B for Bare Essentials

Good Morning!  It is so cold here, they are predicting temperatures of -30C again for today so bundle up and stay warm.  

 

I had a wonderful time playing in my craft room this weekend and I have a new card this morning for new challenge starting over at ABC Christmas Challenge. The theme this go round is

 

B for Bare Essentials

(we want to see just the bare minimum of embellishments on your creations)

 

Care2stamp is our wonderful sponsor joining us this week and they are offering

a fabulous prize of a $15 Gift code to spend in the shop.

 

 

CAS is not my usual style and I often have difficulties with it but thanks to some bold pattern paper and this wonderful image from Kraftin Kimmie I have been able to pull it off this time around.

No embellishments means that this card is ready for the mail. I may even have to try this again!

 

I hope that you will join in on the fun, it is never too early to start getting ready for the holidays.

Anything Winter

Good morning and Happy New Year. I am not off to a good start with blogging this year but I plan to get back on track. The first card that I have to share with you is for the current challenge over at Stamp and Create with Magnolia. The challenge theme is Anything Winter, a nice easy one.

Challenge #26:

Anything Winter 

Prize:

Stamp and Create carries a wide range of Magnolia stamps at some of the lowest prices!

And now let's see what the amazing Design Team has created for you this week...

 

Part of my focus this year is to create more cards that will go in the mail so I've kept the layout nice and simple. This card features Tilda with Snowheart and I have coloured her up nice and bright and paired her with some papers fro MME. A bit of twine and a dimensional flower sticker finish it all off.

You still have one more week to enter. I do hope you will show us your own winter creations. 

Y for You Make It

Wow, Christmas is only 10 days away and if you are like me you still have so much to do.

If you are still trying to get in some last minute Christmas crafting then you will want to stop by the ABC Christmas Challenge. Our current challenge theme is

 

Y for You Make it.

We want to see you make your own embellishments!
We can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

Our Sponsor this week is :

 

Stamp Fairy

 

Gerda is generously offering a lucky participant a chance to win

There is also a 50% sale on this month so grab a bargain while they're half price!

 

 

My card this week feature James bear and some really bright and cheerful papers. 

I started off trying to keep this one nice and flat but then I decided that my homemade

embellishment would be a snowflake rosette.  No way is this card going in the mail now

although I do love the look that the dimension adds.

 

Winter Wishes for a Friend

Hello there, it has been quite some time since my last post.  I know that I had mentioned that I had the good intentions of getting back to some more regular blogging but that all went awry when I decided to try turning curling into a full contact sport (full contact with the ice that is) and I messed up my wrist and hand pretty good. After giving it lots of rest I am back on the mend and I am happy to be getting back into my craft room.

 

Today marks the start of a new ABC Christmas Challenge and this time it is my turn to host. 

The theme that has been chosen is

W for Winter Wishes

which means that you need to use a winter wishes sentiment on your creation.

 

 

Stamp and Create.com

And an awesome prize of 

And

Saturated Canary

 Prize is 2 Digi images from her lovely Etsy Shop.

 

 

For my card I've used one of Krista's older images that were sold through Sugar Nellie, I think that this might be the first time that I have coloured her up but she has been in my stash for a while now. I have matched her to some fun holiday papers from MME and added some simple embellishments as accents. To finish it all of I have added a little holiday sentiment and this card is now all ready to pop in the mail for the holidays.  

 

I hope that you will join us with your own gorgeous creations.  I do look forward to seeing what make.

Happy Crafting!

Tilda in Halloween Colours

Hello, I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend. 

It has been a long time since my last post.  I was away on vacation and then sick with a doozy of a cold that I picked up while I was away. Work is crazy and I am running behind again with my blog posting but I am going to try to get caught up and stay that way.

 

My first post is for the Stamp and Create with Magnolia change that started on Friday. The theme for this go around is to use Halloween colors. Halloween is not usually a holiday that I would make cards for so I had to dig a little deeper for this one. I ended up deciding to use Jester Tilda and I have masked her with a fall pumpkin.

 

I ran into a coloring hiccup when my orange marked died in the middle of the pumpkin but after a quick trip to Michael's I was back in business. Rather than trying to find pattern papers to match this bold image I opted to go another route and I have used cardstock and embossing with some background stamps to create the papers for my card.

 

I hope that you will join in the fun. I look forward to seeing your Halloween creations.

 

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

Colour Q - #211

Crafts 4 Eternity - Happy Halloween

Always Something Creative - Halloween

2 Sisters - Cute and Spooky

 

 

 

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

 

A New Arrival

Hello! I hope that you are all having a wonderful weekend.  I am running a few days late with this post but over on the Charisma Cardz Challenge there is a new theme this week and that theme is Fancy Flourishes.

 

 

For my card this week I have used this adorable new Magnolia stamp which has been coloured with Copics.  I've pulled out the fancy dies this week and layered on some flowers and lace as well. This card is a sweet and girly as it gets and it will be perfect the next time a new baby girl arrives.

 

As always we have some fantastic sponsors for this challenge.

 

PRIZE ONE - 

Melissa from PINK CAT STUDIO!!!

  One lucky participant will win 5 Digital Stamps of there choice.

PRIZE TWO -

 

Our Brand New Sponsor Bugaboo are giving this week's winner...

 

 

I do hope that you will join us with your own creations.

Have a great weekend!

Recipe Time

Good Morning! No we are not cooking today but over at the ABC Christmas Challenge we do have a recipe of sorts for you to enjoy. Today is the start of a new challenge and this time the theme is

 

R for Recipe

3 Papers, 2 Ribbons, 1 Image.

 

We have two wonderful sponsors who are joining us to offer prize to some of our lucky participants

 

The Ribbon Reel

Prize 

and...

 

Saturated Canary

Prize: 2 Digi images from her lovely Shop.

 

 

 

For my card I have chosen to use Christmas Angel. I have coloured her up in some rather bright colours to go with this background that I have put together using a selection of MME papers that were in my stash. To use up some ribbons I have assembled a little ribbon flower using two different ribbons and a brad.

 

 

 

Summer Birthday

Happy Long Weekend! I am here to share my card for the new Stamp and Create With Magnolia challenge that started yesterday.  The theme this time around is

Summer Birthday

 and Lacey is offering one lucky participant a chance to win.

 

Prize:

 

 

For my card I decided to colour up Sweet Pea Tilda. I've done something a little different and I have coloured her up twice, cutting out the main part of the image and layering it over the other coloured image to give it some dimension.  I really like the effect this created and will be doing this again.

 

I dug through my stash of papers to find some that worked with my coloured image and then I have gone with a garden theme adding lots of butterflies and a few flowers to accent the image.

 

I hope that we will see your beautiful Birthday creations this time around.

Have a great weekend and happy crafting!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Anything Goes - In the Garden, add Some Butterflies
Midweek Magnolias - Once Upon a Time

 

Frog Prince

As promised I am back with a second card for today. This one is for the challenge at Charisma Cardz where the theme this week is more than one fold.

 

 

For my card I have used a stamp that is an oldie but a goodie to make a tri-shutter card that would be suitable for a bride to be. This was my first time making one of these but I have admired the way that they look so I figured it was time to give it a go. 

 

As always we have some fantastic sponsors...

PRIZE ONE - 

  Krista has very kindly offered to sponsor this week one winner with a $10 Gift Certificateto her wonderful Etsy shop of some very beautiful Digi's!

PRIZE TWO -

the winner 3 digital images of their choice from The Stamping Chef store http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/

PRIZE THREE-

So what are you waiting for, go start folding.