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Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Monday, 8 May 2017

Napping

Hi all,

Hope you all had a nice International Scrapbooking Day last Saturday with lots of crafty fun! I had a scrappy evening planned, but I happened to be shopping with my friend in the afternoon and when I wanted to go home, all the trains were cancelled! Well, my train anyway. So I came home at 12 pm! No more ISD left for me....Oh well, I am sure I can plan some time soon and get my scrappy fix!

The new (P)inspirational Challenge revolved around this image:

I used the little flowers as my starting point and scrapped some picture of my own little fairy and her daddy. I used some 'forest' textures, such as woodgrain, branches and leaves too. 


Our sponsors this fortnight are Oddball Art Stamps and Digital Delights. Hope you can join us and share your project!

Challenges:
* Crafty Calendar Challenge (Flowers)
* Crafty Friends (Cute)
* Polka Doodles (Anything Goes)
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (For the Kids, Inspired by a Kid's film) Sleeping Beauty

Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Using Up My Flowers

Hello all,

What a lovely sunny day today in my part of the world! Still cold, mind.....Nothing like a nice summer project to get me going when it's cold outside, so when I saw the (P)inspirational photo this time:


I knew I wanted to scrap some summer photo's! And here she is, our little girl, having an alfresco dinner in the garden. Unbelievable that this was less than a year ago, this weekend she started walking in earnest, stumbling her way around the living room! All the cliche's are true, they do grow up so fast..... I love it and hate it at the same time.


I took several elements from the inspirational photo, including the frame, butterflies and the word TODAY. I couldn't find any leaves in my stash, but I do have an absolute mountain of paper flowers that I want to use up and never do. Same with chipboard and butterflies, they really stump me on layouts! So I just started sticking around a circle I cut with my circle cutter (another one of those must-have tools that I rarely reach for somehow), using up flowers, brads and other assorted pieces I had to hand. I am pretty happy with the result, I tend to use rectangles of paper most often, so when I do something different it all feels so brandnew! I always say I should do this type of design more often, but then I never do....I guess I know my comfort zone!

We have two sponsors this time for the (P)inspirational Challenge: Imagine That Digistamps & The Cutting Cafe. Check out these links to see what beautiful things they have on offer!

Challenges:

* Come and Get It (Circles)
* Creative Sketchy Girls (Flowers and/or Butterflies)
* My Time to Craft (Sequins and/or Buttons) I did both
* Just Add Ink (Choose 2: Metallics, Balloons, Circles) I used Metallic letter stickers and created several circles on my LO
* Great Impressions (April Showers Bring May Flowers) I used a bunch of flowers on my LO and included the purple

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Here & Now

Hi all,

A new challenge at Pinspirational Challenges starts today and here in the inspirational image:


Cute, no? I decided to use the colour scheme as my inspiration and found this lovely paper in my stash that would work well for a backing paper. This layout is about what is happening with us right now and since there was going to be quite a bit of personal details in my journaling I decided to take the picture before I put the words down. I also found a balloons chipboard piece that went well with the colours and the inspirational picture. 


Our sponsors this time is Beccy's Place, so play along with our challenge to have a shot at a lovely prize!

Challenges:
Morgan's Artworld (Add Flowers
Crafting with an Attitude (Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations (Anything Goes
Creative Moments (Anything Goes

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Summer Z-card

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Whenever I am about to make a card, I like to pick my husband's brain to get inspired. So when I told him this week's theme @ Fab 'n Funky was "Feels Like Summer", he said: Flowers. Who can argue with that? So I decided to go with a garden theme, using plenty of flowers and even a butterfly. I made Z-fold card this time, really fun to decorate 3 cards in one!



Materials:
* Studio Light decoupage and sentiment
* DCWV Glitter Stack Brights CS
* Docraft Country Companions & Basic Grey Olivia DPs
* MS Doily Lace & Picket Fence border punches plus rounded corner punch
* Memories Direct Paper Flowers
* Ribbon, gems, butterfly sticker and pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Natalie & Amy (Summer Time)
* Chocolate, Coffee & Cards (Summer Days)
* Fussy & Fancy (Summer Time)
* Card Mania (Circles)
* Scrapper's Delight (Anything Goes with Summer Time)
* Ladybug Crafts (Summer Flowers)
* AnMa Creatief (Bloemen)
* De Creatieve Zebra (Zomerse kaart zonder stempel)
* Creative Corner (Outdoors)
* Pile It On (Add Some Flowers)

Friday, 28 March 2014

Easter Release

Evening all!

