Christmas Card Club - "Jingle Bells"

Good morning all.

What a positively miserable weekend we're having, hopefully it's to get better during the week. There was an airshow near us yesterday and we had the Red Arrows (among others) flying over the house...we could hear them but couldn't see a thing!

Another fortnight been and gone...they're coming in far too quick for my liking! Margaret has given us a theme of  "Jingle Bells" at the Christmas Card Club this time. I've managed two cards!

Images are from Crafty Impressions, sentiments from Happy Little Stampers....stamped onto kraft card with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP then partly coloured with promarkers. I've added glossy accents to the red bits on both cards. Dies are from Lawn Fawn and Spellbinders.

If you'd like to see what the other girls have made you'll find their links on my sidebar.

HLS Christmas June Challenge "Twine"

Good evening all.

A day spent cleaning and dressing rooms at the new house, thought I'd get the utility finished then found out I'd ordered two blinds for the same window instead of one for each....luckily the spare will fit another window as they were made to measure!!

Sadly my last post for HLS Christmas Challenge, life is getting in the way of crafting at the moment so I'm taking a step back. Many thanks to Kylie for having me this past year. Our challenge this month is to use "Twine" somewhere on your creation.

The joys of having most of my crafting stash in the other house means I'm very limited to what I can use to craft at the moment...it took me nearly two weeks to remember to hunt out some twine!

Stamp from Crafty Impressions, coloured with Whisper pens and a gold Gel pen...all found lurking in a pencil case! Dies from Spellbinders and Lawn Fawn. Sentiment from HLS.

Do hope you can join us this month and get ahead for the silly season. Pop over to the challenge blog to see how my teamies interpreted the theme.

HLS Christmas Challenge January "Jingle"

Good evening all.

Sorry for being a bad blogger but packing and leaving the house in order is taking priority at the moment. I have lots of posts scheduled whilst I'm away and I'll try to pop in from time to time and maybe show you some of the sights of New Zealand we're visiting. I'm trying to fit some commenting in when I can this week to catch up with you all before I leave on Saturday.

Another month has passed and it's time for the first Christmas challenge of the year at Happy Little Stampers. We do hope you'll join us getting those pesky Christmas makes out of the way early this year. The theme this month is:

Winner will receive one stamp set from HLS.

Here is my card:

Image from Crafty Impressions, coloured with promarkers and highlighted with a gelly roll pen and some glossy accents. Sentiment is from the Mixed Christmas Sentiments set. Bells and paper are both magazine freebies. Die from Wplus9.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team, I'm sure you won't be disappointed. 

Challenges entered:

CHNC - vintage or anything goes

CHNC Extra - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - anything goes

Crimbo Crackers - anything goes

My Sheri Crafts - let's build a snowman

Christmas Card Challenge - opt colours

Christmas

Good morning all.

We had a lovely afternoon yesterday with some of the family...14 of us for lunch! Today I'm hoping to put the marzipan on my Christmas cake and get the last of my Christmas cards in the post.

My final few Christmas cards to share with you this week...I'm already making next years!!

Stamp and sentiment from Crafty Impressions, heat embossed with white detail EP then inked with DI. Die from Wplus9.

Challenges entered:

Craft Stamper - take it make it sharing the season

A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas

Crafting with Dragonflies - anything Christmas

Crafty Calendar - let it snow

CHNC - anything Christmas

My Time to Craft - Christmas animals

The Glory of Christmas - anything goes

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Father Christmas

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas

Christmas Card Club "Anything Goes"

Good morning all.

Happy Mother's Day to you all. I've got to pop down home to see my Mum then it will be a quiet day hopefully with a little time to craft...that's assuming Mr Mojo wants to come out to play!

A fortnight has passed and it's time once again for our little Christmas Card Club challenge.  Sylvie picked the theme this time and she gave us carte blanche this time with "Anything Goes".

Stamp is a Penny Johnson from Stampavie coloured with promarkers and highlighted with stickles before being die cut with a Starlight Circle die from Tattered Lace, then inlaid into a red frame cut with the same die.  Stitched die is from Spellbinders. Sentiment die is from Crafty Impressions. Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

I was obviously having a senior moment the day I made this as I used ordinary white cardstock for the image hence the bleeding inks!!

You'll find a list of the girls in my side bar if you'd like to pop around and see what they've made for this challenge.

Challenges entered:

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

Holly Jolly Christmas - dies and punches

CRAFT - Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - no printed papers

CHNC - use some black

Craft for the Craic - bingo (image, more than 2 layers, die cut)

Crafting by Designs - get ready for Christmas

World Traveler

Good morning all.

It was a lovely springlike day here yesterday after all the frost we've been having. I spent the afternoon at a charity event one of my neighbours was hosting...the children were all enjoying being outdoors. I bought some books to fold and won a nice raffle prize bundle too...including an RNLI note pad which is ripe for transforming!

Sharing a card today which I made for eldest after he passed his motorbike test in preparation for his trip around Iceland later this year.

