Christmas Card Club - "Nativity"

Good morning all.

Mary set the very traditional theme of "Nativity" for our Christmas Card Club project this time. A quick scout through some decoupage folders on the computer and I came across this cute little image from Cuddly Buddly.

Nothing else was really needed except the base card!

If you'd like to see what the other girls made you'll find their links in my sidebar.

Friendly Snowmen!

Good morning all. Friday the 13th EEK...think I'll stay home and hibernate today!

I had a very superstitious Dad...if something could go wrong on the 13th it did! I still don't cross my knife and fork, walk under a ladder or cross on the stairs!!

A lovely sunny day here yesterday, it was nice to have a warm house without having the heating on all day. I had a busy day in the kitchen...where nothing went right and no one enjoyed their tea...today can only be better! Did have time for a little play and you'll see the results in a day or two.

As it's Friday again I'm joining Erika at Snappy Crafts to share a golden oldie today.

Christmas 2007 and a gorgeous Cuddly Buddly image from the Friendly Snowmen set which I've decoupaged. This was an 8x8 card. Decoupage was my first love...in those days the only stamping I was good at was with my feet!

Note the angle on the sentiment...I learned very quickly to do it this way so as not to ruin a card at the last minute with some crooked stamping!

Celebrate

Good morning all.

I made some headway with the Christmas cleaning yesterday and hubby is shampooing the sitting room carpet today so we might get the decorations up in time for the big day! On the wedding front I only need to cut and stick two tables worth of place names and put the table plan together...I managed to get the rest done last night.

The wedding takes place today, they've been together for 18 years. They've gone to York to do the deed with my niece and her husband acting as witnesses. They're hosting a party for the rest of us on Saturday after they get home.

Here is the card I have made her.

Decoupaged image is from Cuddly Buddly. Backing paper is from Prima. Dies are from Spellbinders. Punch from Martha Stewart. Sentiment from LOTV. Ribbon, charm and pearls from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Craft-Dee Bowz - anything goes with a hand tied bow

Jellypark Friends - ribbons or bows

Scribble and Scrap - anything goes

Sentimental Sundays - anything goes

The Corrosive Challenges - anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

That's Crafty - anything goes

Paper Shelter - special celebration

Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything but Christmas

Congratulations

Good morning all.

Gary is off to Bulgaria today, all being well he should be on a bus from Edinburgh to Manchester as we speak. They're staying in a little town east of Sofia called Elin Pelin with the orphanage being about 15 minutes drive away from their hotel. I've already got his bed stripped and the washer going!

Sharing the card I made for my sister's engagement today. Guess which wally used her craft knife when working on her heat resistant mat...yes that would be me!!!

Embossed backing is a create a card die from Die'sire. Backing paper and image are from Cuddly Buddly, I've layered the image to give dimension. Flowers from Petal Lu and bow from my stash.

 

Challenges entered:

A Creative Romance - pink

Anything Goes with a Twist - twist pink

The Stamping Boutique - congratulatory

4 Krafty Girlz - anything goes

Die Cuttin Divas - think pink

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - flowers

Dragonfly Dreams - mainly pink

Wedding Wishes

Good morning all.

Still full of cold but being a woman I'll survive!

Another card from the files, this one I made for my sister for my niece's wedding in July.

The decoupage image is from Cuddly Buddly. Dies are all from Spellbinders. Sentiments are computer generated. Backing paper, ribbons, lace, ribbon slider and gems from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

The Sisters of Craft - anything goes

Clear it Out - anything goes (stash item ribbon slider)

Craft Room Challenge - something old (ribbon slider), something new (decoupage)

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Craft -Dee BowZ - anything goes

Lexi's Creations - sparkle and shine (ribbon slider and gems)

Away in a Manger

Good morning all.

A quick Christmas card I realised I hadn't yet blogged.

Kraft cardstock base and a cute decoupage from Cuddly Buddly......et voila!

Challenges entered:

Catch the Bug - fav Christmas song (Away in a Manger)

CHNC - starting over

CHNC Extra - anything goes

Craftyhands Challenge - seasons greetings

Winter Wonderland - fashion (not the height of but I'm sure it rocked in it's day!!)

Aud Sentiments - Christmas

Southern Girls - Christmas wishes

Little Red Wagon - Christmas

Carol x

50th Birthday

Good morning all. Hope everyone is well.

We had a lovely relaxed lunch yesterday, luckily hubby doesn't drink so I enjoyed some rose wine and champers with mine!  The menu was just a three course lunch with three choices per course and looked like it might be a bit rich for a dicky stomach but what I ordered was delicious and as it was just small portions so not overly filling.

This is the card I made for the birthday girl.

Decoupage image and the layered paper are from Cuddly Buddly; dies from Spellbinders and Marianne Design; lace, button, felt, sentiment, peel off, charm and card candy from my stash. Card candy has been topped with some green stickles. Apologies about the colours, my greens are a bit off!!

