What are H and I for?

Good morning!
It's Carissa here and I hope you are all having a wonderful week.

 Over on the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog we

have two wonderful new themes to choose from...or combine...this month:

'H is for Home'

 

and

 

'I is for Informal'

 

(But don't forget the Christmas theme!)

As you can see below, I went for the Informal theme. I opted to use this sweet image from LOTV, coloured it up and simply matted it before placing it atop a store purchased card blank with a bold pattern.  How easy is that?

 

 

 

 We have some generous sponsors for this challenge

 

Craftyribbons
 

Visit our blog http://blog.craftyribbons.com 

Inspiration Blog http://craftyribbonsinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/

 

and 

Sponsor
Wild Rose Studio

One lucky entrant will win this lovely Snowman Family Stamp Set and a Birds and Berries 6x6 Paper Pack. 

Thanks so much Dulcie and Matthew, owners of the Wild Rose Studio

 

Now its your turn. I hope you'll join us!

It's Beginning to Look Like a Wild Christmas!

Good Evening, I am here tonight to tell you all about the current ABC Christmas Challenge that started this morning. Our theme this time around is
 W for Wild Thing 
This can be any wild animals cats, bears, reindeerOr even a wild hair do! haha!

 

 

For my card I have used this sweet image from LOTV. After all, what's more wild than a cute little bear. The image is quite large and fills up most of the card so all that I really needed to do was colour it up to match some festive Christmas papers and give it a nice frame. A simple flower finishes it all off.

Our very own Lacey is our AWESOME Sponsor for this challenge with her store

Stamp and Create.com

Sadly Stamp and Create is Closing.

The entire store is marked down 40%-60%

But Lacey is generously offering  3 Wags 'n Whiskers Digital Stamps to one of our lucky participants.

 

I hope that you will be joining in on the fun with your own gorgeous Christmas creations. Be sure to stop by the blog for some more wonderful DT inspiration.

 

Good Morning, I am back today to tell you about the wonderful new challenge theme that we have for you over on the ABC Christmas Challenge blog. The theme this time around is

 

S for Something Festive

 

We are joined by a new sponsor for this challenge.

Freckled Fawn has generously provided a $15 gift card for one lucky participant.

 

Freckled Fawn also generously provided some of our Design Team with some wonderful embellishments to use for this challenge.

 

 

When I first saw the embellishments that had been provided I wondered how I would create a festive Christmas Card, none of the embellishments were typically seasonal.

 

For my image I opted to colour up this sweet image from LOTV as I felt that it would go with the washi tape and I picked colours for my image from the cute little arrows. The row of bling and the rub on numbers were additional elements from our sponsor.

 

When my card was finished I realized that you don't need traditional seasonal embellishments for a Christmas Card after all.

 

What's Your Number

Good evening. Didn't get a post up this morning but I am here tonight to tell you about the new ABC Christmas Challenge that started today. The theme this go around is

 

N for Numbers

 

We have a fabulous new sponsor for this challenge , the winner will receive two free digis of their choice from Wendy's Etsy shop

All Dressed Up

 

My card for this challenge came together quite easily given that I don't seem to have many numbers in my stash. These cute little LOTV bears we're sitting there all coloured up just waiting to be made into a card. I dug around a bit and came up with a number sticker that I have matted on a diecut to give it a bit more punch. From there it was just a matter of digging through my stash to find some papers to pull it all together.

 

The end result is a little more bold than what I had imagined when colouring this image but I think it adds to the fun.

I hope you will join us and share your numbered creations. You never know, I just may need to go stock up after I've been inspired.

A Bear and a Sketch

Good Morning, it is the middle of the week and that means that we are slowly getting closer to the weekend. It also means that today it is time to start a new ABC Christmas Challenge. Our theme this go around is

S for Stockings or a Sketch
(if you choose sketch just find one and create a Christmas project with it)

For this challenge we are proudly sponsored by the lovely Meljen :-)

Meljen's Designs

 

Meljen will give one lucky entrant 4 fabulous images of the winners choice!

 

For my card I have coloured up this sweet little image of James Bear, he is one of my favs and I while I was colouring one image I figured I might as well colour another so you will be seeing this image again sometime soon.

 

The sketch that I have followed is from Sunday Sketch & Stamp.

