Mice Christmas!

Mice Christmas!

Another Christmas card!

Some more papers designed on computer to match the colours in the challenges and to work with the sketch. Everything else basically stash. The edge of the card was coloured with green distress ink and perfect pearls. The digi is a freebie.

The digi was coloured with Promarkers and the snow is flowersoft and glitter.
I would like to enter the following challenges
Christmas blog challenge- Christmas mouse
Forever Friends Challenge- bling bling
Top Tip Tuesday- anything goes Christmas
CRAFT challenge- cute
Charisma Cardz- cutesy
Color throwdown

 

Non-traditional Christmas

Non-traditional Christmas

I used this a Stelje digi and made the papers on my computer for the wonderful layout sketch I used from sketchy colours.

 The glitter is Icy stickles.

I used mirror mosaic, glossy accents and perfect pearls for the embellishment. The edges of the card were coloured using alcohol ink and then I used perfect pearls.

I would like to enter the following challenges

One stitch at a time- use a digi
Crafty Catz- use a digi
Jellypark challenges- non-traditional Christmas colours
Top Tip Tuesday- anything Christmas
Sir Stampalot challenge- blue and green
Sketchy colors sketch- shame I missed the deadline!!

Shabby Christmas

Shabby Christmas

I thought I’d try a bit of shabby chic for a male Christmas card.

I used distress ink on the outside of the card. I dry embossed the blue card with snowflakes and used distress ink to highlight them and distressed the edges with scissors. I used some snowflake and swirl paper I made on computer, added distress ink and used some ribbon coloured with distress ink.

I added distress ink to the snowflakes and to the die cut and then distressed the die cut LOTV image with scissors.

I would like to enter the following challenges
Stamps & fun creativity- Winter
Stamps R Us- masculine
Cards for men- it’s nearly Christmas
I did it creations- Christmas/ Winter

Chilled blues and sparkle

Chilled blues and sparkle

I thought I’d have a go at colouring my penguin digi in non-traditional colours to go with papers I made inspired by the song ‘Let It Snow’.

The photo isn’t great but my camera ran out of battery after taking this so it will have to do! The let it snow papers have been sprayed with sparkle. They are also on foam pads as is the penguin so this isn’t as flat as it looks!! The blue circle was sprinkled with gitter and flowersoft. The penguin was coloured with Promarkers and I used stickles on the snow.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Paperminutes- blue and white
Whimsy inspires- monochromatic
I Love Promarkers- glitter and glitz
Southern girls challenge- can you hear the music 
Stamp Insanity- chill out
Crafter’s Companion- Let it snow

Flourishy Christmas

Flourishy Christmas

More papers I’ve made featuring flourishes as inspired by this photo for the papercraft star challenge

I used the colours from this lush inspiration photo from my partner in crafting crime

So here is my non-traditional Christmas creation!

I made my papers on computer and inked the edges with distress ink. I also inked my pink card edges. I used my Winter fairy digi and added the wreath on computer (adding some gems). I used a lace ribbon coloured with glimmer mist and alcohol ink to run across the card and make the bow. I inked a circle with tattered rose distress ink and embossed fourishes and then highlighted them with green distress ink. The ‘have a magical Christmas’ sentiment was free with a magazine and was stamped in distress ink, I then added perfect pearls and glossy accents.

I coloured the digi with Promarkers and added shine with perfect pearls. I then added glossy accents to the wings.
I would like to enter the following challenges
Papercraft star- inspiration photo of flourish
Corrosive challenges- with a flourish
My partner in crafting crime- colour challenge
Top Tip Tuesday- make your own backgrounds
Ladybugs crafts ink- non traditional and/ or distressed (have done both)
Sweet n sassy- Christmas
Digi designs challenge- ribbons and bows
The squirrel and the fox- hats and/or flowers
Heart song inspiration- embossing and/ or 3 or more layers (I did both!)

Snowy and fluffy!

Snowy and fluffy!

Not sure what I think of this attempt!

Not the best photo! I coloured my penguin digi with Promarkers and used flower soft to get fluffy feathers! I also used flowersoft and coloured it with glitter to make my coloured snow, colouring behind it with Promarkers and using stickles for the falling snow. The digi papers were made on computer with Craft Artist. I used my snowflake punches and a LOTV Let it snow sentiment.
I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Crafts and Me challenges- Winter blues
Bah Humbug Christmas- with men in mind
Scrap Creations- doing it digi
The Paper Shelter- anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie Stamps- sketch (I hope it was ok to swap the order of the top 2 layers!)

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Once again I’ve pushed myself out of my comfort zone. I’m not one for traditional Christmas cards and traditional Christmas colours.

I used a LOTV die cut with added stickles and stamped my LOTV sentiment in red with yellow chalk on the background to make it look a bit aged. Card and papers from stash (papers free with magazines) Bow and stars also from stash. I punched the gold card with star punches.
I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Christmas Blog Challenge- vintage Christmas
Moving Along With the Times- Vintage
Christmas Inspirations- die cuts or punches
Party Time Tuesdays- anything goes

Christmas card for teenage girl

Christmas card for teenage girl

I was playing around with pear green and lilac to make digi papers and for colouring my digi.

The background papers were made using my computer. The top layer and tag is textured card sanded with an emery board and the outer edge blended with green distress ink.

I used a button from stash and some white ribbon cut out from my clothes (the annnoying ones used to keep clothes on the hanger which constantly come out when you’re wearing them so I cut them off and keep the for crafting and gift tags!). I coloured the ribbon with lavender distress ink.

Digi image from Cuddly Buddly and coloured with Promarkers.

I would like to enter the following challenges
Totally Papercrafts- layer upon layer
Inspire me Fridays
Ribbon Girls- lilac and green
Scrap Creationg- doing it digi

It’s a bit like Narnia

It’s a bit like Narnia

This LOTV die cut makes me think of Narnia becuase there is a postbox in the middle of the woods! I thought of using it when I saw some lovely tree inspiration photos for challenges. I used a great sketch but had to flip the embellishments so I didn’t cover the best bits of my background layer! I used distress ink around the edges of the card.

The tree paper was from stash and the snowflake paper was from the Snowman selection. I also used black card from stash.

I used my LOTV let it snow sentiment stamped in blue with added stickles and pearls. I punched two black snowflakes, added silver ink over the top, cut them up and stuck them to the back of the sentiment.
My snowflake embellishments were punches from blue glitter paper and black paper with added silver ink effect. I stuck them together and on two of them added a blue snowflake gem and to the third I added a bead that looks like a snowball with glossy accents and added some pearls.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Paperplay challenges- use black
Top Tip Tuesday- layer it up
A gem of a challenge sketch

Do You Stack Up- inspiration photo

 

For your inspiration

Starry starry night!

Starry starry night!

Here is my first attempt at a fancy easel card- I made up the folding bit to get my star further back so my characters could look at it!!

I was trying to use up some of my freebies from magazines and my stash. I designed and printed out my star of wonder, coloured it with Pormarkers and stickled it. I mounted the star and my characters on matching paper.  I added a star gem as well. I used glitter foam and cut a band and star to hold the easels in place. I designed and printed my sentiment.

This was part of a free decoupage kit but the colouring was very pale so I coloured over the top with Promarkers!

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Sentimental Sundays- fancy folds
Passion for Promarkers- stars
Anything Goes Challenge- to the letter
Crafting when we can- Christmas
I did it creatiions- animal card challenge