Rustic Christmas card!

Hello! I hope you've had a good weekend! I'm back to share this card I made for 1 or 2 challenges. This is my fave style for Christmas cards. I got the little wooden tag at a craft fair and can't find a link for it, sorry about that! Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
ABC Christmas Challenge - CASE a card (I chose Emma's with the Kraft, red gingham & twine) -->
Winter Wonderland - Christmas card
Festive Friday - Rustic Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Snowflakes

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Heartfelt Sympathy

Morning! I'm back with my card for this weeks LIM challenge, Happy Birthday ladies! I can't believe it's been 2 years! Although sorry to bring the party down by making a Sympathy card for it! Don't worry, its not for anyone, just an 'in case' card. Pretty simple really, I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Challenges;
Less is More - Kraft & Cream (I hope the touch of darker brown is ok)
The Paper Players - with Sympathy
Winter Wonderland - Monochromatic

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Thinking of You!

Hello! This is going to be quite quick as I need to go and scrape the ice off my car, grr! Here's a card I've made for this weeks CASe Sketch, as soon as I saw the little diamond pattern I thought of this flower stamp, I'm not really sure why but I sort of think the 3 flowers and the leaf/stalk make up the shape! Hopefully! I stamped and water-coloured the flowers with Stampin' Up Early Espresso ink, I thought it added to the sepia sort of look. Thanks for looking, have a lovely day!

Challenges;
CAS(E) this Sketch - this sketch -->
Allsorts - flowers
Totally Gorjuss - Keep it simple
Winter Wonderland - Vintage

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'Tis the Season!

Hiya! Super quick post from me to show you this card I made this morning. I've managed to join in every CAS(E) this Sketch challenge so far so I thought I'd keep it up, although I flipped it over to make hanging baubles. I thought this would make quite a good mens card so I left out lots of sparkle! The baubles are on different height foam pads to give it some interest. Thanks for looking, I hope you like it!

Challenges;
CAS(E) this Sketch - this sketch -->
Cupcake Craft - Christmas
Addicted to CAS - Bauble
The Paper Players - Aqua, red & a neutral
Winter Wonderland - Red & blue
 
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Gobble Gobble!

Hello! Well I think its getting dark now but its hard to tell, did the sun even bother today?! I hope you're all warm, dry and safe!
I've been crafting up a storm in my cozy craft room! I've been making my Christmas cards to send to family, I try to make them a little relevant to the recipient - although sometimes I run out of time and just use the best match!! This one is for my brother, a perpetual hater of sprouts! Hee hee!
I was reminded on the Hessian in my stash by Jen at Freshly Made Sketches, I love the stuff! I just cut a little strip, unthreaded a few of the strands and ran in through my Xyron. So mucy easier than gluing it on!
I feel a little mean entering this into a Gobble theme as I'm thinking this will be more 'Gobbled' than 'Gobbling'! Sorry Turkey! ;-) Thanks for visiting! Excuse the dull photos!

 

Inside veiw of the dreaded Sprouts!

Challenges;
Freshly Made Sketches - this sketch -->
Winter Wonderland - Food
Cards for Men - Christmas
CAS-ology - Gobble

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A Purple Christmas!

Hello again! I'm back today with a Christmas card I made on sunday night when I couldn't sleep, no big surprise as I dozed all day!! I'm getting really rubbish photos at the moment, not sure why, I think I need some daylight lamps, can anyone suggest any good ones? You'd think we'd have some decent natural light in July - nope!! Anyway, not sure it shows but I've put the 3 baubles on 1, 2 and 3mm foam pads to give them different heights. Thanks for looking, I hope you like it!

Challenges;
My Favourite Things - This sketch -->
The Paper Players - Christmas
Winter Wonderland - Monochromatic
Secret Crafter - Christmas
Sweet Stampin' - Scallops

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Sparkly Flourish!

Hello! I hope you're having a nice weekend! I'm back again to show you a little christmas card I've made for a couple of challenges. I adore this stamp and after I'd bought it went to a craft show and saw all the beautiful things people had made with it, and yet I've still only used it a couple of times! But when I saw what Mandi & Chrissie had planned for this week, I dug it back out again. I've embossed it in white then added crystal & silver glitter then a couple of teeny gems. I didn't use the sentiment attached to the image for some reason and went for this Waltzing Mouse one instead. I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Challenges;
Winter Wonderland - This photo -->
Less is More - One Layer & a flourish
ABC Christmas Challenge - K = Keep it Simple
Top Tip Tuesday - Sparkles Galore
Papertake - Anything Goes

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White on White Christmas!

