Third card for CCAYR March challenge

This is my third design card for CCAYR March challenge, which is to make a Christmas themed step card. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team. The challenge is being sponsored by Le Crystelle. It would be lovely if you could join in with your Christmas step cards.

Once again, I've used a ready scored step card from Kanban adding card and elements from Hunkydory kits, including the decoupaged picture of The Little Gift Shop.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Christmas card challenges 13: anything goes
Fab n funky 205: Christmas
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 218: flip or fold it
QKR stampede 77: anything but a square
Dream valley 76: vintage
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 180
Just B creative crazy March linky party

Second step card for CCAYR March challenge

This is my second design card for CCAYR March challenge, which is to make a Christmas themed step card. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team. The challenge is being sponsored by Le Crystelle. It would be lovely if you could join in with your Christmas step cards.

This was made with a 'ready to decorate' step card from Red Hot Bed. Other supplies are Kanban and Hunkydory with circle sentiments from Craftwork cards.

In real life it's easier to see the picture at the back than it is on these photos.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Christmas card challenges 13: anything goes
Fab n funky 205: Christmas
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 218: flip or fold it
QKR stampede 77: anything but a square
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 180

Christmas cards all year round March challenge: step cards

This is my first design card for CCAYR March challenge: step cards. I cheated a bit because I was running short on time, so I used a ready made Kanban step card on to which I matted some offcuts of Graphic 45 Christmas past collection 'carol of the bells' - I'm sad that these were the last pieces of this (except for a tiny bit that probably won't get used now). The picture of Santa relaxing with his tipple and mince pie is an old Kanban one and the strip across the bottom and the sentiment are Hunkydory.

Please click on the link here to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and to join in the challenge with your Christmas themed step cards. The challenge is being sponsored by Le Crystelle.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Christmas card challenges 13: anything goes
Fab n funky 205: Christmas
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 218: flip or fold it
QKR stampede 77: anything but a square
Card mania 41: use a sentiment
613 avenue create 60: anything goes
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 180

Completely Christmas challenge 1: anything goes

Yay! The day has arrived -  the start of the new Completely Christmas challenge blog with challenge 1: anything goes. I was delighted with Suzy invited me to be part of the design team - I don't have to tell regular visitors to my blog how much I like Christmas crafting.

So today sees the start of Completely Christmas challenge 1: anything goes - please click on the link and see the wonderful creations of the rest of the team and visit their blogs to give them some encouragement. The challenge is being sponsored by Lacy Sunshine.

For my card I used the 'Christmas boo' image kindly supplied by Lacy Sunshine, digitally colouring the image in Microsoft Paint.The background paper is DCWV and I used some Bazzill 'perfectly pleated' stitched strip down the side. I raise the cut out image with 3D foam and added crystal ice stickles to her hat. The buttons were from Hobbycraft and the sentiment was from Craftwork cards (in real life it is silver with red script, but the photo doesn't show this to advantage).

This is also for:

Crafts galore March: using a stamp or digi stamp anywhere on your project
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Christmas card challenges 13: anything goes
Fab n funky 205: Christmas
Craftin desert divas 25: glitter
The stamping boutique 6: use glitter
Digi sketch: glitter it
My Sheri 128: bling it on
Pattie's 86: spots or dots
Top tip Tuesday: stitching
Crazy challenge 165: red and white
DRS 111: button up
Fun with shapes and more 155: buttons (I cut round the image by hand)
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 180

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 18: make it masculine

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 18: make it masculine, which is being sponsored by Sparkle n Sprinkle who kindly supplied the 'only fish saying' that I've used for my design card. Please click on the challenge link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and it would be lovely if you could join in with the challenge.

I printed out the digi and filled in the fish with stickles to match the Creative Expressions 3D glittered fish stickers that I added to the card. The background was created with a Sheena Douglass embossing folder ran through the eBosser and brushed with peacock feathers distress ink, as were the edges of the image card. I used a piece of stitched ribbon to join two pieces of embossed card together, mounting everything on to a bright blue card blank.

