Inspired by a Christmas Song/Carol

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week is 'Inspired by a Christmas Song/Carol'. Our wonderful sponsors this week are Digi Darla Designs and Crafty Ribbons. So 2 chances to win :-)

   

Onto my DT card, I have used a traditional Santa image from Digi Darla Designs and my song for inspiration is 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town'. I have used lots of red touches to complement Santa's suit...

A close up to show the sparkle and glossy accents on Santa's specs...

Supplies:
Image - Santa Claus 5 coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Papers - 25th & Pine by Basic Grey
Ribbon, red flowers & berries - The Ribbon Girl
Ivory flowers & buttons - stash
Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Glossy Accents, Star Dust Stickles, kraft cardstock

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas
Crafty Catz - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Totally Papercrafts - Ho, Ho,Holidays!
Charisma Cardz - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join in with our challenge:-)

My Birthday Blog Candy...

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It's my birthday towards the end of the month and I'd like to share the celebrations with you by offering this Papermania Advent Calendar kit to one of you...

The candy will be open until 6pm on my birthday, 29th November and I will draw a winner after that. All you need to do is add your details to the link below. This is open to all my existing followers, please don't follow me just to try to win ;-) x

Bring on the Bling!

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week has been chosen by Tracy and is 'Bring on the Bling'. Our wonderful sponsors this week are Whiff of Joy and My Heart Pieces. So 2 chances to win :-)

     

Onto my DT card, I have used a super cute snowman image from Digistamp Boutique. I think it's adorable. I have kept the card simple with lots of white. My 'Bling' is in the form of glitter glue and pearls...

 

Supplies:
Image - Cute Polar Bear coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Papers - Forever Friends Kraft Notes
Ribbon - ebay
Pearls & button - stash
Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Memory Box Precious Mittens die, Star Dust Stickles, kraft cardstock

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I have birthday candy to win here, please come and enter x

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join in with our challenge:-)

Through the Window...

I made this card a while ago when challenging myself to make an all white card. I had an idea in my head to stamp the image on the inside of the card and to cut a hole in the front panel to form a sort of window. This is the finished card, I quite like it. Both stamps I used are by Flonz Craft who are a New Zealand based stamp company who deliver worldwide.

Supplies:
Images - Kindergarten Children Swinging and Three Butterflies
Flowers & pearls - stash
Embossed cardstock - Craftwork Cards
Organza ribbon - ebay (I think?)
Other - Woodware leaf punch, Star Dust Stickles (on the butterfly)

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - Colour Challenge (White)

Make a Gift...

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week has been chosen by ME and is 'Make a Gift'. Our wonderful sponsors this week are A Passion for Stamps and The Craft Barn. So 2 chances to win :-)

   

So onto the gift I made, a hanging calendar using a pretty floral image from our sponsor A Passion for Stamps. I made this for a lovely friend of mine for her birthday. I coloured up the image first, mounted it on the fancy cut oval die and then backed a 2014 calendar tab onto some card. I laid these 2 pieces out onto a piece of card to work out how big the base needed to be. I attached a length of seam binding to the top so the calendar can be hung...

Supplies:
Image - Lupins coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Papers - Perfect Pair from Lili of the Valley
Seam binding - Crafty Ribbons
Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Spellbinders oval die, Anita's calendar tab, brown chalk inkpad, kraft cardstock

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything Not Square

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes With Ribbon

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join in with my challenge x

White Christmas...

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week has been chosen by Wendy and is 'White Christmas'. Our wonderful sponsors this week are Flonz Craft and Crimson Cloud. So 2 chances to win :-)

         

    

So onto my DT card, I initially freaked out because lots of white scares me but I then thought maybe I could use a sentiment as a focal point and emboss some cardstock to create the background and this is what I made...

A close up of the beautiful Xmas Foliage die...

What do you think?

Supplies:
Image - from the Christmas Sentiments set by Raindrop Echo Designs from Whimsy Stamps
Clear dew drops, lace, pearls, tree charm - stash
Dies - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Crafts Too Xmas Foliage die

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
CRAFT - Christmas
Divas by Design - Use a Digi
LEJ Designs - Monochromatic
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend x

All of a Twitter...

I've used my Christmas Twitter stamp again but changed the colour scheme and layout. I seem much more organised with my Christmas card making this year than last year. I use bought cards for most people (and purchased these in Paperchase after Xmas 2012!) so don't need to make hundreds but I found it all a bit of a chore last year. I have enjoyed the making much more this year and have indulged in quite a few new digi images and a couple of stamps.

Supplies:

Stamp - Christmas Twitter by Penny Black

Papers - Nordic Christmas by First Edition

Flowers - The Ribbon Girl

Buttons - stash

Hope you are having a good week,

Officially Winter...

Good morning, I am not normally posting on a Sunday but I have been asked to be a GD for the Penny Black & More challenge this month and the new challenge goes live today. The theme for the month of November is 'Celebrations' so nice and easy :-)

So onto my card, I have made a Christmas card using a beautiful Penny Black stamp called Christmas Cottage. I used loads of Stickles to give the image lots of sparkly 'snow'. I stamped the image onto kraft card just for a bit of a change...

Supplies:
Image - Christmas Cottage by Penny Black coloured with Promarkers
Paper - Krafty Christmas from Lili of the Valley
Sentiments - Officially Winter seal by Catslife Press (had this stamp for yonks!), Warm Winter Wishes by Pink Petticoat from the Tiny Christmas Sentiments set
Pearl Flourish - The Ribbon Girl
Tree button, twine, pearls, ribbon - stash
Other - Deckle edge rectangle Spellbinders die, Star Dust Stickles, brown chalk inkpad, kraft cardstock

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments - Christmas Sentiments 
CHNC - Bling It Up
CHNC Challenge Extra - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Snow
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking x

Christmas Cheer

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week has been chosen by Tracy and is 'Christmas Cheer'. Our wonderful sponsors this week are Digistamp Boutique and Crafty Devils Papercrafts. So 2 chances to win :-) 

     

    

So onto my DT card, I used a super cute image from our sponsor Digistamp Boutique. The fab sentiment comes with the image ;-) I have made a tent card and added lots of sparkle to the image but as usual by pants photography skills doesn't allow you to see from the pic :-(

Supplies:
Image & sentiment - Snow Family coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper - old Dovecraft Christmas paper
Ribbon - Dovecraft (I think?)
Buttons - stash
Other - Star Dust Stickles, brown chalk inkpad, circle & scallop circle Nestabilities dies

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Totally Papercrafts - Button It Up!
Christmas Cards All Year Round - Winter Wonderland
CHNC Challenge Extra - Anything Goes
I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend x