B SAMPLER

ELLEN

CAROLYN

AMARANTH

JAN

DAISY

B is for........

Thanks for all the great responses - glad you like my new choice of challenge and thanks for joining in with such gorgeous inchies - far too many for me to just choose 5 for this week's sampler and, as I'm poorly with a cold and feeling rotten - count yourselves as all chosen!

Here's my B for this week - my B is for Beauty!

Let the B's commence!!!!!

CHRISTMAS INCHY SWAP

Here is a picture of our Christmas Inchy Swap - thanks to Roberta for letting me use her picture.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL - I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS. IF YOU'RE IN THE UK - I HOPE YOU ARE ALL COPING WITH THE SNOW!

I MUST ADMIT I'VE BEEN IN TWO MINDS WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH THE BLOG AS I'VE ACTUALLY STOPPED CRAFTING AND AM GETTING RID OF A LOT OF MY CRAFTING GOODIES.

HOWEVER I THOUGHT I'D CARRY ON FOR A BIT LONGER SO WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU THINK OF MY NEW IDEA FOR THE BLOG FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

EACH WEEK WE WILL TAKE A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET SO OUR CHALLENGE THIS WEEK IS THE LETTER 'A'. IT CAN BE ANYTHING YOU LIKE AS LONG AS IT BEGINS WITH 'A' OR HAS AN 'A' ON THERE SOMEWHERE.

NATURALLY EACH WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE WITH A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR INCHIES IN ADVANCE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

HERE'S MY START OF FOR THIS YEAR

CHRISTMAS CAROL INCHY

THIS CHALLENGE WILL BE THE LAST FOR THIS YEAR SO HOPE YOU ALL JOIN IN

LET US SEE YOUR FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL ON AN INCHY

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN OVER THE PAST YEAR IN PLAYING ALONG WITH MY LITTLE INCHY BLOG. THANKS TO THE FOLLOWERS, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU PLAY ALONG SOMETIME, AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY REGULARS ALL OVER THE GLOBE.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

FIONA

YULE SAMPLER

KAREN

TIMAREE

JEANETTE

ANGELA

JAINE

MELISSA

YULE

Sorry I'm a bit late with this week's challenge - real life got in the way.

Your challenge this week is YULE - anything you like as long as its YULE related (for those not sure what Yule is - its the original winter festival which was celebrated thousands of years before christianity. It was the celebration of light in the depths of winter so think candles, fairy lights, - it was the celebration of evergreen to show life continued so think fir trees, holly, mistletoe. Hope this helps Melissa! lol!

TIS THE SEASON.........

TIS NEARLY THE SEASON - IF MY DAUGHTER HAD HER WAY OUR DECORATIONS WOULD ALREADY BE UP - AND SHE'S 18!!!!!

SO OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS THEMED CHALLENGE IS PRESENTS:

I HOPE YOU ALL GET WHAT YOU WISH FOR!

TEXTURE SAMPLER

JAN

CAROLE

TIMAREE

MELISSA

GUEST DESIGNER - JAINE - TEXTURE

OUR GUEST DESIGNER THIS WEEK IS JAINE - SHE HAS CHOSEN TEXTURE AS HER CHALLENGE FOR US THIS WEEK. HERE ARE JAINE'S EXAMPLES

HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JAINE:

I spend most of my time surrounded by bits of paper, ink and glue. Whether its cutting or sticking with children or trying out the latest techniques with friends, I like nothing more than to pass a few hours with stamps and inks. I'm also a bit of a tool junkie. My ideal job would be a tester of all new tools and products that come on the market - I'd work for free!

Jaine

WINTER WHITE

Your challenge this week is Winter White - mainly white inchies on a Winter theme, but I will allow ONE other colour.

FIREWORK SAMPLER

Only two players this week - was it too challenging then? Thanks for the fab entries Jan and Jaine

JAN

JAINE

CHRISTMAS INCHY SWAP

ROLL UP ROLL UP FOR OUR CHRISTMAS INCHY CHALLENGE SWAP

WE WILL MAKE 9 INCHIES

SIGN UP BY 21ST NOVEMBER

INCHIES TO BE WITH ME BY 1ST DECEMBER

IF YOU'RE IN THE UK PLEASE INCLUDE AN SAE

IF YOU'RE OVERSEAS, PLEASE JUST ADD A FEW LITTLE EXTRAS AND I WILL COVER THE POST

FIREWORKS

5th of November in the UK is known as Bonfire Night - where for some reason we still celebrate Guy Fawkes trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. How long we will be able to continue with Bonfire Night in this era of Health and Safety we can only guess.

But for this week only you can let your imagination rip with some fireworks as this is our theme this week. I've done a Catherine Wheel - one of my favourite fireworks and it doesn't frighten the life out of my dog like the rockets do! Apparently though the firework was named after an intrument of torture, the breaking wheel, on which, legend has it, St Catherine was martyred. Hmm, doesn't sound so nice now does it!

Have Fun and have a safe 5th November.

BOO SAMPLER!

RILEY

AMY

MELISSA

CAROLE

JAN

BOO

DID I SCARE YOU??????? LOL





OUR THEME THIS WEEK IS NATURALLY HALLOWE'EN.





HERE'S MINE:

The Witchy among you will know that the word Samhain is a magickal word for Hallowe'en.

Have Fun!

BABIES

Our theme this week is Babies - it can be human or animal.

Here's mine:

Have fun!

TIME SAMPLER

JAN

LESLEY

CAROLE

JOANNE

KAREN

Oops - I haven't forgotten you.....

.....but I've got a problem with my scanner - normal service will be resumed asap - I hope!

GUEST DESIGNER - ALI - TIME

A big welcome to our Guest Designer this week - Ali Manning. Her theme this week is Time and here are her inchies:

Here's what Ali says:

I’m a Brit living in the USA with my husband, daughter and a house full of pets. I bought my first copy of Somerset Studio in 2004 and have been hooked on mixed media, stamping and card making ever since. I’m new to inchies but am finding them totally addictive. When I’m not messing around in my studio, I post things on my blogs – Art Ali and New England Stamper. And on Gingersnap Creations, a blog I co-founded with my good friend Sharon early this year.

If you'd like to be a Guest Designer - just drop me an email.

RAIN SAMPLER

ROBERTA

JAN

DIERDRE (RILEY)

LESLEY

HUMEL

RAIN

I've taken my inspiration from the weather in the UK today - after nearly a month of glorious sun and bright autumn weather we're back to a dark rainy day so the theme this week is RAIN

Here's mine:

MASK SAMPLER

RILEY (DEIRDRE)

ROBERTA

MISSY K (KAREN)

BENEDICTE

LESLEY