Star light, star bright.....

Inspired by all the little things has this

 

 

I used it to inspire these tags

 

 

They are filled with a mixture of foil stars and other 'christmassy' stuff that I had lying around. Always love it when I find a way of using up stuff that I have cluttering my craft space! I machine stitched the vellum star onto the card stock.

 

I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge where it's

'Star light, Star bright....'

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

clear vellum

Cuttlebug

Die: Sizzixx star

Pentel gold gel pen

Foil stars etc

Single hole plier punch

1/4 dec

 

Christmas colours

Just add ink. has some real Christmassy colours this week

 

 

I made these tags

 

 

They are hand cut with a small wooden gift added.
The card stock is mirror so is perfect for the challenge at Simply less is moore where it's

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in red mirror paper.

                    160gsm in white

Paper: Scrap of green dots

Cuttlebug

Die: Sizzixx circle

Wooden gift embellishment

Flat backed gem in clear

Single hole plier punch.

29 nov/1Dec

 

Tear it up

Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge is

'Tear it up'

Here is another card I made years ago and only found recently while I was tidying up so that we could move. Story here.

 

The image is computer generated and I tore the hand made paper using a ruler as a guide.

Apologies for the two brown marks next to the candle. Age I think

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Hand made paper in burgundy

Foil stars 

27 nov

Celebrate

AAA cards are

 

 

I am celebrating Christmas

 

 

I drew this tree and then turned it into a pattern which I then stitched

 

Supplies:

cardstock: 160gsm in white

pattern: Sentiment: Stitching cards free-words-for-card-stitching

Rolfes metallic pen in blue

25 nov

 

Brown

Stamplorations CAS challenge November is)

 

 

I made this cute Reindeer with a red nose

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: White in 160gsm

Paper: Source unknown

Wobbly eyes small

Flat backed gem in red

Glitter glue in gold

Pattern: Bergkaarten

30 Nov

 

CAS

The flower challenge has this

 

 

I made this card

 

I will also be entering this over at Time out challenges where it's

'CAS with your own twist'

My twist is that my card is stitched 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Border Punch

paper: Activity village

Liquid Pearls

Pattern: Ann's paper art A2049 

26/22 nov

CASing Susan

Simply less is moore have this cue

 

 

and here is her card

 

And mine (no where near as cute)

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm red mirror

Rolfes metallic pen in gold

Glitzing Glam in gold and red

Flat backed gems

24 nov

 

Blue and green lilies

Freshly made sketches have this challenge

 

 

My card

 

 

I used metal dots instead of a sentiment

 

My inspiration



Source: Bonnie Joynt



Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in green and blue

Blue metallic dots

Pattern: Stitching cards flower-border-thinking-of-you

Thread: Green: DMC 703

              Blue: DMC 459

20 nov

 

A cute Robot

Pinspirational challenges has a cute robot challenge

 

 

I don't have anything that even vaguely resembles a robot so I concentrated on the colours.

I made these cards a couple of years ago as thank yous for collegues

 

 

and a closer look.....

 

 

I will also be entering this  at Just-add-ink where it's

 

 

 My 'R' is red

 

Supplies:

card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: free download source unknown

20/22 nov

 

Blue and silver bauble

Color throwdown colour choice for this week is

 

 

I made another Christmas card

 

 

The flat backed gems are slightly too big for the bauble but I didn't have anything else suitable so decided to use them anyway.

