Christmas Card Club - "Poinsettia or Christmas Greenery"

Good morning all.

It's Christmas Card Club time once more and this week Mary has asked us to show her our "Poinsettias or Christmas Greenery". I managed a quick card last night as it's been a busy week birthday card wise with my Mum 85 and a great niece one today and my son in law later in the week!

Using a cute stamp from Wild Rose Studio coloured with promarkers...it's so long since I coloured anything I've forgotten how! Dies are from Wplus9.

If you'd like to see what the other girls have produced you'll find their links on my sidebar.

Christmas Card Club - "Robins"

Good morning all.

Hope everyone is warm and dry in this wintery weather. We had about a foot of snow but it drifted badly off the field above us and there were 6/7 foot snow drifts filling about half a mile of road down into town. We were cut off for the best part of two days...which wouldn't have mattered except I badly needed a prescription picked up so eldest had to battle his way in on foot, about a four mile round trip!

Mrs A set this weeks theme over at the Christmas Card Club and she'd like to see a "a Robin or more". We've had a few of them in the garden and I have a few photos I intend to use for family cards but haven't got around to getting them done yet. So here are half a dozen little cards to add to my stash.

Stamp is from a magazine freebie, coloured with promarkers. Dies are from Spellbinders. A very simple design which was easy to batch make.

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

Christmas Card Club - "Penguins and Sparkle"

Good morning all.

Final day of our trip around the North Coast 500 here in Scotland....the washing machine will be taking a hammering later!

Kate has picked the theme this week over at the Christmas Card Club and she's asked to see penguins and sparkle.....my favourites!

A new stamp and die set from Lawn Fawn, coloured with promarkers. The penguins have been die cut several times to add dimension. I used stickles on the hats and lamp to add sparkle.

If you'd like to see what the other girl's have made you'll find their links in my side bar.

Christmas Card Club - "Carol Singers"

Good morning all.

I was at a 60th birthday party last night and may feel a little delicate this morning...so if you could go quietly it would be appreciated :)

Only one week to go to the wedding eek!! I think everything is under control...just wish we could order in the weather to suit!

Margaret has asked for "Carol Singers" this time at our Christmas Card Club, I've made a couple to try and bolster my numbers a little!

Using one of my favourite stamps from Penny Black coloured with promarkers. Sentiment die also from PB; sentiment stamp from HLS. Mat dies from Lawn Fawn and Spellbinders.

I did remember to add stickles to the hats after I'd taken the photos!

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

Celebrate

Good morning all.

Enjoying playing in the newly sorted craft room and decided it was time to enter a challenge or two. I have so much NBUS that it would be rude not to pop over and see Darnell and I loved the colour combo over at Paper Artsy this time. This is what I came up with.

Darnell's NBUS challenge #10...optional theme "Use Bubble Wrap". PaperArtsy Topic #1 Pink and Orange....I was inspired by Wendy's dotty masterboard, although my result is quite different!

I used 4 shades of  Promarkers and Rubbing Alcohol on my bubble wrap and applied to glossy card which I then die cut using one of the Crazy Double Running Stitch nesting dies from STAMPlorations, matted to some orange card then onto the larger pink die. The Celebrate die is also from STAMPlorations and this is my NBUS item, I cut it twice to give some dimension, then finished with a few sequins.

HLS Christmas Challenge January "Jingle"

Good evening all.

Sorry for being a bad blogger but packing and leaving the house in order is taking priority at the moment. I have lots of posts scheduled whilst I'm away and I'll try to pop in from time to time and maybe show you some of the sights of New Zealand we're visiting. I'm trying to fit some commenting in when I can this week to catch up with you all before I leave on Saturday.

Another month has passed and it's time for the first Christmas challenge of the year at Happy Little Stampers. We do hope you'll join us getting those pesky Christmas makes out of the way early this year. The theme this month is:

Winner will receive one stamp set from HLS.

Here is my card:

Image from Crafty Impressions, coloured with promarkers and highlighted with a gelly roll pen and some glossy accents. Sentiment is from the Mixed Christmas Sentiments set. Bells and paper are both magazine freebies. Die from Wplus9.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team, I'm sure you won't be disappointed. 

Challenges entered:

CHNC - vintage or anything goes

CHNC Extra - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - anything goes

Crimbo Crackers - anything goes

My Sheri Crafts - let's build a snowman

Christmas Card Challenge - opt colours

Jingle Bells

Good morning all.

Yesterday's weather didn't turn out to be as bad as forecast but we had a bit of everything in the space of about an hour...Scotland at it's best! Kids loved the house...thankfully! One even gave us a list of modifications needed to his room including a second window and a carpet....kids these days...what's wrong with straw!!

Christmas again today and a cute little CAS card.

Image from Stampendous, part coloured with promarkers with added Glossy Accents to Rudolph's nose. Die from Wplus9 cut twice to give some dimension to the card.

Challenges entered:

Christmas Stampin' all Year Round - Christmas gift

Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - make your mark

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

AAA - anything goes

CAS on Sunday - Christmas

First Christmas

Good morning all.

It's been a wild and wicked night here, the forecast is sunny today but to stay windy....better keep the hatches battened down!

