Basic Grey Challenge

 This week's theme is Its looking alot like Christmas ... and it is in our house - tree up, presents bought and wrapped, cards wrtten ... for once I am really organised!!

I have really enjoyed making cleaner and simpler Christmas cards this year - and I love this design, going to feature alot next year LOL!!!  It is all matted onto hammered gold card, and I coloured the mistletoe in using my pens.  Some lace, the obligatory gingham and some teeny gems to finish.

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Supplies: 

Image: Stempleglede Grungy Christmas

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

 Embellishments: lace, ribbon, flat backed gems

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Color Throwdown - red riding hood, crumb cake, basic black, gumball green

Paper Pretties - Christmas inspired

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Papercraft Star - include gold on a Christmas card

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
CRAFT - Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - red and green

PaperPlay - Christmas is coming
I Love Promarkers - anything goes
Card Crafters Circle - December Celebration
Fussy and Fancy - I love Christmas

 

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

 The theme this week has been chosen by the lovely Sue and it is One for the Boys ...

I love this Lala land Crafts Luka image, great for those cheeky boys we know!!  I coloured it with my pens and then simply layered up a couple of layers and added the sentiment.  It is for one of the girls' friends, and to be honest he isn't going to appreciate anything fussy or embellished - he's a bit of a boy's boy!!!

Supplies:

Image: Lala Land Crafts Outlaw Luka

Sentiment: Lala Land Crafts Outlaw Luka

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Wander

Embellishments:

Tools: 

 Challenges:

 I love Promarkers - anything goes

Crafts and Me - anything goes

 

Christmas Dress

This is my neice's Christmas card - very girly!!!  I coloured the image in using my pens and then added sparkly glittery stuff and stickles to the hat, shawl and boots.  I layered up the ribbons and added a double bow.  The flowers are layered with a card candi centre, and I just had to add this gorgeous sparkly twig spray.  Finally some flat backed pearls to finish  A very sparkly, girl Christmas card - but I bet she'd be perfect for a winter birthday card.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Christmas Dress

Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments Christmas circles

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Nitwits

Embellishments:  flowers, sparkly spray, ribbon, pearls, stickles

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Ribbon Girls - Christmas

Creative Stamp Friends - Christmas

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas time

Challenges4everyone - anything goes

Bunny Zoe - winter

Cards Galore - Christmas
Everybody Art- Christmas 

2 Sisters - Christmas sparkle

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Totally Gorguss - anything goes with glitter

Pile it On - pile on the embellishments

Sentimental Sunday - no traditional Christmas colours

Stamp with fun - sketch
The Paper Shelter - 2 of anything (ribbons, flower)
Stamp and Create - Sparkly Christmas

 

Sepia Father Christmas

This has got to be my favourite Father Christmas stamp, and I love colouring him n vintage, sepia tones.  Having coloured him in I added some glamour dust to his hat and coat, and a teeny bit of vintage photo to the edges of the cardtock, just to help him stand out a bit.  I embossed the cardstock using my snowflakes folder and then added flat backed pearls - very simple.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Old St Nick

 Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: linen cardstock

Embellishments: flat backed pearls

Tools: 

 Challenges:

  Ribbon Girls - Christmas

Creative Stamp Friends - Christmas

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas time

Challenges4everyone - anything goes

Cards Galore - Christmas
Everybody Art- Christmas 

2 Sisters - Christmas sparkle

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Totally Gorguss - anything goes with glitter

Sentimental Sunday - no traditional Christmas colours

Without Words - monochrome Christmas

Creative Craft - WOW Christmas

 Cupcake Craft - It'll be all white on the night

Stamps and Creativity=fun - photo inspiration

Crafty Calender - White Christmas

Sugar Bowl- sketch

Bearly mine - Santa

Pasion for Promarkers - 'Happy' in the sentiment

 Tuesday Throwdown - white Christmas

 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

 This week's Crafty Sentiment's challenge theme is Snowmen.  Our Challenge prize is a £10 voucher - you be in for 2 chances of winning if you use a Crafty Sentiments image but also why not join in the facebook challenge - anything goes as long as you use a Crafty Sentiments image there is another £10 voucher up for grabs there It can be found here but you only have 1 more day to enter new challenge over there starts friday.

I love snowmen, and how cute is this one with his 3 little friends?!!  Having coloured him in using my pens, i added some stickles and some Cosmic Shimmer glittery snow emossing powder.  I have kept the layout simple, just adding the ribbon and gems, and the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Snowman and friends

Sentiment:: Crafty Sentiments Christmas circles

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

Embellishments: ribbon, flat backed gems, stickles

 Tools:

 Challenges:

Ribbon Girls - Christmas

The Cupboard Trilogy - frosty winter

2 Sisters - Christmas sparkle

Sweet Stampin' ribbon and snowflakes

Craft your passion - snow

Creative Stamp Friends - Christmas

 Challenge up your life - 1st snow

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas time

Challenges4everyone - anything goes

Bunny Zoe - winter

Cards Galore - Christmas
Everybody Art- Christmas

 

Blue and White Christmas

Hopefully these are the last of my Christmas cards - they are for hubby's work place, just got 6 left on my desk to matt up.

