Anything Christmas BUT A Card

Good morning all!

(I apologise if you've seen this post before, I scheduled it a 

week too early, much to my embarrassment! lol)

Christmas is fast approaching & I've been busy getting things ready for craft fairs

& helping out with bits & pieces for parties etc.

I was invited to be GDT for Crafting For All Seasons, this month,

where they are having a month long challenge this time!

The theme is Anything Christmas BUT A Card.

I of course jumped at the chance to play along with my past DT friends!

So, I thought I'd share with you some of the bits & pieces

I've been making!

First up, this cute little man !

He's a Sock Snowman.
Filled with rice & made from a single sock, with

some buttons, ribbon & a little candy cane to embellish!

There are lots of tutorials on the internet for these, so you shouldn't be stuck for ideas!
He's been very popular, in fact, I spent last night making a whole little family of these!

Next up, Snowman Poop! lol

Again, there are lots of tutorials on the internet for this & the image I've used 

 is a little freebie from Whimsie Doodles here

Next, up, Grinch Pills!

A similar idea but just a little bit different.

I found the image here

For both of these projects, I made a little cutting file on my SIL Cameo.

I'm still getting to know it & haven't played as much as I'd like to but 

I'm determined to use it a whole lot more!

Finally, a little Santa Sleigh

A great little alternative to a selection box with lots of chocolate treats!

Again, there are lots of tutorials on the internet.

You can find one on my blog here.
I've been making these for a few years now  & they have proved to be very popular!

I've learned that it's best to wrap the little chocolate bars as when the littlies get 

hold of these & pull them apart, the contents go everywhere otherwise.

It also helps to keep them busy for a little longer, unwrapping things!
They also make great table decorations for place settings! 

There are 3 fantastic sponsors for this challenge, 

Bugaboo

Lacy Sunshine 

&

Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

I hope you can play! I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs!

I've been so busy lately I've not had much time to hop!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here, even if you don't sew yourself,
it's a lovely e-book to look at & it would be a perfect present for anyone who sews,
You have until Saturday to add your name to the link up!

Colours Of Autumn

Good Morning all!

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons

Where the theme this time is

Colours Of Autumn

Sadly, this is my last DT card with the team for the time being!
 *sniff* *wipes away a tear*
I'd like to thank everyone on the team & especially Carol, the boss lady,
it was great fun working with you all!
I hope we get a chance to work together again in the future!
Now, onto my card!

The image I've used is Speedy Witch  from our sponsor 

Limited Runs Digital Stamps

I've coloured her up using my Promarkers.

Her face is orange due to the glow from the Harvest Moon! lol

The paper is from Lidl! It's actually 1 sheet of paper & I've cut 

around the leaves then popped them up on some shaker tape to give 

some dimension. The leaves were already glittered & embossed.

I die cut the image using the out of the box technique.

Then inked with Vintage photo & Tea Dye Distress Inks.

The sentiment was done on my pc using a free sentiment called

KR Along Came A Spider

it's uber cute & perfect for halloween!

I decorated the inside of the card too!

Hope you like my card! Thanks so much for popping in!

Hope to see you in the challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Autumn Colours

Passion For Promarkers - Make It Digital

A Little Bit Crafty - Distress It

Cards Galore Encore - Make A Card

2 Cute Ink Challenge - Fall

Craft It Up & Link It Up Party By Craftin Desert Divas - Fall

Lexi's Creations - Autumn Colours

Lunagirl Moonbeams - Autumn

Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Autumn Colours

Whoopsi Daisy - Colours Of Autumn

Come & Get It - Use A Digi With An Autumn Theme

Great Impressions - Get Your Spook On

The Corrosive Challenges - Autumn Or Fall

Vandicrafts Artistry Challenge - All Hallows Eve

Wheels Or Cogs

Good Moring Peeps!

It's time for a brand new challenge over at

Crafting For All Seasons

Where the  theme for this fortnight is

Wheels or Cogs

I've used the image Kitty Katastrophe which was kindly supplied by

our sponsor this time, the wonderful 

KennyKDownloads

Here's a closer look at the image

I used a kraft base for my little easel card,

 I coloured the image with my usual mix of flexmarkers & promarkers.

The sentiment was printed out using the free font Gearbox.

The cogs are cut from little snippets of Kraft using Spellbinders dies.

I've popped up a couple of the cogs on some shaker tape to

act as the stop for my easel section!

Thanks for the visit, hope you like my card!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafter's Cafe - Childs Birthday

Digistamps4 Joy - Celebrations

Hobbybook Designer Challenge - Girly

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Fancy Fold

Kenny K's Krafty Krew - Anything Goes Twist: Fall (colours)

Scrapy Land - Anything Goes Using Die Cuts

Lia Stampz Challenge - Feminine/Girly

The East Wind Challenge - Birthday Princess

Digi Sketch Challenge - Sketch &/Or Girly

Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2 or More Dies

Catered Crop - New Again Recipe Swap

Glitter n Sparkle - Show Us Some Sass

Just Us Girls - Wild Card Week

Sisterhood Of Snarky Stampers - K is for Kraft

A Creative Romance - A Touch Of Kraft

Monochrome

Good Morning All, 

It's time for a brand new challenge over at 

Crafting For All Seasons.

where the theme for this fortnight is

"Monochrome"

Here's my card

I've opted for black & white & used a sponsor silhouete image set

The Audition from Stitchy Bear stamps.  

I printed them all out & made a border using a Martha Stewart punch.

All the while I was making this card, I was singing the Elton John song,

Tiny Dancer, to myself! I do love that song!

Hope you enjoy the music!

I created the sentiment, a well known quotation, in my graphics program.

I cut it out with a Marianne Creatables Die (one of my faves).

I added a few little gems from my stash & a little bit of recycled ribbon

(the sort added to garments to keep them on the hanger)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you can play along in the challenge.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Clear It Out - Anything Goes

Fan Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

Paper Minutes - Die Cuts

Papertake Weekly - To Die For

PDE Linky Party - Dies Or Punches

Catered Crop - Music Expressions Recipe Swap

Sentimental Sundays - Monochromatic Colours

The Corrosive Challenge - B Unique (Ballerina, Border, Bling, Black)

Hiding In My Craft Room - Use Ribbon

Die Cut Diva's - Hot August nights (dancing in the dark)

Flat Friends - Say It With A Quote

Crafty Catz - Recycle It (Ribbon)

Left Of Centre Creative Challenges - Inspired by A Song

Simply Create Too - Monochromatic Madness

Patties Creations - Monochromatic

Delightful Challenges - 1, 2 Punch

Feature A Creature

Good morning all!

I hope your week is going well so far!

We're currently on a staycation here in Edinburgh for the Fringe.

Having a great time & seeing lots of interesting things!

It's time for the brand new challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons!

Where the theme for this fortnght is

Feature A Creature!

Here's my card!

(I'll apologise straight away for the quality of the photos but I just 

couldn't get the pics I wanted!)

A fairly simple Christmas card (I need millions of these!)

Our sponsor this time is Lacy Sunshine. 

The DT were kindly given images to play with!

The image I have used is - Santa Pickles
The base card is an A6 Kraft card & the DP is by First Edition.
I used a die to cut the shaped end. 

I coloured Pickles using Promarkers, trimmed the image then edged with a 

Colour Q liquid chalk inkpad then matted on to some Kraft card stock

I used some Washi tape from my stash to add a border, then

finished with some buttons threaded with twine!

The snowflake fell on to the card when I was rummaging about in my 

Chrismas stash so I decided to leave it there!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you in the challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Christma

Passion For Promarkers - Button It

Retarte - Anything Goes and/or Christmas

2 Cute Ink Challenge - Animals

Eureka Stamps - Add A Button

Whatever The Weather

Good Morning All,

Once again, it's been a busy week for me on the crafting front!

Today sees the start of the brand  new challenge over at

Crafting For All Seasons where the theme this time is

"Whatever The Weather"

Here's my DT inspiration card!

Obviously, I've gone for snow! lol

I have used a sponsor image - MaMaw Skiing from

Inky Impressions

The sentiment was created on my PC using a free font called Frosty 

I coloured her up with my flexmarkers then die cut & inked.

The papers & ribbon I've used are from a Papermania Capsule Collection

which I picked up last year. The little snowflakes were punched out with a

Dovecraft punch.

I've decorated the inside of the card too as you can just about see from this photo!

Thanks for popping in, it's always nice to see you & I hope

 to see you create something for the challenge too!

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges:

Crafters Cafe - Polka Dots & Ribbon

Inky Impressions - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Travel The World

Fan Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

Just Inspirational - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie Challenge - Girls, Girls, Girls

Addicted To Stamps - Polka Dots

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Red Carpet Studio- Hairspray/Ribbon (MaMaws perfect hair do)

Sentimental Sundays - When I GROW Up

Die Cut Diva's - Is it yours, mine or ours.

