Christmas snow through a window

I created this window effect by cutting up part of an upcycled Christmas card into nine equal squares, mounting these on to a piece of dark brown card that matched the card blank, mounting this on to a piece of pearlised card before finally mounting on to the dark brown card blank.

I've followed Christmas cards with sketches 107 - please click on the link to see the sketch - also for Top tip Tuesday: favourite sketch challenge - I love this sketch because it is so versatile and could be used to upcycle a few cards. The picture is glittered in places, but, unfortunately, this doesn't show up on the photo.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Craft a scene January: make your own theme
Card 4 guyz: monochrome (think this is suitable to send to a male)
Digi sketch challenge: one for the men
Ooh-la-la 148: a man card
Let's craft and create 86: masculine
Fussy & fancy 105: monochromatic
MilkCoffee: monochromatic
Country view crafts January: monochromatic
Robyn's fetish 195: winter cards
The sisterhood of crafters: winter snowflakes
Christmas fun: non-traditional colours
Jingle belles: have yourself a merry little Christmas (each square is 1.5" x 1.5")
Crafty creations 255: seasonal
Scribbles designs 13: sparkle it up
Hobby cutz 32: lots of layers (four)
Sentimental Sundays 190: more than 3 layers
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
613 avenue create 55: anything goes
Crafting with dragonflies 18: card only - anything goes
Divas by design: anything goes
Paper pretties 294: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 10: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 10: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Sister act 40
DL.ART January
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 175

With deepest sympathy

It's sad that this kind of card is often needed - the older one gets, the more they are needed.

Anyway, this is a simple card using a piece of paper similar to those in the pack I am giving away for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge for January (if you haven't discovered this yet, please click on the link and join in the fun). I used a little stamp that I've had for years, inking with memento rich cocoa and also stazon blazing red, sometimes stamping this on a piece of  paper first so I got a faded image. The sentiment is Anita's.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day

Creative creations: less is more

Squigglefly 3: CAS

As you like it: favourite C & S style & why - involving stamping, because I love stamps!

Hiding in my craft room 133: clean & simple

Addicted to stamps and more 79: CAS
Nutcrafters 60: CAS
Little red wagon 221: clean & simple

Just like fine wine ...

... you grow better with the years.

It's my brother's birthday today and this is the card I made for him using a mixture of Kanban and Hunkydory supplies (a similar card to the one I made for John's birthday and showed here).

The bottle and glass on the front both have a holographic look with colours varyng according to the light -difficult to get a photo that shows it at its best.

The white square on the inside has just been added digitally to hide the message I wrote:

This is for:

Daring cardmakers: what's your tipple?
Deep ocean 69: birthday
Crafty sentiments: birthdays
Scrappers delights 14: let's celebrate
A little bit crafty January: celebrate
Crafty calendar January: let's celebrate
Digi sketch challenge: one for the men
Ooh-la-la 148: a man card
Let's craft and create 86: masculine
Crafting from the heart 5: anything goes/fancy folds
Lexi 108: fancy folds
Crafts 4 eternity R159: fancy folds
Scribble and scrap 10: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Sister act 40
DL.ART January
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 175

Clean and simple sympathy

This is a clean and simple card made with a piece of paper from the pack similar to those that I am giving away as the prize for the randomly chosen winner of my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge for January - if you haven't yet discovered this new challenge blog, please click on the link and have a look and join in. I'm showing this card there.

'The monthly challenge will always be 'anything goes' as long as you cover your card blank with patterned paper or card, using any size or shape of card that you wish - there are no other rules! You can add embellishments if you wish, stamp, emboss etc - but you must cover your card blank with patterned paper or card. The card can be for any occasion.'

I've stamped on the paper with a sentiment stamp from Hobbycraft and one of my favourite Penny Black stamps which is so versatile, sparklers, stamped randomly, both inked with stazon vibrant violet.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day

Creative creations: less is more

Squigglefly 3: CAS

As you like it: favourite C & S style & why - involving stamping, because I love stamps!

Hiding in my craft room 133: clean & simple

Through the purple haze 25: pick your favourite colour - I love lots of colours, but purple is a definite favourite for crafting

Feeling crafty 24: butterflies

Created with love 73: winged things

Fantasy stampers 2: anything with wings

Cheerful stamp pad challenge 78

Today sees the start of the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 78: a snowy day. Please click on the link and see the beautiful crafting of the rest of the team and join in the challenge which is being sponsored by Vintage Image Crafts.