This is also for:

Cuttlebug mania: let's feel it - dimension
Let's craft and create 89: embossing
MilkCoffee emboss it
Ruby's rainbow 73: texture
Crafts4eternity R165: texture
Kaboodle 212: use ribbon
Everybody art 267: ribbon or lace
Corrosive 193: in stitches
Top tip Tuesday: stitching
Take a word: blue
Craftin desert divas 25: glitter
The stamping boutique 6: use glitter
Flat friends 18: cards 4 men
Cuttin and stampin 14-8: all boy
The sisterhood of crafters: one for the boys
Sentimental Sundays 195: make your own background paper
Crafts galore March: using a stamp or digi stamp anywhere on your project
Crafting for all seasons 71: sentiment as focus
Fan-tastic Tuesday 25: anything goes
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Crafty catz 220: anything goes
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 180

CHNC challenge 166: ribbon, twine, fibre etc

This is my card for today's CHNC challenge 166: ribbon, twine, fibre etc. I hope you will click on the link and see the lovely card that my guest has made and please dig out that ribbon, twine etc and join in. Can you believe it's already March now ... two months of the year gone!

For my card I followed the sketch given for Sketch n stash 133 - I certainly used up some old stash, particularly the fibres which I have had for years - I have two boxes of them and they hardly ever get used nowadays.

I used 8715 Merry Christmas that was kindly supplied by one of the sponsors of my challenge, QKR Stampede, colouring with spectrum noir pens, tearing round the edges and colouring with one of the pens.
The white background was embssed using an Embossalicious folder with my eBosser. on to which I matted a piece of Hunkydory card with white spots and gold foiling. I added a few punched snowflakes using snippets of gold mirror card and, of course, added the three strands of fibres around the edge.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Christmas card challenges 13: anything goes
Fab n funky 205: Christmas
Divas by design: make it sparkle
My Sheri 128: bling it on
Totally papercrafts 208: make it shine
Crimbo crackers 59: blue and white
Dgistamps4Joy 86: use dies or punches
Sparkles Christmas 38: more than 3 embellishments - three strands of fibres and more than 3 punched snowflakes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 25: anything goes
DL.ART March
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Inky linky 46
Make it Monday 180

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper March challenge

This is my first card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper March challenge, using some of the paper similar to that given as a prize for the January challenge, with the addition of some DCWV stitched ribbon, a 3D sticker from Poundland and a Craftwork cards sentiment die cut.

If you haven't come across my Patterned Paper challenge yet, please click on the link and have a look and join in - I'm sure that most of you, like me, have stacks of patterned paper just waiting to be used (some of mine has been waiting years to be used).

And there will be a prize of 2 paper pads for the randomly chosen winner - so please go and have a look.

This is also for:

Totally gorjuss 225: happy birthday
Incy wincy: birthdays
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday
Sunflowerfield designs March: birthdays and/or flowers
Kaboodle 212: use ribbon
Everybody art 267: ribbon or lace
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Make it Monday 180

CHNC challenge extra for March

Today is 1 March and that means that two months of this year have gone already. There are lots of 'crafty' crafters who are getting ahead with their Christmas cards to ease the panic that tends to happen towards the end of the year. There were lots of entries for last month's challenge and I hope that many will join in with CHNC challenge extra for March, where 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas. Please click on the link and see the gorgeous crafting of the rest of the team, including my guest for the month. If you've never joined in before, don't be shy ... please come and join us and have the reward of starting to build up a stock of Christmas cards ahead of time.

