Third card for CHNC challenge 108

This is my third card for CHNC challenge 108: recycle or use something free.

The third sponsor of CHNC challenge 108 is Cedar Chest Designs - please click on the link to find out more about them and also follow the link to my challenge and, hopefully, join in and be in with a chance of winning a prize.

Cedar Chest Designs kindly supplied me with the 'O little town' digital image that I've used in this card. The background striped paper is an offcut from long ago from a Gorjuss Christmas kit. The silver mirror with the charcoal glittered berries and the piece of  sparkly black card across the top were from one of my Christmas crackers (the same one that the leaves came from that were used on my first card for CHNC challenge 108). I coloured the image with alcohol pens and mounted on to a snippet of Hunkydory white and silver card.

This card was based on the sketch for Critter 147:

The foiled card with the glittered berries is silver mirror (although it looks gold here) and the sentiment strip across the bottom is 'Just for you at Christmas' - very difficult to get a photo because of the reflection of mirror card.

This is for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 55
CRAFT 190: Christmas in January
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 15: use a digi
Drunken stampers 112: all that glitters
Victorine 50: sparkle and shine
Allways something creative 45: winter
Di's digi designs: winter challenge
Lady Anne's 3rd anything goes
Bunny Zoe: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 24: anything goes
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 92
52 card pick up 2.3

Second card for CHNC challenge 108

This is my second card for CHNC challenge 108: recycle or use something free.

There are three sponsors for CHNC challenge 108 - please click on the link to get more info and, hopefully, join in and be in with a chance of winning a prize.

One of the sponsors this week is Crafts 4 eternity who kindly supplied me with the SnowRag image of the snowman - they also supplied me with some digital vintage tag images, so I used an empty one and added the text to it. Instead of colouring in the buttons on the snowman's coat I decided to use some little real ones. The background papers cut into squares were from free ones that came with a magazine well before Christmas and the image is mounted on to an offcut of blue mirror card.The snowman was coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers.

The card was based on Maria's sketch for Sunday sketch & stamp 139:

This is for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 55
Passion for Promarkers181: theme: whatever the weather
I love promarkers 151: layer it up
CRAFT 190: Christmas in January
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 15: use a digi
Going grey with Scrap creations: snowmen
Crafting by designs: getting ready for Christmas - snowman/snowmen
Sparkles  Christmas January 24: snowmen
My Sheri 102: Got snow? snowman or woman
Papertake: baby it's cold outside
QKR stampede 22: cold and frosty
Gingerloft 55: winter let it snow
Delicious doodles 19: winter themed makes
Allways something creative 45: winter
Creative Friday: winter
Squigglefly: I've got the winter blues
City crafter 142: winter blues
The paper shelter 95: winter blues
Di's digi designs: winter challenge
Sandy's crafty creations January: anything goes + twist: include blue and/or white
The stamping chef: blue, white & silver
The stamping shack: child's play - card for a child
Happy campers 8: buttons, beads or bows
DCC & friends: button up
Lady Anne's 3rd anything goes
Live laugh stamp: word play Saturday: anything
Simply create too 29: anything goes
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb 68: anything goes
Bunny Zoe: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 24: anything goes
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 92
52 card pick up 2.3

CHNC challenge 108: recycle or use something free

Today's CHNC challenge 108 is to use something recycled or something that was free. This is my first card for that.

The lovely bauble on my card was part of a card with an M & S gift card - far too good to waste. The leaves at the top of the bauble were retrieved from a Christmas cracker - I have to confess that I bought the crackers with the thought of being able to recycle bits of them (more to come!) - and the good thing is that they were half price.

The silver and blue mirror card panel was from my offcuts box, mounted on to an A5 dark navy blue cardblank.