For my design card I have used an image kindly supplied by Vintage Image Crafts on their facebook page  - mounting on to a shaped piece of patterned card that was then matted on to a pearlescent card blank. The glittered layered snowflake and holly are from an old Anna Griffin kit and the knotted ribbon is almost the last snippet of some that I've loved using.

This is also for:

The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Pixie's snippets 108
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Stamp dreams 28: snowflakes
Paper makeup 124: snowflakes
Everybody art 261: snow
Digi haven: baby it's cold outside
Melonheadz: winter fun
Crafter's cafe blog 46: bling it on
Card and scrap 68; use bling
Digistamps4Joy 83: glitter n sparkle
Scribbles designs 13: sparkle it up
Divas by design: use ribbons
Artistic inspirations 75: use ribbon/anything goes
Fairytale 85: bows
Craft-Dee BowZ January: anything goes and include a handmade bow
Cuttin and stampin 14-2: anything goes with winter
Delightful: brrr (anything winter)
Dare to be sassy 212: shabby chic or vintage
Paper-crafting journey: vintage
Polka doodles digi choosday: anything goes
Hobbycutz 32: lots of layers
One stitch at a time 196: use a digi
My Sheri 125: delightful digis
Robyn's fetish 195: winter cards
Scribble and scrap 10: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Brown sugar 77: anything goes
Inky linky 40
Sister act 40
DL.ART January
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 175

The Glory of Christmas challenge 15: clean and simple

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas 25: clean and simple.

I've used an offcut of Hunkydory card and a tree image cut from a card received, mounted on to red mirror card - simples, as the meerkats would say!

This is also for:

The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Hiding in my craftroom 133: clean and simple
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Cuttin and stampin 14-2: anything goes with winter
Creative inspirations 248: anything goes
Sister act 40
Crafting by designs January: anything goes

Cooking up a storm

It was Lizzie's turn to pick the theme for the Christmas Card Club for today's challenge and she asked us to 'cook up a storm' - anything to do with food.

So I've gone with the ever-popular gingerbread men (or should I say 'people'?!). I've used snippets of left over bits from magazine freebie papers top and bottom and snippet strips from Echo Park Winter Wishes by Michelle Coleman in between. Gingerbread ribbons are by Crafty Ribbons (some that I bought with a voucher I won quite some time ago). Felt gingerbread people and little sprigs of holly from Poundland.

Colours are for Just us girls 224:

And lots of gingerbread houses for Festive Friday 23:

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Pixie's snippets 108
Open-minded crafting: warmth (food or clothing)
Pink gem 111: for the boys (suitable for a young boy)
Pile it on 2: holidays/celebrations
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Divas by design: use ribbons
Alphabet: Y for young card for a little one
Cuttin and stampin 14-2: anything goes with winter
Come and get it: food, glorious food
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Brown sugar 77: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Inky linky 40
Sister act 40
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 174

More shades of blue for CHNC challenge 160

This is my second card for today's CHNC challenge 160: shades of blue.

Once again, I've used a ready printed card blank and Hunkydory supplies:

This is also for:

Pile it on 2: holidays/celebrations
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Creative creations: anything goes
Through the purple haze 24: anything goes
Creative inspirations 248: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Sister act 40
Crafting by designs January: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 12: sketch

Today's Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 12 is a sketch (I turned the sketch to the left for my card):

The challenge is being sponsored by Broken Box Stock and I've used their 'sunscreen snowman' digital image on my design card for this challenge. It's also being sponsored by Digi Darla - so there are two chances to win a prize.

I've used offcuts from Hunkydory kits, cutting off a piece of the front of the card to reveal card that I'd put on the inside. Buttons were from stash.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Crafting from the heart 4: anything goes/use pearls or buttons
Flourishes timeless 254: button up - button as embellishment on a winter card
Jellypark friends: buttons and/or bows
Pixie's snippets 107
Merry Monday 91: snowman or snow people
Pile it on 2: holidays/celebrations
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Kaboodle 206: winter wonderland
Collage obsession: frozen
Everybody art 261: snow
Going grey at Scrap-creations: snowmen
Aud sentiments 98: any sentiment you would like
Crafty boots: anything goes
DL.ART January
Sister act 40
Inky linky 40
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 174

CHNC challenge 160: shades of blue

Saturday has come round quickly again and that means it's time for CHNC challenge 160: shades of blue.
I'd love to see any Christmas cards that have plenty of blue on them, although other colours can be used to.

This is a simple card using a pre-patterned card blank, a pre-die cut mat on to which I put a Hunkydory topper, with a piece of band and sentiment also from a Hunkydory kit.

