CHNC challenge 96: no patterned paper

Christmas is getting ever nearer, so it might be a good time to join in my CHNC challenge 96 which this week has the theme of 'no patterned paper' - make any Christmas card you like, but don't use any patterned paper.

For my card I used an embossing folder to decorate the middle of my card blank and then brushed broken china distress ink over the embossed and surrounds using an inkalicious brush. I added some Paper Cellar silver glitter strips top and bottom, then inked some Wild Rose Studio snowflake stamps with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver powder.

This is a card for day 4 of Kathy's facebook A card a day

I'm sorry that the heat embossing has warped the card a bit so it needs to be flattened, but I didn't have time to do that when preparing this.

This is also for:

Penultimate Rudolph day
Crafty Ann 77: Christmas in October
Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Willow sketchie: Christmas in October
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Critter 138: embossing
House of gilli 44: emboss it
Do you stack up 95: embossing wet or dry (I did both)
Papertake: fireworks - glitter and sparkle
Whimsy 52: all things sparkly
Pink gem 58: polka dots/spots
Brown sugar 13: anything goes
Cardmakin mamas: anything, you say??
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

Here's that reindeer again ...

... a quick card made from a free Kanban kit using offcuts from cards made and shown previously, with the cute reindeer images - another one for day 3 of Kathy's facebook A card a day.

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 43
Penultimate Rudolph day
Crafty Ann 77: Christmas in October
Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Willow sketchie: Christmas in October
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
The crafty pad 193: use an animal
Fab n funky 144: animals
Perfect sentiments 53C: Christmas critters
Southern girls 56: animal crackers
ABC: Z for zoo
Jingle belles: holiday creature feature
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

A touch of recycling ...

... when Ocado delivered my groceries yesterday there was a little booklet in with them - tbh didn't take much notice of it except the picture on the front which I chopped down to use on this card - just thought it was crying out to be recycled! The main picture was mounted on to an offcut of red mirror card and then mounted on to a 7 x 5 cardblank - job done! An early card for A card a day (facebook). It's also another one for my own CHNC challenge 95: black, white and one other colour if you wish (well, yes, I've cheated again because there really are two additional colours).

This is also for:

Penultimate Rudolph day
Crafty Ann 77: Christmas in October
Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Crafty ribbons 31: Christmas
DL.ART thankful Thursday: any holiday from October to the end of the year
Willow sketchie: Christmas in October
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Crafty sentiments: recycle it
Woodware week 73: upcycling week
CCEE 1243: tag
Sunday's with Santa (facebook) week 37 (yes, still catching up!): tag it
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Friday 82
52 card pickup week 43

Another box of note cards

Similar to the previous one - sorry, night time photos with reflection on mirror card are rubbish. Once again, this contains six small note cards and envies.

This is for:

Anything but a card 4
Frilly and funkie: anything but a card with a twist - must include something to hide something
Jellypark friends: pink anything but a card
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes

Box of note cards

The elements for making this box were included with the recent Hunkydory kit, so I've put it together in the hope that it might attract someone to buy it tomorrow evening.

The back of the box, as well as all the sides, are decorated as well. Inside there are six small square note cards and envelopes. Good job I found some velcro in my adhesives box because there was none in the kit as there should have been.

This is for:

Anything but a card 4
Frilly and funkie: anything but a card with a twist - must include something to hide something
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Make it Monday 112

Six quick cards

A few more cards for tomorrow evening's sale - and six more for A card a day (facebook), using Hunkydory supplies. The inner piece fills the aperture when closed.

No real crafting involved, but it's another six done.

Postman came the other day with a Splodge Away mat, some stamps from Clarity Stamps and a few new ink pads and I'm really wanting to play with them, but need to get tomorrow evening out of the way first ... patience!!

These cards are also for:


Scrap cards 36: no square or rectangle
Charisma cardz 42: don't be square
Pixie dust studio: give us some candy (candy jars on card 4)
Created with love 14: something sweet (card 4)
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes

Hunkydory rocker cards

I put together three Hunkydory rocker cards last night - was trying to fathom out how to put them together and then discovered that Anne Marie had kindly given clear instructions here.

