Thank you card

Another card made this morning with a deep pink textured card blank, cut down on the right and punched with a Martha Steward punch and I used the same punch to make a silver insert. The stamped image is the lovely Stampington Leonardo stamp stamped with stazon on to a background made with alcohol inks. The sentiment is from Craftwork cards.

This is for:

Scrappy frogs: give thanks
Stampin' sisters in Christ 164: thankfulness
Incy wincy: giving thanks
Party time Tuesday 93: thank you
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 149: thank you
PaperPlay 44: thanks a bunch
Bloggers challenge: give thanks
Broken box stock 13: thanksgiving
ABC: A for appreciation
There's magic in the air magical Monday: pretty in pink
LEJ 28: use die cuts or punches
Art impressions 87: on the fringe
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
The artistic stamper November: anything goes
Papertake 74: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Kaboodle 144: anything goes
Forever friends November: anything goes
Make it Monday 114
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Birthday hearts

I had a bit of a 'pink' morning today (as you will see from the next few cards as well as this one). This is a stardream card blank. The strip on the left is from Poundland and I used two hearts and a bow from the bit that was cut off to add. The 'Happy Birthday' was rescued from a card I made ages ago that I wasn't happy about, so I surrounded it with a frame made from a nestie label die and added a couple of prima flowers.

This is for:

CRAFT 179: birthdays
House of gilli 45: celebrations
My mum's craftshop 83: sentiments
Scrap cards 37: recycle (I recycled the sentiment panel from a card I made earlier)
LEJ 28: use die cuts or punches
Squigglefly 4412: ribbons and bows
A and T sketche 17: ribbon
Top tip Tuesday 89: we're all heart
There's magic in the air magical Monday: pretty in pink

Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Papertake 74: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Kaboodle 144: anything goes
Forever friends November: anything goes
Make it Monday 114
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Relax! ...

... it's your birthday!

The picture of the lady was rescued from a card received. I chose complimentary papers from my offcuts box and printed the sentiment from computer.

This is for:

CRAFT 179: birthdays
House of gilli 45: celebrations
My mum's craftshop 83: sentiments
Pink gem challenge 58: polka dots
Crafty creations 195: no flowers
Scrap cards 37: recycle
Pixie's craft snippets 45

Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Bearly mine 60: anything goes
Papertake 74: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 43: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Kaboodle 144: anything goes
Forever friends November: anything goes
Make it Monday 114
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Autumnal thank you

It's the end of a fairly busy day and I'm not feeling great, but just wanted to make one card. I've used a background that's been in my stash for a long time, mounted on to a dark brown card blank with the addition of the chipboard leaf, the strips across the middle and a Creata textured rub on 'thank you'. I was spurred on to make this for Kathy's facebook 'A card a day' - didn't want to miss today.

Colours for GoFish 28:

Also for Pink by design: shades of autumn:

and for Paper playtime 88: autumn colours.

This is for:

Love to create 40: shades of autumn
Tammy scraping corner 35: anything fall
Tuesday throwdown 123: autumn leaves
Scrapalicious: fall
Scrappy frogs: give thanks
Wags n whiskers 91: fall colours
My sheri 97: fall
Ribbon carousel 74: fall spirit - giving thanks
Heck of a challenge: 50shades of autumn
Crafting for all seasons 39: falling leaves
Pixie dust studio: looking for leaves
Paper players 120: give thanks
Stampin' sisters in Christ 164: thankfulness
Incy wincy: giving thanks
Party time Tuesday 93: thank you
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 149: thank you
PaperPlay 44: thanks a bunch
Bloggers challenge: give thanks
Broken box stock 13: thanksgiving
ABC: A for appreciation
A and T sketch 17: ribbon
Desert island 41: I chose: patterned paper, add a sentiment, ribbon
Chocolate, coffee & cards 25: stripes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Bearly mine 60: anything goes
Papertake 74: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 43: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Kaboodle 144: anything goes
Catch the bug November: anything goes
The crafty pad 194: anything goes
One stitch at a time 138: anything goes
Forever friends November: anything goes
Make it Monday 114
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Wishing you a purple birthday

Yes, it's another purple card, this time using a background shape printed with a faint snowflake background on to which I stuck the oval with the sentiment stamped with stazon vibrant violet. The flowers with button centres were from Poundland and the butterfly was among some crafting goodies given to me by a friend.

