N is for Noel

 

Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.

The prompt for Day 16 is the letter N. Mine is N for Noel & Neige (French for Snow)

Over the years I have had many old cards given to me by friends and family that I have cut up saving sentiments and elements I can recycle in my own card making. This all started when I was making cards over 30 years ago now and there was so little around in those days, no papers and big collections like there are now costing huge amounts of money. You had to think out of the box and re-purpose things meant for another purpose. Any money I made over the years by making cards for commissions was ploughed into buying supplies so I am fortunate to have my own craft room full of supplies amassed over the years. I still love to make things though from recycling.  As a Yorkshire lass we are known for being thrifty.

The starting point for this card was the sentiment. It was already foiled in silver so I matted it onto some metallic cardstock and added foam pads for dimension.

The base of the card is an A4 sheet of the same silver card which has a lovely glittery snow effect paper which gorgeous bokeh. The colours are very neutral (another N!).

The snowflake is aniother recycled element. It has a flock texture and feels like fuzzy felt. I added a large gem to the centre and then a small one to each of the junctions in the snowflake. 

It is quite clean and simple for one of my cards with a lot of negative space. Me being me I couldn't leave it so plain so I added some clusters of gems to the background paper for a bit more sparkle. 

Card Details -

Size - A5

Designer Paper - Merry Christmas Icy (Craft Sensations)

Embellishments - gems

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 16 - N is for Noel

Christmas Dino

 

Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.

The prompt for Day 15 is Tartans, Plaids & Checks

Every now and again I get a request from a friend to make a card for them. I try to personalise them to the recipient as much as possible. Sometimes it is a loose brief, sometimes a bit more specific.

In this case I was asked to incorporate a dinosaur. I found this image in my digital stamps from Doodle Dragon Studios. The dinosaur was without the sign, just his claws overhanging a wall or perhaps holding something so I drew a box on the computer and added the text before I printed it out.

This was then coloured with Promarkers and I would have added some glitter to the hat but was told in no uncertain terms that no glitter was allowed....

The base card was covered in the check paper in traditional Christmas colours as I thought this would be acceptable for a boy.

His Grandad loved it, I hope Austin does too.

Card Details -

Size - 6” Square

Digital Image - Dino Body with Sign (Doodle Dragon Studios)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers

Designer Paper - Classic Christmas 6” (The Works)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 15 - Tartans, Plaids & Checks

Christmas Tag Place Cards

 

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

For this project I used the Colour In Christmas Gift Tags to make some place cards for Christmas dinner at my Sister's house.

Each tag in the set was used and I matched the character with the person who it was made for. 

The tags were sized to 4" wide, printed onto my special bleed proof paper and coloured with an assortment of Promarkers & Spectrum Noir.

These were then cut out and mounted to a more substantial card to make them suitable to stand up on the table.

I wanted to show that with a bit of lateral thinking this printable would be suitable to make something other than a gift tag.

Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Project Details -

Size - 4” wide

Digital Image - Colour In Christmas Gift Tags (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs

I would like to enter this project into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 14 - M is for Markers

K is for Kitty

 

Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.

The prompt for Day 12 is the letter K - My Card is Kitty

A work colleague is crackers about cats and has 9 so when I saw this image in the Craft Buddy diamond painting Christmas stickers kit I knew it would be perfect for his Christmas card.

The base card is covered with a sentiment paper (which looked more red in my lighting but I okay with it).  The green paper is an offcut from previous projects.

The hardest part of this whole card was finding a paper that looked 'right' to stock the image onto. Nothing with a patterned worked as it detracted from kitty too much. Plain looked too stark so after much deliberation I choose this almost wood effect paper which I then matted onto an iridescent dark brown.

The sentiment was a large one from an old shop bought card which I snipped to separate the words, matted with the green paper and some metallic gold card.

Finally I added some clusters of gems in the background in Christmas colours to decorate the paper.

Card Details -

Size - A5

Image - Christmas Stickers Diamond Painting Kit (Craft Buddy)

Designer Papers - Merry Christmas Traditional 12” (Craft Sensations), Christmas Characters12” (The Works) Golden Days 6” (Craft Sensations)

Embellishments - Self adhesive gems

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 12 - K is for Kitty

Jingle Bells

 

Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.

The prompt for Day 11 is the letter J - My Card is Jingle Bells

This card is an 8" square which I covered in a lovely paper from my Crafter's Companion Winterberry Collection kit which I chose specifically to co-ordinate with the Holly Square frame dies my sister bought me as part of my birthday present.

The outer die I cut in dark green and this then becomes the frame for some more of the patterned paper.

I used a smaller die from the set to cut a frame in a lighter green card. I thought I had made a big mistake with this as it blended into the paper too much and I had already stuck it down. I added the jingle bells diamond painting sticker as the centrepiece and this seemed to make it look worse as it was so pale. I have a small palette of rub on gilding waxes and very, very carefully added this to the edges of the frame being conscious of not being heavy handed with it and smudging the paper. I just kept going round and round building up the colour until it looked right. To be honest I am amazed I didn't ruin it.....