This is for:

A card a day facebook
Pixie's crafty snippets week 55
CRAFT 190: Christmas in January
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Victorine 50: sparkle and shine
Crafty creations 205: snowflakes
Gingerloft 55: winter let it snow
Allways something creative 45: winter
Creative Friday: winter
Squigglefly: I've got the winter blues
City crafter 142: winter blues
The paper shelter 95: winter blues
Di's digi designs: winter challenge
QKR stampede 22: cold and frosty
Sandy's crafty creations January: anything goes + twist: include blue and/or white
Cardmakinmamas: clean & simple
Hotshot 14: clean and simple
Nana Vic's challenge
Simply create too 29: anything goes
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb 68: anything goes
Bunny Zoe: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 24: anything goes
Bearly mine 69: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 53: anything goes
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 92
52 card pick up 2.3

Santa dog

This is a very quick card using offcuts of papers and a framed embossed picture that I've had for ages (originally from a Kanban kit, I think):

This is for:

A card a day facebook
Pixie's crafty snippets week 55
CRAFT 190: Christmas in January
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
ABC Christmas: A for animal
Top tip Tuesday 93: fur or feathers
Jellypark friends: winter animals
Emma's crafty challenge 12: animals
Tuesday throwdown 130: frame it
Crafty creations 205: snowflakes
Gingerloft 55: winter let it snow
Allways something creative 45: winter
Creative Friday: winter
Papertake: baby it's cold outside
Squigglefly: I've got the winter blues
CASology 27: blue
City crafter 142: winter blues
The paper shelter 95: winter blues
QKR stampede 22: cold and frosty
Sandy's crafty creations January: anything goes + twist: include blue and/or white
Elke Kaart een Feestje 150: clean and simple
Cardmakinmamas: clean & simple
Hotshot 14: clean and simple
The stamping shack: child's play - card for a child
Baffies shop 16: almost anything goes
Simply create too 29: anything goes
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb 68: anything goes
Bunny Zoe: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 24: anything goes
Bearly mine 69: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 53: anything goes
DL.ART anything goes
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 92
52 card pick up 2.3

Happy Anniversary, Darnell

I heard on the internet grapevine that it's Darnell's wedding anniversary today, so here is a card for you and Kevin, Darnell:

The picture is a Dottie & George Anniversary download from Charmed card and crafts.

I'm adding one of our wedding photos because there is a special link here to do so:

Winter fun

This little skier and his faithful little friend are having fun in the snow - rather them than me. We had a little snow yesterday, but it soon went - hoping we won't get any more.

Anyway, for this card the central panel was rescued from a card received and mounted on to an offcut piece of mirror card. The Merry Christmas background card is an offcut of some Hunkydory card used earlier.

This is for:

A card a day facebook
Pixie's crafty snippets week 55
Hiding in my craft room 80: super scraps Saturday
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Gingerloft 55: winter let it snow
Perfect sentiments 61: winter wonderland
Allways something creative 45: winter
Creative Friday: winter
Crafty sentiments: winter fun
Simply create too: let it snow
Creative card crew 27: snow and ice
Papertake: baby it's cold outside
My Sheri 101: all sports
ABC Christmas: A for animal
Jellypark friends: winter animals
Fairytale 58: animals and pets
Emma's crafty challenge 12: animals
Top tip Tuesday 93: fur or feathers
More than favors wacky Wednesday 79: banner
Hotshot 14: clean and simple
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Mayzy art: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 91
52 card pick up 2.2

Sparkly tree ...

... this sparkly tree was too good to discard - a friend received a card with it on and passed it on to me. It didn't need me to do much to it other than put some silver glittered strips down the sides, mounted on to a black card blank and I added the 'with love' circle because there was a bit of a smudge mark on the card!

This is for:

Catch the bug Birthday bash Monday: black and white with a pop of colour
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Party time 102: sparkle, glitter and shine
Desert island 45: I chose: glitter, gems, black & white + one colour
Little red wagon 167: bring on the bling
Art impressions 95: bling it on - all things sparkly
Hotshot 14: clean and simple
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Mayzy art: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 91
52 card pick up 2.2

Fun on the ice

This is a quick card made with an offcut of background paper (My craft studio) and a picture cut from a card received which was then matted on to a snippet piece of gold mirror card and then a piece of deep brown card that was recycled from a frame for a wedding photo. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't look too good hear - it's been printed on a textured card.

