A new home

This is a card I made the other day using the front of a shaped card matted on to the red card blank. I was going to leave the shaped card as it was, but the only piece that created a fold was at the bottom and I'm not sure that it would have survived handling ... and, in any case, it means that I've got the back of the card to use for a future one.

I masked off the roof so that I could run the 'wall' through my cuttlebug with the bricks embossing folder and I then swiped the embossed surface with fired brick distress ink, using the same at the top of the chimney with some brown corduroy lighted brushed on the roof.  With the addition of the sentiment and the mirror card door, the card was finished.

This is for:

Fussy & fancy 100: celebration
Crafters corner 13: cheers to new beginnings
Craft your passion 184: add some embossing
Digistamps4joy 78: embossing
Make my Monday: texture
Stamp-n-doodle: anything goes
Inkspirational 41: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 22: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes

Special birthday

I was asked to make a birthday card for a 70 year old featuring a garden and flowers. I used a spotted pink background paper, on to which I matted gold mirror card and then used some Kanban pieces to create three layers of invertage for a garden scene. The flowers are craftime.

This is for:

Seize the birthday: birthday anything goes
Fussy & fancy 100: celebration
Card and scrap 63: anniversaries, weddings, birthdays etc
CCEE 1342: flowers
Cards galore October: flowers
Nutcrafters 54: lots of layers
4 crafty chicks 164: multiple layers
Get creative Irini's challenge: layers - more than 3
Crafting with dragonflies 13: card with nature/leaves/trees
Creative belli 180: leaves (I used items from an old Kanban kit that had been forgotten about)
Craftitude 51: anything goes or spooky
Jo's scrap shack funday 22: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Pinspirational 79: anything goes
Inky linky 33
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goes
Sister act 29
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 125

Merry Christmas Santa

This is a quick Christmas card made with some Kanban card and toppers from an old kit, with a couple of snowflake stickers that I think came from The Works.

This is for:

There she goes 229: be prepared - Christmas
Deep ocean 62: Christmas is round the corner
Simon says Wednesday challenge: Christmas/happy holiday
CRAFT 229: Christmas
Polka doodles 42: Christmas is coming
Crafty creations 244: let's see you sparkle and shine
Get creative Alexandra's challenge: use pattern paper on your card
Craftitude 51: anything goes or spooky
Jo's scrap shack funday 22: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Penny's 149: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 4: anything goes
Pinspirational 79: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goes
Sister act 29
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 125

CHNC challenge 147: peace

Don't the weeks go by quickly? Here we are again at Saturday and time for CHNC challenge 147, which, this week is all about 'peace' - please click on the link to see what it's about and, hopefully, join in with your own Christmas cards the depict 'peace'.

One of today's sponsors is CAS-ual Fridays and they generously supplied me with a set of stamps called 'Christmas Carols' - you can see them here - some of which I've used on my card, as well as a dove stamp I already had.

I'm annoyed with myself because I made this card a while ago in readiness for this challenge and didn't record what papers these were and now I can't remember and can't find the original pad they came from. I think they are Kaisercraft 'turtle dove'. but If anyone can help and tell me what they actually are, I'll be delighted. They are beautiful papers - as you can see the one used inside the gatefold is gold foiled. I heat embossed all of the images I used with detail gold powder.

The paperclips are only there to hold the card closed for the photo.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Addicted to stamps 67: Christmas is coming
There she goes 229: be prepared - Christmas
Deep ocean 62: Christmas is round the corner
Simon says Wednesday challenge: Christmas/happy holiday
CRAFT 229: Christmas
Crafty little fairies: Christmas in October
Polka doodles 42: Christmas is coming
Korttikarkuri 1: let's get inky - stamp a Happy Christmas
Christmas at sweet stampin October: cards for men (think this is suitable)
Crimbo crackers 52: Christmas birds
Craft room: our feathered friends
Sugar creek hollow 72: birds of a feather
Ooh-la-la: things with wings
Craft your passion 184: add some embossing
Digistamps4joy 78: embossing
Sparkle n sprinkle October: anything goes with glitter, embossing powder and/or flocking
Get creative Channa's challenge: embossing
Crafty creations 244: let's see you sparkle and shine
Southern girls 80: shine on
Craftitude 51: anything goes or spooky
Penny Black at allsorts October: anything goes
Live laugh stamp wodrplay Saturday October: anything
Jo's scrap shack funday 22: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 102: anything goes
Little scrap pieces fun Friday: anything
Stamp dreams 21: anything goes
Creative craft challenges 21: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Penny's 149: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 4: anything goes
613 avenue create 41: anything goes (option: pile it on)
Pinspirational 79: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goes
Sister act 29
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 125

Birthday bunting ...

