All Wrapped Up

 

Good Morning! After experiencing some computer problems last week I am back and today marks the midway point for our challenge at ABC Christmas. We have only a few more weeks until Christmas and we are hoping to give you a head start in prepping those presents so that they can go under the tree. Our theme for this challenge is W for Wrapping.

 

We have 2 fabulous sponsors for this challenge who are offering up some wonderful prizes.

 

The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp are offering one lucky entrant

A $15 voucher to spend in her store

and

The Stamping Boutique

 

 

I've opted this time to make a gift bag following this great sketch which is found on the Basic Grey blog. I dug around in my scraps and off cuts to find these papers from some of the past Christmas lines that I have loved so much. I have used lots of holiday greenery, flowers and a simple snowflake ornament to finish it all off.

 

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 

Wild Orchid - Traditional Christmas

Crafty Creations - Christmas is Coming

Divas by Design - 2 or More Pattern Papers

 

 

 

Too Cute To Spook

Good morning! It looks like another miserable day weather wise which means it will be perfect for doing some crafting later. First I have to spend some time on a project for work. How I do hate working on the weekend even if I can do it from the comfort of my couch! Before I start that though, I thought that I would take a few minutes to enjoy my coffee and share with you a card that I have made just for the fun of it. 

I don't tend to make many Hallowe'en cards but when I saw this adorable Teddy Bo image I knew that I wanted to colour him up. I love the bright orange pop of the pumpkin against the darker spooky papers from Basic Grey. He is all set for a night of Trick or Treat and candy. The candy stickers that I had in my stash were the perfect accent.
 

 

 Some friends have a little one that they plan to dress as a pumpkin for her first All Hallow's Eve so I think that I will give this card to them.

Happy Hallowe’en!

I will enter my card in the following challenges:

Tip Top Tuesday - Hallowe'en
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Halloween
Love to Create - Pumpkins
Creatalicious - Halloween
Always Something Creative - Halloween
Divas by Design - Use Some Orange
Hanna and Friends - Halloween
Moving Along with the Times - Too Cute to Spook
Cute Card Thursday - Something Scary
Basic Grey - Anything Goes











 

Paper Piecing, Give it a Whirl

What a week, I have been busy moving my scraproom from our spare bedroom to a new room in our almost finished basement. I will post pictures of my new space another day when I have finished setting it up. Right now I am making cards on my dining room table while the stairs to the basement are being varnished. It is about all I can do with limited supplies. Hopefully I can get some images coloured and they will be ready to turn into cards when I can get back downstairs.

I decided that I would try my hand at paper piecing today. I have chosen to colour this lovely Hangar image with my Copics and then I have paper pieced her hat and shirt with some of the paper from the Basic Grey Sugar Rush collection. I love the end result. The polka dotted paper had the shading variances that are typical of Basic Grey paper and worked out perfectly to give her some shading. I added a tiny bit more with my copics to ensure that it was all in the right places.

The card has been put together using more of the Sugar rush collection. I have based the layout on a sketch over at The Sweet Stop. I have not added a sentiment at the moment as I am unsure of what I will use this card for. I hope that you have enjoyed looking. Stop back soon.

Basic Grey Challenges - #28 paper piecing

The Sweet Stop - #73 Sketch

Lovely Hanglar Only - #7 Layers

Charisma Cardz - #36 Try Something New (paper piecing)