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Sparkly Yeti Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge has started a new challenge – anything goes Christmas. Here is my card:

I chose a previously created background from an online class with Jenn Shurkus, and the images were coloured during that class – but – again – not used……so I decided to piece them all together for this card.

Ink smooshed and sprayed background, a star stencil using some purple ink.

I die cut the words from Concord & 9th is silver glitter card – layered a couple of times – and that was fiddly, let me tell you!

A hillside cut in the same glitter card, the igloo and yet attached with 3D foam pads, and some iridescent little water droplets for added interest.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas makes and increase your Christmas stash. I look forward to seeing you in our gallery. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Peace On Earth Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

TTCRD – anything goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge – anything goes

12 Months Of Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas – option not taken

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge – cute Christmas Critters

Leaping Bunny

Hello. I’m just popping in to share a card created for several challenges:

The card base and the smaller panel are from a cream card stock, with the panel being a textured piece of card.

I die cut the leaping bunny out of white and coloured the bunny using a couple of brown Copic markers, then die cut the bunny die again in green card – cutting off the bunny and layering the green on top of the white.

The wreath was die cut using a lighter green card, cutting off the bottom of the wreath so it frames the top and not the bottom of the semi-circle piece.

I thought about a sentiment, but I couldn’t find one that I liked – despite have many, many sentiment stamps and even dies – but I like this clean and simple and I also liked the ability to be able to send this as a ‘just because’ card……

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – green, cream, Kraft

Dragonfly Dreams – outdoors

Crafty Gals Corner – anything goes

Caroling Critters

Hello once again. ABC Christmas Challenge has reached the letters ‘L’ and ‘M’, Wei is hosting, and the themes this time round is Little and/or Music – Christmas themed of course. Here is my card:

The background is from my stash – ink blended base panel, onto which I adhered the snowflake panel.

The critters were stamped, coloured with Copics, then die cut. I decided where I wanted to place them and stamped the sentiment, and attached them with 3D foam squares. I stamped some extra musical notes around them.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Colour Crazy Challenge – atg colouring – week 22

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Christmas With The Cuties – cute Christmas

Crafting Happiness Challenge – anything goes

12 Months Of Christmas – anything goes Christmas

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge – Cute Christmas Critters

Moments Like This …….

Hello. I have a card to share made for a very special couple who have recently become engaged:

I recently received the new Spellbinders ‘Birthday Celebrations’ bundle and used the balloon dies and the ‘Party Spots’ embossing folder to create this card.

I used some glitter card – I think from Stampin Up – for the balloons, tails, and strings, and once these were stuck together – glitter just does not want to stick down does it? – I placed them on the bubbled/spotted background panel as you see.

The Pinkfresh Studio foiled sentiment was perfect for this I thought, and covered the strings of the balloons.

Lots and lots of glitter and shine…..

I hope to give this card to the happy couple this coming week, but as neither of them follow my blog (!!) I thought I would be OK to post here.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Paper Minutes Challenge – bubbles

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – anything goes

Papercraft Challenge – add glitter

Creatalicious Challenge – anything goes – option lots of bling/glitter

Cards Galore Challenge – anything goes

Breathe……

Hello. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘E’ and Billie A has chosen the theme of embossing – wet or dry. Here is my card:

I chose another of my ink smooshed backgrounds in pinks and oranges as a background to the butterfly stamp.

I heat embossed the image in gold embossing powder, and also embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set. I also added some little sequins for some additional interest.

I hope you can come and join us with your embossing creations – wet or dry embossing – so many options. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams – butterflies and/or flowers

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – It’s up in the air

Arty Divas – anything goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies – anything goes with a critter

Sending You High Koality Hugs

Hello once again. Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge has started a new CAS themed challenge. This time we want to see ‘HUGS’. Here is my card:

This cute hugging pair of koala’s is a stamp from Heffy Doodle. I coloured them with Copics – first having a little internet search for the colouring of koala’s – grey’s and brown’s – so I coloured each differently – warm grey and cool grey, with some white gel pen for interest.

