Decorating for Christmas

   Another card done for Christmas 2016! I matted paper from Kaiser Craft onto red card and outlined it with gold peel off strips. I'm gradually using all these peel offs up.
   The duck digi image is from Dragons Lair Designs and I printed it twice, reversing one of them. I coloured them using Promarkers, fussy cut them out and then attached them to the card using glue gel. I added some Stickles to the stars on the decorations that the ducks are holding. The sentiment was computer generated and after matting it onto paper from Kaiser Craft I attached it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes
   The Crazy Challenge - celebrations
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   4 crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Scrapbook stamp Society - anything goes with Christmas
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

Snowman

   I hope that you all had a peaceful and happy Christmas. Today there is a new challenge beginning at Eureka Stamps the theme of which is snowman or flake. Here in the south of England we haven't seen either of these this holiday as it has been exceptionally mild.
   I have used digi image number 26803 (Snowman oval) and coloured it using Promarkers. I am still trying to use up my scraps of designer papers, so I have used some from the Papermania Contemporary Christmas paper pack to form the background for the oval. I matted the pieces onto silver card and also added some silver peel off strips.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   QKR Stampede - snowmen or snowflakes
   Crafty Calendar - let it snow
   Addicted To Stamps - winter
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes with Christmas or winter digi
   Creatalicious - something old (papers, peel offs), something new (digi image)
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Digitally Sweet - winter
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything with Christmas or winter

Joy

   Today a new challenge begins at Crafting From the Heart and it is being sponsored by

 

   I have used their digi image called Joy Birds. After colouring it using Promarkers I matted it onto red card. I stuck two peel off bells onto white card and coloured them using Promarkers. I then cut them out, shaped them a little and attached them to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Dream Valley - Christmas

   Passion For Promarkers - let's celebrate

   Brown Sugar - Christmas

   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes with a Christmas/winter digi

   Crafty Creations - anything goes

   Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas

   Creative Moments - anything goes with traditional Christmas

   ABC Christmas - z is for zoo

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Beccy's Place - anything goes

Cookies

    I matted the the yellow design paper onto purple core'dinations cardstock and then attached this to a square of purple snowflake paper. This in turn I matted and layered onto purple core'dinations cardstock and white card.
    The digi image from Lacy Sunshine is called Rory's Christmas cookies for Santa. I coloured it using Promarkers and then matted it onto purple core'dinations cardstock before attaching it to the card. Finally I added a fawn cut using a Tattered Lace die from beige core'dinations cardstock and matted onto yellow cardstock. (Well someone needs to eat the cookies before santa puts on too much weight!)

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   V's Sweet Ideas - non-traditional Christmas colours
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything Christmas or winter
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with 'twas the night before Christmas
   Animal Friends - Christmas or new year
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes
   Lacy Sunshine - Christmas confections
   Colour Your World - anything goes
   Sweet Stamps - anything goes
   Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - food and drink

Dressing the tree

   My first card for Christmas 2016! The image I have used here is 'Reach for the star' from Little Darlings Rubber stamps. I think the mice are so cute. I coloured it using Promarkers and after cutting it out (I really must buy some larger circle dies) I inked the edge using distress ink.
   Using the snowglobe die from Tattered Lace and white, green and red card I made up the base card onto which I matted my image. I then added gold peel off stars and Happy Christmas sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - feeling festive
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion for Promarkers - let's celebrate
   The Crazy Challenge - celebrations
   Brown Sugar - Christmas
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything Christmas or winter
   Animal Friends - Christma or new year
   Dream Valley - Christmas

Santa on skies

   Today sees the start of another challenge at Eureka Stamps and this time the theme is Santa.
   I have used digi numbers 6606 (Hohoho) and 6607 (Santa on skies)  and coloured both using Promarkers. I cut two borders from black card using Spellbinders dies from classic decorative inserts number 6 and classic triple scallop sets and attached these behind the design. I then matted the whole onto red card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - merry Christmas
   Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas
   QKR Stampede - Christmas
   Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Digi Designs - anything Christmas
   The Paper Shelter - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - here come the holidays
   Doodle Pantry - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything Christmas/winter
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Fr. Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - merry Christmas