Has the weekend started for you all yet? Mine certainly has, although I will probably spend in on the couch feeling all sorry for myself because I caught the flu! Great......actually this WAS perfect timing for once, as I just finished my scrapbook of our holiday to New York last year (yay!) and this lovely card:


The reason I am showing you this card today, is because the image I used is part of the Treasured Times New Release for Easter, there's a whole bunch of cute new images to choose from; some specifically for Easter, others less so. To celebrate this new release, our fearless leader Jody is offering some fantastic prizes; 10 prizes of one of the new release images! More information on the Inspirational Blog and our Facebook page.


Materials:
* Emo Angel (designed by Jehanne Silva-Freimane), coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Dovecraft Cupcake Boutique Paper Lace Doily
* Papermania Summer Bloom DP
* Memories Direct Flowers
* Washi tape around the image (what a nightmare, it kept getting unstuck!)
* Brads from stash

Challenges:
* Kaboodles Doodles (Dreaming of Spring) 29-3
* Cupcake Inspirations (Garden) 29-3
* Pile It on (Pretty Hair) 29-3
* Whoopsi Daisy (Welcome Spring) 30-3
* 4 Crafty Chicks (Spring) 1-4
* ABC Challenge (H is for Hair) 30-3
* Stampin' for the Weekend (Spring Colours) 10-4
* A Creative Romance (Spring Flowers) 11-4
* Created with Love (Girly) 29-3
* Sassy Studio (Pretty Pastels) 2-4

Monday, 6 January 2014

What an Easel......

Happy Monday everyone!

Well, it's back to work for me today after a 3-week holiday, it's going to be super busy but you need to go back sometime, right? In the meantime, Ooh La La's new challenge is also starting up, we are challenging you to make an "EASEL CARD" this time around.

Here's my make, another image from the Yesterday's Memories CD!


Materials:
* Ooh La La Pretty in Orange image from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* Authentique Irresistible & First Edition Hideaway DPs
* Black Soot Distress Ink
* Memories Direct Paper Flowers
* Robin's Nest Dew Drops
* Studio G sentiment stamp
* Rounded corner punch
* Washi tape from stash

Come on and join us if you have time, we'd love to see your projects!

Challenges:
* Let's Craft & Create (Let's Celebrate)
* Card & Scrap (Use Flowers)
* Charisma Cardz (Birthdays)
* A Little Bit Crazy (Celebrate)
* Natalie & Amy (One for the Girlies)
* Crafty Calendar (Celebrate)
*  HobbyVision (Goud van Oud) Alle materialen zijn ten minste 4 maanden oud (behalve the Distress Inkt)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)
* Diva's by Design (Anything Goes)
* C.R.A.F.T (Anything Goes)

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Use a Doily

Good morning all!

Well, that's half of the work week finished and it's been an incredibly busy one. At work we are now all full steam ahead on teaching updates & development, on top of our normal work load, on top of our current teaching load, so you can imagine I am looking forward to the weekend! Crafting is keeping me sane during the week though :)

This week's challenge @ Fab 'n Funky is "Use a Doily". Funny enough, I don't own any doilies, but I do own a doily lace border punch, so decided to use that instead, using a technique I had seen on the web before. You basically punch the border and then cut each link almost up to the top so that you can move them independently from each other. You can then shape it into a circle or oval, whatever you need. You might get an even better result if you cut and glue each individual link separately, but that would take you quite some time! This does the trick though :)



Materials:
* Digistamps for Joy Welcome Home Digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Prima Sparkling Spring & Jack 'n Jill DPs
* MS Doily Lace Border punch
* Panduro Design Stencil & Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* Afternoon Tea Candi
* Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Emerald Fairies (Dies/Punches)
* Craft Your Passion (In the Garden)
* Totally Papercraft (Flowers & Bows)
* Really Reasonable Ribbon (Dots & Ribbon)
* Hobby House (Anything Goes)
* Kaboodle Doodles (Pastels)
* Paper Makeup Stamps (All Tied Up)
* Ladybug Crafts (Flowers & Ribbon)
* Crealing (Flowers)
* Frosted Design (Polka Dots)

Monday, 10 June 2013

Blingy Buttons

Good morning everyone!