Hello again! If you want to see this mornings card for the Truly Scrumptious challenge, it'shere. Wow, 2 posts in one day, I'm not sure that happens on here very often! But I really wanted to enter this into the February Sketch for you to Try and there's mere hours left! I've used this stunning new die I bought at the Make It show, I was at the Oyster Stamps stall (first one, right by the door and where I blew half my budget within 10 minutes of getting there!) and this was right by the till - I almost missed it! I can definitely see I'll be using it lots for this years Christmas cards. I made all the sparkle by inking the die cut directly with my Versamark ink, covering it in sparkly embossing powder then heat setting it - burning it in the process, grrr! I hope all the sparkle shows up, there's a little border round the edge and the snowflakes are glittered too. I hope you like it anyways! Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
I {heart} 2 Stamp - this sketch -->
ABC Christmas Challenge - D = Distressing (I've scruffed up the edges)
Secret Crafter - White on White
Winter Wonderland - Glitter & Bling
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #75

Good morning! I hope you're all well! Lulu watch went really well at the weekend! We managed to play with her all day with no naps so by bedtime, she went out like a light! Also, no 'nappy situations' which was a result! The 6:30 Sunday morning start wasn't so great though! And now I've got that weird feeling before you have a week off work when it seems like the last few days are the hardest struggle ever!! Just today and tomorrow to get through then 10 whole days off!!

I'm back here to show you my card for this weeks Truly Scrumptious challenge, we'd like you to make a Shaker card - guaranteed to get you thinking! ;-) This challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and they're offering a $20 voucher to their store!!

And here's my card. I really enjoyed making this card! I used the foam circles in the Circle Shaker Set from Jody Morrow, it made the whole process so much easier! The only thing I would change though is not using Flower Soft for the shaky stuff, it keeps getting stuck halfway up the window! I also used some Twinklets and crystal glitter. Thanks for popping in!

Challenges;
My Favourite Things - this sketch -->
Winter Wonderland - Glitter & Bling
Colour Create - Lilac, blue, white & Kraft
Allsorts - Anything Goes
ABC Challenge - J = Jazz it up
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Circles
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Beau-Tea-ful day!

Hello and Happy Monday! I've quickly popped on to show you this card I made at the weekend, I think I'm going to give it to Jamie's mum for her birthday at the weekend but I'm not sure it's 'her' so I may make another one! I'm loving my die-cuts at the moment, especially these cute MFT ones! I made the sentiment on my pc then printed onto Safmat film. I stuck the film over the whole panel instead of just cutting around the sentiment as I thought it would show, I'm glad I did as it gives the pink panel a lovely sheen! I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Here's the challenges;
My Favourite Things - this sketch -->
Stamp with Fun - Cute Vintage
Colour Create - Pink, Green & optional extra Handmade flowers
Daring Cardmakers - Kitchen-alia
Winter Wonderland - Easel card

Have a Tweet Birthday!

Hello! Monday morning is here again, boooo! On a good note though, today is mine and Jamie's 2nd weding aniversary! We had such a nice, lazy weekend in Rye, I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a quite and chilled weekend. The weather was perfect too, dry, sunny and crispy cold! We got back yesterday evening and I made this card for my brothers birthday - not til April, I'm organised for a change! But when I bought this stamp & die set, I really wanted to make his birthday card from it in a 'Twitter' style as he's always on it! Then this weeks Daring Cardmakers challenge is a Social Networking theme so I thought I'd go for it! I've left it fairly embellishment free as it's a men's card and I thought it would make the bird stand out more. I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by, I'm off to think up something special to cook for our anniversary dinner tonight!!

Here's the challenges list:
Daring Cardmakers - Miraculous Social Networks
My Favourite Things - this sketch -->
Winter Wonderland - Birthday Wishes
ABC Challenge - H = Happy Birthday
Crazy 4 Challenges - Monochromatic Blues
Sir Stampalot Challenge - Monochromatic

Penny Black Saturday 181!

Hello, sorry this is so late, work gets pretty manic for me at this time of year - not that I'm complaining!! ;) But better late than never for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge, and this week Domi has designed a great sketch for us to use! Here is it, I've flipped it upside down for my card.

Our fab sponsors for this week are 1-2-3 Stitch with a $20 voucher to their online store!
I hope you're having a lovely weekend and the Christmas shopping crowds have been kind to you!!

Here's the challenges I'm entering into: (sorry there's so many - couldn't resist!)
Allsorts - 2 colours + white
The Shabby Tea Room - Pink, Gold, White, Snowflakes & Flowers
Papertake - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y = Yippee it's Christmas!
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Things with Wings
Oldie but a Goodie - Christmas, no red or green
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Let it Snow
Totally Gorjuss - Let it Snow
Paper Sundaes - Anything Christmas

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