Christmas Card Club "Anything Goes"

Good morning all.

Happy Mother's Day to you all. I've got to pop down home to see my Mum then it will be a quiet day hopefully with a little time to craft...that's assuming Mr Mojo wants to come out to play!

A fortnight has passed and it's time once again for our little Christmas Card Club challenge.  Sylvie picked the theme this time and she gave us carte blanche this time with "Anything Goes".

Stamp is a Penny Johnson from Stampavie coloured with promarkers and highlighted with stickles before being die cut with a Starlight Circle die from Tattered Lace, then inlaid into a red frame cut with the same die.  Stitched die is from Spellbinders. Sentiment die is from Crafty Impressions. Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

I was obviously having a senior moment the day I made this as I used ordinary white cardstock for the image hence the bleeding inks!!

You'll find a list of the girls in my side bar if you'd like to pop around and see what they've made for this challenge.

Challenges entered:

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

Holly Jolly Christmas - dies and punches

CRAFT - Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - no printed papers

CHNC - use some black

Craft for the Craic - bingo (image, more than 2 layers, die cut)

Crafting by Designs - get ready for Christmas

Christmas Card Club - "Christmas Reindeer"

Good morning all.

We had a lovely sunny day yesterday albeit a little windy. Hubby took Lora  off to Deep Sea World so I had a day to myself. Managed to get a couple of little cards made but spent several hours looking at plans for a property we're considering purchasing!

It's time once again for our fortnightly Christmas Card Club challenge and this time the theme was set by Rita who gave us "Christmas Reindeers".

I found the stamp I used when looking for something else...I'd completely forgotten I owned it!!

The stamp is called Snowy and Rudolph and is a Penny Johnson from Stampavie. I stamped it a couple of nights ago on a piece of waste card and left it lying on my desk to await colouring...when I glanced at it again later I decided it looked lovely uncoloured so I just coloured Rudolph's nose with promarkers to add a pop of colour and added glossy accents for some sheen. Sentiment was a magazine freebie. Image is adhered to the black card base with foam tape to give a little dimension.

All finished inside and another flat for posting.

Challenges entered:

CHNC - something forgotten or never used

Christmas Stampin All Year Round - use your imagination

Crafty Catz - black + one

Polka Doodles - Christmas fun

Country View Craft Challenges - sparkle and shine

One Crazy Stamper - Christmas/Halloween

Holly Jolly Christmas - snowman

Inky Chicks - Christmas

Crafty Bloggers Network - Christmas

ABC Christmas - uncoloured image

Christmas Card Club "Something beginning with S"

Good morning all.

Don't know what is up with Google Chrome at the moment but it's a nightmare! I can barely view my blog and can't access my BT email account at all...it's been going on for weeks and although it did right itself for a while last week it's back to square one this weekend grrr!! And don't even mention spam emails...why can't these people find something more useful to do with their time!!

It's time for our fortnightly Christmas Card Club challenge again and this time the theme was set by Hazel who asked us for "Something beginning with S".

Here is my make, I couldn't resist going with Snow:

The gorgeous snow couple stamp is by Penny Johnson and is from Stampavie. I've stamped with Memento ink and coloured the image with promarkers, highlighted with stickles then die cut. The sentiment and snowflake stamps are from Anita's. Oval dies are from Spellbinders. Snow flake die from Memory Box. Papers are from Dovecraft "Tis the Season". I've used a narrow strip of card which I embossed using a text border folder which was a magazine freebie. Ribbons and poinsettia button from my stash.

All finished on the inside but another which needs hand delivered as I couldn't resist the bow and one of my new buttons (can't remember where I got them from though!!)

Do pop over to see the rest of the gang's creations, their links are on my sidebar.
My thoughts are with Rachel and her family as her hubby suffered a huge heart attack a few days ago.

Challenges entered:
CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
Die Cut Divas - new things (button)
One Crazy Stamper - halloween/Christmas
Sparkles Forum Christmas - snowmen
Holly Jolly Christmas - R (ribbon, red) E (embossing) D (die cuts)
Completely Christmas - anything goes
The Glory of Christmas - bingo (snowflake, stamp, glitter)
ABC Christmas - red poinsettia

Christmas Crafting (with sketches) #84

Good morning all.

It's time for another challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. It's the turn of the Snow Angels to inspire you this week and Miranda has designed the sketch. We are being sponsored by our very own Nicole.

Stamp from Stampavie, coloured with promarkers. Dies from Spellbinders. Papers, ribbons, snowflake and sentiment from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out

 the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:

CHNC - snow people

CHNC extra - anything goes

Carol x

Christmas Crafting (with sketches) #82

Good morning all.

Gosh I hate blogging on my IPad!!
We're in West Wales at the moment. We had some difficulty on Monday trying to find our property but made it eventually! It's fabulous here, as is the weather - so peaceful and quiet.

It's time for another challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. It's the turn of the Snow Angels to inspire you this week and Janneke has designed the sketch. We are being sponsored by our very own Nicole.

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Stamp is from Stampavie and has been coloured with promarkers and glittered with Glamour Dust. Dies from Spellbinders. Papers are layered digitally in Craft Artist and are from a Daisytrail kit called Festive Cookies. Pearls and sentiment are from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out

 the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:
CHNC Extra - anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - snowmen

Always Something Creative - Christmas in July

The Stamp Spot - Christmas in July (C5)
Cut it Up - Christmas in July

Carol x

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) #27

 It's time for our next challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. Betina has designed the sketch this time and we are being sponsored by Whiff of Joy. We have a Bingo card for an added twist this time. I've used ribbon, lace and a charm.

The image another of my new Stampavie stamps coloured with promarkers and highlighted with a gelly roll pen. The papers are magazine freebies from Hot off the Press. Card is finished with some lace, a tartan bow, a bell charm and sentiment from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch and bingo card for yourself, remember to check out the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:

ABC Christmas Challenge - J for Jingle Bells

Charisma Cardz - metal charms (C10)

Shelly's Images - anything goes

Craft your Days Away - all creatures great and small

Totally Gorgeous - charmed

OSAAT - anything goes

Quirky Crafts - dots, spots, stripes and ribbon

Cards and Scrap - use metal

Love to Create - song inspiration (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)

Holly, Jolly Christmas - anything goes + ribbon

Carol x

Christmas Challenges (with Sketches) # 26

 It's time for our next challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. Sandra has designed the sketch this time and we are being sponsored by Stemplestudio .

Image is a new Stampavie stamp which I choose with a voucher I won recently, coloured with promarkers and glittered up with Glamour Dust. Papers are from Papermania and were all found in my bit box. The silver mesh I've had for years and the sentiment and pearls are from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:

Christmas Stampin all Year Round - glittery

Stampin for the Weekend - lots of layers

ABC Christmas Challenge - I for Icy

Christmas Cards all Year Round - inpsired by Christmas Carol/song (Frosty the Snowman)

CBGM - stripes and dots

CHNC - stripes

Incy Wincy - spots and dots

Shopping our Stash - use 3 or more DP's (C13)

Creative Craft - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - cute, cute, cute

Pixie Crafty Snippets - #19

Carol x