Merry Christmas To All My Friends

 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #93 - Reminder

 

We're all about an Anything Goes Christmas for the whole of December

over at Christmas Kickstart, so why not head over and join the fun!

My first card is this little cutie from Avery Elle set Ho Ho Holidays. The gorgeous embossed background is Origami Folds by Spellbinder. Isn't it lush!

My second card features a sweet little stamp from VLVS. 

Here's what Rudolph has on offer for one randomly selected winner of his Random Raffle:

 

Hope to see you there!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #257 - H is for Ho Ho Ho

 

We have a fun, festive challenge for December over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers as we play H is for Ho Ho Ho! 

I do love this cheeky Albert E. image from VLVS, and couldn't resist pairing him with a naughty sentiment for a little festive fun. He pops up on birthday cards too, but wearing a different hat! The background to this card is just sooooooooo sparkly and features a favourite snowflake stamp from Honey Bee.

The Sisterhood, and GD, Queen Michelle, have created some brilliant cards for this challenge, so please come along, be inspired and play along!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #93 - If It's Christmassy, Link it Up!

Well, here we are: December! This is what we've been preparing for during the past eleven months over at Christmas Kickstart, and if you've managed to play along you should have a lovely pile of festive cards to drop into the mail!

If It's Christmassy, Link it Up!

Yes, it's that one month where I don't have an elf: we're all so busy doing the festive stuff and I don't like to add to the pressure! Here's my first card for this challenge.

I do love a fun Santa image and fell head-over-heels with this cutie from the 2018 Simon Says Stamp set Christmas Cheer. Sadly, this little guy is no longer available, but there are some gorgeous images in this set with the same name. The background is also an out of date oldie, but this time it's from Honey Bee Stamps. I've lost the packaging for the die cut greeting. Sorry for being hopeless!

My second offering for this challenge is a shameless CASE of a very beautiful card. 

These are so quick and easy to make and are perfect for 'mass production'. 

The very lovely Rudolph has a cute little stamp set on offer for this challenge:

 

Here's hoping you'll come and join the fun! 

Card Chain Challenge Reveal - November 2024

There's a brand new Reveal over at The Card Chain Challenge as we showcase the cards that flew around the World for our November Challenge! We had 27 participants this month and we all played with some fun options.

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options:

Nativity, Steampunk or Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options:

Patterned Paper or a Tunnel Card

Here's the card I sent to Arlene in California. 

I had fun creating this little card using the Floral Stag die from Spellbinders.

My sender this month was Carol in the UK and she went with the colour option and a fabulous take on the sketch.

Thanks Carol, I love this!

Our December Challenge has a few more days to run so why not drop by and join the fun...

AAA Birthday

 

I'm thrilled to be the Guest Designer for December over at AAA Birthday. I had a win back in October with this little card and was tickled pink when Jane got in touch to invite me to play along with the very talented DT girls.

Challenge #68 is all about Lovely Layers and is open all month. To be honest, as a CAS card maker I wasn't quite sure how to tackle this theme. More than two layers on a card and I begin to get dizzy and worry about nosebleeds! However, I did a little Pinterest search and found a gorgeous layering technique with which to make my card.

There are a few different ways in which you can layer your half-circles and I went for this 'wave' layering as I like the slightly 'Yin and Yang' look it gives. If you take a look at this lovely video you can see how different layering patterns can give a variety of looks to a card.

I decided to go retro for my colour palette, although I do wish the green of the smallest circles had photographed closer to the grass green colour that it appears IRL. This was such a fun, simple make and I think it'll be great as a design for those tricky masculine makes we all struggle with. I finished with a simple banner and four Stampin' Up! gems. I can imagine this card style would look great in festive colour combos too. 

Thanks for dropping by today, and thanks to Jane and the DT for inviting me along. There are some gorgeous cards on show on the AAA Birthday site, please head on over and take a look!