 

Its a great one with lots of layers. As there is so much going on with all the pattern from the papers, I have added only a sentiment to finish it off. Easy as pie and this card is all ready to be popped in the mail come the holidays.


I would also like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Hip to Be Square

 

G for Girly

Good Morning, it has been a long time since my last post. That flu that I had a few weeks back just wanted to hang around and work has been crazy as of late so I have not been up to much crafting.

I am hoping that blogger is playing nice today as this is a scheduled post. I am currently laying in the sun on a beach in Roatan Honduras. I will tell you all about it when I return.

Today is the start of a new challenge at ABC Christmas and this week our theme is

G for Girl or Guy Creations

nice and easy.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is

Bugaboo Stamps

One lucky Random winner will win 7 Digi images

of their choice :)

 

 

As I was running short on time before we left I opted to use a LOTV image that I had previously coloured but had not yet made into a card.

This little cutie matched perfectly with these great papers from MME.  I am trying really hard to keep the embellishments relatively flat for at least some of my cards this year. It seems that I never have enough that can go in the mail when December rolls around. For this card I've limited my embellishements to just a few flowers that pick up the colours in the card.

 

I hope you will join us for the challenge. I look forward to seeing your creations.

Have a great day and be sure to stop by again tomorrow as I actually have a second post scheduled for this week.

 

 

 

 

U for Up To You

Good Morning, I hope that you are all well.

We are at the middle of the week so just a few more days to go until the weekend. This weekend I will be finding myself in the Big Apple, I have not been to New York City before so I am looking forward to it. We have concert tickets for Sunday night and I am hoping to be able to take in a show on Broadway as well.

 

Back to today. We have a new challenge starting over on the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog and I think that you are going to like this one. Our theme this time around is

U for Up To You

That's right a nice easy one! You can do whatever you want as long as it is Christmas.

 

We have some great sponsors for this challenge too

 

Stamp and create

 

and

Meljen's Designs
Prize 4 images of winners choice

 

 

For my card today,  I have chosen to use a favorite teddy stamp from LOTV. I have coloured this little guy with Copics and accented with tinsel glitter and glossy accents for some sparkle and shine. The papers that I have used are a mix from 4 different holiday pads. I was trying for a monochromatic holiday feeling of red and white but if you look closely a tiny touch of green still managed to sneak in there.

 

I do hope that you will join us for the challenge as I am looking forward to seeing all of your holiday creations. Before you head off to your crafting tables, be sure to stop by the ABC Christmas blog to see the rest of the gorgeous DT creations.

Happy Crafting!

 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Totally Gorjuss - Traditional Holiday Colours

Totally Stampalicious - Christmas

Ooh La La Crafts - Christmas Sentiment

Fashionista Challenge - Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

Through a Winter Window

Good Morning, today marks the start of another ABC Christmas Challenge. It is hard to believe that we are already more than half way through the year. This week we have reached the letter O and our theme is

O for Open it Up

We want you to see you decorate not just the outside of your card but the inside too.

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge who have generously offered prizes for some of our lucky participants.

Bugaboo

Challenge Blog: http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/

 

who are offering

 

and

Ribbon Girl

who have offered up this gorgeous selection of holiday goodies.

 

I decided to try something a little different this week,

 

I've made a trifold, shaker, window card. Try saying that 3 times fast. For the main image on my card, I have used this sweet little James bear who can be seen through the window behind a mountain of snow.

Here is a close up of the image.

On the inside panels, I have added a sentiment and a panel to write a little message to the recipient.

This card did have its challenges (lining up the window cut outs and running out of    

co-ordinating papers) but I do love the end result. That said, I think that it will be a while before I try another one of these. I do hope though that it has inspired you a little bit and that you will join our challenge. I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges - Window Cards

2 Sisters - Christmas in July

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas in July

Delightful Challenges - Christmas in July

Holly Jolly Christmas - Non Traditional Colours

Ladybug Crafts - Christmas in July

Speedy Fox and Friends - Christmas in July

Favorite Animals with Charisma

Good Morning, I have not been around much lately. My back has spazzed out on me and it has been enough for me just to go to work so I have not been busy in my craft room. I did have a chance a few days back though to make my card for the start of today's new Charisma Cardz Challenge.  This week the challenge is to show us your favorite animal.

