A second card for Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper June challenge

This is my second card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper June challenge - please click on the link to discover what this is all about, if you haven't done so already - and please join in my challenge, using any of your patterned paper - anything goes, as long as you use some patterned paper.

The prize this month is:

K & company Roam 6" x 6" paper pad

36 sheets - 3 sheets each of 12 designs

I had two of the K & Co Roam paper pads, so I made two cards using the same two stamps in different ways on two different pieces of paper from the pad.

For the second card I used this piece of paper from the K & Co Roam pad:

this time using the same two stamps, but inking with Brilliance pearlescent purple and sprinkling with pearl plum embossing powder and heating. I then swiped across with versamark and lightly brushed some  cosmic shimmer sunrise pink iridescent mica pigment over it, which I then buffed up with a tissue. In the process of rubbing the area I accidentally creased the paper in a few places. I ran it through my Xyron adhesive hoping that the creases would press out, but they didn't. In the end I thought it added to the vintage look of the card, so I decided to keep the creases! (instead of starting all over again, having spent quite a long time anyway).

This is also for:

Sparkle n sprinkle June: anything goes, used embossing powder
Retro rubber 15: vintage (both stamps are much older than one year)
Allsorts 313: vintage
Vintage challenge 103: font/script
Create something catchy 15: CAS cards
Scrappy hands 40: clean and simple
One crazy stamper June: anything goes
Amusing challenge (stamped blessings): anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 35: anything goes
Sister act 108: anything goes
Beccy's place June
Eclectic Ellapu June: anything goes

CHNC challenge extra for June 2015

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge extra for June - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of my team.

For my card I used one of my favourite Bugaboo Stamps digis (Bugaboo, as usual, are sponsoring the challenge with a prize of $21 to spend in their digital online store - so much choice!)/ The digi I used, supplied by Bugaboo stamps, is 'winter birds - skate' - I coloured with spectrum noir pens - all papers are offcuts of My Mind's Eye Christmas lost and found (I'll be really sad when all the other remaining snippets are used up).

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 178 and 179
Natalie and Amy 33: Christmas
Christmas card challenges 26: anything goes
12 months of Christmas link up 6
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
Fab n funky 261: Christmas
Crimbo crackers 81: anything goes
Jingle belles: let is snow, let it snow, let it snow
Aud sentiments 132: cute plus a sentiment
Cute card Thursday 375: too cute
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 35: anything goes
Sister act 108: anything goes
Beccy's place June
Eclectic Ellapu June: anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper June challenge

This is my first card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper June challenge - please click on the link to discover what this is all about, if you haven't done so already - and please join in my challenge, using any of your patterned paper - anything goes, as long as you use some patterned paper.

The prize this month is:

K & company Roam 6" x 6" paper pad

36 sheets - 3 sheets each of 12 designs

I had two of the K & Co Roam paper pads, so I made two cards using the same two stamps in different ways on two different pieces of paper from the pad.

The first card was created with one of these pieces of paper:

on to which I stamped the Stampington Company 'Leonardo' stamp inked with memento rich cocoa and also the Tim Holtz script stamp. I coloured with copic pens including some pale yelllow over the script - this looks much better irl than it does here.

This is also for:

Retro rubber 15: vintage (both stamps are much older than one year)
Allsorts 313: vintage
Vintage challenge 103: font/script
Create something catchy 15: CAS cards
Scrappy hands 40: clean and simple
One crazy stamper June: anything goes
Art by Miran 33: anything goes
Amusing challenge (stamped blessings): anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 35: anything goes
Sister act 108: anything goes
Beccy's place June
Eclectic Ellapu June: anything goes
DL.ART May

The Glory of Christmas 60: snowman/woman

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 60: snowman/woman. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