This is also for:

Pile it on 2: holidays/celebrations
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Aud sentiments 98: any sentiment you would like
Creative creations: anything goes
Through the purple haze 24: anything goes
Creative inspirations 248: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Sister act 40
Crafting by designs January: anything goes

The sweet pea stampers challenge: flower power

Today's new challenge on the Sweet pea stampers blog is 'flower power'. Please click on the link to see the wonderful creations of the rest of the team and join in the challenge - we'd love to see you there.

For my design card I have used Elaine Cox's Thumbelina stamp inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers.

Papers are Dovecraft Back to Basics IV, brushed with broken china distress ink. The fishtail shapes were die cut with Die-namics run through my cuttlebug and once again the papers brushed with the distress ink. Flowers are some that I won quite a long time ago from Hooked on Craft (sadly, only a few left now).

I based the card on the sketch given for Sweet Sunday sketch 202, turning this to the left:

The die cuts aren't crooked - it's the photo - honestly - lol!

This is also for:

Passion for promarkers 230: just a fairytale
Graph it markers: anything goes/springtime inspired/yellows and blues
Cuttlebug mania: distressed
Sunday stamper 290: on the wings of love
Emerald faeries 51: things with wings
Crafting by designs: flowers, flowers, flowers
Penny's 160: embellishments - flowers (one of my favourite embellishments)
Cute card Thursday 304: warm it up - summary days
The rubber buggy 15: anything goes

Crafting Musketeers challenge 9: grunge

Crafting Musketeers challenge 9 'grunge' started at the beginning of the month, but, as the design team have now been split into team A and team B, I'm in team B and our design creations are being shown here today. The challenge is being sponsored by Invisible Image with a prize worth £16.

On the left is a piece of Tim Holtz grungeboard that was run through my cuttelebug with a Sheena Douglass embossing folder which was then swiped all over with vintage photo distress ink. I had a lovely inky time as it came off on my fingers. I buffed with a piece of kitchen towel, but it was still inky to the touch, so I threw some clear embossing powder on it and heated to seal it. The piece of  brown card on the right was run through the cuttelbug with a 'tri-boss' embossing folder. It was sanded and then Papermania copper precious metals was added (using a piece of kitchen towel, but once more producing stained fingers). I then sanded this again in places. The brass cog wheel was one that I got in Wilkinson's sale (had originally been sold as a decoration for the Christmas tree!). I managed to find some old bits and pieces, including the cork mat and stamped the IndigoBlu 'take the time' image, swiping with in places with tthe vintage photo distress ink.

Inspired by the picture given for Craft room challenge:

This is also for:

Totally gorjuss 218: manly
Crazy challenge 162: cards for men
Let's craft and create 86: masculine
Charisma cardz: 2 it's a boy thing
Incy wincy: add texture
Cuttlebug mania: distressed
Sandee & Amelie's steampunk challenge January: use your new stash (Sheena Douglass embossing folder and brass cog wheel)
Loves rubber stamps 86: use metal
The rubber buggy 15: anything goes

More inspiration for CCAYR January

It's time for mid-month inspiration for CCAYR January and this is my second design card. Please click on the link and see the gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the team.The challenge is being sponsored by Beccy's Place and I've used images from Beccy's snowman set. Please click here to join in the January challenge at CCAYR - we'd love to see your Christmas crafting there.

All pieces of card are offcuts left from Hunkydory kits. Glittered silver strips are by Paper Cellar and the silver snowflakes added to the image are Anita's.

This is also for:

The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Pixie's snippets 107
Hiding in my craftroom 132: super scraps Saturday
Merry Monday 91: snowman or snow people
Pile it on 2: holidays/celebrations
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Kaboodle 206: winter wonderland
Kreativer Bastel 38: in the snow
Collage obsession: frozen
Everybody art 261: snow
All kinds of cards 95: snow
QKR stampede 70: snowflakes & sparkle
Eureka 72: bundle up it's cold outside
Delightful: brrrr (anything winter)
Going grey at Scrap-creations: snowmen
Digistamps4Joy 83: glitter n sparkle
Scribbles designs 13: sparkle it up
The paper shelter 141: winter blue
Card and scrap 68: use bling
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Aud sentiments 98: any sentiment you would like
Little blue button January
613 avenue create 53: anything goes + option: party/celebrate
Card mania 38: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack fun-day Friday: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
DL.ART January
Inky linky 40
Sister act 39
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 174

Christmas cards all year round January mid-month inspiration

It's time for mid-month inspiration for CCAYR January and this is my first design card. Please click on the link and see the gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the team.The challenge is being sponsored by Beccy's Place and I've used images from Beccy's gingerbread set (love these) - I mixed them up digitally. Please click here to join in the January challenge at CCAYR - we'd love to see your Christmas crafting there.