This is for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 55
Hiding in my craft room 80: super scraps Saturday
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Fab n funky 153: winter
Perfect sentiments 61: winter wonderland
The sisterhood of crafters: winter
Pixie dust studio: winter
My Sheri 101: all sports
Daisy doodles 75: fresh and simple
Hotshot 14: clean and simple
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Mayzy art: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 91
52 card pick up 2.2

Fantasy revisited

Before Christmas I made some stamped shaped cards for a group of crafting friends - in the end I had one spare that I'd made a mess of inside, so I decided to cut and mount it on to a card blank of purple majestic card. The stamped tree is Penny Black fantasy inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail gold powder.

This is for:

A card a day facebook
That craft place: Christmas
Addicted to CAS 4: let's get embossed
Crafting when we can 35: favourite things - one of my favourite Penny Black stamps - and I love stamping and embossing
Stamps & fun = creativity 134: favourite stamps (difficult to have one favourite stamp, but this is definite one of my top favourites)

Two from one

Earlier today I decided I needed to tidy my craft stuff and on the work surface I had some Christmas cards that we'd received and quite a few offcuts and bits and pieces - it seemed silly to put them away, so I've had a session making a few cards - you can't really call it crafting, it's more like 'stick the bits together', but it's a few more cards done. Mind you, my craft space is just as cluttered as when I started because I've added to the mess!

These two cards were made from one recycled one cut in two pieces and mounted on to blue card blanks, adding some silver glittered strips and peel off sentiments:

These are for:

Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Gingerloft 55: winter let it snow
Kreative Bastel 13: snow/winter
Fab n funky 153: winter
Perfect sentiments 61: winter wonderland
The sisterhood of crafters: winter
Pixie dust studio: winter
QKR stampede 21: snowman or snow
Simply create too: let it snow
Little scrap pieces fun Friday: winter blues
Squigglefly: I've got the winter blues
Cute card Thursday 251: beat the blues
Crafts4eternity R106: moody blues
Sandy's crafty creations 1: anything goes + twist: blue and/or white
Daisy doodles 75: fresh and simple
Hotshot 14: clean and simple
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
The squirrel and the fox 35: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Mayzy art: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 123
Inspire me Fridays 91
52 card pick up 2.2

Pink inspiration

I went over to Order of the opus gluei a while ago to see what the challenge is for the next fortnight and found that it's a pink colour challenge. So this is for Order of the opus gluei 148.

I love tinkering around on the computer with pictures, so, when I saw what Gini had to say and saw her pink example, I was inspired to go back to a favourite My Craft Studio CD 'Tinkering with steampunk' to create something pink. Thank you, Gini, for the inspiration that nudged me to get on with something I love doing, but often forget about.

The project was also inspired by the photo given  for Digitally sweet 18:

Having added items and playing around with various elements, colours, fades, etc I came up with this picture which I can then use on a card:

This is also for:

A card a day facebook
Pink by design: Inspiration is everywhere
Glitter n sparkle 15: use a digi
Daisy doodles 75: fresh and simple
The sweet pea stampers January: clean and simple and NO embellishments
One stitch at a time 146: anything goes
Top tip Tuesday 93: fur or feathers
For fun: flying south for the winter - birds
Chocolate, coffee & cards 30: for the birds
613 avenue create 2: anything goes
The squirrel and the fox 35: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Penny's 109: anything goes
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Mayzy art: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 91
52 card pick up 2.2

Doily birthday

For this card I've followed the sketch for The craft's meow for January:

I have a subscription for Papercraft Inspirations monthly magazine and I keep meaning to cancel it - only got it in the first place because there were some useful goodies if you joined - anyway, every month that it arrives I think 'Oh well, perhaps I'll keep getting it' ... today it arrived and there was a free pack of doilies - three different sizes, so I thought it wouldn't be extravagant to use all three sizes on a card. The lovely patchwork background paper had been in my offcuts box for some time - can't remember where it originally came from. It is a shiny paper (you can't tell that here). The felt flowers have been in a pack on my work surface for a couple of weeks or more and just seemed to be crying out to be used with the patchwork paper. The epoxy hearts and sentiment from stash.

