Favourite Five Christmas Creations of 2013

Well as the big day is over, and the year draws to a close I thought I would join in the fun with My Favourite Five Christmas Creations on Debby's blog A Scrapjourney.

It was a tough choice as I made quite a few Christmas cards, but here they are, with links to the original posts (in case you want to see all the ingredients!)

Have A Fan-tash-tic Christmas

using IndigoBlu stamps

 

Angel of Peace

using Polkadoodles digi stamp and papers

 

Lil Bows Tin Soldier

using Lacy Sunshine digi stamp

Santa Who!

using a Gordon Fraser set from Crafts U Print

12 Days of Christmas - A Partridge in a Pear Tree

using image and papers from a Kraftyhands CD

I hope you've enjoyed this little selection of my favourite Christmas cards, and are enjoying a fabulous and safe New Year's Eve!

Mandy x

 

Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas!  And as its a special Dr Who Christmas this year I had to share this card with you!

So... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Mandy x

I am adding this card to:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #171

Materials Used:
Crafts U Print - Santa Who by Gordon Fraser
My Craft Studio - crystal glitter
Core'Dinations - blue and red card
Hunkydory - 5" x 7" white card blank

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #158 - Use your favourite technique or colour

It's time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week the theme is use your favourite technique or colour - you can use both! :-) 

I decided to go for one of my favourite colour combinations - pink and grey, and also went for one of my favoured layouts too! So not a technique, but still a favourite!  And I chose the gorgeous Alannah digi from StampArt Design to make this sweet Christmas card.

I am adding this card to:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #171

This week there are two prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
StampArt Design - 5 digi images
Sassy Studio Designs - 4 digi images

Materials Used:
StampArt Design - Alannah digi which you can purchase here
Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, Y20, Y23, Y27, E31, E35, E37, R81, R83, R85, YR31, YG61, YG63, YG67, E50, B91, B93, B95, B97, C2
Creative Expressions - white crochet ribbon
Kanban - Cream Soda paper pad
Hunkydory - white square card blank, silver mirri card

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #157 - Feminine with a sentiment

It's time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week the theme is Feminine With A Sentiment.  I decided to use a simple layout that I use from time to time - its good when you don't have a lot of time on your hands or need to make a lot of cards.  You can print out the digi image with a sentiment, colour it in and then team up with a piece of card which picks out one of the colours in your image - and its even better when you can use up a piece of card that you have in your "scrap box"!  And as I normally choose patterned papers before I colour in, you don't have to spend ages doing that either!

This week there are two prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
Saturated Canary - 2 digi images
Crafty Sentiments Designs - 3 digi images

Materials Used:
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Friendship digi image
Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, E31, E35, E37, YR20, YR23, YR27, R81, R83, R85, YG61, YG63, YG67, C2, C4, C6, C7
Core'Dinations - pink card
Craftwork Cards - white square card blank

Lacy Sunshine #23 - Celebrations!

It's time for a new challenge over at Lacy Sunshine!  The theme is Celebrations - so any project for an occasion that you would celebrate!

So pop on over and join in the challenge as there are plenty of prizes up for grabs!  For the random draw there will be 2 winners: 1st prize - 5 digi images, 2nd prize - 3 digi images of choice from the Lacy Sunshine Shop. There will also be a Top Three who will each receive 1 of Heather's digis. 

There is also a Loyalty Program for Lacy Sunshine Challenges digis, information can be found in the rules section of the Challenge Blog.

Materials Used:
Lacy Sunshine - Polly Poinsetta Flower Pot Pretties
Copics - YG61, YG63, YG67, B21, B23, B24, 26, YR20,YR23, YR27, R83, R11, R14, R17, R27, E000, E00, E01, E02, E50, E51, E53
Core-Dinations - red card
Craftwork Cards - white square card blank

Kraftyhands December Challenge - Anything Goes

Morning!  Its Saturday and now so close to Chirstmas - I hope you have all your cards made, and presents sorted (I know I still have a bit to do!!)!  So as it's the first Saturday of the month, it's the start of a new challenge over at Kraftyhands!

This month it's Anything Goes, and its just for fun, so pop on over to http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk and share your projects with us - even those last minute Christmas cards if, like me, you still have some to make!

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Treasures CD
Hunkydory - 5" x 5" white card blank

 

Its Bingo at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #156

It's time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week the theme is Bingo!  I used die cuts, glitter and a button (made using a punch as I didn't have any real ones that matched the colours I chose!) with this fun image from Bugaboo.

This week there are two prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
Bugaboo Stamps - 7 digi images
Robyn's Fetish - 4 digi images

I am adding this card to:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #169
613 Avenue Create - #48 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Bugaboo - JJC January digi
Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, E33, E51, E53, V09, V12, V15, V17, V1, R81, R83, R85, R89, B23, B24, B26, B28
EK Success - buttons & holes punches
Spellbinders - card creator 5 x 7 matting basics A and B
Die-namics - fishtail flags stax, fishtail layers stax
Complete Cardmaking Magazine - Christmas Nativity paper collection
Core-Dinations - purple card
Hunkdory - 5" x 7" white card blank
Purple organza ribbon from stash