I've used a pale lemon A5 card blank. The striped pieces of card are left over pieces from a Kanban kit from long ago - the colours matched perfectly. The snowflakes are some wooden ones that have been in my Christmas box for ages - I was going to ink or paint them, but decided they were best left plain as they matched so well.

This is also for:

The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Pixie's snippets 107
Hiding in my craftroom 132: super scraps Saturday
Pile it on 2: holidays/celebrations
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Kaboodle 206: winter wonderland
Tuesday throwdown 178: stripes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Aud sentiments 98: any sentiment you would like
Little blue button January
613 avenue create 53: anything goes + option: party/celebrate
Card mania 38: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack fun-day Friday: anything goes
LEJ 85: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Sister act 39
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 174

CHNC challenge extra for January mid-month inspiration

It is so good to have a supportive design team over on my CHNC challenge extra blog - please go and have a look at the mid-month inspiration there and then scroll down to the original January challenge post and join in.

This is my card, using Hunkydory supplies:

This is also for:

The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Pile it on 2: holidays/celebrations
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Kaboodle 206: winter wonderland
Everybody art 261: snow
Collage obsession: frozen
QKR stampede 70: snowflakes & sparkle
Eureka 72: bungle up it's cold outside
Top tip Tuesday: clean and simple
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Aud sentiments 98: any sentiment you would like
Crafty boots: anything goes
Sister act 39
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 174

Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 77 week 2

This is the card that I made and showed here on 30 August 2013. It was my design card for the Sweet pea stampers Fantasy challenge.

I wanted to use it for one of our granddaughter's birthday at the end of December and thought I would alter it a bit and make a twisted easel, adding a 'granddaughter sentiment'. I used some toning paper, ribbon, glittered strip and gem strip with a prima flower making the 'stopper'. So this is the card that I've linked as my design card for the Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 77 week 2 - you can see the creations by the rest of the team here and enter into the challenge here, which is being sponsored by Sweet Stamps.

Colours for Tok bobok 8:

Also Craft your passion 196: cool colours:

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Ooh-la-la 147: easel card
My time to craft 230: easel cards
Melonheadz friends: birthdays
Sweet stampin: girly but no pink
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Crafting by designs: birthdays
Lothian 30: birthday for a female
Artistic inspirations 74: anything goes/feminine
The paper shelter: winter birthdays with sentiment - use cold colours
A little bit crafty January: celebrate
Digi sketch: say it with flowers
Delicious doodles 70: flowers
Card and scrap 67: use flowers
Delightful: patterned paper
Crafftitude 56: anything goes or ribbons and pearls
Allsorts 241: ribbons
Stamping sensations January: ribbon, buttons and bow
Little blue button January
613 avenue create 53: anything goes + option: party/celebrate
The rubber buggy 15: anything goes
Card mania 38: anything goes
Crafty fingers 19: anything goes
Digittally sweet 70: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack fun-day Friday: anything goes
One crazy stamper January: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 37: anything goes
V's sweet 19: anything goes
Kort o mania 99: anything goes
LEJ 85: anything goes
Lacy sunshine 24: anything goes
Loves rubber stamps 85: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
DL.ART January
Sister act 39
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 174

Black and white mystic

One sweet challenge for January is 'black and white'. Having had a package of loads of  Sweet Pea Stamps come through the post a couple of days ago I thought I had no excuse but to take part (well, I already had quite a few that I could have used anyway).

Here is the package I received - a grab bag of Sweet Pea stamps that only worked out at slightly over £1.00 a stamp, even accounting for international shipping - bargain!

So I used 'mysic' by Rachel Anderson, colouring with a combination of copics and spectrum noir pens. I also used a metallic silver pen for the moon and for touches to the wings. I used a double sided paper ' Wbony & Alabaster' Breakfast at Tiffany's by Black Market Paper Society, on to a black A5 landscape card that was cut away on the right front to reveal the inside, with the image half overlapping.  I put strips of Tim Holtz tissue tape down the left and right sides.The swirly netting flowers with pearls were from Poundland and the small shiny ones are prima spacers.

Difficult to get a photo that clearly shows the silvery wings:

I made this card for no other reason than the sheer pleasure of making it - and I enjoyed doing so.

