Introducing the Design Team for CHNC challenge extra monthly blog

I am thrilled to say that I have seven talented ladies joining me from January as a Design Team for Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra challenge blog. Please click here and get to know a bit about these ladies. I'm so looking forward to sharing with them in the New Year. Please give them a big welcome.

More signs of Christmas

For this design team card for the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 75, week 2, I've used the Vintage Image Craft 'Here we come a-carolling' mounting this on to gold mirror card. Papers are My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas, gold spotted washi tape was from Paperchase and the flowers are prima.

You can see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team here and you can find the original challenge post here to add your entries.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 50: angels
Bunny Zoe December: wings
Robyn's fetish 190: angels
Take a word: angels
Stampavie and more 200: angels
Live laugh stamp wordplay Saturday December: fairy or angel
Eureka 70: it's starting to look a lot like Christmas
Fairies 16: Christmas
Allways something creative 65: merry Christmas
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 12: digital stamp
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Kaboodle 202: Christmas colours
Whoopsi Daisy: anything Christmas
Let's craft and create 85: let's celebrate
Paper playtime 25: winter fun
Love to create 96: anything goes
DRS 100: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37
Make it Monday 171

More skating fun

This is another card for the CCC challenge for this fortnight chosen by Sue W: Get your skates on - Christmas is coming.

This is another simple card (they need to be at this stage of December with not much time left) using some Authentique 'peaceful' papers and a glittered picture from a load that I bought as a kit some time ago (one of those that seemed a good idea at the time ...) - same picture as the previous card, just a smaller version. The sentiment is from the same kit.

This is also for:

Allways something creative 65: merry Christmas
Party time 150: winter wonderland
Creative moments 32: anything goes/winter wonderland
Moving along with the times: walking in a winter wonderland
Challenges and candies 23: winter magic
LEJ 83: festive fun
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Let's craft and create 85: let's celebrate
Fan-tastic Tuesday 12: add some sparkle
Paper playtime 25: winter fun
DRS 100: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37

Get your skates on ... Christmas is coming

This is the theme for the CCC challenge for this fortnight chosen by Sue W.

This is a simple card (they need to be at this stage of December with not much time left) using some Authentique 'peaceful' paper as background and a glittered picture from a load that I bought as a kit some time ago (one of those that seemed a good idea at the time ...) The sentiment is from the same kit and the flower is prima.

This is also for:

Allways something creative 65: merry Christmas
Dream valley 72: Christmas
Jo's scrap shack funday: winter
Party time 150: winter wonderland
Creative moments 32: anything goes/winter wonderland
Moving along with the times: walking in a winter wonderland
Challenges and candies 23: winter magic
Shelly December: welcome winter
LEJ 83: festive fun
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Let's craft and create 85: let's celebrate
The sisterhood of crafters: all that glitters - Christmas sparkle
Lisa B designs December: glitter
Craftitude 55: anything goes/Christmas sparkle
Fan-tastic Tuesday 12: add some sparkle
Paper playtime 25: winter fun
613 avenue create 50: anything goes + option: CAS
DRS 100: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37

More mid-month inspiration for CCAYR

This is my second design for the mid-month inspiration for Christmas cards all year round 'stockings' challenge - you can find the original challenge here - please click on the links and see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team and join in with the challenge - the prize this month is two cling mount Christmas images from Platypus Creek Stamps.

Another simple card using a piece of Teresa Collins 'Christmas Home' paper for the background, with the addition of a glittered black and white stocking that was left over from a Kanban kit from quite some years ago, with some Hobbycraft ripple sticker snowflakes.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Totally papercrafts 197: Christmas using non traditional colours
Allways something creative 65: merry Christmas
Dream valley 72: Christmas
Crafts 4 eternity R154: Christmas chaos
Jo's scrap shack funday: winter
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Glitter n sparkle 63: traditional Christmas
Unstampabelles 30: Christmas
Let's craft and create 85: let's celebrate
Art impressions 124: merry and bright
The sisterhood of crafters: all that glitters - Christmas sparkle
Lisa B designs December: glitter
Great impressions December: glittery and sparkly
Craftitude 55: anything goes/Christmas sparkle
Fan-tastic Tuesday 12: add some sparkle
A creative romance: sparkle at Christmas
Paper playtime 25: winter fun
613 avenue create 50: anything goes + option: CAS
DRS 100: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37

