Festive 48 - Week 31

This week I used an Indigo Blu stamp, coloured with gold mica powders; embossing powders and a die cut reindeer head.

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. 

This link up is always 'Any Christmas Card Goes'. 

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

I'd like to enter:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown  colour combo. 

Crafty Hazelnuts  Fur or feather 

Completely Christmas  anything goes 

Allsorts  all sentimental 

Craft for the Craic  item never uses before - stamp. 

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Make My Monday - Circus

This week's theme at Make My Monday  is 'Circus' .

I used a digital kit by Samantha Walker and lots of  distress ink - I think this has a vintage nursery look.

I hope you'll 'send in the clowns' and join our challenge at Make My Monday this week. 

Retro Sundae

This week, I stayed with my friend in Southend (for my international visitors, it's an English seaside resort). This is my 'thanks for having me card' for her.

In Southend, I was inspired by a cafe I saw on the front - it's called 'Three Shells Beach Cafe' and it has three pastel-coloured fibreglass (?) shells for the roof - I think it looks like a kitschy retro American-style diner , although I didn't see inside.  (Might have been disappointed!) . That's the style I'm going for with this card.

The sundae is from Papermania Happy Days CD and I cut it on the Silhouette, also cutting an offset 'shadow'. I coloured it with Promarkers, liquid pearls and glitter. The 'cherry pie' label is also from Happy Days and I put it in a flattened bottle cap. I also used various patterned paper, 3 Candi and a die cut text.

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday  food glorious food
Clear it Out  sketch and die cuts
Craft your Passion  sweet treats
Open-minded Crafting Fun  summer food
Silhouette Challenges offset feature

Festive 48 - Week 30

Still going on the Christmas cards! I used a digi-stamp (just says LPW on file name - can't  remember what that stands for), Promarkers , 'Noel' cut on Silhouette and an embossing folder.

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. 

This link up is always 'Any Christmas Card Goes'. 

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

I'd like to enter:

ABC Christmas Challenge  obscured

City Crafter - animal 

Crafters Cafe- use a digi 

Winter Wonderland anything goes 
A Gem of a Challenge embossing 

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Boy Tshirt

I had a plain white Tshirt and I asked my grandson (nearly 4) what he would like on it and he said 'butterflies'.

I created this image in Silhouette Studio. I found a cloud ( digital version of Echo Park Sweet Day) and it contained words such as kindness/ caring/ carefree - words not always associated with 'boyishness' but which are just as important for boys as girls. I used the text feature to add the word 'boy' on top. The butterflies are part of this week's Silhouette free cut file and I used the 'fill pattern' feature to fill them with the cloud pattern.  Then I traced the image and cut it out of heat transfer paper, on the Silhouette Cameo.

I'd like to enter:
Country View Challenges  word play
Sarah Hurley Favourite things - Silhouette and making things for my loved ones.
Craft Hoarders Anonymous  upcycle
Crafty Calendar  ag

Pinspirational Challenge 119

It's time for another challenge at Pinspirational, and here's the inspirational photo:

For my DT project, I used shrink plastic, and a digi kindly provided by our sponsors , Little Blue Button Stamps , to make a place setting or drinking glass charm. 

At first I tried to hand- colour the image, but whatever colour I chose for the skin, when it was shrunk, it intensified so much that it looked awful. So, I coloured the image digitally in Photoshop and I added a name - it's my daughter's name - but I think it would be nice to do a set with all the names of the guests at  a summer barbecue. 

Beach, sea, surf - even boho - how does this photo inspire you? Come and join in at Pinspirational Challenges . 

I'd like to enter: 

Fairytale Challenge - sun, beach , sea 

Crafty Calendar  anything goes 

Paper Make-up  anything goes
Crafting from the Heart anything goes
Craft My Life  anything but a card

Make My Monday - Birds

It's a real crowd-pleaser theme at Make My Monday this week - birds.

For my DT card, I  resist-stamped the bird onto a page from a book , tore the image out and matted it. I'm sorry I have lost the brand name for the bird stamp - I tried googling it but just found a whole load of new stamps I want to buy!

I pleated the music paper and added a die-cut flower I had previously coated in the melt-pot. For the middle, I added a piece of the book paper to a clear epoxy circle, and surrounded with gems.  I stamped the card base with a music stamp, masked with torn paper.

Which of your fabulous bird images are you going to choose to enter our challenge at Make My Monday?

I'd like to enter:
Red Carpet Studio   pitch perfect
Stamping Sensations  anything goes
Patties Creations for the birds
Scrapping  4 Fun  anything goes
Scribble and Scrap  anything goes

Inkspirational Challenge - Use Markers or Pencils

Our new challenge at Inkspirational , chosen by Nonni, is to use markers or pencils. Nonni is an expert at using alcohol markers and I can't aspire to that skill level, but I do enjoy using them to colour in stamped or digi images. The stamp is by Stamping Bella and the misteltoe embellishment was cut on the Silhouette.

I hope you will join us at Inkspirational , where we have a fabulous Guest Designer, Greta . See you there.

I'd like to enter:
Shopping Our Stash - triple threat - pearls, die cuts, dry embossing
Twisted Tuesday  include an evergreen (mistletoe)
Creative Card Crew Christmas
Winter Wonderland  anything goes
Sparkles Forum Christmas

Lamp

So, yesterday my partner said to me, 'Oh, Mum's moving tomorrow; can you make her a card? ' !

The lamp is a cutting file, cut on my Silhouette and I stamped the base with a woodgrain stamp and inked all the edges. I decided to use the colour scheme from Mod Squad Challenge (blue, brown and one other neutral).

I decided to make the sentiment in Silhouette Studio - I always feel a bit overwhelmed when looking for a font, there are so many. Then I remembered a challenge I had been looking at earlier, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  'J is for..' and decided to look for a font beginning with J - there were only three - and this is Jasmine UPC.

As I think this qualifies as CAS, I'd also like to enter Less is More anything goes.

Festive 48 - week 29

I used a digital version of Glitz Design 'Hello December', cut into circles, inked, with glitter gems etc added.Two circles were stamped, using cherry ink and a Papermania snowflake and Inkadinkado script. Some of the circles are stuck on with 3d foam.

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. 

This link up is always 'Any Christmas Card Goes'. 

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

I'd like to enter:
Holly Jolly  deck the halls
City Crafter Christmas
Little Red Wagon Christmas 
That's Crafty  Christmas 

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