Kraft,Red and White

                   

 Loll over at the Cas Christmas Challenge has set us the task of making a card using Kraft,red and white and what a challenge it was for me I rarely use Kraft card !

In fact I had only one sheet of it in the house but thank you Loll for challenging me to try something different  and actually I quite liked the coulours when I had finished :)

I used the MFT merry christmas die and the snowflake Im sure is a old SU one but as I have grouped all of my snowflakes together Im not sure if it is??

I finished off the snowflake with some bling just because Christmas cards need a bit of bling to sparkle in the fairy lights :)

Thanks for taking the time to look

xxx  

 

 

 

Pawlidays

 

This week over at the Cas Christmas Card Challenge thay are asking for Dogs,Cats or both on our cards and I have made a very simple card using MFT Pawlidays stamp set , I love the set and the punny sentiments that go with it and already have someone in mind for this card!

Thank you for taking the time to look .

xxx 

Over at the Cas Christmas Challenge we have been asked for Christmas tree and my one actually started off to be one for our foster baby's 2nd Christmas with us ....but for the life of me I couldnt find the sentiment that I wanted for him in my stash !so we went for the friends make the holidays ,as feel that i can make use it better with that sentiment.

 

The image is by Penny Black from the Holly Jolly set and after I coloured it in I just felt that it was a bit plain - which is unusual for me I am strictly a less is more person!

So I added polka dots to his scarf and gloves and then some red and gold stickles as baubles to the tree and of course perfect pearls for the snow. 

:)

Thank you for taking the time to look

xXx

 

 It has been over two years since I have joined in with any card challenges due to me being busy with a change of career as a foster carer ... though I did continue to make cards I just had no time to post them.

So when I was ready to dip my toes back in I found while browsing the  

Cas Christmas Card challenge.It really caught my eye and imagination I found myself heading straight for an old Clearly Besotted stamp set I have.

I used chalk to make the background and perfect pearls for the snow.I then adhered my coloured images and stamped the sentiment .....and since then I

 have been humming and singing the song Santa baby all day long !!!

Thank you for taking the time to look ,now off to see if I can remember how to post this card on their blog site :)

xxx

I

MCV 68

Over at Muse:Christmas Visions Jeanne has given us not only a pretty in pink Christmas card but a prize to be won too !wahoo

I chose to take my inspiration from Jeannes bauble with stripes peeking through and Jeannes stripey background (although I used white  horizontal stripes ...well it is all about inspiration isn't it ?? ;0 )

I also took inspiration from her snowflakes and gems centres.To finish I used the Merry Christmas as my sentiment but stamped rather than die cut and finally I added the string to my bauble to finish.

Thanks for popping in  by for a visit!

!

xxx

MCV 65

This week Kimberley at the Muse Christmas Challenge has given us a really cute and fun card!

I took my inspiration from her white card and circle to begin with, and then i couldn't resist using my Mama Elephant penguins again I just love them they are so versatile !!

To mimic Kimberleys snow angel I had my penguin (complete with red woolly hat like Kimberley's monkey ) jump into the snowdrift (he was meant to slide down it but I moved it by mistake and you would have seen the glue so now hes jumping!!) but I actually think it looks like he is jumping on top of the sentiment now....what do you think??

I versamarked some snowflakes on before applying my blue chalk but didn't like it much so added some 'hailstones' with liquid pearls.

 Well I am amazed how much of my Christmas cards I have made now which will leave me plenty of time to do my 'special' ones .

Thank you for taking the time to look

xxx

MCV 50

I am delighted to see as our Guest designer over at the MCV challenge Elizabeth Stewart! She makes the most beautiful cards and this one is a Christmas stunner...look at all that sparkle ,whats not to love!

I found my eyes being drawn to the circles and how they all touched one another in some way ,the snowflakes and of course that sparkly paper. 

I  punched the circles and die cut out 2 sets of  the snowflakes before fitting the white ones back in - boy what a fiddly job it was getting all the sparkly bits from the other set to fit inside the snowflakes (needed a glass of wine when I had finished!!! )

Using the sparkly set of snowflakes I then added them so that they touched their neighbours and finally stamped the sentiment in blue before heat embossing the sentiment in white on the vellum.I had hoped it would add a shadow to the embossed sentiment but unfortunately it didn't work :( but thanks for taking the time to look

xxx

Seven Hills challenge

I thought I would take part in this months Seven Hills Challenge which is for :-

February 2016 - Fancy Folds Challenge

The rule is more than one fold on your card!

