Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #60

Wendy has chosen the theme this week, and its Christmas Trees!!! I am in love with this gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp and just had to use it for this challenge.

I watercoloured Wee and his tree in and then masked him and sprayed walnut gold and frost glimmer mist over the image. The papers are my favourite CHristmas ones this year - I just need to take a deep breath before cutting into them (and I have to have stroked them for several minutes first!!). I added gems to the tree and ribbon, and kept the layout simple.
Do take a peek at the other DT members creations - they are fab.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Whiff of Joy Wee with Tree
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: My Minds Eye
Embellishments: gems, ribbon from stash

Vintage winter love

There seems to be a bit of a theme to my Christmas cards at the mo!! I just love these MME papers and as they were out I thought I would use up the bits and pieces.
The card covers these challegnes:
Spoonfull of Sugar - Brown plus red/blue
Passion fro Promarkers - vintage
Stampavie and more - sketch
Whiff of Joy - Christmas card
Simon Says Stamp - winter love - well Uru looks like he loves that birdie!
I coloured the image using promarkers and am really pleased with the colouring, it does look vintagey. I distressedthe image using antique linen, vintage photo, and walnut stain, and then masked the image and used frost glimmer mist. I distressed the papers, including the music papers, and the flower.
Here is a close up of the image and distressed background.
Well I am off for a cuppa while the children are having their nap!!

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Whiff of Joy Uru and Bird
Colouring Media: promarkers
Papers: MME
Embellishments: ribbon, flower, spacer, brad and charm from stash

Brown and blue

I did some colouring last night with my distress inks and when I colour in batches I tend to use the same colours ... browns and blues in this case. I coloured them to go with the gorgeous My Minde Eyes papers I have. But they fit with a couple of challenges - yeah!!!
A spoonfull of Sugar's challegne is brown plus pink or blue, Everybody-Art-Challegne is Christmas, as is the Papertake Weekly Challenge.
I have used the same layout for both cards.Tilda is watercoloured and cut out using my nesties. I stickled her hair band and bits around the flowers. I distressed the image rather than put it on a mat. I matted the dp onto blue cardstock and added blue ribbon and a bow. The sentiment is stamped in blue ink.

Same goes for this one ... except it's the halo and stars that are stickled.


Recipe:
Stamp(s): Magnolia Tilda with Vintage Roses, Tilda Christmas Angel
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: MME
Embellishments: ribbon from stash

A couple more Christmas Cards

I am trying very hard to get a few Christmas cards made, as a couple of friends have asked for a few!
Both cards fit Colour Create's red, green and white challenge.
For this one I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday and Animal Antics from Simon Says Stamp.
These LOTV bunnies are watercoloured and I added stickles to their hats. The papers are Basic Grey and I used lace and flowers from my stash. The white flowers are inked a bit as they looked too white!! The sentiment is Papermania.

This card uses a Father Christmas from Whiff of Joy. He is watercoloured and the background distressed in aged mahogany and weathered wood. I followed the sketch over at Stamp with Fun, and distressed the edges of the Basic Grey papers.

Ellie is off poorly today so I haven't been working, just doing the after school bit for a couple of children. Hopefully she will be back at school tomorrow. It has given me the time to rummage through my stamps and list a few on Ebay ... I really do need to reduce my stamp collection as I am running out of space!!! if you fancy a peek, you can find them here.

Sketch and Stash 24

Its time for another great sketch by Becky.
I watercoloured the image and added gems to the tree. I inked the edges of the image with distress ink and then heat embossed them to make them glisten a bit. As the image is rather large and I am tryig to keep my Christmas cards smaller this year I have punched ribbon slots so the image sits over the ribbon. I tied some tulle into the knot and added prima flowers that were spritzed with walnut gold and frost glimmer mist.
Do take a peek at the other DT cards and have a go yourself.

Recipe:
Stamp(s):Whiff of Joy Wee with Tree
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: My Minds Eye
Embellishments: gems, ribbon, flowers, tulle and brads from stash

A few Christmas cards

I am struggling trying to keep up with photographing the cards I am making with such dull weather. Here are three that I have made over the last couple of days.

The first covers these challenges:
Create4fun - sketch
Stampavie and more - Brown + 1 - in this instance red
Creative inspirations - Sparkle
Uru is watercoloured and I distressed the edges of the image with vintage photo, walnut stain and aged mahogany. Th edp and the music paper is also distressed using the same inks. I added the flowers and leaf, and stamped the sentiment straight on the dp using maghogany ink. The sparkle is in the dp - sadly the dull light doesn't reflect it.

This card covers the following challenges:
Friday Sketcher - sketch
Just Magnolia - masking
Creative Inspiration - sparkle
Colour Create - red, green and white
One stop craft - snowflakes
Magnolia Down Under - Christmas card or decoration
Tilda was masked onto the presents (still not convinced she is sitting right, even after 3 attempts!) and watercoloured her. I cut her out and put her straight on to the dp. I glimmer misted the snowflakes using gold and then glamour dusted them, so they do sparkle!! I stamped the sentiment straight onto the dp.

