A Wish & a Kiss

I have another Christmas card to share today...featuring a cute Penny Black image called 'A Wish and a Kiss'. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my Nesties to cut out the circle shape. I paired it with papers from the 'Santa's List' pad by Kaisercraft...distressing the edges, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I matted the image onto a scalloped circle cut from red card using another Nestie, then matted it all onto some more red card before adding it to a white card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Traditional Christmas Colours
• Crafter's Cafe - Christmas
• Creative Moments - Things with Wings
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Get Ready for Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - E, F & G are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Fabiola is the host, and the themes are:

'E is for Embossing'

'F is for Focal Sentiments'

&

'G is for Girls'

The prize for the lucky winner is a gift certificate to the winner's favourite online store!

For my 'E is for Embossing' card, I used stamps from the 'Festive Flurries - Baubles & Bows' set by Creative Expressions. I stamped them on to navy card using Versamark ink, theen heat embossed them using white embossing powder. I distressed the edges a little, then added the embossed panel to a white card blank.

For my 'Focal Sentiments' card, I used my large 'Joy' die from Penny Black, cutting it from some purple mirror card. I layered it over a piece of purple snowflake covered paper from the 'Snowscape' pad by Woodware, then stamped a sentiment using one of the stamps from the 'Winter Blessings' set by Crafter's Companion in the centre of the 'O'. I distressed the edges a little, added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen, matted it on to some purple card, before adding it to a white card blank.

For my 'G is for Girls' card, I inked up an old Lili of the Valley stamp from a set called 'Skating Along', stamping it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the same set, before colouring it using watercolour pencils and matting it on to some silver mirror card. I paired it with papers from the 'Glittering Snowflakes' pad by Crafter's Companion and the 'Silver Bells' pad by Kaisercraft...lightly distressing all of the edges before assembling the card.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Christmas Kickstart - Not the Norm (Second card only)
• C.R.A.F.T. - Seasons/Weather (Second card only)
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Add a Sentiment') (First card only)
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes (Third card only)
• Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything Goes (Third card only)
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes (First card only)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Stitching (Second card only)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

Getting Ready

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring an Anita Jeram stamp called 'Getting Ready'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, adding a sentiment from another Anita Jeram/Colorado Craft Company stamp set called 'Christmas Hats', then coloured the image using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used a stocking covered paper from the 'Santa's List' pad by Kaisercraft, distressing the edges, and matting on to sopme red card before adding it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Christmas Star

Today's card features some more of the stamps from the 'All is Bright' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, adding a sentiment from an old Lili of the Valley set, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I used papers from the 'Santa's List' pad by Kaiserkraft for the background, distressing the edges a little before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. Then matted the layers on to red card before adding it to the card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Fab 'N' Funky - Include a Stamped Image
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Time Out - Pick Two (Stitch & Layer)

Bauble Balance

I have a Christmas card to share today...featuring a cute little elf stamp from Penny Black called 'Bauble Balance'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with the matching sentiment, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. As the image is fairly large, I used a single piece of patterned paper from the 'Silver Bells' pad by Kaisercraft...distressing the edges and adding faux stitching. Once assembled, I added a generous coating of  'Diamond' Stickles to the elf's baubles to match the ones on the paper behind.

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas with the Cuties - Elves/Gnomes/Fairies
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles - Ho Ha Ha!
• Krafty Chicks - Christmas
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Stamp It
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Hand Coloured Images')

December Desk Calendar

Today I'm sharing the last page from the desk calendar I decorated this year. I used an adorable Penny Black image from the 'Christmas Critters' set, stamping him on to watercolour paper, then colouring him using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the Kaisercraft 'Santa's List' pad...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching.

Challenges for this calendar:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Collage Christmas Tree

I have another Chirstmas card to share today...featuring some more new stamps that I received for Christmas. The image stamp is 'Collage Christmas Tree' by The Artful Stamper, and I stamped it on to black card using Versamark Ink, along with one of the sentiments from the 'Silver Bells' set by Kaiserkraft, then heat embossed them using 'Metallic Gold Rich' embossing powder from WOW. I then watercoloured the Christmas trees and their stars using Cosmic Shimmers mica pigments mixed with a little water. I matted the panel on to some gold glitter card, then added it to a DL card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Alphabet Challenge - T is for Trees
• C.R.A.F.T. - New (The stamps are new)
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes Optional 'Something New' (The stamps are new)
• Fab 'N' Funky - Keep It Simple
• Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) - Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles - Thank You Santa (The stamps were a Christmas gift)
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Something New (The stamps are new)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (The stamps are new)
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes with Stamping
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes with Stamping

Stocking Surprise

Today's card features another Christmas gift...a cute Hunky Dory stamp set called 'Stocking Surprise'. I stamped the images on to watercolour paper, then coloure them using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Home for Christmas' pad by Violet Studio...distressing all of the edges, and then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Silver Bells' set by Kaiserkraft...it's actually in the centre of a bauble outline, so I masked off the outline before inking with Versamark Ink, then stamped it on to a snippet of kraft card, and heat embossed in white before cutting it out using one of my circle Nesties.