... and cake.

Daring cardmakers are celebrating their 7th birthday (incredible to think that it was 7 years ago that this wonderful challenge blog started). Their challenge for this week is 'Birthday banners and bunting'  and thee is a lovely prize from Tea house bridge.

The background paper of my card is by Best Creation Inc. The bunting is taken from some Flutterbys paper garland. The glittered cupcakes are some left over from a Kanban kit (still got quite a bit of the kit actually, even though I've used lots).

This is also for:

Crafting when we can 55: make it sparkle
Created with love 62: sewing
Through the purple haze: anything goes with a hint of food
The paper girls 41: sew it on
Get creative Olga's challenge: put a banner in your card

Wedding day

I was asked to make a wedding day card, so this is what I made using components from a kit that previously came from Kanban. Unfortunately, the silver doesn't show up as well here as it does irl.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Hobby cutz 20: wedding
Card and scrap 63: anniversaries, weddings etc
Creatalicious 56: wedding day
LEJ 75: celebrate
Bearly mine 108: anything goes
Creative craft challenges 21: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Penny's 149: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 4: anything goes
613 avenue create 41: anything goes (option: pile it on)
Artistic inspirations 63: anything goes
Pinspirational 79: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
2 sisters 165: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goess
Sister act 28
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 124

Bringing home the holly

This is my second card for the mid-month inspiration for Christmas cards all year round challenge for October 'getting ready for Christmas'. Please click on the link and see the lovely festive crafting of the rest of the team and, hopefully, join in the challenge - you still have plenty of time.

And don't forget:

'This can be anything associated with the preparations for Christmas - presents, baking, Christmas lights, trimming the tree etc.

For something a little different this month we will have two challenges running at the same time.
The first challenge will be a single card challenge and we will be drawing a random prize winner and our top three from here.

The second challenge will be for those who make a set of five cards.

You may make five cards the same or five different ones, you just need to upload a photo clearly showing five.
Now you can enter both challenges but you cannot enter one of your five cards in the single entry challenge. '

For my card I've used a shaped card blank which I distressed with fired brick distress ink, adding another of those glittery oval images (I have a lot of these - can't remember where I got them from), with the addition of a Craftwork cards sentiment circle and layered Docrafts flowers.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 41: shades of red
There she goes 229: be prepared - Christmas
Deep ocean 62: Christmas
Cards galore October: flowers
Whimsy 64: shabby chic/vintage
Anything goes 101: out with the girls
A little bit crafty October: a little bit shabby
Bearly mine 108: anything goes
Creative craft challenges 21: anything goes
Delightful: distressed
Scrap-cards 52: flowers 4 you
Joanna Sheen: so sweet (cute girl)
One stitch at a time 185: winter wonderland
613 avenue create 41: anything goes (option: pile it on)
Challenges 4 everybody 31: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 3: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 63: anything goes
Ladybug: anything goes
Pinspirational 79: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
2 sisters 165: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goess
Sister act 28
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 124

Bringing home the Christmas greenery

This is my first card for the mid-month inspiration for Christmas cards all year round challenge for October 'getting ready for Christmas'. Please click on the link and see the lovely festive crafting of the rest of the team and, hopefully, join in the challenge - you still have plenty of time.

And don't forget:

'This can be anything associated with the preparations for Christmas - presents, baking, Christmas lights, trimming the tree etc.

For something a little different this month we will have two challenges running at the same time.
The first challenge will be a single card challenge and we will be drawing a random prize winner and our top three from here.