I thought these might sell well on Friday evening - they are a bit different. I couldn't make up the fourth one because the actual rocker part was missing from the pack.

Kathy Black has today started a facebook group called 'A card a day' to encourage crafters to make and show a card every day. I'm going to join the group.

These cards are for:

Scrap cards 36: no square or rectangle
Lollipop crafts 92: happy birthday
Flourishes timeless 192: birthday card
Perfect sentiments 53A: happy birthday
Daring cardmakers: don't worry, be happy
Through the craftroom door 41: anything goes
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Just keep on creating 4: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81

Feels like Christmas

A couple of cards made from Anna Griffin supplies with flocked papers with a lovely feel to them (hence the title) and sparkly glittered baubles.

These are for:

Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Christmas card challenges week 47: bows
Little red wagon 155: bow-dacious ...
The squirrel and the fox 29: use a ribbon
Cute card Thursday 239: got glitter
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Totally Gorjuss 154: bling it on
Through the craftroom door 41: anything goes
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Just Happy Christmas

Another card made from the Kanban kit, this time using some offcuts from the previous card - so this is one for Pixie's crafty snippets 43:

This is also for:

Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
CCEE 1242: Christmas with snowman
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Have a fun Christmas

Another card from the Kanban kit (once again, an awful photo - best I could do):

This is for:

Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
CCEE 1242: Christmas with snowman
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Have a merry Christmas time

Another card made from elements the free Kanban kit:

This is for:

Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Sparkles forum Christmas 21: traditional
ABC: Z for zoo: animal or animal print
The crafty pad 193: use an animal
Perfect sentiments 53C: Christmas critters
CCEE 1242: Christmas with snowman
Catered crop: circle round
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Cards galore October: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Santa enjoys a mince pie ...

and a sherry by the fire

This card was made with part of a Kanban kit that was given free to members of Create & Craft - very simply put together - sorry about the poor photo that doesn't do it justice.

This is for:

Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Sparkles forum Christmas 21: traditional
MilkCoffee: favourite sweet treats - mince pies are obviously Santa's favourite (not mine!)
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Cards galore October: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Glittery Christmas

A card made using Anna Griffin supplies - the green and white paper is very glittered, as is the bauble.

This is for:

Pile it on 43: holiday, any holiday
Ooh la la 116: Christmas sentiment
Flourishes timeless 191: winter inspired
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Just keep on creating: Christmas is around the corner
Christmas card challenges week 47: bows
Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 41: shades of red (still catching up!)
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Sparkles forum Christmas 21: traditional
Little red wagon 155: bow-dacious ...
The squirrel and the fox 29: use a ribbon
Cute card Thursday 239: got glitter
Everybody art 209: bling
Hotshot craft 12: bling it on
Totally Gorjuss 154: bling it on
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Simply sympathy

A simple sympathy card made a couple of days ago, using a ready patterned card blank, a square of card from my offcuts box, a die cut bible using a scrap of gold mirror card (an old Sizzix green die that I've had for years) with the addition of the lily. The sentiment is another Creata textured rub on.

This is for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 43
Hiding in my craft room 68: die cuts
Oozak 7: die cuts
DL.ART thankful Thursday: sympathy or get well
Stampin' sisters in Christ 162: peace or calm
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
Make it Monday 112
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Girly notebook

Another little notebook I made recently - another venture into the playground at Pixie's crafty snippets 43 (trying to avoid the giraffe though) as I used another offcut and also some lovely Jolee stickers that I've had for ages - love the ballerina's skirt.

This is also for:

Penny's 98: girls girls girls
Frosted designs fabulous Friday challenge: sports/dance
Jellypark friends: pink anything but a card
Anything but a card 4
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
House of Gilli: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

My notes

I made quite a few little altered notebooks for my recent Tearfund sale and this is one of them. They all sold - wish I'd made more, which reminds me that I need to make some more before Friday.

The background is an offcut - another for Pixie's crafty snippets 43 - and the stickers are some that I've had for ages (not sure where they came from originally). 'My notes' was generated on my dymo letratag.

