Snowy card

This is a simple snowy card with snowflake background from a Pals patchwork kit.I love the way the red is picked up on the Santa hat to match the background.

This is for:

Stamp dreams 115: snow
Crazy amigo: winter
Creative card crew 1: snow day
Everybody art: snow
Creative belli 134: snowflakes (the background card is old and forgotten for ages)
Do you stack up 53: let it snow
Sentimental Sundays 84: snow, blue and/or glitter
My craft spot 39: winter wonderland
Stamp, scrap & doodle: winter something
Crafting when we can: new year's resolutions - to make Christmas cards throughout the year (you can see my crafty resolutions here)
There she goes 137: new year, new new start - resolutions - to make Christmas cards throughout the year (you can see my crafty resolutions here)
Creative craft: resolutions -  to make Christmas cards throughout the year (you can see my crafty resolutions here)
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
CES 67: anything goes
Dream valley 23: anything goes
Gingerloft 31: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 40

Put your feet up ...

... read the paper ... it's your birthday!

The background of this card uses some foiled embossed card that I've had for years, since I started making cards, which is a long time ago now. It's a very simple card with just the addition of the stickers, which have a nice feel about them with some felt being used. An ideal card for a man!

This is for:

Critter 96: celebrations
Birthday sundaes 38: birthday
Pile it on 2: manly cards
Little red wagon 114: warm fuzzies - felt
Paper Pretties Monday challenge: clean and simple
I brake for challenges: clean and simple
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
CES 67: anything goes
Dream valley 23: anything goes
Gingerloft 31: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 40

Traditional Christmas colours

Today's challenge on the Sunday's with Santa facebook group is 'traditional colours'. So it was time to get out those lovely Anna Griffin supplies for these cards:

This one has flocking on it for Little red wagon 114: warm fuzzies:

These are also for:

Crafty Ann 56: let's think hot (lots of bright red)
ABC Christmas: Z for zingy colours
Crafting when we can: new year's resolutions - to make Christmas cards throughout the year (you can see my crafty resolutions here)
There she goes 137: new year, new new start - resolutions - to make Christmas cards throughout the year (you can see my crafty resolutions here)
Creative craft: resolutions -  to make Christmas cards throughout the year (you can see my crafty resolutions here)
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
CES 67: anything goes
Catch the bug January: anything goes
Dream valley 23: anything goes
Gingerloft 31: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 40

Red, white and blue notebook

Strictly speaking it's not just red, white and blue (a few other colours crept in), but the notebook is mainly red, white and blue for Paperminutes 198: colour of flags - the UK flag being red, white and blue. I've left the inside of the label blank so that the recipient can put their name/details there. Papers and elements used are Papermania, except the unknown glittered butterfly.

This is also for:


Sparkles forum 27: anything but a Christmas card
Flutter by Wednesday 184: open + butterfly
Prairie fairy Fridays 69: things with sparkly wings
2 sisters 73: things with wings
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
CES 67: anything goes
Catch the bug January: anything goes
Make it Monday 70
Inspire me Fridays 40

Suzie 365 7: drink

It's the end of the first week of Suzie's 365 photo posts and so far I've taken part every day - I know, it's only a week so far, but it's a good start - lol!

7: drink - I thought I'd show a photo of John with the cuppa that cheers! This was taken when we were in Eastbourne a couple of years ago. I know I could have taken a new photo of a drink, but I love this cheery one.

Another thank you card

This thank you card is based on the sketch for Sketchy colors 98:

Sketchy colors 98 also asked us to use one of their color combos from the past year, so this is for which was the combo given originally for challenge 74:

I've used offcuts of PM Persimmon 'reminiscent of a bygone era' papers, so this is another one for Pixie's crafty snippets 1, also Aud sentiments 45 'any sentiments but you must use your scraps'.

 I've coloured with promarkers, so this is for Passion for promarkers 130 'thank you' . The image is a digi download from Designed2delight called 'spring fence' - Designed2delight have a Guest Designer call, so I'm entering for that.

I've distressed edges with shabby shutters and bundled sage DIs, also swiping the gold foiled band across the bottom of the card (this was originally white). This is for Craft your passion 91 'anything goes + distressing'.

This is also for:

Sundays with Crissy 25: beat the mid-winter blues
Cardmadfairy 24: thank you
C.R.A.F.T. 136: thank you
Clear it out Tuesday: thank you card (clearing out some butterflies I've had for ages)
Craft a scene 1: anything goes
Sweet stampin: spots & dots
Flutter by Wednesday 184: open + butterflies
Prairie fairy Fridays 69: things with sparkly wings
2 sisters 73: things with wings
Tuesday throwdown 79: something shiny (the butterflies)
Simply create too 4: layers, layers and more layers - six layers
Sentimental Sundays 83: anything goes
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
CES 67: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 88: anything goes
One stitch at a time 94: use a digi
Catch the bug January: anything goes
Make it Monday 70
Inspire me Fridays 40

CHNC challenge 54: give it a new lease of life!

