Commissioned Easter card

I was asked to make an Easter card for a toddler granddaughter, so I made an easel, stamping with one of my new Penny Black stamps 'juggling eggs' inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with spectrum noir pens. I cut the image using a scalloped nestie die brushing very lightly with fired bick distress ink. I used papers, felt eggs, chipboard egg and Happy Easter ribbon that have been in my Easter box since last year , generating the sentiment on computer.

Folds flat for postage:

I continued the ribbon on the back with the addition of a sparkly egg.

This is for:

A creative romance: eggecellent spring - spring or Easter
Bloggers challenge: Easter
Crafts4eternity R171: Easter
Delicious doodles 83: Easter
Jellypark friends: happy Easter
Jo's scrap shack funday 45: happy Easter
QKR stampede 83: Easter
Totally papercrafts 214: Easter
Alphabet: E for Easter
Victorine 81: Easter
The house that stamps built DCC49: Easter
CCEE 1415: bunny or egg or both
Cute card Thursday 316: Easter
Delightful: you're egg-stra special
DL.ART 130: Easter
Hanna and friends 194: Easter
MilkCoffee: Easter
Moving along with the times Easter/spring
Dream valley 79: Easter
Eclectic ellapu: Easter
Red carpet studio 67: hop - create an Easter inspired project
Robyn's fetish 206: Easter
Stamp dreams 34: Easter bunny
Artistic inspirations 86: Easter animal/anything goes
Card mania 64: Easter
Crafting from the heart 13: anything goes/Easter theme
Crafty boots: Easter
Make my Monday Easter card or creation
Crafty sentiments: Easter
Going grey with Scrap-creations: Easter
Sweet stamps 164: Easter
Crafting with dragonflies 23: Easter
Dazzling divas 20: spring/Easter or anything goes
Divas by design: Easter/spring
The paper shelter 153: Easter time
Simon says Wednesday: happy Easter and/or sweet treats
Stampavie and more 209: Easter
Cut it up 42: Easter
Get inky 11: spring/Easter
The stamping boutique 11: Easter
Sweet stampin': Easter
Animal friends 13: spring/Easter
De creatieve zebra 6: spring/Easter
Just for fun April: Easter
Mema's crafts April: anything goes + option: spring or Easter
Sunflowerfield April: Easter or spring
Allways something creative 72: Easter
Kort o mania 105: Easter
Kreativeinkauf 13: Easter bunny
Sparkles 54: Easter parade
Crafty catz 226: animals
Kreativer basel 44: animals
Open-minded crafting 7: animal antics
Paperminutes 316: folded - more than once
Pattie's 89: fancy folds
Stamping sensations April: dies and/or punches
Crafty bloggers network April: die cuts or embossing
Love to create 110: anything goes for kids
Ooh la la 153: for a child
Feeling crafty 27: anything for a child

Timbro scrap mania 91: only for a girl
Creative moments 40: anything goes/girly
Spectrum noir April: anything goes
Vintage stamping (flonzcraft) 19: anything goes
One crazy stamper April: anything goes
Whimsy 70: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 30: anything goes
Sister Act 52: anything goes
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Blue mermaid for the Sweet Pea Stampers challenge

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Sweet Pea Stampers blog and the theme is mermaids. Please click on the link to see the delightful crafting of the rest of the team and to join in. Here's some information about what you could win:

Lynette From The Sweet Pea Store, Is offering a $15 gift card for the DT pick of the person who enters BOTH April Challenges ( this one and the next one 25.04.14) using a Sweet Pea image on BOTH projects. The normal prizes will still be drawn, but to encourage you to use a Sweet Pea Stamp there will be a bigger prize for this month. Here is a link to the Store.You may use rubber stamps OR digital stamps.

For my design card I used Charmaine Flannery's Blue Mermaid- DIGI coloured with spectrum noir pens, tearing around the edges.The background foiled card is Hunkydory, with two offcut pieces of mirror card embossed with a Sheena Douglass embossing folder. Just the addition of the tied binding/ribbon and the card was done.