CCAYR December mid-month inspiration

This is my first design for the mid-month inspiration for Christmas cards all year round 'stockings' challenge - you can find the original challenge here - please click on the links and see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team and join in with the challenge - the prize this month is two cling mount Christmas images from Platypus Creek Stamps.

This is a simple card made with some Hunkydory background card and a topper with a snug kitty and puppy in their stockings to which I added some glittered Santa hats and a couple of snowflakes with gems.

This is also for:

Allways something creative 65: merry Christmas
Dream valley 72: Christmas
Crafts 4 eternity R154: Christmas chaos
Jo's scrap shack funday: winter
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Glitter n sparkle 63: traditional Christmas
C is for challenge 12: traditional Christmas
Art impressions 124: merry and bright
Paper playtime 25: winter fun
The sisterhood of crafters: all that glitters - Christmas sparkle
Lisa B designs December: glitter
Great impressions December: glittery and sparkly
Craftitude 55: anything goes/Christmas sparkle
Papertake: Christmas creatures
Natalie and Amy 15: cute & cuddly
613 avenue create 50: anything goes + option: CAS
DRS 100: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 7: gatefold

This is my design card for today's Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 7: gatefold card. This is sponsored by Robyn's Fetish stamps and more and also Lacy Sunshine.

For my card I've used the 'home for the holidays' snowman image kindly supplied by Robyn's Fetish. I coloured with spectrum noir pens. and mounted on  to a piece of Echo park 'winter wishes' paper in the centre of the card. I embossed some card for the fronts with a dotty folder run through my eBosser and brushed it with broken china distressed ink and added some punched snowflakes and the 'from our house to yours' sentiment.

This is also for Daring cardmakers: Christmas movie quote: The Snowman: 'I remember that winter because it had brought the heaviest snows I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with light and silence, the world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day... [brief pause] ...and it was on that day I made the snowman.'

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Sunday's with Santa week 48: anything goes
Brown sugar 72: Christmas
Chocolate, coffee & cards 54: happy holidays
Crafts 4 eternity R154: Christmas chaos
Sweet stampin: last minute Christmas
Digitally sweet 66: frosty the snowman
Simon says Wednesday: let it snow
CRAFT 237: your favourite film/inspired by a movie/tv/song: The Snowman, 'Frostie, the snowman'
Catch the bug: favourite Christmas song: Frosty, the snowman
Crafty little fairies: let it snow
Incy wincy: let it snow
Top tip Tuesday 116: snowflakes
Fab 'n' funky 197: snowflakes
Nutcrafters 58: snow, snow everywhere
Moving along with the times: walking in a winter wonderland
Challenges and candies 23: winter magic
Jo's scrap shack funday: winter
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Pattie's 82: snowy scene within the image
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
Totally papercrafts 197: Christmas using non traditional colours
Di's digi designs: show us Christmas in non-traditional colours
Kaboodle 201: non traditional Christmas colours
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas using nontraditional colours
DL.ART thankful Thursday 123: Christmas
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Digi sketch: Christmas
Fairies 15: Noel - Christmas
Get inky 19: Christmas
Melonheadz friends: Christmas
Scrappers delights 13: Christmas time
Parade your crafts 10: Christmas projects
A little bit crafty December: Christmas cheer
Songbird 30: merry Christmas everybody
Crafty sentiments: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
Squigglefly 49: Christmas spirit
Paper playtime 25: winter fun
Party time Tuesday 150: winter wonderland
LEJ 83: festive fun
Creative mmoments 32: anything goes - winter wonderland
Shelly's December: welcome winter - snowflakes
Lexi 105: snow
Order of the opus gluei 171: brrrrring it on
Color my heart 73: frosted blue & frosted turquoise
Allsorts 237: snowflakes
Craft your passion 192: let it snow
Christmas at sweet stampin December: let it snow
Scribbles designs 11: remembrance or fancy folds
Lacy sunshine 23: celebrations
Let's craft and create 85: let's celebrate
613 avenue create 49: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 35: anything goes
Corrosive 189: anything goes
Crafts and me 143: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Digistamps4Joy 82: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 2: anything goes
Divas by design: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 7: always anything goes
Artistic inspirations 71: always anything goes
4 krafty girlz 8: anything goes
DRS 100: anything goes
Crafty catz 211: anything goes
Creative fingers 15: anything goes
Graph it 25: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Stempelsonne 103: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 119: Christmas
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37

