Aeroplanes

    My last post for 2020 is a quick card for my nephew whose birthday is Sunday and I belatedly realised that there is a bank holiday on the Friday before.

   The image is from Hunkydory's Little Book of planes, trains and automobiles and I have cut the frame using one of the dies from their with love set.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Monday - celebrate

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Crafty Creations - anything goes

Christmas elf

 

   For this last Christmas card I have used a digi from Moonflower Digital Stamps called 'Gina, Christmas elf', coloured using Promarkers and cut out using an oval Tattered Lace die. I matted red card onto gold card and added a black card strip onto which I added the greeting cut from gold mirri using Tattered Lace dies. The embellishments were odd bits of die cuts from my stash.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Dream Valley - Christmas

   Crafty Calendar - Christmas theme

   Passion For Promarkers - add a sentiment

   Digi Designs - it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

   We Love Chocolate Baroque - anything goes

   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

   Crafty Gals Corner - 'tis the season

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with optional santa

It's a boy

    I enjoyed creating this card for one of my niece's who has just given birth to a son. A welcome change from Christmas cards also.

   To create the shaped card I used dies from Carnation Crafts bundle of joy set and a Tattered Lace congratulations die. 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with something new

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Crafthazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Monday - celebrate

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Crafty Creations - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

Merry Christmas deer

    I matted paper printed using the My Craft Studio CD ROM Festive pines onto pale blue card. The decoupaged deer were cut using downloadable vignettes  and dies from Carnation Crafts whilst the sentiment was cut from black (shadow layer) and white card using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with let's celebrate

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with quick and easy

   Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas or red/green

   Winter Wonderland - anything goes

   Scrapping 4 Fun - Christmas

   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional white on white

   Do-Al(l) Kreative - winter wonderland

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - let it snow

   Crazy 4 - a blue Christmas

   Christmas Craft Creations - winter blues 

   Make My Monday - Christmas theme card

   Ike's World - x is for Xmas or anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

Dragon present

    My daughter wanted a glittery dragon card for one of her friends so I came up with this.

   After wrapping glittery eyelash ribbon round mock glitter card I matted and layered it onto iridescent mirri card and white card. The image called 'Dragon present' from Lee Holland was coloured using Chameleon pens  to which I added loose glitter. I matted it onto iridescent mirri and added tiny red gems for the holly berries and slightly larger gems to one of the corners. The sentiment was cut using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional flowers

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional quick and easy

   Incy Wincy Designs - anything goes with optional red/green

   Crafty Calendar - Christmas theme

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Scrapping 4 Fun - Christmas

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes

   Catch The Bug - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - special celebration

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas present

   Everybody Art - animals at Christmas

   Make My Monday - Christmas theme card

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   

Patissier

    This is a birthday card I have made for one of my niece's. The digi from The Paper Shelter called Patissier in distress was coloured using Promarkers.  I used downloadable vignettes for the decoupaged flowers.The frame, die cut flowers and sentiment were cut using dies from Carnation Crafts half and half square die set. 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   The Paper Shelter - a special celebration

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with flowers

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Passion For Promarkers - add a sentiment

   We Love Chocolate Baroque - anything goes

   Creations in Pink - anything goes

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes

   Catch The Bug - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   

Keeping warm

   The decoupage for this image was printed using one of the CD ROMs from the House Mouse triple CD collection and the design paper was printed using the House Mouse Decoupage CD ROM. The letters were cut using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes 

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - anything goes

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Winter night

   The theme for this month's challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is winter.

   I have used a Di's Digi Stamp called 'winter night' and coloured it using Spectrum Noir alcohol pens and Sparkle pens. It is matted onto silver mirri. I wrapped ribbon round one corner of paper from Papermania and matted this onto silver card. Finally I added a bow and three white pearls.

 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional flowers

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Winter Wonderland - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Digi Designs - winter holiday 

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Catch the Bug - anything goes

   Fab 'n' Funky - winter wonderland

   Do-Al(l) Kreative - winter wonderland

   Crazy 4 - blue Christmas

   Sweet Stampin' - let it snow

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

Cats rule

    The card base, dark and light pink layers, chair and cats were cut using Carnation crafts dies from the Comfort of Home collection. The cats were coloured using Promarkers but the chair used a downloadable vignette. I used My Craft Studios Papercraft library volume 9 to print a sheet of backing paper and fussy cut the tree from it. The sentiment and letters were cut using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional things with wings

   Winter Wonderland - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Passion For Promarkers - Christmas

   Scrapping 4 Fun - Christmas

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Creations in Pink - anything goes

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - anything goes

Looking out

    This is a multi layered card. I began by attaching paper printed using the My Craft Studio CD ROM volume 9 of the Papercraft library to cream card. The digi image coloured using Promarkers is from The Paper Nest Dolls and is called 'Ellie with kittens' was then attached to this using foam pads. Thicker foam pads were then used to attach the window which was cut using Tattered Lace's flectere window die. Using dark brown card I cut a shape to form a window box on which I stuck a die cut sentiment. Finally I added pieces of die cut holly.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with baby it's cold outside (so let's stay in!)

