Bear carol singers

   This decoupaged image is made using a traditional sheet from Craft Creations Ltd called bear carol singers. I outlined it with silver and matted it onto dark green card, adding a silver peel off at the base.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (z is for the zig zag cut of the fir trees)
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with winter colours
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - Christmas
   Animal Friends - Christmas
   Sparkles - white Christmas

Winter penguins

   The challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers has the theme animal magic.I then matted it onto white card.
   I have used the Bugaboo digi called winter penguin trio colouring it using Promarkers and adding Liquid Pearls on the falling snow. I matted it onto black card and wrapped a ribbon round one corner to which I then attached a peel off scentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Passion For Promarkers - it's beginning to look like Christmas
   The Crazy Challenge - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - baby it's cold outside
   Digi Designs - things with wings.tails and/or feathers
   Sweet Stampers - Christmas
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any image
   The Paper Shelter - a Christmas card
   Crafting By Designs - Christmas
   Do-Al(l) Kreatives - advent and/or Christmas
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (x for xtra fun)
   Make My Monday - happy Christmas
   A Gem of a Challenge - animals in the snow

Puppy in a pocket

   This week the anything goes themed challenge at Crafting From the Heart is being sponsored by

   I have used one of the digi stamps from Bugaboo Stamps chihuahua puppy set and coloured it using Promarkers. After fussy cutting it I attached it to blue core'dinations which I had matted onto white card. I added four silver card candi and a peel off sentiment to finish my card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with winter colours
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Seize the Birthday - anything goes with monochromatic
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Carpenter

   This week's theme at QKR Stampede is anything goes. I have used the digi carpenter and after colouring it using Promarkers I matted and layered it onto dark mirri and white card. Using the Tattered Lace let's share die set I created some tools from silver mirri and cardstock which I added to the base of the image. The sentiment is a silver peel off.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - add a sentiment
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   The Crazy Challenge - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Through The Craft room Door - anything goes
   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with white card only the image coloured
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
 

Mice on skate

   Here is a quick card I made using an Imagine That digi called mice skate. I used a 3D glitter paint pen for the fur on the hats, gel pen for the skate blade and Promarkers for the remainder of the image. The sentiment was computer generated. I dusted the edges using Distress Ink and added some waste glitter peel off spots to imitate falling snow.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - add a sentiment
   Cute Card Thursday - birds/animals
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - it's beginning to look like Christmas
   Allsorts - glitter
   Stamping Sensations - one layer Christmas cards
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas
   Digi Designs - things with wings, tails and/or feathers
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional thanks
   Imagine That -anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - furry friends
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (s is for skate, silver and sparkle)

Little deer

   The background paper was printed using a download from My Craft Studio and matted onto mirri and white card. The little deer image from Scrapper's Delight was coloured using Promarkers. I used a peel off greeting in the top left hand corner and in the opposite corner placed an off cut from a Tattered Lace die cut.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - birds/animals
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas
   The Merry Christmas - anything Christmas with animals
   Scrapper's Delights - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - furry animals
   Animal Friends - Christmas
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (p for Prancer)

Christmas penguins

   Today sees the start of another challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids. This one has an anything goes theme and is being sponsored by

All Dressed Up Stamps

and

Die-Versions

   I matted paper from a Kaisercraft Christmas paper pad onto textured paper from my stash (having first rounded all the corners using a punch) and wrapped Christmas tree designed satin ribbon round it before matting onto white card - again having used the corner punch.

   The image from All Dressed Up Stamps called Christmas penguins was coloured using Promarkers and I attached it to the card on top of a textured mat twisting both at different angles.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - birds/animals
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - winter
   Digi Designs - things with wings,tails and/or feathers
   Sweet Stampers - Christmas
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   The Merry Christmas - anything Christmas with animals
   All Dressed Up - anything goes
   Deep Ocean - things with wings
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (p for penguin)

With thanks

   This weeks theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is give thanks along with the usual anything goes.
   I have made a very quick card using the corn stalk image coloured using Promarkers and a computer generated sentiment. I distressed the edges using distress ink.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - add a sentiment
   Crafty Catz - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - thankful
   Kitty Bee Designs - thanks
   Pile It On - large sentiments
   Crafty Gals Corner - thankful
   Tuesday Throwdown - so very thankful
   Creative Moments - anything goes with thanksgiving

Noel

   Using the Tattered Lace Monumental Moments Noel die I cut two from yellow card and one from blue. before attaching the two yellow pieces together I attached the blue cut to the back of what was to be the back piece of the card offsetting slightly. I then attached a white oval piece of card to the centre O on the back piece to provide a space for a message to be written.
   The image from Craft Creations Limited was cut using an oval die and matted onto yellow then blue card before being attached to the front O. The sheep were then printed using MY Craft Studio Setting the scene CD ROM and attached to the card.
   An oval of blue card was matted onto yellow then blue card and white peel off letters used to create the additional sentiment. This was then attached to the back of the front card piece.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (n for Noel)
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with Christmas
   The Merry Christmas - anything Christmas with animals
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Pile It On - large sentiments (NOEL)

Snowman

   The snowman image is from Digi Stamps 4 Joy and I coloured it using Promarkers. The sentiment was computer generated. After cutting out the image I used a little stamp from a magazine and created the border. Once it had been matted and layered onto silver mirri and white card I added Liquid Pearls for falling snow and to the dots on the repeated stamped border.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with no patterned paper
   Addicted to Stamps - use more than one stamp
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - winter wonderland
   Sweet Stampers - Christmas
   The Paper Shelter - a card for a child
   C.R.A.F.T. - winter
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - snow white
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (l for Liquid Pearls)
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with for the guys
  |Make My Monday - snow fun
   Ike's World - let it snow

Handbag gift box

   For the next two weeks we would like to see anything but a card for the Crafty Cardmakers challenge.
   I have made a gift box using Tattered Lace's handbag die and decorated it using the lavish poinsettia die and the Charisma ivy die and CD ROM also from Tattered Lace.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Incy Wincy Designs - not a card
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Craft Rocket - Christmas is coming
   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes
   Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   CAS-ual Fridays - anything but a card
   The Merry Christmas - anything goes with Christmas

Silver and gold

   This week the Crafting From the Heart challenge is being sponsored by Scrapendipity and as usual the theme is anything goes.