More cards for CHNC challenge 155: whatever is urgent to make

Here is another set of quick cards using LOTV art pad pictures, mounted on to offcuts of card with small textured square card blanks.

 If you haven't finished making your Christmas cards yet ... or perhaps, like us, you have lots of family and friends with birthdays around Christmas ... then, hopefully, my CHNC challenge 155 will spur you on to get everything finished. Please click on the link and join in - and, of course, anything you make for Christmas can also be linked for CHNC challenge extra for December.

These are also for:

City crafter 189: Christmas colours: red, kraft, white
Chocolate, coffee & cards 54: happy holidays
Challenges and candies 23: winter magic
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
DL.ART thankful Thursday 123: Christmas
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
A little bit crafty December: Christmas cheer
Crafty sentiments: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
Challenges 4 everybody 35: anything goes
Crafts and me 143: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 8: anything goes
DRS 100: anything goes
Crafty catz 211: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37
Make it Monday 170

CHNC challenge 155: whatever is urgent to make

Can you believe that we are rapidly getting nearer and nearer to the Big Day?!?! If you haven't finished making your Christmas cards yet ... or perhaps, like us, you have lots of family and friends with birthdays around Christmas ... then, hopefully, my CHNC challenge 155 will spur you on to get everything finished. Please click on the link and join in - and, of course, anything you make for Christmas can also be linked for CHNC challenge extra for December.

So here is my first set of CAS cards, using LOTV art pad pictures mounted on to offcuts of green mirror card and on to some gold 7 x 5 card blanks (and still trying to use up the ancient peel off greetings):

These are also for:

Facebook Sunday's with Santa for next week's: presents
Brown sugar 72: Christmas
Chocolate, coffee & cards 54: happy holidays
Challenges and candies 23: winter magic
Dare to be sassy Thursday 207: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cute card Thursday 299: Christmas catch up
DL.ART thankful Thursday 123: Christmas
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Scrappers delights 13: Christmas time
A little bit crafty December: Christmas cheer
Songbird 30: merry Christmas everybody
Crafty sentiments: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 69: it's Christmas
Cards galore December: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
Challenges 4 everybody 35: anything goes
Crafts and me 143: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Digistamps4Joy 82: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 2: anything goes
Divas by design: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 71: always anything goes
4 krafty girlz 8: anything goes
DRS 100: anything goes
Crafty catz 211: anything goes
Polka doodles 50: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 119: Christmas
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Sister act 37
Make it Monday 170

The cheerful stamp pad challenge 75: signs of Christmas

This is my design team card for today's Cheerful stamp pad challenge 75: signs of Christmas. This challenge is being sponsored by Vintage Image Craft who have the most amazing images. They have a facebook page here where you can download some of their images for free.

