Red, Green and White

Time for another Christmas card today, coincidentally the image was going to be used in last weeks Merry Monday challenge of 'bells' but I never got round to using it, but this weeks challenge of the colours fitted perfectly so I used it this time. Best laid plans!

Found the image on Pinterest, added some blue holographic card as a border then made it up to an A5 white card, using Debbi Moores chameleon glitter I traced the outside edge of the roof tops and along the fence to add a bit of sparkle, then lastly coloured the peel off sentiment in blue promarker to finish the card off.

entering in: Merry Mondaychristmas = red, green and white

its all about the numbers

A little-ish absence from crafting, still not back to 100%, but getting a little bit inspired again.

A card done for Mrs A's challenge to use numbers.

 

BoBunny 'Isabella' paper pack

White card

Butterfly die (freebie)

Wildflower Wood pearls

peel offs

 

 

I diecut the butterfly, then without removing it from the base plate I embossed it to make a more stand out feature.

 

 

entered into: butterfly challenge = n is for numbers

Big Eric

Every time I see a stag I think of Big Eric from Monarch of the Glen......

 

 

image - from Gecko Galz Figgy Pudding stamp collection

Gold colour feather pen

promarkers

peel offs

scrap backing papers

gold string

 

 

entered into: cardz 4 guyz = winter critters

put a spell on you

 

A5 white card blank

orange card

spotty backing paper from The graphic fairy digi scrap site

doily coloured in black

black card

Violette sticker from The John Grossman collection

Gecko Galz Edgar Allen Poe quote

corner peel offs

 

entered into: glitter n sparkle (no link up yet)
                     Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge Group (facebook)

better late than never

this was done for a challenge over at cardz 4 guyz blog but I didn't get round to blogging it.

backing paper from a crafty stash swap over at cardexchangeuk (yahoo group)

paper for the topper came from the web

peel off bits

ribbon

pretty in pink

My sisters birthday is on the 2nd, I always leave it too late as it needs to be posted! It just one of those dates that sneaks up on you *lol*

 

backing paper  Hot off the Press "Soft Nostalgia"

flower Nitwit

peel off sentiment

pink sticky gems

ribbon

the ribbon is a gorgeous baby pink, but it doesn't show up very well in the photo.

entering this into: nutcrafters - pink & brown

butterfly birthday

the colour is a bit dull on here, and the butterflies are metallic, camera doesn't like to play ; (

 

Websters pages "Best Friends"

butterfly embellishments from stash

mothering sunday card

Hot off the Press - "Soft Nostalgia" kit

mini candi

peel off

horses of courses!

Over at cardz 4 guyz  the challenge this week celebrates the Chinese New Year, the year of the horse.
I wanted to do a vintage looking card, so popped over to the graphics fairy to see look through her amazing image library, eventually settling on this French thorobred horse (which is what the wording on the picture translates to), to keep the French theme I put bon anniversaire as the greeting

card in stock over at purplemurtle crafts

 

5x5 white card stock

Prima "Botanical" collection papers

walnut promarker

Creata dark mirror board

peel offs

 

entering horsey into: cardz 4 guyz - chinese new year/of the horse

boy, oh boy

5x5 white card blank

Teddy Bo & Co stamp and papers

promarkers

navy card oddments

white card oddments

acetate markers

peel off sentiments

bow

gems

 

(for teddy I used soft peach over coloured with pastel beige, for his woollies - pastel blue with cobalt blue edging and hat. For the peel off sentiment to match I just coloured over it with a blue acetate pen)

 

entered the boy into: catch the bug - birthday week - sketch Sunday
                                  cardz 4 guyz - happy birthday
                                  pink gem - 111 for the boys
                                  polkadoodle digi choosday - week 2 for the boys

Is it me??

Our store had two managers leave for better climes, this week. I can feel the abandonment issues flowing my way *lol*
Both are lovely people and both are moving within the same company to different stores, so at least we shall still see them.

so that meant two cards to make......I've accidently deleted one so that leaves this one.

Hot off the Press "Home Grown" design kit

buttons

5x5 white card blank

scrap of red card

peel off sentiment

 

 

entering the card into:pink gem - challenge 110 "something new"   (new job and new craft papers)
                                   delicious doodles - challenge 69 "layer up"
                                   glitter n sparkle - challenge 66 "anything goes"

Sun's up!

My sweetheart was 50 on New Year's Day, here's the card I made for him ; )
The only resemblance is......... he wears glasses.

 

digi & sentiment - Bugaboo Stamps "Gus Tidbit"

random backing paper

promarkers

peel offs

mini candi

 

entered him into:  catch the bug blog -anything goes challenge



feeling blue

I haven't done a challenge card for quite a while, so after making this card yesterday I decided to have a look through all the blogs and came up with two challenges which I could enter the card in.

 

 

5x5 white card stock

papers from Simply Homemade magazine

white candi

promarkers

peel off sentiment

peel off pens

'Sally's party dress' digi stamp from The Digi Garden

 

(coloured the candi with the same promarker as the the bow & shoes, the peel off was coloured by using a blue peel off marker)

 

entering into:

pink gem - anything with a B     (blue, bow)

nutcrafters - spots &/or stripes



one purple, two purple, three purple....card!

digi stamp & sentiment from Bugaboo

paper from stash

Creata dark mirror board

gems

promarkers

peel off

silver is shiny

I was asked to do a Silver Wedding Anniversary card. I didn't want to do anything overly fussy so I kept in clean and simple.

 

5x5 white cardstock

Fanciful Flourish clear stamp

embossing ink

Silver embossing powder

silver ribbon

gems

peels offs

 

 

deepest sympthy

For me, a sympathy card is the hardest card to make and sadly I had to make two last month.