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Sunday 30 December 2018

Sparkle and Shine

'Anything goes'

I made a small card

 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Roolfes metallic blue pen
Gold Foil
Gold corner peel off
Small glass blue beads
15 Jan/31 dec

Friday 28 December 2018

Celebrating Family

Time out challenges have this cue
 
 
I'm celebrating family with another commissioned card for a Granny to give her grandson
 
 
I have stitched this pattern many times before but this is the first time I've done it to look like a traditional Christmas Tree.
 
I made three cards for this Grandmother to give her grand children. See the other two here and here.
All the lettering is mine as are the gifts.
 
I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge were it's
'Anything goes'
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Gold paper 80gsm
Thread: Green: DMC 407
              Red: DMC 047
              Gold: DMC E3821
2 jan
 

Thursday 27 December 2018

Christmas Crackers

Moving along with the times have this cue
'Anything but a card'
So I thought I'd share my Christmas crackers with you.

 
I usually make a little something to put inside, you can see previous ones here 2017 and 2016 but this year my inners didn't really work so I just used some store bought chocolates.
The coloured paper is actually a wrapper from a discontinue line of soaps so it had printing on it. To cover that I up added the oval with the letter on it. I distressed the edges of the oval.
 
Supplies:
Cuttlebug
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities small oval
        Letters: Lifestyle Crafts Manhattan
Ribbon in green and gold
Ink: Cats eye in lime

 








Wednesday 26 December 2018

This year's gifts

'Hand made Holiday Magic'

These are the tags I made for my gifts this year.

 
and a close up


I always try to stick to a theme for my gifts. You can see past ones here 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

My inspiration
 

Source: Emily Leiphart
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in cream
Liquid pearls in gold
Flat backed gems, stars and pearls
Sequins
Cuttlebug
Die: Tree; Sizzixx Triplets 659926
        Oval: Spellbinders Nestabilities Class oval small
Pentel fine liner in black
30 Dec

Tuesday 25 December 2018

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas all.
Hope it's a day filled with good memories and lots of laughter
 
Source: Oh Happy Days


Monday 24 December 2018

Holly

CASology has this cue
 
 
I made a small card

 
Another entry for the Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge were it's
'Use the word Christmas' 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white and red
Rolfes metallic pen in green
Small red beads
Pattern: Holly: 1001 ideas for embroidery on paper by Joke de Vette
             Sentiment: Stitching cards free-words-for-card-stitching
31 dec
 

Saturday 22 December 2018

Rows and Rows of trees

'Make A Christmas Card'
 
 
I will also be entering this at Stamplorations CAS challenge were it's
 
 
'Use the word Christmas'
 


Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Iridescent glitter glitzin' Glam
             Trees: Stitching cards santa-and-stars
9 Jan/31 Dec

Thursday 20 December 2018

No Embellishment

ABC Christmas Challenge have these cues
Y for Your favourite thing
and Z for zero embellishments.

Embroidery is my favourite thing and this card has no embellishments

 
I will also be entering this at Use your stuff were it's
Christmas/Holidays'
 
Supplies:
Thread: Silver: DMC E168
             Green: DMC 911
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Sentiment: Source Unknown
           Green: Pearlier 80gsm 
31/21 dec

Tuesday 18 December 2018

Christmas stocking, a really old one!

Just add ink has a colour challenge
 
 
My card is one I made around about 1994 and rediscovered last year when I was tidying my craft room just prior to moving
 
 
It's a raised panel from a piece of gift wrap. The individual pieces are adhered with waterproof adhesive.
 
I will also be entering this at Cards in envy were it's
"Hang your stocking"
 
Supplies:
Unknown
19 dec
 

Monday 17 December 2018

Ho Ho Holidays

'Ho Ho Holidays'

I made a Christmas Stocking for the newest member of the family. It is made of felt and ribbon.

 
I was inspired by something similar on Pintrest 
 
25 dec
 
 
 

Sunday 16 December 2018

North Star

 
 
I did the North Star
 
 
as well as at Moving along with the times were it;s
'Christmas'
 
and at AAA cards were it's
 
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Rolfes metallic pen in silver
Liquid Pearls in platinum

17/19c
 

Saturday 15 December 2018

A tall tree and a long story

 
 
I made two cards to send out myself this year, purely because I had an idea for a card but when I looked more cardefully at the pattern which I had purchased I decided that it was too complicated to produce a large number of. So I scrapped the idea and made these cards instead.
 