For my card I've used a lovely coloured image from Beccy Muir at Beccy's Place called  'family reunion' framed with a Hunkydory die cut, mounted on to an unknown piece of card. I used snippets of Hunkydory strips and the sentiment circle to finish the card off.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 178 and 179
Christmas card challenges 26: anything goes
12 months of Christmas link up
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
Fab n funky 261: Christmas
Crimbo crackers 81: anything goes
Jingle belles: let is snow, let it snow, let it snow
ABC Christmas: K is for keep it simple
Aud sentiments 132: cute plus a sentiment
Cute card Thursday 375: too cute
Hiding in my craft room 201: freestyle
Penny's 229: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 90: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 45: anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 35: anything goes
Sister act 108: anything goes

CHNC challenge 231: colour it

For my CHNC challenge 231 I'm simply asking for you to 'colour it' ... any way you like.

For my card I used a digital image kindly given by Cute as a Button, one of this week's sponsors, called 'big eyed digital penguin' coloured with spectrum noir pens . All of the papers used are snippets from old DCWV papers.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 178 and 179
12 months of Christmas link up + option: Christmas critters
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
Fab n funky 261: Christmas
Crimbo crackers 81: anything goes
Jingle belles: let is snow, let it snow, let it snow
Open-miinded 37: inspired by a song - 'let it snow ...'
ABC Christmas: K is for keep it simple
Digi sketch: favourite colour combo - hot pink, black and white is always a favourite for me
Aud sentiments 132: cute plus a sentiment
Cute card Thursday 375: too cute
Crafty gals corner 21: critters
Hiding in my craft room 201: freestyle
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 90: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
613 avenue create 125: anything goes
Corrosive 225: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 265: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 45: anything goes
Craft your passion 263: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 61: anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 49: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 35: anything goes
Sister act 108: anything goes
DL.ART May

New home card

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 82: anything goes with a twist ... bright and colourful. Please click on the link to see the other lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

For my card I used Deedee's Digis Little birdie, kindly supplied by the challenge sponsor.

I needed to send a new home card recently and this lovely image seemed appropriate, matted on to gold mirror card and on to a wood background from Kanban with a 'Happy new home' sentiment from Kanban.

This is also for:

Fairytale 118: feathers & wings
Animal friends 28: spring/feathers
Craft for the craic May: wings
Simply create too 86: keep it simple
Hiding in my craft room 201: freestyle
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Penny's 229: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 90: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
613 avenue create 125: anything goes
Corrosive 225: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 45: anything goes
Craft your passion 263: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 61: anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 49: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 35: anything goes
Sister act 108: anything goes

Completely Christmas challenge 65

This is my design card for Completely Christmas 65: anything goes with a twist ... make it square. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team. This is a sad day for Completely Christmas because it is our last challenge.

If this challenge blog has helped you to make your Christmas cards earlier in the year to avoid panic towards the end of the year, there are quite a few other challenge blogs devoted to making Christmas creations, including my own weekly Craftyhazelnut Christmas challenge - this week the theme for CHNC challenge 231 is 'colour it'. I also run the monthly Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge extra where it is always 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas. There are always lovely prizes to be won on both of these blogs.

Back to Completely Christmas challenge 65 - for my card I used a lovely shiny dufex picture of three ships (upcycled from a card received) matted on to an offcut piece of text paper with the words of the Christmas song, which was then mounted on to another Christmas script paper. It is a shame that the photo doesn't do justice to the lovely picture.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 178 and 179
12 months of Christmas link up
Crimbo crackers 81: anything goes
Open-miinded 37: inspired by a song - 'I saw three ships come sailing by'
ABC Christmas: K is for keep it simple
Left of center: upcycle
May Rudolph Day
Lil patch of crafty friends 10: anything goes
Sister act 108

The Cheerful stamp pad challenge 112 week 2

This is for the second week of the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 112: black and white. We are joining with Lunagirl, who are sponsoring our challenge - you can see more black and white inspiration here on Lunagirl's blog as well as here on the Cheerful stamp pad. Please visit to see the lovely monochromatic crafting of the two teams.