The second challenge will be for those who make a set of five cards.

You may make five cards the same or five different ones, you just need to upload a photo clearly showing five.
Now you can enter both challenges but you cannot enter one of your five cards in the single entry challenge. '

For my card I've used an offcut of Hunkydory card with the tartan border on to which I mounted an oval image of children bringing home some Christmas greenery. The tied ribbon is a piece from a lot that I bought some years ago now (sadly, not much of it left). Flowers are prima and the sentiment circle is Craftwork cards.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets playground week 94
Use it Tuesday 65: scraps, pieces, odds and ends
Hiding in my craft room 119: super scraps Saturday
There she goes 229: be prepared - Christmas
Deep ocean 62: Christmas
Crafting by designs: anything goes with ribbon or lace
Quirky crafts 21: favourite things - making Christmas cards, ribbon, flowers
Cards galore October: flowers
Whimsy 64: shabby chic/vintage
Everybody art 249: ribbon
Bunny Zoe October: ribbon
Shopping our stash 123: oldest ribbon (have had this for years)

Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 71: let's stencil

This is my design team card for Cheerful stamp pad challenge 71: let's stencil. Please click on the link and see what the other members of the design team have created and also, hopefully, join in with your own projects that have been produced using a stencil.

Vicki at Cheerful stamp pad said: 'This challenge is a little different from what I usually post. It is "Use a Stencil". The DT does not care how the stencil was used. It can be on a art journal page, a canvass, a card or even an ATC. You are not limited is to how you use your stencil as long as we can tell that a stencil was used.'

I used stencils with a gelli plate. First I made a print of yellow dabbing a scrunched up piece of paper on to the acrylic paint to give a mottled effect. I then used a lovely leafy stencil from Clarity Stamps to overlay and lightly stamped some trees in the background using an Inkadinkado stamp with memento rich cocoa. I randomly used Sheena Douglass stamps inked stazon black.

This is also for:

Fashionable stamping 58: use a mask or stencil
Get creative 13 October Eleni's challenge: mask or stencil

The squirrel and the fox 54: things with wings

Totally gorjuss 205: wings and things
Ooh-la-la: things with wings
Tammy's scraping corner 84: fall colours
Simon says Wednesday challenge: use a rubber or a clear stamp
Kaboodle 193: earth tones or colour
Make my Monday: texture - the layers of acrylic paint have created a lovely texture
Stampin' for the weekend: anything goes
Stamp dreams 21: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 63: anything goes
My heart pieces: anything goes
Penny Black and more at allsorts October: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 31: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 3: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters: anything goes
Brown sugar 63: anything goes
2 sisters 165: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goess
Sister act 28
Inky linky 32
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 124

The Glory of Christmas: Bingo

Today's Glory of Christmas challenge 18 is Bingo! Choose at least three of the items across or down to include on your creation. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and please join in with us - I look forward to seeing you there.

I chose the top line across and used red, text (the sentiment), homemade background (randomly stamping an Inkadinkado stamp, half pearls and Christmas night (depicted by the image stamped from Sue Dix's snow scene.

The card blank is A5 landscape opening tent style.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Korttikarkuri's let's get inky: stamp a happy ChristmasAddicted to stamps 67: Christmas is coming
Deep ocean 62: Christmas is round the corner
Lisa B designs October: traditional Christmas projects
Korttikarkuri 1: let's get inky - stamp a Happy Christmas
Simon says Wednesday challenge: use a rubber or a clear stamp
Craft-Dee Bowz October: anything goes and include a handmade bow
Stamp dreams 21: anything goes
Eureka 60: anything goes
My heart pieces: anything goes
Stampin with the dragon: anything goes
Live laugh stamp wordplay Saturday October: anything
Penny Black and more at allsorts October: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 31: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 3: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters: anything goes
Brown sugar 63: anything goes
2 sisters 165: anything goes
Crafty bloggers network October: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goess
Sister act 28
Inky linky 32
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 124

CHNC challenge 146: make it square

Today sees the start of another new challenge on my CHNC blog, so for challenge 146 I'm asking for square Christmas cards - a nice easy one this week so that you can get on with lots of cards to avoid any panic towards Christmas.