This is for:

Lexi 77: special birthday
Penny's 100: birthdays
4 crafty chicks 114: a day to remember
CRAFT 179: birthdays
SJ crafts 10: birthdays + option: circles or ovals
House of gilli 45: celebrations
Flutter by Wednesday 212: open
Addicted to stamps 42: things with wings
Papercraft junkies 3: things with wings
Stamp n doodle: let's add some material (felt flowers)
Totally gorjuss 156: anything goes with a button
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Kaboodle 144: anything goes
Catch the bug November: anything goes
The crafty pad 194: anything goes
One crazy stamper November: anything goes
One stitch at a time 138: anything goes
Forever friends November: anything goes
Make it Monday 114
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

More purple

I do love crafting with purple - while the flowers were out from making a commissioned card a day or two ago I thought I'd make some more purple based cards. Once again this is a pre-coloured card blank with an oval aperture. I lined the inside of the card with a sentiment sheet. I tore ovals around perspex templates using pieces from my offcuts boxes, edging these with stazon vibrant violet. The middle oval was originally a piece of white card that has been dabbed with alcohol inks and lightened with blending solution. It was then stamped with the lovely Leonardo stamp by Stampington. The flowers are from stash and the centres are Prima.


Colours are for Crafts4eternity R96:

This is for:

TTC12-11 on Crafts by Carolyn forum
Eclectic ellapu 4: it's a vintage thing
Happy campers 3: shabby chic
Hiding in my craft room 70: you pick - choose your three favourite colours - purple, lilac and pink
Lexi 77: special birthday
Penny's 100: birthdays
4 crafty chicks 114: a day to remember
CRAFT 179: birthdays
SJ crafts 10: birthdays + option: circles or ovals
House of gilli 45: celebrations
The squirrel and the fox 30: flowers, hats or horses
Cutie pie 30: distress
Sentimental Sundays 127: dimensions
Inky impressions 83: lots of layers
One crazy stamper November: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
The artistic stamper November: anything goes
Kaboodle 144: anything goes
Catch the bug November: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
The crafty pad 194: anything goes
Kreativer bastel 10: anything goes
One stitch at a time 138: anything goes
Forever friends November: anything goes
Make it Monday 114
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Happy purple Christmas

I really am in purple mode atm! This card has a faded snowflake background on to which I've stamped the Clarity stamps 'we three kings' stamp inked with memento grape jelly. I also inked up some of my favourite snowflake stamps from the inkadinkado 'doodle frames holiday' set and stamped randomly on to the shaped background which was then mounted on to a purple stardream card blank.

This is for:

Stamps + fun = creativity 124: Christmas
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas cards
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Joan's gardens 40: a winter card
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Card and scrap 42: Christmas card
AnMaCreatief 14: Christmas
Great impressions November: holidays - Christmas
Paper pretties Wednesday 230: use your favourite stamp set
Come and get it: monochromatic

Vintage florals

This card if for TTC12-11 on Crafts by Carolyn forum which has been set by Adele, who is asking to see 'vintage florals'. I've used a ready decorated  background on to which I've added some Prima flowers and flower centre, as well as a couple of docrafts ones. The oval picture of the girl has been in my box for ages. I edged the rim with stazon vibrant violet and then lightly distressed with shaded lilac DI using an inkylicious blending brush. The three little dragon flies were punched ones - I have a whole bag of them in different colours that were punched out ages ago (they come in handy occasionally).

This is also for:

Eclectic ellapu 4: it's a vintage thing
The pink elephant 172: vintage or shabby chic
Happy campers 3: shabby chic
The squirrel and the fox 30: flowers, hats or horses
Bearly mine 59: flowers galore
Shopping our stash 75: flowers in 3D
Cutie pie 30: distress
Fab n funky 145: die cuts/punches
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Sugar and spice ...

... and all things nice - that was the challenge Zoe set for the Christmas Card Club for today. When I first saw what the theme was I thought of including little girls - thinking of the rest of the rhyme ... that's what little girls are made of. But then I thought of sugar and spice things to eat at Christmas ... and my mind went to gingerbread men (or perhaps nowadays I should say gingerbread people).

When we were in Eastbourne early in September, I bought some bits and pieces on the market, including a lovely material gingerbread person - I thought that would be great to use on my card ... but I can't find it. As soon as we came back from Eastbourne we had to start arrangements for mum to go into a care home and then clear her flat etc and things got tucked away.

