Baubles ... and yet more baubles!

It was Kerry's turn to set the challenge for the Christmas Card Club girls and she asked us to feature baubles. I prepared this Saturday afternoon when I wasn't feeling that great, so I went the easy route and made cards using supplies from a Hunkydory kit, along with some snippets of glitter strips that I'd been saving in case they came in handy. The sentiment panels on the first two cards are from Anna Griffin.

The glitter strip on the righthand side of this one looks crooked, but it's not actually - this is a card that opens from the bottom, so the photo was taken on the slant.

The piece of card on the lefthand side of this one was an offcut from the previous card.

These are also for:

Holly jolly Christmas: Christmas ornaments
52 Christmas card throwdown June theme: Christmas ornaments
CRAFT 211: Christmas
Paper creators 10: make it sparkle
Pixie's crafty snippets week 76: (snippets of glitter strip and offcut from first card used on the second)
Desert island crafts 56: I chose: patterned paper, gemstones, something glittery and sentiment
Oozak 16: anything goes with a sentiment

Give me a buzz ...

This card is very similar to the previous one, using the same papers - a piece of PSX honeycomb vellum stuck on to imaginisce exotic easst simply nirvana paper. Just a different sentiment this time. This card opens tent style from the bottom.

This is for:

Less is more 124: hexagons
Crafty calendar June: things with wings
Bunny Zoe June: wings
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 164: Y ... for yellow
Color my heart 47: honey

Bee happy

A piece of PSX honeycomb vellum stuck on to imaginisce exotic easst simply nirvana paper. I used my xyron to apply adhesive (I bought my big xyron years ago - it has been used so much and is particularly good for sticking acetate or vellum.The ribbon is from Hobby craft and the sentiment generated on my dymo letratag using yellow plastic tape.

This is for:

Less is more 124: hexagons
Crafty ribbons 48: anything goes with ribbon
Crafty calendar June: things with wings
Bunny Zoe June: wings
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 164: Y ... for yellow

Ahoy! me hearties!

Card for a boy with Basic Grey lime rickey paper, a piece of torn sentiment paper, a glitter strip and some 3D glittered stickers.

This is for:

As you like it 4: favourite papers and why - I love Basic Grey papers - so many different 6 x 6 pads to choose from - I come back to them time and time again
Simon says: transport
De creatieve zebra 23: card that you would give to a child
The cutie pie 46: one for the kids
Catered crop: for the boys
Hobby cutz 8: masculine and/or father's day
Cards for men 12: boys will be boys
Craft your passion 166: father's day/masculine
Kaboodle 175: for your favourite guy
Platypus 34: for the boys
City crafter 163: it's all about him
Crafty sentiments: card/project for a male
LEJ 57: something for the boys/men
Papertake weekly: hello boys
Top tip Tuesday 103: masculine
Tuesday throwdown 151: you're the man
Use it Tuesday 57: masculine (old stickers and very old sentiment paper)
Crafting by designs: anything goes with a twist: father's day, men, male themed
Crafting for all seasons 54: one for the guys
Perfect sentiments 83: for the boys
The sisterhood of crafters: it's all about the boys
MilkCoffee: father's day and/or male inspired creations
Simply create too 39: father's day/or a male
Crafter's cafe 17: fathers or for a male
Order of the opus gluei 158: birthday
Fab 'n' funky 175: birthday
Bloggers challenge: birthday
A and T 25: happy birthday
Crazy amigo: rounds, circles and dots
Paper creators 10: make it sparkle
Sister act 11: anything goes
613 avenue create 23: anything goes
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Paper playtime 12: anything goes
Make it Monday 144
Inspire me Fridays 107
52 card pickup 2.24

Purple diamonds

Another card using a kraft card blank, layered with some more of the crinkly paper I found hidden in a box and a lovely piece of flocked paper. For the central image I applied antique linen distress ink pad direct to paper, then stamped with one of the stamps from the Clearly besotted building blocks set inked with dusty concord distress ink. Just the addition of a flower and the card was finished.

This is for:

Clearly besotted 1: anything goes (using one of their products)
Sunday stamper 261: purple haze
Crafty friends 3: use your favourite colour combination - anything with purple!
House of Gilli: your favourite colour combo
Timbro scrap mania 73: free theme
Stamping sensations June: summer blooms

Summertime yellow

I've used a kraft card blank on to which I've layered a white panel, matted with some lovely crinkled paper that I found hidden in a box (it's been there for years - double sided), with the addition of some Hooked on Craft paper flowers and leaves.

This is for:

CASology 48: yellow
Make my Monday: CAS flowers
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 164: Y ... for yellow
Color my heart 47: honey
Daring cardmakers: a festival of flowers
The paper nest dolls 6: summer lovin
Craft room: here comes the summer
A.R.T. 1: summertime theme
Craft lovin 2: anything goes
Sister act 11: anything goes
613 avenue create 23: anything goes
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Paper playtime 12: anything goes
Make it Monday 144
Inspire me Fridays 107
52 card pickup 2.24

Apertures from inserts

Two more cards for my CHNC challenge 129: frame, window or aperture, using two digital Christmas inserts kindly supplied by Bearly mine Designs, one of the sponsors of the challenge.

These are also for:

Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 24: shades of blue (second card)
CRAFT 211: Christmas
Festive Friday 10: vintage
Christmas cards all year round June: vintage Christmas
The paper shelter 116: blue and white (second card)
Totally papercrafts 171: feeling blue (second card)
Charisma cardz 23: digis only
Digi haven: anything goes
Sister act 11: anything goes

An acetate window card

This is another card for my CHNC challenge 129 where I'm asking to see a frame, a window or an aperture on your Christmas cards.

I've used a ready-made stepper card, Kanban card, border strips and sentiment strip with a peel off. The picture has an acetate window over it so that it is rounded in the front to stand a bit away from the picture. The paper chains and holly are printed on the acetate as well as on the picture underneath to give a bit of dimension.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
CRAFT 211: Christmas
Festive Friday 10: vintage
Christmas cards all year round June: vintage Christmas
Sparkles 45: steampunk or vintage
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 164: Y - for yuletide
Let's craft and create 72: shape
Whimsy 60: shaped cards
Quirky crafts 12: fold it
Party time Tuesday 124: fancy folds
De creatieve zebra 23: card that you would give to a child
The cutie pie 46: one for the kids
Deep ocean 53: for a girl
Craft lovin 2: anything goes
Sister act 11: anything goes
Spark your creativity now 10: anything goes
613 avenue create 23: anything goes
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Paper playtime 12: anything goes
Make it Monday 144
Inspire me Fridays 107
52 card pickup 2.24

CHNC challenge 129 : frame, window or aperture

Today's CHNC challenge 129 is to use a frame, window or aperture on your Christmas card - it can be as simple as showing a window, which is what I've done with this Hunkydory die cut picture of a house with lights in the windows. Background card and the spotty card are Kanban offcuts and the silver holly borders and the sentiment are Hunkydory  'winter wonderland' from the Christmas Classics range.

This is also for:

Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 24: shades of blue
CRAFT 211: Christmas
Festive Friday 10: vintage
Sparkles 45: steampunk or vintage
Christmas cards all year round June: vintage Christmas
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 164: Y - for yuletide
The paper shelter 116: blue and white
Totally papercrafts 171: feeling blue
Craft lovin 2: anything goes
Sister act 11: anything goes
Spark your creativity now 10: anything goes
613 avenue create 23: anything goes
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Paper playtime 12: anything goes
Make it Monday 144
Inspire me Fridays 107
52 card pickup 2.24