Let's craft and create challenge 110

This is my design for Let's craft and create challenge 110: lace and pearls.

The card blank is white (although the photo has made it look as if it is pale pink). The die cut cross is a Spellbinders die cut with a piece of matt silver using my new Todo. The circular stamp was from Hobbycraft, as were the flowers. Black lace from stash, pearls from Poundland.

I didn't have a long enough piece of the lace, so I used two snippets with the flowers added to fill the gap.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 214 - snippets of lace
Pile it on 100: black and white and a pop of colour
The house that stamps built WIW colour: black, white, red
The stamping boutique: use die cuts, punches
Addicted to stamps and more 179: CAS
Crafty cardmakers 156: punches and/or dies

More mixed media 'red' challenge

This is my creation for this month's More mixed media 'red' challenge' - please click on the link to see the marvellous creations by the rest of the team and we would love you to join in our challenge.

An altered box lid - the original box was red with white spots as you can see at the side. I covered the lid with white gesso and then used mod podge to adhere a piece of the top later of a paper napkin with hearts. I used a Balzer's Design roses stencil with imagination crafts silver sparkle medium, then used a piece of sequin waste dabbing through the holes with red Colorbox ink. Ribbon, hearts etc were then added.

I intend to use this box for a Valentine's present for John ... although I haven't got a clue what I'll put in it!

This is also for:

Creative Carte Blanche February: try something artistic you've never done before - never used a napkin with mod podge before
Altered Eclectics February: anything goes mixed media or altered art

We love 2 create 3: anything mixed media/creative/inky goes
Creative artiste 11: anything goes with mixed media

Cute as a button 19: anything but a card
Crealicious 84: love is in the air
Brown sugar 184: Valentine/love
Creative corner: happy Valentine's day/love
Fairytale-challenge 136: Valentine's day
Polka doodles 5: love and romance
Simply create too 102: love or Valentine's
That's crafty: first love
Creative loops February:  anything related to hearts

Craftin desert divas: hearts

Inky chicks 62: love (letters) and/or hearts

Terrific Tuesday: I 'heart' you

Crafty creations 308: hearts

Simon says Wednesday: have a heart

The sisterhood of crafters: love letters - use word LOVE and/or a heart

Where the HeART is 6: love

Scribbles designs 37: have a heart

Bunny Zoe: hearts

The ribbon girl: love

Crafty boots: love is in the air

Crazy challenge 215: love

Incy wincy: love is in the air

Ooh la  la 197: love and romance

The paper girls 97: Valentine/love

Crafting for all seasons 119: love is in the air

Crafty gals corner 57: love is in the air

Creative moments 86: anything goes + option: romance/love

4 crafty chicks 284: love

Art impressions 177: love

Craft rocket 8: Valentine/love

Julia Spiri 11: love is in the air

My time to craft 314: love is all around

The pencil cases: L = love/romance

Ching-Chou Kuik February: love

Eclectic Ellapu February: love actually

Eclectic Ellapu February: decorate or make a gift box/bag

Unicorn 6: lots of love

Kort o mania 146: love is in the air

Oddball: all you need is love

Paper creators 44: must be love

Artistic inspirations 149: anything goes/twist of Valentine

Dezinaworld 15 cheeky challenge: Valentine

DL.ART thankful Thursday 173: Valentine

My Sheri 174: be my Valentine

Bastel-traum 37: Valentine

Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): a fine romance

Clear it out: loving you + red ribbon
Alphabet: Y for you choose
Peal Lu 9: anything goes
Left of center: anything goes

That craft place: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Leinzlove tear bears 3:anything goes
Craft your passion 297: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 97: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Penny's 263: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 122: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 219: anything goes
Little miss muffet 130: anything goes
Hiding in my craft room 236: freestyle
Craft-Dee-Bowz February: anything goes and include a handmade bow
Creative ladybirds 12: anything goes
My crafting stories 2: anything goes
Sisters of craft February: anything goes
Scrap-cards 82: anything goes with a bow
Beccy's place February: anything goes
Inspiration destination 71: anything goes
PDE linky party 109: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes

Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday 122

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday 122: anything goes with a twist ... sweethearts. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Sparkle n Sprinkle sweetheart frog (a pre-coloured digital image), mounting on to a piece of silver sentiments mirror card and tying with a stitched ribbon.