This is also for:

Cupcake inspirations 255: monochromatic
Bunny Zoe : monochrome
Natalie and Amy 19: embossing
The artistic stamper creative team April: embossing and texture
Crafty bloggers network April: die cuts or embossing
Make something Monday 14: shine
Little miss muffet 83: distressed
613 avenue create 66: anything goes

Through the craftroom door: anything goes

Creative moments 40: anything goes/girly
Spectrum noir April: anything goes
One crazy stamper April: anything goes
Whimsy 70: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 30: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 40: anything goes
Sister Act 52: anything goes
DL.ART April: anything goes
Just B linky party April
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

90th birthday card

I was recently asked to make a 90th birthday card for a gentleman. I was given a photo to use. I kept the card simple, digitally adding a sentiment and matting the photo on to red mirror card, with some sentiment background card matted on to a black card blank, using some deckle edged strips and glittered numerals.

This is for:

Cradz 4 guyz 13: numbers
The paper girls 53: birthday
Simon says Wednesday: happy birthday
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday
Time out 3: happy birthday with optional twist of a masculine birthday
Eclectic ellapu: one for the boys
Paper crafting 7: masculine
The east wind 4: use a sentiment
Flat friends 19: include a sentiment
Hiding in my craft room 144: black and white + 1 (red)
DRS 117: pop goes 1 colour - black & white + 1 (red)
Brown sugar 88: clean & simple
Wags n whiskers 126: CAS
Tok bobok 11: clean and simple
613 avenue create 66: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 30: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 30: anything goes
Creative fingers 30: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack 44: anything goes
Catch the bug: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 40: anything goes
Sister Act 51: anything goes
DL.ART April: anything goes
Just B linky party April
Just keep on creating April

Cheerful stamp pad challenge 83: 'add some flowers' week 2

It's time for some more inspiration from the team at the Cheerful Stamp Pad for challenge 83: add some flowers. Please click here to see the lovely creations of the rest of the team - and we hope that you will get those flowers out and join in here.

For my design card I used Penny Paisley 4 by Bugaboo Stamps (our sponsor) colouring the image digitally in Microsoft Paint. The added red hat is a My Sentiments Exactly stamp inked with fired brick distress ink. I matted the image on to a piece of card that had been dabbed all over with a 'shades of mauve' Blending Blox ink pad by Marvy (I'd forgotten I'd  got this - don't even remember buying it!) This was also used behind the printed poem (you can read the poem here). I used a variety of papers and flowers.

This is also for:

Lacy sunshine 30: add flowers
One stitch at a time 207: flowers
Digi choosday 12: flower power
Pile it on 14: feminine
Fitztown 29: fancy folds
Inky impressions 153: fold it
Pattie's 89: fancy folds
In the pink 41: anything but square
Quirky crafts 7: spice girls (spice up your life with colour girls)
Timbro scrap mania 91: only for a girl
Art impressions 132: getting girly
Craft room: humour
Crafty girls 15: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 14: anything goes
613 avenue create 66: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 40: anything goes
Catch the bug: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack 44: anything goes
Creative fingers 30: anything goes
Loves rubber stamps 97: anything goes (the hat was stamped)
One crazy stamper April: anything goes
Paper makeup digi makeover 135: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 51: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Inky linky 50
DL.ART April: anything goes
Just B linky party April
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Holly berries for CHNC challenge 171

This is my second design card for CHNC challenge 171: seeing red ... a little or a lot.  It features a holly image kindly supplied by one of our other sponsors today on CHNC challenge 171, QKR Stampede. Background paper is Echo Park /very merry Christmas' - the other papers are offcuts left from previous cards. The background and around the image have been coloured with fired brick distress ink. The image and the paper it's matted on to were torn around perspex ovals. I added red gems as berries to give the card a bit of bling.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 12
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
4 crafty chicks 188: colour a stamped image
Delightful: hip to be square
Sparkles Christmas 39: inspired by Christmas carol/song - The holly and the ivy
Crazy challenge 168: bling it up
Spectrum noir April: anything goes
Crafty girls 15: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 51: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Christmas bear for CHNC challenge 171

CHNC 171 is all about red ... I'm asking to see a little or a lot on your Christmas creations - please join me.

My first design card has used  'Christmas bear' kindly supplied by one of today's sponsors, Robyn'sFetish Digital Stamps And More, coloured with spectrum noir pens. The background paper is an offcut of some left over from a 12 x 12 My Mind's Eye signature Christmas glitter book papers by Jen Wilson. The square behind the image is DCWV, the stocking is  stray one left from a Kanban kit and the sentiment circle from Craftwork cards.