Have been thinking about it over the weekend and knew that I wanted to do a spring fold card , but couldn't think what image etc ...that was until I woke up to snow here today then of course it had to be a Christmas card ! :)

I used Lawn Fawns Seasons tweetings and coloured it with promarkers and a touch of snow glitter on the hat of the middle bird.

With it being over cast I found it hard to get a good picture so had to use my light box... apologies if it look over exposed! but funny enough the photo of the back of the card  to show you the folds came out much better!!

Thanks for taking the time to look

xxx

Last Muse Christmas Vision of the year

 I so did not want to miss the last CMV of 2015 ! so managed to get a card made ...yeah I know it doesn't look anything like Betty's gorgeous and so Cas one.... but I did take inspiration from :-

The colours (neutrals and gold)

The shepherd in the nativity scene 

Star

and the stitched panel

 and Michele if your are looking did you recognise the stitched panel ?? yup its one of yours! doesnt it just gleam and finish my card beautifully??

Well have to move have visitors this morning and afternoon ,dont you love Christmas you catch up with all the family members that you haven't seen all year! :) 

Last Christmas card ???

Front 

Back view

How bad is this I forgot to do my MIL Christmas card ...oops !! I know that she likes it to be slightly different and a bit on the fancy side with bits and bobs (so not my style but i usually try!) but as I had to forego the fancy stuff thought I would do a fancy fold instead !happily she liked it.
Now off to do the last Muse Christmas vision before i go out for tea with friends

xxx

Muse 146

When I saw this weeks Muse card by Michele I burst out laughing it is just too.. cute for words and I loved it! and surprisingly for me I managed to get the 'big fellow' straight away, unfortunately that was the image that was going round and round my head when I should have been sleeping last night :)

(My card looked way better when it was going round and round in my head last night too btw)

I took inspiration from Michele's subtle nod to Santa by doing the same, and making his iconic suit with scraps of card and for the little elf - which I have none-  I went instead for the holly on his stocking , and just in case there was any doubt about who it was meant to be, I added the sentiment at the bottom .

(This will be my first card for 2016 Christmas so thanks Michele! )

Well off to see what I can fit into for the children's Christmas party tomorrow got to make the effort as they will all come dancing in ,in their party gear and I have already had many conversations about sparkly party dresses from the girls You've just got to love Christmas and wee ones hee he

Just wanted to wish you all A very merry Christmas and a Happy 2016 .....see you in the New Year!

xxx

Muse 145

At Muse it is Joan Bardee's turn to be our Muse .....and it is her last week as she is heading off to pastures new :( 

I had originally thought of a baby card because I loved the soft and delicate look of  Joan's card but couldn't get it to work out so on to plan B,always got to have a plan B!....and that happened to be a christmas card for the one of my husband's cousins.Wasn't sure at first as it is a bit in your face but I think its beginning to grow on me and she is a very girly girl !Hopefully you can see where Joan inspired me but if not :) ......

I have used the colours of Joan's card just  deeper shades.(Melon mambo and lucky limeade)

A circle in the middle with image with in it (W9 images)

Dots 

and I noticed Joan had used tiny sequins as a bit of bling so added some gems to my flowers

finally a bow

Elizstewart love your interpretation of Joan's card ...one day I will work out how to comment on Flickr!!!

Thank you for taking the time to look

xxx

MCV 30

There is something different going on over at the Muse Christmas Vision this week .We are being asked for a tag and to link it up with  Tracey McNeeley's 25 Days of Christmas tags - there is prizes galore ...Christmas coming early !

The theme is red with a Christmas tree (or other greenery) 

Using Clearly Besotted santa baby stamps I made a tag to match a card and santa bag that I am giving to a friends little girl and to make it a little bit more Christmassy and fun for her added the jingle bells, I'm also  hoping it will be also work as an early warning system to her mum,just in case someone decides to have a wee peek !:)

Thanks for taking the time to have a look 

xxx

Muse 143

This week it is Tracey's turn to be our host over at Muse this week and she has done a really cute christmas card ..love her little reindeer!

Unfortunately I don't have a little cutie like that so decided to go for the bauble 

I stamped the little cottage image twice and then punched one out using my old SU bauble punch and matched it up,then lightly chalked the snow and gold embossed the sentiment  before mounting my red and white panels onto my card...can you spot my mistake ??? as I mounted it my liquid pearl snow hadn't quite dried and I smudged a couple but only the camera picks it up it's not so noticable in RL!

Well I made this card in a couple of hours and it has taken me twice that long to photograph the darned thing!!!

