Y for Your Favorite Punches and Dies

We have reached the midway point of our current challenge

Y for YOUR Favourite Die or Punch

Our wnderful sponsors for this challenge are

 

Stamp Fairy

There's also a 50% sale on at the moment so pop over there to grab a bargain...

and

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

A $15 voucher to spend in her store 

 

 

My card this week features a wonderful image from StampFairy. George the snowman is an old favorite of mine and I have coloured him to go with these great MME papers that I picked up just the other week, the little trees in the background were a perfect complement to the image. I have used my Frostyville border punch which is a recent purchase after loving how it looked on so many of your cards and it is sure to be a well loved and used die. Love how it has added the look of snow along the bottom of the card.

 

Thanks for stopping by. I will look forward to seeing all of your wonderful cards as I catch up this weekend.

 

 

 

Y for Your Favorite Dies or Punches

Good Morning, I hope that you are all well. Only just under two weeks now until the big day, I hope that you are all ready. If you still have a few more cards to go for this year or you are looking to get a head start for next year we have another challenge for you today over on the ABC Christmas Challenge. The theme this time around is

 

Y for YOUR Favourite Die or Punch

We are lucky to have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge and they have offered up some wonderful prizes for some of our lucky participants.

Stamp Fairy

 

There's also a 50% sale on at the moment so pop over there to grab a bargain...

 

and

The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp who is offering one lucky entrant 

A $15 voucher to spend in her store 

 

 

 

I am all about saving time right now as I am knitting like crazy to finish off all of the Christmas presents that I have on the go while still trying to take the time to train our new pup so for my card I have used an image from Saturated Canary that I had previously coloured and accented with lots of stickles.  

 

I have used my favorite Spellbinders circles which seem to appear on almost every card it seems and I have also added what is sure to become a new favorite, my new Magnolia doohickey poinsettia.

The layout for this card was based off a wonderful sketch from this week's Sketch and Stash challenge which made it super simple to put together a great card in a flash.

 

Here is a close up of the image for anyone that wants a better look.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to check out the wonderful creations from the rest of the DT over on the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog.

Have a great day and Happy Crafting!

 

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

Sketch and Stash - Sketch

Cupcake Crafts - Merry Christmas

Love to Create - Anything Goes

Pink Elephant - Photo Inspired

Tip Top Tuesday - Christmas

Anything Goes - Traditional Christmas Colours

Songbird Challenge - Merry Christmas Everybody

Dream Valley - Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Prayers

Good Evening, I have been missing in action lately while I get ready for Christmas and play with my new pup but I am back today with a card for the Charisma Cardz Challenge, the theme this time is Christmas which is a nice easy one as I think that most of us are in that mode at the moment.

 

 

While cleaning up my craft desk the other week I put together the base of this card using an older sketch. Then I dug around is some of my older stamps that I had not used in a while and came up with this angel from Whiff of Joy which I could colour to be a perfect match to my card. The other night I was able to put it all together and as I knew that I wanted to play up the feminine aspect of the image I have layered in lots of Wild Orchid flowers to create a little Christmas arrangement.

 

I hope that you will join us this week. I am looking forward to seeing all of your seasonal creations. In  case you need more incentive we have two wonderful sponsors who are generously offering up some fantastic prizes to two of our luck participants.

 

Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp are generously offering a $20 voucher to their online store!!! 

PRIZE TWO

and our 2nd sponsor this week is the lovely Pink Cat Studio who are offering 5 digis of the winners choice!!

Hope to see you soon!

I would like to enter the following challenges:
PaperPlay - Christmas is Coming
Cute Card Thursday - Red and Green
CRAFT - Christmas
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes


 

X Marks the Spot

Good morning! I am running a couple of days behind as we got a new addition for our household and she has been keeping us rather occupied. Meet Arwyn, she is a 13 week old French bulldog cross, very sweet and full of affection but also very busy.

 

 

 

I thought that I would take a few minutes while she is playing to post my card for the ABC Christmas Challenge. Our theme this week is

X Marks the Spot

 

 

For my card I've opted to use a favorite older image from Whiff of Joy. I started colouring the mice and then picked out some papers for my card before colouring their clothes. If you look closely you will find lots of Xes on my card, there are several plaids in the background papers, I've added some cross stitches, and there is even a little x in the centre of the button on the flower.

I hope tht you have been inspired to join us. Be sure to stop by the main challenge blog to see the rest of the wonderful DT creations.

Pinks and Blues

Good Morning, today is the start of a new challenge at Charisma Cardz and this week we have a colour challenge for you.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors this week who are generously providing prizes for some lucky participants  

PRIZE ONE

PRIZE TWO

PRIZE THREE

 

 

 

 

For my card this week I have opted to play around with techniques that I don't use often.  I started by choosing some alcohol inks in colours that matched the theme and inked up some glossy card which I eventually settled on cutting into the doily. The background was inked up and embossed in two different patterns using clear and white embossing powder. I've layered up the doily with a snowflake cut from spellbinders dies and added a simple sentiment to finish it all off.

