Traditional Santa

Hi all!

Is the flu roaming around where you are too? Here it is creating havoc, hubs just having recovered and now I'm getting it! At work it's also a complete disaster, with me having to cover for colleagues who can't come in. All in all a pretty busy week!

However, there's also good news, as a new Fab 'n Funky challenge is staring today! This week, Judith is challenging you to use "Traditional Christmas Colours". You don't need to make a Christmas themed project, just as long as you use colours that are traditionally associated with Christmas. We are sponsored this week by DigiDarla, which also provided the jolly fella below.

I did make a Christmas card, as I need to do several more. I'm really pretty pleased with this card; even though it isn't very high on embellishments I spent the entire night playing with ideas and adding finishing touches, taking them off and putting them back on again. I ended up with a pretty striking card, I think. Love it :)

Hope you can join the fun this week!

Materials:
* Digi Darla Santa Clause 2 digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Basic Grey Jovial DP plus some unknown DP from stash
* Eline's Winterhuis Jingle Bells Stamp Set
* Vintage Photo & Forest Moss Distress Inks plus Distressing Tool
* SEI Christmas Mint Vanilla Icing Accents
* Brad from stash

Challenges:
* Card & Scrap (Christmas Card)
* One Crazy Stamper (Christmas)
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Christmas)
* AnMa Creatief (Kerst/Winter)
* Live & Love Crafts (Christmas Inspiration Collage) The Vintage feel and the Santa's
* A Gem of a Challenge (Christmas is Coming)
* Crafty Calendar Challenge (All Things Christmas)
* Marker Pop (Anything Goes)
* Crafts & Me (Christmas Vintage)
* Allsorts (Christmas Cheer)

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Dress Up with Beads

Happy Wednesday everyone!

First, I would like to welcome my new followers, what a lovely surprise you guys are following me now too, hope you like what you see!

I have to be honest, this week's Fab 'n Funky theme had me stumped at first, my teamie Rachel had set a challenge alright! She is asking for projects featuring " Beads". I quickly realised that I didn't have any beads in my stash, but that was easily fixed by a quick trip to a local book & craft fair. Once I had the beads, the next challenge was to incorporate them into my card's design. I decided on threading them on some twine and make a border out of them. My teamies have come up with quite a few ideas, so have a look at the challenge blog post before you start on your own project. Here's mine:

Materials:
* Digi Darla Fancy Dress, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Sakura Purple Glitter pen for the bodice
* DP scraps from my scrappy shoebox
* Tim Holtz Distresser
* MS Doily Lace Border Punch
* Beads, sentiment & gems from stash

Our sponsor this week is Digi Darla Designs, who also provided the DT with some lovely digis!

Challenges:
* Stampin' for the Weekend (Dies/Punches)
* Allsorts (Add Some Sparkle)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)
* Color Me Creative (Celebrations)
* One Stitch at a Time (Anything Goes)
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Anything Goes)
* Lexi's Creations (Happy Birthday)
* As You Like It (Favourite Punch or Die) I love my Doily Lace border punch, it's the first border punch I bought and I still use it very regularly.
* Let's Craft & Create (One for the Girls)
* Wags 'n Whiskers (Girly Birthday)

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