For this card I've used the lovely Vintage Image Craft ' 'mistletoe ensemble' image. For the background I secured some vellum on to gold mirror card with brads and added an Anna Griffin sentiment panel, all mounted on to a red card blank to use traditional Christmas colours of red, green and gold.  This was based on the sketch given for Moving along with the times: time to get sketchy:

Colours are for CAS colours & sketches 54:

Also for:

Hiding in my craft room 127: holiday colours

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Heck of a challenge December: colourful Christmas
Alphabet: V for vellum
CAS on Sunday 23: Christmas
Fan-tastic Tuesday 12: clean and simple
LiaStampz 54: CAS
It's all about the vintage and beauty 58: winter foliage
Craft room: vintage Christmas
Creative moments 31: anything goes/vintage
Sugar creek hollow 75: vintage Christmas
Digi sketch: Christmas
Fairies: Noel/Christmas
Everybody art 256: winter
Party time 149: merry Christmas
Paper pretties 287: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
CRAFT 236: Christmas
Hanna and friends 186: Christmas
Paper-crafting journey: it's Christmas time
Bloggers challenge: joyeux Noel - Christmas
Crafty hands 4: season's greetings/winter theme
Left of center 20: winter or holidays
Cards galore: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday December: welcome winter
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
Craftin desert divas 21: Christmas
Crafty boots: Christmas
Parade your crafts 10: Christmas projects
Melonheadz friends: Christmas
Crafting from the heart 2: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 71: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 7: always anything goes
613 avenue create 49: anything goes
Corrosive 189: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Crafts and me inspiration 143: anything goes
Sister act 36: anything goes
DL.ART December: anything goes
Make it Monday 170

The Glory of Christmas 22: snow

This is my design card for The Glory of Christmas 22: snow. Please click on the link and see the other lovely creations and join in with the challenge.

I've used an A5 landscape opening black card blank, cutting away some of the right hand piece of the front. I embossed silver mirror card using the 8 x 8 Embossalicious 'star of wonder' embossing folder with my eBosser. Ribbon with gems is from Hobbycraft.

I inked the IndigoBlu 'stag night' stamp with Elzybells sugar candy pigment inkpad on to black card heat embossing with detail white powder. I then tore round the black card, mounted on to white and tore around that before sticking on to the front of the card slightly overlapping on the right hand side.  I won a £20 voucher for the Lisa B Designs October challenge and the 'stag night' stamp was one of the items I chose, along with the 'bare forest' IndigoBlu stamp and Vive la Plume by June Gill.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Sunday's with Santa week 42: for the man in your life
Here come the boys 66: anything goes
Crafters companion December: ribbon, thread or twine (embossing folder bought from Crafters Companion)
Pixie's snippets 102 (black and white pieces of card were offcuts and one piece of the mirror card)
Paper makeup 117: snow fun
Dazzling divas 3: embossing (dry and wet)
Winter wonderland: embossing
Delightful: you're a gem - add gems
Scrappers delights 12: make it sparkle
My heart pieces: sparkle
Joanna Sheen: make it sparkle! Christmas challenge
Order of the opus gluei 171: brrrring it on
Crazy challenge 159: snowy winter
Digi sketch: Christmas
Fairies: Noel/Christmas
Victorine 73: Christmas with nontraditional colours
Everybody art 256: winter
Going grey with Scrap creations: holiday
LEJ 82: Christmas is coming
Party time 149: merry Christmas
Divas by design: feeling festive
Fab 'n' funky 196: a touch of frost
Inky impressions 137: winter or snow
Paper pretties 287: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
CRAFT 236: Christmas
Hanna and friends 186: Christmas
MilkCoffee: Christmas in nontraditional colours
Paper-crafting journey: it's Christmas time
A creative romance: sparkle at Christmas
Bloggers challenge: joyeux Noel - Christmas
Crafty hands 4: season's greetings/winter theme
Left of center 20: winter or holidays
Cards galore: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday December: welcome winter
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
Cardmakin mamas 77: merry Christmas
Di's digis: show us Christmas in nontraditional colours
There she goes 236: Christmas critters
Kreativer bastel 37: Christmas
Sparkles 50: animals
Korttikarkuri 1:  stamping
Digistamps4Joy 81: distressing
PanPastel UK 49: all about paper/card
The ribbon girls: ho ho ho Christmas challenge
Sweet stampin: ribbons
Simon says Wednesday: make your own background
Great impressions December: glittery and sparkly
Sparkle n sprinkle December: anything goes with glitter, embossing powder and/or flocking
Christmas card challenges 2: black and white
Little scrap pieces fun Friday: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 7: always anything goes
613 avenue create 49: anything goes
Corrosive 189: anything goes
Animal friends December: anything goes
Pink gem 109: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Paper playtime 24: anything goes
Stamp and create December: anything goes
Ribbon carousel 88: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafts and me inspiration 143: anything goes
Sister act 36: anything goes
DL.ART December: anything goes
Make it Monday 169

