Cold and Frosty

I've another Christmas card to share with you today, this time using the Winter scene-it stamps from Hobbyart:

6 x 6 card blank
Images stamped onto watercolour card in Versafine ink and coloured with Aquacrayons.  Pinflair Snow dust added for texture.  Embossed around the edges using Vanilla ice embossing powder.
Spellbinders Labels 27 die used to create mat.
Backing papers are all from Swalk Winter Cheer cd-rom, printed onto satin printer papers.  I inked around the edges using Faded Jeans distress ink, my splodgeaway mat and my ink blending tool.
Embossed panel made from Centura Card, embossed with an embossing folder that came with a magazine, and inked using Faded Jeans distress ink.
The sentiment is a peel off and the silver snowflakes are die-cut using a Cheery Lynn die.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Cold and frosty

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Use something more than 6 months old (stamps, cd, peel off and snowflake die)

The Crafty Pad - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

CD Sunday Challenge - Layer it up

Christmas Card Challenges - Double embossing (embossing folder and heat embossing around edges of spellbinders die.

Creative Craft Challenges - Bingo - Blue/Stamps/Emboss

Bearly Mine Challenges - Snowflakes

Crafty Creations Challenges - Christmas is Coming

SplodgeAway Challenge - Blue and Silver

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Blue

Diva's By Design - Use 2 or more patterned papers

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Bingo - Merry/embossing/snow

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Blue, silver and white

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for all the lovely comments you leave,  They really do make a big difference to my day.

A Special Hug

Good Morning

Christmas Card Challenges has a great sketch for us to follow, here is my card:

6 x 6 card blank

SWALK winter cheer stamp, stamped onto Neenah card using London Fog Memento ink and coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens.

Papers from Swalk Winter cd-rom, printed onto Satin Finish printer paper, distressed around the edges with Faded Jeans distress ink.

Snowflakes cut using a Cheery Lynn die from silver holographic card.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge - Anything Goes

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - Best Friends

With Love At Christmas

There is a great sketch to follow over at the Sketch N Stash Challenge Blog.  I combined this with this weeks theme at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge, card for a couple, to come up with the following card:

6 x 6 card blank

Swalk stamp from Crafters' Companion, stamped onto Neenah card with London Fog Memento Ink and coloured with Specturn Noir pens

Backing papers from Swalk Christmas cd-rom, printed onto Satin Finish printer paper.

Blue card used for matting from Create and Craft.

cArt-Us die used to cut scalloped circle mat.

Marianne Designs Creatable corner die 

Reverse wonky rectangle die used for sentiment,which is from Jayne Nestorenko's Adorable stamp range, stamped in Faded Jeans distress ink.

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Christmas in August

Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Out of the Frame

Stamping For Pleasure - Rudolph Day Challenge - Something Festive

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Borders and Frames

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Lots of Layers

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - Best Friends

Winter Fun

Good Afternoon

I'm not doing very well with my plan to get ahead with my Christmas cards so am trying to rectify that a little.

This card combines a few challenges as my mojo had gone awol and I needed all the help I could get!

This follows the current sketch over at Christmas Challenges With Sketches and I found it a lot of fun to follow.  My other aim is to use up some of the stacks of  papers I've got from various magazines, and all the papers on this card are from Making Cards magazines.  I love the paper with the santa and penguins on!  I also used some dark green cardstock which I embossed with a snowflakes embossing folder but sadly this doesn't show up very well in the photo.

The main image uses one of the SWALK Winter Cheer stamps (first inking for this stamp), stamped onto watercolour card and painted with Lyra's.  Finally, three little heart-shaped buttons, threaded with metallic cord, were added to the card.

My card is also for the following:

Winter Wonderland - A Christmas Card

Jingle Belles - Use buttons

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Hearts (the buttons)

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Penguins

Good Morning

I am determined to work my way through my un-inked stamps, and here is another that has been used for the first time:

I love this stamp and it was a lot of fun to colour in.  I'm sure I'll use this much more.  I coloured the image using coloursoft pencils blended with baby oil.

I followed the sketch over at Jingle Belles.  The backing paper came free in a magazine.  The ribbon was saved from a Christmas Cake!  I can't resist but keep all bits of ribbon and twine from wrapping, it's such a waste just to throw them away.  The border is cut with a Memory box die and the other die cuts are spellbinders.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges - Colour

Sentimental Sundays - Die-cut plus sentiment

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Colour Bingo - I chose green/red/yellow

St Lukes Charity Cards Challenge - Recycling (ribbon from Christmas cake)

Dream Valley Challenges - Animals

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Thanks for calling!

Jo x

Snow Is Falling!!

Good afternoon.

It's only snowing on my card thank goodness!  This year I am determined to make Christmas Cards throughout the year so I don't end up with the usual last minute panic.  It's far more enjoyable if there's no time pressure.  My mojo's being a bit stubborn just now, so I was glad of the help of some Christmas challenges to get me cracking.

Here is my card:

I followed the current sketch over at Christmas Challenges (with sketches).  The image is from the SWALK winters cheer range, I love this image, those hats are fab!  I coloured the image with a combination of promarkers and coloursoft pencils and added some pinflair snow dust to the fur areas.  The backing papers are also from the cd-rom.  The die the image is sat on is a Marianne designs die, cut from core'dinations cardstock and then the embossed area sanded.  The snowflakes are also Marianne dies and the edge punch is  Martha Stewart.

I made a co-ordinating insert using My Craft Studio to complete the card.

I would also like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy - Let It Snow

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Traditional plus non-traditional colours plus embossing

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Use digi image or paper (as my papers are from a cd-rom, I assume they count.

ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything Christmas

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - Something Forgotten - I'm ashamed to say I'd forgotten I had this die.  I'd put it away in the wrong place and completely forgot I had it.  It was a lovely surprise when I found it!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Flowers for Grandma

Good Afternoon

Welcome to my blog today.

My card for today was meant to be a quick card and finished up anything but!!!

I had such fun making this card.

The image is from Crafters Companion SWALK Winters Cheer range.  I coloured her with a combination of promarkers and coloursoft pencils.  My very first time using promarkers!  The mat she is sat on is cut with a Nellie Snellen die.  The backing papers are from the accompanying cd-rom, edged with gold embossing powder.  I stamped and coloured two of the flower baskets onto shrink plastic and added them to the bow as extra embellishments.  The poinsettias are Marianne dies, I added a little glitter to the centre of each.

My card is for the following challenges:

Bling it on challenge - Sketch

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Inspired by Poinsettias

Thanks to everyone who leaves me comments, they are very much appreciated.

Jo x

Let It Snow

Good Afternoon

Well today I finally got a chance to play with the fabulous new SWALK range from Crafters Companion.  This is my favourite image from the Winter Cheer range.

I stamped the image onto watercolour card using versafine ink.  I then watercoloured her using brushmarkers. I found some fab holographic card in my stash out of which I cut a frame using a spellbinders die.  I used an ironworks die to cut the fabulous snowflake out of silver glitter card, and used the same card to die cut the bauble using a Marianne die.  The gorgeous backing papers, borders and flower are all printed from the accompanying cd-rom.  The sentiment is LOTV embossed with silver detail embossing powder.

I used the remainder of the printed papers on the inside of my card:

My card is for the following challenges:

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Pink and Green

Willow Sketchie Challenge  - Sketch

Jingle Belles - Softly falling snow

Totally Papercrafts - Lots of layers

The Secret Crafter - Wrap up warm

Paper Sundaes - Flowers and sparkle

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Christmas Songs (Let It Snow)

Now then, which image shall I play with next????

Have a lovely evening.

Jo x