A Very Merry Christmas...

Howdy folks...now I just love this time of year and making my Christmas cards....I have used this LOTV image I had from last year as I was looking for something quickish and there is minimal colouring on this one.  I have used inktense pencils to colour the image and layered it onto black clard and then mounted it onto kraft card.  I added a ribbon and bow and added a wee snowflake charm and flower...oh yes and doodles and pearls were added!!

The Ribbon Girl - Christmas card

Crafty Calendar - It's all about Christmas

Less is More - non traditional Christmas colours

Winter Wonderland - pick & Mix (use 3 of something) I have used pearls

ABC Christmas Challenge - Very Merry Christmas

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Deep Ocean Challenge - one layer

Bunny Zoe - animals

Penny Black and More - anything goes

A Little Bit Crafty - CAS

Stamping Sensations - Simply Christmas

Fi

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Hey Little Birdie...

Good morning folks and here I am with my Wednesday post!

Well it's the day before our challenge over on the Sugar Bowl....woo hoo!!  I am so looking forward to it and you will all join in....before that I have this card to share with you.

The stamp is called "Hey Little Birdie" from Sugar Nellie...coloured with copics.

The papers are Basic Grey Evergreen, which are really pretty IRL!  I layered the papers onto bazzill card and doodled arounf the edges...I also added a piece of lace to one of the layers.  The snowflakes have been punched with my MS punch, glittered them up and added a little card candi to the centre.

Remember to pop back tomorrow and check out our challenge over on the Sugar Bowl.

Pop back for more sugar inspiration tomorrow.

challenges:
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - lace
ABC Christmas Challenge - something festive



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A wee snowman...

Well happy Sunday...what a glorious day today!!

Thought I would share this wee snowman card I have made....now I just love snowmen so you might see a few from now til the end of the year...

For this card I have used "Seeds and Greetings" from LOTV which I coloured with spectrum noirs. The tags are also from LOTV...which are just the perfect size for this card.  The papers are from the Winter Wishes collection at LOTV. I layered the papers onto bazzill card and added a strip of lace under the snowman.  The snowflakes were made from the Let it snowflake set from die-namics...glittered them up for a bit of bling!  I also added an organza bow with a die cut flower to the centre...hope you likey.

challenges:

LOTV - pretty papers

Crafty Little Fairies - sparkle and bling

Crafty Ribbons - christmas with ribbon

ABC Christmas Challenge - something festive

Simon Says Stamp - tag it

Inky Chicks - anything goes

Fi

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Sweet Stampin DT card...

Good morning folks....and my first post of the day....this card sums it up today....brrrrr!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "tags".....use a tag somewhere on your card.

This week we are sponsored by The Stamp Fairy and we have our monthly sponsor The ribbon girl...both giving £10 vouchers to one lucky winner.

for my card I have used papers from Echo Park - tis the Season, the image is George and Friends from The Stamp Fairy wich I have coloured with copics.  The snowflakes have been cut with my die-namics let it Snowflake set and glittered up and then popped a gem in the centres.  The tag is from LOTV...hope you likey!!

challenges:
Creative Corner - let it snow
Hannah and Friends - glitter
ABC Christmas Challenge - winter wishes
Deep Ocean - winter
papertake Weekly - snow and ice
Graph It's - anything goes
Color Me Creative - winter, cold and frosty

Fi

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James...

Good morning campers and my scheduled post...I almost forgot about it though!!

So today's challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin is "winter animals"....another easy peasy one so I had to have James...how adorable is he??

So I have went for the quite CAS look for this one as I wanted to use my new dies from die-namics...the snowflake doily and the pierced circle...a perfect combination don't you think??  so I have used James from LOTV and coloured him with copics.  I only inked up the top section so he would fit in the circle, I also stamped an extra scarf and stuck it on top so that it hung below the circle...finished with lots of glitter!!

challenges:
ABC  Christmas Challenge - q for quick
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Crafty Boots - christmas in August

Fi

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Snow is Falling...

Good morning folks and another post from me!!

Well first I thought I would give you a wee update on my new iphone...I am now loving it!!  You were all right!!  I have everything in the one place..emails, messages, calls, blogger, music and photos...love it!!

The challenge today over at Lili's Little Fairies is "Christmas in August"...a nice easy one.  

So for my card I have used one of the new Christmas stamps from LOTV...I just love snowmen and when I saw this stamp I knew it was a must.  I have coloured the snowmen with copics and done some shading with polychromos.  The papers are Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate...which are nearly finished....:(  The snowflakes have been punched in the same papers, the tree has also been cut with paper from the same collection.  I layered the papers onto kraft card and added some stitching to each of the layers and the distressed the edges.  The tags are also from LOTV and have been attached with some twine.  I finished with some pearls, giant gems and glitter...lots of it!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate

stamp/tags - LOTV

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

die - Distinctively Dee's Tree

punches - MS Arctic Snowflake and Himalayan Snowflake

rhinstone brads/pearls - the Hobby House

stickles - stash

glamour dust - stash

twine - stash

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

LOTV Ideas to Inspire - make it festive

Simon Says Stamp - triangles(christmas trees)

ABC Christmas challenge - p is for pearls

Deep ocean - Christmas in July

The Kraft Journal - layers

The Hobby House - Christmas

Totally gorjuss - anything goes with pearls
The ABC challenge - s is for stitching
Christmas Cards all Year round - fussy and fancy

Fi

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A Krafty Christmas...