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 6: upcycle

This is my design team card for today's Suzy Bee's Blooming challenge 6 which is all about upcycling. This challenge is being sponsored by Lacy Sunshine and I used their 'Anastasia with daffodil' coloured with spectrum noir pens. The background paper is Teresa Collins everyday moments and the acetate panel on the left was recycled from some Prima flowers packaging - I overlayed this on to the background paper securing on the right with the piece of ribbon. The flowers are prima.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Lacy sunshine 22: anything goes
Let's craft and create 84: say it with flowers
Crafty bloggers network December: girly
One stitch at a time 192: use a digi
Allsorts 236: anything but Christmas
Emergency crafters December: anything but Christmas
Crafty creations 251: anything except Christmas
Graph it markers 24: anything goes

It's cold outside

This is my design card for today's Sweet Pea Stampers challenge: it's cold outside.  Please click on the link and see the wonderful creations of the rest of the team - and please join in the challenge - there's always a voucher to be won!

The image is 'snow fae' by Rachel Anderson. I printed this digital image on some light aqua card and then brushed over it with a mix of peacock feathers and broken china distress inks.

I used a couple of offcut strips of aqua/turquoise mirror card on the sides with an embossed piece of card brushed with the distressed inks in the middle - I used the A4 'star of wonder' Embossalicious embossing folder with my eBosser. Ribbon with gems was from Hobbycraft. Snowflakes were punched from scraps.

It is do difficult to get a photo of a card that has mirror card on it - I tried and tried and this is the best I could do. Unfortunately, it doesn't show the image as well as it is in real life.You need to look at it 'head on' to see it clearly.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Pixie's snippets 101
Lunagirl: snow angels
Flutter by Wednesday 264: any winged creature
Wags n whiskers 118: things with wings
Stampavie and more 200: angels
Totally gorjuss 212: snow's the way to go
Paper makeup 117: snow fun
Addicted to stamps 70: embossing
Dazzling divas 3: embossing
Winter wonderland: embossing
Delightful: you're a gem - add gems
Glitter n sparkle 61: add some sparkle
Scrappers delights 12: make it sparkle
My heart pieces: sparkle
Joanna Sheen: make it sparkle! Christmas challenge
Order of the opus gluei 171: brrrring it on
The squirrel and the fox 58: summer or winter
Ribbon girls: ho ho ho Christmas challenge
Crazy challenge 159: snowy winter
Digi sketch: Christmas
Fairies: Noel/Christmas
Kaboodle 200: start of winter
Victorine 73: Christmas with nontraditional colours
Everybody art 256: winter
Going grey with Scrap creations: holiday
LEJ 82: Christmas is coming
Party time 149: merry Christmas
Polka doodles digi choosday 7: Christmas cheer
Divas by design: feeling festive
Fab 'n' funky 196: a touch of frost
Inky impressions 137: winter or snow
Paper pretties 287: it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
CRAFT 236: Christmas
Hanna and friends 186: Christmas
MilkCoffee: Christmas in nontraditional colours
Paper-crafting journey: it's Christmas time
A creative romance: sparkle at Christmas
Bloggers challenge: joyeux Noel - Christmas
Crafty hands 4: season's greetings/winter theme
Delicious doodles 65: Christmas/New Year
Jo's scrap shack 9: winter wonderland
Left of center 20: winter or holidays
My Sheri 124: funky Christmas - non traditional colours
Pink gem 108: winter wonderland
Cards galore: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Mema December: winter or Christmas or holiday
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday December: welcome winter
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
Cardmakin mamas 77: merry Christmas
Digi haven: Christmas cards
PumpkinSpice 47: old scraps or leftovers
Korttikarkuri 2: scraps, old stash
Rhedd and rosies 21: old stash
One stitch at a time 192: use a digi
Use it Tuesday 68: anything goes - old stash: offcuts of card and ribbon is old
Clear it out: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Paper playtime 24: anything goes
Stamp and create December: anything goes
Ribbon carousel 88: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
2 sisters 172: anything goes
Oozak 27: anything goes 'let's celebrate'
Crafts and me inspiration 143: anything goes
Sister act 36: anything goes
DL.ART December: anything goes
Make it Monday 169

Christmas foliage

Another set of quick cards using Art pad pictures from Lili of the valley and some gold embossed card blanks and offcuts of green backing.

These are for:

Make my Monday: Christmas flowers and foliage
Robyn's fetish 188: Christmas cards
Sentimental Sundays 183: traditional Christmas colours
Fairies: Noel, Christmas
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas using traditional colours
Crafting by designs: Christmas or winter
4 crafty chicks 170: Christmas
Jo's scrap shack 28: get in the spirit (hang up the Christmas wreath)
Cards galore: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Just for fun December: merry Christmas
Mema December: winter or Christmas holidays
Unstampabelles 30: Christmas
Christmas card challenges 1: no stamping
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
2 sisters 172: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 297: anything goes
Paper playtime 24: anything goes
Sister act 35: anything goes
Make it Monday 169

Winter fun

Five simple cards (made these a while ago when I had my sale for Tearfund), using some small card blanks I'd had for ages and some Lili of the valley Art pad pictures, mounted on to some offcuts of mirror card - and still trying to use up the dreaded peel offs.

These are for Cupcake inspirations 239: winter fun:

These are for:

Order of the opus gluei 171: brrring it on
Robyn's fetish 188: Christmas cards
Sentimental Sundays 183: traditional Christmas colours
The squirrel and the fox 58: summer or winter
Collage obsession: all bundled up
Fairies: Noel, Christmas
Crazy challenge 159: snowy winter
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas using traditional colours
Crafting by designs: Christmas or winter
4 crafty chicks 170: Christmas
Jo's scrap shack 28: get in the spirit (of Christmas fun)
Pink gem 108: winter wonderland
2 creative chicks 9: Christmas/winter
Cards galore: Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
Feeling crafty 23: Christmas
Just for fun December: merry Christmas
Mema December: winter or Christmas holiday
The cupboard trilogy 18: Christmas
Unstampabelles 30: Christmas
Kaboodle 200: start of winter
Christmas card challenges 1: no stamping
Card and scrap 66: Christmas
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
The pink elephant 228: winter
Oozak 27: anything goes 'let's celebrate'
Here come the boys 66: anything goes (suitable for a young boy)
AnMaCreatief 27: everything
613 avenue create 48: anything goes
2 sisters 172: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 297: anything goes
Paper playtime 24: anything goes
Sister act 35: anything goes
Make it Monday 169

Silent night, holy night

This is another design team inspiration card for the Glory of Christmas 21: turquoise and brown. The background is a piece of Kanban striped card on to which I've layered a piece of brown ribbon that was upcycled from a box received, matted on to an offcut of gingham card. The image was rescued from a Christmas card received a couple of years ago.

This is also for:

Pixie's playground 101
Friday mashup 137: gingham and/or kraft
Dare to be sassy 205: R U green - recycle
Allsorts 235: inspired by a Christmas song or carol - Silent night

Crafting musketeers 8: layer it up

This is my design card for Crafting musketeers 8: layer it up, which is being sponsored by Hunkydory - this is the prize you could win:

Please click on the link and see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in with our challenge.

I used card and elements from the Hunkydory Stylish Season 'polar bear pullover'. The main circle on the card has the decoupaged bear layered up.

This is also for:

Crafting when we can 58: winter
Through the purple haze: Christmas
Charisma cardz 46: Christmas
ABC: A for almost Christmas