Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!  The day is here at last - though I still do not know where December has gone!

I hope that you and your families are enjoying a safe and peaceful day, and I look forward to catching up with you all again soon.

I am adding this to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 23/12 - 30/12
7 Kids Challenge Blog - #115 Anything Goes with an optional twist Christmas
Divas By Design - Anything Goes 
Inspiration Destination - #13 Anything Goes 
Moo Mania - Merry Christmas 
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes 
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Anything Goes   

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Wondrous Wreath, Making Spirits Bright, Hardwood
Ink - baked brown sugar, real red, mossy meadow, old olive
Dies - Bitty banners, wonderful wreath
Card - baked brown sugar

24 Days of Christmas - Day #24

Ok, so I did it!  I made a quick card using this favourite set so that I could use the ornament instead of the pine cone - and here it is!

I am adding this to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 23/12 - 30/12
The Pink Elephant - #279 Inspiration Challenge
Inspiration Destination - #13 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes 
Creative Colours - #26 Photo inspiration - Vintage Green - Deep Red - White plus add a Glitter (see photo right) 
 


Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp set - Ornamental Pine
Ink - real red, mossy meadow
Card - mossy meadow
Ribbon - real red
Glitter - dazzling diamonds 

24 Days of Christmas - Day #23

My last card using the Ornamental Pine stamp set!  Though I never did make any cards using the ornament/bauble that comes in the set - only the pine cones - and I don't think I have time to squeeze in making another card using this now!

I know that I have shared several cards using this stamp set, and that is because I really do love it!  Over the last couple of years I have using mostly digi stamps, and my beloved rubber stamp collection has been rather neglected (even though I have continued to add to it!).  However, this set has really got me back into stamping, so for that I am very happy!

I am adding this card to the following:
That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes
Cards und More - #122 All About Christmas 
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas 

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Wonderous Wreath, Ornamental Pine
Ink - mossy meadow, blackberry bliss
Card - blackberry bliss
Dies - Wonderous Wreath

24 Days of Christmas - Day #22

I thought I would give you a break from Christmas cards today, and show you a couple of the Christmas ornaments I made for the tree.

I am adding this to the following:
Sentimental Sundays - #238 Anything But A Card
Crafting For All Seasoons - #92 Anything But A Card 

Materials Used:
Clarity Stamp - Peace on Earth, May Peace Be Your Gift stamps
IndigoBlu - MDF ornament shapes, post box red paint, manchester tart megaflake, slap it on matte, flitter glue

24 Days of Christmas - Day #21

Happy Sunday!  I spent some time Christmas present wrapping today - and also realising that I do still have a bit more shopping to do!  Not sure that I have ever been this disorganised when it comes to present shopping - but the last few weeks have just flown by!

Today I have a very simple card made using another of my favourite stamp sets of the season, and what makes it even better is the matching die set to cut all the images out!

I am adding this card to the following:
That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - #279 Inspiration Challenge 


Stampin' Up Materials Used:
Stamp set - Wonderous Wreath
Dies - Wonderful Wreath
Ink - real red, old olive, mossy meadow
Card - real red, mossy meadow

24 Days of Christmas - Day #20

Another day closer to the big day! And something far from traditional Christmas colours today - I really like these warm colours, and I think they suit this design rather well!

Materials Used:
Imagination Crafts - Christmas Holly stencil, antique bronze sparkle medium, cinnamon sparkle medium, Bauble Script panel card   Craftwork Cards - sentiment, white DL card Brother Scan N Cut - to cut the oval mat for the sentiment
Bronze mirri card from stash 

24 Days of Christmas - Day #19

Here is another of my fun and fast Christmas cards this one using a Born to Shop digi set. 

Materials Used: Serif Craft Artist - Born To Shop Christmas digi set Core'Dinations - red card Craftwork Cards - white card blank

24 Days of Christmas - Day #18

Wow - can you believe that a week today and it will be Christmas Day!  That also means that two weeks today is the 1st January!!!

So, just a few more days to go... and another card using the Ornamental Pine stamp set today - I promise there aren't that many more!

I am adding this card to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 16/12 - 23/12
 
Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Ornamental Pine, Wonderous Wreath
Ink - mossy meadow, lost lagoon
Dies - Wonderful Wreath
Card - mossy meadow

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #208 - Anything Goes

Its time for the last challenge of 2014 over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, with the theme of Anything Goes.  So please join us for this challenge and then visit us again on 7th January for the first challenge of 2015!

There is one prize this time from a fabulous sponsor, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
Bugaboo Stamps - 7 digi images

Materials Used:
Bugaboo Stamps - Sign It Celebration digi (you can add any digi you want to the banner as it comes blank)
Stampin' Up! - Blendabilities in Cherry Cobbler (Light, Medium, Dark), Pumpkin PIe (Medium, Dark), Old Olive (Light, Medium, Dark), Crumb Cake (Light, Medium), Pink Pirouette (Light), Soft Sky (Light, Medium, Dark), Nude
Copic - black fineliner
Craftwork Card - white DL card blank

24 Days of Christmas - Day #17

I needed a few fun and fast Christmas cards to send, so I turned to the good old faithful Serif Craft Artist Professional and made some cards using the Purple Ronnie and Born to Shops digi sets.  This one is a "funky" Purple Ronnie card which I printed, added some glossy accents to the lights, pint glass and sun glasses and then matted onto purple card and a white card blank.  So, yes - fun and fast!