For my card I've used one of the inserts kindly supplied by Bearly mine designs, using it for the front of the card rather than for an insert, with the lovely candle picture added in the frame.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 40: plain and simple (just one layer as it was produced digitally)
Crafts4eternity R145: clean and simple
Created with love 61: any holiday
Deep ocean 62: Christmas is round the corner
Lisa B designs October: traditional Christmas projects
Robyn's fetish 180: use a digi

Love is worth taking a risk

This is my design card for the Sweet Pea Stampers challenge: sparkle and shine. Please click on the link and admire the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team - and please join in the challenge - if you have any Sweet Pea images we would love to see them, but you don't have to have them to join in.

I used Lisa Victoria's 'Daphne's Dilemma' Sweet Pea rubber stamp coloured with Spectrum Noirs with Art Institute glitters and glossy accents. The background is Hukydory card and Embossalicious 'floral vine' embossing folder strip on pink pearlised card. The sentiment was generated with my Dymo letratag and I added a few flowers and gems to give some more shine.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Crafty little fairies: pretty in pink
A creative romance: fairytale or winged creations
The squirrel and the fox 54: things with wings
Simon says stamps Wednesday challenge: use a rubber or a clear stamp
Emerald faeries 48: sparkle
The rubber buggy 12: charm it up (bling)
Inky impressions 129: glitter and sparkle
Creative fingers 6: anything goes + option: shades of one colour (lots of pink)
Stampin' for the weekend: anything goes
Brown sugar 63: anything goes

Hello

Another autumnal card with a background made with my gelli plate. I fist made a layer of yellow acrylic paint that I dabbed with scrunched up paper to give a mottled effect. I then used some red with a dotty stencil and then some brown with a swirly leaf stencil - both from Clarity Stamps.

The leaves are similar to the one used on the previous card - they look much better in real life - you can see through them more.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Frilly and funkie: colours of autumn
Creative knockouts 6: happy fall
Lady Anne October: autumn/fall
Polka doodles 40: autumn
Through the purple haze: anything goes
Tammy scraping corner 83: inspired by a song title: 'Forever autumn'
Southern girls 79: sing a song, sing out loud: 'Forever autumn'

Autumn birthday

The background was embossed using Embossalicious floral vine and swiped with firebrick distress ink. The coloured strips on the side are scraps left from gelli plate prints using various stencils. The leaf is one of many I bought years ago. The charm at the base of the leaf was originally silver, so I coloured it with alcohol ink.

Colours include these for Crafts4eternity R144: cinnamon:

This is for:

Fashionable stamping 58: use a mask or stencil
Seize the birthday: birthday with colours of fall
Get inky 14: fall colours
Parade your crafts 5: fall
Creative moments 27: anything goes/autumn
Rhedd and rosies 17: shades of autumn
Ruby's rainbow 64: autumnal colours
CRAFT 228: autumn/halloween/thanksgiving
DRS 91: inspired by autumn
Challenges and candies 18: colours of autumn
Simply create too 47: fall/autumn
2 sisters 164: fall fun
Allsorts 227: autumn colours
AnMaCreatief 25: autumn
Feeling crafty 21: autumn
Mema's crafts October: fall/autumn coat of colours
House of gilli 54: anything goes/fall
Kreativeinkauf 7: autumn leaves
Polka doodles 40: autumn
Little blue button 10: fall
Creative belli 180: leaves - the leaf and charm are certainly old and forgotten items
Little tangles 22: make your own pattern paper
The paper shelter 132: charm us
Pixie's snippets playground week 93
Use it Tuesday 65: scraps, pieces, odds & ends
Emerald faeries 48: sparkle
Get creative 5 October: Natasa's challenge: use water-soluble colours - I used distress ink
A little bit crafty October: a little bit shabby
LiaStampz 50: shabby chic
My time to craft 237: vintage or shabby chic
Whoopsi Daisy: vintage/shabby chic
Natalie and Amy 13: shabby chic
Whimsy 64: shabby chic/vintage
Divas by design: 3 or more layers
Twisted Tuesday 60: lots of layers + twist: heavy metal (charm)
Graph it markers 14: colours of autumn
Craft your passion 183: heavy metal (charm)
Craftin desert divas 16: anything with a sentiment
Live laugh stamp wordplay Saturday October: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters: anything goes
Crafty bloggers network October: anything
613 avenue create 40: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 2: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goes
Catch the bug: anything goes
Sister act 27
Inky linky 32
Make it Monday 161
Inspire me Fridays 123

Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 70 - second week

This is my second tag for the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 70, which is just beginning it's second week, so there is still plenty of time to play along (to link your entries, please go to challenge 70 week1) - and please visit the blog to see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team.

For this tag I used one of the Edwardian children pictures kindly supplied by the sponsor of Cheerful stamp pad challenge 70: Lunagirl Vintage Images, digitally adding 'My sweetheart' and the phrase that says 'A rose speaks of love silently in a language known only to the heart.' The flowers around the tag are from my stash, as is the piece of sparkly netting used for the tie of the tag.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Pixie's snippets playground week 93
The paper nest dolls 14: vintage
Creative card crew 46: tag
My time to craft 237: vintage or shabby chic
Whimsy 64: shabby chic/vintage
Whoopsi Daisy: vintage/shabby chic
Collage obsession: vintage
Sugar creek hollow 71: romance
Bloggers challenge: love is in the air
Digi sketch: love
Hobby house 5: roses
Tammy scraping corner 83: inspired by a song title: The rose - a pop song made famous by Bette Midler in the film 'The Rose'
Anything goes 101: out with the girls
Top tip Tuesday 111: flowers
One stitch at a time 184: use a digi
Robyn's fetish 180: use a digi
Artistic inspirations 62: anything goes/make it girly
Crafty bloggers network October: anything goes
Eureka 60: anything goes
613 avenue create 40: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 2: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Penny's 147: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 3: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goes
Moving along with the times: anything goes
Craftitude 50: anything goes
Crafty catz 201: anything goes
Catch the bug: anything goes
The crafting cafe October: anything goes
Oozak 23: anything goes
Sister act 27
Make it Monday 161
Inspire me Fridays 123

Merry Christmas

It was Maureen' s turn to choose the theme for today's Christmas Card Club challenge and she asked us to recycle something on to our card. I cut out a circle around a wreath that was rescued from an old card. I layered an offcut of vellum that has shiny embossed lettering, adding a piece of ribbon to match with the glittered holly berries. I wrapped the vellum around the back of the card, edging with a piece of the red ribbon.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets playground week 93
Facebook A card a day
Lisa B Designs October: traditional Christmas projects
Ribbon girls: make it sparkly
Fab 'n funky 187: ribbon
Divas by design: CAS
Crafty ribbons 64: anything goes
Creative fingers 5: anything goes + option: ribbon
613 avenue create 40: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 2: anything goes
Creative craft 20: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Penny's 147: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 3: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goes
Moving along with the times: anything goes
Craftitude 50: anything goes
Crafty catz 201: anything goes
Jellypark friends: anything goes
Sister act 27
Inspire me Fridays 123

CHNC challenge 145: picture inspiration

It's time for a new challenge on my CHNC and for CHNC challenge 145 I've supplied this lovely picture of a painting by Loyd Fannin: Bethlehem Nativity:

Loyd Fannin's Bethlehem Nativity water colour painting

I'm asking everyone to take inspiration from this picture - use the colours or anything that the picture suggests - depicting some part of the nativity story perhaps.

For my card I've used paper and glittered elements from a My Paper Stash Library kit, on to a shaped card that I won for a challenge recently. I had to cut the paper around the card shape, then sanded lightly and inked with copic BV17, running this along the top of the card as well.