This is also for:

A card a day facebook
Pixie's crafty snippets week 55
Daring cardmarkers: the 'frill' of it all
Use your stuff: The circle game - feature a circle
Avadares 7: Valentine's day or love
Paper creators 3: love is all around
Moving along with the times: floral delights
Crafty bloggers network January: flowers
Catch the bug Saturday: anything birthday
Forever friends January: birthdays
Ooh-la-la 121: happy birthday
Quirky crafts 27: something new with pink (the doilies and flowers are new)
Incy wincy: something new
LEJ designs 35: something new
Tuesday throwdown 129: shiny and new
Crafting for all seasons 43: something new
Crafty creations 204: something new
613 avenue create 1: anything goes
Dream valley 48: anything goes
Order of the opus gluei 147: free for all
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 52: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Divas by design 67: anything goes
Penny's 109: anything goes
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Cardmakin mamas: anything goes
Mayzy art: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Make it Monday 122
Inspire me Fridays 91
52 card pick up 2.2

CHNC challenge 107: Rudolph is resting

Those of you who follow my blog and my CHNC challenges might remember that the challenge for last week was 'Santa has gone into hiding' - well, this week CHNC challenge 107 is 'Rudolph is resting' - make any Christmas card that doesn't feature Rudolph or any other reindeer.

CHNC challenge has three sponsors, one of which is Bugaboo Stamps who kindly supplied an image called 'snow friends window' which I printed out and coloured with copics. The background paper on my A5 card is Basic Grey Dasher 'flannel shirt' - I used two offcuts that have been in my Christmas box for some time - I didn't have a piece that would cover the whole card front, but it was good that I knew I was going to use ribbons across the card so they filled the gap between the two offcuts. The paper behind the image is another from my offcuts box, this time from Docrafts.

My card is based on Freshly made sketches 68:

Ribbons and buttons from stash:

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 54
Hiding in my craftroom 80: super scraps Saturday
Kort o mania 77: potpourri - using leftovers
Anything goes 83: just good friends
Gingerloft 54: Christmas or winter
Kreative Bastel 13: snow/winter
Crafting by designs: getting ready for Christmas - snowman/snowmen
Christmas at sweet stampin 2: cold and frosty
Christmas cards all year round January: anything goes
Sparkles Christmas challenge January 24: snowmen
Love to create 47: winter wonderland
Creative Belli 160: winter/snowmen - forgotten embellishments: ribbons and buttons
Fab n funky 153: winter
The sisterhood of crafters: baby, it's cold out here
Pixie dust studio: winter
Ribbon carousel 76: winter spirit
Eclectic Ellapu 11: snow much fun
The ribbon reel 44: winter wonderland - snowman or snowflake + ribbon
All kinds of cards 71: snowflakes
Creative card crew 27: snow and ice
Dare to be sassy 159: let it snow
Pattie's 59: fun in the snow
QKR stampede 21: snowman or snow
Simply create too 28: let it snow
Take time for you 83: ribbons and bows
Totally papercrafts 149: ribbon
Totally stampalicious: buttons & bows
DRS 55: buttons
Happy campers 8: buttons, beads or bows
Crafty catz 165: buttons & bows
DCC & friends: button up
613 avenue create 1: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 11: anything goes
Dream valley 48: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 14: anything goes
Order of the opus gluei 147: free for all
Robyn's fetish 141: anything goes
Lexi 81: anything goes
My Grafico 143: anything goes
Platypus creek digital 23: anything goes
Inky chicks 1: anything goes
Through the craftroom door 52: anything goes
Let's craft and create 61: anything goes
Divas by design 67: anything goes
Penny's 109: anything goes
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Cardmakin mamas: anything goes
Stampin with the dragon: anything goes
Catch the bug January: anything goes
Mayzy art: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Word play Saturday 1 (January): anything
Make it Monday 122
Inspire me Fridays 91
52 card pick up 2.2

A touch of teal ...

