It's a Wrap!

 

I need very little persuasion to break out my gorgeous pillow box die from Lawn Fawn, so when I spotted the new challenge at LCD I knew I was going to play along.

The great thing about this box is that it's a perfect size for earrings in tissue paper, a handful of wrapped sweets or a gift card. 

Here's the front. I loved using that huge Colorado Craft Company snowflake across the whole die cut.

And here's the reverse - how neat and tidy it looks.

Don't you love the drama of kraft and black together? 

There's still a couple of days to play along with this challenge as it doesn't end until November 30th.

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #199 - Y is for Yuletide

 

Do we have the best Graphics Goddess or what? Yes, it's official The Sisterhood and Queen Justene are playing Y is for Yuletide, and doing it in fabulously snarky style! 

For my card I combined a festive Gelli Press print, a VLVS image and a fun, boozy MFT sentiment.  

The hat comes from Santa in this Mama Elephant set.

I'm also going to share this card - it's a commission, and therefore not snarky, but I thought I'd drop it into this post as I'm quite pleased with the background.

I hope you'll drop by and take a peek at the fabulous cards created by Justene and my teamies.

Let's Squash It! Challenge #14 - Stencil and Emboss

 

I'm on the blog over at Let's Squash It! today to remind all you good people that there's still time to play along with our current, fun challenge!

A couple of weeks ago I decided to play around with this theme for our Technique Time post.

Here's one of the pieces that I produced by combining a Funky Fossil stencil and an EF from Creative Expressions called Distressed Lines. 

After having already done the creative 'stuff' it only took a few minutes and this sweet die set from Simon Says Stamp to produce this card.

We've got sixteen gorgeous cards in the linky gallery thus far, but would love to see yours there too, so why not come and join the party!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #56 - Reminder

 

It's mid-month time for the current challenge over at Christmas Kickstart!

We're in good company this month as we have Queen of the Snippets lovely Di from Pixie's Crafty Playground. If you're not sure what a 'snippet' is just take a look the picture below...

Challenge #56 - Christmas Snippets

Yes, we're playing with those pieces of design paper that we all hoard, but never know what to do with... Until now!

Here's what Di used to create her adorable card.

I love that Di decided to use her snippets to paper piece her card, and so couldn't resist giving this fun technique a whirl myself. Here are my snippets all laid out and ready to go.

Love this set from Jane's Doodles and that little gingerbread guy always makes me smile.

My second card makes use of this gorgeous set from our sponsor for this challenge. I created some little flags from sentiment banner dies. 

Rudolph is delighted that his Random Raffle for this challenge has been sponsored by Sarah and James.

 

They are generously offering a £10.00 voucher for their lovely online store; you really do need to take a look at what they have on offer AND they are offering 10% off for anyone playing in this challenge! There's a Dala Horse Bundle that is calling to me very loudly... Even more so now that it's reduced in price!

We hope you'll come and play along before this challenge ends on November 30th! 

And, BTW, Di has a new challenge just opened at Pixie's Crafty Workshop so why not play there too?

Seize the Beverage!

 Hi there, happy Monday to you all!

My Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers teamie, Jules, has just chosen her first 'Toppings' theme over at her new DT gig with Seize the Birthday!  She's made me sooooooooo proud by picking 'Beverages' as her topping of choice. Naturally, I just had to play along.

I still had this VLVS gal on my desk after making this card, so I inked her up and gave her a beer and sentiment from the Brings on the Beers set by Visible Image. It was easy to snuggle that bottle into her hand by cutting and colouring a second arm!

The background is another of my Gel prints. This time it was made with a picture from Vogue Magazine. I think it was the third pull and I love how it left plenty of space for the wording and the image.

The DT have created some fabulous cards for this fun challenge, so why not head on over and join the fun!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #198 - N is for Naughty

 

Well, well, just look at our Edna... They always say to watch the quiet ones!

The team that brought you R is for Rude now bring you N is for Naughty!

We'd like to see your best NAUGHTY creations for the next two weeks and trust me, the sistahs have really gone to town on this theme as their creations are hilarious!

My offering is best described as fun but tame.

Another gel print, a little printing and a fun VLVS image and my card was done.

I'm delighted to add this card over at Lost Coast designs as their current challenge is Art Dolls and Divas.

If you do nothing else today please head on over to The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers to see the naughtiness created by our guest and my teamies. Be warned, do not drink your coffee while viewing the cards or there may be a beverage spitting situation! You have been warned!