This is also for:

Crafty Ann 76: black and white + one colour
Anything but a card 4
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
House of Gilli: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Going round in circles with a notebook

This is an altered notebook that I made a couple of weeks ago, but didn't get round to blogging. The paper was from my offcuts box, so a first visit of the week for Pixie's crafty snippets 43, with a few resin flowers dotted here and there.

This is also for:

Catered crop: circle round
Nutcrafters 29: round and round
Anything but a card 4
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
House of Gilli: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Hark the herald angels sing

This card is based on the sketch given for Christmas card challenges week 46:

I printed out the sheet music in dark brown on a piece of beige card and distressed with brushed corduroy distress inks with an inkylicious brush. The scalloped strip is from my offcuts. The oval picture of angels is from a kit and I edged it with a brown copic pen.

This is for Lizzie's 'musical theme' challenge for the Christmas Card Club for tomorrow morning (yes, I'm actually a bit early rather than late!).

This is also for:

Flourishes timeless 191: winter inspired
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Just keep on creating: Christmas in around the corner
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Squigglefly 4112: music - songs
Top tip Tuesday 87: things with wings
The cupboard trilogy 4: things with wings
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
House of Gilli: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 239: got glitter

A now for something different ...

... I used to do a lot of cross stitching, but had to give up because my back suffered too much from sitting in one position concentrating on it. This is the last item that I cross stitched, done a while ago, but never blogged.

Unfortunately, impossible to get a photo without a bit of reflection on the glass - and I don't want the bother of taking it out of the frame.

This is for:

Anything but a card 4
Craft us crazy 28: children
Amusing challenges: outdoor scene
Sugar creek hollow 35: sew fashionable
Pinspirational 29
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
House of Gilli: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Make it Monday 111
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Christmas deer again

This is another card for my CHNC challenge 95: black and white and another colour if you wish - this time I haven't cheated - I've only added one other colour. The image is once again the IndigoBlu 'merry Christmas deer'. I actually stamped and heat embossed this with black detail before I made my first card for CHNC challenge 95, but I got some powder caught on the surrounding white card so I couldn't use it. I decided not to waste it, but to cut round it and mount it on to an offcut from my Christmas box, a piece of paper that originally came free with a magazine. This was then simply matted on to a black card blank. Unfortunately, on this photo the heated embossing doesn't show up.

This is also for:

Flourishes timeless 191: winter inspired
ABC Christmas: U for up to you
Ooh-la-la 116: Christmas sentiment
Just keep on creating: Christmas in around the corner
Totally stampalicious: Christmas card or project
Perfect sentiments 53C: Christmas critters
Totally papercrafts 139: Christmas 9 weeks and counting
Jingle belles: holiday creature feature
Christmas cards all year round October: traditional Christmas image using non traditional colours
Crimbo crackers 26: pink
The stamping boutique 54: black and white with pink
Addicted to stamps 41: animal friends
Cupcake craft 214: two's company
QKR stampede 10: animal madness
Penny Black and more at Allsorts October: animal magic
ABC: Z for zoo: animal or animal print
Simon says stamp and show: your favourite: stamping and heat embossing
Inspiration avenue: favourite season - winter/Christmas
It's all about the vintage and beauty 29: embossing
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
House of Gilli: anything goes
Lady Anne's stamp challenge: anything goes
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Make it Monday 111
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42

Purple birthday

I need to make a lot more birthday cards ready for selling at our Women's Evening Fellowship next Friday, so this card has been cannabilised from one I made earlier, with the addition of the birthday sentiment and the craftime flower. The image is Hampton art stamp 'African violet collage'.

This is for:

Daring cardmakers: don't worry, be happy
Lollipop crafts 92: happy birthday
Whoopsi daisy: birthday cards
Perfect sentiments 53A: happy birthday
Pink gem 57: flowers
One stop craft 201: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 74: anything goes
Stanp n doodle: anything goes
Cards galore October: anything goes
House of Gilli: anything goes
Lady Anne's anything goes challenge
Deep ocean 36: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday: anything goes
Make it Monday 111
Inspire me Fridays 81
52 card pick up 42