Challenges for this card:

• A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
• Time Out - New (New stamps)

Fox & Robin

I have a Christmas card to share today...featuring one of the stamps frm the 'Snow Much Fun' set by Penny Black. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Santa's List' pad by Kaisercraft...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Wintertime Messages' set by Hero Arts.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles - Animals
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Christmas Forum - Flora and/or Fauna
• Stamping Sensations - Animals, Birds & Bugs

Wishes for Kisses

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring an 'oldie but a goodie' by Penny Black called 'Wishes for Kisses'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Santa's List' pad by Kaisercraft...I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + A Sentiment
• C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
• Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
• Crafty Friends - Animals/Birds
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes (Optional 'Use Some Green')
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Your Favourite Technique (Faux Stitching)
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - Y & Z are for?

We have another fun ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...our last one for 2020...I'm the host, and the themes are:

'Y is for Your Favourite Things'

&

'Z is for Zzzzzzzz'

(Sleeping Image)

There's a little mystery prize from Samantha for the lucky winner:

I have so many favourite crafty things...but went with my long time favourites of Penny Black Stamps, Patterned Papers & Faux Stitching. I picked an image called 'Joy Filled Stockings', stamping it on to watercolour paper, colouring it using watercolour pencils, and then cutting it out using one of my circle Nesties. I picked a piece of stocking covered paper to match my image from the Kaisercraft 'Santa's List' pad...lightly distressing the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Tattered Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous...I stamped it on to a snippet of kraft card, then cut it into a banner shape.

As it happens, I actually have quite a collection of images of sleeping critters, but picked this cute pup from the 'Wintertime Cheer' set by Penny Black...stamping him on to watercolour paper, colouring him using watercolour pencils, then carefully cutting him out. I added a strip of co-ordinating patterned paper from the 'Jolly Christmas' pad (form The Works) along the bottom of a kraft card blank, then added the pup on top popped up on 3D foam pads. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Foxy Christmas' set by Woodware.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Spots and/or Stripes (Second card only)
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

Pile It On! Challenge - Wood

This week at Pile It On! our challenge theme is:

'Wood'

Use some kind of wooden element, or woodgrain texture.

We are sponsored for this challenge by Jellypark...and the prize is 2 digis from the Jellypark store!

My wooden element is a wooden flower (from a set by Kaisercraft)...I layered it up with a paper flower (from the long since closed Poppicrafts) and held it in place using a BasicGrey brad...the other flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The image is 'Gift Wrapped' by Lili of the Valley, which I coloured using watercolour pencils, and the sentiment is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts. The papers are from an old Papermania pad called 'Sweet Nothings'...I distressed the edges then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - Wood
• 2 Sisters - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - Spring has Sprung
• CCEE Stampers - Things with Wings
• Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes
• Crafts & Me - Spring Flowers
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Flutterby Wednesdays - Flowers
• Fussy & Fancy - Faux Technique (Stitching)
• Gem of a Challenge - Animals
• Lili of the Valley - All Stitched Up (My stitching is faux)
• Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft - Birthdays
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter/Spring
• Stamp with Fun - Spring
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch #200
• Sweet Stampin' - Scallops
• Wags 'N Whiskers - April Showers/Spring

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
 

ABC Christmas Challenge - C is for...

I have another card today for our current ABC Christmas Challenge, where the theme is:

'CASE One of Us'

(CASE = Copy & Selectively Edit) 

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Prize - 2 Images from the Saturated Canary Shop!

This time I CASED Carissa's card from the U is for Up to You challenge.

I used a different Lili of the Valley James the Bear (shhhh...I cheated and used a pre-coloured die cut, but did add lashings of gold Stickles to his star), but kept the layout (although omitting a sentiment) and colour the same. My papers are from a Kaisercraft set that came free with a craft mag a few months ago...instead of matting them on to red card, I distressed the edges, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen for a little definition.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Forever Friends (Fortnightly) - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Christmas - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for...

I have another card today for our current challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge where the theme is:

'B is for Bows or Boys'

(Or both if you like!)

We have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge:

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 free digis!

and

Prize - a £10 gift voucher to spend at the Ribbon Reel!

I went with 'Boys' this time, using a LIli of the Valley die cut image...I squared off the corners, and then inked aaround the edges using 'Brushed Corduroy' Distress Ink. The papers are by Kaisercraft, and came free with Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine a couple of months ago...I inked the edges of those too, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. The little wooden snowflake was a gift from my lovely friend Samantha...and the twine is by Dovecraft.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Allosrts - Masculine
• Creative Stamp Friends - Winter/Wintersport
• Joanna Sheen - 3 Papers, 2 Embellishments, 1 Image
• Lili of the Valley - Anything Goes
• Raise the Bar - Message Me
• Squirrel & the Fox - Something New (Papers)
• Willow Sketchie - Sketch
• Winter Wonderland - It Takes Two

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.