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

The Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 74: decorating continues

This is my design creation for the second week of the Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 74: decorating continues. Please click on the link and see the lovely creations of the rest of the team and join in the challenge - perhaps you might want to show a card with embellishments decorating it, or perhaps a Christmas decoration ... the choice is yours - it would be great to see what it prompts you to make. You can link up your entries here. The challenge is being sponsored by Floppy Latte.

This time I decided to decorate my craft room window.

I used Floppy Latte 'angel' digital image, printed on to a sheet of heat resistant acetate and then quickly heat embossed with clear powder. I then used alcohol inks to colour - butterscotch, terra cotta and currant. This 'stained glass' angel now decorates the window of my craft room.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Dream valley 71: anything but a card
Crimbo crackers 55: anything but a card
Wags n whiskers 118: things with wings
Creatalicious 57: Christmas time
4 crafty chicks 170: Christmas
Crafting by designs: Christmas or winter
2 creative chicks 9: Christmas/winter
Country view crafts December: bah, humbug - Christmas
Creative craft cottage 11: Christmas
De creatieve zebra 4: Christmas
Emerald faeries 50: Christmas
Feeling crafty 23: Christmas
V's sweet 18: holiday theme
Stamps & fun = creativity 180: Christmas decoration
AnMaCreatief 27: everything
Tok bobok 7: anything goes
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