An angel sings

   I have a stack of  paper that I have previously printed from CD ROMs and I think it's about time I used them rather than just look at them. This is one such paper. I matted and layered it onto blue core'dinations cardstock and then white card.
   The image is a digi stamp from Lacy Sunshine called Rory - An angel gets her wings. I coloured it using Promarkers, cut it out using a Tattered Lace essential oval die and matted it onto blue core'dinations cardstock. Before attaching it to the card I applied loose glitter to Rory's wings.
    To frame the design I cut pale yellow core'dinations cardstock using the Tattered Lace die Angel wings twice. I then cut these in half and matted each onto darker yellow core'dinations cardstock. Before arranging them on the card I sprayed each with iridescent Spray and Sparkle from Crafter's Companion.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lacy Sunshine - angels sing
   Colour Your World - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Allsorts - anything but Christmas
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - die crazy
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with make it sparkle
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Sparkle n Sprinkle - anything goes
   The Stamping Boutique - sparkle
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - sparkle
   Clear It Out - anything goes

Happy new year

   Creative Corner has a new challenge starting today. It is being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet and the theme is Happy New Year.
   I have used their digital stamp called 'Please drink more responsibly'. I coloured it using Promarkers then cut it out using a Tattered Lace oval die and matted it onto black card. I had some papers in my stash from a very old magazine, so I matted both of these onto black card before attaching them to a card blank. I also had some red beading peel off so I used these to mirror the necklace on the image. Finally I added a sentiment cut from black card using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - feeling festive
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - let's celebrate
   Crafting Musketeers - use a sentiment
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - happy new year
   A Bit More Time to Craft - anything goes
   Creatalicious - something old, (papers) something new (digi image)
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - anything goes

Angel's blessing

   I have made a batch of these cards as my Christmas card to the neighbours in our road. The stamp from Lili of the Valley is called Peace on Earth and I coloured it using Promarkers. I then matted it onto red card. the sentiment is cut from red card using dies from Tattered Lace.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - feeling festive
   The Glory of Christmas - anything goes
   The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
   Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
   Crafty Boots - Christmas
   Pile It On - anything Christmas or winter
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with Christmas
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Fantasy Stampers - CAS Christmas
   Lacy Sunshine - angels sing
   Make My Monday - wings at Christmas
   The East Wind - CAS

Penguin fun

   There is a new challenge starting today at Crafty Cardmakers and More the theme of which is snow. I used some scraps of designer paper from Papermania's Contemporary Christmas pack and cut out four squares which I matted onto white card. I then outlined these with silver peel off strips.
   My image is from the Lili Of The Valley stamp Penguin Pals and I coloured it using Promakers. After attaching it to the card I also outlined this in silver peel off strips.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - anything goes with a stamp
   Without Words - feeling festive
   Creative Inspirations - all wrapped up
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   QKR Stampede - snow scene
   Winter Wonderland - snow people
   Papertake Weekly - fun, fun, fun
   Catch the Bug - penguin parade
   Animal Friends - Christmas or New Year
   Clear It Out - anything goes

Christmas packages

   Another Monday and so there is a new challenge starting over at Eureka Stamps. This week the theme is non traditional Christmas colours. I have used digi number 23301 (package tower) to make a card. I coloured the image using glitter gel pens and Promarkers and the background using distress inks. I then matted and layered it onto black and then silver card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - sparkle
   Dragonfly Dreams - it's Christmas
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - Christmas presents
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   The Stamping Boutique - sparkle
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Wags 'n' Whiskers - fairies and elves
   Creatalicious - merry Christmas
   4 Crafty Chicks - non traditional Christmas colours
   Glitter n Sparkle - traditional or non traditional Christmas colours
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas card
   Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
   Crafty Catz - sparkle and shine
   Creative Inspirations - all wrapped up
   Inky Impressions - non traditional Christmas colours

Santa's globe

   We are starting another challenge at Crafting From The Heart today and it is being sponsored by

   I made an easel card and used designer paper from Papermania's contemporary Christmas pack together with blue core'dinations cardstock for the base and stop of the card. The digi image from Bugaboo is called snowglobe. I coloured it using metallic Sakura pens then cut it out and mounted it onto blue core'dinations cardstock. I then added some trees cut from various green core'dinations cardstock using Spellbinders holiday tree dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - die cuts and punches
   The Glory of Christmas - anything goes
   The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - a Christmas card
   Scrapping 4 Fun - Anything goes with a Christmas/winter digi
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with Christmas
   C.R.A.F.T - Christmas
   Pattie's Creations Design - any Christmas creation
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
   Through the Purple Haze - Christmas

