Guest designer for Creative Craft Cottage challenge 64

I'm delighted to be a guest today for Creative Craft Cottage challenge 64: include an animal. I was supplied with the lovely Panda love image by Teri Sherman at ArtiDoodles (Delicious Doodles). I decided to keep to black, white and create, using a free vector bamboo background and creating the 'Keep Calm' panel, mounting on to a piece of black to match the card blank. The main background paper is a mottled ivory and grey parchment, wrapped with the paws ribbon, with three buttons added.

This is also for:

Alphabet: F for furry friends
Animal friends 38: love
Sparkles 80: animal magic
Critters and creatures linky party 4
Glitter n sparkle 188: ribbon or lace
The ribbon girl: May any image challenge
Crafty ribbons 151: a man's world
Word art Wednesday 231: anything goes
Inspiration destination 86: anything goes
Scrappers delights 55: anything goes
Not just cards 32
Leinzlove tear bears 4: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu May: anything goes
Little tangles 68: anything goes

Pink thinking of you

A simple card created using Hunkydory supplies.

Colours are for CAS on Sunday 83 choosing the first three colours:

This is also for:

Creative corner: clean & simple
City crafter 312: pretty pink n pastels
Crafty gals corner 72: May flowers
Pink gem 169: flowers
Delicious doodles May: April showers bring May flowers
Card and scrap 118: flowers
Word art Wednesday 231: anything goes
Inspiration destination 86: anything goes
Scrappers delights 55: anything goes
Not just cards 32
Leinzlove tear bears 4: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu May: anything goes
Little tangles 68: anything goes

CHNC challenge 282: cute or anything goes as long as it's Christmas

This is for my CHNC challenge 282: cute or anything goes as long as it's Christmas. You might think it's still very early to be thinking about making Christmas cards, but some of us have been making them all year long - if you haven't done so already, please click on the challenge link and join in the fun - before we know it, we'll be half way through the year ... scary thought!

For my card I printed the hot cocoa snowman image kindly provided by one of the sponsors, Robyn's Fetish, colouring with spectrum noir pens - I tore the edges around a perspex oval  Papers are Fantastic Foils festive frolics, with a piece of red border that's been in my Christmas scraps box for ages. The 'ho ho ho' pieces are foiled silver.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 17 + option: non-traditional Christmas
Beat the Christmas rush April
Crimbo crackers 107: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 22: anything goes
Sparkles Christmas 64: Christmas cuties
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
CRAFT 364: Christmas
Aud sentiments 155: anything goes
Let's color linky party 9: anything goes with something coloured
Love to scrap 78: anything goes (something coloured in)
613 avenue create 176: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 34: anything goes
Craft your passion 312: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 112: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 15: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Create and inspire 46: anything goes
Penny's 277: anything goes
Crafty girls creations 19: anything goes
Cre8tive hands friends 7: anything goes
Brown sugar 199: anything goes
Crafting with friends 21: anything goes
Crafty catz 325: anything goes
PDE linky party 124: anything goes
Scrapping4fun 65: anything goes

Simply papercrafts 29: anything goes
Cute as a button 22: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 231: anything goes
Petal Lu 14: anything goes
Inspiration destination 86: anything goes
Scrappers delights 55: anything goes
Not just cards 32
Leinzlove tear bears 4: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu May: anything goes
Little tangles 68: anything goes
DL.ART May linky