Let it Snow

I've taken this photo with the card laying flat on the table in an attempt to a) show the glitter and b) not show myself reflected in the mirror card!

The scenery and the snow are Stampin Up stamps and the sentiments are Mama Elephant stamps. Then I added liquid pearl and glitter.

I'm going to enter this into a couple of cas challenges, I just hope it's cas enough. I wish there was some sort of measuring tool for cas-ness. Should I have held back on the bling?

I'd like to enter:
A Song in your Art let it go
Moxie Fab World  treemendous
Less is More more than one tree
Casology festive

Festive 48 - Week 44

As I reach week 44 of my self-imposed challenge I can self-righteously announce that I have never cheated! For example, last weekend I was away with my scrapbooking group and made some Christmas cards then that I could have uploaded today. But that would have been cheating because the challenge was to make one per week. If only I was this conscientious about cheating on diets!

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:

City Crafter  my deer 

Christmas Cards All Year Round no patterned paper

An InLinkz Link-up

Make My Monday - Berries and Foliage

This week at Make My Monday  the theme is 'Berries and Foliage'. I used a Penny Black wreath stamp and I stamped it three times, on top of each other, using different shades of ink. The berries are liquid pearl and the sentiment is a magazine freebie. The stamp I used in the corners weas another, different magazine freebie and I stamped it repeatedly , as I'd done with the wreath but it looks different because the card is textured.

We'd love to see your projects on theme of 'Berries and Foliage' at Make My Monday . 

I'd like to enter:
Time Out photo
Eclectic Ellapu leaves and foliage
Penny Black and More anything goes
Craft Your Passion  beginning with b - berries, branches

Look how they SHINE for you...

I hope you like this card as I think it is my favourite card I have made this year, although I guess some would find it a bit plain!

The polar bear is by Stampin Up and I masked him and stamped the scenery (all one stamp, also by Stampin Up). The stars and the sentiment are by Sarah Hurley. I added glitter and liquid pearl.

 As soon as I saw the sentiment I recognised it as the first line from 'Yellow' by Coldplay. I saw Coldplay perform at Glastonbury about ten years ago . My brother and I were in a dark, waterlogged field watching the band and it was quite magical except that my brother kept saying things like 'I think Coldplay are over-rated.'!

If I wasn't on the DT there, I'd enter this into the 'shine' challenge at Inkspirational .

I'd like to enter:
Fashionable Stamping Challenge  animal
Red Carpet Studio  animal
Moving Along with the Times sparkle or shine
Stempelgarten animals
Jingle Belles The Great Outdoors

Baubles

Here I've used a Paper Artsy stamp of some baubles - now I do craft blogging I more often hear them called 'tree ornaments', but I had never heard of that term before! It's probably an American English term.(?) Like burlap, which we call hessian. And it's a long time since I called a brad by it's British English name of 'paper fastener'.

Okay, ramble over...I'd like to enter:
Addicted to Stamps photo
Sir Stampalot  Christmas
Creative Card Crew Christmas Joy
Colour Me  Monochromatic red - Thanks Anita for alerting me to this challenge.

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