... for this card I've used papers and elements from a Docrafts 'touch of teal' kit that I bought a long time ago - probably four or five years. The card was made from offcuts, one piece being cut with a scalloped nestie and then brushed with black soot distress ink.

The card is based on the January: between the lines sketch on Kathy's waffle sketch file:

Colours are for Daring cardmakers January colour challenge:

This is also for:

A card a day on facebook
Pixie's crafty snippets week 54
Kort o mania 77: potpourri - using up leftovers
Emergency crafters: new year - use something you've had for more than a year (much longer!)
Live & love crafts 7: something old
Corrosive 165: out with the old
Whoopsi Daisy: die cuts and punches
Unstampabelles 19: one or more die cuts

Another one for Mema's crafts favourites of 2012

As I said in the previous post, Mema's crafts are asking us to show our favourite card of the year and they are allowing us to make two choices, so now I've had another hard decision to pick my next favourite from my original Top twelve of 2012.

I'm choosing a digital project I did in February 2012, which I had great fun creating - this was the original post: You are my queen of hearts:

Favourites of 2012 for Mema's crafts

Regular visitors to my blog will know that at the beginning of the year I post my 12 favourite cards of the previous year - one for each month, which I did for my Top twelve of 2012.

Mema's crafts are asking us to show our favourite card of the year - it was difficult to choose one for each month, but much more difficult to choose one for the whole year, but I think it has to be the birthday card that I made for mum in November, partly because I was really pleased with the card, but also because it was for my mum. This is the link for the original post Mum's birthday.

From our house to yours

This is another card using a recycled element - the lovely sparkly tree, to which I've added a bit of red colour with a copic pen and also used this for the edges. papers are Christmas Home at Teresa Collins, the band of black flowers and the sentiment are from stash. This is an A5 card because the tree image is quite large.

This is for:

That craft place: Christmas
Pile it on 1: black, white and another colour
Hiding in my craft room 79: black & white + 1
Desert island 45: I choose glitter, gems, black & white + one colour
Paper pretties Wednesday 239: bling
Crafty mess 24: show some sparkle/bling
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 141: take a Christmas card you received and use part of it to make your card
Mayzy art: anything goes

And, of course, it's another Christmas card for my CHNC challenge 106 and also for my CHNC challenge extra for January - why not make an early start on your Christmas cards and join in - I'd love to see you there.

Christmas Home

'Christmas Home' is the name of the Teresa Collins background paper that I've used for this card. The main image is one recycled from a card received - the holly berries have been glittered - backed on to red card and the spiked circle was also recycled from another card and matted on to another nestie die cut. The little 'merry Christmas' sentiment is one that has been in my Christmas sentiments box for ages. The strip of black gems were from Poundland.

This was based on the square sketch for Mojo Monday 274:

This is also for:

A card a day on facebook
Paper pretties Monday 72: winter creation
Aud sentiments 71: winter
PaperPlay 1: celebration
Bunny Zoe: celebration
Jen's digi 1: let's celebrate
Blogger challenge: celebrate (still celebrating Christmas!)
Allsorts 188: CAS
Paper pretties Wednesday 239: bling
Crafty mess 24: show some sparkle/bling
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 141: take a Christmas card you received and use part of it to make your card
Mayzy art: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 11: anything goes
Dream valley 48: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 14: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 141: anything goes
613 avenue create 1: anything goes
Little scrap pieces: anything goes
2 sisters 125: anything goes
Catch the bug January: anything goes
QKR stampede 20: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Freshly brewed 2013 challenge 1: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Order of the opus gluei 147: free for all
The pink elephant 180: anything goes

Wags n whiskers 94: anything goes

Inspire me Fridays 90
52 card pick up 2.0 week 1

And, of course, it's another Christmas card for my CHNC challenge 106 and also for my CHNC challenge extra for January - why not make an early start on your Christmas cards and join in - I'd love to see you there.