Good morning sweet stampers....well here we are with another challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'....only another 8 cards to go until Christmas again!!  How scary is that??

This month we are challenging you to make your Christmas cards krafty, just use some kraft card on them & you're in!  We're sponsored by the very enticing My Mum's Craft Shop who are offering a fab £10 voucher to the lucky winner of April's challenge.

in addition we have our very Natali from..

 

who is giving one lucky winner...

For my card I have used papers from Carta Bella Winter Fun which are perfect for toning in withkraft card.  I layered each of them on kraft card and then doodled the edges. The stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and polychromos, added some glamour dust to the snow!!  I added a kraft snowflake which I glitzed up with platinum stickles...hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - Carta Bella winter Fun

stamp - LOTV

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

punch - MS arctic snowflake

card candi, glitter, stickles

challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Jen's fab sketch

Sweet Stamps - use 3 of something (card candi)

The Cutie Pie Challenge - clean and simple

Kenny's Krafty Krew - anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - monochromatic

ABC Christmas Challenge - holiday helpers
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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Festive Friends...

Hello my blogging friends....a wee card from me today and oh I could stamp this every day I just love this stamp so much!!

The papers are from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection, layered them and stitched them onto kraft card, then I distressed each of the layers.  The stamp is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, I then glittered up Santa's furry bits.  I added a piece of twine and attached a couple of glittered snowflakes punched with my MS punches.  The message is from Craftwork Cards....oh and those pearls...made them with an ice white pearl pen...I am running out so top of my shopping list for the SECC next week.

Christmas Challenges with sketches - fab sketch

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - stitching

Fussy and Fancy - anything goes

Totally papercrafts - Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - got glitter

Paperplay - wooden it be nice (hope kraft and twine qualify)

ABC Christmas Challenge- U up to you

Stampavie - stitches

The Kraft Journal - ink it up

Totally Gorjuss - bling it on
CMC copic challenge - a touch of red

Fi

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Warm Winter Wishes....

Hey all...well what more to do on a day off then make a card...so here it is.  I am just loving these papers from MME - Winter wonderland collection...might need more!!  I layered them onto bazzill card and distressed each of the layers. The stamp is of course from Sugar Nellie - Warm Winter Wishes which I coloured with the usual copics.  I added a couple of snowflakes which were glittered up and the pom pom trim.  The message is from Craftwork Cards....oh and I added some little pearls using an ice white pearl pen.

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Crafty Hazelnuts - snowflakes

ABC Christmas - U up to you
Totally Stampalicious - Christmas
Stamp & Create - winter wonderland

Fi

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Merry Christmas....

Good afternoon Saturday bloggers...I bet you weren't expecting a card from me today, I'm on holiday from work today but have a bit of a dodgy tummy!! I hope I never caught any bugs from the kids whose faces I was painting last night.....even though the weather was horrendous, it didn't stop the kids and round 2 at the school on Tuesday which will be mega busy and the face painting is always the busiest!!


I thought I would ink up High Hopes - Snowy, I bought him last year and only used him once so time for him to come out again and he has been coloured with copics The papers are from Echo Park - Winter Park and layered onto kraft card. I added a couple of layered snowflakes which were punched with my MS punches, glittered and added a button and twine to the centre, there was just enough room for those teeny pearls...oh and the ribbon!!

Christmas Challenge - sketch
High Hopes - snowflakes
Bunny Zoe - Christmas with pearls
Moving Along with the Times - ribbon and bows
The ribbon girl - Christmas
Paper Sundaes - beautiful bows(not sure if mine is beautiful enough)
Crafty Catz - snowmen
Phindy's Place - snow
Simply Create 2 - all about Christmas
ABC DT Challenge - Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - A - anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons and bows
Crazy 4 challenges - snow
Creative Craft Challenges - free for all
Fairy Tale Challenges - Christmas
Lothian Crafts - Christmas
Marianne's Design Divas - sparkle and shine
Oldie but a Goodie - let it snow(bought stamp last year)
OLLCB - bingo(buttons, ribbon, pearls)
Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
Totally Gorjuss - sparkle
Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with pearls
Little Red Wagon - Christmas


Fi
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It's Bella...

Happy Friday....it's almost the weekend but I am working!! I haven't really done much blogging or crafting this week. We got bad news on Tuesday that my auntie who lives in Italy died. Some of the family are flying over but my dad can't go due to his health problems, he can't fly so it's kind of hit him a bit hard I think because he can't go and because he is 15 years older that my auntie...a bit of a nightmare waiting on information coming from Italy. Anyway ....I felt like a bit of crafting this afternoon and I thought since it is baltic outside, what better than a card with that frosty feel so here we have Snowboardabella, I think that's her name!! I have used Fancy pants - wintertime papers and I have coloured Bella with copics.