Thanks for taking the time to look

xxx

MCV 29

Really really loved betty's card this week over at Muse Christmas Visions thought it was just stunning! but I have very limited Christmas stash (in fact all my stash is quite limited ,though I am working on that!,have you checked out the DT craft rooms on Casology,they are showing their crafty spaces off .... and that is what I aspire to have one day hee he )and so this week I had nothing that fit the bill , so just had to keep it really simple!

I took my inspiration from Betty's :-

Colours  

Gold sentiment

Holly and berries

Thanks for taking the time to look

Muse 140

Ardyth is this week's Muse and when I saw her fun panda card I knew what I wanted to use but it didn't come easy I must admit and I ended up having penguins skating in all different directions all over my desk !But finally it came together .
I wanted it to look like the penguins were skating but one fell over onto his bottom and his hat was tossed in the air...did it work??? mmmm :)
The penguins and sentiment is from Mama Elephant and boy was that hat fiddly to cut .I loved how Ardyth has inked her bottom  panel to ground her panda's ,I used chalks I find these sooo much easier to use than inks for this kind of job !

I took my inspiration from :-
The movement and layout of Ardyth's pandas
The black and white focal images
The balloon in the air
Inked bottom panel
Sentiment under the images

I would also like to enter it over at the Playground  as the panel and that blooming hats are all snippets!

Many thanks for coming over and taking a look!
Eliz Stewart love your cute and playful dogs!
xxx

MCV 26

Another week at the Muse Christmas Vision blog and a guest designer ,Brigit has given us TWO beautiful inspirational cards !I choose to take my inspiration from the the one above ...awesome colouring by the way Brigit!

- square card panel popped rather than inverted.

- birds, like Brigit mine are wearing a santa hat and sitting on a branch.

-Sentiment in the corner.

I coloured mine with promarkers and flex markers (prefer these to promarkers so flexible for tiny bits!) and added some 'snow glitter' to their hats.

 I used a new stamp set from Hobby Arts

and the sentiment is from Mama Elephant

 Thanks for taking the time to look

xxx

MCV 25

Hi there,finally have time to post my card for the Muse Christmas Visions.!

I have been dog sitting for a work colleague this week and much as they are really good dogs I never seemed to get time to finish or post my card this week it has sat on my desk half finished along with my other Muse card most of this week ... oh and if Im honest could also be due to me catching up with friends over this holiday ...its amazing how time flies when your chatting!:)

 I loved Betty's traditional colours and theme on this weeks card and I being me I made a more watered down version !

But I did take inspiration  from Betty's card by using the following :-

bells

holly

colours 

music script

&

Supplies used :-

,memory box bells

su music roller

Thanks for taking the time to look

Would also like to say to ElizStewart if your looking I am a big fan and would love to comment on your cards ..I'm assuming that iIwould have to follow you??? never sure with flickr x
xxx

MCV22

This week our Muse for MCV is Marilyn Cotter and she has done such a beautiful and traditional card ...well it is here, fingers crossed the snows are late coming this year :)

I LOVED  that sentiment btw !!!!

For my card I took inspiration from the Snowman of course,( I used three as I wanted to also use a friend type sentiment for my card) the snowman was from a bargain bin and cost a £1! and has sat about for nearly a whole year waiting to be used.

I coloured using promarkers ,their scarf's to match Marilyns ornaments,and used a Clearly Besotted holly stamp to pop on to their hats .I blended some sky with chalks and versamarked some snowflakes onto it and cut it out using lawn fawn stitched rectangles. (The sentiment is from Mama Elephant ) and added it to a white card before putting it on to a navy card base - which I thought was what Marilyn had used but I now see it was black ...oops!

The next step was the photo  ... I have been all over the house trying to get a decent one,as this is something I do all the time I'm sure I must have the dullest/darkest house in Aberdeen........even a daylight lamp doesn't help and picasa can only brighten so far !:(

But thanks for looking

xxx

MCV21 and cas on Sunday

After the almighty struggle with the Muse card  last week, this one for Muse Christmas Visions sort of made itself and I think I have incorporated most of the same elements that our very, very talented Guest Designer Ingrid Blackburn has used !!

I started by using a SU roller to make the holly,then over - stamped that with some script using 'old paper' distress ink.I then mounted it on black card, made a banner and heat embossed my sentiment in gold and snipped the ends to make it flag tailed. Next I cut out a sprig of holly and adding some red sequins for berries

.Now I really like a simple panel in the middle -as you know! :) - but this time it seemed to lack something .So found a scrap of dotty embossed card (thanks Michele for reminding me about using my embossing folders! ) and mounted it on that.... And totally different from my usual style but think I actually like it !

Think this would also qualify for the CAS on Sunday challenge as they are asking  for polka dots as their theme.

Thanks for taking the time to look

xxx