Christmas presents

I've used a Jolly Nation background paper overlaid with a torn piece of pink freebie from a magazine, topped with the JN decoupaged lady carrying presents.

This is for:

Crazy challenge 87: think pink

Incy wincy 114: think pink

Lexi 50: pink for boobies

Digistamps4joy 29: think pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Hiding in my craft room 14: pink!

My Sheri crafts 70: think pink

Just Yolie link up for pink

Christmas stampin all year long: resist the temptation - no stamps at all

Try it on Tuesday: make it minimal

City crafter 77: we are going 3D

Crafty purple frog: lots of layers

Sew many challenges: anything goes

Penny's 63: anything goes

Creatalicious 26: anything goes

Papertake: anything goes

Scrap-card challenge 13: anything goes

Make it Monday 57

Crazy4challenges 107: World Cardmaking Day - anything goes - donate to charity (this will be among others sold at my sale on Saturday to raise money for Tearfund)

Lothian crafts 19: anything goes

Walking in a winter wonderland ...

... and wishing you a Magical Christmas.

Two very quick cards with Kate Knight Christmas collection papers and two recycled card fronts - the trees are glittered, but, unfortunately, this doesn't really show up here.


This is for:

Crazy challenge 87: think pink

Incy wincy 114: think pink

Lexi 50: pink for boobies

Digistamps4joy 29: think pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Hiding in my craft room 14: pink!

My Sheri crafts 70: think pink

Just Yolie link up for pink

Sparkles forum 21: something that sparkles

Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 9: Christmas songs - walking in a winter wonderland

Fab's big Christmas October: something shiny and/or snowflakes

Christmas stampin all year long: resist the temptation - no stamps at all

Try it on Tuesday: make it minimal

Sew many challenges: anything goes

Penny's 63: anything goes

Creatalicious 26: anything goes

Papertake: anything goes

Scrap-card challenge 13: anything goes

Make it Monday 57

Crazy4challenges 107: World Cardmaking Day - anything goes - donate to charity (these will be among others sold at my sale on Saturday to raise money for Tearfund)

Lothian crafts 19: anything goes

Pink Christmas

There's a lot of pink around atm, which isn't surprising because there are lots of blogs promoting 'think pink' because October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

So I've made a pink Christmas card, using a magazine freebie background and four gold foiled squares that originally came with a kit a couple of years ago. I added the sentiment circle and coloured the snowflake with a marvy le plume alcohol pen (these were still close at hand from earlier).

Unfortunately, because of the flash photo the card looks more lilac than pink, but it is definitely pink irl.

This is for:

Crazy challenge 87: think pink

Incy wincy 114: think pink

Lexi 50: pink for boobies

Digistamps4joy 29: think pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Hiding in my craft room 14: pink!

My Sheri crafts 70: think pink

Just Yolie link up for pink

Christmas stampin all year long: resist the temptation - no stamps at all

Sew many challenges: anything goes

Penny's 63: anything goes

Creatalicious 26: anything goes

Papertake: anything goes

Scrap-card challenge 13: anything goes

Dream valley 17: monochrome

Make it Monday 57

Crazy4challenges 107: World Cardmaking Day - anything goes - donate to charity (this will be among others sold at my sale on Saturday to raise money for Tearfund)

Lothian crafts 19: anything goes

Harry needs a hand

Work's still going on in the kitchen and everywhere is in a muddle, so I'm staying where I feel happiest ... and making cards.

Here's five more, this time using Mo Manning's 'Harry needs a hand' digital image, coloured with marvy le plume alcohol pens (I bought a couple of lots of these from QVC in one of those 'must have' moments and have hardly used them because I confess I already have a big selection of copics and promarkers). The background paper is Craft creations Ruth Watkins Christmas 02 (cut carefully you can get all five from a 12 x 12 with a bit to spare). These colours make a change for Christmas.

I was prompted to make these by the Mo's digital challenge 103: patchwork.

It's also for:

Sentimental Sundays 75: sewing or stitching (faux on the patchwork)

Sunday's with Santa (facebook): cute + animal

Cardmadfairy 17: too early for Christmas?

Crafty boots: zoo or animal theme

Crazy amigo: animals

Little Miss Muffet 19: animals and monsters

One stitch at a time 82: use a digi

Crafts and me 55: use a digi

Digital Tuesday 131: we like to party - celebration

Stampin' for the weekend 17: what a cutie (I think pigs can be cute! - and there are cute snowmen too)

Sew many challenges: anything goes

Penny's 63: anything goes

Creatalicious 26: anything goes

Papertake: anything goes

Scrap-card challenge 13: anything goes

Make it Monday 57

Inspire me Fridays 26

Crazy4challenges 107: World Cardmaking Day - anything goes - donate to charity (these will be among others sold at my sale on Saturday to raise money for Tearfund)

Lothian crafts 19: anything goes

I think this would be suitable for a boy, so I'm also linking for:

The crafty pad 141: one for the boys

Ruby's rainbow 13: for the boys

Southern girls 29: slugs and snails and puppy dog's tails - boys or men

St Luke's October: let's hear it for the boys

Some quick cards

I really want to get on with some notebooks for Saturday, but this morning we have someone doing alterations in our kitchen, so everything's in a bit of an uproar (yet again!) so I just can't settle to them, so I decided to use the time to make a few quick cards to sell in packs of 5.

The background paper on these cards is Teresa Collins Noel definitions. I wish I'd bought more of this paper because I love it - it's doubled sided and has text on the back against a rich red background.

The stamped and embossed images were done ages ago when a dear crafting friend sent me a stamp to borrow (you'll see more of these soon because I stamped up quite a few before sending the stamp back).

I'm entering these for the following challenges:

Cupcake 162: black and white Christmas (I hope I will be forgiven for the few deep red berries)

Kelley kid 10: black and white

Little Claire 13: black & white theme

Inky impressions 27: monochromatic

Dream valley 17: monochrome

Try it on Tuesday: make it minimal

Totally stampalicious: emboss it

Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 9: Christmas songs - In the bleak midwinter

Our daily bread 78: scripture, quotes or song - In the bleak midwinter

Cutie Sunday150: no text

Sew many challenges: anything goes

Penny's 63: anything goes

Creatalicious 26: anything goes

Papertake: anything goes

Scrap-card challenge 13: anything goes

Make it Monday 57

Inspire me Fridays 26

Crazy4challenges 107: World Cardmaking Day - anything goes - donate to charity (these will be among others sold at my sale on Saturday to raise money for Tearfund)

Lothian crafts 19: anything goes