Glitter Me Silly

Hi y’all and happy holidays to everyone.  I hope it was a good one for everyone and Santa visited with some lovliness for you.  I was a very lucky girl this year – I got a KitchenAid stand mixer.  For those who bake out there I’m sure this means something to you, for those that don’t all you need to know is that it looks AMAZING!!!!  I didn’t think it would be under the tree in my wildest dreams so I was speechless when I opened it!!!

Hubby also bought me a bread maker (I think he’s trying to tell me something!!) and lots of other gorgeous goodies.  The kids all had a fab time and it was a great family day.  Hope it was for you all too.

Right, onto the real purpose of this post!!  We have a new challenge at A Passion for Papertrey which is to make a project featuring a stamped background.  This can be either with any of the fabulous PTI background stamps or a freestyle design – whatever tickles your fancy!!  Here is my sample which is of course a Christmas card!!  I used the Background Basics: Christmas and Big and Bold Holiday Wishes sets.  A nice simple design – easy to mass produce!!

Ok, as it’s New Year’s Eve (yes, I am posting this WAY too late) and we have several friends coming over for the celebrations, I had better get my wee butt in gear and start preparing.  Think I’ll make a lemon drizzle cake with my gorgeous mixer – yes, I will use it and not just stroke it!!

Big Hugs,
Caryn xxxx

YES!  A new challenge has just begun over on our A Passion for Papertrey blog.  We want pearls on your cards and projects so get crafting!

I am still in Christmas card-making mode at the moment so my card is another festive one! I used my beloved Peaceful Poinsettia set along with Big and Bold Holiday Wishes. The image and sentiment have been stamped in Versamark and then embossed in white filligree powder. I am loving this colour combo of Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist and Kraft – loads of my cards this year have used it! Caryn x

Recipe:
Stamps: Peaceful Poinsettia/Big and Bold Holiday Wishes
Ink: Versamark
Card: Kraft/ Aqua Mist/Pure Poppy/Spring Moss
Other: White Filligree embossong powder/Martha Stewart Edge punch/adhesive pearls and gem/Nestabilities: Lacy Circles and Standard Circles

Now I just have to find the time to write them all and get them in the post!

Hugs,
Caryn xxx

 Woo hoo – another great challenge on the way today over at Passion For ProMarkers and another fabulous bundle of prizes.  Here’s the deets:

 “We would like to stay a massive thank you for all your support for our blog hop and special challenge over the past 2 weeks.  It has been wonderful to visit all your blogs and see the fantastic talent and creativity around in blogland!  You certainly made it a blog hop to remember.  Please check back later this evening to find out if you are one of our lucky winners.  As we stated at the start of the challenge we unfortunately won’t be choosing any top 5 passionista as we will be too busy sorting out all the prize winners – I’m sure you’ll understand. 
Following on from our blog hop & special challenge we now have a Mega Christmas challenge for you which will last until January 4th 2011.  I’m sure you’ll agree that the design team deserve a little break to catch up on their last minute gifts and cards.  However to make up for the lack of challenges we again have some magnificent prizes up for grabs. 
Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is a nice easy one “anything goes”, just remember to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be eligible for our prizes.  Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges.  “