So in the end I resorted to using some papers that had come with a magazine and a few pieces from my Christmas offcuts box, so this is my first visit to Pixie's crafty snippets 45. The ribbon and the Merry Christmas sentiment (darkened with an alcohol pen) were from stash. The spiky scalloped circle was cut with a nestie.

I still need to catch up with a few challenges on Sunday's with Santa on facebook, so this is for week 35 (way back at the end of August!): easel card.

This is also for:

A card a day
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
Joan's gardens 40: a winter card
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Card and scrap 42: Christmas card
St Luke's November: traditional Christmas card
AnMaCreatief 14: Christmas
Great impressions November: holidays - Christmas
Really reasonable ribbon 59: winter holiday
Here come the boys 39: die cuts/punches
Allsorts 179: for men only - for a young boy (or perhaps for a 'young at heart' male)
Fab n funky 145: die cuts/punches
Die cuttin' divas 89: anything goes (used a nestie)
Simon says: get in shape
Christmas cards all year round November: shaped or fancy folds
Corrosive 161: know when to fold 'em
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb 64: more than one fold
Desert island crafts 41: I chose: patterned paper, add a sentiment, ribbon
The house of bears November: your cubhood favourites - The story of the gingerbread man
My mum's craft shop 82: bold & bright
Sparkles forum Christmas November 22: contemporary colour combo
ABC Christmas: V for vibrant colours
ATCs and cards with attitude 26: add a sentiment/anything goes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Commissioned birthday card

I've been asked to make a birthday card A5 size, pink/purple girlie with 60 somewhere on the front - I hope this fits the bill.

I've used a card blank that was already decorated with an oval centre, which I've used to stick inside the card, but can still be seen through the aperture. I stamped on to the oval with one of my favourite Funstamps sentiment inking with stazon vibrant violet.

The flowers are a mixture from stash, including the pink and white Docrafts ones and the centre Craftime ones. I thought the three little lilac flowers at the bottom corner would counter balance the 60 at the top. 

Colours are for Crafts4eternity R96:

Difficult to show the colours accurately in the photos - they look different in the two different attempts:

This is for:

A card a day
Hiding in my craft room 70: you pick - choose your three favourite colours - purple, lilac and pink
Lexi 77: special birthday
Penny's 100: birthdays
4 crafty chicks 114: a day to remember
CRAFT 179: birthdays
SJ crafts 10: birthdays + option: circles or ovals
Bearly mine 59: flowers galore
Paper pretties Monday 63: bling
Crafts and me 108: bling it up
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Catered crop: ac-cent-tchu-ate the negative
ATCs and cards with attitude 26: add a sentiment/anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Crafting granddaughters

Our daughter-in-law and the girls came to visit yesterday. We had lunch and spent the afternoon together, bringing mum over for the last half an hour so that she could see her great grandchildren.

I've put an album of photos of facebook, but thought I'd show the crafting girls here - they spent lots of time in my craftroom, happily being creative:

CHNC challenge 97: use at least three patterned papers

It's getting nearer to Christmas now, so it's time to get on with those cards - of course, some people have been making them all through the year and have been joining in my CHNC challenges and other Christmas challenges too, but if you haven't, then why not join in now? For my CHNC challenge 97 I'm asking to see Christmas cards made by using at least three patterned papers.

For my card I used patterned papers from my Christmas offcuts box, some mounted on to pieces of glittered card. I stamped the Clarity 'We three kings' stamp with memento Paris dusk on to a piece of white glimmered card that was then mounted on to blue mirror card - all pieces used were offcuts, so this is for Pixie's crafty snippets 44 (just squeezing in before the gates close).

I based my card on the sketch given for Always playing with paper merry Monday 39:

I seem to have been using this stamp in the last week - only got it recently, but it's already one of my Christmas favourites and when I saw the challenge for Winter wonderland this week: 'While shepherds watched or we three kings' I just had to use it again. Stars etc and greeting are from stash.

