Showing posts with label Charisma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charisma. Show all posts

April Showers

Morning all!
It's our brand new challenge at Charisma! Today! And this fortnight's theme is ''April Showers'' 
The way the weather is here in the UK it really (well to me) doesn't matter weather it is really April or not but legend has it that the great british weather really is just rain... i sooo hope we have a nice summer didn't really get much of one last year.

With that said my Design Team creation today is featuring the lovely ''Roberto's Rascals Grouchy Kitty'' stamp from C.C.Designs  

I totally love this stamp, so reminds me of my kitty kat, he hates the rain and now he's back out in the land of the garden it's so funny when the rain starts he dives through the cat flap quicker than anything i've ever seen!

So here's my card that i created for today, it's very CAS for me as i wanted to show off the actual stamp as i really love it! and it's kinda a scene in itself! 

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock -White Neenah Card from The Hobby House & blue Card Stock from limetree crafts
*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
*Stamp - CC Designs Roberto's Rascals grouchy kitty
*Other  - Gems from Meiflower
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creationswill be avalible to purchase on my new website very soon WWW.CHARISMACARDZ.COM

Love & Peace
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Charisma Meets Die Cut Crazy Magazine

Good Morning!!

Welcome to the
 
Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Special Challenge & Blog Hop. My Wonderful design team have this week teamed up with the wonderful Magazine Die cut Crazy Magazine!  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. NOT TO BE MISSED!!! 

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 fabuolous 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!

Here's my project today featuring the beautiful C.C Designs Strawberry Beatrice  which can be found in this months issue!!! eeekkk!!!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Neehnah & Stampin' Up!
DSP -  Cosmo Cricket
*Mediums - Promarkers & Flex Markers
*Stamps - C.C.Designs Strawberry Beatrice & Sentiment from P.T.I
*Embellishments  - Flowers - Prima mixed & E-line, Dear Lizzy Rose Brad, Ribbon & Organza
*Dies - Silhouette Cameo

 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  Emma
 If you just joined the hop, here is a list of designers so you don't miss any.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Light
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Girly! Birthday...

Morning all!

Super quick post to yell about the new challenge over at Charisma this fortnight!

It's super easy!

BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!

I've gone for an over the top CAS styled card this morning! It's one that was an order for one of my best friends Gran's :) He loved it and i know she did too!! yay! happy customer!!! 

Be sure to pop over to the challenge!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place
DSP -  Me To You
*Mediums - Stazon / Baby Pink
*Stamps - Stampin' Up!
*Other  - Ribbon from local shop, cupcake brad from dovecraft, flowers prima e line, pearls from meiflower, peel off from some random shop i brought from agesssss ago! haha! gems are all from meiflower.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations are avalible to purchase and my 2014 Custom Order book is now open over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Love & Peace
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Mad hatters Tea Party - Alice In Wonderland

Morning all!

Something every crafter knows is inspiration comes from many many places and the Christmas holidays left me feeling inspired in a whole new way! I finally got to see a number of movies that I’d not seen before including the not so new Johnny Depp Alice in Wonderland! Which Is my theme of my project right here! You can also find more about this project in the back issue of Die Cut Crazy January's issue!

And it's also our brand new challenge at Charisma! Inspired by a movie!

 How could I combine Alice in Wonderland into a creation? Hmmm… A Mad Hatters Tea party of course!

 So with theme set (Party/Birthday) next step was the design!

  I seriously didn't think about this before I started and realized only after I’d stuck the tea cup to the front by a hinge not once but three times (remember to decorate inside first!) haha! I designed the Tea cup on my Cameo along with the balloon border and the swirls, It was actually by chance that they look like steam coming from the cup! Totally love how it turned out!


  Inside I hid the ends of the swirls with a matching paper matted and used my crop-a-dile to set eyelets to enable to keep the card closed as the hinge of the tea cup handle is quite small!
 And there you have a perfect party card for any tea party Mad ones or not! And totally inspired by Alice in wonderland!

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge - Ribbon & Lace (Week 2)
Everybody-Art-Challenge  - #265 Partytime

Top Tip Tuesday - #120 Girly Challenge  (Week 2)
Through the Purple Haze  - Anything Goes **TOP 3**

Allsorts -  #245  Colors beginning with B (blue & brown)
Color Me Creative Challenge - #86 (W2 of 2)  Girls Just Wanna Have Fun **WINNER**
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge -  #15  Anything Goes
The Hobby House -  Anything Goes (Neenah card from the store)

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock -White Neenah Card from The Hobby House & Turquoise/blue Card Stock
DSP - My Minds Eye Designer Papers
*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
*Image - Alice Mae from Some Odd Girl
*Stamp - Sentiment Lili of the valley
*Die Cuts - Silhouette Cameo
*Other  - Pearls, Lace and Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Peace
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Meow!

