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.

Carlyann – www.sweetncrafty.blogspot.com
Emma Pountney – http://tinyurl.com/m42q998
Sarah sw – 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  - http://www.craftwithanna.blogspot.com/
Eemeli – www.eemelike.blogspot.com
Stacey – www. lasatas.blogspot.co.uk/
Natalie – http://ngcards.blogspot.co.uk

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

Let's Fly Away!

Morning All!

I'm here with a brand new project that's to be featured in next months Die Cut Crazy Magazine! so be sure to check it out! goes on sale first week of Feb!

This fortnight's challenge over at That Craft Place is a fabulous Colour theme!

I had such great fun in creating for this challenge! I love how my card turned out even if the background chalk did take me hours haha!! And i exceptionally loveeeee the colour scheme and being able to create to a colour theme is such great fun! I adore C.C. Designs Stamps and this is one of my new stamps and she's such a cutie and i can see her becoming one of my favorites.

 Even though the Chalk took me so long i love the scene it's created! Defo a new technique from me that i'll be using again and again! I adore my new Cut & Paste paper collections from My Minds Eye you really should check them out! LUSHHHH!

I love the whole shape of the card which i used my cameo to cut along with the clouds and sentiment flag!

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

Docerela Creations No. 53  - Use Something New

Wags 'n Whiskers No. 120  - Anything Goes

Chalk N Stock  (January) - Anything Goes

Red Rubber Inspirationals -  Make a scene

  Feeling Crafty Challenge - #24 Butterflies

Silhouette Challenges  – Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy's Challenge  – #16 One for the Girlies

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

* DSP -  My Minds eye Cut & Paste 'Charm' 

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
- Stampin' Up! Chalks for background

*Rubbah Stamps - C.C. Designs & Sentiment From The Cat's Pajamas
*Die Cuts - Cut on Cameo & The Cat's Pajamas Cloud Die

*Other  - Flowers are a mixture of Wild Orchid Crafts, Prima and That Craft Place, Pearls from Hobbycraft and Cabochon from That Craft Place

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!

Don't forget to bookmark my new site coming soon! www.charismacardz.com 

Love & Peace

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

Especially Elspeth

Morning all!

I'm here with a brand new card and a whole new thing to tell y'all about!

As you know i'm on the Design Team for the lovely craft shop that is That Craft Place!

Well we're going Digital!!! Yes there's a whole bunch of Digi Designs that'll be available very soon! And i'm here this morning with a sneaky peak of one of them!

You can find the shop here - Ditzie Digi Designs!

Don't forget to book mark so you don't miss all the new releases being added! There's some fabulous Digi's you'll not want to miss!

I'm here today with 'Elspeth' Which will be available soon!

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

Lacy Sunshine - (2nd Week)Anything Goes.

A Gem of a Challenge -  #110 (W2 of 2) Something New

Sweet Pea Stampers - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

* DSP -  Maggie Holmes - Crate Paper

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

*Image - Ditzie Digi Designs 'Elspeth'
*Die Cuts - Cut on Cameo

*Other  - Ribbon from stash, Flowers mixture of Choles Cards, Wild Orchid Crafts and That craft Place, Charm from stash, Dew Drops from Ebay, Glass flower That Craft Place

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

Candy Cane Wreath

Hey! I'm back!

Before the new year arrives i'm squeezing in some blog posts i've missed over the last few days/weeks as i've been super busy with work! so today.... I have this fantastic Wreath to share!

It was my mom who inspired me this year to create something a little different, ahhh whom I trying to kid!, so she created some bog standard fir cones for her front door and as we go I wanted to outdo her! Ha-ha! I buy Candy Canes every Christmas to go on our table or on branches of our tree, so I thought why not make a wreath! 

You can find the full tutorial and more about my wreath in the Decembers issue of Die Cut Crazy Magazine!

And don't forget... For those who'd like to see a sneak peek of my work and the other talented ones from the DCC Family over at Die Cut Crazy Magazine, check out the link below you can download the special Christmas Edition Free! as a PDF! also available on ITunes Newsstand / Apple App Store on all ISO Devices, and of course... not forgetting our latest issue is available to buy! 

http://diecutcrazymag.com/pdf-version/

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

Stampin With The Dragon (W2 of 2) - Last Minute Christmas

Wags 'n Whiskers - No. 119 - (W2 of 2) - Christmas

4 Krafty Girlz -  (W2 of 2) Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - (W2 of 2) #96- Christmas

Creative Knockouts - #17 Anything Goes

Southern Girls  - (W2 of 2) Christmas Wishes

Divas by Design  - Anything goes (ends Jan07)

Little Red Wagon - #217 Anything Christmas 

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