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with Christmas

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional things with wings

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with optional sketch

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - Christmas card

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes

Z is for zzzz....

    I matted and layered papers from Papermania and light purple card onto white card then added the greeting cut from gold mirri using Tattered Lace's season's greetings washing line die.

   The die image called 'cookies for Santa' is from The Paper Shelter. I coloured most of it using Promarkers, but on the garlands I used a purple glitter gel pen. I added Glossy Accents to the ornaments on the tree and then cut it out leaving a narrow edge of white so that it would stand out from the background.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with Christmas

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional things with wings

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Allsorts - Christmas flowers, wreaths, trees

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Passion For Promarkers - glitter and sparkle

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - Christmas card

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Do-Al(l) Kreative - glitter and sparkle and Christmas greeting

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Monday - food and/or drink

   Crafty Creations - anything goes

Y is for yesteryear

    I matted backing card from Hunkydory onto gold card. I wrapped gold sparkly ribbon round an off cut of this backing card and attached it to the top of the card. Finally I added a sentiment, tag and some more ribbon.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Creative Inspirations - winter wonderland

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional things with wings

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   C.R.A.F.T. - winter

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

   ABC Christmas - w for winter wonder land or x for xtra special

X is for x shape

    The digi image I have used here is from The Paper Shelter and is called Snow Angle. After colouring it using Promarkers I matted and layered it onto cyan card and white card. The sentiment was cut from white card using a Tattered Lace die. To finish the card I added loose silver glitter to the snow and the sentiment, although it does not show up well in the photo.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with baby it's cold outside

   Cute Card Thursday - silver or gold

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with Christmas

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Passion For Promarkers - glitter and sparkle

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - Christmas card

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Do-Al(l) Kreative - glitter and sparkle plus Christmas greeting

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

   Le Ann's World 101 - anything goes

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

   C.R.A.F.T. - winter

   Crafty Creations - anything goes

   ABC Christmas - w for winter wonderland, x for xtra special

   Paperminutes  - alcohol inks

W is for wreath

    For this card I used dies and downloadable vignettes from Carnation Crafts Christmas eve set and added a bow and card candi. 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with something beginning with r

   Allsorts - santa, elves, angles or Christmas

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Winter Wonderland - festive things with wings

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

V is for visit by kings and shepherds

   I made this card using elements from a Hunkdory kit and gold mirri card in my stash and then added some gem stones.

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional something beginning with r

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

U is for up in the air

    I cut a frame from black card for a truncated image from Hunkydory's Little Book of Twilight Kingdom - a magical Christmas and matted it onto faux glitter card and black card. Using a Hunkydory die I cut three trees from black card and positioned them on the right of the card adding Liquid Pearl for snow fall. The sentiment was also cut using a Hunkydory die. Finally I added two card candy to two of the corners.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges: 

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with something beginning with r

   Allsorts - Santa, elves, angles or Christmas

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

T is for trees

    The card shape, matts and layers and frame for this card were cut using  Carnation Crafts gilded frame die set. The background paper was printed using My Craft Studios Festive Pines CD ROM. The trees were cut using Carnation Crafts hint of pine die and the accompanying downloadable vignette and the stag was cut using a Tattered Lace die from the Festive Pines set. I used peel offs for the sentiment.

   I would like to enter thisinto the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspirations  - winter wonderland

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with something beginning with r

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas /winter

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas

   ABC Christmas - w for winter wonderland / x  for xtra special

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - Christmas/winter animals

S is for shepherds

   I matted paper from Kaiser Craft's Christmas Collection paper pad onto green card and wrapped green satin ribbon round the left hand side of this before matting onto cream card. The Di's Digi stamp called Shepherds Singing was coloured using Promarkers, matted onto green card and attached to the card. I then added a bow and a gold vertical peel off to the ribbon wrap.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with Christmas

   Cute Card Thursday - sentimental

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with use three layers

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional something beginning with r

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Digi Doodle Studios - Christmas/winter

   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - use a digital image

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas

   Simon Says Stamp Monday - happy holidays

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

R is for reindeer

   For this shaped card I used Carnation Crafts gilded frame dies. The background was stamped using their Christmas tree stamps and the deer were cut from their downloadable vignettes using dies from their Magnes and Maya set and decoupaged. The greeting was cut using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with Christmas

   Creative Inspirations - winter wonderland

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with something beginning with r