I am adding this card to the following:
Digi Choosday - #50 Last Minute Xmas


Materials Used:
Serif Craft Artist - Purple Ronnie digi set
Core'Dinations - purple card
Ranger - glossy accents
Craftwork Cards - white card blank

24 Days of Christmas - Day #16

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...you know the song... I've been watching some Christmas movies over the last few days, a few of them about Christmas trees!  So today, its a festive tree for my card to share with you.

Materials Used:  
Imagination Crafts - Christmas Tree stencil, champagne sparkle medium, sage green sparkle medium, White Christmas panel card  
Craftwork Cards - sentiment, Pale green card, white DL card
Brother Scan N Cut - to cut the oval mat for the sentiment

24 Days of Christmas - Day #15

Penguins!  I do think that these two little fellas look a little bit sad in this photo - but they are still kinda cute!

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp set - Holiday Cheer
Dies - curvy keepsake die set, ovals
Card - black, tangelo twist
Ink and ribbon - tangelo twist
Other - hole punch

24 Days of Christmas - Day #14

For day #14, as the song goes - Have yourself a merry little Christmas!  I'm thinking that maybe I should have used another colour in this card, but hey red is my favourite colour!

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:

Stamp set - Merry Little Christmas

Ink - real red

Card - real red

Designer Series Paper - Nordic Noel

Ribbon - real red

24 Days of Christmas - Day #13

Christmas Trees for you today! That also make me think I should probably share a photo of the Christmas Tree I have up - maybe tomorrow - I'll see if I can get some photos in different light and see what comes out best!

I'm still not sure about this card, I think there is something missing - maybe some faux stitching or piercing holes around the outside... but I stuck with it as is!

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Festival of Trees, Wondrous Wreath
Ink - real red, pear pizzazz
Designer Series Paper - Nordic Noel
Card - real red
Punch - tree
Dies - circles

24 Days of Christmas - Day #12

Day 12 - so half way through my 24 Days of Christmas!  I've used the Ornamental Pine set for this card, with the double stamping technique - I watched some YouTube videos on this a few weeks ago while I was on holiday, so had to give this a go!

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Ornamental Pine, Bright & Beautiful
Ink - real red, baked brown sugar, mossy meadow
Ribbon - real red

Creative Fingers #60 - Anything Goes

Its time for a new challege over at Creative Fingers,and the challenge theme as always is Anything Goes, so please pop on over and play along!

The sponsor this week is: Beccy's Place and I chose this cute Gingerbread Man Cookie digi to play with!

Materials Used:
Beccy's Place - Gingerbread Man Cookie dig
Copics - E33, E34, E35, E37
Stampin' Up! - blendabilities in cherry cobbler (Light), soft sky (Light), real red card
Kanban - yellow/gold gems

24 Days of Christmas - Day #11

Its time for the Santa boxes!!!! Yay! So today its our Christmas lunch at work!  Sadly a few people have already caught some nasty bug which means it won't be the full team :-( But I have made more than enough boxes for everyone (and they have room for 2-3 chocolates in each one!) so I'll be saving them so that everyone has one!

The boxes I have done for the lunch are the ones with the little handles (using the curvy keepsake dies), but I have also made pillow boxes, a gift card holder and "fry boxes" in the Santa theme - aren't they fun!

Stampin' Up Materials Used:
Stamp set - Holiday Cheer
Card - real red, black, silver foil
Punch - artisan label punch
Dies - curvy keepsake dies, gift card envelope, fry box, pillow box
Ribbon - real red 

Aud Sentiments #121 - Holiday Bingo

It's Thursday!!So we are in the second week of the latest challenge over at Aud Sentiments.  The challenges are always about having a sentiment on your project - it may be a specific sentiment or a theme, and this time we have a Holiday Bingo card for you to play along with - just remember to include a sentiment!

I went for die cuts, digi stamp and bling! What will you choose?!
 

 
Each challenge lasts two weeks, and this one is sponsored by A Day For Daisies

Materials Used:
A Day For Daisies - Frosty Snowflake Fairy digi image
Copics - E00, E01, E02, E51, B91, B93, B95
Spellbinders - A and B matting basics
Die-namics - fishtail flag staxs
Joy Dies - snowflake (not sure of the exact name of the die) 
Core'Dinations - blue card
Hunkydory - white 5" x 7" card blank, bling (!)

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #207 - Anything Other Than Christmas

Its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - and this week its time for a little break from all those festive cards in Anything Other Than Christmas!
 