This is also for:

Crealicious 84: love is in the air
The ribbon girl: love
Morgan's artworld 2: add ribbon
Terrific Tuesday: I 'heart' you
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): a fine romance
Eclectic Ellapu February: love actually
Unicorn 6: lots of love
Crafts and me February: use reds or Valentine
Scribbles designs 37: have a heart
Oddball: all you need is love
Bunny Zoe: hearts
The sisterhood of crafters: love letters - use word LOVE and/or a heart
CRAFT 348: love/Valentine/anniversary
Polka doodles 4: love and romance
My time to craft 314: love is all around
Artistic inspirations 149: anything goes/twist of Valentine
Craftin desert divas: hearts
Crafty boots: love is in the air
Crazy challenge 215: love
Incy wincy: love is in the air
Ooh la  la 197: love and romance
Ching-Chou Kuik February: love
Where the HeART is 6: love
Kort o mania 146: love is in the air
Paper creators 44: must be love
Melonheadz friends: love challenge
The paper girls 97: Valentine/love
Crafts galore February: use a digi or stamp
Lemon shortbread 8: anything goes
Craft your passion 297: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 97: anything goes
613 avenue create 161: anything goes
Creative inspirations 343: anything goes
Beccy's place February: anything goes
Inspiration destination 70: anything goes
PDE linky party 108: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Delicious Doodles Guest Designer

I've been privileged to be asked to join Delicious Doodles: love is in the air, as their Guest Designer. As the theme is 'love' I chose to use the steampunk heart image. I coloured parts of this with metallic pens - gold, copper and light and dark silvers, sponging with fired brick distress ink. The two background papers were from PDA (a long time ago) - I sponged the main background one with the fired brick. I embossed a piece of 7 gypsies collections from the journey with an embossing folder and then sponged with fired brick. I added a metal keyhole from The Works and the sentiment which was generated on my Dymo letratag.

This is also for:

Sandee & Amelie's steampunk February: anything goes steampunk
Crealicious 84: love is in the air
Eclectic Ellapu February: love actually
Scribbles designs 37: have a heart
Oddball: all you need is love
Bunny Zoe: hearts
Simon says Monday: love is in the air - use red
The sisterhood of crafters: love letters - use word LOVE and/or a heart
CRAFT 348: love/Valentine/anniversary
Polka doodles 4: love and romance
My time to craft 314: love is all around
The pencil cases: L - love/romance
Artistic inspirations 149: anything goes/twist of Valentine
Craftin desert divas: hearts
Crafty boots: love is in the air
Crazy challenge 215: love
Incy wincy: love is in the air
Love to scrap 71: have a heart
Ooh la  la 197: love and romance
Ching-Chou Kuik February: love
Where the HeART is 6: love
Kort o mania 146: love is in the air
Paper creators 44: must be love
Melonheadz friends: love challenge
The paper girls 97: Valentine/love
Use your stuff 209: inspired by a love song: Key to my heart, Jessica Jarrell
Crafts galore February: use a digi or stamp
Make my Monday: pink, red and white
Card mania 77: add some red
The crafter's cafe 142: monochromatic
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 318: it's all the same - monochromatic
Fussy & fancy 156: monochrome
Moving along with the times 12: embossing
Glitter n sparkle 173: embossing
Peal Lu 9: anything goes
My crafting stories 2: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 97: anything goes
613 avenue create 161: anything goes
Aud sentients 147: anything goes
Creative inspirations 343: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 218: anything goes
MFP 5: anything goes
Beccy's place February: anything goes
Inspiration destination 70: anything goes
PDE linky party 108: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes
Let's color linky party 3: anything goes with something coloured

A bit more time to craft challenge 13: anything goes

This is my design card for A bit more time to craft challenge 13 - please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Digistamps4Joy Ellie's flowers (they are sponsoring the challenge and kindly provided the image) and three different digital papers by Lozzy, printed out, with Ellie's flowers coloured with spectrum noir pense, with the addition of some sparkly flowers, corrugated card strip and bow sticker with gems from Poundland, all mounted on to deep pink mirror card and then the bright pink card blank.

