Season's greetings

This is for Crafts 4 eternity 57 sketch:

The spotted paper is an offcut and the red glittered card is a scrap from a Christmas cracker a couple of years ago - another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 6. The image is recycled from an old card. The scalloped edges are from Poundland.

Colours are for Phindy's Friday 91 photo inspiration:

This is also for:


Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44

Fabric robin

This card is for Don't waste your Thursdays 123 sketch:

The script scalloped edge card is the front of a card blank , the robin etc is a fabric square rescued from an old card, other bits and pieces from stash.

Colours are for Phindy's Friday 91 photo inspiration:

Why is it that the green strip across the bottom looks a different colour on the photo than it is irl? And they say that the camera never lies!

This is also for:

Order of the opus gluei 123: tweet, chirrup and trill - all things birdie
Flourish timeless 155: fly away with me
CES 71: give me wings
Ruby's rainbow 21: flowers with a bit of sparkle - the berries around the robin are glittered
Hotshot craft 3: flowers
Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44

Green Christmas

This is for Willow sketchie:

This card is green in more ways than one because the lovely die cut tree is recycled and mounted on to offcuts - another for Pixie's crafty snippets 6. I've not used any patterned paper, so this is for Craft your passion 96: anything goes with no pattern paper.

This is also for:

Card caravan (the hybrid chick) 12: use ribbon
Paper pretties 191: use ribbon or twine
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: ribbon and/or twine
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: ribbon
Crimbo crackers 8: no people or animals
the pixie cottage 106: clean and simple
Challenge up your life 64: monochroome
Crafty cardmakers 6: monochrome magic
http://crimbo-crackers.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-8-no-people-or-animals.html
Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44

Still using up the scraps

More snippets have been used, so another one for Pixie's crafty snippets 6.

This card is for Repeat impressions what if J2512 sketch:

The red and white paper is an offcut from a magazine freebie, the glittered red card with swirls was recycled from a Christmas cracker from a couple of years ago and the Santa image was rescued from a card received.

Rainbow lady 190 challenge is 'wear red day' - show someone wearing red, so what better than the famous Christmas man in red! Also for Pals paper arts 128: colour - any red, and Cards for men 3: seeing red (think this would be suitable for a male, particularly a young one).

It's also for:

the pixie cottage 106: clean and simple
Challenge up your life 64: monochroome
Crafty cardmakers 6: monochrome magic
Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44

Christmas blessings

Yet another Christmas cards - actually, I said I would do some more crafty sorting today ... and all I've done so far is make some Christmas cards - that's because I've come across some recycled bits that I'd saved, so I'm making cards as I go (but not much sorting happening really - lol!).

So here is the card with another recycled image, this time using sketch 2 for 52 Christmas card throwdown:

 Papers are offcuts of MME Lost and found Christmas and some free paper from a magazine, mounted on a dark brown card blank. So this is another one for Pixie's crafty snippets 6.

Colours are for Colour create 89 - lights or creams, light browns and dark browns:

It's also for:

365 cards 343: mismatched - two different patterned papers you would not normally use together
So artful 2: Georgia O'Keeffe inspiration - the sepia look
the pixie cottage 106: clean and simple
Paper sundaes 106: clean and simple
Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44

Suzie 38: damaged

Suzie 38: damaged:

I braved the cold of the back garden to take this picture of our damaged gate - it's been like this for ages and ages (can't remember when it wasn't like this) - perhaps we ought to have the slat replaced sometime!

Thinking of you at Christmas

This is for the colour challenge on 4 crafty chicks 75:

The background paper is Design House mounted on a dark brown card blank and the image was recycled from a card received.

This is also for:

Crimbo crackers 8: no people or animals
Unstampabelles 8: recycling
the pixie cottage 106: clean and simple
Paper sundaes 106: clean and simple
Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44

Christmas dove

This is for the pixie cottage 106: clean and simple, using the sketch provided:

The background paper is an offcut that's been in my Christmas box for ages - think it was from English Paper Company, but so long ago so I'm not sure. The lovely sparkly dove image (much more glittery than it looks here) is recycled from a card received and mounted on to an offcut of holographic card (haven't used anything holographic like this for ages and ages - thought it was about time to use some of the offcuts left from years ago). So this is another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 6 and Unstampabelles 8: recycling.

This is also for:

Order of the opus gluei 123: tweet, chirrup and trill - all things birdie
Flourish timeless 155: fly away with me
CES 71: give me wings
Challenge up your life 64: monochroome
Crafty cardmakers 6: monochrome magic
For your inspiration 23: used the colours
Crafting for all seasons 19:  blue and white
Winter wonderland: blue and white
Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44

Christmas music

This is for the sketch on Try stampin' on Tuesday 51:

I've used offcuts of some free Nancy Watts paper that I got with a Making Cards magazine some time ago and a red and silver band. The image is recycled from a card received and the bow was rescued from somewhere else. So most of the card was either free (well, technically I suppose it's not free when you consider the cost of the magazine!) and recycled - so this is for Timbro scrap mania 41: recycling.

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 6
Card caravan (the hybrid chick) 12: use ribbon
Paper pretties 191: use ribbon or twine
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: ribbon and/or twine
Sparkles forum Christmas: anything goes
Crimbo crackers 8: no people or animals
Make all with love 21: anything goes
Outlawz: greeting card - anything goes
Ribbon carousel 39: anything goes
Craft us crazy 20: anything goes
Do you stack up 57: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: ribbon
The poodles parlour: anything goes
Allsorts 140: free and easy pt 1
The pretty little ribbon shop 7: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
52 card pick up 5
Make it Monday 75
Inspire me Fridays 44