I've finally made something I can share with you....I've been beavering away in the craft room getting ahead of myself. I'm down to my last 8 Christmas cards and I need an Anniversary card and December will be done and I can then make a start on next year's DT commitments which are due whilst I'm away. Also been called up for Jury service mid December which is also going to put a spanner in the works!!

I sorted all my Christmas cards yesterday to see what sort I still needed to make...this was top of the list to do for my nephew and his family. Penguin die from Marianne Design; accessories from the Tim Holz Crazy Birds set (coloured with promarkers); holly sprig from Poppy Stamps; snow landscape dies from Lawn Fawn; other dies all from Spellbinders. Background has been stamped with snowflakes from STAMPlorations with versamark, then inked with DI. Sentiment stamp from Clearly Besotted, googly eyes from my stash.

Challenges entered:

A Snowflakes Promise - anything Christmas goes

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

CHNC - red and green must be seen

ABC Christmas - w for wild thing

I Love Promarkers - traditional Christmas

Simon Says Stamp - Christmas

Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

Inky Chicks - Christmas

Pile it On - any holiday/celebration

A Gem of a Challenge - Christmas critters

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it...

Good morning all.

 I started this tag on Friday night and all I had to do today was colour the image and stick it all together...well I finally managed!

The tag was one of my distress paint smooshing ones from last week. Postie had finally arrived Friday (after slapping on a Customs charge) with a parcel of Radiant Gels from ColourArte and I was keen to test them out...stencils from Memory Box. Love the shimmery finish you get. Snow people from Joanna Sheen, coloured with promarkers. Landscape die from Lawn Fawn. Snowflake dies from Spellbinders. Sentiment from Woodware. Gems, stickles and fibres from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Loll's 12 Tags of Christmas

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas

Allsorts - anything but a card

Crafty Calendar - sparkle, bling and embellish

Sweet Stampin' - wrap up warm

Alphabet Challenge - T for tis the season

Brown Sugar - no patterned paper

Really Reasonable Ribbon - tag you're it

That's Crafty - tag you're it

Craft Stamper - take it make it November

Hello

Good morning all.

Still battling away with our New Zealand itinerary, I think we're 3/4 of the way there...gosh it's hard going! We want to fit as much as possible in but don't want to spend the whole time on the road living out of a suitcase.

Sharing today the card I made for October's Card Chain Challenge which was sent to Jerrie in Wisconsin.

Dies from Wplus9, Spellbinders and Memory Box. Back ground made using the Alcohol Marker Marbling technique. Pearls and sequins from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

ABC Challenge - u for unlimited

613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Amusing - sequins

Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes

Sending you Joy and Cheer

Good morning all.

Ouch!!! Not sure what I've done but my back is killing me....can't sit, can't stand and can't lie comfortably...so please forgive me if my comments are brief.

Sharing today the card I made for September's Card Chain Challenge, this went to Gail in Norway.

The background was created using promarkers and rubbing alcohol, this was then die cut with my favourite die from Wplus9. Sentiments die and stamps are from Simon Says Stamp.

Challenges entered:

AAA - word play

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - World Cardmaking Day

Craft Your Passion - anything goes

Sweet Stamps - anything goes

Christmas Card Club "Embossing"

Good morning all.

What a beautiful day we had yesterday, hubby managed a good deal of tidying up in the garden! I think we've all but bottomed the loft if the boys would go through their stuff and get rid of the rubbish. I need to go through the Christmas stuff and get rid of what I don't use anymore but we still don't know whether we're moving before Christmas yet.

Madly trying to get ahead with some crafting as younger son has asked me to accompany him to Italy this week...we booked everything yesterday and leave on Wednesday for Naples (staying in Pompeii) for 3 nights, then taking the train to Rome for 3 nights before flying to Venice for 3 nights. He was supposed to be driving himself around France but car trouble meant he had to abandon his plans at the last minute. Looking forward to some mother and son bonding (and no doubt a little arguing lol) and some sunshine.

Onto today's make...another two weeks have flown by and it's time for the Christmas Card Club girls to show what we've been up to. Margaret set us the challenge of "Embossing" this time.

Another of my specials out of the way...I'm using the same basic layout for all of them this year. Papers are from Papermania; dies from Spellbinders; image from Penny Black, coloured with promarkers...I think this is my favourite Christmas stamp and one of the first I ever bought; sentiment from LOTV. I heat embossed the image and embossed the circular die cut with the I Believe folder from Die'sire. Card is finished with some stickles, a bow and some gems from my stash.

If you'd like to see what the rest of the girls made you'll find their links in my side bar.

Challenges entered:

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

CHNC - something beginning with P (penguins)

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - for a man (this is for my nephew)

Christmas Stampin' all Year Round - texture/layers

Jingle Belles - stashing through the snow (papers are at least two years old)

A Snowflakes Promise - anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - P is for pelican, peacock or other bird
Penny Black Saturday - 3 or more papers

I'll be back this evening with a blog hop for HLS.

Crafting for all Seasons #104 "It's a Boy Thing"

Good morning all.