This is also for:

Dragonfly journeys 42: pretty in pink
In the pink 86: bling it on
Allsorts 348:  bring on the bling
Pink gem 161: in the pink
Ruby's rainbow 121: animal magic
Crafty friends 24: animals
Digi choosday 4: in bloom
DRS 211: sparkle & shine
Creative inspirations 343: anything goes
MFP 5: anything goes
Beccy's place February: anything goes
Inspiration destination 70: anything goes
PDE linky party 108: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes
Let's color linky party 3: anything goes with something coloured

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper February 2016 challenge

The month of January often seems to drag on and on, but somehow this year it has gone quite quickly, despite being ill for most of it.

So it's time for Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper February 2016 challenge. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the team and we would love you to join in the challenge - any creation is acceptable as long as some patterned paper has been used.

Sadly, I needed to make a sympathy card, so this is what I made to show for the patterned paper challenge, using four Autumn Archives papers, Penny Black sparklers stamp and Anita's sentiment stamp, both inked with memento cottage ivy. The prize for my challenge is a 6 x 6 paperstack of the Autumn Archives papers plus a Crafter's companion compendium CD-rom (more details here).

This is also for:

Penny Black January: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 156: monochrome
One crazy stamper February: anything goes
Melonheadz friends: cool colours
Addicted to stamps 119: anything goes
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Craft rocket 7: clean and simple
613 avenue create 161: anything goes + option: use something from stash - I've had the stamps for ages
Aud sentients 147: anything goes
Creative inspirations 343: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 218: anything goes
MFP 5: anything goes
Beccy's place February: anything goes
Inspiration destination 70: anything goes
PDE linky party 108: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

CHNC challenge extra for February

This is my design card for CHNC challenge extra for February - please click the link to see the lovely designs of the team and join in our challenge with 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

I've used Bugaboo Stamps digi papers - frosty and Christmas words - Noel - Bugaboo are the sponsors of the challenge and generously give each DT member images to work with.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 14: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 15: anything goes
Crimbo crackers 99: anything goes
Fab n funky 289: Christmas
Creative inspirations 343: anything goes
Creative moments 85: anything goes + option: let it snow
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Crafty girls 13: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 123: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 58: anything goes
Inspiration destination 70: anything goes
PDE linky party 108: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

The Glory of Christmas challenge 77: fold and cut

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 77: fold and cut. Please click on the link to see the lovely creations by the rest of the team and join in our challenge ... either fold and cut ... or anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

I made a folded swing card, using Hunkydory supplies, mounting the two image pieces on to scalloped circles that had been coloured with spectrum noir pens.

The photos were taken from strange angles to avoid flair from the flash.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 15: anything goes
Crimbo crackers 99: anything goes
Fab n funky 289: Christmas
Alphabet: X for Xtra fold
Craftin desert divas: shaped cards
Crafty sentiments 296: anything goes
613 avenue create 161: anything goes + option: use something from stash - I've had the Hunkydory supplies for quite some time
Aud sentients 147: anything goes
Craft your passion 296: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 96: anything goes
Creative card crew 105: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 278: anything goes
Crafty gals corner 56: anything goes
Creative inspirations 343: anything goes
Creative moments 85: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 218: anything goes
Crafty girls 13: anything goes
Brown sugar 183: anything goes
Crafting with friends 13: anything goes
Creative fingers 101: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 123: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 58: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 22: anything goes
MFP 5: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 70: anything goes
PDE linky party 108: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 115

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 115:anything goes with a twist ... add an animal. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of others in the team and join in our challenge.