Morning all!

I'm pretty excited to be sharing some news this morning! I'm officially apart of the Totally PaperCrafts Design Team! I'm thrilled to be joining them! 

This week our challenge is CAS!

Simple right?! ohhhh i don't do simple haha! I love being challenged outside my comfort zone though! And i apologise for the naff photo i dropped my iphone down the toilet oppps! im hoping he dries out pretty soon else i'll be heart broken! haha! and lost!
We have a fabulous sponsor! Digi Stamp Boutique offers a range of quirky and digital stamps for all your card making projects.  There is something for every occasion and new images are added regularly so there is always something new. I've used the super cute Oliva and archie cats from DSB! a firm favorite of mine for sure!

Well i'm off to create a lil more i'll be back soon with a list of challenges to add my card to.... but for now here it is...

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Limetree crafts
DSP - GCD Studios rose tinted glass
*Mediums - Prismacolor Pencils
*Image - Digi Stamp Boutique
*Die Cuts -Sizzix
*Other  - Sentiment - Lili of the valley, Punch - Stampin' Up, Flowers - Ek Success Punch, Pearls from stash

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Hope to see you at the challenge!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Peace
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Little Moments...

Morning all!

I'm a busy bee at the moment creating! I've loads of work and designs and website things coming! it's all manic! haha! I really don't know how i find the time to create and breathe!! haha!

Today i thought i'd pop by with a brand new creation that i made this last week which photo just doesn't do it justice i love the way this card came out!
I've used my new My Minds eye papers that i brought from The Craft Island's half price sale! everything in the store is half price think yall have two days left so go have a peek... but don't quote me... lol 

I've used the beautiful Alice Mae from Some Odd Girl, I actually really like her! and can defo see me using her again soon! 

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges
Everybody-Art-Challenge  - #263 Heart
Incy Wincy Designs - Ribbons & Pearls

The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - (Week 2Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girls - Must use ribbon -Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thurs - Something New (My Papers)

Here's my card!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla
DSP - My Minds Eye Sweet Girl
*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers & Blue SU Chalks for clouds
*Image - Alice Mae from Some Odd Girl
*Stamp - Sentiment Dear Lizzy American Crafts
*Die Cuts - Silhouette Cameo & The Cats Pajamas
*Other  - Ribbon from American Crafts, Charm from ebay and tiny pearls from hobbycraft

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations are avalible to purchase and my 2014 Custom Order book is now open over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Love & Peace
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It's a boy thing!

Morning all!

Well it's another challenge fortnight at charisma and i'm here with a sneaky peek of a project that's in next month's Die Cut Crazy Magazine!

Yes this fortnight's challenge is...

It's a boy thing!

I know! Male cards right Sigh!!! I too am guilty 100% of not making more of these when i should ok i'm just not into boy things i'm a total girly girl!! hence my love of pink! so this was a challenge but also a challenge to kick my butt into shape and make a male card!

I've been playing with my favorite bo bunny star papers so all is not lost!! haha!

Here's my card!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place
DSP -  Bo Bunny
*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
*Image - Pollycraft Stamps
*Die Cuts - Cut on Cameo
*Other  - Metal Corners from That Craft Place, Buttons from stash, Square metals from Micheals

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations are available to purchase and my 2014 Custom Order book is now open over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Love & Peace
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Happy Birthday Charisma!

Morning everyone!

Eeeekkk my gosh how time flies! Charisma Challenges is 5 years old today! I'm truly shocked at the response we've had over the last 5 years and thank you to all our wonderful sponsors and friends who've been on the team! And of course my wonderful Design Team! 

We're also changing to become a fortnightly challenge blog freeing our design team up a lil to hop around all the beautiful entry's each week!

I've had such a good new year with friends and family i've not had much time in my craftroom but i've managed to steal a day and clean it up, as much as i wanted to move to my second room i moved back farrrrr tooooo cold! haha!