Stamptacular - sketch
Crafters Companion - let it snow
By the Cute & Girly - christmas girl
Creative Insipirations - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - W - winter sport
Delightful Challenges - snowflakes
Dutch Dare - punches/dies


Fi
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Stripes, stripes and stripes....

This is the second of my scheduled posts....here we have another Sundae over at Paper Sundaes and this weeks challenges is "stripes"...so we must be able to see some stripes on your project.

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Tiddly Inks....they have tons and tons of gorgeous digi images.



I have used "Pinky Pudding" from Tiddly Inks and coloured her with copics...these images are just fab to work with. The papers are MME - Colourful Christmas....I love thes papers, they are so bright and colourful and go with pretty much everything. I punched 3 snowflakes with Martha Stewart snowflake punches and finished with some gems and glitter...

Lothian Crafts - bright colours
Tiddly Inks - colour me
Pixie dust Studio - polka dots
ABC Christmas Challenge - embellish
Christmas Stampin all year round - bling
Winter Wonderland - snowflakes
Stamp Something - digi
Christmas cards all year round - 3's(snowflakes)


Fi
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Cutie christmas..

Hi everybody, hope you are all warm and cosy!! Well the snow came back yesterday and it's been so freezy and icy and the snow has to come back again tomorrow!! Oh no!! Well I have only managed this card today as I have had to do housework and stuff as I had to work my day off yesterday to make up for the day I had off when the snow was at it's worst but I did get my Tesco shopping delivered before I went to work...yay...food again!! Onto the card....I bought this stamp at the SECC in October and believe it or not this is the first time I have used it and it's so cute...the pink on her dress looks a bit too pink but IRL it is more red. The stamp is of course from LOTV and coloured with copics and the Papers are Echo Park - Wintertime. I punched some stars for this card as I felt they went better with the image rather than snowflakes. Keep watching over the weekend too, to see if I make the final round of the Simply Sassy competition, I am keeping my fingers crossed...don't think I will win as there are some stunning creations but it's all fun taking part.

LOTV - sketch
ABC christmas Challenge - A for angels - 30th December
Cute Card Thursday - one for the kids
Crafty Catz - your choice( I have chosen challenge #60 - christmas)
Stampin' for the Weekend - christmas
Allsorts - last minute christmas
Craft Your Days Away - punch it out
Stamptacular - winter scene
ABC DT Challenge - non traditional colour


Fi
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Paper sundaes DT card

Hello all you sundae bloggers and once again my scheduled post. Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is "Adorn those Corners". What we want to see is those corners of your image adorn with gems, pearls, brads, eyelets...whatever you like as long as it's the corners of your image. Our sponsor this week is the fantastic Simon Says Stamp who have masses of products available online...so check it out!! For my card I have used Whiff of Joy - Wee and Tree and coloured with promarkers...I still don't have a huge range of promarkers yet but I think I had enough that matched this card. The papers are Bo Bunny - Winter Joy, I punched the snowflakes from Martha Stewart punches and the tiny tags are punched and stamped from Stampin' Up - tiny tag set....I added some jewels and stickles to finish off. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers - sketch
Crafty Catz - Christmas
Totally Papercrafts - non traditional Christmas
Fussy & Fancy - no red/green
Paper Cutz - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - let it Snow
Fab 'n' Funky - go with the flow
ABC Christmas Challenge - x is for xmas
I ♥ promarkers - sparkle
A Spoon Full of sugar - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - cut it out
Totally gorjuss - oh christmas tree
2 sisters - non traditional colours
Craft Your Days Away - texture
The Crafty Pad - snowflakes


Fi
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Christmas angel...

Good morning fellow bloggers and those of you who are off to the NEC...so lucky. I might save my pennies for the NEC next time instead of the SECC. You must tell me what it's like. I am hoping that I can get a couple of cards done today but Holly is off scholl unwell so she is still sleeping just now but she is a hard patient and lays it on worse than it really is...I almost have to be by her side tending to her every demand.."can I have a driiiink", "can you change the channel on the telly", "can you fluff up my pillows"...that's how it will go the full day....she has a sore throat!!
So the is the first one today...the snowflake papers are from Fancy Pants and the digi image is from CC Designs and I coloured this cute little angel with promarkers and then just done some shading on top with waterpencils. The snowflakes were punched with the Martha Stewart punches...Love them!! I finished off with gems and glitter...hope you like!!

Anyone for Anya - sketch

All That Scraps - Christmas

Die Cut Dreams - digi

Lollipop Crafts - embossing

Lexi's creations - anything goes

Stamp & Create - Christmas

A Spoon Full of sugar - relish to embellish

I ♥ promarkers - snowflakes

ABC Christmas Challenge- winter wonderland

Top Tip Tuesday - christmas

The Creative Cottage - embossing

Flutter by Wednesday - anything goes

ABC Christmas Challenge

I think this is a great idea...making a start on all those Christmas Cards now....I made this for the ABC Christmas Challenge ...F for Frosty. The backing paper is from Heidi Grace. I stamped the message then layered a full 6 x 6 square on top with the circle cut, then stamped the snowman and cut him out too...finished off with som glittered snowflakes for that extra frosty look!!