Christmas Joy

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a good week!

My first card today is inspired by the theme at Merry Monday which is Pink, Green and White and also by Inkspirational - Anything Goes With Silver.

I die-cut my Christmas lights from silver foil card and inlaid with DSP, the Joy sentiment was die-cut from silver sparkle card.

Also linking Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes and CAS-ual Fridays - Precious Metals.

Thanks so much for looking!

 

To a Deer Friend

Hi everyone, happy Friday and I hope you've had a good week.

When I saw that the theme at Merry Monday a Christmas card with a frame, I wanted to break out my new die and here's what I made. The little deer was stamped, coloured with Chameleon pens and fussy cut out.

Also linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark 

and Christmas Card Challenges - Photo inspiration.

Merry Christmas

Linking my card to:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Addicted to Holidays

Merry Monday - Christmas card with watercolouring

The Card Concept - Forest Friends (Clean and Layered style)

Holly

Hi everyone, I hope you are well.

I've made a one layer Christmas card today. The holly was stamped in black Archival and coloured with pencils. I've added some Glossy Accents for shiny berries and a sentiment from the Happy Little Stampers Mixed Christmas Sentiments set.

Linking up to a few challenges:

Merry Monday - Use Holly

Happy Little Stampers Sept Christmas Challenge - Holly

Happy Little Stampers Sept CAS Challenge - Colouring
Time Out - Take Time Out to 'Make Your Mark'

Inkspirational - One Layer

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog. Have a lovely weekend! x

  

Merry Monday GD

Welcome friends, I hope you had a good weekend.

I''m delighted to be guest designer at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge and here is my card. The theme this week is Candles and Flowers and I've used Wplus9 Merry and Bright stamps and dies.

Please do check out the beautiful DT inspiration over at Merry Monday and look forward to seeing you there!

Also linking up to Throwback Thursday and Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes.

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone. For my second card today, I used a die which I've had for about a year but not yet used. I've cut it twice in white and red and pieced them together.

Linking up to:

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS

Merry Monday - Red and White

In the lane ...

Hi everyone, I hope you're well and having a good day!

At Merry Monday, the theme is Sparkle, Bling and Shine and here's what I've made.

I've done some inking, masking and stamping, used a glue pen here and there to adhere some glitter, heat embossed the sentiment in black sparkle embossing powder and used Glossy Accents for my "shiny moon" (a little hard to see in the photo!).

Would also like to enter my card at:

 Addicted to CAS - code word Animal

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes

Less Is More - 2 or 4 Legs

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for your lovely comments! xx

Addicted to Stamps and More #133 - Holiday

Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you!

It's time to start a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and this week's theme is Holiday - create a project for any holiday: could be Christmas, Easter, any national holiday or vacation destination.

Our fabulous sponsor is STAMPlorations and the winner will receive a $10 gift certificate. 

For my DT card I stamped the characters in black Archival onto watercolour card and coloured in with watercolour paints.  I haven't yet been able to find a watercolour card which looks white, this one is slightly creamy.

Don't forget to check out all the wonderful DT inspiration at the ATSM challenge blog and we hope to see you there!

Also linking up to a few challenges: Merry Monday - Stars, Happy Little Stampers sketch challenge and 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog. Have a great rest of the week! xx

MM#113, AAA#7 and MAWTT

Greetings to my blog visitors, I hope you are well and having a good week!

Today's card is a little Christmas card I've made for a few challenges. The oval was embossed with an oval die, and the tree and sentiment heat embossed with silver powder.

Would like to link to:-

Merry Monday where the theme is Pink, White and Silver

AAA Cards: use two types of embossing and a touch of pink

Moving Along With The Times: Keep It Clean And Simple

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Supplies

Tree and sentiment stamps - Woodware

Silver embossing powder

Pink Promarker pen

FFC29, MM104 and 52CCT

Hi everyone, just a quick post to show you a Christmas card I've made. The wreath was coloured with Smoky Slate, the background sponged with Crumb Cake and the candle flames with River Rock. Inspiration provided by Festive Friday #29 and would also like to link this to Merry Monday #104 - Use Slate/Kraft and 52CCT - April colour challenge. 

Thanks for looking. Hope you have a lovely Easter weekend!

Supplies

Merry and Bright dies and sentiment stamp and Spring Wreath die - WPlus9

Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, River Rock and Basic Grey markers - Stampin' Up!

Circle die - Die-Namics

Stencil - Memory Box

ATSM #83 - Holiday

Hello everyone, I do hope you are well and having a good week so far! 

Time for the start of a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and the theme is HOLIDAY - create a project featuring any holiday you like: this could be Christmas, Easter, New Year, any National Holiday or a holiday (vacation) destination. 

We are so pleased to welcome the very talented Cathy as our Guest Designer this week and our generous sponsor is StampArt Design. Our Top Addict will receive a fab prize of 5 free digis.

For my DT card, I stamped and fussy cut the little holly sprigs and stocking, coloured in with Promarkers and attached them to a rectangle diecut. Stickles glitter glue applied to the hem and toe of the stocking (which can just about be seen on the zoom in). I resisted the urge to place it on a white card blank and used some coloured paper and embossing, hmmmm... 

Please don't forget to check out the fabulous selection of DT inspiration over at the ATSM challenge blog and we look forward to seeing your holiday creations!

I'd like to link this card to Merry Monday - create a Christmas card with Holly on it and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

Supplies

Stamps - Hobby Art

Rectangle die - WPlus9

Promarkers

Frosted Lace Stickles glitter glue

ColourQ, Merry Monday and CHNC Challenge Extra

Hi everyone, hope you're having a nice weekend. Today's card is a little Christmas card which I'd like to link to a few challenges. 