The card is based on the optional sketch given for Digi sketch : bears:

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 12
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Ooh la la 153: for a child
Feeling crafty 27: anything for a child
Cute card Thursday 315: all boy
Make my Monday: one for the boys
2 sisters 175: teddy bears
Creative card crew 58: animals
The sisterhood of crafters: animals
As you like it: favourite animal and why - bear, but only when it's a cute and cuddly teddy bear!
Open-minded crafting 7: animal antics
Polka doodles 14: animal magic
Top tip Tuesday: cute
4 crafty chicks 188: colour a stamped image
Delightful: hip to be square
Allsorts 253: no flowers
Spectrum noir April: anything goes
Crafty girls 15: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 51: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Completely Christmas 6

This is my design card for Completely Christmas 6, which, as usual, is anything goes as long as it's Christmas. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and to join in the challenge - we'd love to see your entries there. The challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who kindly supplied the steps Christmas image that I've used, colouring it digitally in Paint, with the sentiments added digitally.

The background paper is a print out of snowflakes digital paper from Bugaboo which was originally blue and I changed it digitally to red.  The striped piece is a little snippet left in my Christmas offcuts box. The flower is from Hobbycraft.

I've followed the sketch for Freshly made sketches 130:

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 12
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Pile it on 13: floral fantasy
Sparkles Christmas 39: inspired by Christmas carol/song  - I'll be home for Christmas
Catch the bug: April anything goes
Crafty girls 15: anything goes
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 51: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 23: anything goes

It's time for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 23: anything goes - please click on the link and see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in the fun. The challenge is being sponsored by Di's Digi download.

For my card I used Di's Digi download 'piano bear', colouring copics and mounted on to silver mirror card and then on to a piece of embossed card that was run through  my eBosser using an Embossalicious folder and brushing lightly with black soot distress ink. Just the addition of the sentiment and this simple card was done, mounted on to a black card blank.

Doesn't the bear look smart and I love the way that his tongue is out as he concentrates on playing - and those little mice are adorable!

This is also for:

Natalie and Amy 19: embossing
DRS 116 who's the (em)Boss - embossing
Digi sketch: bears
Robyn's fetish 205: birthday cards for a young child
Ooh la la 153: for a child
Feeling crafty 27: anything for a child
Cute card Thursday 315: all boy
Make my Monday: one for the boys
The crafting cafe April: one for the boys
Cardz 4 guyz 12: make us laugh
Twisted Tuesday 73: make me laugh
Nutcrafters 65: tots or teens
Ladybug: birthday
Simon says Wednesday: happy birthday
2 sisters 175: teddy bears
Creative card crew 58: animals
The sisterhood of crafters: animals
As you like it: favourite animal and why - bear, but only when it's a cute and cuddly teddy bear!
Open-minded crafting 7: animal antics
Polka doodles 14: animal magic
Top tip Tuesday: cute
4 crafty chicks 188: colour a stamped image
Delightful: hip to be square
Allsorts 253: no flowers
Spectrum noir April: anything goes
613 avenue create 65: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Creative fingers 30: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack 44: anything goes
Crafty girls 15: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 12: anything goes/cute and cuddly
Divas by design: anything goes
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 51: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Inky linky 50
DL.ART April: anything goes
Just B linky party April
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Box card for mum

This was the box card that I made for mum for mother's day. A few days ago a package arrived containing card blanks and matching envies in lots of lovely colours to make box cards from Creata - as shown by the lovely Carla on Create and Craft. I am therefore entering this into Creata 25: say it with flowers.

I chose to work with purple and lilacs and it so happened that my Papercraft Inspirations magazine had arrived yesterday with some lovely toppers and card in a freebie pack. I was inspired to use these and add some lovely prima flowers that have been waiting to be used. I printed the sentiment and die cut with a deckle edged nestie, doing the same for our message to mum, which I stuck on the back of the box, cutting out with a larger deckle die. I brushed both of these very softly with dusty concord distress ink.

The card folds flat as the top and bottom of the box piece cave in with the diagonal score lines, so that the left and right pieces come together to form a square card for enveloping - clever design.