The challenges on CHNC challenge extra blog are always sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps - the randomly chosen prize winner gets to choose $21 worth of digital images. Bugaboo kindly supplied images for the team to use and for my card I've used 'AKV Nativity Mary Joseph' which I coloured digitally using Microsoft Paint. I mounted the image on to a piece of gold mirror card and then on to some Christmas script paper that I've had for ages that originally came with a magazine. This was then mounted on to gold mirror before matting on to the dark brown card blank. The card was finished off with the glitter ribbon and the sentiment square.

I based the card on the sketch given for Digi sketch 'glitter it' challenge:

This is also for:

Catch the bug March: anything goes (with this wonderful Bugaboo stamp)
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Christmas card challenges 13: anything goes
Fab n funky 205: Christmas
Craftin desert divas 25: glitter
The stamping boutique 6: use glitter
Eclectic ellapu: sparkle
Divas by design: make it sparkle
The squirrel and the fox 64: something spooled
Kaboodle 212: use ribbon
Everybody art 267: ribbon or lace
Card mania 41: use a sentiment
Crafts galore March: using a stamp or digi stamp anywhere on your project
613 avenue create 60: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 25: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 161: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 184: anything goes
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Crafty catz 220: anything goes
Sister Act 46: anything goes
Inky linky 46
Make it Monday 180

The sweet pea stampers easel card challenge

This is my design card for today's Sweet pea stamper's easel card challenge. Please click on the link to see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team and to join in and link your creation.

After a few failed attempts, I managed to make this easel card. Having used some cream card I had in my stash, I realised that the promarkers alcohol ink was bleeding and colours were running into one another, so I started again with printing the Concetta Kilmer's 'owl hearts' Sweet Pea digital image on to  my usual Ryman's brilliant white coated card which is a pleasure to use with alcohol pens. So I used a combination of promarkers and flexmarkers to colour. I then stuck the print out on to an easel that already had the scalloped edge, which meant that I had to cut round the image card that I'd stuck on - no easy job ... and I began to wonder why I was bothering. But with some light sanding and brushing with antique linen distress ink I was pleased with the result and carried on to finish the card with a iece of Doolicraft mocha paper for the base with a strip of cream card with some Tim Holtz tissue tape raised with 3D form for the stopper. I printed the sentiment and brushed the card with antique linen, sticking it on with 3D foam. The fabric flowers were from Poundland  (only a few left now, which is a shame - and they don't stock them any more).

This is also for:

One sweet challenge February: love
Cupcake inspirations 249: birds
Crafty cardmakers 110: come fly with me - birds or cages
Paperminutes 310: in flight
Jellypark friends: things with wings
CCEE 1409: chocolate - I've used the colour, not the real thing, although I LOVE the real thing
Order of the opus gluei 177: chocolate
Stamp dreams 31: tone on tone
Whoopsi Daisy: monochromatic
Little tangles 31: monochromatic colour scheme
Ribbon carousel 90: washi tape
Sweet stampin: humour
Ladybug: flowers galore
PumpkinSpice 60: flowers
Eclectic ellapu: gems
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 218: flip or fold it
Flat friends 17: more than 1 fold
Allways something creative 69 special form cards
Crafty sentiments: love
Beyond grey 46: love is in the air, but no red or pink
Stamp and create February: love is in the air
Whimsy 68: love is in the air
Bunny Zoe February: hearts/love
QKR stampede 77: anything but a square
Passion for promarkers 236: make it digital
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Crafty catz 220: anything goes
Creative fingers 25: anything goes
Sister Act 46: anything goes
DL.ART February
Inky linky 46
Make it Monday 180

Safari anniversary

I was asked by a friend to make an anniversary card for her to give to her husband while they are away on a safari holiday. This is what I came up with, creating this totally digitally before printing out and matting on to a card blank:

This is for:

Fairies 20: celebrate
Crafty sentiments: love
Bunny Zoe February: hearts/love
The sisterhood of crafters: one for the boys
Crafty little fairies: one for the boys
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 217 it's raining men
Sentimental Sundays 195: make your own background paper (I created this digitally)
Card mania 41: use a sentiment
The paper shelter 147: animal magic
Crafty creations 257: keep it simple
Digi sketch: anything goes
613 avenue create 60: anything goes
Love to create 104: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 25: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 161: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 184: anything goes
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 45: anything goes
DL.Art February
Inky linky 46
Make it Monday 180

Golf, anyone?

