Super CAS Santa

 Here's a very CAS Christmas cards - 3 stamps : Santa (Mama Elephant), Jingle and flourish (Pink Paislee) - coloured with markers. 

I'd like to enter:

Christmas Kickstart  santa 

Addicted to Stamps  Christmas 

Cat in a Gift Bag

 I was inspired by the challenge at Shopping Our Stash - The Cat is in the Bag. 

I stamped these presents and then cut the bow off  the tall one and added a handle - hopefully, it now works as a gift bag. The cat is one of the Avery Elle Peek-a-Boo Pals. The background looks painted but it is actually patterned paper. 

I'd like to enter:

Shopping Our Stash 

Sisterhood of Crafters  birthdays

Bits and Pieces

 I do like to make backgrounds, but then I usually put them aside to use later - often, much, much later! 

This background was made by splashing watercolours around (I think they're Twinkling H20s) then stamping and embossing over it in black. The est of the card was made with bits of ephemera and die-cuts that have also been left languishing for a long time.

I'd like to enter: 

Cardz 4 Galz dies and punches 

The Neglected Stuff Challenge 

Double D  background 

You Rock!

 

Both manual and digital die- cutting is great but one advantage to digital cutting files, like this one, is being able to size them up for more impact on a card front. 

I'd like to enter:

Jumping Giraffe

 

I made this card to combine some challenges. 

The giraffe and the balloon stamps are from different MFT sets. I will miss MFT now it's closed - I particularly liked the inspiration on their website, which now seems inaccessible. I did feel, however, that they were releasing too much and repeating themes too often - maybe that's why they didn't survive.

I'd like to enter:

Make My Monday  hot air balloons

Alphabet Challenge j for jump

Boating

 This little boat is a Penny Black stamp. I used patterned paper clouds and waves cut from cardstock. 

I'd like to enter:

Shopping Our Stash  in or on the water 

Cardz 4 Guyz boats 

Little Red Wagon  Gentleman

CAS Lillies

 I find flower stamps quite tricky : some of them I can look at and feel totally stumped, while others - like this one - I use over and over again. I've made several sympathy cards with it,over the years, but birthday / thankyou cards too, 

I'd like to enter:

Sparkles Monthly - CAS

Triple B 

Car with Tree and Lights

 I find my blog post titles becoming less and less imaginative! 

This car stamp is by Stamping Bella - I coloured it with markers and added white gel pen, liberally. 

I'd like to enter:

Sparkles Christmas  include a tree

Make My Monday  snow in August 

Make a Wish

 I designed and cut these candles on my Silhouette cameo. The star-shaped 'flames' and sentiment are stamped and I dry embossed the card base.

I'd like to enter:

Shopping Our Stash  hot 

Give a Crafter A Cookie 

Norse Day

 Almost a one layer card (excepting the 20) : I used MFT viking set and Catherine Pooler sun stamp. 

I'd like to enter:

Make My Monday  masculine

Little Red Wagon  masculine 

Pizza Party

 Here's a birthday card for my pizza-loving son. I used an SVG cutting file. I stamped the banner and sentiment (Avery Elle??) and created and cut the 18 on my digital cutting machine. 

I'd like to enter:

Little Red Wagon  Food 

Frosted Noel

 It's warm and humid here in south east England but it's very frosty on this Christmas card. I used a Hobby Art stamp, white embossing powder, white pencil and a border doodled with white gel pen. 

I'd like to enter:

CAS on Friday 

Orange Dog

Here's a birthday card I made, using a Colorado Craft dog stamp and circular stamps by Winnie and Walter. 

I'd like to enter:

Little Red Wagon 

Three Cats

Since the weather warmed up, my cat has been pretty much living wild in a thicket behind our house- he just comes in for food and shoots off again. He also seems to have made a friend - another black and white cat from some neighbouring flats. They sit a few metres away from each other though, not cuddling up like the three on my card. 

I'd like to enter:

Crafty Animals 

Addicted to Stamps make your mark 

OLC Christmas

 Back after a little blog break and straight in with a Christmas in July card . Actually, I don't think there's a month in the year when I wouldn't enjoy making a Christmas card - I just love them! 

This one-layer card uses a Woodware penguin and snowflakes by Uniko. 

I'd like to enter:

ABC Christmas Challenge one-layer card 

Little Red Wagon  Christmas in July 

Wedding Card

 I made this card for my nephew's wedding. I designed and cut it on my Silhouette Cameo digital cutter, using foiled scrapbook papers and a scrapbook embellishment as the sentiment. The main image is Colorado Craft bunnies. 

I'd like to enter:

Aud Sentiments new beginnings 

Love Those Pretty Papers  fun fold 

Polar Blue

 

Happy New year!

But here's a Christmas card, made with a very old polar bear stamp by Magenta with die-cut snowflakes and a white embossed sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

Try it On Tuesday feeling blue

Cards 4 Guyz  - centre vertical 

Sisterhood of Crafters snowflakes