The card standing up:

Looking down on to the card:

Inside the 'box':

This is also for:

Pile it on 13: floral fantasy
A creative romance: spring flowers
Left of center 28: ribbon and/or flowers
Dream valley 78: mothering Sunday
Glitter n sparkle 78: mother's day
Scrappers delights 19: for a special lady
Crafts4eternity R169: special mums
Jellypark friends: mother's day/important female
Craft your passion 207: shaped cards or anything but square
Crazy 4 challenges 229: fooled ya - card that has a trick in it - when it comes out of the envie you don't realise that it is a box inside
Order of the opus gluei 139: touch me, inspire me - something different - when I saw the card blanks on TV I just had to order some
Cards galore April: creating with colour - include your favourite colour - purple/lilac
Ecelctic ellapu 2: flowers and  butterflies
Make something Monday 13: sparkle
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Mema's April: anything goes + option: spring
613 avenue create 65: anything goes
Divas by design: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes
Crafting by designs April: anything goes
Inky linky 50
DL.ART April: anything goes
Just B linky party April
Just keep on creating April

Third card for CCAYR April

This is my third design card for CCAYR April challenge, which is to make a card featuring poinsettias, with the option of also using a doily. Please click on the challenge link to see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team - and please join in the challenge with us. Tracey Orchard (one of the design team) is supplying a prize from Platypus Creek Stamps.

I've kept this one very simple,, using the front of a scalloped card blank on to which I've layered the doily and a Hobbycraft flower (which I hope looks enough like a poinsettia!). These were mounted on to a kraft card blank with the corners rounded with a punch.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 12
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Pile it on 13: floral fantasy
Cute card Thursday: floral delights
Winter wonderland: get krafty
Papertake: anything goes
Crafty girls 14: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes
Just keep on creating April

Second card for CCAYR April

This is my second design card for CCAYR April challenge, which is to make a card featuring poinsettias, with the option of also using a doily. Please click on the challenge link to see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team - and please join in the challenge with us. Tracey Orchard (one of the design team) is supplying a prize from Platypus Creek Stamps.

My card is based on the sketch for Sketch Saturday 303  which was to choose any sketch between 215 and 302 - I chose sketch 250:

I used an 8 x 8 card blank, brushing the edges with fired brick distress ink. The background card is an offcut of a piece of Kanban card left over from a card long ago. The down strip was from my offcuts and the strip of poinsettias across the bottom was from a Kanban kit a long while ago. The scalloped shape behind the doily is the front of a card blank (seems a waste to use it just as a card blank because I now have another one the same to use on another card). The poinsettia in the middle is a stamped image coloured with spectrum noir pens and cut out, adding some little red gems. The stamp I used is a very old Anita's one - it also has a couple of swirls, but I cut those off. The sentiment is from Anna Griffin.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 12
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Pile it on 13: floral fantasy
Cute card Thursday: floral delights
Fan-tastic Tuesday 29: use a patterned paper
Christmas card challenges 18: favourite colouring medium (alcohol pens, particularly spectrum noir)
Spectrum noir April: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Crafty girls 14: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Christmas cards all year round April

This is my first design card for CCAYR April challenge, which is to make a card featuring poinsettias, with the option of also using a doily. Please click on the challenge link to see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team - and please join in the challenge with us. Tracey Orchard (one of the design team) is supplying a prize from Platypus Creek Stamps.

My card is based on the sketch for Cardabilities 96:

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 12
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Pile it on 13: floral fantasy
Cute card Thursday: floral delights
Our creative corner: with a song in  your heart - We wish you a merry Christmas
Papertake: anything goes
613 avenue create 65: anything goes
Creative fingers 29: anything goes
Crafty girls 14: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes
Just B linky party April
Just keep on creating April

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge extra for April

It's hard to believe that three months of the year have gone already. I know that some crafters think it's far too early to think about making Christmas cards, but there are others that feel that it does make perfect sense - so much so that there were 278 entries for my CHNC challenge extra for March. So, if you haven't yet joined in, now is perhaps the time to do so - CHNC challenge extra for April - just click on the link to participate and also see the wonderful creations by the rest of the team.

For my design card for CHNC challenge extra for April I used Chubby Snowman Scarf kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps, sponsor of the challenge. I coloured the image digitially in Paint and used card from my Christmas offcuts box, a stray sentiment circle (there is gold foiling on this, not black as it looks in the photo), some prima spacers and three little gems.

I followed the sketch given for Sketch and Stash 136:

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 12
Fab n funky 209: Christmas
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Crazy challenge 168: bling it up
Little red wagon 230: bling it up
Stampin with the dragon: bling it up
Fan-tastic Tuesday 29: use a patterned paper
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes
Treasured times: mix it up
Just keep on creating April

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April challenge

I was so overwhelmed by the number of entries for my Patterned Paper March challenge - over 600 - no, that isn't an April fool! If you haven't yet discovered this challenge blog that I started at the beginning of the year, please click here for the April challenge and join in. The monthly challenge will always be 'anything goes' as long as you cover your card blank or other creation with patterned paper or card, using any size or shape 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 creation can be for any occasion.