This is the card I made for mum to send to my great nephew (one of her great grandchildren), using some Buzzcraft die cut pyramage and other bits and pieces. The angle of the photo shows the layers although when seen 'head on' it just looks like one picture.

This is for:

Catered crop: good birthdays
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 217: it's raining men
A little bit crafty February: man up
De creatieve Zebra 6: men
Crafty bloggers network February: all about boys
Papertake: lovely layers
Penny's 165: lots of layers
Cardmakin mamas 81: stack it up
Quirky crafts 4: pile it high - layer it up and 3D it
Crafting by designs February
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 45: anything goes
Make it Monday 180

The Cheerful stamp pad challenge 80 second week inspiration

This is my design card for the second week for the Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 80 - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team. The challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. Please click here to see the challenge week 1 where you can add your black and white creations to the linky.

The image is 'Santa's reindeer globe' by our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps. The background card is from an old Kanban kit - unfortunately, silver foiling is always hard to show on a photo - there is also some silver on the die cut bauble that doesn't show here. The black, white and silver pieces of ribbon are scraps that were waiting to be used somewhere.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Winter wonderland the most wonderful time of the year
Christmas card challenges 13: anything goes
Pixie's snippets week 113  (scraps of ribbon and offcut of background card)
Little tangles 31: monochromatic
The squirrel and the fox 64: something spooled - ribbon
Handmade harbour midweek papercraft party 25: ribbon
Nutcrafters 62: ribbon and bling
Paper prettie 298: ribbon
Crafty ribbons 77: anything goes
Eclectic ellapu: sparkle
Crafting by designs February
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 45: anything goes
DL.ART February: anything goes
Make it Monday 180

Teenage birthday card

One of my great nephews is sixteen today and this is the card I sent him.

I  used some papers that I haven't used for a long time (mainly because I can never think quite how to use them) - they seemed appropriate for the card I wanted to mak - Artic Frog Sunday Brench . I also used some sentiment paper for the middle panel which was from an Art & Craft Bloc (I bought lots of these years ago and don't think I'd manage to use them up even if I used a piece on every card for the next few years - not sure why I bought so many at the time, but I suppose we all do that at times!).

The new element is a bicycle paper clip, so it clipped niftily behind the panel before being glued down.  I bought  a pack of these in different colours from Tiger who have recently opened a shop in Bromley - they sell all sorts of things - it's a good place for a look around.

Inspired by this Pinterest picture for Pinspirational challenge 95, which this week is 'anything goes:

This is also for:

Catered crop: good birthdays
Artistic inspirations 79: anything goes/masculine
Melonheadz friends: for the boys
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 217: it's raining men
A little bit crafty February: man up
De creatieve Zebra 6: men
Crafty bloggers network February: all about boys
Crafting by designs February
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 45: anything goes

Commissioned 30th birthday card

I was asked to make a 30th birthday card for a daughter - not girly or with flowers, but to include some musical notes and butterflies with the wording given, which I generated on computer and printed on to card that has Happy Birthday repeatedly printed - very feint, so quite hard to see here.

I used an 8 x 8 embossalicious embossing folder with my eBosser, using some pearlescent card that was a lilac colour, brushing this with dusty concord and chipped sapphire distress inks. The 3D acetate butterflies are some that came in a pack with a recently bought magazine.

I hope I've hit the right note with this card (no pun intended) - I know it is simple, but I couldn't make it fussy and girly and also it needs to be posted abroad so the request was to keep thickness and weight to a minimum.