Did you all have a nice weekend? We certainly did, we spent a couple of days in Zeeland, one of the Dutch coast provinces. We had beautiful sunny weather, but there was quite a lot of wind so it was still a bit nippy on occasion. It was wonderful though to get away for a few days :)

But now it's Monday again and there's plenty of fun things today was well, among which is a new challenge over @ Ooh La La, themed "Buttons & Bling". I managed to finish this card by the skin of my teeth, I was working on it yesterday evening when we came back! A case of bad planning on my part I'm afraid, but I managed to finish before my eyes fell shut somehow :) Such a beautiful flowers image, the CD Fleur D'Imagination is packed with them! I'm pretty happy with this card, I love the papers I found in my stash, very cheerfu making the card usuable for many occasions, always good to have in your stash :)




Materials:
* Ooh La La Pom Pom image from the Fleur D'Imagination CD, sprayed with Crafter's Companion Iridescent Glitter Spray
* My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow and Art Talent DPs
* Victorian Velvet & Forest Moss Distress Inks
* K&Co Brenda Walton Transfers to Go rub-on sentiment
* Button & twine from stash (I applied some crackle glaze on the button, but you can't see it very well)

Let's see what you can do with your glitter and buttons, please share with us!

Challenges:
*4 Crafty Chicks (Flowers)
* Allsorts (In the Garden)
* Simons Says Stamp & Show (Use a Button)
* Crafts & Me (Something Old) MME DP and rub on sentiment pack have been in my stash forever
* In the Pink (Anything Goes As Long As It's Pink)
* Card & Scrap (Flowers)
* Fussy & Fancy (Bling It On)
* Joanna Sheen (Spots and/or Stripes)
* Crealing (Flowers)
* Ladybug Crafts (Opposite end of the Colour Wheel) I've used Green-Yellow & Red-Violet

Monday, 27 May 2013

One with Nature

Good morning everyone!

Monday again, where does the weekend go? I had a lovely time shopping with my friend, even though I had a lot of train trouble which resulted in me traveling the entire breadth of the country to get where I needed to go! I got there in the end though and we had a lovely time.

We are starting another challenge @ Ooh La La today, each of the DT members has chosen her own theme and we will share these themes with you at the coming challenges. This time, my teamie Pauline chose the theme "INSPIRED BY NATURE". So many ways you can interpret this theme, so we are looking forward to a whole bunch of diverse projects!

My card is a DL card this time, making use of the lovely long image with flowers from the Fleur D'Imagination CD. I decoupaged the flowers to make them pop of the page a little. I am looking forward to what you can do with this challenge theme!



Materials:
* Ooh La La Lilac Bell image and DP (inside card) from the Fleur D'Imagination CD
* DCWV The Green Stack DP, distressed with Ranger Distressing Tool
* Studio Light sentiment
* Pearls, Butterflies, Flower, Button & Twine from stash

Challenges:
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Birthdays)
* Everybody Art (Flowers)
* Crafty Sentiments (Buttons)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)
* Flourishes Tuesday (Butterflies)
* Cute Card Thursday (Tie It Up)
* Allsorts (Birthday)
* Natalie & Amy (Things with Wings)
* Crafty Calendar (Blooms & Blossoms)
* Lisa B Design (Wings and Things)

Thursday, 16 May 2013

It's a Bingo!

Good Morning all,

It's Thursday and therefore time for a new challenge over @ Delightful Challenges. We have a bingo board for you this time, have a look at the challenge website for more details. I've used patterned paper, punch and flowers on my card:


Materials:
* Digital Delights Daisy Flower & Daisy Frame, coloured with Promarkers
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park & First Edition Up, Up & Away DPs + some scraps
* MS Picket Fence Border punch
* Lace border from local store (Xenos)
* Eline's Vintage Sentiment stamp

Challenges:
* Card Mania (Flower Power)
* My Heart Pieces (Anything Goes)
* Digi Haven (Mother's Day/Floral)
* One Crazy Stamper (Flowers)
* Crafty Calendar (Blooms & Blossoms)
* By the Cute and Girly (Flowers)
* Simply Create Too (Anything Goes)
* Color me Creative (Anything Goes)
* My Time to Craft (Show Us Your Insides)
* My Sheri Craft (Flower Power)

Monday, 13 May 2013

Red All Over

Hi Everyone!

