Charisma Cardz DT Card - Lace and Pearls

Apologies for the lateness of my post!  We have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz today and it is Lace and Pearls. For my card I have used a cute LOTV topper:

Items used:-

LOTV coloured topper

First Edition papers

Lace and pearls from stash

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders flourish, MS butterfly
Lace and pearls from stash

We have 3 great sponsors this week:
Prize one from Sassy Studio Designs
Prize two from Kenny K
Prize three from Stamp and Create

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

 Bunny Zoe - Lace
Cutie Pie - Twos Company
Papertake Weekly - Repeat Repeat (flourish die repeated)
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
ABC - S for Shabby Chic

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT - Ribbon, Twine and Charm

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Ribbon, Twine and Charm. I have used a sponsor's image from Dr Digi House of Stamps which is High Score Hugh a perfect image for my two boys which can be found here:

Items used:-

Dr Digi image coloured with Promarkers

DCWV paper
LOTV sentiment stamp
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders eyelet circle and Quickutz balloon

The rest from stash

We have 2 great sponsors this week: Dr Digis House of Stamps (and I have used one of their images) and Inky Impressions.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

My Mums Craft Shop - Summer or Bright Colours (I have used bright colours)
A Gem of a Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Hand coloured image
Bearly Mine Challenges - Let's Go Digital

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.  I am getting rather excited now and am rushing around packing ready for my holiday tomorrow.  We are off to Portugal - very excited.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT - Show us What Else You Can Do

Good morning and today we have a fab new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Show us what else You Do.  As well as cardmaking I also like to do some scrapbooking so I have decided to share a double page layout from my hols a few years ago in Florida when we visited one of the waterparks:

We have 2 great sponsors this week: All that Scraps and Kenny K

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies and we would love to see what else you can do other than cardmaking.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT post

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Father's Day.  I have used one of the lovely LOTV art pad images and here is my card:-

Items used:-

LOTV art pad image

LOTV papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders rectangle, XCut stars and Quickutz alphabet

We have 2 great sponsors this week:

All Dressed Up Digis and Bunny Zoe Crafts

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Delightful Challenges - Its a guy thing

Totally Gorgeous - buttons or bows

Paper Shelter - Make It Manly

Die Cutting Divas - For the Boys

Crafting for all Seasons - Boys will be Boys

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing - it looks like we may even be having a rain free day today - fingers crossed!

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - April Showers

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is April Showers. I have used the gorgeous Midsummer Magnolia Tilda image and here is my card:

Items used:-

Magnolia Tilda image coloured with Promarkers

First Edition papers

Dies/Punches: X Cut label, Spellbinder d-lite flourish and MS butterfly punch
Lace from stash

We have 3 great sponsors this week so we hope you can join in:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Passion for Promarkers - So Sentimental

Oldie but a Goodie - April Showers

Fab n Funky - Pink

Allsorts - No flowers

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cuts Crazy Anything Goes Challenge and Blog Hop

Welcome to the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Special Challenge & Blog Hop. Our Wonderful design team have this week teamed up with the wonderful Magazine Die cut Crazy to bring you some wonderful inspiration from the world of Die Cutting and also a fab packed April Edition which is avalible for download on all IOS Apple Devices via the Newstand & in PDF format from the website! Our designers have made some wonderful Easter and Spring projects to inspire your own  crafting with your die cuts.

This week at Charisma we have an ‘ANYTHING GOES’ Challenge where you can join in by linking or emailing charisma with your cards/designs and of course as always there are some fabulous prizes to be won which the winners will be announced next week on the blog and featured in next months issue of Die Cut Crazy.

As well as this we have a fabulous blog hop show casing all the designers which you should have a look around! And for each comment you leave at each stop we’ll be drawing some random winners for prizes!

If you just joined our hop, be sure and go back to the Charisma Cardz Challenge Blog to start from the beginning!

Items used:

Papermania ready made stepper card
Magnolia Tilda image coloured with Promarkers
Dies and Punches - Spellbinders floral oval die, MS doily punch, Joy Craft daisy punch, Doohicky fence and MB elegant scroll
Papermania ribbon

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cutie Pie - Dies and Punches
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Marvellous Magnolia - Ribbon or Bow
Allsorts - Use Dies
Ribbon Girl - Magnolia Challenge

Thanks for stopping by the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Magazine Blog Hop & Challenge . I hope my project inspires you to create your own Spring/Easter project.  Please leave a comment to let me know you stopped by.Next up in the hop is  Mandy and her wonderful blog can be found here.

 If you just joined the hop, here is a list of designers so you don't miss any. 

Charisma – www.charismacardz.blogspot.com
Carlyann – www.sweetncrafty.blogspot.com
Emma Pountney – http://tinyurl.com/m42q998
Me! – www.sarahshandmadecardsx.blogspot.co.uk
Mandy – www.mandysparkles.blogspot.com
Marie – www.cardmakingmazza.blogspot.co.uk
Jo  - www.determinedcrafter.blogspot.co.uk
Vee- www.bearykrafti.blogspot.com
Susan – www.mixamatoasties.blogspot.co.uk
Die cut crazy facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Die-Cut-Crazy-Magazine/552327878152647?ref=ts&fref=ts
Lorraine – www.travellingcolours.com
Emma – www.emgoescardmaking.blogspot.co.uk
Tina – www.tinamarie997.blogspot.co.uk
Dianne Grayson – (will be posted on www.diecutcrazymag.com) Anna Bradshaw - craftwithanna.blogspot.com Eemeli – www.eemelike.blogspot.com
Stacey – www. lasatas.blogspot.co.uk/
Natalie – http://ngcards.blogspot.co.uk

Big hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - Birthday Girls

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Birthday Girls.  I have made an easel card using a gorgeous Magnolia Tilda image:

Items used:-

Magnolia Tilda image coloured with Promarkers

First Edition papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders elegant ovals, X-Cut labels, MS butterfly punch
Flowers and pearls from stash

We have 3 great sponsors this week:
Bugaboo Stamps, Pink Cat Studio The Stamping Chef

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - bingo: gems, die cuts and flowers

Divas by Design - Lets see your Magnolias

ABC - G for Girls

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT - Inspired by a Movie

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Inspired by a Movie. I was lucky enough to get to use this fab image by Bugaboo and here is my card which has been inspired by the 2001 movie Rock Star starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston!:

Items used:-

Bugaboo image coloured with Promarkers

DCWV papers

Dies/Punches: X Cut stars and spellbinders squares

We have 2 great sponsors this week: Bugaboo and Digistamp Boutique 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Allsorts - colours beginning with "b"
Crafty Cardmakers - A mans world
Whoopsi Daisy - Include a Sentiment
Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing and I hope that everyone is staying safe after all this terrible weather that we are having.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT 5th Birthday Celebrations

Happy New Year and I would like to wish all my followers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2014.  I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I can't believe it is all over now for another year I am back to work today.  I have been a bad blogger recently so my New Year's resolutions include being a better one and also to lose weight and keep fit (once all the Christmas chocs have been eaten of course!).

Today we have our own celebration over at Charisma Cardz as it is our 5th birthday and we have lots of great sponsors so why not join us in our birthday celebration.  Here is my card and I have used a gorgeous image from one of our fab sponsors Time for Tea:-

Items used:-

Time for Tea image coloured with Promarkers

Papermania papers

Dies/Punches: X cut rectangle, Quickutz flourish and MS butterfly

Flowers and gems from stash

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
CRAFT - Anything Goes

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies and we would love you to join in our 5th birthday celebrations.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - Favourite Word

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Favourite Word. For my card I have chosen Snowman as my favourite word - I love snowmen and all the different but all gorgeous snowman images you can get.  For my card I have used this funky snowman from a Hunkydory kit and have decoupaged him.

Items used:-

Hunkydory image and papers

Dies: Quickutz alphabet dies

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Creatures
Ladybug Crafts - Keep It Clean and Simple
Creative Inspirations - Traditional Xmas Colours
CRAFT - Inspired by a Film - The Snowman
Cute Card Thursday - Christmas Catch Up


Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - Christmas

Sorry I am rather late with my post today but seem to be forever chasing my tail at the moment.  Today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Christmas which will be running for two weeks so plenty of time to get your Christmas cards done.  Here is my card:

Items used:-

LOTV pre-coloured topper

Magnolia Tilda paper

Dies/Punches: Magnolia Tilda fence and MC snowflake and tree

Baker's Twine

We have 3 great sponsors this week: Pink Cat Studio, Time for Tea and Digi Stamp Boutique.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Fab n Funky - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Christmas is Coming

ABC Christmas - W for Winter Wishes

Craft - Picture Inspiration

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - Anything goes

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is everyone's favourite of Anything Goes. I used it as an opportunity to make another of my Christmas cards and here it is:

Items used:-

Magnolia Tilda image coloured with Promarkers

Papermania papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders fancy oval and eyelet circle, MS heart punch and Joy corner

We have 3 great sponsors this week:

Pink Cat Studio, Bugaboo and MilkCoffee

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Fab n Funky - Traditional Christmas colours
Bunny Zoe - Ribbon
I love Promarkers - all that glitters
Simply Magnolia - Anything Goes

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - WOW

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz.   I chose the challenge this week and it is WOW = white on white. For my card I have used my new MC dies and have created a WOW winter scene:

Items used:-

Marianne Creatable dies

Magnolia Fence Die

Cuttlebug snow embossing folder

Ribbon (from my gorgeous candy I won from the lovely Sue)

We have 2 great sponsors this week:

 Kenny K and The Paper Shelter

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Bunny Zoe - Ribbon
Papertake Weekly - Oh Christmas Tree
Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - Animals

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Animals.  For my card I have used a cute puddy cat image by Meljen Designs and here is my card:

Items used:-

Meljen Designs image coloured with Promarkers

LOTV papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders eyelet circle, Magnolia fence die and MB flower 

We have 2 great sponsors this week:

\Pink Cat Studio and Card Mad Fairy

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Allsorts - Autumn Colours
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes/autumn
Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz Dt - Decorate the Inside

Good morning and wow what a gorgeous week we have had this week weather wise.  Today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Decorate the Inside.  Now this is something I should do more often because I think it adds the finishing touch to a card.  Here is my card:

And the inside ..

Items used:-

LOTV coloured image

LTV papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders eyelet circle, MC tree and snowflake

Sentiment: Magnolia

We have 2 great sponsors this week:

Digi Stamp Boutqiue and Crafty Sentiment Designs

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Sketch and Stash Challenge 22 - stash = Magnolia sentiment

LOTV - ribbon or lace

Creative Card Crew - Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stamping - Father Christmas

 Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx