CHNC challenge 196: make it colourful

Saturday has come round again with its usual speed, so it's time for CHNC challenge 196: make it colourful.

For this I've made two similar cards, using a Bugaboo image coloured with spectrum noir pens. Background papers and the torn pieces are from My Mind's Eye 12 days of Christmas paper pad.

 I made two cards so that I could enter them for Sarn's Rudolph Day

These are also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
ABC Christmas: S for something festive
Woodware UK: Christmas is coming
Fab n funky 230: Christmas
Pineapple party time challenge: Christmas
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
Winter wonderland: layer it up
Creative moments 52: anything goes/use 3 layers
Time out: double the joy - 2 cards, using 2 patterned papers on each, using two images
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Creative fingers 50: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
Inky impressions 178: anything goes
Incy wincy: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 88: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
My crafty creations: anything goes
Card and scrap 82: everything is allowed
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes
Sister act 76
DL.ART September: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 48

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 48: anything goes with a splash of red. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Paper Pretties 'warm winter wishes' (kindly supplied by PP who are sponsoring), coloured with spectrum noir pens, having cut around the circular image with a scalloped edged nestie run through my cuttlebug. I think I went a bit overboard with the red considering that we were asked to use 'a splash of red', but, hey ho ... you don't have to include so much red if you don't want to.

The background paper is Echo Park 'very merry Christmas' with a Craftwork card sentiment circle.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
ABC Christmas: S for something festive
Woodware UK: Christmas is coming
Fab n funky 230: Christmas
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
Crafty sentiments: Christmas in September
Cute card Thursday 340: dies and punches
Cuttlebug mania: anything die cut
Fussy & fancy 123: main colour red
Simon says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
Inky impressions 178: anything goes
Incy wincy: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 88: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
My crafty creations: anything goes
Card and scrap 82: everything is allowed
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes
Sister act 76

Completely Christmas challenge 31

This is my design card for Completely Christmas 31, where '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 we would love you to join in the challenge.

I decided to use a large tag shaped card (I have a few of these that have been neglected for a long time). I had already identified a piece of paper I wanted to go behind my Sparkle n Sprinkle 'snow family' by Beccy Muir image (Sparkle n Sprinkle are sponsoring the challenge) ... and I found that even though the Forever Friends paper was 8 x 8 it wasn't quite long enough for the card blank, so I had to chop off the bottom and round the corners and some tricky cutting around the top of the card, which I then brushed with stormy sky distress ink, using this on the image panel as well.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Alphabet: Q for quadruple - four snow people
ABC Christmas: S for something festive
Woodware UK: Christmas is coming
Fab n funky 230: Christmas
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
Art impressions 145: holiday sparkle
Crafters cafe 83: shaped cards
Robyn's fetish 230: use a die cut of punch (snowflakes)
Cute card Thursday 340: dies and punches
Creative fingers 50: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
Inky impressions 178: anything goes
Incy wincy: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 88: anything goes
Crafty boots: anything goes
My crafty creations: anything goes
Card and scrap 82: everything is allowed
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes
Sister act 76