Elephant Love

 
   Wishing everyone a very happy and crafty New Year.
   The theme for the challenge this week at Creative Corner is 'Be Mine' and is being sponsored by Bugaboo Digi Stamps. This image is called Edward Valentine.
   I began by matting and layering deep pink core'dinations cardstock onto grey core'dinations and then white card. I coloured the image using Promarkers and then matted and layered it onto pale pink core'dinations cardstock and then grey.
   From the pale pink Core'dinations cardstock I cut a design using the deco heart die from Tattered Lace. I cut into this to produce the smaller heart which I matted onto grey core'dinations and two flourishes which I arranged at the top of the card. The wording was also cut from core'dinations cardstock using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Imagination Crafts - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Meljen's Designs - anything goes

Drinking footballer

   The last post for 2014! My nephew celebrates his his birthday at the start of the New Year. He is a keen follower of football and will reach the age when he can legally order a pint so I thought this image would just suit the bill. It is one of the Flippin' stamps from La Pashe and I coloured it using Promarkers. It was cut out using a Spellbinders long classic rectangle die and whilst still in the die I coloured the edges using distress ink. I then matted it onto mirri card cut out using a Spellbinders long classic scalloped rectangle die. The background of the card is core'dinations cardstock matted onto white card.
   The strip at the bottom of the card is from the same set of stamps and again coloured using Promarkers. I matted it onto core'dinations cardstock before attaching to the card. The sentiment was cut from core'dinations cardstock using Tattered Lace dies.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Scribble & Scrap - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - anything goes

Elf snowman

   This began by merging and editing two images from Make It Crafty. The two images were 'family adventure and snowelf'. I coloured it using Promarkers, a silver gel pen and a little bit of glitter. I also added glossy accents to the buttons. I framed it with centura pearl card cut out using the Tattered Lace die krystal, gluing the reverse so that the die cuts did not fall out. I then matted and layered it onto some paper embossed with a silver design, silver mirri and white card.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - Christmas (modern look)
   Send A Smile 4 Kids - winter fun 4 kids
   Passion For Promarkers - bingo (die cut, free, glitter)
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes
   QKR Stampede - Santa or snowman
   Inky Impressions - winter wonderland
   Cupcake Inspirations - winter wonderland
   Imagination Crafts - anything goes
   Love To Create - icy winter days
   Crafty Creations - who wants to build a snowman

Best of friends

   I could not resist putting these cuties onto a birthday card. The stamp is Giordano studio's 'My special friend' from Joanna Sheen. I coloured it using Promarkers and added a few highlights to the animals using Derwent pencils. I then matted and layered it onto pink and green core'dinations cardstock and white card. Finally I added a sentiment using peel offs.

   I would liked to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - special occasions
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Animal Friends - anything goes with an animal
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes
   Alphabet - W for whiskers

Christmas elf?

   I hope everyone has had a peaceful and fruitful Christmas. Now I'm getting ready for Christmas next year!! It seems ages since I wrote anything on the blog and I'm beginning to suffer withdrawal symptoms.
   Although it doesn't show in the photo graph, the image from Dragons Lair Designs is actually decoupaged. Before attaching it to the card I matted and layered red textured card onto green core'dinations cardstock and white card. I die cut the Christmas rose design using a Tattered Lace die, cutting into it and colouring it using Promarkers.
 
   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - Christmas/New Year
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   The Glory of Christmas - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Christmas Blessings

 
   I was asked to make a set of a dozen Christmas cards so I chose the stamp 'Nativity Play' from Wild Rose Studio and a clean and simple design as time was at a premium. I coloured the images using Promarkers and matted six of them onto red card and the remainder onto green card.
   The sentiment is cut from mirri card (green for those backed onto green card and red for the others) using dies from Tatted Lace.

   I wish to enter these into the following challenges:
   Without Words - Christmas (a Modern look)
   Penny Black and More - special occasions
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - Christmas/New Year
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas anything goes
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - Christmas
   Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
   The Paper Shelter - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything goes Christmas/holidays
   As You Like It - favourite Christmas image (Nativity Play) and why (shows what Christmas is all about)
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Make My Monday - nativity
   Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas
   Clear It Out - anything goes

Three wise men

   I have just bought the Tattered Lace die 'Three wise men' so I could not resist a play. So here is my first Christmas card for 2015 or for the person I may have forgotten!
   I cut the figures out of black card and glued gold paper behind the figures of the kings. I then cut the shapes from grey core'dinations card and matted the black shapes slightly off-centre in order to create some definition when I fixed them to the background.
   I sprayed navy core'dinations cardstock with iridescent spray and sparkle from Crafter's Companion and fixed this to white card. I then tore three pieces of cream core'dinations cardstock and attached these strips to the lower half of the card at the same time as adding two of the kings so that the camels feet appeared behind the sand ridges. I then added the third figure. I used a Promarker pen and distress ink to create shadow in the sand. Finally I added a gold peel off sentiment.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - Christmas
   Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas
   Crafty Catz - last minute Christmas
   Crafty Cardmakers and More - Christmas
   Papertake Weekly - anything festive
   Christmas Cards All The Year Round - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - glittery, sparkly Christmas
   Pile It On - anything goes/Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
   Creative Moments - anything goes/non traditional Christmas colours