So here's my card for today's DT work! I've cut the base on my cameo, im loving these shapes haha! and i've used the gorjuss CC Designs Pixie one of my favs! Along with my New Drew Drops!!!
 I'd like to enter it to the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs -   Anything Goes (ends on the 25th)

Creative Moments  - #33 Anything goes

Crafty Creations - #253 Anything goes (ends Jan08)
Divas by Design - Anything goes (ends Jan07)
Simon Says Stamp -  Something new
Whimsy Inspiration  - Party Time (ends Jan03)



*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place
DSP -  My Minds Eye
*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
*Image - CC Designs Swiss Pixie
*Die Cuts - Cut on Cameo
*Embellishments - Flowers - Prima, Organza Ribbon from stash, Dew Drops - The Glitterpot

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations are available to purchase and my 2014 Custom Order book is now open over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Love & Peace
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Last of the festiveness! & Candle Tutorial

Morning all! 

I certainly hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! I did! and man i'm stuffed! i've finally been let out of the kitchen! haha (those who are on my facebook and twitter will know!) lol!

I'm here today to share the news of the issue of Die Cut Crazy (i know im a lil late it's been out a few weeks) but i've been so busy so better late than never! of course it's jam packed full of creativeness from all the DCC Family inc me! so i'm here this morning to share a few of my projects that can be found in this months mag! don't worry you'll still be able to purchase it even when Jan issue is out! why not subscribe ;-) that way you'll not miss any!! hehe! 

So here's some peeks of projects you can find from me!

It’s nice to receive and send your non-traditional cards at this time of the year, but I myself only being 28 have a love for a little different yet traditional at the same time which is why I created this Angel card! Keeping in line with a quite Traditional Image, but yet a modern feel packed with embellishments and a lovely hanging charm (which the recipient could choose to keep!) I actually created this card for our Stop4Life counselor who's helped me and my hubby on our journey and we've successfully quit!!! yay! and i for one with all the stress never thought i ever would! more pennys for craftyness eh! haha! I'm hoping to jet off to Miami next year! wahoo!!! can't wait!

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Pumpkin spice - #52 Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts – No. 197 - Christmas using Non-Traditional Colors
Cute Card Thursday -  #301 Anything Goes
Creative Belli -#185  Christmas (2nd week)


*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla & Whisper White
DSP -  Forever Friends Christmas
*Image - Lili of the valley
*Sentiment - From Stash
*Embellishments  - Gems from Meiflower, Prima Flowers, Buttons/Pearls and Charm from stash
*Ribbon - American Crafts
*Die Cutting - Silhouette Cameo

For my second project I decided to make something as a gift....

I’m all for handmade at this time of the festive period and love giving personalized gifts to my friends and family! This project is inexpensive and super quick! And perfect for my friend whom i made it for! Again I love the fact i can use my Cameo to design virtually anything i like! So i've written a lil how to...

  Take a pillar candle (preferably one that comes with cello wrap, makes a nice gift to be able to wrap it back up) and the bonus is you can use any colour size and smelly ones too!
  Carefully unwrap so that you can re-wrap it back up!


  Using sheets of any colour vinyl along with die cutters you can create any shapes for your candles (please remember that vinyl is flammable so these are intended as decoration when used on actual candles). And gently smooth them onto the surface!

  Re wrap your candle and there you go quick simple yet effective handmade gift! Not just for Christmas but any occasion!


I'd like to enter my candle to the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar  -  December Cold and Frosty
Little Claire's   - (Nov/Dec) #40  Make a gift

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
And don't forget to check out the Magazine! I've lots more projects inside and of course the awesomeness from the rest of the DCC Family!
 I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts! 
xoxo 

Don't forget - Most of my Creations and Now I'm taking Custom Orders over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Love & Peace
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Little Sweetie

Morning all!

I'm here this morning with something other than a Christmas creation!!! yay!!! lol I know how super tired everyone can be at this time of the year with all the festivities but i thought i'd pop by with a new creation that isn't Christmas at all! nope not one spec! infact it's what i'd call...

The perfect me card!

Yep i have to say this card is one of (theirs hundreds) of favorites that i've ever made! but it's also going to be in the next issue which will be out the first week on January of Die Cut Crazy! so i'm not gonna ramble on too much about how it's made and why it's so me?! as you'll have to buy the mag to find out and also see what else i've made!!! hehe!

So i've combined it and thought i'd share with my lovely DT gals over on Team B at Charisma this week for the challenge of Anything goes! we have some awesome prizes to be won as always!