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes

We Do Doobadoo - Ribbon (2nd entry)

Brown Sugar - Dots &/or Stripes

Crafty Ribbons - Let's Get Spotty With Ribbon

Things With Wings

Hi everyone!

It's time for a brand new challenge over at

Crafting For All Seasons where the theme this time is 

Things With Wings

Here's what I created!

I have used a sponsor image Trudi FruitFly Buggmee from

Lacy Sunshine

she's so sweet, looks a bit like one of my great nieces.

Here's a closer look!

I coloured her with promarkers & cut out with an oval nestie.

All elements were inked with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

The kraft card blank is from JellyBean Crafts, the border punch is from Tonic,

 the sentiment from Craftwork Cards, the twine from American Crafts &

 the strawberry charm from Meiflower!

The little seam binding bow is from my stash, I can't  recall where from!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like my little card

& I hope you can play along with the challenge.

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges:

Little Red Wagon - Charm

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Pretty Pastels

Stamp & Create - Spring Colours

Lots Of Layers

Good morning all

It's time to play in a brand new challenge over at

Crafting For All Seasons

where our theme this fortnight is "Lot's Of Layers"

Here's what I made

I've used my own image this time as I was itching to colour this little beauty up!

She is "Jumper" from Saturated Canary. 

Our sponsor this time is

Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet

I used the sketch from Sketchy Colours

for the layout of my card.

Here's a closer look at my image

I coloured her up with Promarkers & flexmakers.

Ain't she sweet!

The sentiment is by Craftwork Cards

I also added a seam binding, triple bow, some tiny little pearls from Meiflower

& a little Hope awareness ribbon charm. 

I haven't done anything with the inside of this card yet! 

Not sure if I'll decorate it inside or add an insert with a nice verse!

I hope you can join us to play in this challenge!

Pop on over & see what the rest of the DT have made to inspire you!

This card was made with the following challenges in mind:

Creative Card Crew - Girly

Pinspirational - Photo Inspiration (colours)

Aurora's Wings  - Monochromatic

Craft- Dee BowZ- Anyhing Goes with a hand made bow

Fitztown Challenge - Lots of Layers

Glitter n Sparkle -Ribbon

Quirky Crafts - S Saturated Canary Image, Skipping, Seam Binding, Sketch.

Sketchy Colours -Sketch

Delicious Doodles - Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness

Simply Create Too - Stack 'Em Up (Use at least two layers)

Wags 'n Whiskers - Lots of Layers

In The Pink - Use A Digi + more pink than any other colour.

Ribbon & lace

Good morning all! 

Happy hump day! Not long now till the weekend!

I'm so looking forward to Easter break & four days off in a row!

It's time for  a brand new challenge over at

Crafting For All Seasons

Where the theme this time is Ribbon & Lace!

Here's what I created!

A little primitave style Christmas card using a sponsor image 

from Limited Runs Digital Stamps called

  Catching A Snowflake

The base is Kraft card& the paper I have used is from my stash.

Here's a closer look at the image!

I coloured her up in pastel pinks with a mix of Promarkers & flexmarkers

The Snowflake ribbon is from Lidl & is from last year, if not

the year before! The lace is from my local haberdashers's bargain basket.

(I do love a bargain!)

Such a sweet image. I cut her out with a nestie label die.

I ran a running stitch along the ribbon & the lace then pulled them up

to make this little rosette!

The sentiment is done on the pc.

As the card is a bit rough on the inside, I'll add a simple paper insert.

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you can play in the new challenge.

I'd like to enter my card in a few challenges:

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - Anything Goes

Holly Jolly Christmas - The Reason For The Season

Feeling Crafty Challenge - For A Child

Sparkles Forum Christmas - Inspired By A Christmas Carol/Song (let it snow)

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Use Some Pastel Colours

Incy Wincy Designs - CAS

Hug

Good Morning All,

I have another card to share with you today!

This one is my DT Card for the new challenge over at 

Crafting For All Seasons where the theme for is

"No Designer Papers"

The image I have used is Hug from our sponsor

Kenny K

As you can see, my card is a CAS Anniversary card!

I coloured the image with Flexmarkers

I added two die-cut hearts & a few little self adhesive pearls.

I hope you can play in the challenge ths time & look forward

to visiting your blog to see what you've created with

"No Designer Papers"

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Fan Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Tic Tac Toe ( CAS Digi Die Cuts)

Cards Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi stamp

Oddball Art Stamps - Use A Digi

Hannah & Friends - CAS