The sentiment if from the same stamp set.

The background circle is a Concord & 9th stamp and using a lighter green, then a stitched circle die.

I hope you can come and join us with your CAS ‘HUGS’ themed cards. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Promarker Challenge – markers and three or more layers

Colour Crazy Challenge – anything goes colouring – week 21

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Paper-pieced Leaves

Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Billie A has chosen the theme of ‘two or more patterned papers‘. Here is my card:

I began by die cutting the Simon Says Stamp ‘Vine Background‘ three times in white, and then once with four different patterned papers.

I laid the first white die cut down, then placed a different piece from the patterned paper die cuts in the leaves, and then added the next two white layers on top – just in case I had some glue where I didn’t want it on the edges.

I then chose a pre-made sentiment – I think from Pinkfresh Studies but not exactly sure – and then dotted around some gems in the more open spaces.

I hope you can come and join us with your patterned paper creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Addicted To Stamps and More – die cuts and/or stencils

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Love To Craft – anything goes

Snowman Christmas

A new ‘anything goes Christmas’ challenge has started at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge. Here is my card:

I chose to use yet another background created during an online class, layered onto a matching panel.

The snowman is a Tim Holtz die, and die cut using one white textured shiny card, and with part of the layers ink blended with some teal ink – to tone the white down a little and to add more dimension. All three layers of the scarf I die cut with one colour, and the hat was two black card pieces.

I hope you can come and join us and increase your stash ready for the end of the year. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Christmas Craft Creations – Christmas and two colours (purple and teal)

Addicted To Stamps and More – die cuts and/or stencils

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

The Sky’s The Limit

Hello. I have a card to share which took a lot of die cutting and layering – but I am pleased it turned out so bright and cheerful:

The card base is 5×7 inches so I could get all the elements on comfortably.

The white panel was die cut with the three cloud dies from Heffy Doodle, and placed onto a Distress Oxide panel (Saltwater Taffy) with foam tape, creating some gaps between each cloud bank.

The balloon was die cut – watching the Heffy Doodle video to see what goes where – and the little rabbit from Time For Tea designs added. I had to cut round his arm a little as I wanted it hanging over the edge of the basket.

I added the sentiment, then some sequins from my stash which seemed to go with the colours I had used on the balloon.

I shall be entering the following challenge:

TTCRD – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – layer it up

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – anything goes – option to use some pink

Crafty Calendar Challenge – anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge – anything goes

Cut It Up Challenge – out in the country – include a die cut

Die Cutting Twofer

Hello there. It’s my time to host at The Alphabet Challenge. Having reached the letter ‘D’, I chose the theme of ‘die cuts‘. Any occasion, any creation -as long as there are die cuts involved – then you’re good to go.

I die cut sooooo many of these little layering dies from Spellbinders – I had so many left over that I created two cards:

This die set from Spellbinders ‘Color Block Mini Petals‘ only has two dies to it – a very small set. However, I think it certainly packs a punch. There is a background petal shaped die, then the other die cuts out the layers. I decided to go with a fairly simple colour scheme – but as you can see I placed each of the four colours in different order on each petal.

It’s time consuming, it’s fiddly – but I actually quite enjoyed it. I sometimes get my ‘fiddly’ head on – though rarely! – and I knew I had to just be patient, go with it, and see what happened.

I used Concord & 9th card stock – three greens and a yellow – and I knew the card stock would die cut perfectly so it was just a case of using my little Heffy Doodle mini die cutting machine over and over and over again…….

Putting the layout together also took a bit of time – which petal and which colour-way to go where. Again, time consuming….

I chose a matching green for the sentiments and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder, and even found some Concord & 9th gems in the same colours to ‘sprinkle’ down. I can’t remember ordering them – but ‘found’ them so used them.

I hope you can come and join us with your ‘die cuts’ creations – I look forward to seeing all your creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Pearly Sparkles – layer it up

Dies R Us – anything goes with a brand they sell – include a die

Crafting Happiness – anything goes

Die Cut Divas – anything goes with die cuts or embossing folder

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – layer it up