Yesterday, it was Mother's Day here in the Netherlands, so today I can share my mother's day card with you that I made for my mum. Again, I used Ooh La La's Yesterday's Memories CD, the images are just so beautiful, I love the vintage feel. Our challenge this week @ Ooh La La is to "Use Red", I think I managed that, don't you? ;) If you are making any red creations this week, why not enter our challenge and share your creativity, it will be great to see them!




Materials:
* Ooh La La Red Anemone from the Yesterday's Memories CD (image & DP)
* DP scraps from my scrappy shoe box
* MS Doily Lace Border Punch & rounded corner punch
* Cosmic Shimmer Red Fire Twinkles
* Eline Vintage sentiment stamp set
* Pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Mema's Challenge (Anything Goes with optional Mother's Day & May Flowers)
* 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.
* The Squirrel and the Fox (Mother's Day)
* Crafty Calendar (Blooms & Blossoms)
* Chocolate, Coffee & Cards (Mother's Day/For Mum)
* Go Fish (Mother's Day)
* By the Cute and Girly (Flowers)
* Shopping Our Stash (Mother's Day or Pink)
* Crafty Sentiments (Use a Sentiment)
* Tuesday Throwndown (My Mother, My Friend)

Monday, 15 April 2013

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!

Good morning everyone,

I'm here with my last project for Platypus Creek Digitals. I have had a great time being a member of such a lovely DT but am feeling I need to take on a little less responsibility in the crafty world right now and play a little more, just for fun. Thank you Tracey, for giving me the opportunity to work with your lovely digistamps, I'm sure I will be back to play along with challenges!

Right, let's get to the challenge for this fortnight, which is themed "Flowers and Pearls". Here's my card:



I love this image, it's really easy to colour too! I used up all the little scraps of paper from the front to decorate the inside of the card.

Materials:
* PCD Flower Sketch 1 digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* First Edition Hideaway & Art Talent Pink & Lilac DPs
* Crafter's Companion Embossing board to create the scallops
* Black fine liner for faux stitching
* Personal Impressions Sentiment stamp set & black ink
* Gems, ric rac ribbon from stash

Challenges:
TBA

Easel Does It

Good morning all!

It's time for another challenge over @ Ooh La La, asking for your "Easel Cards". I love easel cards, although I've had to tell several people that I sent them to how they work as I've seen them displayed upside down or sideways LOL

I've used an image from the Ooh La La's Fleur D'Imagination CD called Pink Blossom. As usual, the CD has several toppers & decoupage using this image with lovely matching DPs, so I really didn't need to use any other paper this time around.


Materials:
* Ooh La La Pink Blossom image & DPs from the Fleur D'Imagination CD
* Petaloo Celebrations 3D Butterfly
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Buttons from stash

We'd love to see your work at the challenge blog, please share your easel projects with us!

Challenges:
TBA

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Getting Boxed In

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Time for another Fab 'n Funky and this time I'm your hostess! This week, I'm challenging you to create a "Box", something a little different. It can be any shape of box for any occasion, have a look at the challenge blog to see what my wonderful teamies have come up with, there's lots of variety!

I found this great template on the web for a milk carton box and decided to use it for my project this week. I've filled it with plain chocolate Easter eggs and will bring it to my parents when I go visiting this weekend. I'm sure they will be appreciated!

Our sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy, the DT were given some of their great images to work with. I've used Lenny Flowers 3.



Materials:
* Stamp Fairy Lenny Flowers 3 digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Sentiment digi from the Internet
* Create & Craft CS
* Template from Template by Belle (www.bellesprintables.com)
* DCWV Textured Brights CS scraps
* Flower peeloffs from stash

Challenges:
* Craft Us Crazy (Anything but a Card)
* Crafting 4 All Seasons (Anything but a Card)
* Simon Says Stamp (Easter/Spring)
* Paper Creators Craft (Spring has Sprung)
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Spring or Pastel)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)
* Color me Creative (Spring Colours)
* Anything but a Card (Spring or Alice in Wonderland)
* Forever Friends Monthly (Lots of Flowers)
* Stamp & Create (Fur or Feathers)

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Hope You're Feeling Better

Hi guys,

It's been great weather around here for the last couple of days, thankfully as I was getting a bit depressed with all the snow, cold and rain! Spring might actually be springing this time ;) However, I'm sure where you are the same as here, many people are still struggling with the last remnants of the cold and flu and Get Wel Soon cards are still pretty dang handy at the moment! Great timing for the new Delightful Challenge, asking for your "Get Well Soon" makes!

