Crimbo Crackers Challenge 79 - Stockings

Time for a new Crimbo Crackers challenge and the theme for the fortnight is:

Stockings

I've used papers from Funky Hand - Santa Baby download and used my own template.  There is a lot of glittering and I've used Sizzix and Marianne Creatable dies.

The bling is a Christmas garland which I picked up in the January sales for not much, and I got a lot of it!

Good luck with the challenge - pop over to the blog for more details.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts:  Use A Tag
In The Pink:  Make It Sparkle
Crafty Gals Corner:  Girls, Girls, Girls

Just For You!

I am feeling rather pleased with myself with this card!  I've magically managed to use up some really strange offcuts - strange in the sense that they were odd shapes to use!  I've used offcuts from a Christmas card I made some months ago with the Santa Baby Wordbook and Paper pack downloads from Funky Hand.

I've used the strip offcuts from the wordbook as the main background and then the spotty ones are the papers.  The grass was cut with a Marianne Creatables die - it is supposed to be icicles but I use it for grass all the time!

The image is from From The Heart stamps - its part of the monthly progressive challenge - and I've coloured it with Promarkers plus watercolour pencils for the background.

I found the flowers and brad in my stash (they were lying on the table!) and I handwrote the sentiment.

It's been an exciting day today - needless to say I've been out of the house for 12 hours karting and yes, another trophy was won by Samuel!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cards In Envy:  Sketch followed
I Heart Sketches:  Monthly challenge
Dream Valley Challenges:  Animals
Robyns Fetish:  4 Legged Friends


Image:  From The Heart Stamps, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Santa Baby downloads from Funky Hand
Dies:  Marianne Creatables
Sentiment:  Handwritten
Everything else: My Stash

Crimbo Crackers - Challenge 40 - Anything Goes

It's time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge and I've gone for an easy option this fortnight and the theme is:

Anything Goes

I'm sponsored by the very generous Anice from Funky Hand and a download will be the prize for one lucky winner!

I've used the Santa Baby Wordbook download and made this cute First Christmas wordbook.  The wordbooks are really easy to make and all I've added are some sparkly snowflakes, glitter glue around the letters and die cut letters to spell the word Christmas.

They are really quite quick to make and always look good!  Good luck with the challenge - for more details, pop over to Crimbo Crackers.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons:  No Stamps Allowed

The House That Stamps Built:  Shaped Cards

Paper Pretties:  Fabulous Folds

Craft Room Challenge:  So Sentimental

Make My Monday:  Fancy Folds

Papers:  Santa Baby Wordbook download from Funky Hand

Dies:  Sizzix Round A Bout alphabet; Marianne Creatables Snowflakes

Everything else:   My stash

First Christmas

I've made a first Christmas card for my little niece Amy who was born at the end of February and I've used the Santa Baby wordbook download from Funky Hand and it's part of the Oh Come All Ye Crafters collection.  I printed on the reverse too and used the Santa Baby papers for that - so when you open the pages there is colour everywhere!

Really simple to make - print out the letters you want, glitter them (of course!) around the edges, layer up so you can read what you've printed then glue the 'pages' together!

I've added Sizzix Round-a-Bout die cut letters to spell out Christmas and added a rather large amount of fine glitter over the top!  I first coated the letters with glossy accents and then went a little mad with the glitter!  Same treatment on the Marianne Creatables snowflakes!

And to pretty up the spine, I've added some pink organza ribbon, tied into a bow and then a star charm which was actually donated to me by Amy's mum when she had a clear out!!

The left over parts from cutting the wordbook letters I used to make the die cuts so nothing went to waste!!

I'm actually in the process of making another of these as one of my cousins had a baby girl at the start of November, and well, the cards are so easy to make, it seems rude not to!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew:  Star (its a bit tiny though!!)
Digital Tuesday Challenge:  Non Traditional Christmas
Die Cuttin' Diva's:  Holiday Spirit
Ribbon Carousel:  Holiday Spirit
ABC Challenges:  Holiday Cards with Bling
Top Tip Tuesday:  Christmas (My tip is to use glossy accents rather than glue when glittering as the glitter stays put a lot better and it has a nicer finish!)

All papers:  Santa Baby wordbook download from Funky Hand
Dies:  Marianne Creatables snowflakes and Sizzix Round-a-Bout alphabet
Everything else:  My stash (or donated!) 

Pink Gift Cards

I do like making these little gift cards - they are quick to make and means I can use up some of my stash at the same time!

I've used one of the Oh Come All Ye Crafters paper collections from Funky Hand - Santa Baby - and I've printed on both sides of the card before folding and scoring it into the card holder.

I've added a line around the edges with a pink gel pen, tied some ribbon and then added two different (you can only see one!) chunky chipboard stickers which are layered and glitter!  I've had them in my stash for ages!  I bought quite a few different packs from the poundshop a few years ago as they are really good quality and only a pound a pack!!

I've added a panel to write on which is an offcut of card.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

365 Day Cards:  Day 264 - Ravishing Ribbon
Loves Rubber Stamps:  Use Ribbon
Tuesday Alchemy:  Anything But A Card
Hooked on Crafts:  Christmas but no red or green
Paper Pretties:  Anything But A Card
Totally Stampalicious:  Non Traditional Christmas Colours


Papers:  Santa Baby download from Funky Hand
Chipboard stickers:  Poundshop
Everything else:  My stash 

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 27 - Shaped and Pink!

It's time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge!  The theme this fortnight (continuing the Breast Cancer Awareness theme too)is:

Shaped and a hint of pink

I've made a rather sparkly and pink star card!  The papers are all from the new Funky Hand download - Santa Baby which is part of the Oh Come All Ye Crafters collection of downloads.  The star shape is one that I've made myself and apart from a little bit of tricky cutting out, its really easy to make. 

I've layered a contrasting paper underneath although you can't see it too well on the photo!  I've used a lot of glitter glue plus I've coated the Marianne Creatables snowflake die cuts with glossy accents and then added some freebie purple / pink glitter I got with a magazine last year and then some other more white glitter over the top.

And yes, I'm still finding bits of glitter here and there!  The little stars are table confetti that I added to fill the gaps.  The snowflakes and little stars have been added with foam pads for extra lift.

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

ABC Christmas challenge:  U is for Up To You
Whimsy Stamps:  Sparkly
365 Cards:  Day 231 - You Raise Me Up
Creative Card Crew:  Fancy Folds
Die Cutting Diva's:  Glimmer, Shimmer, Gloss
Sassy Studios Design: Pink Holiday

Papers:  Santa Baby download from Funky Hand
Template:  My own
Dies:  Marianne Createables
Everything else:  My stash