   Allsorts - santa, elves, angels or Christmas

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Always Fun - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas

   Simon Says Stamp Monday - happy holidays

   ABC Christmas - w is for winter wonderland , x is for xtra special

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - Christmas/winter animals

   

Q is for quiet

    For this card I used pages from Hunkydory's Little Book of Father Christmas decoupaging Santa and matting and layering it onto grey card and silver mirri. Using a Tattered Lace die I cut ivy from silver mirri, snipped it and positioned pieces in two opposite corners.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with Christmas

   Creative Inspirations - winter wonderland

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional glitter

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Always Fun - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas

   ABC Christmas - w for winter wonderland or x for xtra special

P is for poinsettia

    This card was made using papers and dies from Dawn's Traditional Christmas set. The background paper was matted and layered onto blush and then white card and I added Flowersoft to the poinsettia centres.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional glitter

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas/winter

   Fab 'n' Funky - hand stamped or die cut sentiment

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes

Scrap presents

 

   Like most crafters I am reluctant to throw any scraps away and consequently I have a growing mountain. For this card I used some of those scraps cutting them into diamond shapes and combining these to make wrapped parcels. (Each parcel is glued onto a scrap of card). Using trimmings from my scrap mountain I cut these to form the parcel ties. The background paper was printed using My Craft Studio's volume 9 CD ROM from the Papercraft Library collection and is matted onto mirri and white card. I added a fussy cut dog and name tags, cut from scraps of course, to complete the design.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional glitter

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional light 

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Let's  Craft and Create - anything goes with optional sketch

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas

   Aud Sentiments - Christmas/winter animals

O is for on the roof

       I decoupaged several pages of the same image from Hunkydory's Little book of Father Christmas and matted and layered it onto red card and silver card. I then added white peel off letters at the top.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with outdoor pursuits

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional glitter

   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - friends and family

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Simon Says Stamp Monday - happy holidays

   Dream Valley - lots of layers

N is for nativity

   This Christmas card is made using a Hunkydory kit that has been in my stash for several years. The image is decoupaged and the base mat is outlined using gold mirri strips which I have also had in my stash for many years.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Dream Valley - lots of layers

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional gliter

   Craft Rocket - Christmas /winter

   Creative Moments - anything goes

M is for merry mice

   This Di's Digi stamp called Merry Mice is coloured using Promarkers. I matted and layered it onto blue mirri, two shades of crimson card and finally cream card. both the bells and the greeting were cut using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with outdoor pursuits

   Cute Card Thursday - wintry

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with optional use three layers

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional glitter

   Allsorts - anything goes with a candle, lights and all things bright

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   CCC Digi Creations - Christmas is on it's way

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Digi Designs - use a digi image

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Colour Crazy  - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - a card for a child

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Sweet Stampin' - favourite stamp

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - Christmas/winter animals

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   A Perfect time to Craft - anything goes

L is for lantern

    This digi from Di's Digis is called winter carols. After colouring it using Promarkers I matted and layered it onto black card, falling snow mirri (which doesn't show well in the photo) framed with black card and blue patterned card. The sentiment was cut from black card using a Tattered Lace die. To finish the card I added some snowflakes which were offcuts from a previous project.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with outdoor pursuits

   Creative Inspirations - winter wonderland

   Cute Card Thursday - wintry

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with use three layers

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional glitter

   Allsorts - anything goes with candle, light and all things bright

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - family/friends

   Digi Designs - use a digi image

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with optional sketch

   Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas/winter

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Le Ann's World 101 - anything goes

   ABC Christmas - w for winter wonderland

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - Christmas/winter animals

K is for kings

    This easel card is made using elements from a Hunkydory kit.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Catch The Bug - anything goes

Silver bells

    Some years ago I bought some glitter flakes but until now I have never used them. They have just been sitting with my stash. After several failed attempts I managed to arrive at this image which uses silver flakes and an image stamped onto black card using a Sheena Douglas silver bells rubber stamp from the A Little Bit Festive range . I matted and layered it onto grey and white cards and then edged it with narrow silver ribbon adding a clear gem to three of the corners. The sentiment was from the same stamp set.

    I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Craty Catz - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional lace

   CCC Digi Creations - Christmas is on it's way

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   Catch The Bug - anything  goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   A Perfect Time To Craft - anything goes

   

J is for joy

    For this card I used a very old traditional decoupage sheet from Craft Creations Ltd and matted it onto gold mirri. The background paper from my stash is matted onto gold mirri and white card. The sentiment is die cut.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional button

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas/winter

   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional humour

   Fab 'n' Funky - old McDonald (stable and farm animals!)

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Creative Moments - anything goes

   A Perfect Time To Craft - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes