nordic or Scandinavian look for your Christmas creations.

Here's my offering for this week's challenge using Chocolate Baroque stamps:

The patterned paper is from Papermania's "Home For Christmas" 6x6 pad.
I did some stitching. The greeting is from CB Warm Christmas Greetings, 
heat embossed in white. 

Here's a close-up of the tree from CB Holly Bells.
 I heat embossed it in white on kraft CS and fussy cut it.
I added some Stickles for some subtle glitter and finished
it off with some red & white twine and one red bling in 
the starat the top of the tree.

A few challenges for this card:

CHNC Extra September: AG Christmas
Addicted To Stamps #113: Holidays
Word Art Wednesday #150: AG Uplifting
Christmas Card Challenge #42: Colour / AG Christmas

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Theme challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm UK / 1pm EST on Friday, 26th September. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Danielle * Deborah * Fabiola * Gill * Jacqueline * Louise * Patricia * Ruth

Thank you stopping by today and have a lovely weekend, friends!

Beijinhos

52 {C}CT September Colour Challenge

Welcome to 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Colour Challenge. It's my second week playing hostess and I get to choose the colours. Here's the colour prompt - nothing complicated.

 Red OR Blue + Black AND White + Silver OR Gold.

Deedee Designs will be sponsoring the challenges for September. Head on over to Deedee's on-line store to take a peek (and be tempted!) by her beautiful artwork.

Here's my card for this week - an icy easel card:

The image and greeting are from Chocolate Baroque's Snowy Penguin clear stamp set.
I heat embossed the snowflakes and inked the background with Distress Inks: Broken China,
Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass. I added silver bling and tied silver crochet thread for
some festive sparkle.

I coloured the image with Graph'It and Promarkers.
Snowman: GI Antarctic, Fresh Mint, Blender
Hat & Scarf: PM Royal Blue, True Blue & Azure.
Black bling for his eyes and blue for his buttons complete the snowman.

Some challenges for this card:

Sweet Stampin' Christmas September: Christmas Critters
Christmas Card Challnges #41: Tall & Skinny / AG Christmas
CHNC Extra September: AG Christmas
Shopping Our Stash #168: Chicken / Any Other Bird - Penguin
Fussy & Fancy #122: More Than One Fold - easel card
Completely Christmas #29: AG Christmas

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Colour challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm UK / 1pm EST on Friday, 19th September. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Danielle * Deborah * Fabiola * Gill * Jacqueline * Louise * Patricia * Ruth

Rosie's Update:

Rosie is doing well. Her appetite is back, the fever is gone, she's starting to gain weight, her blood-work is encouraging and she's playing ball!. The not so good news is her tumour is hasn't reduced much. On the other hand, we should be thankful that it hasn't grown. We're seeing the oncologist again at the end of the month to discuss "what next". Until then, we're enjoying having Rosie back.     

That's all from me today. Thank you for stopping by and have a fun weekend!

Beijinhos,

52 {C}CT September Sketch Challenge

Hello, friends! This month it's my turn to host the weekly challenges at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown ... and I am thrilled to bits.

First up is a sketch challenge. You can flip it, rotate it or square it. As long as the basic design is recognisable, you're good to go.

We also have a a fabulous sponsor for September: Deedee Designs. Head on over to Deedee's on-line store and take a peek (and be tempted!) by her beautiful art.

Enough chit-chat, let's take a look at my project for the challenge. I'm pairing contemporary colours with traditional image of a partridge in a pear tree and 2 turtle doves.  

For the background I did some emboss-resist with white heat embossed snow flakes
Distress Inks in Peacock Feather and Mowed Lawn.  Embellies include some sheer
turquoise ribbon and blue bling. The greeting is from CB's Stained Glass Christmas,
stamped onto a piece of vellum with Brilliance Graphite Black ink.

This image is from CB's Turtle Dove stamp set, coloured with Graph'It and Promarkers.

These technicolor turtle doves are also from CB's Turtle Dove set, coloured with
Graph'It markers and dressed in Stardust Stickles.

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from CB's Christmas Magic clear stamp set. 