It's time for a new challenge on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog. For challenge 54 I'm asking to see some recycling - give something a new lease of life.

I hope you have made a resolution to make Christmas cards throughout the year to ease that sense of panic as it gets near to the end of the year and you realise that you need more Christmas cards. So please don't pack away your Christmas cardmaking supplies - keep them out to hand throughout the year. and get busy with those cards - joining in my challenges will help you achieve this.

For my card I used the sketch for Christmas challenges with sketches 17 - you will need to click on the link to see the sketch on their challenge blog.

I've used colours for Our craft lounge presents Kathy's Lily pad palette:

The same colours are also the challenge for Our craft lounge's own challenge this week:

The recycled element that I've given a new lease of life to is the silvery strip on the left hand side which was rescued from a Christmas cracker - too good to throw into the recycling bin - it's a pity that with all the shiny foiling on this card it's hard to get a photograph that shows the card as it really is, but these two attempts are the best I can do. The other card used was from a QVC kit a couple of years ago. The scalloped circle and  oval were cut with nesties. The image is from Whoopsi Daisy 264. Whoopsi Daisy are kindly sponsoring my CHNC challenge 54 - you can see details here. I am linking this for Whoopsi Daisy's own 'free and easy' challenge.  I coloured the image with a silver pen and a blue promarker. The wired and beaded stars were from the 99p shop.

This is also for:

Squiggle stamps: recycle!! upcycle!!
Totally stampalicious: make it sparkle
St Luke's January: new year, new start - give new lease of life to something
Gingerloft 30: Christmas and winter
Stamp, scrap & doodle: winter something
Lexi 55: untraditional Christmas - no red or green
Drunken stampers 80: glittery holiday
Jingle belles: no time like the present
Christmas cards all year round January: non-traditional colours
There she goes 137: new year, new new start - card depicting your new year resolurions - to make Christmas cards throughout the year (you can read my crafty resolutions here)
Crafting for all seasons 17: fairies
Flutter by Wednesday 184: open + fairy
Just inspirational 10: fairy
Prairie fairy Fridays 69: things with sparkly wings
2 sisters 73: things with wings
Tuesday throwdown 79: something shiny
Some odd girl: bling me - at least 2 types of bling here
Paper creations ink 16: die cuts and/or punches
Lothian 22: die cuts
Simply create too 4: layers, layers and more layers - at least five layers
Sentimental Sundays 83: anything goes
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
CES 67: anything goes
Make it Monday 70
Inspire me Fridays 40

New home

This card is for Sketch Saturday 188 which is being sponsored by the Craft Barn:

 Also for Challenge up your life 59: recipe:

 5 pearls

1 flower

1 button

stitching

Papers are once again PM Persimmon collection 'reminiscent of a bygone era', the image is a new stamp I've never used before by Funstamps, with the additon of a house button (I've had this for ages), a sentiment, a piece of stitched ribbon, a Martha Steward bloom and five little pearls.

This is also for:

Allsorts 135: new beginnings
Addicted to stamps 20: something new
Fashionable stamping 12: anything goes using your new stash (the stamp)
Order of the opus gluei 121: out with the old and in with the new (house button is very old, stamp is new)
The squirrel and the fox 8: something new
The crafter's cafe: new year/new beginnings (new home)
Stamps R us: what did you get for Christmas - new crafty goodies (new stamp)
Party time Tuesday 49: something new
Sassy Cheryl 96: new beginnings
Digistamps4joy 34: anything (something old, something new) goes (old house button, new stamp)
Freshly brewed January: use something new (stamp)
My mum's craft shop 38: something new
Simon says: new something
Whimsy inspirations 20: new beginnings
Craft us crazy: anything new and/or humourous
Crafty ribbons 10: new beginnings
Cute card Thursday 198: what's new (new home and new stamp)
Little Miss muffet 26: something new
Cardmakin mamas: something new
Crafty catz 114: a new beginning
Delicious doodles 10: all things new
Fairytale 32: something new
Di's digis: it's all new
Sweet stampin: new beginnings
By the cute and girly January: new beginnings
The poodles parlour: button up
Stamp dreams 114: anything goes
Inky impressions: anything goes
Ribbon carousel 34: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 83: anything goes
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 27: freestyle
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 70
Inspire me Fridays 40

Thank you card

I'm just scraping in at the last minute for A gem of a challenge 36 where this sketch was given:

My card is made with more of those lovely PM Persimmon collection 'reminiscent of a bygone era', with a few gems, a sentiment and a Martha Stewart bloom added - why is it that the bloom looks more yellowy irl and peach on this photo? Ah well, it really does match the papers - honestly! Paper edges were distressed with stormy sky DI. Shapes were cut with nesties.