This is also for:

Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 36: religious scene
Jingle belles: shape up for the holidays
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 197: think outside the box
Delicious doodles 55: shaped cards
Little blue buttons 9: shaped cards
Squigglefly 3913: make a Christmas card
Christmas card challenges week 44: anything goes
Take a word: blue
Bunny Zoe: something blue
Emerald faeries 48: sparkle
Tammy scraping corner 82: monochromatic
Scribble and scrap 2: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 30: anything goes
Creative craft 20: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Penny's 147: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 3: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goes
Moving along with the times: anything goes
Craftitude 50: anything goes/things beginning with the letter S - snow, sparkle, scenes
Crafty catz 201: anything goes
Jellypark friends: anything goes
Oozak 23: anything goes
Sister act 27
Make it Monay 160
Inspire me Fridays 123

Love birds

Very simple cards made from recycled fronts of wedding invitation and order of service, inserting some love birds cut from place setting cards, mounted on to some gold card. The 7 x 5 card blank is gold.

The landscape shaped one wasn't that shape originally, but I used a blank and cut round it.

These are for:

CAS on Sunday 18: shape it up
Creative inspirations 234: no square or rectangle cards
Little blue button 9: shaped cards
The pink elephant 219: anniversary or wedding
All kinds of cards 88: clean & simple
Divas by design: CAS
LEJ 73: things with wings
Crafty creations 42: winged things
A creative romance: fairytale or winged creations
Challenges and candies 17: romantic

Crafting Musketeers October: Christmas in October

I am thrilled to have joined the team at Crafting Musketeers and this is my first design card - this is for the Crafting Musketeers 6: Christmas in October. Please click on the link and see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team and, hopefully, join in the challenge. This is being sponsored by Bridlington Stationers - this is what you could win:

The image on the upright of my side step card is Janet Klein's Stampotique inked with versafine black and heat embossed with detail black powder, coloured with spectrum noirs. The tartan paper is Basic Grey and the striped paper is HOTP. I've had the big poinsettia for ages, not a clue where it originally came from. The red and cream rippled snowflakes were from Hobbycraft. The JOY and NOEL 3D stickers are My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Creative inspirations 234: no square or rectangle cards
Little blue button 9: shaped cards
Polka doodles 39: more than one fold
Jingle belles: shape up for the holidays
Stampavie and more 195: flowers
Happy campers 22: show us your flowers
Chocolate, coffee & cards 49: flowers
Kitty Bee Alhoa Friday 9: flowers

Simple scenes

This is my third design team card for CCAYR October: getting ready for Christmas. This is being sponsored by Platypus Creek Stamping and Craft, who will be giving two cling mount Christmas stamps to each of the winners - there are two challenges this time - one is to make a single card for the theme and the other is to make a set of five cards. Please click on the link and admire the beautiful crafting of the rest of the team - it would be lovely to see you joining in with your 'getting ready for Christmas' entries..

This is a quick set of five cards using Lili of the valley pictures on which children are getting ready for Christmas, taking trees home.

Sentiment circles are Craftwork cards and the snowflakes were from The Works.

These are also for:

Christmas card challenges 44: anything goes
Squigglefly 3913: make a Christmas card
Take a word: blue
Bunny Zoe September: something blue
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
A random Thursday 16: anything goes
2 sisters 163: anything goes
Sister act 26
Make it Monday 160
Inspire me Fridays 122

Still getting ready for Christmas for CCAYR October challenge

This is my second design team card for CCAYR October: getting ready for Christmas. This is being sponsored by Platypus Creek Stamping and Craft, who will be giving two cling mount Christmas stamps to each of the winners - there are two challenges this time - one is to make a single card for the theme and the other is to make a set of five cards. Please click on the link and admire the beautiful crafting of the rest of the team - it would be lovely to see you joining in with your 'getting ready for Christmas' entries..

This time the lovely little girls are hanging up their stockings on Christmas Eve and Santa is handing out presents to the children, while the children in the bottom right are going out to carol sing.

For this stepper card I've used snippets of Kanban card left over from a kit from last year and some miscellaneous pictures and an Anna Griffin sentiment. The glittered white flowers are Prima.

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 92
Christmas card challenges 44: anything goes
Squigglefly 3913: make a Christmas card
Polka doodles 39: more than one fold
Crafting by designs: anything goes
A random Thursday 16: anything goes
2 sisters 163: anything goes
Sister act 26
Make it Monday 160