I used one of the images from Lunagirl's civil war ladies-gents, kindly supplied by Lunagirl as sponsor of the challenge, printed out and matted on to black card. Papers are some that I've had for some time, with a piece of torn vellum with pocket watches behind the image.

This is also for:

As you like it: favourite period and why - anything 'vintage' - such an elegance
Addicted to stamps 105 white and other other colour
AAA 40: for the guys
Eureka 142: for the boys
Crafters cafe 118: for the boys
Mod squad: masculine
CRAFT 313: father's day/male
DL.ART thankful Thursday: father's day/ for a man
Allways something creative 99: men
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Through the craft room door: anything goes
613 avenue create 125: anything goes
Corrosive 225: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 265: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 45: anything goes
Craft your passion 263: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 61: anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 49: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 35: anything goes
Sister act 108: anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 87

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 87: anything goes with a twist ... add some texture. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I've used a 'tea time' image from Deedee's Digis, sponsor of the challenge, adding the sentiment.

The strip of hessian and the burlap flowers were from Poundland.

This is also for:

Pink gem 145: flowers
Stamp and create May: flowers
Craftin desert divas: summer crafty creations
Loves rubber stamps 153: coffee, tea or favourite beverage
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Through the craft room door: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 246: anything goes
613 avenue create 125: anything goes
Corrosive 225: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 265: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 45: anything goes
Craft your passion 263: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 61: anything goes
The pink elephant 300: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 49: anything goes
Not just cards 20: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 107: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

Serene purple

Another similar card to one I did yesterday, once again using a background designed by Lavinia Stamps for Imagination Stamps on to which I stamped the lovely Penny Black 'sparklers' and the sentiment stamp designed by Lynn Lockwood for FunStamps, both inked with memento grape jelly (a beautiful muted purple colour that fitted perfectly with the scene).

This is for:

Inkspirational 83: purple
4 crafty chicks 247: sympathy
Penny Black May: trees or nature
Fashionable stamping 98: old favourites - forgotten, but favourite stamp (both stamps)
Little tangles 56: clean and simple
Scrappy hands 38: clean and simple
Simply create too 86: keep it simple
Pile it on 69: not cute
Word art Wednesday 184: anything goes

You are in our thoughts

A similar card to one I did yesterday, once again using a background designed by Lavinia Stamps for Imagination Stamps on to which I stamped the lovely Penny Black 'sparklers' and the sentiment stamp designed by Lynn Lockwood for FunStamps,, both inked with memento rich cocoa.

4 crafty chicks 247: sympathy
Penny Black May: trees or nature
Fashionable stamping 98: old favourites - forgotten, but favourite stamp (both stamps)
Little tangles 56: clean and simple
Scrappy hands 38: clean and simple
Simply create too 86: keep it simple
Pile it on 69: not cute
Creative corner: anything goes
Creative fingers 81: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 5: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 184: anything goes
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 107: anything goes

CHNC challenge 230: use something die cut or punched

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 230: use something die cut or punched.

For my card I've used a lovely coloured image from Beccy Muir at Beccy's Place called  'family reunion' (Beccy is one of our sponsors this week). I die cut the image using a Nelli Snellen die and used the same die to create a negative one in the mirror card, cutting it to make a frame. The background card is Hunkydory and I punched three stars from the mirror card adding 3 pearl button stars on to them. The sentiment circle is from Craftwork Cards, originally cream, coloured with a spectrum noir pen.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up
Crimbo crackers 81: anything goes
Jingle belles: let is snow, let it snow, let it snow
Open-miinded 37: inspired by a song - 'let it snow ...'
Hiding in my craft room 200: any holiday
Little red wagon 290: to die for
Mod squad: positively negative - used the negative of a die cut
Robyn's fetish 264: stars, stars, stars
Aud sentiments 132: cute plus a sentiment
Creative corner: anything goes
Creative fingers 81: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 5: anything goes
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 107: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 81

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 81: anything goes with a twist ... make it girly. Please click on the link to see the other lovely girly designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge. I produced this card digitally using free downloads of background and ballet shoes (I fades these into the background), adding Stitchy Bear's digi outlet silhouettes 'ballerina', kindly supplied by the sponsor and also the text.