CHNC challenge 106: Santa has gone into hiding

It's time for the first CHNC challenge of 2013 - for challenge 106 I'm asking you to create any Christmas card that doesn't feature Santa because he was working so hard before Christmas 2012 that he has now gone into hiding! The chance to win a prize this week has tripled because of the generosity of so many sponsors I am now able to offer at least two prizes a week and sometimes three - this week there are three.

Don't forget that any card that you enter into my CHNC weekly challenges can also be added to my CHNC challenge extra monthly challenge which is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

For my card I've used a new stamp that I received in the post a yesterday. When we were away in Maidstone  about three months ago I saw this stamp in a craft shop, but hesitated to buy it - when I went back it had gone, so I searched on the internet and managed to get one nearly half price in a sale - result!

The stamp is from Stampendous called 'snowy postcard' - I inked with memento rich cocoa and it stamped beautifully first time. I torn the edges of the white card and brushed with vintage photo distress ink. For a change I've not used any designer paper, just a snippet strip of foiled brown and gold down the side (because only top and bottom showed I got away with using a small offcut) and a gold sentiment, both of which have been in my stash for years and needed using.

This is also for:

A card a day on facebook
Pixie's crafty snippets 53
Lady Anne's stamp challenge
The house that stamps built DCC12: make it snow
Art impressions 93: let it snow
Simply create too 28: let it snow
Stempelsonne 79: snow
Gingerloft: Christmas or winter
Lexi 80: snow
Broken box stock 17: winter/snowflakes
Card mania 11: winter wonderland
Paper pretties Monday 72: winter creation
Aud sentiments 71: winter
PaperPlay 1: celebration
Bunny Zoe: celebration
Jen's digi 1: let's celebrate
Blogger challenge: celebrate (still celebrating Christmas!)
Crafty calendar January: what's new
Jingle belles: new crafting goodies
Di's digi designs: try something new (a new stamp from a company I've not used before)
CASology 25: new
Allsorts 188: CAS
Crafty sentiments: new
Going grey with Scrap creations: something new
For fun: something new
Simon says: new something
Cute card Thursday 250: something new
Pixie dust studio: it's all new to me
Crafts 4 eternity R105: something new
LiaStampz 32: something new
Playing in paradise 98: use something new
Totally papercrafts 148: something new
Bearly mine 67: something old and something new
Dare to be sassy 158: something old and something new
Jellypark friends: old and new
Lady Ann's stamp challenge
Little scrap pieces: anything goes
2 sisters 125: anything goes
Catch the bug January: anything goes
Fashionable stamping 38: surprise us
Loves rubber stamps 32: anything goes
Inky impressions 91: anything goes
QKR stampede 20: anything goes
Stampin' for the weekend: anything goes
Stamping with the dragon: anything goes
Crafters cafe 12: anything goes
One crazy stamper January: anything goes
Crafty catz 164: anything goes
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: celebrate
Freshly brewed 2013 challenge 1: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Cards galore January: anything goes
Spark your creativity 5: anything goes
Order of the opus gluei 147: free for all
The pink elephant 180: anything goes

Wags n whiskers 94: anything goes

Kaboodle 152: anything goes
Willow sketchie: anything goes
Make it Monday 121
Inspire me Fridays 90
52 card pick up 2.0 week 1

Guest Designer for Playing in Paradise 98

I was honoured to be invited to be a Guest Designer for Playing in Paradise 98 where the challenge is to use something new.

I decided to make a tri-fold square card, using new papers from Authentique peaceful collection.

For the front I used new stamps that I had purchased while on holiday in Eastbourne but hadn't previously inked them. The doorway is from PaperArtsy HP1011 set, the script from HP1007 and the flower shapes from HPXT02, all inked with memento tuxedo black. Black soot distress ink was used to brush the edges and across the doorway. The corrugated flower shapes are from Hobbycraft.

 I stamped the middle panel with elements from PaperArtsy HPXT02, again inking with tuxedo black and brushing edges with black soot.

So everything used was new. Please visit Playing in Paradise 98 to see the wonderful creations members of the regular team have made.