I thought to combine the theme with lots of flowers and spring-like colours, everyone who is a little under the weather can use a bit of bright spring colours on their card I think :)



Materials:
* Digital Delights Flower Power Daffy, coloured with Promarkers and edged with faux stitching
* Studio Light sentiment
* First Edition Hideaway DP
* DCWV Glitter Stack
* Memories Direct flower
* Peel offs & star brad from stash


Our sponsor this week is

Offering a 15 dollar gift certificate for the winner! I am looking forward to seeing your projects :)

Challenges:
* Crafty Boots (Flowers)
* Fussy & Fancy (Flowers)
* 2 Sisters (Flowers for Spring)
* Ladyburg Crafts Ink (Spring)
* ABC Challenge (Bring on the Flowers)
* Paper Creators Crafts (Spring has Sprung)
* QKR Stampede (Dreaming of Spring)
* Color Me Creative (Spring Colours)
* Forever Friends Monthly Challenge (Lots of Flowers)
* Alota Rubber Stamps (Spring Time)

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Flower Power

Hi all!

I'm still a little under the weather, incredible how long this cold is lingering! I'm back at work though, as I had cabin fever after being cooped up in the house for an entire week. It did give me plenty of time to crafty though :) The card I am sharing with you today came about pretty quickly actually, I'm using it as an inspiration card for the new Fab 'n Funky's "Flower Power" Challenge. Our sponsors this week are Flonzcraft & Stampart Design by Katherine, offering some lovely prizes for you to win if you play along.



Materials:
* Studio Light Decoupage Image
* First Edition Hideaway DPs
* Spellbinders Shape CS
* Wooden Butterflies (Xenos) & Lace (Hema) from local stores
* Eline Vintage Sentiment Stamp set
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Pearls & Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Card & Scrap (Use Flowers)
* Crafty Cardmakers (Blooming Images)
* Created with Love (Things that Fly) Butterflies & Ladybug
* Incy Wincy (Pop It Up)
* Sparkles Forum (Lace it Up)
* Paper Playtime (Sentiment Stamp) Inside the card
* Stamps & Fun = Create (Lace)
* Sentimental Sundays (Lace & Pearls)
* QKR Stampede (Anything Goes)
* Allsorts (Things with Wings) Butterflies & Ladybug

Monday, 18 February 2013

Sparkle & Shine

Hello all!

How was your weekend? Since I am still recovering from the flu, I spent my weekend just pottering around the house and doing a bit of crafting & baking. It was lovely :)

Today I have a Get Well Soon card to share with you, made for the Ooh La La Challenge starting today with the theme "Sparkle & Shine". I used my Glitter Spray on the image to make it all sparkly, it works really well as the glitter doesn't rub off after drying. I'd love to see your projects at the challenge!



Materials:
* Ooh La La Clematis Decoupage, sprayed with Crafter's Companion Multicolour Spray Sparkle
* Docrafts Country Companions For Someone Special & Studio Light DPs
* DCWV Pastels Textured CS
* Memories Direct Flowers
* Eline Vintage Sentiment Stamp Set
* Forest Moss & Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink
* Gems, peel offs & Pearls from my stash

Challenges:
* ATCs with Attitude (Be My Valentine/Anyting Goes)
* Oozak (Anything Goes with Your Favourite Colours) Lilac & Green
* Bunny Zoe (Flowers & Pearls)
* Southern Girls (Bling It On)
* Forever Friends (Anything Goes)
* My Grafico (Anything Goes)
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Anything Goes)
* Charisma Cardz (Anything Goes)
* QKR Stampede (Anything Goes)
* Card & Scrap (Use Flowers)

Friday, 1 February 2013

Christmas with a Heart

Hi everyone!