   I created a frame on a standard square card using silver strips. On white card I printed the Scrapendipity digi called floral frame adding a computer generated sentiment to the centre of the frame and coloured it using various silver and gold gel pens. I printed some more of the flowers and again used gel pens to colour them, fussy cut them and used them to decoupage the frame. I then attached this to my base card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Dream Valley - add a sentiment

   Creative Inspirations - sparkle

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with no patterned paper

   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes

   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark

   Creative Moments - anything goes

Kings visit

   The digi stamps used on this multi easel card are from Digi Stamps 4 Joy coloured using Promarkers and the nativity in the centre is cut from brown mirri using a Cottage Cutz die. The backgrounds were created using distress inks with the addition of Stickles for stars.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (k for kings)
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with for the guys

Holy night

   Another Christmas card done! The background paper was printed from a tattered Lace download - I think it was a Halloween one. The digi stamp called holy night is from Lacy Sunshine and after colouring it using Promarkers I fussy cut it, wrapped a sparkly silver ribbon from past packaging round the base and attached it to the card. The sentiment was cut from gold mirri using the Tattered Lace die called contemplation peace. Finally I added some Stickles to the background.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - sparkles
   I Love Promarkers - show some sparkle
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Sweet Stampers - Christmas
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Creatalicious - anything goes with blue and silver
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Pile It On - large sentiments
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (j for Jesus)
   Sweet Stampin - babies (Jesus)
   A Gem of a Challenge - buttons and/or ribbons

A touch of gold

   This week the theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is a touch of gold along with the usual anything goes.
   I have used the digi called pine sprig and after colouring it using ball pens matted and layered it onto gold mirri and white card. The sentiment was cut from gold mirri using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - add a sentiment
   Passion For Promarkers - die cuts
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with no patterned papers
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Pile It On - large sentiments
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (g for gold)
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes

Happy ssnowmen

   I unearthed some sheets from Craft Creations that I bought many years ago. This snowmen sheet was one of them and I enjoyed deciding were to cut the images to make up the decoupage picture.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Crafting By Designs -  winter sparkle
   C.R.A.F.T. - winter
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards
   ABC Christmas - w is for white and x for marks the spot

Children's nativity

   I printed starry paper downloaded from Tattered Lace and matted and layered it onto diamond design paper from my stash and white card. The image from a Wild Rose Studio stamp was coloured using Promarkers and matted onto gold mirri cut using a Spellbinders die. The decoupaged flowers were printed using the Once Upon A Christmas CD ROM from Creative Crafting World.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - Christmas
   CD Sunday - take  a stamp
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with Christmas
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Do-Al(l) Kreatives - advent or Christmas
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Deep Ocean - inspired by a song or movie (Away in a manger)
   Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
   Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (f for flowers)

Snow gnomes

   This month the theme for the Dragonfly Dreams challenge is winter and it is being sponsored by Fabrika Fantasy.
   I have a large amount of papers in my stash which I am slowly using and have used two of them here. After matting the star design onto the textured red paper I wrapped some Christmas ribbon round them before matting onto white card. The figures on the digi called Little Snow Gnomes 1 from Fabrika Fantasy were coloured using Promarkers but I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to colour the snow and ice. After matting it on another piece of the textured red paper I added twinkle card candi to each of the corners.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - sparkle
   I Love Promarkers - sparkle
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Fabrika Fantasy - winter time
   The Ribbon Girl - anything goes
   Craft Rocket - Christmas is coming
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (e for extremely cold!)
 

Happy holidays

   The theme to start the first challenge this month at Send A Smile 4 Kids is happy holidays. It is being sponsored by:

Little Blue Button Stamps who are offering a $10 gift certificate

and

Stampendous who are offering a $20 gift certificate.

   I have used Little Blue Button's digi called Lilly and the snowman and after colouring it using Promarkers I cut it out using a Spellbinders lacy oval die.

   The design paper is from a Kaisercraft Christmas paper pad and I wrapped red satin ribbon round it before matting and layering it onto red mirri and then white card. I then added a bow and a  sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Digi Choosday - anything goes 

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas

   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with Christmas

   Fabrika Fantasy - winter time

   The Paper Shelter - digital delight

   Craft Rocket - Christmas is coming

   Do-Al(l) Kreatives - advent and/or Christmas

   Addicted to Stamps and More - anything goes

   Christmas at Sweet Stampin - anything Christmas

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards (d for dies)

Peace

   This week the theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is anything goes with the twist angels.
   I have used peace angel which I coloured using Promarkers adding clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle to the wings. I cut it out using a Tattered Lace ornamental circle and matted it onto dark green card. The Christmas tree design paper is from my stash. I used the Tattered Lace die contemplation peace to cut out the sentiment which I coloured using a black Promarker and a dark green Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - sparkle
   I Love Promarkers - show some sparkle
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas
   Craft Rocket - Christmas is coming
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - holiday cards