Pink Reindeer

An extra Christmas card this week - I am going to be so smug by December.

I stamped a Hero Arts reindeer in Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, coloured it with Promarkers and cut it with the matching die.  The tree dies are from the same set and I embossed one of them with spots. The circular frame was a die cut - I stamped it using a Stampin Up stamp and two colours of pink ink. Then I sprayed the frame with glitter spray AND chucked a load of extra fine glitter over it - but you can't see it in the photo! Let's try a close up:

Can you see the sparkle???
I also used a scrap of snowfall acetate and a diecut sentiment.

I'd like to enter:
Winter Wonderland  Pink Christmas
Crafty Boots sparkle
Fab n Funky  Pink
Crimbo Crackers make a scene
That's Crafty You spin me right round.

Festive 48 week 14

Just quickly scheduling this before I clear off for a crafty weekend.  The tree stamp is Woodware. The background behind it is a Hero Arts stamp which is very similar to the patterned paper I used at the back. I also used very gliterry glitter paper, Martha Stewart punch and gems.

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me by linking up ONE card each week. 

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

I'd like to enter:
ABC Christmas Challenge  g is for glitter
Sparkles Christmas Challenge  Christmas song. (O Christmas Tree) 

An InLinkz Link-up

Inkspirational Challenge , a Sketch and a DT Call

Here's my DT card for Inkspirational Challenges and here is the sketch we are using.

For my card I used a Silhouette cutting file of bunnies and a Samantha Walker digikit called 'Cottontail'.

There are loads of reasons to pop over to Inkspirational right now. We have a fabulous Guest Designer
Elaine, beautiful cards from the DT, a DT call and , of course, we'd love you to make a project using our sketch and enter the challenge.

I'd like to enter:
Unstampabelles Animals and pastels
Red Carpet Studios hop
Simply Create Too no digis or stamped images
Inspired by  photo

Festive 48 - Week 13

Inspired by the theme'gingerbread' at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge , I stamped the jar of gingerbread men on the left(Molly Bloom), coloured it, cut it out and realised it was just too small for a focal point.  I then stamped the boy and tried sitting him on the jar - but then you couldn't see the gingerbread! Eventually, I masked him off and used an empty jar from Stampin Up  with a sentiment (Woodware). I cut a gingerbread man from another Molly Bloom stamp and put him in the top left.

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me by linking up ONE card each week. 

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

As well as Holly Jolly, I'd also like to enter: 
Moving Along with the Times  Sweet Treats 
Crimbo Crackers  Anything goes 

An InLinkz Link-up

Pinspirational Challenge 102

It's not my team's turn to create at Pinspirational Challenges this week - but when I saw this cute bunny digi from our sponsor, Dorky Prints, I couldn't be left out.

Here's the pinspirational photo

I'd like to enter:

The Squirrel and The Fox All creatures great and small

Make my Monday Easter 

Simply Create Too  Easter/bunnies

Totally Papercrafts pastels

Poppy Love

A few years ago, I bought a friend some bright green gloves to wear with her bright red coat. She sent me a 'thank you' card saying, 'I now feel like the kind of confident person who can wear bold, clashing colours.'! I hope this is the kind of confident card that can take bold clashing colours! I like this colour combo, but I'm sure it's not for everyone. I love the stamp, 'Lulu Loves Poppies' by Stampin Bella and, as poppies are often associated with rememberance, I wanted this to be bright and happy.

The poppies were cut on the Silhouette cameo with Ranger liquid enamel middles.

I'd like to enter:
Use Your Stuff Die Cuts
Penny Black and More Blossoms and blooms
A Song in Your Heart  Everything Grows
My Craft Creations Anything goes
Suzy Bee's  Anything goes
Scrapping 4 Fun  Anything Goes

Festive 48 - Week 12

This  stamp (Papermania) isn't actually a Christmas stamp, although I've used it on a Christmas card before.  I've paper-pieced it with Wild Rose Christmas papers (magazine freebie). I used the sketch from Christmas Challenges and the bingo card from Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - gold, more than 3 layers, ribbon . (The gold and red ribbon is trimming the back layer.).

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me.

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

As well as Holly Jolly and Christmas Challenges, I'd also like to enter: 

Addicted to Stamps  Holiday 
Cuttin and Stampin  paper piecing 
Fab n Funky  Christmas 

An InLinkz Link-up

Dog in a Trophy

I made this card using the sketch from CD Sunday  and the Docrafts Digital Designer'Tulip and Friends' CD rom.

I'd also like to enter:
Desert Island Crafts 1,6,7
Make My Monday one for the boys
Little Red Wagon masculine

B is for Butterfly

Here is another example of me straying from my original ideas! My idea was to make a dead-creature-free version of a Victorian butterfly collector's box. But somehow I ended up adding some really bright non-Victorian colours!

I used one stamp - a very old one by Anita's and used it in several different ways - on dominoes, on a wafer of mica (with added Pearl Ex) , onto a Tim Holtz 'fragment', onto shrink plastic and directly onto the backing paper. I cut the word on the Silhouette Cameo and coloured it with Moonglow Starburst Stain. The frame is a Tando Creative mini printer tray that I painted with pink acrylic paint.

I'd like to enter:
Time Out  photo
Tando Creative  recycle (the dominoes)
Totally Papercrafts think pink
Eclectic Ellapu wings
Crafty Cardmakers  You've been framed

{Pin}spirational Challenge 101

It's time for another Pinspirational challenge and here's the picture:

For my DT card, I was inspired by the hexagons on a turtle's shell. The papers I used were generously provided by our sponsor , Imagine That  - I love the sunburst design and because they're digital, I was able to scale them down for the hexagons (which I cut on the Silhouette).

How does this picture inspire you? Come over and join in at Pinspirational challenges.


I'd like to enter:
My Craft Creations  anything goes
Use your Stuff die cuts