A few challenges for this card:

Completely Christmas #28: AG Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #148: AG Uplifting

Christmas Card Challenges #40: AG Christmas
CHNC September Extra: AG Christmas
Bloggers' Challenge: A Stitch In Time
CHNC #193: Do You Hear What I Hear - birds

Sweet Stampin: Great Outdoors - birds, tree and snow

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Sketch challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm UK / 1pm EST on Friday, 12th September. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Danielle * Deborah * Fabiola * Gill * Jacqueline * Louise * Patricia * Ruth

That's all from me today. Thank you for stopping by and have a fun weekend!

Beijinhos,

52 {C}CT August Pick-A-Previous Challenge

Here we are at the last Saturday in August and we have a Pick-A-Previous Challenge. Our talented hostess, Gill Prescott, has decided that we should play with one of our previous sketches.

You can pick any sketch, starting with our very first one back January 2012 and the most one of August 2014. Head on over the Sketches Archive and pick one.

My choice for this week is Sketch #4 of April 2012 and I'm using traditional Christmas colours.

The bg paper is from BoBunny Mistletoe 6x6 pad. I stamped the
greeting from CB Warm Christmas Greetings directly onto the paper
and finished the card with sone gingham ribbon tied in a knot.

The wreath is from CB Hearth and Home. I coloured it with Graph'It markers
and embellished it with Liquid Pearls and bling.

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from CB's Warm Christmas Greeting. 

Challenges for this card:

Completely Christmas #27: AG Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #147: AG Uplifting
Brown Sugar Challenge #109: AG
Moving Along With The Times: Stitching
Aud Sentiments #114: Any Sentiment Other Than Birthday
Christmas Card Challenges #39: Photo Inspiration / AG Christmas
CHNC August Extra: AG Christmas

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Pick-A-Previous: Sketch challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, 5th September. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Ruth * Jacqueline * Louise * Deborah * Patricia * Danielle * Gill * Fabiola

Rosie's Update:

Since my last update, Rosie has had couple of seriously bad days and then she bounced back. Her fever broke, the antibiotics kicked in and she's stable. She is anaemic and will need a couple of shots to stimulate production of red blood cells. We'll start this treatment on Monday. For now we are thankful for little mercies. She's eating on her own without much persuasion, she's eager to go walkies and has started to play with Richard Parker ... these are reasons enough to celebrate.

I am grateful for your prayers and healing thoughts ... Rosie says thank you too! And thank you for stopping by today. Have a fabulous weekend, my friends!

Beijinhos!

52 {C}CT August Stash Challenge

It's Saturday and time for another festive challenge. Our lovely hostess Gill Prescott want us to rummage through our crafty stash and create a project featuring "Glitter And Bling".  Oooh! I love a sparkly Christmas.



My project this week showcases A Cottage Christmas set by Waltzingmouse Stamps. It has tons of sparkly fibres, stickles and bling.

The patterned paper is actually a recycled piece of wrapping paper.
Apart form the glitter and bling, the only other extra is a little sheer ribbon. 

Here's a close-up of the cottage. I coloured it with Graph'It markers. 

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the A Cottage Christmas.

Challenges for this card:

Completely Christmas #25: AG Christmas

Sister Act #71: AG Card Only
Word Art Wednesday #146: AG Uplifting

CHNC August Extra: AG Christmas

Freshly Brewed Designs #2: Glitter Galore

Christmas Card Challenges #38: Embossing / AG Christmas


Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Stash challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, 29th August. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Mynnette * Ruth * Jacqueline * Louise * Deborah * Patricia * Danielle * Gill * Fabiola

Rosie's Update:

This hasn't been a good week for Rosie. She's battling a fever which started on Monday. She's been admitted twice and after several tests it looks like tick fever! How on earth is this possible? She's never had any issues with ticks or fleas. All our pets have monthly spot-on treatments. It's mind boggling to me but not completely inconceivable, according to our vet. Following her chemo, Rosie is immunocompromised and all it takes is one pesky bite. Completely harmless for the rest of us but not so for poor Rosie. So now she spends the day at the vet on IV fluids and meds. Her appetite is very bad and has to be fed by hand until she is able to eat on her own again. Now that we've got her on the right antibiotics, fingers crossed she'll start feeling better. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I'm sorry I haven't been visiting and commenting much. It has been a truly hectic week for me and Rosie continues to hog my attention :-)  Have a lovely weekend, friends.