Challenges entered:
Great Impressions - going green
OSAAT - green
Pile it On - Happy Birthday
Scrappy Frog - green
The Hybrid Chick Challenge - fur or feather
A gem of a Challenge - button it
All that Stickles - green stickles
Really Reasonable Ribbon - green plus ribbon (lace has pink ribbon through it)
Vickie's Challenge - anything goes
ABC challenges - anything goes
Forever Friends - bears

Carol x

Christmas Card Club

I'm running late again with my Christmas Card Club creation. This time it was Lizzie's turn to test our creativity and she choose a sketch:

Using an image from LOTV coloured with promarkers, highlighted with stickles and edged with DI. All card and backing papers were from my bit box (checked paper is from Cuddly Buddly). Card is finished with polka dot ribbon and punched snowflakes with added stickles.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Sentiments - snowmen

Christmas Stampin all Year - sparkly

Cuddly Buddly - best friends

Totally Papercrafts - layer upon layer

CHNC - make a scene

Secret Crafter - wrap up warm

Totally Gorjuss - pastel Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges - 2DP, ribbon, bird (no bird but 2 outta 3 ain't bad lol)

Fab's big Christmas - shiny and/or snowflakes

Little Claire's - Christmas
Jules Snippets Challenge

Just for fun Jules has set a little extra challenge of looking at your most viewed post this is what I found:

 http://cmdesign-cmdesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween.html with 283 views closely followed by http://cmdesign-cmdesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/less-is-more-anything-goes.html with 282 views.

I'm quite surprised at the result especially as the first one has twice as many comments as the second.

Carol x

Less is More - colour of your eyes

Well I'm glad to see the back of last week! Mum is doing fine and luckily has no lasting ill effects from the mini-stroke. She now has medication which will hopefully prevent any further problems. It's lovely having her here as I never get to see enough of her usually but gosh it does eat into your crafting time lol My youngest sister and niece came visiting today too so didn't have a minute until after a late dinner.

Anyway onto LIM and oh heck who thought this one up!!! My eyes are hazel coloured and the only thought I've had so far is a tree! 

I had downloaded this tree from Cuddly Buddly before the visitors arrived and managed to get it printed out onto pearlised card stock. Tonight I coloured it with brown and green promarkers, stamped a sentiment in versacolour sepia brown and added some browny/green gems. Not sure I like the finished card though, it seems to lack something!

Challenges entered:

Less is More - colour of your eyes

Simon says Stamp - anything goes

Carol x

Christmas Challenge (with sketches) #6

Gosh it can't be that time again already can it - at this rate it'll soon be Christmas! We're loving seeing your takes on our sketches over at CCWS and this week it's Claire's turn to provide the sketch. We are being sponsored by Hobbystempels. Here is my card:

Image is from Cuddly Buddly's Patchwork Snowman (had for several years) and has been coloured with promarkers, cut out and mounted with silicon gel onto a nestie oval (dusted with pearlescent chalk) and scalloped oval. Backing paper is from a Christmas from around the world download as is the large snowflake and the corners. The white squares have been cut and embossed with a folder from Marianne Designs. Card is finished with stars, snowflakes, gems, buttons, a bow, a bead from a cracker and a ticket sentiment.

Please pop over to CCWS to see the sketch and find out what delights the rest of the Design Team have created, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

Jingle Belles - blue Christmas

CES - feeling the blues

Stamps and Fun = Creativity - Christmas

Fussy and Fancy - Christmas in July

Allsorts - free and easy

Creative Craft World - anything but Birthdays

Desert Islands Crafts - itinerary

 ( colour your image, make it manly, make it pop, use three different shapes (oval, square and star))

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes

Ribbon Carousel - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - polka dots (on buttons and BP)

Digi Doodle Shop - anything goes

Simon says Stamp - Christmas in August

For Fun Challenges - anything goes

Truly Scrumptious - buttons and bows

Carol x

Friendly Snowmen

Image is pre-coloured from Cuddly Buddly that I've had for ages. Sentiment is computer generated in Santa's Sleigh font. Card is finished with buttons, punched holly (first punch I ever bought and never use) and gems.

Challenges entered:

CHNC - buttons

Sparkles Forum - snowmen

Christmas Cards all Year Round - anything goes

Shopping our Stash - SOS (snowmen)

Carol x

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) #1 and Christmas Card Club

Welcome to the first challenge at Christmas Challenges (with sketches). We run fortnightly and each challenge you will be given a sketch to follow. We have some great sponsors lined up so I do hope you'll come and join the fun and get those Christmas cards out of the way in good time this year.

Our sketch this week is by Janneke and our sponsors are All that Scraps and the prize is a $30 gift certificate.

and here is my card:

Using a digi stamp and backing papers from Cuddly Buddly, the image has been coloured with promarkers. Backing papers and image are mounted onto gold textured mirri card and the same card has been used to diecut the corners. Card is finished with a ribbon, a sentiment and a button.

I do hope you will join us in our first challenge and do pop over to CCWS to see what delights the rest of the Design Team have to show you.

This is also my card for this fortnights Christmas Card Club challenge. There is a list of participants in my sidebar and the challenge is for fun (but helps the Christmas card box fill up early), should you wish to join us get in touch with any one of us and we'll point you in the right direction.

Challenges entered:
Winter Wonderland - P is for.....penguin
Jingle Belles - photo inspired (sugar plum colour)
Christmas Card Challenges - photo inspired
CHNC - scallops (corners)
Digi Doodle Shop - anything goes

Carol x

G for Girly

The ABC Christmas challenge this week is G for Girly with a colour palette of pink, silver and purple.

Following the Sketch Saturday sketch and using this gorgeous download from Cuddly Buddly - The Friendly Snowman. Image and backing paper have been printed on pearlescent paper and matted and layered on stardream card. Snowflake punch by Martha Stewart. Finished with snowflakes, buttons and a sentiment.

And that's another of my special cards made!

Carol x

Friday Sketchers

Another excuse to get one of my special Christmas cards out of the way! This one for Friday Sketchers:

The image, backing papers, corners and ribbon strip are all from the gorgeous Cuddly Buddly download Patchwork Snowmen, these have been matted onto stardream card. A paper doiley has been coloured with pearlescent chalks, blue stardream embossed with snowflake Cuttlebug folder. Card is finished with silver ribbon, card candy and some Spellbinders die cut snowflakes.

Carol x