I'm back to work tonight for what i can only say is.... 5 nights of hell!!! arrrggghhh roll on Christmas eve!!

Here's my card!
which i'd like to enter to the following challenges


Addicted to Stamps and More  - #76 Anything goes
Crafty Creations - #253 Anything goes (ends Jan08)
Paper Shelter Challenge - #141 Anything Goes (ends Jan07)
Crafty Sentiment Designs  -  Birthdays

Everybody-Art-Challenge  - #258 No Christmas Card

Sweet Stamps #148 Glitter
Crafty Bloggers Network - (December) Girly


*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place
DSP -  The Scrap Cake
*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
*Image - All Dressed Up
*Die Cuts - Cut on Cameo
*Other  - Pearls ''Meiflower'', Flowers - Wild orchid Crafts & That Craft Place, Lace & Ribbon - Ebay, Martha Stewart Doily heart lace punch, Chalks.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
 I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts! And I can pop along and visit you too!! xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations and Now I'm taking Custom Orders over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!
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#Nevergiveup on dreams! Inspired by @pitbull

Morning all!

A super early post from me this morning!
I've been meaning to share this creation with y'all for a while now however i've been snowed under with work and sleep and writing i've not had chance to show it off!

A few people who read my blog, facebook and twitter and know me in real life will know that this piece today means quite alot to me, i'm not going to go into the whole story but im sure if you follow me or read back through my blog or what not you'll get the gist somehow... anyways... I'm a firm believer of following your dreams and goals in life!

I heard a quote not long back that actually really inspires me by a famous American rapper ''Armando Perez'' otherwise known as ''Pitbull'', i happen to be a fan of his music (more so the words and the meanings)  and i was watching something on my ipad about his work with Slam in Miami, but that quote was this... ''It's important to know where your from, If you don't know where your from, you don't know where your going, and if you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything''. 

That right then when i heard that was like wooo that applies to me and my life how i have struggled for years not knowing where i was from and how i became me so to speak so for years i didn't know (and im talking 20+) here, where i was going that i didn't stand for something and fell for everything. But on hearing that i took inspiration from it... I do now know where i'm from, where i'm going and i do stand for something and that something means i won't fall for anything again! 

So for me Armando inspired me from those words to re-evaluate my life and really push and remember to never give up on my dreams! so i did what i do best and applied that to my art work! For i find that Creating is the key to my happiness whilst bringing a smile to others! 

I created this which i intend to frame to just remind me of that quote when i need that push!
Maybe one day i'll be able to thank him for those words with 15+ million followers i doubt it but #nevergiveup right!?

** Design Copyrighted @Charismacardz **
2013 - Carlyann 
Stamps by That Craft Place - Ditzie Designs
Challenge Submission for -  All Dressed Up - CAS

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
 I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations and Now I'm taking Custom Orders over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Love & Peace
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Distressing!

Morning all!

Super quick post for me this morning i've lots of posts coming up on my blog shortly, however i'm just stopping in with some added inspiration for this week's challenge at Charisma which Team B have decided this week's challenge is ALL Distressed (sounds abit like me with work) haha!

Here's my card for this week!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place
DSP -  Dovecraft
*Mediums - Chalks
*Image - Lili of the valley
*Sentiment - Ribbon from That Craft Place
*Other  - Card Candi - Craftwork cards, Distress Ink ''Tea dye'' & Vintage Photo, Stickles - Golden Rod

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
 I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts! And I can pop along and visit you too!! xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations and Now I'm taking Custom Orders over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!
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Christmas at Charisma

Hey all!

There's a brand new challenge at Charisma and this week is actually a fortnight challenge I decided to be a nice boss and let my team have a little break! :)

I've got so many projects coming up on my blog over the coming days and weeks i'm snowed under (i know snows on the way here in the midlands eeeek!) so i better shoot off!

Here's my DT work for today's challenge at charisma hope to see you there!
As always we have fabulous prizes to be won!

I'd like to enter it to the following challenges
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
4 Krafty Girlz (W2 of 2) Anything Goes
*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place
DSP -  Dovecraft
*Die - Memory Box Swirl Christmas Tree
*Mediums - Chalks
*Image - Lili of the valley
*Sentiment - Ribbon from That Craft Place
*Other  - Gems ''Meiflower'', Distress Ink ''Tea dye'', Stickles - Golden Rod

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
 I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts! And I can pop along and visit you too!! xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations and Now I'm taking Custom Orders over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!
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