Beijinhos!

52 {C}CT August Theme Challenge

Yes, my friends, it's Saturday... again! It's becoming a habit now for the girls at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown to put their Christmas makes on display. This week, our spirited hostess Gill Prescott is serving up some "Mistletoe and Wine"... oh so quintessentially festive!

Here's my take on this week's theme. I couldn't get my hands on some mistletoe but there was no shortage of wine ... hic!

The two Chocolate Baroque stamps sets featured in this card are:
Pears and Baubles A4 sheet and Christmas Magic clear stamps.

No patterned papers. Instead, I  embossed some red CS with the
Swiss Dots EF and used that as my background.  The mistletoe,
pear and sentiment are from the Pears & Baubles set. I coloured
the mistletoe with Promarkers (Holly, Pine, Lush Green, Leaf Green).
The sentiment is embossed in white. Pretty much a CAS card. 

I embossed the pear in gold and inked it with TH Peeled Paint.

On the inside, more mistletoe and a sentiment from the
Christmas Magic set, stamped in Memento Rhubarb Stalk.

We're swaggering off to these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #145: AG Uplifting
Brown Sugar #107: AG
CHNC August Extra: AG Christmas
PINspirational Challenge #120: AG
C.RA.F.T #272: Christmas
Christmas Card Challenges #37: Colour / AG Christmas
Addicted To Stamps #107: Holiday
I Love Promarkers: AG + Promarkers

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Theme challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, 22nd August. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Mynnette * Ruth * Jacqueline * Louise * Deborah * Patricia * Danielle * Gill * Fabiola

I just had to include a little video of this much loved Christmas song made popular by Sir Cliff Richard, which was released in 1988. This song also happens to be his only #1 hit in the '80s. In case you're wondering, the soloist at the end of the song is 13-year old James Rainbird. Who? He performed the Welsh lullaby "Suo Gân" in Steven Spielberg's "Empire Of The Sun". That's enough trivia for today :-)  

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of the weekend, my friends!

Beijinhos!

52 {C}CT August Colour Challenge

Another Saturday has rolled on by, folks. And that can only mean one thing ... time to play along with the girls at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown. This week,  our lovely hostess Gill Prescott is giving you a choice of 4 Colours - Silver, Gold, White and Cream .... oh how gloriously decadent, right?

Here's how I've used these colours:

(Metallic colours are not easy to photograph. Oh the blinding glare! The pictures are a little underexposed... but you get the idea.) 

I'm CAS with this one. Just some cream CS and silver metallic
paperfor layering. I've stamped the greeting from
WMS Say It Loud Winter Holiday with VersaColor Silver.

Here's a close-up. The ornaments are from WMS Vintage Ornaments
heat embossed in metallic gold EP and cut out with Spellbinders dies.
I also added some Opaque White Liquid Pearls and finished each ornament
with some stitching in cream and silver eyelets.

The sentiment s also from WMS Vintage Ornaments.

A few challenges for these baubles:

Completely Christmas #24: AG Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges #36: Embellish It

CHNC Extra August: AG Christmas

Cut It Up #51: Inspired By A Song - "Silver & Gold" - from the movie "Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer".

Crafts 4 Eternity #188 - AG

Word Art Wednesday #144 - AG Uplifting

Sister Act Cards #69 - AG Cards Only

Winter Wonderland: AG Christmas

Addicted To CAS #44: Gold

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Colour challenge. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, 15th August. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Mynnette * Ruth * Jacqueline * Louise * Deborah * Patricia * Danielle * Gill * Fabiola

That's all from me today. Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a sunny weekend! We're off hiking later this evening to see the Supermoon ... exciting!

I'll leave you with the song that inspired this card. Here's a clip of "Silver and Gold" sung by Burl Ives in the movie "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" (1964) ...  an oldie and I love it!

Beijinhos!

A Little Flutter ... and a WINNER!

Hello, my friends! We're in for a little midweek frenzy! Remember the July month-long bloghop over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown? It's time to announce the identity of the lucky winner from my blogpost. But first let me say that I am overwhelmed by all the lovely comments and there is no way I could have picked just one person. So, all the names went into a hat and my handsome furry assistant, Ricard Parker, picked ... drum rolls, please ....

ANET VAN ZYL of Anet's Crafting Blog

WOOOOHOOO! Congratulations, Anet! You have won a £10 GIFT VOUCHER to spend on Christmas stamps at Chocolate Baroque - my favourite rubber stamp company. I'll be contacting you soon with details.  

I'd like to sneak in a project featuring one of the two new August stamps by Chocolate Baroque - the  delightfully luscious Honeysuckle Butterfly. The flowers, the butterflies ... swoon.

 
The inspiration for this project came from an ancient oriental embroidered scarf I saw at a museum recently. With minimal distractions - just 4 tiny brads - this card is all about that gorgeous image. 

Here's how I made it:

First I prepared the dark blue background by stamping the tiny leafy stalk which looks like bamboo shoots, using VersaMagic Mango Madness. Next I stamped the honeysuckle using Memento Tuxedo Black onto 300gsm bleed-proof paper  and very lightly sponged the edges with TH Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink and very lightly stamped more bamboo shoots using TH Bundled Sage.

Next, the fun part - colouring the image. I use Graph'It and Promarkers:
Flowers: GI - 02180, 02160, 02150, 02110
Greens: PM - Pine, Forrest Green, Leaf Green, Apple Green
Butterflies: PM - Royal Blue, True Blue, Azure, Sky Blue and GI - 03190, 03160

On the inside, I stamped a big bold greeting from CB's Birthday Words A5 stamp sheet ... and that bamboo leafy twiggy thingy :-)

A few challenges for this card:

Artistic Stampers August: AG

Bearly Mine August: AG

Sieze The Birthday: Seeing Yellow

Craft Room Challenge: A Summer Garden

FanTastic Tuesday #47: AG Square / Rectangular

Word Art Wednesday #144: AG Uplifting

Rosie's Update:

Tomorrow is a big day for my Rosie. It's the last cycle of conventional chemo with Doxorubicin. She's also on metronomic chemo with Palladia and we will keep that going for 2 months or so ... then we'll see what the scans show us. 

That's all from me today. Thank you so very much for stopping by and I wish you a day of pretty flowers and blue butterflies :-)

Beijinhos! 

52 {C}CT August Sketch Challenge

Welcome to the first of our August instalments of 52{Christmas}Card Throwdown. We're back to our regular program, i,e. it's time for a sketch challenge. Our hostess for the month is the super talented Gill Prescott. Before we get on with the challenge, here's a little update on our July Blog Hop.








Blog Hop Update:
There were so many gorgeous entries and comments on my blog. After several failed attempts I've finally managed to make a short-list. I'm giving away a Gift Voucher worth £10 to ONE lucky person to spend at my favourite stamp company: Chocolate Baroque. The identity of the winner will be announced at the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown at Noon (GMT) on Wednesday, 6th August 2014. Make you to keep at eye out ..... it could be YOU!



On to this week's sketch challenge. I made a masculine card using Chocolate Baroque's latest Christmas rubber stamps. The stag is from the A5 sheet called: Snowy Scenes and the greeting is from the Christmas Magic set.


















Here's my offering:

The patterned papers are from Papermania's Christmas In The Country. Simple
embellies - twine and bling - and the card is done! 

I coloured the stag with Graph'It markers:
Head & Neck - Mocha, Espresso, Cigar, Havana, Sahara, Cream.
Antlers - Cacao, Chocolate, Cognac.  Bell - Carrot, Mango.
Inked the edges with TH Bundled Sage.

On the inside we have a sentiment from Chocolate Baroque's Warm Christmas Greetings.

My stag is all dressed up for these challenges:

Winter Wonderland: AG Christmas

CHNC Extra August: AG Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round: Sparkle & Shine - bling 

Completely Christmas #23: AG Christmas

Party Time Tuesday #183: Christmas In Red, White & Blue

Southern Girls Challenge: Christmas Is A Coming

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's sketch. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge sketch and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, August 8th. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Mynnette * Ruth * Jacqueline * Louise * Deborah * Patricia * Danielle * Gill * Fabiola

Thanks for stopping by and a HUGE round of applause to all who participated in out July Blog Hop. Don't forget to swing by the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog on Wednesday, August 6th to see if you are the lucky one! Have a fun weekend!