Finally this card covers these challenges -
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - winter wonderland
One Stop Craft - snowflakes
Charisma Cardz - sketch
Allosrts - Christmas card with song title - Let it Snow!
Colour Create - red, green and white
Simon Says Stamp - animal antics
I water coloured this fab mousey and aded fluffy stuff and glitter. I kept the sketch simple and stamped the sentiment on to a cuttlebug bauble.

We have had a busy weekend - at an evening do for a wedding last night, and a princess party for one of the children I mind today. The girls are well tired and partied out!!! Hopefully they will sleep!!!!

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Whiff of Joy Uru and Bird, Papermania sentiment; Magnolia Tilda with presents, presents; Penny black Let it Snow, Cuddly Buddly sentiment
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: My minds Eye, DCWV, Basic Grey
Embellishments: flowers, ribbon, lace, brads, card candy from stash

Secret Crafter Saturday challenge

It is Jill's turn to set the challenge and she has chosen calendars.
I have made calendars fro my aunties as part of the Christmas presents.
I made a 6x6" easel card and decorated using Basic Grey papers. I used a button to hold the card up, and raffia to secure the calendar tab - the tab isn't fastened to the card base so at the end of the year it can be removed. I decorated the upright bit and added a photo - this isn't the photo we will be using - the schoolphoto for this year isn't back yet, so this last year's!!

And here are the two I have made.

Do take a peek at the other DT creations and join in if you have time.


Recipe:
Stamp(s):
Colouring Media:
Papers: Basic Grey Boxer
Embellishments: card candy, pearls, raffia from stash

Dutch Dare Card Challenge

This week's challenge is In Your Pocket. We want you to make a pocket card.

I had never made one of these, and now I've got my head round what it should finally look like, I think I will be making more!!
I did keep it all quite simple as I wasn't sure how it was going to all work out, but on future ones I will embell the tag more.


I stamped and watercoloured two candles and cut them put. Then I made my pocket and tag, using matching papers and inking the edges. I matted a candle onto the tag so the flame peeked through the pocket.

Do take a peek at the other DT members' gorgeous pocket cards and have a go yourself.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): WOJ candle, Christmas sentiments
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: Basic Grey Fruitcake
Embellishments: none!!

Animal Antics meets a sketch!

I have had poor Henry coloured up on my desk for days ... and no card to go on. So I have combined this week's WOJ challenge, a fab sketch, with Simon Says Stamp's animal antics theme. I have to say Henry is the only lucky mouse in our house ... Miffy is in killer mode at the mo and we are having about 4 'gifts' a day ...what a lovely puddy cat she is!!!
Henry has been watercoloured and matted onto red cardstock. I added lace for the scallop edge and a big band of green velvet (last bit :() with some red ric rac. I moved the sentiment as it covered Henry's ear, so I added a flower where the text was. I'm thinking the paper combination is a bit busy ... not sure - what do you think?

I don't often plug people, but I needed to treat myself yesterday so I ordered some flowers and tulle and pearls from Tab ... it aarrived this morning!! How fast is that ... and I ordered mid-afternoon. I am definitely shopping there again ... only problem is ... the flowers are so gorgeous I can't use them!!!! They need to be admired and stroked LOL!!

Recipe:
Stamp(s): WOJ Henry with Bauble; Cuddly Buddly sentiment
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: Basic Grey Wassail
Embellishments: prima flowers, ribbon and lace from stash

A couple of cards

Dear hubby is in late - he's dining in London tonight, so I ate with the children and settled down in my craft room when Ellie and Beth went to bed. Here are the fruits of my labour:
The first combines the Passion for Promarkers colour combo, Marsh green and burnt umber, with the Papertake Weekly Challenge sketch - another fab one by Dawn.

I coloured the image (thanks Jen!!) using my promarkers and then matted onto green and brown cardstock. The dp is Basic Grey Infuse, and I matted it onto cardstock, folded the corners and added brads. Iadded organza ribbon and green ric rac and a ric rac bow. Very fitting for the weather at the mo!!!

The next card uses the Everybody-Art-Challenge sketch, Allsorts theme, card for a child, and the baby's 1st Christmas theme over at A Spoonfull of Sugar. I made this card for Maddy.

I have kept it very simple - I think little ones need strong colours and not too much detail. I love this LOTV bear, and I coloured him using distress inks. The dp is DCWV and I added loops of red ric rac rather than flowers or snowflakes - a bit more touchy feely for a little one. Some gold distressing and stickles finishes it off.

My craft room feels like a stranger to me at the moment - what with having been poorly and working extra hours (thinking of the crafting stash to buy when I have time!!) I have hardly been in there. Hopefully this weekend I will have time to get in there and catch up with the Christmas cards LOL!!!