Creating a scene!!

Hello my crafty friends and I hope the week has started  well for you, if not, then I wish you better days to come. I have another " different" card to share today and boy did it take an age to make. I can safely say that I won't be making a habit of creating  this type of card!!

I started with my SB pierced rectangles for the frame and then made a card blank to suit.  Then had a really good sort through my "Seasonal" dies and embossing folders for inspiration. The trusty Cheery Lynn poinsettia strip had to make an appearance. The tree is by Dee's Distinctively range and the country landscape by Memory Box. A Craftwork Card's sentiment to finish off.

Here's an angled shot to show the dimension and the sheen of the Centura pearl cardstock.






Some challenges I am entering

Allsorts #282 - Christmas
Crafting When we can - Black and white
Christmas Card Challenges #48 - Anything Goes
Pile it on - Create a scene
Crafty Cardmakers #126 - Cut it out
Not just cards #5 - Anything Goes

Better go and get the best face on ready for work!! See you soon xx

Boo!!

Hello there crafters. I have a (not so) spooky creation today for we are starting a new challenge at

Oldie But A Goodie

and the seasonal theme is

SPOOKY

I chose to make a little goody bag should any little spooks be brave enough to venture down our lane, which in itself is spooky with bats, owls and without the luxury of streetlights!!

I used an old Pollycraft digi that I coloured with my Promarkers in suitably Hallowe'en colours. Simply matted on black and lime card and added a tag.

I've been saving it up for the current Without Words Challenge!!
and a few more besides

Open-minded crafting fun #22 - Halloween/Dressing up
Cute Card Thursday - Trick or Treat
Sweet Stampin' - Anything But A Card

Hope you will join us and remember that something on your creation needs to be older than six months.

Toodles for now xx

Golden Christmas

Hello one and all. I hope you are well this weekend. 

I have another Christmas card to share today, a little different because, this time, there is no coloured image just a heat embossed stamped sentiment,

I broke into my Gilded Winter pad for this one and used gold mirror board too. The Cheery Lynn poinsettia die was used again and the centre of the blooms had a squirt of Diamond stickles. I found the ribbon in my stash and that's it!! See I can do elegant when the mood takes me!!

The inspiration came from these challenges

Winter Wonderland - Gold Christmas

Daring Cardmakers - Sentimental

 (and I revisited heat embossing)

Crafty Cardmakers - It's only words

We are off to Weymouth today for a wander around the harbour.

See you soon xx

Question time

It's Thursday so that means a new challenge at

As You Like It Challenge

and the conundrum this fortnight is.....Cute or Elegant and don't forget to tell us WHY?

It's cute for me, every time. I can do elegant if pushed but with the enormous choice of cute rubber and digital stamps available, who can resist a cutie such as Bobbi here...

...see , told you, even the coldest heart would melt just looking at that cute face!!

He was coloured with Promarkers then die cut using the lovely SB pierced rectangles. The delish papers are from Doodlebug  (you wore me down Michelle!!) and to finish off a die cut bow and sentiment.

A challenge or two

Digistamp Boutique - October Customer Competition
Bunny Zoes Challenge - Animals
Fussy and Fancy #25 - Orange and Black

Thanks for stopping by today and I

hope you will join us, cute or elegant we don't mind!! xx

Whoops!!

Monday again, where do the weekends go?!! Anyway before I toddle off to work I have another Christmas card to share with you using one of the fabulous Hobby House art books.

I used Promarkers to colour the poor clumsy chap and you can see the sparkle on this close up a bit easier...

...don't study it too closely though as the markers did bleed a little :0(

I used a stamp from a 

Chocolate Baroque set, Christmas Magic

 (Asha "made" me buy it!!)

The papers are Dovecraft Krafty Christmas and the twine and snowflake charm are from my stash.

I'm playing at these challenges

Crafters Cafe #86 - Use an image with a hat

Holly Jolly - Snowman Fun

Polkadoodles #42 - Christmas Fun

Christmas CArd Challenges #47 - Took inspiration from the snowman

Christmas Cards All year Round - Embellish it (twine & charm)

Here's wishing you a good week xx