Final TCC Challenge

Yes you read that right, this is my final TCC challenge card as the challenge blog will be closing & there's no longer a need for me to create with these awesome images. There's still challenges going on for the rest of the month & the store will remain open it's just the challenge part is closing down. This week's challenge is to create something with "Dazzle" like foil, shiny stuff, think anything with a mirror look. Here's what I came up with:

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I used royal blue foil paper & one of the new release images for December called: Whimtree, cute tree isn't it?

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Kendra & Kelly for the honor of being on their design team for what I think was almost a year. They are a couple of great artists & working with their images was such a pleasure, I plan to continue working with these images for a long time, thanks ladies! I'd also like to thank the Design Team, starting with the coordinator Fink, great job keeping things going each week, thanks & the rest of the team as well it was a pleasure working with you all Cleota, Lola, Jessica, DJ, Chelsea, Georgia, Joyce & Nancy, I hope to see you all in blog world in the future, take care!

Glitter, Glitter, Glitter

Challenge! Yep that's right today's Friday & time for another The Character Cafe Challenge. This week's challenge is to use, you guessed it "Glitter". Glitter & shiny things are so my favorite, I had a great time creating this card:

A closer look:

A bit of a better view of the glitter:

This is one of the new images from the latest release called Snow Friendly, super cute don't you think? I used some old DCWV glitter paper, those are the squares, the square lace Nestabilities & some pink bling. Hope you liked it, thanks for coming by today!

The Character Cafe December Blog Hop!

Hi there everyone glad you came by for another blog hop with The Character Cafe. If you didn't start at the beginning you'll want to go the store first, if you're hopping along you should have come from Cleota's blog.

The images that Kendra & Kelly came up with this month are great, this one is called Sledding:

A close up:

Neat image isn't it? I used plaid paper from my stash & some sticker snowflakes as well. Now be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win this very image, then head on over to Fink's blog to see what she has to share. Have fun hopping, thanks again for coming by!

Little Rascal... Scamp ...

Hello & thanks for coming by today! For my US blogger friends I sure hope you had a wonderful dinner with your loved ones today & that your Thanksgiving brought many new memories. I did for the first time ever we went out for our Thanksgiving dinner & although it was very different it was nice having someone else cook & clean for us.

Tonight I'm sharing a card I made for a new challenge blog I discovered called CardPatterns, this is a weekly sketch challenge & if you follow me or my blog you know how much I love sketches...

A closer look:


For this card I used the too cute digi image from The Character Cafe called Christmas Scamp along with the square lace Nestabilities, a light border punch, paper from my stash, little bulb bling & glitter bling. What a fun card to make sure hope you like it. Again thanks for coming by!

The Character Cafe Challenge Friday

Hello everyone, thanks for coming by today! This week TCC is challenging you to use neutral colors & create a flower, it could be a homemade paper flower or a punched flower. For my project I used a punched flower, the punches are Martha Stewarts:


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For the rest of the project I used one of the November release digis called Harvest, the background paper is from the DCWV Amber matstack, the layer is Confetti neutral paperNestabilities Labels 12, Copic markers & a glitter brad. What a fun card to make! I hope you enjoyed my project & be sure to join in on the challenge this week & visit the blog to see what the other DT members did this week.

I'm Back

Good Evening, how are you? As promised here is my entry into a challenge this week using the oh so cute digi image "Mary" from The Character Cafe. Here's the challenge I chose:

I chose the Mojo Monday challenge & here is what I came up with:

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For this card I used a MS border punch, Rectangle Nestabilities, paper from my scraps, a new Cuttlebug Winter folder, ribbon & copics of course :)

Oh and here's my helper for today only I wore her out:

This would be "Maddie" she's my youngest fur ball, almost 4 & she is attached to me :) This is one of her favorite positions to sleep in, needless to say we have many pictures of her in this position :)

Thanks for coming by today, I hope to spend some valuable time in my stamp room tomorrow that is in between being my DD's chauffeur & picking up whatever she needs me to "pick up"... Oh the life of having a "female teenager"... I'm sure some of you can relate.

TCC Blog Hop Winner!

Hi All! Sorry for the MIA this past week, I've had "computer" problems & haven't had much time when I've had a computer to post I've also not had much time to create either :(. I do hope to get somethings done today...

But I did want to announce the winner of my blog's TCC blog hop comments from last week, this person wins the adorable Mary image. The winner is:

****** Lora Oliver ******

Lora be sure to contact me so I can get your cutie image to you! Congratulations!

Thanks for coming by this morning, be sure to come by later today to see what I've come up with for a challenge using this very same image! Have a good day!

