The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #103 - Snow Alert!

Anyone got SNOW yet, or are we still shoveling leaves from our driveways? 

I'm delighted to have the very lovely Loll as my guest/Elf over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge this month. Loll is one talented lady and you are going to love her work... I know I do!

Loll has chosen a fun theme for October:

Challenge #103 - Snow Alert!

Nice choice, Loll, and there's plenty of scope for everyone to play this challenge their own way!

Here's my first snow-themed creation:

I was in the mood for a little monochrome with which to wish someone a very beary Christmas. This little chap is from the retired Pinkfresh set Christmas Wishes. The snow is glitter card and the moon is silver metallic card - neither are showing up that well in the picture. 

Card number #2 is a little different and was soooo quick and easy to make. The beautiful snowflakes are from Simply Graphic and the embossing folder is Kaisercraft Snowflakes. 

I really hope you'll come and play along with Loll and me over at The Christmas Kickstart as we're both really excited to see what you create!

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #53 - Photo - Inspiration

 

It's Challenge #53 at Christmas Kickstart. 

We have a fabulous new elf to inspire us with her creativity this month and we're welcoming my crafting buddy Hilary from Fiddling About.

For this month we're taking our 'theme' from this gorgeous photograph.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #53 - Photo-Inspiration

There's so much loveliness going on here that you have to study the picture for a couple of minutes to take it all in. 

My first attempt was this card:

I wasn't 100% happy with this one, so dug out this lovely layered wreath from Pink Fresh and felt a little happier with card #2. The wreath die I used doesn't seem to be available, but this one might be similar enough to do the job!

I had to hand dye a considerable number of tiny pop-poms to make these cards. Thank goodness for Distress Inks.

Here's Rudolph with his Random Raffle Prize for this challenge. There are some lovely images in this set.

I very much hope you'll head over to Christmas Kickstart to see Hilary's lovely card and to join fun. Can't wait to see how YOU are inspired by this stunning picture.