This is also for:

Clear it out Tuesday: thank you card (I've had the Martha Stewart blooms for quite a long while but am reluctant to use them because they are so beautiful - and expensive!
C.R.A.F.T. 136: thank you
Sarah Hurley 57: giving thanks/thank you
2012 Christmas card challenge week 5: thank you card
Craft your passion 91: anything goes + distressing
Some odd girl: bling me - at least 2 types of bling - gems and Martha Stewart glittered bloom
Blog a doodle: anything goes
Paper creations ink 16: die cuts and/or punches
Simply create too 4: layers, layers and more layers - seven layers altogether

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Suzie's 365 6: frost

This is the only frost I could find today - in my freezer:

6 frost:

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Up, up and away

This is another entry for Rainbow lady 186 'travel through time to 2012'. This time it's an altered notebook with a Kanban topper. The background black and gold paper is an offcut from wrapping paper that I bought some years ago.

This is also for:

Sparkles forum 27: anything but a Christmas card
Ooh-la-la 95: anything but a card
The craft garden January: monochrome
The pixie cottage 102: monochromatic
Pixie dust studio 108: mono-tize it
Paper Pretties Monday challenge: clean and simple
I brake for challenges: clean and simple
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 27: freestyle
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 70
Inspire me Fridays 40

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Travel through time to 2012

'Travel through time to 2012' is the title of Rainbow lady 186 this week, so I thought this Kanban picture might fit the bill.

I've also used the neutral colours from For your inspiration 21:

The foiled frame is gold, not black as it looks here.

This is also for:

The craft garden January: monochrome
The pixie cottage 102: monochromatic
Pixie dust studio 108: mono-tize it
Paper Pretties Monday challenge: clean and simple
I brake for challenges: clean and simple
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 27: freestyle
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 70

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Shades of blue and green

The card used to wrap around the sticky notes (yes, it's another sticky notes holder) was recycled from the covering of a stationery set (a William Morris design). The flowers are from stash.

Colours are for the play date cafe 113:

and I'm also linking for 52 card pick up week 1.

It's also for:


Sparkles forum 27: anything but a Christmas card
Ooh-la-la 95: anything but a card
Paper Pretties Monday challenge: clean and simple
I brake for challenges: clean and simple
Secret crafter Saturday 166: anything goes
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 27: freestyle
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 70

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Reminiscent of a bygone era

The papers I've used for this card are from the Papermania Persimmon collection 'reminiscent of a bygone era' - hence the title of this blogpost.

This card is for Annabelle ABSC045 sketch:

It features spots and stripes for the current Daring cardmakers challenge (there was an extra week for this challenge, but I'm still submitting an entry on the final evening!).

The scalloped circles were cut with nesties, edges distressed with stormy sky DI and the white shape stamped with part of the Penny Black sparklers stamp inked with stormy sky and clear heat embossed. Just the addition of a strip of flowers and a few half pearls from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

Some odd girls: bling me - at least 2 types of bling - heat embossing and half pearls
Paper creations ink 16: die cuts and/or punches
Paper sundaes 101: something old, something new - papers are new, nesties are old
Fab n funky 102: something new - the papers

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Somewhere to scrawl

This is a sticky notes holder made with an offcut of black and white hearts card (scored and folded to hold sticky notes) with the addition of the 'notebook' topper.

The colour scheme is for:

Color throwdown 173:

Create me pink 6: colour splash - black and white with only 1 other colour - just a splash
The paper variety:

This is also for:

Sparkles forum 27: anything but a Christmas card
Ooh-la-la 95: anything but a card
Fairytale 31: something simple
Ruby's rainbow 19: something for a baby or child -  suitable for a child
Pixie's crafty snippets 1
Paper Pretties Monday challenge: clean and simple
I brake for challenges: clean and simple
Secret crafter Saturday 166: anything goes
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 27: freestyle
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
Top tip Tuesday 67: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 70

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

What a hoot!

For Shabby tea room 95 'time flies' there is an inspirational photo:

and the project also needs to feature something with wings - so I've gone with the 'owl' theme.

So I altered his notebook, using a piece of wallpaper sample for the background and a Dawn Bibby die cut owl image:

This is also for:

Penny's 70: birds
Make my Monday 30: nature - birds
Ooh-la-la 95: anything but a card
Truly madly crafty January: anything goes
Make it Monday 70

So cute

This is another notebook, this time with a holographic gold foiled background (difficult to photograph) with Penny Black stickeroos 'so cute' stickers.