The torn piece of acetate had been prepared on the computer and printed and run through my xyron so that no glue showed through.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Catered crop: good birthdays
Craftitude 59: anything goes or hit the right note (music themed)
Crazy 4 challenges 224: music inspiration
Sentimental Sundays 195: make your own background paper
Crafty hands 8: embossed background
2 sisters 173: embossing
The crafting cafe February: embossing
Ruby's rainbow 73: texture
4 crafty chicks 182: things with wings
Hiding in my craftroom 138: what's buggin' ya?
Quirky crafts 4:pile it high - layer it up and 3D it
Little tangles 31: monochromatic
Crafting by designs February
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
DL.ART February: anything goes
Sister Act 45: anything goes

Thinking of you

A simple card made with some paper that was first shown here, with roses stamped randomly and the Inca sentiment stamp designed by Lyn Lockwood.

This is for:

Butterfly challenge 1: butterflies and flowers
4 crafty chicks 182: things with wings
Hiding in my craftroom 138: what's buggin' ya?
Crafting from the heart 7: anything goes/use flowers
PumpkinSpice 60: flowers
Little tangles 31: monochromatic
Timbro stamp mania 88: monochromatic
Divas by design: rubber stamps only
Crafty creations 257: keep it simple
Word art Wednesday 120: anything goes
Sweet stamps 157 anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Crafting by designs February
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
One crazy stamper February: anything goes
Sister Act 45: anything goes

Valentine collage

This is a Valentine collage that I made for the day, but didn't get it done in time to turn it into a printed card for John (norty girl!!). It was created digitally using the heart shape from Shape collage with lots of photos that I had on the PC. The background is the one that I used for my card for the Sweet Pea Stampers Valentine/love challenge - I showed the card here.

The colours in the photo inspiration for Digitally sweet 76 are all here - and this is 100% digitally produced.

This is for:

Mema's crafts February who or what makes your heart smile - John!!
Bunny Zoe February: hearts/love
Alphabet: A for always and forever
LEJ 86: Valentine/love
Red carpet studio 63: love actually
Deep ocean 71: love is all  around
Creative moments 36 anything goes/love
Rhedd & rosies 26: love is in the air
Scrappers delights 16: all you need is love
The sisterhood of crafters: love is in the air
The cupboard trilogy 19: love
Crafting by designs February
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 12: anything goes
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 45: anything goes
Make it Monday 179

Butterfly birthday

This card was made using part of a recycled card that had been received, on to which I added the 3D acetate butterflies that were a magazine freebie and a Craftime sentiment.

This is for:

Butterfly challenge 1: butterflies and flowers
4 crafty chicks 182: things with wings
Hiding in my craftroom 138: what's buggin' ya?
Fab n funky 204: spots or stripes
Corrosive 193: in stitches (faux stitching along the bottom)
Top tip Tuesday: stitching
Crafting from the heart 7: anything goes/use flowers
PumpkinSpice 60: flowers
Kreativeinkauf 12: spring flowers
Challenges and candies 28: spring around the corner
Catered crop: good birthdays
Totally papercrafts 207: spring
Lexi 110: monochromatic
Little tangles 31: monochromatic
Crafting by designs February
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 45: anything goes
Make it Monday 179

First Easter card this year

This is the first Easter card I've made this year (and I ought to be getting on with lots more) using a recycled image matted on to some very old K & Co paper with some 3D sticker strip from Hobbycraft down the side.

I've used most of the spring colours for Craft room colour challenge

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This is also for:

Crafting by designs February
Cuttin and stampin 14-7: spring is here
Challenges and candies 28: spring around the corner
Totally papercrafts 207: spring
Kreativeinkauf 12: spring flowers
Papertake: lovely layers
Penny's 165: lots of layers
Cardmakin mamas 81: stack it up (3 layers or more)
Simply create too 55: St Patrick's day or use green
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Sister Act 45: anything goes
Make it Monday 179

CHNC challenge 165: use a sentiment

It's time for CHNC challenge 165: use a sentiment - and amazing to think that by the time this challenge ends, two months of the year will have passed already, so it really is worth thinking about making Christmas cards now rather than wait for panic to set in later in the year.