I'm also sharing this for my CHNC challenge 266 which has started this morning - this week the challenge is 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

I used The Stamping Boutique Christmas mouse. Background papers are offcuts of DCWV from their Holiday Glitzy Glitter 12 x 12 stack.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 213
12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
ABC Christmas: B for baubles
A snowflakes promise 15: anything goes
Crimbo crackers 99: anything goes
Fab n funky 289: Christmas
Ruby's rainbow 121: animal magic
Crafty friends 24: animals/birds
Cardz 4 guyz 104: spots and/or stripes
Di's digi designs: use lots of red
Let's color linky party 3: anything goes with something coloured
Crafty sentiments 296: anything goes
Aud sentients 147: anything goes
613 avenue create 160: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 26: anything goes
Craft your passion 296: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 96: anything goes
Love to scrap 70: anything goes
Creative card crew 105: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 278: anything goes
Crafty gals corner 56: anything goes
Creative inspirations 343: anything goes
Creative moments 85: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 218: anything goes
Crafty girls 13: anything goes
Brown sugar 183: anything goes
Crafting with friends 13: anything goes
Creative fingers 101: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 123: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 58: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 22: anything goes
MFP 5: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 70: anything goes
PDE linky party 108: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 121

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 121: anything goes with a twist ... add some flowers. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I think the background paper  My Mind's Eye on to which I stamped the lovely The Stamping Boutique butterfly colouring with spectrum noir pens and adding the Poundland flowers where the printed flowers are. A piece of DCWV ribbon and the sentiment and the card was finished.


This is also for:

Digi choosday 4: in bloom
Crafty ribbons 142: fabulous flowers
The ribbon girl January: any image challenge
Crafty boots: ribbon or lace
Crazy challenge 214: ribbons
Morgan's ArtWorld 2: add ribbon
613 avenue create 160: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 26: anything goes
Craft your passion 296: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 96: anything goes
Love to scrap 70: anything goes
Crafty sentiments 296: anything goes
Creative card crew 105: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 218: anything goes
Aud sentiments 147: anything goes
Creative fingers 101: anything goes
Crafty friends 23: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 69: anything goes
PDE linky party 107: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

CHNC challenge 265: use a sentiment

For my CHNC challenge 265: use a sentiment, these are two quick cards that I made just before Christmas and didn't show. I fully intended to make something better this past week, but, because I've been really poorly all week, I haven't been able to do any crafting.

The backgrounds are from a Snowman kit, the toppers are Kanban, with other bits and pieces.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
Crimbo crackers 98: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 69: anything goes
PDE linky party 107: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 114

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 114:anything goes with a twist ... frosty. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of others in the team and join in our challenge.

For the background I used three papers from Bugaboo Stamps frosty digi papers layering on the Sparkle n Sprinke 'snow goddess', coloured digitally using Microsoft Paint (Sparkle n Sprinkle are the sponsors for the challenge), adding the mats behind the image and also the greeting panel.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
Crimbo crackers 98: anything goes
Scrappy hands 56: winter
Dream factory 28: the ice queen - using snowflakes
Di's digi designs: include snow or snowflakes
Crafty catz 308: girls just want to have fun
Unicorn 5: get your glad rags on
Fussy & fancy 155: fashion

Scrappers delights 51: anything goes

Inspiration destination 69: anything goes
PDE linky party 107: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday 120

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday 120: anything goes with a twist ... make it girly. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Sassy Studio Designs snow queen portrait, coloured digitally using Microsoft Paint, matting on to a piece of silver mirror card. The background card is Hunkydory and the flowers are Craftime.

This is also for:

Pink gem 160: female birthday
In the pink 85: anything goes
Southern girls: one for the girls
613 avenue 159: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 26: anything goes
Crafty friends 23: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
PDE linky party 106: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

The Glory of Christmas challenge 76

This is my design card for The Glory of Christmas challenge 76: silver or gold ... or anything goes as long as it's Christmas. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of others in the team and join in our Christmas challenge.