Stamps from Crafty Impressions Explore set apart from "congratulations" which is from Joanna Sheen. Paper is from Carte Bella. Bike has been stamped onto kraft card and fussy cut then mounted with foam pads.

Challenges entered:

Your Scrapbook Place - anything goes (twist masculine card)

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper

Brown Sugar - anything goes

Colour My Heart - colour dare

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Christmas Card Club " Non Traditional Colours"

Good morning all.

 I'm hoping it's good for me too after the hen party last night...but I'll probably still be in bed when this goes live!!

It's our final challenge at our little Christmas Card club and Margaret has set us the theme of "Non Traditional Colours".

Made in the same vein as my two winter wonderland cards earlier in the week, this is my final  special card for this year....and if something could go wrong, smudge or go askew it did!!

Sleigh scene is half a Crafty Impressions stamp, heat embossed with white detail EP. Card is then inked with various distress inks. Purple trees are a Penny black magazine freebie stamped in dusty concord DI. House and trees die is from Memory Box and I've cut it up to fit the Lawn Fawn stitched border die. Sentiment from Clearly Besotted, snowman from Crafty Impressions and snowflake was another magazine freebie. Gem from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Stamping Sensations - winter wonderland

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Christmas

Crafts 4 Eternity - Christmas

Art Impressions Stamps - feeling frosty

Artist Trading Post - let's celebrate

Milk Coffee - Christmas non traditional colours

ABC Christmas - for a family member (for my sister)

Craft a Scene - winter scene

Winter Wonderland Mark 2

Good morning all.

Yesterday was a wasted journey...the property we were looking at had a house belonging to someone else in the middle of the land which went with it grrr. Never mind we're not in a hurry so I'm sure something right will come along eventually. I did manage to almost finish the Christmas shopping too so not altogether wasted.

Another Christmas card to share, hopefully I've only got one more to actually make. Very similar to the one I shared two days ago as I decided I really liked that one.

Scenic stamps from Crafty Impressions and sentiment from Clearly Besotted. Main image is heat embossed with white detail EP. Inking is done with some DI and a little bit of Memento around the outside to match the card. Stitched die is from Lawn Fawn, snowflake is from Memory Box and the scene dies are from the middle of a Spellbinder die.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Sentiments Design - Christmas

Die Cuttin Divas - non traditional Christmas colours (no red/green)

Holly Jolly - anything Christmas goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Christmas/winter

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes/snow

Crafty Boots - Merry Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers - Christmas

Dream Valley Challenges - true blue

Eureka Stamps - let it snow

Sparkle N Sprinkle - anything goes with glitter, EP or flock

Stamp and Create - Christmas

Vintage Stamping Challenge - Christmas Song (Blue Christmas)

Winter Wonderland

Good morning all.

We had a lovely day out on Sunday, it was a long day though. I broke even on the betting stakes and eldest came home quids in so he was a happy chappie. We were both a little under par yesterday but nothing a lie in didn't cure on my part.

Hubby's Christmas card to share today, unless I don't manage to get the rest of my specials made in time to deliver them!!

Snowscene stamp is from Crafty Impressions stamped in versamark and heat embossed with white detail EP.  I've used distressed ink to shade the sky and moon. Tree dies are from Clearly Besotted and I've used the matching stamps to overstamp the coloured card with versamark and heat embossed with white detail EP. Sentiment stamp is also from Clearly Besotted. Landscape dies are from Lawn Fawn.

Challenges entered:

Craft a Scene - winter with trees

Fashionable Stamping - winter wonderland

Pile it On - anything Christmas goes

Sentimental Sunday - embossing

Stamping Sensations - winter wonderland

Dies R Us - winter wonderland

Celebrate the Wonder Tag

Good morning all.

A tag to share today.

All stamping is done with versamark and heat embossed with white detail EP. Trees and sentiment are from Penny Black a magazine freebie, skyline is from Crafty Impressions. Inks are DI and ribbon is from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Craft Stamper Take it Make it - white stamping

StampArtic - Christmas

Brown Sugar - winter

Crafts 4 Eternity - winter

Really Reasonable Ribbon - tag with ribbon or trim

Stempelsonnen - anything goes

Crafty Ribbons - mono Christmas

Crafty Creations - embossing

Creative Moments - anything goes/winter

Rudolph and his Shiny Nose

Good morning all.

A little progress was made yesterday and my card labels are all updated and printed. Still need a few more cards including about 4 specials...best get a move on then.

Sharing today the third card for the kids...at least they're now out of the way!

I keeping with the other two I've made I've just highlighted a little of the image and used glossy accents on the red. Image and sentiment are from Crafty Impressions and I've used promarkers to colour. Stitched rectangle die is from Spellbinders.

I think I probably should have coloured this one in, he looks a bit bare!!

All finished inside using a Penny Black stamp and Martha Stewart corner punch.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

Retarte - Christmas

Sweet Stamps - Christmas spirit

Get Creative Challenges - Christmas

Simon says Stamp Mondays - holiday card

Stamp and Create - Christmas

Through the Purple Haze - all about Christmas

Vintage Stamping Challenge - Christmas song (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)