This is also for:

Stitchy Bear facebook May challenge: anything goes with a Stitchy image
Collage obsession: shades of pink
Left of center 79: black and white plus one colour
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 107: anything goes

Completely Christmas challenge 64

This is my design card for Completely Christmas challenge 64: anything goes with a twist ... include a candle or a lantern. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Stitchy Bear's digi outlet Christmas candles, kindly supplied by the challenge sponsor, colouring with spectrum noir pens and die cutting with a Spellbinders nestie, colouring through the edges of the die before removing, also using another from the same set to feature the 'A very merry Christmas' sentiment. The background card is Hunkydory and poinsettias from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

Stitchy Bear facebook May challenge: anything goes with a Stitchy image
12 months of Christmas link up
Crimbo crackers 81: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 200: any holiday
Little red wagon 290: to die for
Pile it on 69: not cute
Creative corner: anything goes
Creative fingers 81: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 5: anything goes
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 107: anything goes

The cheerful stamp pad challenge 112 and Lunagirl: black and white

This is my design card for the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 112: black and white, which is being sponsored by Lunagirl who are joining with us for this fortnight. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the Cheerful stamp pad team, but please also click here to see those of the Lunagirl team.

I used one of the images from Lunagirl's civil war ladies-gents, kindly supplied by Lunagirl as sponsor of the challenge, printed out and matted on to black card with some lace at the side. The background paper is some that I got some time ago from PDA card and craft, flowers from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

As you like it: favourite period and why - anything 'vintage' - such an elegance
Vintage stamping (Flonz) 32: shabby chic
Crafty boots: ribbon or lace
Stamp and create May: flowers
Fab n funky 260: flora and fauna
Pile it on 69: not cute
613 avenue 124: anything goes
Penny's 228: anything goes
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 107: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

You're in my prayers

This is another card made with a background designed by Lavinia Stamps for Imagination Stamps on to which I stamped the lovely Penny Black 'sparklers', the Whipper Snapper Designs sentiment stamp , both inked with Stazon pumpkin and the lovely Penny Black butterfly edge stamp inked up with Stazon saddle brown.

This is for:

4 crafty chicks 247: sympathy
Penny Black May: trees or nature
Fashionable stamping 98: old favourites - forgotten, but favourite stamp (all three stamps)
Little tangles 56: clean and simple
Scrappy hands 38: clean and simple
Pile it on 69: not cute
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 184: anything goes
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 106: anything goes

With sympathy

I have a couple of boxes of cards as church and it's a sad fact of life that sympathy cards and 'thinking of you' type cards tend to sell quite quickly, so I need to make a few to improve stocks.

The background is designed by Lavinia Stamps for Imagination Stamps. I stamped on to this using one of my favourite stamps, Penny Black's 'sparklers', inked with memento grape jelly, also stamping the corner and the Dovecraft sentiment inked the same. Because the background has a sheen to it, I had to dry the ink with my heat gun and the corner had almost smudged a bit, but I decided I quite liked it as it blended in with the ethereal look of the whole picture.

This is for:

4 crafty chicks 247: sympathy
Penny Black May: trees or nature
Fashionable stamping 98: old favourites - forgotten, but favourite stamp
Sweet stamps 222: favourite colour (purple)
Little tangles 56: clean and simple
Scrappy hands 38: clean and simple
Pile it on 69: not cute
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 4: anything goes or CAS
Word art Wednesday 184: anything goes
Penny's 228: anything goes
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 106: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

Inspiration for Buckwells challenge 8

This is my design inspiration card for Buckwells challenge 8, using the lovely Olivia kindly given by the sponsor,  A Lil Digi Heaven, colouring lightly with spectrum noir pencils (the pastel colours don't show up too well here though). I tore around the edges to add to the vintage look. The background paper is from a book, 'Vintage style grahics' by Angela Patchell - a bargain from Poundland, which also includes a CD-rom with all the patterns, textures and more.