It was my turn to choose the theme for this fortnight - I think silver or gold on a Christmas card is lovely and bright and shiny. I chose to make a CAS card, using two stamps, inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver powder. I stamped the 'scene' Personal impressions stamp by Sue Dix on to a piece of matt silver - now I wish I had stamped it directly on to the black card blank as I did with the Inkadinkado stamp on the left - but, hey ho!

This is also for Stamplorations January CAS card challenge: + option: silver:

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
ABC Christmas: A is for anything goes
Crimbo crackers 98: anything goes
AAA cards 56: winter wonderland
CAS on Sunday 74: winter
The house that stamps built DCC113: winter wonderland
The stamping boutique: winter theme
Paradise of stamps 34: winter
Scrappy hands 56: winter
Timbro scrap mania 116: winter
Dream factory 28: the ice queen - using snowflakes
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): let it snow
Clear it out: winter - add a snowflake

Creatalicious 83: snowflakes
Di's digi designs: include snow or snowflakes

Art impressions 175: winter wonderland
Order of the opus gluei 219: sparkling and shimmering
Glitter n sparkle 171: monochrome

Crafting for all seasons 117: monochrome
One crazy stamper January: anything goes
Come and get it: embossing
Hiding in my craft room 234: embossing
The artistic stamper January: anything goes
Craft stamper take it/make it January: anything goes
Sparkle n Sprinkle January: anything goes - with embossing powder
Inky chicks 61: anything goes
Paperminutes 417: anything goes
Fresh  brewed: anything goes
Penny's 260: anything goes
Crafty girls creations 12: anything goes
Crafting with friends 12: anything goes
Fairytale-challenge 134: everything goes
Simply papercrafts 21: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 68: anything goes
PDE linky party 106: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Crafting musketeers challenge 33

This is my design card for Crafting musketeers challenge 33 (I am on team B, we publish mid-month) - please click the link to the see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and join in our challenge here.

The theme for our challenge is 'new beginnings' so I have made a card to be given to celebrate the arrival of a new baby.

The background is actually an embossed vellum which I adhered to the card blank by gluing beneath the various added embellishments from my stash.

This is also for:

Great impressions January: lovey dovey (Valentine or bird)
Little Claire designs 65: just add bunting
Get creative 30: something new (new baby)
Deep ocean 120: something new
Going grey with Scrap-creations: new
Creative moments 84: anything goes + option: new beginnings
Open-minded 1: something new
Scrap & craft inspiration 17: new beginnings
Crafty calendar January: something new
613 avenue 158: anything goes
Paperminutes 417: anything goes
Fresh  brewed: anything goes
Fairytale-challenge 134: everything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 68: anything goes
PDE linky party 106: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

CHNC challenge 264: cute

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 264: cute (or anything goes as long as it's Christmas).

I've used Robyn's Fetish Christmas ginger cutie kindly supplied by them as one of this week's sponsors, colouring with spectrum noir pens, cutting out and mounting on to a couple of die cut mats using some lovely foiled papers I've had for a long time, finally on to a piece of of gingerbread people paper from a Cosy Christmas collection, mounting on to the background paper with the gingerbread houses, again from the Cosy Christmas collection. The die cuts were made using X cut parenthesis rectangle dies. The ribbon was from Crafty Ribbons and felt buttons from Poundland. The chipboard candy cane is one that's been in my Christmas box for ages.

I based the card on the sketch given for Tuesday morning sketches 334:

This is also for:

Robyn's fetish 298: square cards
12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
Holly jolly Christmas 63: use designer paper
Little Claire digi stamp monthly 13: 3,2,1 - 3 buttons, 2 die cuts, 1 image
ABC Christmas: A is for anything goes
Crimbo crackers 98: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 14: anything goes
Fab n funky 287: for a child
Spectrum noir fb January challenge: anything goes
613 avenue 158: anything goes
Inky chicks 61: anything goes
Paperminutes 417: anything goes
Fresh  brewed: anything goes
Penny's 260: anything goes
Crafty girls creations 12: anything goes
Crafting with friends 12: anything goes
Fairytale-challenge 134: everything goes
Simply papercrafts 21: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 68: anything goes
PDE linky party 106: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 113

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 113: anything goes with a twist ... get well soon. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in with your entries.

