Vintage-y Xmas

I've had this vintage image a few years..not sure where it came from.  The papers were all 'scraps' - the spotty paper was in my scrap box with the border already punched.  I stamped the background paper with a Basic Gre flourish stamp and brown ink.  I also used die cuts ( all extras I had put aside), self adhesive pearls and a Teresa Collins brad.

I'd like to enter:
Nonni's Challenge  scraps/ old stash
Charisma Cardz Christmas
Crafty Creations Ready for the holidays
Lexi's Creations  Christmas

Winter Wind

Meant to post this before but been really busy...The weekend before last I went to my fantastic local crop, but instead of doing the class kit etc, I set myself the target of making 20 Christmas cards. Fellow crafter, between 10am and 5pm , do you think I met my target? No! I only made 10 cards - 50% of my target! Rubbish!

Anyway, here is one-tenth of my achievement. I used an A Day for Daisies digi, paper scrap, embossed die cut, Promarkers and liquid pearls.

I'd like to enter:
Crafting when we can Winter
Come and Get it Challenges AG/use a digi
Stampin for the Weekend Feeling Festive

Inkspirational Challenge 44 -Bearing Gifts

Here's my DT card for this fortnight's Inkspirational Challenge - Anything Goes.

I've had some difficulty taking good photos lately as it's dark when I leave home in the morning and dark when I return!

The woman is from Joanna Sheen Fashion Boutique CD. The patterned papers are by Basic Grey and Kaisercraft. I used some holly, die cuts, stick -on gems,  a Teresa Collins brad and a Stampin Up sentiment.

Please come over and share your latest project at Inkspirational Challenges. 

I'd also like to enter:
CD Sunday - Simply Square
Bearly Mine Traditional colours and die cuts
Clear it out Challenge Put a snowflake on it Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Anything goes
Digitally Sweet Anything Goes

Ice Skater Boy

Will I manage to get all my Christmas cards made in time? Or will I have to cross someone off the Christmas card list this year? !!

This stamp is by Marianne (free with mag last year) and I coloured it with Promarkers and paper-pieced his jumper. The papers are all Bo Bunny and the sentiment is another (different) mag freebie.

I'd like to enter:
Papertake Weekly- Snow and Ice
C is for Challenge Winter is coming
Crafty Cardmakers paper-piecing
Addicted to Stamps Anything Goes

The Cruelty of Christmas

Cruel? Well, Christmas seems the ideal time to make over-the-top sparkly creations with a sleigh-load of embellishments, jingle-bells and all . Yet..... what I'm actually making is quick and easy, make-as-many-as-you-can, FLAT cards , that can be sent in the post.

This card wasn't quick and easy, to be honest, but it IS pretty flat. You can't see it. but I painted my white cardstock with Pearl -EX paint before stamping, to give it shimmer. I coloured the angel (Non-Sequitur, very old and well-used) with Promarkers and Pearl -Ex paint. I made the background using stamps, white embossing powder and distress inks. I added a brad and a final glitz of glitter spray (which again, you can't see!) .

I'd like to enter:
Nonni's Challenge Stamp a Happy Christmas - sorry it's taken me so long to enter!
A Creative Romance Blues
Vintage Stamping Challenges Traditional Christmas

{Pin}spirational Challenge 83 - Monkey Baby Card

Time for another Pinspirational Challenge , and here's the Pinspirational photo:

I know loads of pregnant women at the moment, so it's a good opportunity to stock up on new baby cards. This monkey digi was provided by our sponsor's Bugaboo and I kept it simple with layers of pink and grey, Promarkers and a button. 

Why not join in our challenge at Pinspirational Challenges? We have great prizes on offer. See you there. 

I'd like to enter:
Corrosive Challenges fur and feathers
Squirrel and the Fox animal antics
Cute Card Thursday animal magic

Inkspirational Challenges - All White on the Night

It's time for another colour challenge at Inkspirational  and here it is:

I kept my card very white, adding variation with texture - crimped pearlescent paper, embossed layered die-cut tree. I encased my card in a dome of snowfall acetate ( as included in the Inkspirational prize draw ) and added 'noel' cut from white vinyl on the Silhouette. 

Come and join us at Inkspirational. We have the challenge, a fabulous guest designer , and a prize draw. See you there. 

 

 

I'd like to enter:

 

Christmas Card Challenges dimension

Crafty Calendar Challenge All things Christmas

Crafty Bloggers Network   Christmas

Brown Sugar Anything goes

Allsorts White Christmas

My Children

Last weekend I had a great time at the 'retreat ' , organised by June who runs my local crop group. There were lots of challenges which, as you know, I love.  For the layout above , we were given a 'goody bag' and had to use 3 items on a layout. I used five - the 3 papers, the border ( which was shocking pink till I coloured it) and the slide frame ( which I coloured and stamped with Staz-on.) I gilded two corners of the patterned paper , die cut some butterflies and put gold glitter on their wings.

The photo is of my two children. They were born 23 years apart, so have a special relationship, and I'm very proud of them both.

I'd like to enter:
Scrappy Friends November Challenge Family theme.

Christmas Eve

This bunny in pyjamas is a pre-coloured  image from Polkadoodles Cherry Blossom Lane CD.  The sky , window-frame and santa are all from My Craft Studio Setting the Scene- Christmas CD. The presents are from the same CD, but are digistamps that I coloured with Promarkers. I added a sentiment (magazine freebie) and glitter.

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday  Stripey
Polkadoodles Anything Goes Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge  Christmas is coming

The Lollipop Ladies GDT - Cookie Monster

Recently I won a Guest Design Team spot at The Lollipop Ladies challenge .  They have a sweet-inspired theme with an extra element and this time it's an 'off the page' project inspired by a Cookie Monster Cupcake.

  I made a bookmark for my little boy, using an A Day For Daisies digi, coloured with Promarkers.  I cut a tag from navy cs and from some scrap patterned paper and added lettering, 6 googly eyes and some pompom trim.

Why don't you join in the challenge at The Lollipop Ladies?

I'd like to enter:
Daring Cardmakers colours
Paper Make up use your scraps
Papercraft star photo
Charisma Cardz anything but card