The pink and white spotted panel is upcycled from a card received and there on stripes on the organza ribbon from Hobbycraft. Please click here to join in this month's challenge 8: spots or stripes or both

This is also for:

Vintage stamping (flonz) 32: shabby chic
Recycle, re-purpose & re-invent May: anything goes
Art impressions 159: lovely ladies
Glitter n sparkle 137: use  some ribbon
3 girl jam May: anything goes with ribbon
Crafty boots: ribbon or lace
Left of center 78: distress it
613 avenue 124: anything goes
Craft your passion 262: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 60: anything goes
Penny's 228: anything goes
Creative inspirations 314: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 34: anything goes
Sister act 106: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

Together

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 86: anything goes with a twist ... no patterned paper. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Deedee's Digis Daniel's sweetheart image and sentiments, kindly supplied by the challenge sponsor. This is just right for an anniversary card to give to John next Monday (I'm not usually this well prepared ... often make the card the night before ... but, thanks to this challenge, it's done early). I've used a tri-fold card, using some corrugated card and Paper Cellar gold strips top and bottom on the front and for the underneath I've used a couple of the sentiments and a couple of fabric hearts. The 'together' was taken from a sentiment that had other words that I blocked out.

As John has very little vision, this is the kind of card that he appreciates - no fussy patterns.

This is also for:

Inky impressions 209: more than one fold
Penny's 227: more than 1 fold
Pink gem 144: more than one fold
Open-minded 36: wedding or anniversaries
DRS 174: birds & bees
Animal friends 26: spring/feathers
Addicted to stamps 104: spring with birds and/or eggs
Terrific Tuesday: animals
Fairytale 117: corrugated cardboard
Hobbyhome cards 2 create 22: no square cards
CAS on Sunday 58: cheer up buttercup - a card to brighten someone's day
Little tangles 56: clean and simple
Simply papercrafts 4: anything goes or CAS
Sweet stampin: clean and simple
Scrappy hands 38: clean & simple
Papertake: with a heart
613 avenue 124: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 183: anything goes
Craft your passion 262: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 60: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 48: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 33: anything goes
Sister act 106: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

Butterfly blue

This is my design card for the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 111 second week. Please click on the link to see the beautiful designs of the rest of the team and join in our fairies challenge here.

I used Karen Middleton's 'butterfly blue' from Sweet Pea Stamps, colouring with spectrum noir pens and adding a few little pearl stars. Background papers were freebies from magazines, corrugated strips, spotty ribbon and lace all from stash.

This is also for:

One sweet challenge May: things with wings
Craft for the craic May: wings
Dream valley 106: things with wings
Make my Monday: things with wings
Fairytale 117: corrugated cardboard
Crafty boots: ribbon or lace
Cute card Thursday 373: lovely lace
Scrap & craft 8: lace and pearls
Kraftyhands May: lace and pearls
Paradise of stamps 18: lace & ribbon
Glitter n sparkle 137: use  some ribbon
Fresh brewed: ribbon or twine
3 girl jam May: anything goes with ribbon
The ribbon girl: aqua
Take a word: turquoise
Lacy sunshine 58: monochrome
Creative craft cottage digi 25: monochrome
Little Claire digi 5: mono colours
Crafting for all seasons 101: birthdays with four of something (butterflies)
CRAFT 311: birthday
Seize the birthday
Craft your passion 262: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 60: anything goes
Graph it week 19/20: anything square
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 47: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 33: anything goes
Sister act 106: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

The glory of Christmas challenge 59

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 59, which is to feature a bird or birds or 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas - we hope you will join in our challenge. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team.

