Let It Snow

This is my entry into the current challenge at Christmas Challenges With Sketches:

6 x 6 card blank

Penny Black image, stamped in London Fog Memento Ink, coloured with Spectrum Noirs

White Flowersoft added to the bobble on his hat, Pinflair Ice Diamond added to his feet.

Silver Holographic Card, Papers from Making Cards magazine.

Marianne Scalloped circle die.

Martha Stewart punch to create the 3 small snowflakes.

Sentiment from Lili Of the Valley, sat on a doily created with a Cheery Lynn Nautical Doily Die.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - January Blues

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Snowmen

Craft-room Challenge - Monochrome

Crafts and Me Challenge - Something New (Snowman stamp, sentiment stamp, Cheery Lynn die)

Birthday Barge

Today's card is made using the Card Embroidery technique and uses a pattern from Form-a-lines:

A5 card blank

Metallic threads used for all stitching

Spellbinders die used for sentiment

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

Cards For Men - Transport

Moving Along With The Times - Birthday

Owl Always Love You

I've made this to send to my daughter who's at University.  She loves hedgehogs, owls and other woodland creatures so I think she'll like this calendar:

All the papers and images are from a recent issue of Making Cards magazine.

Joy Crafts Floral Flourish Swirl no 4 die

Marianne Creatables frame die used to sit calendar on

Memory Box numbers die.

Card from PaperMill

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

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Dies to Die For - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Winter Fun

This Christmas card was made using The Big One cd-rom by La Pashe.  This image could be me and my two sisters when we were young:

7 x 5 card blank

Decoupage printed onto super smooth decoupage paper.

Gold holographic card from create & craft.

My card is for the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Snow and Ice

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Winter Fun

Papertake Weekly - Baby It's Cold Outside

Craft Challenge - Christmas In January

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Winter Themed

Pretty Pansies

I love pansies, they are one of my favourite flowers, I think they are really 'happy' flowers.  These are from one of the La Pashe cd-roms and I think they look beautiful when they are made up:

Pansies printed onto super smooth decoupage paper.

Purple card from PaperMill

Pansy backing paper printed onto card from one of my cd-roms, but I'm afraid I can't remember which one, sorry.

Martha Stewart border punch.

Doily from ebay.

Eyelets, bakers twine and flower button on drawer front all from stash.

My calendar is for the following challenges:

Diva's by Design - Make it Girlie

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Anything but a Card

Whimsy Challenge - Fancy Edges

Creative Inspirations - For the Girls

New Abode

My card for today is a New Home card made using the Woodland Folk and Friends cd from Do-crafts:

A5 Easel card created from Kraft card.

Green card from PaperMill

Pyramage image printed from cd-rom onto Super Smooth Decoupage paper.

Wording created using cd

Flower brads and charms from my stash.

My card is for the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge - New Beginnings

Crafting For All Seasons - Something New

Bearly-Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Christmas Angels

I needed to make some fairly quick Christmas cards so decided to use this beautiful angel stamp from Inkadinkado:

These are both A6 card blanks.

Gold and silver holographic card used for matting.

Image stamped with versamark, heat embossed with gold and silver detail embossing powder.

Sentiment stamp from Pink Gem designs.

Blue and green card is Hunkydory Adorable Scorable.

Martha Stewart corner punch.

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

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Rudolph is resting

Christmas Card Challenges - Silhouettes

Crafty Creations Challenge - Snowflakes

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Christmas Goes

Out For A Stroll

Good Afternoon and welcome to my blog today.  A big Hello to my new followers, it's a pleasure to have your company.

My card for today is made using a A Double Sprinkles of Kraft cd-rom:

7 x 7 square card

Main image printed onto watercolour card for a softer look.

Backing papers all from cd-rom printed onto Satin Finish Printer paper.

Light blue card from PaperMill.

Nellie Snellen oval die, Joy Floral Flourish, Whimsy Picket Fence die, Memory Box Clouds die.

Flowers created using an X-cut punch finished in the centres with a gem from my stash.

Sentiment is computer generated.

My card is for the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch

Flutterby Wednesday - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Beat the Blues

Delicious Doodles - Favourite colour - Blue

Spark Your Creativity Now  - Anything Goes

Anyone For Cookies

Another draw calendar to share with you today, this one made using the Me To You cd-rom from Do-crafts:

Drawer easel created using card from PaperMill and backing paper from the cd-rom printed onto white card.

Martha Stewart star border punch used along the top edge.

Main image from decoupage section, layered onto a doily.

Eyelets, buttons and twine used on drawer all from my stash.

My calendar is for the following challenges:

One Stitch At A Time - Anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Monochromatic

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Anything but a card

Bunny Zoe Craft's - Anything Goes

J and C Creations Challenge - Something old (cd) Something new (doily and calendar tab)

Birds and Butterflies!

I've another calendar to share with you today.  This time I've used some of the gorgeous Giordano decoupage from Joanna Sheen:

A5 Easel card.

Giordano Forest Friends decoupage from Joanna Sheen

Backing paper from Joanna Sheen's Heart of the Garden cd.

Mini fanciful flourish die used either side of the main image.

Marianne die used to cut mat the Calendar tab is sat on.

Floral flourish die used either side of the calendar tab.

My card is for the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - Fur or feather

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Birds

Anyone For Cake?

Good Afternoon

I've another desk calendar to share with you today.  I love making these.  The little draw houses a pencil and post-it pad and they are very popular!

Purple card stock from PaperMill,

Backing paper from Forever Friends cd-rom (Do-Crafts) printed onto white card.

Image from same cd, printed onto super smooth paper and decoupaged.

Crafts Too die used to die cut around the image.

Martha Stewart Stars Border punch

Eyelets, twine and button from my stash.

My calendar is for the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Dies and punches

Natalie and Amy Challenge - Favourite things - dies and punches (and cake!)

Crafting When We Can - Favourite things

Allsorts Challenge - Dies and punches

Say It With Flowers

I felt like trying something a bit different and at the same time put some of my very neglected stash to use.  I followed the sketch over at Hanna and Friends Challenge to create my card:

8 x 8 card blank

Core'dinations cardstock, scored diagonally using a scoreboard.

White card embossed using a Darice embossing folder.

Circle cut from Satin silk art card (from Inkylicious).  Image stamped randomly with versamark ink, detail white embossing powder added and heat embossed. I then brayered over the whole circle with a very neglected big and juicy ink.

I took a rectangle of the art card and stamped the image from Sheena Douglass Silhouette Grasses stamp set in versamark ink and heat embossed with black sparkle embossing powder.  I brayered the rectangle with the big and juicy ink.  I applied black sparkle around the edges of the rectangle.  I then stamped the image once more with versamark this time adding detail white embossing powder and heat setting.

I die cut 3 circles from black glitter card and added a bow to each made using ribbon from my stash.

I cut the sentiment tag from black glitter card using a Spellbinders die and then added the sentiment.

My card is for the following challenges:

Hanna and Friends Challenge - Sketch

Stamp n Doodle Challenge - Something neglected (ink pad and stamp)

Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers

Moving Along With The Times - Floral Delights

Totally Papercrafts - Ribbon