Plans here all took a change of direction last night when Gary decided he wasn't confident enough riding his motorbike to Iceland...unfortunately he's left the decision too late to get refunds on his ferry bookings! He's now going to fly out to Iceland tomorrow and rent a small car and just be away for about three weeks instead of five. It's a shame but problems with the bike mean he just hasn't had time to get any road experience and I'm glad he was sensible enough to make the decision himself.

Summer has arrived with a vengeance...it's been glorious here and it's set to continue until the weekend :)

A fortnight has passed and it's time for a new challenge at CFAS, our theme for this fortnight is "It's a Boy Thing"...so anything for a male will do. We're being sponsored by JustInklined who kindly gave the DT images to use.

I've used Football Crazy, coloured with promarkers and die cut with a circle nestie. All dies from Spellbinders. Sentiment from Imagination Crafts. Backing paper from Wild Rose Studio (I think!). Finished with some sequins...excuse the wet glue showing!

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the other girls, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

Love to Scrap - masculine

Pile it On - for a man

Challenge up your Life - digi stamps

Passion for Promarkers - masculine

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

Digi Chooseday - male

Birthday Girl

Good morning all.

Summer arrived back yesterday thank goodness after we had everything thrown at us on Tuesday!

Sharing a birthday card for the little girl next door who is four today.

Square nesties and number dies from Spellbinders. Dinosaur stamps, dies and sentiment from Clearly Besotted. Clouds and sun dies from Wplus9. Grass and hills dies from Lawn Fawn. Sky and grass were inked with DI. I inked some waste card with various greens before stamping and die cutting the dinosaurs then added some detail with promarkers and a white gel pen. Googly eyes are a recent purchase from Pretty Pink Posh - I love these. I should have used pinks and purples to ink up the dinosaurs...maybe next time!

The Clearly Besotted and Wplus 9 goodies are all being aired for the first time.

Challenges entered:

Country View Challenges - simply scenic

Craft and Smash - animals

Crafting Musketeers - use a die cut

Crafty Time - anything new

Mema's Challenge - anything goes 

Natalie and Amy's - animals

Paper Creator's Crafts - animals

Top Tip Tuesday - animals

Crafting for all Seasons #101 "Birthdays with Four of Something"

Good morning all. 

Is it just me or is blogger/Google Chrome playing silly beggars again not showing images properly...it's exceedingly annoying and time consuming!!

The weather has been quite nice so far this week...between the showers! Yesterday we went to view a property which has potential then carried on to see hubby's brother whose birthday it was, so not a lot of crafting going on here.

I was running very late getting my DT project made for today and it didn't help that I'd picked an image intending to make a Christmas card...realising too late I'd set a challenge of birthdays!!

It's our fourth birthday over at CFAS and we're celebrating with lots of sponsors (listed below) and a theme of "Birthdays with Four of Something".

Here is my offering...I went quite literal and made a small gift card for a "birth" day!

I've used Cuddly Critters Penguin from Dr Digis, coloured with promarkers and fussy cut then pieced back together after adding a nappy which I found in my stash. Dies are from Spellbinders. Four stars from my stash.

Our wonderful sponsors:

That Craft Place 

Bugaboo

Ppinky Dolls  

FaeryInk 

Just Inklined 

Dr Digis 

Milk Coffee 

Tiffany Doodles

Challenges entered:

Sweet Stamps - things with wings

2 Cute Ink - bird theme

Dream Valley Challenges - things with wings

Whoopsi Daisy - things with wings

Craft for the Craic - wings

Hello my Friend

Good morning all.

A friendship card to share today, made for a swap.

Background has been created using the Alcohol Marker Marbling Technique with Hot Pink and Fuschia Pink promarkers. The filigree background die is a Signature Die from Joanna Sheen. Tags and sentiments are from LOTV. Ribbon and gems from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Alphabet Challenge - f for friendship

Simply Papercraft - anything goes/CAS

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers - make your own background

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge #100 "Milestone Celebrations"

Good morning all.

Arrived safely yesterday, weather is dry but a little cool. Managed a little detour via Strikes garden centre for a few crafty purchases enroute! Wonder how many more crafty stops I can fit in!

It's celebration time over at CFAS today...we've reached our 100th challenge!! We've lots of sponsors this week with some fab prizes...and our theme is "Milestone Celebrations".

Here is my card:

I've used Moon Girl and Owl from Ppinky Dolls Art who are one of our sponsors. I've coloured with promarkers, then used drawing gum over the image, die cut with a square nestie and inked the background with DI whilst still in the die. Backing paper was a snippet in my stash. Edging stamp was a magazine freebie from Visible Image. Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. No's stamps are from Bo Bunny. Sequins from my stash.

We are being sponsored by all of the following who gave the DT images to work with:

All Dressed Up Stamps - Prize 2 images

Ppinky Dolls - Prize 3 images

Just Inklined - Prize $10 GC

FaeryInk - Prize 3 images

Bugaboo - Prize 7 images

Tiffany Doodles - prize 3 images

Challenges entered:

Brown Sugar - distress

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Craft your Passion - anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Through the Purple Haze - anything goes

I Love Promarkers - many happy returns

Addicted to Stamps - girly but not pink