So this is my card for CHNC challenge 165 - please join in if you can - it's an 'easy peasy' challenge this time - just add a sentiment! I've used a Di's Digi Download called 'to both of you', coloured  digitally in Microsoft Paint and mounted on to an offcut of Hunkydory card. The base card has been covered with a piece of My Mind's Eye Christmas glitter paper that was left over from a project long ago. It is much more glittery in real life than shown on here. And the snow lady's hat and cuff have been blinged up with crystal ice stickles. The red strip with gold foiling is a left over piece from a Hunkydory kit and the flowers from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

Crafting by designs February
Pixie's snippets week 112
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Winter wonderland the most wonderful time of the year
Squigglefly 7: use a digi image and a digi sentiment
Crafting from the heart 7: anything goes/use flowers
PumpkinSpice 60: flowers
Ladybug: flowers galore
Craftin desert divas 25: glitter
Digi sketch: glitter it
Love to create 103: make it sparkle with bling
Cardmakin mamas 81: stack it up (3 layers or more)
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Creative fingers 24: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 12: anything goes
613 avenue create 59: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 12: anything goes
Inky linky 45
Sister Act 45: anything goes
Make it Monday 179

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 17: whimsical/fantasy ...

This is my design card for today's Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 17: whimsical/fantasy ... Please click on the link to see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team and to join in the challenge.

I've used the 'fairy and butterfly' image kindly supplied by the sponsor, the Stamping Boutique, stamping over it with an oval inked with stazon vibrant violet. I then tore round a perspex oval and edged with some of the vibrant violet. The background of the card blank was randomly stamped with a Dawn Bibbly swirls stamp inked with the stazon vibrant violet, before adding the strips of gingham ribbon (I had to cheat with the purple one because it wasn't long enough, so the gap is hidden beneath the Craftime sentiment.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Crafting by designs February
Pixie's snippets week 112: (the snippets of purple ribbon)
Stamping sensations February: wings, fantasy and fiction
Catered crop: good birthdays
Fairies 20: celebrate
Woodware UK: flourishes and swirls
Wordplay Saturday February: swirls
Delightful: add a flourish
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Inky chicks 23: black and white and your fave colour - I love to craft with all shades of purple and lilac
All kinds of cards 98: no design paper
Handmade harbour midweek papercraft party 25: ribbon
Paper pretties 298: ribbon
Crafty ribbons 77: anything goes
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Creative fingers 24: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 12: anything goes
613 avenue create 59: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 12: anything goes
DL.ART February: anything goes
Inky linky 45
Sister Act 45: anything goes
Make it Monday 179

The Cheerful stamp pad challenge 80: black and white

This is my design card for the Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 80 - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in the challenge with your black and white creations. The challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

The image is 'reindeer silhouette' by our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps, matted on to black card. The background reindeer card is from an old Kanban kit. The card was finished off with a piece of stitched ribbon, some punched snowflakes and a rub on sentiment.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Crafting by designs February
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Sparkles Christmas 37: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 199: add lots of snow
Penny's 164: monochrome
Open-minded crafting 4: monochrome
Timbro scrap mania 88: monochromatic
Little Claire 42: monotone
Lexi 110: monochromatic
AnMaCreatief 29: 3 of something - 3 punched snowflakes
CAS on Sunday 27: masculine card
Artistic inspirations 79: anything goes/masculine
Melonheadz friends: for the boys
Corrosive 193: in stitches
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 194: pack a punch
One stitch at a time 200: use a digi
Card and scrap 70: hip hip hooray - everything can be celebrated
613 avenue create 59: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 12: anything goes
DL.ART February: anything goes
Sister Act 44: anything goes
Make it Monday 179