TCC October Blog Hop!

Hi there! So glad you came by for this month's TCC blog hop, if you didn't come from The Character Cafe Store then you'll want to start there and then head on over here!

This month's new releases are oh so cute, I worked with the new image called appropriately "Mary", here's what I came up with:

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For this card I used a new Sizzix embossing folder & border punch, a Petite Scallop Circle Nestabilities & of course Bling. Such a sweet image, isn't it? Be sure to leave a comment here & all the DT's blogs for your chance to win the image we each worked with!

Now be sure to head on over to one of the newest DT members blog Debra (or DJ) and see what she has to share!

Thanks for coming by Happy Hopping!

Happy 2nd Birthday

Hello & thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope your week is going well, I'm off now until Monday so I hope to catch up on a bunch of things! Hoping that is... Today I'm sharing a card I made for someone for their grandson's 2nd birthday. I used the oh so cute The Character Cafe Birthday Spott along with some paper I purchased at Michael's, some star bling I colored with Copics & a star border punch oh & I can't forget I colored him with Copics too!


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Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the TCC monthly blog hop, this hop will have work from the new DT & the ladies came up with some really cute new images!

The Character Cafe Challenge Friday

Hello everyone, I hope you're having an awesome week. My week has been rather busy, it's DD's Homecoming week so that always means running around here & there. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about. Before I share this week's TCC challenge card I wanted to announce that I've been invited to another term with TCC's DT & here are the rest of the new team:

Bettina
Chelsea
Cleota
Jessica
Joyce
Nancy
Tina
Georgia
Me
Lola
Fink

Now on to today's challenge which is to use Orange, Ribbon & Two Embellishments:

A close up:

Hope you have a great day & thanks for stopping by!

Deanette

The Character Cafe Feature Friday!

Wow it's finally Friday! What a long week, wouldn't you agree? Today's Feature Friday with TCC is another Sketch:

Here's my card:

A close up:

I used the cool image called Shelby Cobra, one of the Asian Cuttlebug folders, MS border punch & some brads. Sure hope you'll join us this week as this is a fun sketch to work with so head on over & check out what the other DT for inspiration.

Have a great day!

The Character Cafe Blog Hop Image Winner!

Hello all hope you've had a great week! Tonight I'm going to let you know who won the oh so cute Isaac Elf image from last Friday's The Character Cafe Blog Hop drum roll please.................................................

Debra - dj1952

Be sure to e-mail me or leave a comment here letting me know what your e-mail address is as soon as you can so I can have your image sent to you, Congratulations!

It's Sketch Month at TCC so while I'm posting I thought I'd share my card made using this week's TCC sketch challenge:

A closer look:

For this card I used the cute TCC image called Simonstein, another fun image to color.

Thanks for coming by, I hope you enjoyed my project!

Hopping with The Character Cafe

Hello there & happy Friday! If you started at the beginning of the hop you're coming from The Character Cafe Store. I thank you for joining us!

This month's digi release from The Character Cafe has a bit of this & that in it & Kendra & Kelly came up with some really cute images I know you're going to love.

I was able to use the cute image called Izaac Elf & he helped put me in a bit of a festive type spirit. Here's what I came up with:


A close up:

He was fun to color quite a bit of detail. Here are the details for this month's hop:

What we are asking of you the hoppers...

Comment on all of the DT members blogs to be able to win the Grand Prize. Next Friday we will announce a winner from each of our blogs & they will win the image the Designer worked with.

We'd love for you to become a follower of the blog, or The Cafe Store, this is just a request and not part of the requirement to win the images or grand prize. Once you visit though I'm sure you'll want to come back! Oh & next week TCC will be announcing a new DT call so if you're interested be sure to stop back & check it out.

The grand prize is 2 new release images & a $5.00 certificate to the store. So be sure to visit all of us & leave a comment!

Next on the hop is: Rachel

Good luck & happy hopping!

The Character Cafe Challenge

Hi Everyone! Thanks for coming by today. Wow I cannot believe I haven't blogged all week, guess I've been sooooo busy & I'm afraid it wasn't busy in my craft room either :( I did however work on my project for this week's challenge, which is a recipe challenge to use pink, brown, 2 buttons & tearing or crumbling, here's what I came up with:

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For this card I used the oh so cute image called Suzie, I'm sure you can see the pink & brown but can you see the tearing, it's just under the image on the bottom. Fun card to make! Be sure to stop over at TCC Challenge Blog & join in this week's prize is Mistletoe Moe & Shelby, a $5 gift certificate to TCC & a blog badge.

***** Be sure to scroll down for this week's Sew Many Cards challenge too *****