There are two fabulous prizes this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
Robyn's Fetish - 3 digi images  Diane's Daydream Designs - $15 gift voucher

Materials Used:
Robyn's Fetish - Flowering Limb Retta 2013 digi image
Graph'It Markers - 1140, 1150, 2110, 5120, 8220, 8250
Copics - BG01
Core'Dinations - blue card
Craftwork Cards - white square card blank

24 Days of Christmas - Day #10

Hi!  Something fun for day 10!  I bought this fun Christmas jumper stamp set from Clarity Stamp as I just could not resist it - and it goes quite well with the Christmas jumper boxes that I have made!

I don't make that many shaped cards, but I just had to make this with the jumper stamp - the idea just came to me and it had to be done! LOL!

I am adding this to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - 09/12 - 15/12 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Clarity Stamp - Christmas jumper and Christmas knit stamps
Stampin' Up! - Real red ink and marker, whisper white card

24 Days of Christmas - Day #9

Snowmen boxes for you today!  I decided not to put a hat on them, as I thought that might stop the boxes from opening easily - I think they look ok without, what do you think?

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Dies - curvy keepsake box set
Stamp set - Holiday Cheer (for the sentiment on the tag)
Card - Whisper white, black, tangelo twist
Ink - Tangelo twist
Ribbon - Tangelo twist

24 Days of Christmas - Day #8

A nice bright red and gold card to share with you today - this rather reminds me of our Christmas tree that I put up at the weekend as its all red and gold baubles!

Materials Used: 
Imagination Crafts - Christmas celebration stencil, champagne sparkle medium, panel card 
Craftwork Cards - sentiment, white DL card 
Brother Scan N Cut - to cut the oval mat for the sentiment

24 Days of Christmas - Day #7

Hi!  Well today's Christmas card is another one using the Ornamental Pine stamp set - you probably kind of get the idea that I rather like it!

I am adding this card to:
That Craft Place - Christmas
A Crafty Mess - #2 Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas Colours 

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Ornamental Pine, Bright & Beautiful
Ink - real red, baked brown sugar, mossy meadow
Card - mossy meadow
My Digital Studio - Jolly Holiday designer series paper download
Ribbon - real red

Lacy Sunshine #48 - Holiday Joy

Its time for a new challenge over at Lacy Sunshine, and for this challenge the theme is Holiday Joy, so a project for any winter holiday!
Please pop on over to Lacy Sunshine and join in the fun 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 Crafters Candy Shoppe.

I am adding this card to:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 02/12 - 08/12

Materials Used:
Lacy Sunshine - Penguin Ethereal Enchantress
Copics - E00, E01, E02, E42, E44, E47, B00, B01, B02, C1, C3, C5, C7, YR12, YR14, YR16
Core'Dinations - blue card
Hunkydory - white 5" x 7" card blank
Patterned paper and gems from stash

24 Days of Christmas - Day #6

Day number 6, and time to share another card using the fabulous Ornamental Pine set of stamps!  This time I have used just the pine cone from the set, and teamed it up with a sentiment and bow from the Wonderous Wreath set.


Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Ornamental Pine, Wonderous Wreath
Ink - mossy meadow, blackberry bliss
Card - blackberry bliss
Dies - Wonderful Wreath (to die cut the bow) 

24 Days of Christmas - Day #5

Morning!  Day 5 already - the month is flying by!  Today I have a card using the "baby wipe" technique - a dry baby wipe with stamp pad reinkers to effectively create your own temporary ink pad!


Stampin Up! materials used:
Stamp set - Seasonally Scattered
Reinkers - blackberry bliss, lost lagoon
Card - whisper white, blackberry bliss, lost lagoon
Rhinestones 

24 Days of Christmas - Day #4

Day number and something a little different for me - some stencils and glitter paste, which I have only used a couple of times before.  But, hey, if you can't use some sparkle at Christmas when can you!?

Materials Used:
Imagination Crafts - Christmas celebration stencil, amethyst sparkle medium, pink snow panel card
Craftwork Cards - sentiment, white DL card
Brother Scan N Cut - to cut the oval mat for the sentiment
Purple mirri card from stash

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #206 - Use Your Favourite Colour

Its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - and the theme this week is use your favourite colour.  I have several favourite colour combinations, and chose red and brown for this one - though I threw a bit of green in too!
 
There are two fabulous prizes this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
Sassy Studios - 4 digi images 
StampArt Design - 5 digi images

Materials Used:
StampArt by Kathryn - Paddy's Christmas digi and sentiment
Copics - E41, E41, E42, E44, E51
Grap'Its - 5215, 5220, 8220, 8250

24 Days of Christmas - Day #3

It's Day 3 and today I have a card made using the fabulous Ornamental Pine set of stamps - I love this set, so I have a few cards to share with you using the set in the run up to Christmas.

Stampin Up! Materials Used:
Stamp sets - Ornamental Pine, Bright & Beautiful (for the sentiment)
Ink - real red, baked brown sugar, mossy meadow
Card - mossy meadow, whisper white