This is for:

Crop stop 52: go for the gold
Southern girls 35: show us your sparkle
Sparkles forum 27: anything but a Christmas card
Ooh-la-la 95: anything but a card
Fairytale 31: something simple
Ruby's rainbow 19: something for a baby or child - notebook suitable for a child
Craft us crazy: anything new and/or humourous
Paper Pretties Monday challenge: clean and simple
I brake for challenges: clean and simple
Secret crafter Saturday 166: anything goes
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Let's craft and create 35: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 27: freestyle
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Art impressions 46: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
Top tip Tuesday 67: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Truly madly crafty January: anything goes
Make it Monday 70

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Suzie's 365 5: excitement

To the non-crafter, this won't look much as if it depicts excitement, but I'm sure that fellow crafters will agree that it's exciting when the postie brings goodies. Today's package is rather functional, but I still think it's exciting (yes, I know, I need to get out more - lol!) because I really love my copics.

5: excitement:

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

WOYWW 135

With Christmas and not being well, I haven't taken part in WOYWW for a while, so thought it was about time I did. However, this morning my workspace was clear, so nothing really to show, having showed all my cards yesterday and before. This afternoon I've been having a bit of a sort out - I always seem to be doing this, so I'm not sure why I still find things that I think should have hit the bin a long while ago!

I took boxes out of part of my big cupboard so that I could get to the envelopes for the long slim cards that I made yesterday - you can read about it here. In that blogpost I referred to a load of envies that I bought years ago to house small tall thin cards (A5 folded in half lengthwise). Now, when I said 'loads' you might well have thought I meant about a hundred, but, no, there are lots more.

The picture shows 20 envies at the front (the number I need for the cards I made and showed yesterday) and on the shelf behind you can see the two boxes of envies that reveal just how many I've actually got. I really don't think I will ever make that many of this kind of card. Why did I buy them?! (and I confess that once upon a time there were actually more, but I sold some on eBay - perhaps I ought to do that again).

So I thought I would share this confession with WOYWWers:

Anyone want any envelopes?!

By the way, if you don't know what WOYWW is then follow the link to Julia's Stamping Ground and join in.

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Simply something old, something new

For Christmas was given some Clarity stamps DVDs by Barbara Gray and a whole bundle of goodies to go with them. One of the stamps I received is 'cornflower' which I've used on this card, simply stamped with memento. The other stamp I've used is one that I've had for ages - a lovely Laura Ashley stamp from a set by Dovecraft. So I've used something new and something old. I lightly brayered the background using Big & juicy foliage and printed the scripture verse, having prepared it in Word using my favourite Lucida Calligraphy font.

I was prompted to make this card by Word art Wednesday 9, where these scripture verses were given for the challenge.

Click to enlarge

This is also for:

Crafts by Carolyn forum TTC12-01: something old, something new
Freshly brewed January challenge: use something new
Tanda teaser 188: have faith
Try it on Tuesday: a card that is all your own work
Addicted to stamps: 20: something new (new stamp)
Fashionable stamping 12: anything goes using your new stash
Order of the opus gluei 121: out with the old and in with the new
The squirrel and the fox 8: something new
Stamps R us: what did you get for Christmas - new crafty goodies
Going grey with scrap creations: something old, something new
Ladybug 51: use your new stash
Party time Tuesday 49: something new
Digistamps4joy 34: anything (something old, something new) goes
My mum's craft shop 38: something new
Simon says: new something
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: something new
Jelly park friends: old year/new year
Di's digi designs: it's all new - show us something new
Craft us crazy: anything new and/or humorous
Flutter by Wednesday 184: open + butterflies
Paper Pretties Monday challenge: clean and simple
I brake for challenges: clean and simple
Fairytale 31: something simple
Secret crafter Saturday 166: anything goes
Pile it on 1 of 2012: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 27: freestyle
Heart song 29: anything goes
Incy wincy 127: anything goes
The pink elephant 129: anything goes
House of gilli 23: anything goes
Cupcake craftroom January: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Blog a doodle: anything goes
Top tip Tuesday 67: anything goes
The paper shelter 45: anything goes
Truly madly crafty January: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 39
Make it Monday 70

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!

Suzie's 365 4: pretty

After yesterday's 'ugly', today Suzie is asking to see 'pretty'. I bought these flowers with my Ocado grocery delivery before Christmas and they are doing really well - they brighten up a rather dull January day - so here is my 4: pretty:

There is celebration candy over on my CHNC blog

You've got to be in it to win it, so why not hop on over there and get linking?!