We have been sponsored this week by two wonderful sponsors

Crafty Ribbons and Joanna Sheen

who are both offering up some wonderful prizes.

For my card this week I have used one of my favorite little James Bear stamps from LOTV however, I have coloured him up in shades of pink and grey as I was going for a soft and girly look. When I was done colouring I discovered that this image went perfectly with some older Basic Grey papers that I had in my stash. As the paper is rather busy, I have kept the embellishment rather simple adding just a few snowflake details.

I have even finished the inside of this one so that it will be ready to go. My Christmas card pile is slowly building and it will be nice when late November comes and I will just be able to sit down and fill them out before having to mail them away.

I hope that you will join us for the challenge. I can't wait to see all of your favorite animals.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

 

PaperPlay - Christmas in July

Going Grey With Scrap Creations - Christmas in July

Quirky Crafts - Christmas in July

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Christmas in July

Totally Gorjuss - It's Christmas

For a Sweet Baby Boy

Hi there, I am back this morning with another card to share.

I know, another baby card! Is it my imagination or does it seem like everyone I know is pregnant right now? Friends of ours who live several hours away had a sweet baby boy the other week and I have a bought a little gift to send off to them but I needed a card.

I had this LOTV image partly coloured already and I thought that it would be perfect for this great sketch from My Favorite Things. As it is for a little boy, I have used buttons as  embellishments instead of the flower.

The best part is that the card is still nice and flat, perfect for mailing. And the inside is all finished too, have a look.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

MFTWSC - Sketch

Ooh La La Creations - Baby

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

CRAFT - Male Card

Ready Teddy Go - One for the Boys
There She Goes - Circles

Baby Dreams

Good afternoon, it was gorgeous and sunny and I am hoping that there will be more of the same tomorrow. I had a baby shower to attend this afternoon and I thought that I would pop by and share the card that I made to welcome the new little one. I have a few showers to attend over the next few weeks so there are sure to be a few more baby cards to follow.

This card came about as a bit of a happy accident. I was following an old sketch attempting to make a background for another image that I had coloured but when I had the card base all assembled, the image that I had did not fit well so I decided that the colours of these gorgeous Marjolaine papers from Basic Grey would be fitting for the baby card that I required.

Here is a close up of the gorgeous LOTV image that I coloured to match the card base.

And a shot of the inside congratulations message as well. I am not in the habit of completing the inside of the card at the same time but I really love the look I achieved by using the scraps of papers to finish off the inside. I think that I might need to try to do this more often.

I hope that you have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will visit again tomorrow as I have another card almost ready to share.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Ribbon or Twine

Craft Us Crazy - Favorite Stamp Company - LOTV

Craft Your Days Away - Just for Children

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Animal Magic

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes + Kraft

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Cute and Fluffy

Totally Gorjuss - Congratulations

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

CRAFT - Animals

Times to Cherish

Good morning, I hope that you are all off to the start of a wonderful week. The temps have dropped a lot around here over the last few days and in some parts of Ontario north of here they have actually received quite a dumping of the pesky white stuff. They can keep it, I want spring.

I just thought that I would pop by and quickly share a card with you today before I head off for work. This card came about almost by accident (well a card of some type or another would have come of it). I had coloured up the image a few days before and I was playing around making some card blanks based on some older sketches. I happened to set this image on top of the card to check sizing and low and behold it suited the card perfectly. I have accented the card with some punched leaves and butterflies and a few co-ordinating flowers to quickly finish it off.

I must say, I was happy with how easy it was.

Thanks for stopping by. I love hearing from you, so please leave a little comment to let me know you were here. I will be back in the next day or so with another card to share.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

StampARTic - Surprise Challenge

Our Creative Corner - Butterflies

7Kids College Fund - Dies and Punches

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Punches and Dies

Love to Create - Anything Goes

Fairy Magical Hugs

Good Evening, I am late with the post that I promised for the weekend. Where do they seem to go. I do actually have a few cards ready to share so hopefully I will have the chance over the next few days..

The first card that I want to show you features the image Never to Old for a Hug from LOTV. I am sure that you will see it here quite a bit as it really is a sweet image perfect for so many occaisions.

