Inkspirational Challenge - Shine

If you came over here from the Inkspirational Challenge blog, you may have noticed that the photo I had on there is at a slightly funny angle - here it is:

..because it is so hard to photograph shine! I felt this angle best showed the shinyness!

The stamp is one of my new-this-year Christmas stamps; it's by Paper Artsy and is already a hot favourite of mine. I coloured the dress grey and covered it with Glossy Accents. The wings were covered in glitter glue and I used a star stencil with glitter texture paste in the corner.

Come and join us at Inskpirational  for our word prompt - shine. There is also a great Guest Desgner, Rocky - don't miss her tutorial. 

I'd like to enter:
Crimbo Crackers  CAS
Moving  Along with the Times sparkle and shine
Scrapping 4 Fun Christmas
QKR Stampede Christmas
Christmas Stampin All Year Long  ag

Festive 48 - Week 43

Although I could have cut this triangle Christmas tree by hand, I created a cutting file for it, so expect to see it in different colours and patterns. The circular sentiment is a Papermania stamp. On the tree, the floral panels are coated with glitter. 

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 Challenge bingo - diec uts, 2dp, glitter  

An InLinkz Link-up

Penguin

I have been shopping! Here are my new Christmas stamps. The penguin is from a set by Taylored Expressions, and the 'Jolly' is by Mama Elephant.  The star and lights are glittery in real life.

I'd like to enter:
Addicted to Stamps  cas
Less is More Christmas , no red or green
Bearly Mine Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round no patterned paper

Creative Cutting Challenge - Thanks

At Creative Cutting we have a new challenge - Thanksgiving or Thanks.

As I'm in the UK, we don't have Thanksgiving, so I made a 'thank you' card using the 'Oscar' cutting file from the Movie Set by The Creative Pointe. 

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 to make a Thanksgiving or thank you project, and tell us what you've used.  See you there.
I'd like to enter:
Crafty Cardmakers  cut it out
Quirky Crafts  Charades - A star is born
Sentimental Sunday  anything goes

Make My Monday - Vintage

This week at Make My Monday  we want to see your vintage style cards.

I used a vintage image from Joanna Sheen Crafter's Year CD and I inked and distressed it and stamped the sentiment. I created a background with ink and a music stamp and added embellishments.

I hope you'll come and join in at Make My Monday. 

I'd like to enter:
Craft-Room Challenge vintage Christmas
Crafter's Cafe things with wings
Winter Wonderland  Pearls , Lace, flowers

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.