I decided to make a CAS one layer card ... I had to have a few attempts (thankfully, the card blanks won't be wasted because they can be covered with patterned paper). I've ended up with this version and, while I'm not really that happy with it, I decided I couldn't keep making different versions!

I've stamped an old Anita dove image and also the Hampton Art sentiment stamp, as well as six little stamps stamped into rings created with a self inked 7 gypsies stamp. The small stamps within the dotted circles were actually inked with memento grape jelly, a purple colour, but they look black here - it was so difficult to get a picture of the white card. I added some glitter on to just one area of the dove.

This doesn't show the white so well, but you can see the purple a bit better:

This is also for:

One layer Christmas 9: anything goes
Holly jolly Christmas: clean and simple
Addicted to stamps and more 144: CAS
Loves rubber stamps 151: add a sentiment
Sweet stamps 221: things with wings
Mod squad: mix it up - stamps from different sets
2 cute ink 129: bird theme
Dream valley 106: things with wings
Addicted to CAS 63: birds

Crafting musketeers challenge 25: use a die cut

It's the turn of team B to show their designs for mid-month inspiration for Crafting Musketeers challenge 25. Please have a look at the rest of the team's lovely designs by clicking on the link and you can join in the challenge here.

I used some die cut toppers from The Hobby House (they are sponsoring the challenge) called 'here comes summer'. I matted these on to die cut shapes that I edged with a spectrum noir pen.

For my design card I thought it would make a change to use a twister card, decorating it with pieces of magazine freebie papers and some scrap pieces of spotty card.

This is also for:

Penny's 227: more than 1 fold
Pink gem 144: more than one fold
Hobbyhome cards 2 create 22: no square card
Allsorts 311: no squares allowed
The stamping boutique: die cut or punch
Bloggers challenge: rev it up - things with wheels
Crafts and me 156: circles
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 47: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 33: anything goes
Sister act 106: anything goes

CHNC challenge 229: use some of your favourite things

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 229 - this week I'm simply asking you to use some of your favourite things when you make your Christmas creation - easy peasy ... and, like me, you might then be singing, 'These are a few of my favourite things ...' Hope you can join in the challenge.

For my card I've used quite a few of my favourite things - dry embossing (embossing folder run through the eBosser), patterned paper, particularly these offcuts of My Mind's Eye lost and found Christmas, one of my favourite Christmas stamps by Penny Black, 'chill day', stamping with versafine onyx black and heat embossing with detail black powder, flowers, glitter, alcohol pens (spectrum noir) ... these are just a few of my favourite things.

The glitter on Santa's clothes is from Stamps by Chloe (quite a chunky glitter) and I used some dots of glue pen and Art Institute fine glitter for snowflakes. Robins and poinsettias from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 175 and 176
Sunday stamper 356: top of the world - make a topper
Sparkle n sprinkle May: anything goes - embossing powder and two kinds of loose glitter
Creative card crew 87: embossing
Little red wagon 289: make an impression - dry embossing
12 months of Christmas link up + option: animals
The paper girls 79: cute critters
Pile it on 68: cute animal
Digi sketch: animals
Top tip Tuesday: animals
Craft and smash May: animals
Natalie and Amy 32: animals
Cutie pie 87: layer it up + cute
Christmas at sweet stampin May: cute Christmas
Scrapping4fun 42: techniques - stamping/heat embossing (and dry)
Graph it 20: anything square
Ruby's rainbow 104: humour
Eureka 140: flowers
Timbro scrap mania 109: flowers
Loves rubber stamps 151: add a sentiment
Creative craft cottage 39: all that glitters
Papercreators 38: animals
Craft stamper take it make it May: take a stamp
Art by Miran 32: anything goes
Crafting by designs May: anything goes
613 avenue create 123: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 44: anything goes
Going grey with Scrap-creations: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Creative fingers 80: anything goes
Craft your passion 261: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 59: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 198: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 47: anything goes
Not just cards 19: anything goes
Inspiration destination 33: anything goes
Sister act 106: anything goes
DL.ART May linky