I had seen the wings coloured in rainbow colours on the LOTV DT blog and decided to give it a go. I quite like how it turned out.

This card is a happy accident of sorts. I was playing around making up some cards based on older sketchs and happend to lay this image on top only to discover that it was a perfect fit. It is not often that a card comes together this easily.

I want to thank you for stopping by, be sure to pop back in the morning as I have another ABC Christmas card to share.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Flowers

F for Furry and Feathered Friends

Good morning, it looks like I messed up the calendar and this post did not get published yesterday.  Today looks like it is going to be another gorgeous day here. The weather has been unseasonably warm and we have been loving it. My garden is coming back to life and I have been walking around at mid day with short sleeves. At some point you just know that we are going to pay for this after all, we should still be wearing winter coats.

Today marks the start of another ABC Christmas challenge. This week we are host by Helen and she has chosen the theme of

F for Furry and Feathered Friends

We have two great sponsors this week.

Lili of the Valley

 

The prize from Lili of the Valley is a £10 gift voucher to spend in their online store!

and

Bugaboo Stamps

 

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 free digis!

 

For my card, I have chosen to work with one of my favorite LOTV James Bear images. I have opted to use a different colour scheme when colouring him in and went with non traditional colours to match some great scraps of Christmas papers that were on my desk. I have added a LOTV sentiment which I have cut with my Spellbinders and then wrapped some tinsel wire in behind.

 

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge - Spots and Dots



E for Evergreen

Good Morning, I am back with another card for the ABC Christmas Challenge. This week the theme is

E for Evergreen

We are asking you to dig into your stash and pull out all that Christmas greenery. You know, the tree and the holly and mistletoe and use that to decorate your card.

We have two great sponsors

and

who have each generously provided a voucher for a lucky participant.

My card this week features another previously uninked LOTV stamp which I have coloured in rich and traditional Christmas colours. I have worked with a new style of card which has allowed me to use this great frilly frame die from Go Kreate which I bought about a year ago and have hardly touched, it is just so easy to go for a square card but I really like the look of this one. I am going to try to work with some shaped cards over the next little bit as I want to try to put some of my dies to good use.

I hope that you will join us this time around for our challenges. I look forward to seeing your evergreen creations. Thanks for stopping by, be sure to pay a visit to the ABC Christmas Challenge blog and see the rest of the gorgeous creations from the DT.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Punches and Dies

Raise the Bar - Twine

Stamps And Fun = Creativity - One Bow

Hush-a-bye Baby

Hello, I hope that you are all well. I am still recovering from that nasty bug that I had last week but my bark is now much worse than my bite and people are no longer afraid to come near me.

I thought that I would pop by and share this little card that I have made for my cousin's baby shower. She has chosen not to find out the gender of the baby before it is born so I have worked it in bright and sunny spring colours to match some wonderful MME papers rather than the typical pastel blue and pink.

In keeping with the spring theme I have added some cheery coloured flowers and then tucked in a few buttons because I think that they are a perfect touch to a baby card. The little is from LOTV and came with this great image.  

Thanks so much for coming by, be sure to pop by again for a visit on Wednesday as I will have another card to share.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

One Stop Crafts - Button It

Pink Elephant - Layers

Critter Sketch - Buttons

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Stampin For the Weekend - Bingo - Flowers, Polka Dots and Diecuts

Fussy and Fancy - More Than Words

Just a quick post this morning to remind you that you still have one more week to participate in over on the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog where the theme is

B is for Bears

with bunting, buttons, bows and brads.

This time around I have used another adorable LOTV stamp called James with Pile of Presents. All decked out in his Santa hat, he is so cute. I wanted to make a card with really traditional Christmas colours so I have coloured him with Copics to match these richly coloured papers from Basic Grey and MME.

The layout of my card is based off of a previous sketch from the Sketch and Stash challenge. I have pretty much stuck with the sketch but I have flipped the embellishments to the left side. The little metal plaque is from an older Making Memories collection and I have tucked some punched leaves and flowers from WOC in around it to finish it off.

Thanks for coming by today. I hope that you will join us in the challenge, I look forward to seeing your beary cute creations.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Sketch and Stash - Free Choice Sketch

Wild Orchid Challenge - Creature Comforts

Dream Valley - Animals