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

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 80

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 80: anything goes with a twist ... use some pink.  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 used Lacy Sunshine Lizabeth spring music, kindly supplied by the sponsor. The background was printed from one of the lovely free digital scrapbook pages I found here. Flowers were from Poundland and sentiment die cut from Craftwork cards.

This is also for:

Lacy sunshine 58: monochrome
Crafty catz 279: let's feel the music
Alphabet: G for glitz and glamour
Creative craft cottage digi 25: monochrome
Little Claire digi stamp 5: mono colours
Scribbles designs 29: B is for ... birthday
CRAFT 311: birthday
Seize the birthday
Cute as a button 9: girlie card in pink
Sentimental Sundays 258: happy mother's day/really girly
Crafters cafe 116: feminine
Eureka 140: flowers
Deep ocean 103: flowers
Digi choosday 19: flower power
Di's digi: load on those flowers
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

Completely Christmas challenge 63

This is my design card for Completely Christmas challenge 63: anything goes with a twist ... for a child. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Sparkle n Sprinkle snow family kindly supplied by the sponsor, printing and colouring, then matting on to matt silver card and then a white card blank.The children's song is one I found on the internet, to be sung to 'You are my sunshine'. This was printed directly on to the card.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up
Melonheadz friends: all about kids
Holly jolly Christmas: clean and simple
Little tangles 56: clean and simple
Scrappy hands 38: clean & simple
Simply papercrafts 4: anything goes or CAS
Sweet stampin: clean and simple
Creative craft cottage digi 25: monochrome
Lacy sunshine 58: monochrome
Little Claire digi stamp 5: mono colours
Jingle belles: happy hybrid holidays
Little Claire 57: outdoors
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