The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #96 - Not the Norm!

Over at Kickstart HQ I'm delighted to welcome back my dear friend Arlene from A Bit of This and That... as our elf for March. 

This month we're asking you to step away from the RED, GREEN and GOLD and join us in a colour challenge where we invite you to pick colours that are...

Challenge #96 - Not the Norm

Arlene and I have had heaps of fun playing this theme, so please head over to the challenge and see Arlene's gorgeous card.

Here's my creation for our challenge:

I used three shades of Distress Oxide to colour a lovely embossed panel (thanks so much, Greta) and added a teal Sizzix Noel die cut. 

My second card is also an inky number. I used a portion of a pink gelli print and over stamped, then heat embossed in white with a favourite Sunny Studio snowflake background.

This card looks so much better IRL, but I may pep-it-up a little as it seems to lack a little something now I'm looking at it on the screen. I wonder what I could do? Ideas are welcome!

Rudolph has a sweet prize on offer for his Random Raffle... 

 

And Arlene and I are very much looking forward to seeing your non-traditional colour combos!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Reminder

Over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge Guest Elf Leslie from Love to Scrap 2 and I are asking you to

Fold it Fancy!

Here's Leslie and her lovely smile:

and here's a quick reminder of the stunning card she created for our challenge launch post. 

You can find all the details about how Leslie made her card by clicking here.

Just look at all the crisp mountain and valley folds Leslie created. Her creasing and measuring is just spot on and gives a great result.

For my inspired by... card I knew I wanted to grab Leslie's colour palette (so cozy) and use dimension and folds to create a little scene as I love an opportunity to tell a story with a card. Here's what I came up with:

I had to add some blue Stampin' Up! paper to create the sky.

When my hubby and I go for a walk we love to see a dog with a stick, so I thought I'd include one here. The pups are from Sunny Studio Dashing Dachshund which might just be one of my favourite dog stamps ever! The signpost and sentiments are from a now retired SSS set called Christmas Cheer and the snowflakes are also from SSS, and I think that background stamp is also retired. 

Thanks for the inspiration, Leslie, I would never have made this card without seeing your card first! If you want to see how to create this style of folded card take a look at Stamping Jill's fab tutorial. 

Rudolph has such a fun prize for his Random Raffle this month...

So why not come and join the fun!

It's a Celebration...

 

Congratulations to Fikreta over at Show US Your Pussycats as she reaches Challenge #100! 

Well done, Fiki, this is a brilliant milestone to have achieved. I don't know if you guys remember, but Fiki continued this challenge after Ike/Sue sadly passed away in April 2022. 

I decided to to break out this sweet little set to join the fun...

These super-cute stamps are from Sunny Studio - Birthday Cat. I had great fun colouring the cats - can you see Fiki's kitty hiding in the frosting at the top of this card? It's so nice to have joined Fiki's celebrations, and it feels like a lovely reunion for some of The Cat Lovers and Janis's Helpful Hoppers too. 

I'm also linking my card at AAA Cards Challenge who are celebrating their 10th Birthday and at AAA Birthday where Game #61 is Clean and Simple. 

Happy Friday, everyone!