This is also for:

A card a day
Paper pretties Monday 63: bling
Crafts and me 108: bling it up
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Glitter n sparkle 4: monochrome
Christmas stampin all year long 35: anything goes
Totally papercrafts 141: twinkle, twinkle, Christmas star
By the cute and girly November: twinkle, twinkle little star
Crafty sentiments: seeing stars
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
Joan's gardens 40: a winter card
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Card and scrap 42: Christmas card
St Luke's November: traditional Christmas card
Avadares 5: Christmas or Hanakkah
Hobbyhome November: Christmas non-traditional colours
AnMaCreatief 14: Christmas
ATCs and cards with attitude 26: add a sentiment/anything goes
One crazy stamper November: anything goes
The artistic stamper November: anything goes
Totally stampalicious: anything goes
Little scrap pieces fun Friday: anything goes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
Raise the bar 118: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Some more glittery baubles

Some more glittery baubles - card made with Anna Griffin supplies:

This is for:

A card a day
Paper pretties Monday 63: bling
Crafts and me 108: bling it up
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Papercrafting journey: ribbon or twine
Really reasonable ribbon 59: winter holiday
Avadares 5: Christmas or Hanakkah
Glitter n sparkle 4: monochrome
Desert island crafts 41: I chose: patterned paper, add a sentiment, ribbon
Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 22: contemporary colour combo
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
Joan's gardens 40: a winter card
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Mema's crafts November: anything goes (optional: winter holiday)
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Card and scrap 42: Christmas card
St Luke's November: traditional Christmas card
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 83
52 card pickup week 44

Lots of glitter to celebrate Christmas

Another card made with Anna Griffin supplies - lots of glitter.

Colours are for CR84FN 66:

This is for:

A card a day
Dream valley 44: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday 63: bling
Crafts and me 108: bling it up
Creative craft world: mini challenge with bling
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Nutcrafters 30: ribbon and/or twine
Papercrafting journey: ribbon or twine
Really reasonable ribbon 59: winter holiday
Glitter n sparkle 4: monochrome
Desert island crafts 41: I chose: patterned paper, add a sentiment, ribbon
Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 22: contemporary colour combo
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
Joan's gardens 40: a winter card
Willow sketchie: festive sparkle and shine
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Mema's crafts November: anything goes (optional: winter holiday)
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Card and scrap 42: Christmas card
St Luke's November: traditional Christmas card
Oozak 8: winter vibes
The paper shelter 88: anything goes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goess
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

And another prancing reindeer ...

... using Anna Griffin supplies once again. This time the background paper is flocked - very touchy feely.

This is for:

A card a day
Glitter n sparkle 4: monochrome
Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 22: contemporary colour combo
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
Joan's gardens 40: a winter card
Willow sketchie: festive sparkle and shine
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Mema's crafts November: anything goes (optional: winter holiday)
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Card and scrap 42: Christmas card
St Luke's November: traditional Christmas card
Oozak 8: winter vibes
The paper shelter 88: anything goes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goess
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

Prancing reindeer

This is a Christmas card made with Anna Griffin supplies - I think it's from a kit I got a couple of years ago and there's still some of it left - seems to go on forever. I've shown similar cards before - there are so many background papers that are very similar, so it's just a variation on a theme, but I haven't done any of these for ages now. The background papers are very glittery.

This is for:

A card a day
Dream valley 44: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday 63: bling
Crafts and me 108: bling it up
Creative craft world: mini challenge with bling
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Glitter n sparkle 4: monochrome
Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 22: contemporary colour combo
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
Joan's gardens 40: a winter card
Willow sketchie: festive sparkle and shine
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Mema's crafts November: anything goes (optional: winter holiday)
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Divas by design 59: feeling festive?
Card and scrap 42: Christmas card
St Luke's November: traditional Christmas card
Oozak 8: winter vibes
The paper shelter 88: anything goes
Lady Anne's Friday is sentiment: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
LEJ designs 27: anything goes
Twisted Tuesday 2T30: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

Simply thanks

This is a thank you card made with Anna Griffin supplies:

This is for:

A card a day
Dare to be sassy 149: thank you or thanksgiving
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Dutch dare 189: thankful
PaperPlay 44: thanks a bunch
Hiding in my craft room 69: thankful
ABC challenge: A for appreciation
Craft us crazy 29: party this way - black as dominant colour

Wise men still seek Him

For the past few days there seems to have been quite a theme developing in the cards I've made - clean and simple, no patterned paper, stamping and embossing ... and lots of wise men!

For this card I've used part of a stamp set I bought a while ago and still hadn't inked until this evening 'wisemen ornament' set by Heartfelt Creations. I inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver powder.