Merry Monday would like to see Christmas cards featuring an animal and I've used the ColourQ colours. Also for Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra.

Supplies

Cat in box stamp and sentiment - Simon Says Stamp

Little heart stamp - PTI

Fired brick distress ink and card - Tim Holtz

Stampin' Up markers

Ribbon and twine

Merry Monday #85 and Less Is More week 147

Hi everybody, I hope you're well. I've made a card today using the SU! Cottage Window stamp set. This set is so versatile as you can make a card for any season - my autumn one is here.

Would like to enter this in two challenges:

Less Is More - #147 Christmas Card with a Bird

Merry Monday - #85

Supplies

Cottage Window stamp set - Stampin' Up

Sentiment stamp - Imagination Crafts

Snowflake embossing folder - Cuttlebug

Vintage photo ink - Tim Holtz

Stickles glitter glue

DD#77, Merry Monday #82, Inkspirational #42 and CFC119

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well! 

I've made this card for a few challenges: Dynamic Duos: Red and Aqua, Merry Monday: red, aqua, white and circles, Inkspirational #42: wreath and CAS-ual Fridays: heat or dry embossing.

I've been lucky enough to go to a few craft shows recently and have some new stash to play with. I cut the wreath once in aqua card and once in red, cut the red flowers out and stuck them on to the wreath which I found was easier said than done! It's very fiddly to do and to my dismay one of the tiny flowers disappeared onto the floor under my craft desk never to be seen again and I had used my last piece of Real Red card, so I hope it doesn't show too much! 

I attached the wreath to some embossed white card, cut the sentiment banner and added a little soft inking and a sentiment. There's a bit of stamped woodgrain behind the sentiment and some tiny pearls here and there.

Hope you're having a good week and enjoying making your Christmas cards.

Take care, Sue x

Supplies

Catalina Wreath die - Memory Box

Dot embossing folder - Sizzix

Sentiment banner die - Spellbinders

Coastal Cabana and Real Red card stock and markers - Stampin' Up!

Woodgrain stamp - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Sentiment stamp - PTI

Merry Monday #80

Hi everyone, hope you had a good weekend!  This is my guest designer card for the Merry Monday challenge #80 - use music or a Carol inspired theme on your Christmas card.

I heat embossed the shepherds window and verse in black, coloured in the window using distress inks and an aqua brush and added sparkle to the star with a Quickie glue pen and silver leaf.

This card is also for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown October recipe/theme challenge #22 - add bling.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sue xx

Supplies:
Shepherds window and verse stamps - Clarity Stamps
Distress inks - Tim Holtz

Christmas Geese

Hi everyone, I had so much fun this morning getting inky so I made another Christmas card.

I began by masking off the moon and created the background using torn paper and colour dusters with TH distress inks. Stamped the leaves and geese with Memento and TH inks and added some glitter glue.

Would like to enter this in a few challenges.

52 Christmas Card Throwndown - Oct Colour Challenge 22: No Red Or Green
Craft A Scene - Fowl Weather
Inkspirational #41 - Anything Goes
Merry Monday #78 - Christmas Bird
Nonni's Card Challenges - Stamp A Happy Christmas

Thanks so much for looking!

Sue x

Supplies:
Leaves and Geese stamps - Lavinia Stamps
Sentiment - Hobby Art
Dusty Concord, Faded Jeans, Barn Door Distress Inks - Tim Holtz
Ocean Depths - Memento Ink
Stickles glitter glue

Snow Bird

Hi everyone, hope your day is going well! I've had fun with stamps and ink this morning and made a Christmas card. 

I began with a white card blank, heat embossed the flourishes in white, stamped some text and snowflakes and inked with TH distress inks. The bird panel was made with a circle die-cut stamped with the snow bird in sepia Archival ink and coloured with distress inks and touches of glitter glue.

This card is for some challenges:

Merry Monday #78 - Christmas Bird

Artful Times #40 - Feeling Distressed

Inkspirational #41 - Anything Goes

Nonni's Card Challenge - Stamp a Happy Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sue x

Supplies:

Snow Bird stamp - Stampendous

Text stamp - Stampington

Snowflake and sentiment - Paula Pascual

Flourishes stamp - Dawn Bibby Designs

Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo, Festive Berries and Antique Linen distress inks - Tim Holtz

Stickles glitter glue

Merry Monday #77 and Nonni's Card Challenge

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well.

Here's something I've made for Merry Monday and Nonni's Card Challenge (Let's Get Inky), a brand new card challenge hosted by the very talented Nonni!

Nonni's challenge is to make a Christmas card using stamping. Why not pop over and check out all the beautiful DT inspiration. Here's the brief:

Let's Get Inky -Stamp A Happy Christmas! 

Let's create Christmas cards with stamping playing the main role! You could use fun techniques like masking and combine background stamps with smaller stamps... Or how about using non-Christmas stamps for Christmas and playing with some embossing powders? Or stamping with watercolors? Or tone on tone stamping maybe? The possibilities are endless... Let's get inky and creative! You can choose any style from CAS to vintage, what ever you like the best... You can use embellishments too -just don't cover up your fabulous stamping completely!

I've chosen to use non-Christmas stamps. The branches and baubles are PTI Heart to Heart #12 which is a flower set I've used here. The string-and-bow stamp is by Hobby Art, sentiment by Paula Pascual. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Sue x

Merry Monday #74

For Merry Monday Christmas Card Club #74

Large fern die: Marianne
Small fern and poinsettia punch: Nellie Snellen
Woodgrain EF and circle dies: Sizzix
Small flower punch: Woodware
Sentiment stamp: Hobby Art
Lattice die: Tonic