Festive 48 - Week 42

Here's a CAS Christmas card , using a Paper Artsy angel, masked and overstamped with Kaisercraft grid stamp. I added a stamped sentiment and 3 square gems. Sounds like a five minute make doesn't it? I don't know where the time goes when I'm crafting!

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  uncoloured image 

Perfectly Rustics  holidays 

Addicted to Stamps holidays  

Red Rubber Inspirationals  stay focused on stamping. 

Allsorts  Christmas 

An InLinkz Link-up

A Fortuitous Collision

Ah, dear Reader, the fortuitous collision of a day off,  and the delivery of some newly purchased stamps!

This card was made using the Design a Tree set from Clearly Besotted stamps, a background text stamp from Hero Arts, and lots of  Distress inks.

I'd like to enter:
Inspiration Destination  anything goes
Cheerful Stamp Pad fall colours
Try it on Tuesday colours of autumn
Little Red Wagon  krafty
Less is More  newsprint

Birds of a Feather

I thought I'd take a rest from Christmas cards and join in some non- Christmas (or Halloween!) challenges.

The theme for this card was set by Time Out  -  'birds of a feather flock together' . I didn't have to think too long before I remembered this stamp but it took me ages to find it! (Note to self: must downsize craft stash!).

The spots on the birds made me remember I'd seen a 'dots' challenge at Love to Scrap.  I carried the theme through with a spotty embossing folder and a spotty label stamp (Stampin Up) , which I punched out and stamped a sentiment in (Sarah Hurley).

You may notice I haven't credited the brand of the birds stamp. That's because the packaging has long gone. Which brings me to the 'Shop in Your Craft Room ' challenge at Simply Create Too . All the stuff I've mentioned is old stuff, as is the vellum I stamped the birds on, which has been gathering dust for a while now.

Santa and his reindeer

I've made quite a few Christmas cards lately, in addition to my 'one a week' commitment, so I will upload a few over the next few days.

This one is made from a pre-coloured image from Dollar Graphics Depot - I printed it , cut it out and inked it, layered it on papers and stamped the sentiment.

I have a few more of these images that I'll be making into cards later on.

I'd like to enter:
Jingle Belles Rock  creature
Wags n Whiskers stripes
Crafty Hazelnuts  Christmas Challenge  hat
Glory Of Christmas santa

Pinspirational Challenge 127

There's a Halloween picture at Pinspirational  this time, and here it is:

I used a digi , kindly provided by sponsor Dilly Beans , to make a CAS card for a child.  I coloured the images  with Promarkers, paper pieced the clothes and added a doodled frame. The sentiment and paper are by Basic Grey. 

I hope you'll come and join us at Pinspirational, where there are great prizes to be won. 

Make My Monday - Shabby Chic

Our challenge this week at Make My Monday is 'Shabby Chic' and I hope my card hasn't got too much shabby and not enough chic!

I used some patterned paper for the background , layered with some corrugated cardboard that I painted white. I stamped a die-cut butterfly and a sentiment ( Paper Artsy) and added a pin, pearls and flowers.

We'd love to see your shabby chic projects at Make My Monday. 

I'd like to enter :

Craft Hoarders Anonymous layer it
Crafty Calendar   bingo - flowers sentiment blue
Brown Sugar  anything goes
Pink Elephant  anything goes

Inkspirational Challenge 68 - Owls Photo.

Here's my DT card for the latest Inkspirational challenge, and here's the photo:

So I didn't go for a highly original interpretation but I like owls! Although the card is overwhelmingly orange, I used a range of distress inks on it.  The owl and branch were cut on my electronic die cutter and I stamped flowers and leaves by Paper Artsy.  The circular shape card and the circular flowers are supposed to reflect the crocheted circles on the owls.

I hope you will come over to Inkspirational  and join in. We have a wonderful Guest Designer, Maura  and great inspiration from the rest of the DT, so I'll see you there.

I'd like to enter:
Use Your Stuff  Pet  - Okay, I don't have an owl (or any pet) but both Harry Potter and Florence Nightingale did.
Love to Create fall colours
Craftroom Challenge  make your own background
Stamping Sensations warm autumn colours
Sparkles Forum  autumn colours

Festive 48- week 41

White on white can be hard to photograph, so I hope you can spot the tree and reindeer in the blizzard.

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:

Moving along with the Times white only Christmas 

Allsorts embossing 

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas  something forgotten/unused - the background embossing folder was found when I was a rummaging for a different one - I can't even remember when I bought it! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Green Snowy Trees

Stepping up the Christmas card making now!

I was inspired by a card by Tracey Metcalfe in the November issue of Making Cards (pg 79, if you've got it). However, I used quite different materials and methods to get a similar look.

The background is alcohol inks and I stamped two triangular Hero Arts trees with green acrylic paint. Then I stamped the 'snow' with white ink and a Bo Bunny distressed dots stamp, and embossed it with glittery embossing powder.

I'd like to enter:
Artful Times - Green
Stamplorations stamps and embossing
Fashionable Stamping Challenges weather forecast
City Crafter a piece of sky
Addicted to Stamps  holiday

Creative Cutting Challenge - Anything Goes

It's time for another challenge at Creative Cutting Challenges  and it's 'anything goes' .

I made a Christmas card featuring an angel svg from The Creative Pointe.  Unfortunately the photo doesn't show that the wings and halo are encrusted with glitter. Behind the angel I placed an arched window by Monica. 

We'd love you to join our challenge at Creative Cutting  - all you need to do is use an SVG or similar electronic cutting file  and tell us what you've used.  See you there.

I'd like to enter 
InkyChicks Christmas 
Papertake Weekly super fly 
Crimbo Crackers  anything goes