I used the lovely Sassy Studio get well soon image - Sassy Studio are sponsoring the challenge. I coloured the image with spectrum noir pens. I've had the background paper for ages - just added the ribbon and the Hobbycraft flowers.

This is also for:

Dare to be sassy Thursdays 316: shabby chic or vintage
In the pink 85: anything goes
AnMa Creatief 52: flowers
Imagine that: a colouring contest
Craft-Dee BowZ January: anything goes with a handmade bow
Peal Lu 9: anything goes
Spectrum noir fb January challenge: anything goes
613 avenue 158: anything goes
Craft your passion 294: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 94: anything goes
Inky chicks 61: anything goes
Paperminutes 417: anything goes
Fresh  brewed: anything goes
Penny's 260: anything goes
Crafty girls creations 12: anything goes
Crafting with friends 12: anything goes
Fairytale-challenge 134: everything goes
Simply papercrafts 21: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 169: anything goes
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 68: anything goes
PDE linky party 106: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes

CHNC challenge extra for January mid-month

I'm wondering how it can possibly already be nearly halfway though January, but it is time for our mid-month inspiration for CHNC challenge extra for January 2016. If you click on the link you will see the wonderland designs by ladies on the DT which are indeed an inspiration - I hope that you will want to join us by making Christmas creations - yes, I know it's early in the year, but it saves the panic towards the end of the year. And besides that ... I love making Christmas cards!

If you have been inspired to come and join us with your entries ... and many thanks to all you wonderful crafters who have already joined in ... please click here for the January post with the linky for your entries .

For my card I used Charmed cards and crafts Dottie and George Christmas downloads (I bought a set of these - and many more besides - but I haven't used any of these for a long time ... I do love them). I decided to keep the background quite clean apart from the offcut of blue card and the silver glitter strip. The image has been matted on to a Kanban topper and three Hobbycraft snowflakes added - these are rippled, which doesn't show up here.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 211
Hiding in my craft room 233: super scraps Saturday
12 months of Christmas link up 13: anything goes
Christmas card challenges 6: anything goes
The stamping boutique: winter theme
Paradise of stamps 34: winter
Scrappy hands 56: winter
Little red wagon 324: build a snowman
My Sheri crafts 172: let's build a snowman
Craftin desert divas: let it snow

Clear it out: winter - add a snowflake
Creatalicious 83: snowflakes

Card mania 76: winter fun
Digi choosday 2: cool blues
The paper shelter 231: shades of blue
Craft for the craic January: January blues
Card and scrap 110: white and blue
Sparkles 76:January blues

Fab n funky 287: for a child
Dragonfly journey 39: you crack me up

Cute card Thursday 408: a bit of fun

Pattie's 118: fun in the snow with snow in the image

ABC Christmas: A is for anything goes
Crimbo crackers 98: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: baby it's cold outside
Art impressions 175: winter wonderland
Artistic inspirations 147: anything goes/twist of winter blues
A snowflakes promise 14: anything goes
Paperminutes 417: anything goes
The paper nest dolls 1: anything goes
Robyn's fetish 298: square cards
Creative craft cottage 55: release the glitter
Winter wonderland: glitter and shine
Fairytale-challenge 134: everything goes
Craft your passion 294: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 94: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 217: anything goes
Scrapping4fun 57: anything goes + Christmas digi
Scrappers delights 51: anything goes
Beccy's place January: anything goes
Inspiration destination 68: anything goes
PDE linky party 106: anything goes
Not just cards 28: anything goes
Just keep on creating February: anything goes