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

   

I is for ivy

    The stamps I have used on this clean and simple card are from Elusive Images, now known as Chocolate Baroque. They are from the Christmas foliage set and the ivy has been coloured using Promarkers.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional party time

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional button

   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - family and friends

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   We Love Chocolate Baroque - Christmas

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   

H is for holly

    I matted and layered white card onto gold mirri and then white card. The holly swirls were cut out using a die from Sheena Douglass's Deck the Halls collection, stamped using the coordinating stamp and coloured using Promarkers. The sentiment was stamped using a stamp from the same set and I added six red gems to finish the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional lace

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas/winter

   Catch The Bug - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Sweet Stampin' - use red

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - Anything goes

G is for glitter

   

   This month the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge has the theme happy holidays.

   I have used the same dies as I did for the card the post before last, but this time I have cut the frame and applied loose glitter to all the snowflakes, although it does not show up in the photo. The background is embossed co-ordinations card and again I have applied glitter to the snowflakes.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

    Dream Valley - dies and/or punches

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes plus an optional twist

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Animal Friends - dog or cat

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

F is for Father Christmas

   This card was made using pieces left over from a Hunkydory kit. 

   I would like to enter it into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with option of adding a button

   Allsorts - lace with anything goes

   CCC Digi Designs - Christmas is on it's way

   Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas/winter

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

E is for embossing

    Using a Carnation Crafts die from the Christmas Day set I embossed cream cardcut using one of the matting dies from the same set. I then matted this onto brown card. The decoupaged central image was cut from one of their downloadable vignettes. The ribbons were from my stash and the sentiment 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 party time

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Animal Friends - dog or cat

   Dream Valley - dies and/or punches

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - anything goes

Christmas owls

   This Di's digi stamp is called Christmas owls. After colouring it using Promarkers I fussy cut it and matted and layered it onto paper printed using My Craft Studio's Winter CD ROM, blue card and then white. The sentiment was cut from red card using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Creative Inspirations - winter wonderland

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

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

   Allsorts - for children or teens

   CCC Digi Creations - Christmas is on it's way

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Crafthazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - family and friends

   Passion For Promarkers - go dotty
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   We Love Chocolate Baroque - Christmas

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Digi Doodle Studios - Christmas/winter

   Createful Hearts Cards - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - Christmas is coming

   Craft Rocket - Christmas/winter

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

   Aud Sentiments - anything goes

D is for decoupage

   This card is made from scraps left over from making other Christmas cards using an old kit from Hunkydory and adding some thin gold peel off strips.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

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

   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - family and friends

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes

   The Crafter's Cafe - anything goes

C is for carols

    For this Christmas card I decided to use non traditional colours of black and purple. I have coloured the stamped Lili of The Valley image called 'A Christmas Carol' using Promarkers and cut it out using a tattered Lace byzantine die. I added a bow and a peel off greeting which I coloured using permanent pens.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Penny Black and More - Christmas

   Dream Valley - dies and/or punches

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with ribbon or bow

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   The Crafter's Cafe - anything goes

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Digi Doodle Studios - Christmas/winter

   Christmas Craft Creations - Christmas music

B is for baubles

   Using the My Craft Studio graphics program I added three baubles and a greeting to the background paper. To the foremost bauble  I added a photo of the local church when it was snow covered. This was then matted and layered onto red and then white card. Further copies of the baubles were printed and used to decoupage them.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges: 

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

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

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   The Crafter's Cafe - anything goes

Snowmen

   This month the Dragonfly Dreams challenge is being sponsored by

and has the theme of Christmas/winter.

    I placed a strip of Christmas washy tape towards the bottom edge of the card and then wrapped satin ribbon round the left hand side. The digi from Paper Nest Dolls is called caroling snowmen and I coloured it using Promarkers. Before removing it from the square die used to cut it out I lightly dusted three of the edges with Distress Ink. It was then matted onto blue card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with winter

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with ribbons or bow

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

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

   Allsorts - for children or teens

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - family and friends

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Passion For Promarkers - include black and/or purple

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes

   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional humour

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

   Christmas Craft Creations - Christmas music

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes