The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #174 - E is for Elves

 

Sister Lee just does the best graphics!

We're all about ELVES at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for this challenge.

I broke-out two of my favourites eleves: Buddy and Jolly from Stamping Bella and got busy with my Promarkers. The background was created with a stencil and some Dreamweaver paste. I found the sentiment after a little Googling!

Stay safe this weekend, and please come join the fun at The Sisterhood!

 

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #43 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

 

Hi there, card makers, welcome to the latest challenge from Christmas Kickstart. There are only a few weeks left until Christmas so it's a great time to get those Christmas and Holiday cards made if you've not already started!

There's a new elf in dah house and I'm delighted to welcome Liz McGuire from Buttons for Brains!

 Our theme for the next two weeks is:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #43 - 

'Twas the Night Before Christmas!

We're looking for anything that might happen on Christmas Eve or anything in the poem that inspires you.

Here's what I made - I couldn't resist a little festive humour with a Katzelkraft Mouse.

It took ages to fussy cut his fingers as I was determined to have it appear that he was holding the spoon.

By way of a happy accident, I'm linking this card over at The Library Challenge #73 - The Night Before Christmas. Don't you love it when that happens? Thanks, Marina, I love your card! 

My next card uses a stamp I've had for a very long time but never inked-up. I combined the stamp with a festive embossing folder and some glitter glue. Isn't this a sweet scene? It's a pity it's so tricky to photograph.

Here's Rudolph, and he's bagged a rather gorgeous die cut as the prize for his Random Raffle for this challenge

Liz and I hope you'll feel inspired and come and play along.

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda - Festive Fun Challenge

 

I couldn't resist playing along in the latest challenge over at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda - just to type that fabulous blog name is half the fun!

I was lucky enough to be gifted this cute gnome and knew I wanted to create a woodland scene for him. 

I don't think these winter trees are still available from Hero Arts, which is a pity as I really enjoy using this stamp. The gifts are from another Hero Arts background stamp; again I'm not sure this one is available either, but I found something similar in their store. I printed the 'sentiment' on my PC. Always love a bit of humour.

Stay safe, Peeps. 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #173 - P is for Penguin

It's time for a brand new challenge over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and to be honest this one has proved a little tricky as it was all about P is for Penguin.

I couldn't summon any snark because, well, PENGUINS, so I went with funny and cute instead! 

Meet Pablo, who's all in a 'flap' about penguin wings!

He was a freebie with Making Cards Magazine and I always enjoy inking him up as he's such a cutie.

As always the cards on show from the sistahs are brilliant, so please come take a look and play along.

The Library Challenge #72 - Christmas Shopaholic

 Hi there, I hope that everyone is keeping safe and well out there in Blogland.

I'm delighted to have made time to play along in Marina's latest Challenge which is inspired by the cover of Sophie Kinsella's book Christmas Shopaholic. 

I was lucky enough to be gifted these two shoppers by a blogging buddy (thank you!) and knew they'd be perfect for this card. I Googled and then printed a London skyline, and the card came together very quickly and easily.

There are already some fun cards in the gallery over at The Library Challenge, so why not drop by and take a look!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #42 - Use a Christmas Embossing Folder and a Stamp

There's double the fun on offer over at Christmas Kickstart as we join forces with Let's Squash It! That's right, because there's only one thing better than ONE Embossing Folder challenge: TWO embossing folder challenges!

The lovely Gail is our elf for this challenge and it just so happens that we've recently partnered up to start a new challenge blog where we celebrate the embossing folder in all it's craftin' glory! If you're not familiar with our new venture you can take a look here.

Our theme Challenge #42 is:

Use an Christmas Embossing Folder and a Stamp

And here's what I made:

I LOVE this Crafter's Companion embossing folder (Nordic Christmas Reindeer Parade) so much! I used some lovely, soft Bazzil Basics card to emboss the image and then swiped a gold Versacube across it. The centre panel features a very old Technique Tuesday sentiment plus an unnamed holly die and some red gems. This looks great IRL, but hasn't photographed well.

Here's my second make for the challenge:

This was such a quick and simple card to make. I stamped the sentiment and then embossed. The robins were added after the embossing from Papermania/Docrafts set Noel - which seems to be unavailable except on eBay. The folder is an oldie from CuttleBug called Christmas Snowflakes.

This challenge will run at Christmas Kickstart until Monday 23rd November, but will continue until the end of the month over at Let's Squash It! There will be winners and prizes on both blogs, so please link up on each to double your chances of winning! The rules are slightly different on each blog, so please don't forget to check them before you sign up.

Hope you'll come and join the fun!