The card is much darker irl than on here - very difficult to get a photo with a flash with the sheen of the embossing and the glittery silver strip.

Once again, I was too impatient to bother to wait to press the card under a heavy box where the heat had warped it a bit (must remember to do so before I go to bed).

The tiny silver dots aren't stray embossing powder - they are little flecks of glitter that have now been wiped away.

This is another for today's A card a day and also for my own CHNC challenge 96: no patterned paper, also for:

Dream valley 44: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday 63: bling
Crafts and me 108: bling it up
Creative craft world: mini challenge with bling
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Joanna Sheen: silhouettes
One layer Wednesday 112: song in my heart - We three kings of Orient
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Divas by design 59: feeling festive?
Creative stamp friends 63: clean and simple
House of gilli 44: emboss it
Lady Anne's stamp challenge: anything goes
Totally stampalicious: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
LEJ designs 27: anything goes
Twisted Tuesday 2T30: anything goes
Paper playtime 87: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

Here they are again ...

... the three kings. While the stamp was out I thought I'd use it again - Clarity stamp inked with versafine onyx black and heat embossed with clear detail powder. This time I've coloured the image using Sakura glitter and metallic pens. Before I had copics etc I used to use Sakura a lot - I raved about them - but I have to confess that they have been neglected in a box in the drawer. It made a change to use them. The sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado.

It's always difficult to get a photo of a white card - this is the best I can do and, unfortunately, it doesn't show up the gloss of the embossing now the metallic glittery look of the colouring.

This is my first card for A card a day and also for my own CHNC challenge 96: no patterned paper, also for:

ABC Christmas: V for vibrant colours (they are irl, honestly!)
My mum's craft shop 82: bold & bright
Dream valley 44: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday 63: bling
Crafts and me 108: bling it up
Creative craft world: mini challenge with bling
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
One layer Wednesday 112: song in my heart
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
One stitch at a time 137: make 1 for Christmas
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Divas by design 59: feeling festive?
Creative stamp friends 63: clean and simple
House of gilli 44: emboss it
Lady Anne's stamp challenge: anything goes
Totally stampalicious: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
LEJ designs 27: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 92: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 42: anything goes
Twisted Tuesday 2T30: anything goes
Paper playtime 87: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

We three kings ...

For this card I've used a stamp I recently bought from Clarity Stamps - I inked with versafine onyx black, stamped on to a snippet of white card and heat embossed with detail clear. The image was then layered on to a piece of black card from my offcuts box. So this is another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 44. I stamped the Kanban image directly down the side of the card, once more heat embossing.

This is for today's Card a Day (late in the date yet again!). It's also another one for my own CHNC challenge 96: no patterned paper (if you haven't yet joined in my challenge, please click on the link - I'd love to see you there).

I'm disappointed that I couldn't get a photo to show the shine achieved by the embossing.

It's also for:

The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
One stitch at a time 137: make 1 for Christmas
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Crafty sentiments: seeing stars
Glitter n sparkle 4: monochrome
Creative stamp friends 63: clean and simple
House of gilli 44: emboss it
Do you stack up 95: embossing (wet)
ABC: Z for zoo - animals
Stampin' sisters in Christ 163: black and white only
Gingerloft 51: no colouring allowed
Pink gem 58: polka dots/spots
Lady Anne's stamp challenge: anything goes
Totally stampalicious: anything goes
Anything goes 79: anything goes
LEJ designs 27: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 92: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 42: anything goes
Twisted Tuesday 2T30: anything goes
Stampin' for the weekend 20: anything goes
Tammy's scraping corner 34: anything goes
Paper playtime 87: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 6: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

Quick Christmas card

It's been a long day and I've only just got round to making a quick card, using some Kanban materials. The sentiment says 'peace, love and joy'. The picture is glittered, but that doesn't show up here.

This is my card for today for A card a day on facebook, also for:

Corrosive 161: Know when to fold 'em
Creative card crew22: fancy folds
Daring cardmakers: Let there be light
The crafty pad 194: Christmas is coming
One stitch at a time 137: make 1 for Christmas
Ooh la la 117: C ... Christmas
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
Christmas card challenges week 48: pop it up
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Whimsy 52: all things sparkly
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Tammy's scraping corner 34: anything goes
Paper playtime 87: anything goes
Amusing challenges: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 6: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 113
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43