You can leave a small border around your paper when you adhere it to the card blank if you wish, but only a small border! And your creation doesn't have to be a card, it can be any project as long as it is covered with patterned paper.

For the beginning of the April challenge I've made two quick cards using Hunkydory patterned card and Kanban bottles and glasses.

The bottles and glasses stickers have a holographic look with colours that change according to the light. It was difficult to get photos, so I had to tilt the camera:

This is the second card - there is hardly any light shining on the bottle and glass here:

But here you can see the holographic bling look of the bottle:

These are also for:

A song in your He{ART} 3: celebration
Make my Monday: one for the boys - think either card would be OK to give to a man
Clear it out: boys/men + stash: stickers
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes
Just keep on creating April

Guest designer for Lexi Creations 113: Easter

I'm privileged today to be a guest designer for Lexi Creations 113: Easter.

I used their 'Easter egg Lillie' digital image (available here), colouring with spectrum noir pens. The main background paper was a magazine freebie from last year or the year before and the strip across the bottom was from PDA card and craft, wrapped round with a piece of sentiment ribbon on Poundland.

I tore round the image usingperspex oval templates, inking the torn edges with a spectrum. The glittered eggs were from Poundland.

This is also for:

Hobbycutz 41: Easter
Brown sugar 87: Easter
Simply create too 58: Easter
Whimsy 69: Easter
Creatalicious 61: Easter wonderland
Sparkles 54: Easter parade
Crafty boots: Easter
Kaboodle 217: spring is coming
Melonheadz friends: time for spring
Di's digi designs: welcome spring
Polka doodles 13: spring is in the air
Catered crop: put a bird on it
Hobbybook: spring
The paper shelter 151: spring delights
MilkCoffee: welcome spring
Going grey with Scrap-creations: spring
Feeling crafty 26: use a digi and bling
Card and scrap 72: use lace and/or ribbon
Artistic inspirations 85: Easter colours/anything goes
Crafting from the heart 12: anything goes/cute and cuddly
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
One stitch at a time 206: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 15: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
Allways something creative 71: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 143: freestyle -  anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes

Cheerful stamp pad challenge 83: add some flowers

It's time for a new Cheerful stamp pad challenge and the theme for this fortnight is 'add some flowers'. The challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. Please click here to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and also to add your entries.

For my design card I used  'bug jar caterpillar' by Bugaboo Stamps', colouring digitally in Paint and adding the text. The background was created with some patterned paper and acrylic paint and stencils using my gelli plate.There are strips of washi tape and ribbon down the side, although most of this is covered by the Craftime flowers.

This is also for:

Lacy sunshine 30: add flowers
Pile it on 13: floral fantasy
Cute card Thursday: floral delights
One stitch at a time 206: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 15: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 143: freestyle -  anything goes
Card and scrap 72: use lace and/or ribbon
Simon says Monday: the one with lots of rules - anything goes
Allways something creative 71: anything goes
Craftin desert divas 28: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes
DL.ART March

The Glory of Christmas challenge 30: peace on earth

It's time for the Glory of Christmas challenge 30: peace on earth. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of others in the team and, hopefully, join in with the challenge.

For my card I used offcuts of some unknown papers that have been lurking in my Christmas box (think I got them with a magazine). The glittered angels look much more glittery in real life as does the gold star that has been layered on to the blue foiled star. The piece of ribbon is from Hobbycraft. The Personal Impressions stamp is a favourite of mine.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 118
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 11
Fab n funky 209: Christmas
Creative moments 39: anything goes/things with wings
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Card and scrap 72: use lace and/or ribbon
My craft creations: anything goes
Allways something creative 71: anything goes
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 143: freestyle -  anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes

Owl button it for Christmas

The theme for the Christmas Card Club challenge for this fortnight is 'cute Christmas' so I have used some owls from Poundland with offcuts of card found in my Christmas box, a couple of stray sentiments and the remainder of My Mind's Eye 'all is bright' buttons from the pack that I opened the other day.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 118
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life festive 48 week 11
Fab n funky 209: Christmas
Crimbo crackers 61: anything goes Christmas
Catered crop: put a bird on it
Inspiration avenue: buttons
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes with buttons
House of cards 2: add a button
Crafting from the heart 11: anything goes/spots or stripes
Allways something creative 71: anything goes
Sister Act 50: anything goes