 

Supplies:

card stock: 160gsm in white and silver

Flat backed gems in blue

Gel pen in silver

Liquid Pearls in platinum

Thread: Blue: DMC E825

              Silver: DMC E168

20 nov

 

Bows

Addicted to CAS have this cue

 

 

I made some small cards

 

I added a pearl to each satin bow

I will also be entering this at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge where it's
'All stitched up'

 

Supplies:

Card stock; 160gsm in white

Cuttlebug

Die: Sizzixx 8 circles

Satin ribbon in white

Flat backed pearl

Pattern: Stitching cards christmas-snowflakes

24/20 nov

 

Sharp

CASology have a Christmas inspired (well for me anyway) cue this week

 

 

I stitched some tags

 

 

The tags are hand cut

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Free download : Source unknown

Single hole plier punch

Pattern:  Stitching cards

20 nov

 

Glamourous Gold

Dragonfly journeys has this challenge

 

'Glamorous Gold'

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Pattern: Form-a-lines 3_crowns

Red beads

paper: 80gsm in gold

red ribbon 

25 nov

Snow White

Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge is

'Snow White'

 

I used it to make another Christmas Card

 

 

I will also be entering this at Inspired by all the little things where it's

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Rolfes metallic gold pen

Satin ribbon in white

Flat backed crystals

Thread: Kreinik Metallics Blending Filament 095 (wings

pattern: Form-a-lines christmas_star_c17_1 

15/17 nov

Cats

Christmas card challenges have something new and it's

 

 

Right up my alley

 



 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Christmas: Free download: Source unknown



            Black: 80gsm

Glitzin' Glam in irredescent

Pattern: Easy Embroidery on paper by Joke de Vette

14 nov

 

Small cards

I love the new sketch at Freshly made sketches

 

 

I made some more small cards using an old favourite pattern.

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Pink and White washi tape

Gold peel offs

Rolfes metallic gold pen

Small beads in red and pearl

Pattern: Stitching cards free-butterfly-card-stitching-e-pattern

13 nov

 

Tiny

Casology has this cue

 

 

I made a Tiny gift card with a Tiny3-D  tree on it

 

The tree has 3 layers and I machine stitched them to the base.

Supplies:

Card stock: 200gsm in kraft

Paper: 80gsm in scraps of red, green and patterned

Cuttlebug

Die: Circle: Sizzixx circle

        Trees: Spellbinders Nestabilies 2013 Holiday trees

White gel pen

Red gel pen

13 nov

 

Black and white Christmas

Inspired by all the little things has a different take on the Christmas Colour

 

 

I made this card

 

I started with a plain white base card stock and then stuck a piece of black paper over half of it. I then cut another piece of black and one of white, trimmed them to be slightly smaller than the base and alternated them.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in black and white

Thread: Black: DMC Noir

              White: DMC Blanch

Bugle beads an white and black

Seed beads in red

Pattern: Form-a-lines Christmas_tree_c3_3

10 nov

 

Orange stars

Curtain call challenge have this photo inspiration



I used it to make another masculine card

 

Here are some other colour variations on this layout. Blue and red.

 

I will also be entering this at Color throwdown where it's

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 200gsm in kraft

Paper: Free download: Source unknown

Button from my  stash

Pentel fine liner

Double sided tape

Cuttlebug

Die: Star: Sizzixx 5 stars 

10/13 nobv

An Attitude of Gratitude

Dragonfly journeys have an

'Attitude of Gratitude'

as their cue this fortnight.

 

I made some little tags using cat buttons which I cut the shank off of.

 

 

The sentiments are computer generated.

I will also be entering this at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge where it's
Thanks/ Thanksgiving'

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints

Cat buttons

Single hole plier punch

 

10 nov

 

 

Leaves

Addicted to CAS have

 

 

I made a small card

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Sticker from a discontinued toiletries range

Punch: corner

Liquid Pearls in platinum4040

10 nov

 

All creatures great and small

Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge has this cue

'All creatures great and small'

I made a card using ladybirds

 

 To see a different colour version click here.

I will also be entering this over at Freshly made sketches were it's

 

 

Supplies;
card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: 80gsm in purple

          Stripes: Paper Pizzazz soft tints

liquid pearls in gold

6 novipe

Cricket bats

I made a masculine card using this week's Color throwdown

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: Free download: source unknown

Pattern: Stitching cards cricket

6 nov

 

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree.....

This weeks Split coast stampers FS560 is Jennie. I chose this card of hers to honour

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    200gsm in kraft

gold peel off strip

Paper: Free download: Source unknown