I used the same stamp for both, simply stamping the snowflake up in chipped Sapphire distress ink, before embossing it in clear embossing powder.  The white cardstock has been embossed using a couple of embossing folders and I simply added ribbon ... very easy peasy!

Challenges:

 Cupcake Craft - It'll be all white on the night

Stamps and Creativity=fun - photo inspiration

Crafty Calender - White Christmas

Ribbon Girls - Christmas

The Cupboard Trilogy - frosty winter

Without Words - monochrome Christmas

Creative Craft - WOW Christmas

Challenges:

2 Sisters - Christmas sparkle

Sweet Stampin' ribbon and snowflakes

Craft your passion - snow

Creative Stamp Friends - Christmas

 Challenge up your life - 1st snow

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas time

Challenges4everyone - anything goes

Come and Get it - blue Christmas

Bunny Zoe - winter

Cards Galore - Christmas

Make it Monday

Supplies: 

Image: Bo Bunny Snowflake

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Distress ink, embossing powder

Papers: linen cardstock

Embellishments: ribbon

Tools: snow flake and swiss dots embossing folders

 

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

This week's Totally Papercrafts challenge is anything Christmasy BUT a card ... I made a tealight holder for one of the girls' teachers ...

I also made some decorations for my Christmas tree - these aren't eligible for the challenge as no paper is involved!!!  But it just shows what you can do with cotton reels and bits and bobs!!

Challenges

Helping hands!!

 Or not so helping hands!  Beth wanted some quality time with Mummy, so she helped me make this card.  She has a mild obsession with my cuttlebug so she used it to cut the fishtails out and the butterfly.  I know the dp is pink - another of her mild obsessions!!!  And I would not have stickled that poor butterfly within an inch of its life ... but we had to have it sparkly!! 

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps

Colouring medium: 

 Papers: Basic Grey Bittersweet

Embellishments: flat backed gems, stickles

Tools: Die-namics fishtail stax die, Memory box butterfly die, cuttlebug

Challenges:

 Just some lines - give thanks

Simply Create - give thanks

Do you stack up - thanks

Stampavie - anything but square

Just Add Ink - sketch

Flutterby Wednesday - punches/dies

Simons Says Stamp - Anything goes

Pile it on - anything but Christmas  

Joanna Sheen- anything goes but Christmas

 

Crafty Sentiments mini stamp release

Crafty Sentiments are having a stamp release this week, and all the details are over at the Inspirations blog.

I coloured this gorgeous image in using my pens, I apologise for the pink ... but my auntie likes pink!!!  I added some stickles to the ballon,  The rolled flowers were made using a die, and I added pearls to their centres and a bit of stickles to the edges.  A bit of pearl spray and a ribbon and bow finish it off.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments New Year Party

Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: promarkers and copics

 Papers: Carta Bella

 Embellishments: ribbon, pearl spray, stickles, pearls

Tools: Marianne Creatible Chinese rose die

 Challenges:

Allsorts - bring on the bling

Crazy4 - put a bow on it

Sweet Stampin' - flowers
Pile it on - anything but Christmas
J and C Creations - floral delights
Joanna Sheen- anything goes but Christmas
Crafts and me - ribbon or trim
Crafting for all seasons - use flowers
Divas by Design - glitter and sparkle
Simons Says Stamp - Anything goes

Fab n Funky - 3 of anything (papers, flowers)

Crafty Sentiments mini stamp release

Crafty Sentiments are having a stamp release this week, and all the details are over at the Inspirations blog.
Its worth popping over to the  Inspirations blog as there is a mystery package up for grabs for someone who comments once the blog has mopre than 130 followers.

This is the lovely Jasmin, all glamed up and partying!!  I coloured her with my pens, and then matted her onto this fab dp.  Lace, ribbon, a bow, and layered flower with a pearl brad centre as embellishements, and a computer generated sentiment.  I added stickles to the gloves and glass for a bit of sparkle, well it is a party!!

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: computer generated

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers:  Bo Bunny Serendipity

 Embellishments: flowers, pearl brad, ribbon, lace

 Tools:

Challenges:

Allsorts - bring on the bling

Crazy4 - put a bow on it

Cute Card Thursday - girls only

Sweet Stampin' - flowers
Pile it on - anything but Christmas
J and C Creations - floral delights
Joanna Sheen- anything goes but Christmas
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
I love Promarkers - anythning goes
Paper Pretties - girly
Crafts and me - ribbon or trim
Crafting for all seasons - use flowers
Divas by Design - glitter and sparkle
Simons Says Stamp - Anything goes