I was very happy with how they turned out.
 

 
However curiosity got the better of me and I did decide to give the original pattern a go. Once I had worked the holes out they weren't as complicated as I expected so I did make a couple of those too. You can see it here.          .
 
I will also be sharing this at Sugarpea blog Mix-it-up-challenge-50 were it's
 
 
as well as at Color throw down were it's
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white and red
Coloured papers: discontinued wrappers from bars from a toiletry range
Red nylon ribbon
Flat backed gems
25/27/17c
 

Friday 14 December 2018

Candy Cane colours

 
 
I concentrated on the colours of red, white and silver and made these tags
 

 
They are hand cut.

I will also be entering this at and Stamplorations Tagplorations were it's

 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in red and white
Christmas  charms
White ribbon
White cotton
15 dec
 

Thursday 13 December 2018

A new challenge

Today I'm playing somewhere that I don't often enter, it's Muse card club were it's
'Any card goes'


I will also be entering this at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge were it's
'Christmas'

as well as at Cup cake inspirations were it's

 
 Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Liquid pearls in platinum
Small glass beads
17 dec

Tuesday 11 December 2018

Spirit of Christmas

Cards in envy. have this cue
'Spirit of Christmas'

 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in silver and white
Silver peel offs
Liquid Pearls in platinum
Thread: DMC E168
16 dec
 

Monday 10 December 2018

Wrap it up

'Wrap it up'
 
I made tags
 
 
With some faux stitching around the end.

I will also be entering this at and Stamplorations Tagplorations were it's


 
 
Supplies:
Card stock; 160gsm in kraft
                   Cream: recycled birthday card
Cuttlebug
Die: Tag: Wplus 9 Timeless tags 2
        Stag: Simply Creative
12 dec

Sunday 9 December 2018

Skating Snowman

CAS on Sunday has a seasonal cue
'Make a Christmas Card'

Here is mine

 
I will also be entering it at Stinkin' inkers were it's
'Winter Wonderland'
 
At Just add ink were it's
 
 
Mine is ice,
 
at Freshly made sketches were it's
 
 
and at The library craft challenge where it's
 
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in green mirror
                    160gsm in white
Wobbly eyes
Pattern: Bergkaarten. Sorry I couldn't find the pattern
12/10 dec

Saturday 8 December 2018

Poinsettia

CAS colours and sketches have this challenge
 
 
I choose these colours
 
 
and made this card
 
 
When I first pricked this pattern I was a little confused by the large number of holes there where and so hesitated to stitch it, but once I got it worked out I loved how it turned out and stitched a few.
 
I will also be entering this at TGIF challenges were it's
 
 
My inspiration
Source: Valentyna Komisarenko
 
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
                    200gsm in blue
Paper: 80gsm in red
Flat backed gem in blue
Bugle beads in red and green
Gold and red round beads
10 dec
 

Friday 7 December 2018

B is for.....

'B is for...'

..... Baubles

 
I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge were it's
'Anything Goes'
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Glitzing Glam irredescent glitter
Rolfes metallic pen in pink
Thread: Green: DMC 3348
              Variegated: Gutterman CA 02776
10/12 dec

Thursday 6 December 2018

Mostly White

AAA cards have a Mostly White challenge
 
 
Here is my Snowman/men/lady couple
 
 
I will also be entering this over at The holly and ivy Christmas challenge were it's
'Anything goes'
and at Cup cake inspirations where it's
 
 
 Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Source unknown
Rolfes metallic pen in gold
Glitzin' Glam in iridescent
Thread; Black: DMC 310
             Green: DMC 0245
             White: DMC Blanche
8 dec
 

Wednesday 5 December 2018

Stars

TGIF challenges have this
 
 
I made another tag
 
 
which is also perfect for this challenge CAS christmas card challenge
 
 
as well as at Crafty hazelnut's Christmas challenge were it's
'Anything goes'
 
 
 
Supplies:
card stock: Blank business card with the corners cut off
Kraft tag: Received as a gift when I ordered some Christmas dies earlier this year,
Pentel metallic gel pens in gold
Single hole plier punch
6/15 dec
 

Monday 3 December 2018

Father Christmas Inspired

These inspired challenges have this photo
 
 
I concentrated on the colours and made a small card.
 
 
 
This is a portion of the pattern used on this card.
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 180gsm in white
paper: Scrap of gold and sentiment
5 dec