Beijinhos!

52 {C}CT: Christmas In July Blog Hop

Hello hello hello, my friends! Yes.... I am terribly excited to welcome you to the 52 {Christmas} Card Christmas in July Blog Hop. If you've arrived here from Mynn's blog, you are on the right track! If you haven't and want to participate for a chance to win honours and/or prizes, please go back to the original hop post and follow along with us! Come and take a peek at the creations I made using our prompts for the month!

This month we have 4 weekly prompts but for this Blog Hop we're playing ALL of them for the entire month! Head on over to the original hop post and see what you need to do to win.

Here's my card based on our Sketch prompt for the month:

The patterned paper is from Papermania Signature Christmas A4 pad.

This lovely image is from Chocolate Baroque's Family Christmas.
I coloured it with Graph'It and Promarkers. 3 blue bling for some
festive sparkle. 

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the same set.

A few challenges for this card:

Festive Friday #35: Photo Inspiration - pressies under the tree
Jingle Belles: Shopping Our Stash - paper (3yrs), stamps (2 yrs), bling (2 yrs)
CHNC Extra July: AG Christmas
Completely Christmas #19: AG Christmas
Brown Sugar #101: AG
Simply Create #65: Christmas In July
CHNC #184: Make Your Mark - alcohol markers

Thank you for coming by to leave a comment! Don't forget--hop along with us starting at the original 52CCT post for multiple chances to win honours and prizes! Your next stop will be Danielle! Merry hopping!

Beijinhos!

52 {C}CT June Stash Challenge

And so we've arrived at the our last dance in June. The lovely ladies at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown, led by the talented Louise of Cats, Cards and Cupcakes have made have dug deep into their stash to make Christmas cards with "Charms".

Our guest designer for the month - the talented Marie Flayer of NJ Stamping Queen - will be playing along too. Please stop by Marie's blog and take a peek at what she's created for your viewing pleasure.

Here's my offering for this challenge, featuring a wintery scene from Chocolate Baroque's The Gift Of Christmas A4 stamp sheet:

The card measures 6"x6" and no patterned papers were harmed in its production!
I made my own by stamping snowflakes onto light grey CS using VersaColor Silver
and VersaMagic Sea Breeze. On the tree, I adhered teeny tiny red bling.

I coloured the image with Graph'It and Promarkers.
Roof: GI 9400, 9402, 9404, 9406, 9408
House: GI 1230, 1250, 1270, 2105, 2120, 3245
Tree & Shrubs: PM Pine, Forest Green, Leaf Green
Sky: TH Distress Ink Tumbled Glass

Here's a close-up... in case you missed the snowflake charm. I also added lots of
Stardust Stickles for some festive sparkle.  

On the inside is a greeting from CB's Warm Christmas Greetings.

A few challenges for this card:

CHNC Extra June: AG Christmas
Completely Christmas #18: AG Christmas
Christmas Card Challenges #30: Photo Inspiration /AG Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas: Show Me Some Glitter
Word Art Wednesday #138: AG Uplifting
Jingle Belles: A Christmas Story - "A Christmas Story" 1983 movie directed by Bob Clark.
My Perfect Life: Christmas (JFF) - join Marina as she works towards her goal of making 48 festive cards! 
Graph'It Colour Challenge #26: AG With A Marker

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's Stash: "Charms". In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge theme and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, July 4th. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Mynnette * Ruth * Jacqueline * Louise * Deborah * Patricia * Danielle * Gill * Fabiola

Rosie's Update:
Rosie spent all of yesterday asleep and ate very little. She's on a special high-calorie high-nutrition formula. It helps with the nausea and the lack of appetite. There are oral meds she has to take, so skipping meals is not an option. The first couple of days are usually the worst. I'm confident she'll do better tomorrow. Thank you for all your loving thoughts.

And thanks for stopping by today. I'm sorry I haven't been actively blogging or commenting. With so much going on, I've focused my crafting mainly on getting my DT commitments out on time.  I'll be back tomorrow with another post for another challenge. It's marathon week for me!  Have a lovely weekend, my friends, and I'll see y'all tomorrow.
Beijinhos!