CHNC challenge extra for June mid-month inspiration

This is my card for CHNC challenge extra for June mid-month inspiration - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team - and there's still plenty of time before the end of the month to add your own Christmas creations.

This is also another card for my CHNC challenge 181: include some gold or silver (or both).

The background and the striped card are from an old Kanban kit. The silver foiled panels with the lovely bird and baubles and the strip across the bottom are from My Paper Stash 'frost & feathers'. As is always the case, difficult to get a photo when mirror card is involved.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Crimbo crackers 66: anything goes
CRAFT 263: Christmas
Holly jolly Christmas: winter birds
City crafter 215: it's for the birds
That's crafty: the birds challenge
Fussy & fancy 116: things with wings
Open-minded crafting 12: something with wings

CHNC challenge 181: include some gold or silver (or both)

For CHNC challenge 181 starting today I'm asking you to include some gold or silver (or both) on your Christmas creations - for more details and to see the sponsors, please click on the link.

I've kept my card simple with gold mirror card for the background, three gold foiled vellum squares some gold and silver glittered Christmas puddings and some silver sentiment strips.

What a nightmare trying to get a half-decent photo when the background is totally mirror card!

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Crimbo crackers 66: anything goes
Squigglefly 23: Christmas cards
CRAFT 263: Christmas
Allsorts 263: white and gold plus one (silver)
Sisters of craft June: anything goes
Crafty girls 20: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister Act 61: anything goes
Crafting by designs June: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 33: celebrate

This is my design card for today's Suzy Bee's bloomin' challenge 33, where the theme is 'celebrate' - please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in the challenge, which is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, adding the sentiments digitally, mounting the image on silver mirror card.

I've used Bugaboo Stamps 'AKV too Wedding - cut cake', kindly supplied by the sponsor, colouring with spectrum noir pens. The embossed background paper is some that I've had for ages - quite a bundle of similar papers that haven't been touched and I'm not sure why, because they are lovely. I found a scrap of 'congratulations' vellum that I torn to put over the silver mirror offcut. The glittered spotty ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, part of a prize I received for winning at the Allsorts Birthday week.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 128
Hiding in my craft room 153: super scraps Saturday
The sisterhood of crafters: weddings
Paper creators 25: wedding/anniversary
Pattie's 94: father's day or wedding
The crafting cafe June: love and marriage
Crafty ribbons 93: anything goes with ribbon
Di's digi: ribbons/bow
We do doobadoo 8: ribbons
Craft-Dee BowZ June: anything goes and include a handmade bow
Glitter n sparkle 88: use a digi
One stitch at a time 216: use a digi
Seema crafts June: make it cute
Catch the bug: June anything goes
QKR stampede 92: anything goes
Crafty girls 20: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 210: anything goes
Sister Act 61: anything goes
Crafting by designs June: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes

Completely Christmas 16: sketch

It's time for the mid-month sketch for Completely Christmas 16, sponsored by Lacy Sunshine - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in the challenge.

For my design card I've used the lovely Lacy sunshine Christmas boo coloured digitally. All papers are from my Christmas offcuts box, flowers from Hobbycraft.

This is the sketch to use for the challenge:

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 128
Hiding in my craft room 153: super scraps Saturday
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Crimbo crackers 66: anything goes
Squigglefly 23: Christmas cards
CRAFT 263: Christmas
Glitter n sparkle 88: use a digi
One stitch at a time 216: use a digi
Pink gem 121: gingham ribbon and/or design paper
Pile it on 23:use some patterned paper
Perfectly rustics 24: glorious buttons
Crafts and smash June: buttons
Card mania 48 flowers
Digistamps4Joy 94: flowers, flowers, flowers
Bloggers challenge: flowers
The stamping boutique 21: flower embellishment
Sweet stampin: say it with flowers
Craft for the craig 5: something summery or with flowers (sorry it's not summery!)
Craftitude 67: use flowers and/or lace
Seema crafts June: make it cute
QKR stampede 92: anything goes
Crafty girls 20: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 20: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 22: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 210: anything goes
Sister Act 61: anything goes
Crafting by designs June: anything goes