The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #98 - Reminder

Hi Kickstarters... we've reached the midpoint of our challenge with the lovely Becca! 

Becca has chosen a lovely theme for us to play with this month and we're loving how many different ways you guys are finding to interpret our challenge.

Challenge #98 - Winter Warmers

Here's a reminder of Becca's cute card...

You can find all the details over on Becca Flickr site here. 

I really love this little cutie and for my inspired by... card I picked-up on the different colours of the circles behind the bird, but turned them into presents instead.

The pup is from a BB set Happy Pawlidays - from My Favorite Things and the gifts come from the Sizzix die set Festive Gifts.

I was really inspired by the circles on Becca's cute card, so also made this...

The little 'icons' were made from snippets of paper and card using Sizzix set Festive Things.

I'm delighted to be able to link this card to Snippets Playground Challenge #506.

My final card for this Reminder is this one:

Very quick and easy to make, and looks quite cute IRL as there's plenty of sparkle. 

Rudolph has a cute stamp set on offer for his May Random Raffle.

Becca and I very much hope you'll come and play along with us! We look forward to seeing how YOU interpret our challenge theme!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #84 - Get Your Grinch On!

It's the first Tuesday of a new month and so we have a brand new elf over at Christmas Kickstart. I know you are going to love the work of the very talented Meghan Kennihan from Made by Meghan K. 

Meghan and I are taking our cue from the approach of Spring and St. Patrick's Day on March 17th, but as always it's got a Christmas twist...

Challenge #84 - Get Your Grinch On!

We'd to see the colour GREEN taking centre stage on your Christmas cards for this month and you will LOVE Meghan's creation for this challenge.. 

I had so much fun making my card, and decided to employ a technique I always enjoy: paper - piecing! 

I stamped their jumpers on some teeny, tiny pieces of leftover papers!

I'm linking this card to Snippets Playground Challenge #475 because, well: SNIPPETS! 

For my second card I got busy with this sweet stamp from WPlus9 (sadly, no longer available) and a very large die cut.

Rudolph has a lovely prize for one lucky, Random Raffle Winner. 

Please head on over to Christmas Kickstart and play along!

In the Deep Midwinter...

 

Happy Winter Solstice to you all.

Thankfully, it's fairly mild where I am today as we have no central heating at the moment! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I am currently wearing four layers.

I'm delighted to be joining the fun at LCD today with a fun card featuring a fabulous Jane's Doodles image which I've stamped, coloured and paper pieced. 

This was very fiddly to make, but great fun. I'm sure this is how modern reindeer cope with a deep midwinter.

I used up quite a few little bits of pretty patterned paper for this card just so I could play along in The Snippets Playground Challenge! 

Hope you're having a happy Christmas eve - eve - eve! 

Last Minute dot Com

 

I'm just coming in under the wire for the current challenge at The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.

I've had plenty of time to come up with something for this fun challenge, but after trying a few different ideas this was the only thing I liked! 

Doesn't this good boy from Jane's Doodles look fabulous in his Christmas jumper? 

I used a tiny piece of leftover paper for the jumper, so am linking up for Challenge #467 in The Snippets Playground.

I'm also linking to another new-to-me challenge called Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge. They are currently on Challenge #51... So I'm obviously a little slow on the uptake!

Hope you all have a happy and creative day! 

Playing at Some Cat Challenges...

 

I've had a little time for yet another play with that gorgeous Penny Black set I bought on eBay. Isn't this little sorcerers apprentice the cutest?

I wanted to put him on a purple background, but am nearly out of purple cardstock (😱😱😱). It's ok, I've ordered some more. 😌 I sorted through my snippets box and found some lovely bits of card which I cut to size and then ran through my Cuttlebug using a favourite embossing folder.  Phew, what a lifesaver snippets can be! 

I'm entering my card at The Snippets Playground Challenge #465, because... well, SNIPPETS rock!

And I'm also linking at Lost Coast Design where they're supporting The Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge with a fabulously, fun Cat Themed Challenge. 

My little wizard will also be able to cast his spells at Show Us Your Pussycats Anything Goes and Meow-Loween.

And also at Crazy for Cats Challenge #12...

Have a happy Thursday!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #77 - Reminder

Hi there, it's time for our mid-month reminder over at Christmas Kickstart. 

Challenge #77 - Just Elfing Around!

This month we're playing with returning elf Di, and having heaps of fun with our theme. Di has very kindly created additional cards for our challenge and I know you'll love what she's made.

Here's Di's original card for our challenge.

I love Di's first card for our challenge and couldn't resist breaking out Paper Smooches Wise Dies - Stockings for some Die Cut fun! I do miss Paper Smooches. The stencil is from The Stencil Studio and the greeting is from one of my favourite Christmas sentiment sets: Mama Elephant Puffy Holiday Greetings.

I'm linking this card to Di's Snippets Playground Challenge #460 as I used teeny, tiny snippets for the stockings and boots on this card.

Card #2 from me looks like this!

I really like playing with this sweet VLVS elf. This time I combined him with some Lawn Fawn cookies. He looks so content!

The lovely Di has donated our Random Raffle Prize for August so welcome to Di's Dream Draw. Rudolph will be randomly picking the winner as usual. 

 

I bought a set of these cute stamps a while ago, so decided to share a card I made with them so you can see what a lovely prize Di has provided.

There's still plenty of time to break out your elf stamps and come and play in this challenge, so please come and join the fun!

Snippets!

Hi everyone, I decided it was time for a little play with my snippets, and this is what I came up with!

A very CAS creation, but one that seemed to fit the bill for how my cardmaking brain was feeling this morning.

The image is from a magazine giveaway called Sweet Samantha and the sentiment comes from Sassy and Classy true Friends by Crafters Companion. 

I'm linking up to Snippets Playground Challenge #454 and, after I've been to the hairdressers, I'll grab a cuppa and look through the entries! 

Have a fun  day!

Snippets Challenge #452

The sun is shining and I'm happy to be playing in the playground again over at Snippets for Challenge #452!

Isn't this gorgeous digi from Mo's Digital Pencil just a fabulous way to use up a snippet of pretty patterned paper? 

I don't know which paper pad the snippet is from as it was just sitting in the bottom of my paper stash, but I knew it would look so good paper pieced into this image.  OK, so paper piecing isn't as in vogue as it used to be, but I do enjoy making the odd card with this technique as it reminds me of those paper dolls we all played with back in the day.

Hope you're having a good day in your part of the world.

Rockin' Rabbit!

Hi there, I'm happy to be playing at two of my favourite challenges today with this sweet card!

I'm linking to LCD - where they're playing Rock or Pop for Challenge #164...

And also at Snippet's Playground for Challenge #451 as I've used a snippet of gingham paper from another card plus some watercolour hearts left over from a project I made a few weeks ago. The bunny and the sentiment are from a cute Waffle Flower set.

A good day to hide in the craft room as it was chilly and wet, but come on Spring - where are you? 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #231 - B is for Bunny

We're celebrating Easter in our own special way over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for the next two weeks as we play B is for Bunny! As you can see, Edna has dressed for the occasion.

I was surprised at just how many bunny stamps I have in my stash, but it was this little member of the Leporidae family who caught my eye.

This little gal is from a very, very old set from Hero Arts called Sending Happy Thoughts and I've linked to the only available seller I can find. 

The sentiment comes c/o my superbly, snarky sistah, Chris, who created this fab set for Stamplorations a while back. I've just been over to Stamplorations to find the link and I'm so happy to see that Shery is sharing some good news on her Cancer Journey Blog site. Keep going, Shery, you're doing great!

Happy crafting, everyone!