My crafty outlook: 9 Jan 2016

Saturday, 9 January 2016

CHNC challenge 263: another red card

The challenge for CHNC 263 this week is to use the colour red ... a little or a lot (every second Saturday in the month is going to be a colour challenge this year).

For my second card I have used Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet Kaz Kraftz Christmas stocking, coloured with spectrum noir pens, kindly supplied by another of our sponsors this week (I tried and tried to get a betterphoto, but couldn't - it looks as if the card is crooked, but it isn't). I used offcut pieces that I found in my Christmas box, including the paper piecing on the stocking imag - the glittered silver strips were also snippets, not having a full length to go all the way across. The 'fur' on the top of the stocking has been glittered with stickles crystal ice:

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 210
Hiding in my craft room 233: super scraps Saturday
12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
Pile it on 98: anything Christmas/winter
Fussy & fancy 154: happy holidays
The stamping boutique: winter theme
Oddball art: Christmas or winter
ABC Christmas: A is for anything goes
Crimbo crackers 97: anything goes
One stitch at a time 252: anything goes with red
Brown sugar 180: anything goes
Creative fingers 100: anything goes
Fairytale-challenge 134: everything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 120: anything goes
Polka doodles 51: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 297: anything goes
Craft your passion 293: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 93: anything goes
Deep ocean 119: anything goes
Everybody art 350: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafting by designs: January anything goes
Crafty gals corner 53: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 217: anything goes
Julia Spiri 9: anything goes + option: monotone
Scrapping4fun 57: anything goes + Christmas digi
Where the HeART is 5: anything goes
Crafting with an attitude 11: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Morgan's artworld 1: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 67: anything goes
PDE linky party 105: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

CHNC challenge 263: red

The challenge for CHNC 263 this week is to use the colour red ... a little or a lot (every second Saturday in the month is going to be a colour challenge this year).

For my first card I've used digital paper, image and sentiments from Doodle Pantry's Bitty Christmas kindly supplied by them as one of this week's sponsors, with a ribbon added down the side:

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
Pile it on 98: anything Christmas/winter
Fussy & fancy 154: happy holidays
The stamping boutique: winter theme
ABC Christmas: A is for anything goes
Crimbo crackers 97: anything goes
One stitch at a time 252: anything goes with red
Jo's scrap shack funday 120: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 297: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Deep ocean 119: anything goes
Everybody art 350: anything goes
Crafting by designs: January anything goes
Word art Wednesday 217: anything goes
Julia Spiri 9: anything goes + option: monotone
Scrapping4fun 57: anything goes + Christmas digi
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Inspiration destination 67: anything goes
PDE linky party 105: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 112

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 112: anything goes with a twist ... it's bloomin' cold out there - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge - it doesn't have to be for Christmas ... just depicting 'cold'!

The background picture is one that I rescued from a magazine or advertising leaflet (can't really remember, but I kept it because I thought it was too good to put in the paper recycling bin). I stamped the lovely Stampotique snowman by Jo Capper-Sandon, colouring with spectrum noir pens and cutting out carefully, spraying with stick and stay to place it on the main picture. The sentiment is one I've had for ages. I mounted everything on to a shiny black piece of card - unfortunately, you can't see any of the shine here.