I used a gold gel pen to highlight the centre of the leaves. Red holly berries were added with some sparkly gems and I also used some of the spare diamond painting gems which were the perfect size. Gold gems were added to the berry sprigs on the centre frame. Gold and red Stickles glitter glue were also used to accent some more as I thought it had enough gems already.

As a final touch I added the sentiment recycled from a shop bought card matted onto a scrap of gold cardstock.

This is not a card I ever thought I would make but really love the traditional look. I used to hate poinsettias as younger me thought they were old fashioned but absolutely love them now..... I really have 'grown up' now!

Card Details -

Size - 8” Square

Image - Diamond Painting Sticker (Craft Buddy)

Dies - Holly Square (Chloe’s Creative Cards)

Designer Paper - Winterberry Collection (Crafter’s Companion)

Colouring Medium - Rub on gilding cream, gold gel pen

Embellishments - Red & Gold self adhesive gems, red diamond painting gems, Xmas Red & Gold Stickles Glitter Glue

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 11 - J is for Jingle Bells

Bears in Love

 

Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.

The prompt for Day 13 is the letter L - My Card is Love

Now I would usually make Christmas cards but this challenge is for any holiday card so I thought for a change I would make my Valentine's card for my hubby. I will probably totally forget next year I have made it though LOL.

I am very proud of myself with this card as the majority of it is made with elements recycled from other cards.

The base card is covered with the heart patterned background which was the inside of a birthday card I had received....obviously not going to throw that way was I? The black paper is an old wrapping paper from Paperchase. The hearts are flocked so it feels really tactile.

The bear image and sentiment are also recycled. A bit of fussy cutting around the bears, gold metallic card under the sentiment and some 3d foam pads makes it look more than just recycled bits and bobs.

Finally I added some gold peel off lettering I have had for a million years. Old stuff and techniques seem to getting more popular so they have probably come back into fashion now.

Card Details -

Size - 6” Square

Image - Recycled from an old card

Paper - Recycled & Paperchase

Embellishments - Gold Peel off Stickers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 13 - L is for Love

Iced Christmas Cake

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

For this card I chose to use the yummy Christmas cake from Festive Fare Sweet Treats.

When I was growing up my parents did not have much money but always made a real effort at Christmas to have treats and goodies such as a tin of Quality Street or Roses, sherry trifle and Christmas Cake. Ours was never a posh one like in this image though. One like this was something to dream of and I never have had one as an adult as my hubby doesn't like this kind of fruit cake :(

I covered the blank card with a red spotty paper and then added a panel of the green and red which I matted on gold metallic card. The holly patterned paper is from my scraps box which was recycled from a card I had received. The image was matted on gold to match and I popped this up on foam pads.

The sentiment is from the Winterberry collection box. It has a red border so trimmed it down and matted onto gold card. I added some red ribbon from this kit and popped on foam pads.

Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Card Details -

Size - 6” Square 

Digital Image - Festive Fare Sweet Treats (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Designer Papers - Christmas Basic Style (Craft Sensations)

Embellishments - Stickles glitter glue in Holly, Xmas Red & Crystal, Ribbon

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 10 - I is for Icing

Robin & Holly

 

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

For this card I created an ensemble by combining the robin from Very Very Merry with the holly from Winter Flora

The image was matted onto pearlescent red card stock from the Winterberry kit by Crafter's Companion. The lovely patterned paper and bakers twine were also from this kit.

I added an offcut of the metallic gold cardstock used in a previous card.

The holly & berries diamond painting sticker are from the Craft Buddy kit I have used in recent cards.

Finally I added some small gems in the opposite corner to add some balance.

Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Card Details -

Size - 7” x 5”

Digital Images - Very Very Merry & Winter Flora kits (Kate Hadfield Designs) 

Designer Paper - Winterberry Collection & Festive Metallics (Crafter’s Companion)

Embellishments - Diamond Painting Christmas Wall Art Sticker (Craft Buddy), Bakers Twine & gems from the Winterberry Kit

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 9 - H is for Holly

Change Colours Red & Green

At Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards challenge for day 8 we have been tasked to make at least 2 cards with the same layout and design but different colours.

I never make 2 cards the same so I was pleased to be able to make them at least a different colour.

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

I made the ensemble using 3 of the images from the Very Very Merry Stamps pack. This set is also available in pre-coloured Doodles for super easy card making.

This 2nd card I made colouring the images with red & green Triblend Brushmarkers. I added some dots of marker to the background.

I matted the image with thin red card. The base of the card has been covered with a lovely metallic cardstock from Crafter's Companion which has the Merry Christmas sentiment in different fonts. If course being metallic it wasn't the easiest to photograph so apologies for that.

Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Card Details -

Size - A5

Digital Images - Very Very Merry Stamps (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Colouring Medium - Spectrum Noir Brushmarkers

Designer Paper - Festive Metallics (Crafter’s Companion)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 8 - Change Colours Card 2