This is also for:

Sunday stamper 289: dream
Fussy & fancy 105: monochromatic
LiaStampz 56: monochrome
Country view crafts January: monochromatic
Winter wonderland: monochrome
Emerald faeries 51: things with wings
Bunny Zoe December: wings
Whoopsi Daisy: make it girly
Sweet stampin: girly but no pink
Crafting from the heart 4: anything goes/use pearls or buttons
Open-minded crafting 1: use new toys
Pink gem 110: something new
Sugar creek hollow 77: something new
Inky impressions 141: something new
Try it on Tuesday: in with the new
The sisterhood of crafters: out with the old, in with the new - use new product
The house that stamps built DCC11: new to you
A creative romance: something new
Shelly: out with the old, in with the new
Great impressions January: use something new
Allways something creative 66: something new
The rubber buggy 15: anything goes
Little blue button January
One crazy stamper January: anything goes
Lacy sunshine 24: anything goes
Stamps & fun = creativity 184: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 37: anything goes
Inky chicks 20: anything goes
Loves rubber stamps 85: anything goes
Nutcrafters 59: anything goes
Stampotique 129: anything goes
Stamping dragon: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 120: anything goes
Penny's 159: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Sister act 39
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 173

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 11: cute and sweet

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 11: cute and sweet, which is being sponsored by Limited Runs. Please click on the challenge link and see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in with your own cute and sweet creations.

For my card I've used Limited Runs 'cinnamonswirl'. Papers and other elements are left overs from a Kanban Dawn Bibby cupcake kit bought some years ago. The gold 'birthday wishes' circle is from Craftwork cards.

Colours of Cupcake inspirations 242:

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Order of the opus gluei 173: left overs
Crafty creations 254: something to drink
Stempelsonne 106: hot drinks on cold days
Melonheadz friends: birthdays
Crafting by designs: birthdays
MilkCoffee: celebrations
Scribble and scrap 9: always anything goes
Artistic inspirations 73: anything goes
Crafter's cafe blog 45:anything goes
Creative fingers 19: anything goes
Stamping dragon: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 120: anything goes
Polka doodles 2: anything goes
Penny's 159: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 9: anything goes
My heart pieces: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 66: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 17: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Sister act 39
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
DL.ART January
Make it Monday 173

CHNC challenge 159: winter weather

This is my design card for CHNC challenge 159: winter weather. When we think of winter weather we tend to think of snow, but you might think otherwise - please click on the challenge link and join in with your own version of winter weather.

My card is made with card, topper and elements from Hunkydory, including an offcut piece from another card that I've used down the lefthand side.

This is also for:

The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Pixie's snippets 106
CRAFT 241: Christmas
Cute card Thursday 303: cold & frosty
Challenges and candies 25: favourite season (only for cardmaking - not in reality!)
Christmas card challenges 6: no colouring
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Winter wonderland: monochrome
Love to create 97: blue with bling (winter)
Catch the bug: winter wonderland
Simon says Monday: blues
Emergency January: cold: blue or a snowflake
Oozak 29: anything goes/blue tones
613 avenue create 53: anything goes
Polka doodles 2: anything goes
Penny's 159: anything goes
My heart pieces: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 66: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 17: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Sister act 39
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 173

Thinking of you at this time

Another simple card made with some paper from a pack similar to the one that I'm giving as a prize to the randomly chosen winner of my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper January challenge. This is a new challenge blog that I've started - please click on the link and find out what it's all about and join in. I had to smile when I saw that today's challenge for Delightful is: use patterned paper.

The Inca stamp by Lyn Lockwood was inked with memento rich cocoa bean. The textured fabric flowers with sparkly centres were from Poundland.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Cuttin and stampin 14-1: non Christmas
Little red wagon 219: all purpose card
Pile it on 1: just because
Digi sketch: say it with flowers
Card and scrap 67: use flowers
4 krafty girlz 9: anything goes
My heart pieces: anything goes
Crafters cafe blog 45: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 114: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 66: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 73: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Lexi 107: anything goes
The paper nest dolls: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 17: anything goes
Inky chicks 20: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Sister act 38
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
DL.ART January
Make it Monday 173

You're in my prayers

A simple card made with some paper from a pack similar to the one that I'm giving as a prize to the randomly chosen winner of my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper January challenge. This is a new challenge blog that I've started - please click on the link and find out what it's all about and join in.

I inked the Whipper Snapper Designs sentiment stamp and the Penny Black 'sparklers' with memento rich cocoa bean.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Top tip Tuesday: clean and simple
Cuttin and stampin 14-1: non Christmas
Little red wagon 219: all purpose card
Pile it on 1: just because
Crafters cafe blog 45: anything goes
Penny's 159: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 114: anything goes
613 avenue create 53: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 66: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 9: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 73: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
Lexi 107: anything goes
The paper nest dolls: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 17: anything goes
Inky chicks 20: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Sister act 38
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
DL.ART January
Make it Monday 173