 

The end result is a completely different style for me and I think that I like it but I do feel that something is missing. If you know what that something might be please leave a comment with your suggestions.

 

Have a great day and Happy Crafting!

 

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

 

 

 

Feeling Blue

Good Morning. I am here to tell you about the new challenge at Charisma Cardz.

This week the we are Feeling Blue.

 

Our fabulous sponsors this week are...

 

PRIZE ONE

The Stamping Boutique are offering 5 digis of the winners choice from their online boutique store full of wonderful images!

PRIZE TWO

Stamp and Create are offering one lucky winner a $20 voucher to their online store! Wow!!

 

 

I''ve opted to go for a masculine card this week and I have chosen this great image of Teddy Bo ready for a hard day of work. I've done things a little differently and tried my had at watercolour using my Distress Markers and for a first go, I think it turned out pretty good. The Basic Grey papers with all all of the blues really worked well with the image and I have accented with a few screwtop eyelet that I had in my stash.

 

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

 

Teddy Bo - Anything Goes

Allsorts - For Men Only

Crafty Creations - No Flowers

Inky Impressions - Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

May Your Days Be Merry & Bright

We have reached the midway point in our Vibrant Colours challenge over on the ABC Christmas Challenge and I am back to share some more inspiration with you. I hope that you have your sunglasses handy as I am not sure that I have ever made a Christmas card so bright before.

 

 

This cute little gift wrapping elf was just perfect for the challenge as she almost begs to be coloured in bright and cheerful colours. I have matched the colours that I have used to the brightest papers that I could find from MME and paper pieced the gift to tie it all together. As most embellishments would probably get lost on a card this bold and bright, I went through some past sketched and chose a layout with a strong focal point allowing the image to really be the centre of attention on this one and keeping the embellishments to a minimum.

 

I hope that you will join us for the challenge. Be sure to stop by the main challenge blog and see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the DT.

Happy Crafting!

 

I would like to enter the following challenges

 

Divas by Design - Let's Get Cute

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Without Words - Bright Colours

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - 3 Different DPs

 

 

 

 

A Vibrant Christmas

Good Morning, today marks the start of another ABC Christmas Challenge. Before I tell you all about it, I want to thank you all for joining us for our Up to You challenge. I think it was a record, we had nearly 500 entries and we really enjoyed seeing all your beautiful Christmas cards and creations, so inspiring.

Our challenge this week is being hosted by Miria and she has chosen the theme
V is for Vibrant Colours
so dig out your brightest papers from your stash and lets see what you can do with them.

We have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge who are generously offering some wonderful prizes for two of our lucky participants.

Crop Stop

Prize from Crop Stop: a $15 Gift Certificate!

If you’re passionate about paper-crafting whether it be scrapbooking your memories, making cards or altered art, CropStop is your one-stop solution. We offer an extensive selection of dies, embossing folders, inks, stamps and punches by all the popular manufacturers and the CropStop die and embossing folder storage solutions Pocketz Pages™ to keep everything organized. Our selection of embellishments and adhesives is continually expanding and we are excited to be the home of the colorful Ribbon Candy™.

In need of inspiration? Visit the CropStop Gallery, Blog or Message Board and participate in a competition or class. If you have questions concerning your machine, we have a team of experts waiting to help you.

CropStop ships internationally as well as domestic. Our personalized customer service is only one of our strengths. Call or come visit us at www.CropStop.com and see what’s new in the world of paper-crafting.

and

Wild Rose Studio

 

winner can choose 2 stamps.

 

 

For my card, I have chosen to work with some of the brightest, most vibrant reds and greens in my stash. These great papers are from MME and I have coloured this sweet elf from Kraftin' Kimmie to match.  For the layout I have followed a wonderful sketch from the Sketch Challenges blog and as the papers are so bold I have opted to keep it simple and just added a simple sentiment to finish it off.

 

I do hope that you will join us again this time around.

Happy Crafting and I hope you will visit again soon.

 

 

 

Could it be Magic - GDT Songbird Challenge

Good Morning, I hope that you are all safe and dry this morning. The winds were something else last night and we are not anywhere near the worst of the storm which hit New York and New Jersey.

 

I am excited to tell you that I was asked to be a guest designer for the Songbird Challenge this time around. Their theme is Could It Be Magic?

 

 

For my card, I opted to use this sweet, magical little fairy Whispy from Saturated Canary. She has been in my collection of digital images for a while now but this was the first time that I have coloured her up and I just love her. the hair was a challenge but I think that I have done okay with it. I still need more practice but it does look better IRL than it does in the photo.

 

I've used some MME papers from a pad that I liked so much I recently bought it again and kept the embellishments rather simple as I have a tendency to go to dimensional on a Birthday card and then I never have any ready for the mail.

 

I hope that I have given you a little bit of inspiration. Be sure to stop by the challenge blog and see the beautiful creations from the DT. There is also a wonderful prize up being offered from

Bearly Mine Designs, so why not have a go at the challenge?

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Card Makin Mamas - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Things With Wings
Dream Valley - Glitter and Bling
Crafts and Me - Fantasy Creatures
Crafter's Companion - Birthdays