Holy night

   The theme for this week's Eureka Stamps challenge is Christmas is coming.
    I used image number 17002(274) called Bethlehem and cut it out using a half circle die. The windows in the buildings and the night sky were coloured using Promarkers. The stars I coloured using a Sakura glitter pen over which I used Stickles. I then matted and layered this onto white card, navy core'dinations cardstock and another piece of white card. The sentiment is image number 16401 and I matted this onto navy core'dinations cardstock before attaching it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas
   QKR Stampede - use some glitter
   Allsorts - clean and simple
   The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
   Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
   Pile It On - Christmas/winter
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
   Through The Purple Heart - Christmas

Christmas robin

    I was asked to make a Christmas card using a robin. This is the result.
    The robin stamp is from Jayne Netley Mayhew's collection and the sentiment stamp is from Kaisercraft. I coloured both using Spectrum Aqua pens and then added loose glitter to the M, C and leaves and Glossy Accents to the birds eye. I framed the whole using silver candy strips from my stash.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - anything goes with a stamp
   Cute Card Thursday - festive colours
   QKR Stampede - use some glitter
   Allsorts - clean and simple
   Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
   Crafthazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Creatalicious - merry Christmas
   Pattie's Creations Design - any Christmas creation
   Fantasy Stampers - clean and simple Christmas
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Dragonfly Dreams - it's Christmas
   Clear It Out - holiday/Christmas with glitter
   Sparkle n Sprinkle - anything goes

Winter fun

   Send A Smile 4 Kids' last challenge of the year begins today. I hope you will join in. The theme is winter fun and is being sponsored by three very generous sponsors:

Dollar Graphics Depot ($15 gift certificate),

Lacy Sunshine (3 digis)

and 

One Happy Cut ($15 gift certificate).

   My first card uses the digi It's Snowtime from Dollar Graphics Depot. I matted it onto green core'dinations cardstock and then red card, after which I attached strips of gold peel off along the edges of the card and image. The bow was cut from gold mirri card and is part of a Tattered Lace florentine bells die cut. The letters were cut from red mirri card using the Tattered Lace alphabet circus dies.

   My second card uses a digi image from Lacy sunshine called Sammi Bee's hot cocoa. I coloured it using Promarkers and after dusting the background using distress inks added Fluffy Stuff and Stickles to the snow. I then matted it onto silver mirri card.
   I sanded the embossed core'dinations cardstock and matted it onto silver card. After attaching the image to the card I randomly added silver peel off snowflakes. The greeting was cut from silver mirri card using a Tattered Lace Christmas sentiment die.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Lacy Sunshine - Sweet dreams of Christmas
   Colour Your World - anything goes
   Oh La La Creations - let it snow
   I Love Promarkers - winter
   Crafty Catz - let it snow
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - winter
   4 Crafty Chicks - winter
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes with wintery
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - let it snow

Christmas fairy

   I wanted to use paled down versions of the traditional Christmas red and green for this card.  I distressed medium green embossed core'dinations cardstock and wrapped pink ribbon round it before matting and layering it onto pink mirri card and white card to form the backdrop for the image.
   The image is from lacy Sunshine and is called Sugar Plum Fairy Ethereal Enchantress. I coloured her hair and skin using Promarkers but for a lighter and shimmery effect I chose Twinkling H2Os for her clothes and wings. I cut the image out using a Spellbinders lacy oval die and once it was attached to the card I applied pink and green Liquid Pearls to the rim. Finally I added two bows and pink peel off snowflakes to the card.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Lacy Sunshine - sweet dreams of Christmas
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - use die cuts or punches
   Addicted To Stamps - anything goes
   Papertake Weekly - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Through The Purple Haze - Christmas
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes
   Colour Your World - anything goes

Merry Christmas

   There is a new challenge beginning today at Creative Corner the theme of which is sparkle and shine.
   I matted red mirri card onto green hammered card. (The difference between the two does not show up well in the photograph.) I coloured the poinsettias image from Beccy's Place using Promarkers. I then added glitter to the centres using a Sakura metallic pen and gloss to the holly leaves using Sakura glossy 3D pens. Once this was dry I used Sakura metallic and stardust pens on the leaves. The greeting was cut from red mirri card using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - festive colours
   Digi Choosday - traditional Christmas
   Inky Impressions - traditional Christmas colours
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - merry Christmas
   Pile It On - use red and green
   Vintage Christmas - traditional Christmas