Already one month has passed in the new year, it all went by in a flash! But it really is February and time for another CCAYR challenge! For this month, the challenge theme is "RED & WHITE, FLOWERS & HEARTS". Yes, another Red & White project for me :) You have the whole month of February to participate, just make sure you adhere to the theme and make it a Christmas project! I've used up another couple of decoupage images that were waiting on my desk being left over from last-minute Christmas card making. They were perfect for the red & white theme!




Materials:
* Studio Light Decoupage images
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park DP
* DCWV The Glitter Cardstock Brights CS
* Fiskars Star Border Punch
* Joy Craft Flower Punch
* Ribbon, Heart gem, Border Peeloffs and Peel off sentiment from my stash

Challenges:
* Inky Chicks (Bingo) I've used Ribbon, Sentiments, Flowers
* Creative Craft Challenges (Bling It Up)
* Little Miss Muffet (Hearts & Flowers)
* ATCs with Attitude (Ribbon/Lace)
* Whimsy Stamps (Fancy Edges)
* Bunny Zoe (Anything Goes)
* Scrap Cards (Hearts)
* Kaboodle Doodles (Winter)
* Bearly Mine (Hearts Galore)
* Shopping Our Stash (Love, Red, Hearts, Valentine) I've used Red & Hearts

Monday, 7 January 2013

Ooh La La, It's Your Birthday!

Hi everyone!

Did you enjoy your New Year's Eve celebrations? We certainly did, even if it was just the two of us. Some lovely bubbly and some yummy nibbles and Jools Holland on the telly, what more can you ask for? ;) I also received some lovely crafty goodies over the Christmas period and some money that is probably going the same way LOL.

I am starting the new year with a new challenge, as I've been asked to be a GDT for Ooh La La for the next two months, how great is that? Today's post in the first of four, this week's challenge is "BIRTHDAY". I've used the lovely Italian Window image, together with quite a few DP scraps. I seem to be loving the 'jaunty angle' look at the moment, so expect quite a few more projects like this :)

Perhaps you would like to join me and the lovely Ooh La La DT in this challenge, hope to see you there!




Materials:
* Create & Craft CS, DCWV Pastels Textured CS
* Hunkydory Classic Cameo DP
* Ooh La La Italian Window image
* Pumice Stone Distress Ink
* Leaf punch, rounded corner punch
* Eline's Vintage & Kars Gefeliciflapsteerd sentiment stamp sets
* Flowers, brad, gems from stash

Challenges:
* Diva's by Design (Anything Goes)
* Crafty Creations (Anything Goes)
* Inky Impressions (Anything Goes)
* Bunny Zoe (Celebration)
* Sparkles Forum (Anything Goes)
* Cards Galore (Anything Goes)
* Forever Friends (Birthdays)
* Sarah Hurley (Celebration)
* The Squirrel & the Fox (Party Time)
* Crafty Catz (Anything Goes)

Monday, 3 December 2012

Christmas Pointsettia

Happy Monday all!

Did you enjoy your weekend? I went to see my parents, due to teaching commitments I hadn't been able to go for quite a while so it was great to catch up and spend some time together.

Today I'm back in crafty mode. It seems all I am making these days are Christmas cards, I am amazed that I still have some new ideas for cards! This time I went with a more vintage-like style, using some Distress Ink and my trusty Distress Tool. The card came together pretty quickly in my head, I had already coloured and glittered the Poinsettia and the rest just came together naturally. Such a shame you can't make out the sparkle in the photo, but it ultrasparkly in real life! I made this card hoping to inspire you to participate in the new challenge over at PCD, themed "Christmas Flowers".



Materials:
* Scalloped base card
* Platypus Creek Digitals Poinsettia, coloured with Promarkers
* Crafter's Companion Iridescent Glitter Spray
* Basic Grey Jovial DP, distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Distressing Tool
* K&Co Christmas Cheer Tag Pad, distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* Eline's Winterhuis Stamp Set
* Ribbon & Gems from Stash

As usual, you have two weeks to play along, hope to see you there!

Challenges:
* There She Goes (Tag You're It)
* Crimbo Crackers (Anything Goes)
* Wags 'n Whiskers (Christmas)
* Addicted to Stamps (Christmas)
* Forever Friends (Glitter & Sparkle)
* Lexi's Creations (Christmas)
* My Sheri Crafts (Christmas)
* There's Magic in the Air (Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle)
* Sparkles Forum (Christmas is Coming)
* Passion for Promarkers (Distressing)