Holly and the wedding

Friends getting married at Christmas - what a super excuse to make a Christmas related wedding card.
Isn't it amazing how the colours look different with the flash - but I wanted to show off all the holly related papers, so I've shared one with and one without.

The image is from Tiddly Inks.  I love it and is just so nice to colour.

This is going in to the following challenges:

Clean and Simple at Creative Corner
Gold and White at Sketchy Colors (and a little bit of crafty red and grey)

Thanks as always for downing your crafting tools.

Less windy wishes would be more appropriate.

What a horror of a wet and windy December we're having here in the UK.  Great for card making, not so great for anything else.

I'm using this lovely image from A Random Fan again.  She's just lovely.

The sketch is number 227 from Sketch Saturday. 

So as well as Sketch Saturday, this one is going in to the following too:

Sentiment at Passion for Promarkers

Brown with blue/aqua at Allsorts

Winter at Oldie but a Goodie

Clean and Simple at Creative Corner

Celebrations at Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for downing your crafting tools for a wee while.

A winter's birthday

Isn't it great when you can make your own cards and add a seasonal twist to suit the month ?
This digi has quickly gone in to my favourite list.  She's from A Random Fan.

The sketch is this one from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  Thank you.

And this is my card...

So as well as the sketch challenge, this one is going in to these as well:
Anything but Christmas at Allsorts
Summer or Winter at The Squirrel & The Fox
Spots and Stripes at Crafty Ribbons (gem spots)
A touch of frost at Fab'n'Funky (check out my frosty snowflakes)

Thanks for downing your crafting tools for a while.

From one winning card to another...

I ran a handmade Christmas card competition this week and the managers judged them.  This one got second place, which will do just nicely, and what with winning over at Sassy Cheryl's last week, well I feel good.

Talking of Sassy Cheryl, I used another of her digis for this one:

The sketch is courtesy of Sketch and Stash.  My Christmas trees were my neglected stash.  I've had them for years and found them when I was looking for something else.

 So in to the following challenges for this as well as Sketch and Stash.

Red and Green at Sketchy Colours
Anything Goes at Sassy Cheryl's
Feeling Festive at Divas by Design
Traditional Christmas at Creative Corner

Thanks for downing your crafting tools to take a look.

It's the 1st of December...best I start making Christmas cards...

Where did December come from ? I think I'll be buying my cards this year.

I'm pleased to say I found the time for making this one though.  This is using a digi from Sassy Cheryl.

The sketch is this from Sketch and Stash.

I've used last year's Christmas tree decorations I picked up in the sale - the purple snowflakes.

I've entered the following challenges too:

Use metal/charm at C.R.A.F.T
Winter at Crafting When We Can
Anything goes at Creative Inspirations
Winter at Sassy Cheryl's
Winter wonderland at A Gem of A Challenge

Thanks for downing your crafting tools to take a look.

Need a drink...

I feel I've mislaid my creativity somewhere.  I'm afraid this is a thrown together card, and artificial light doesn't help either. Can you see the glitter along the rim of the glass, and the lacquer in the glass ?  Daylight for the next photos.

Image courtesy of Bugaboo - thank you. 

 Sketch is from Sketch and Stash.  My neglected items were the odd bits of papers that have been hanging around in my "dump" box.  You know - the box of bits you just can't throw !

Let's see how I can do in the other challenges too:
Geeks at Passion for Promarkers
Humour at Dream Valley
Anything goes at Catch the Bug
Glitter at Just Inspirational (along the rim of the glass - trust me it's there !)
All that glitters at I Love Promarkers  (see above !)

Thanks for putting down your crafting tools - I think I should have !

Sometimes you just want simple...

...this card is for my biking buddy Paul.  I was lucky enough to ride around the UK with Paul and our friend Lee.  Little old me went away with two married men.  Luckily I'm friendly with their wives too!  We were inspired to do it after reading the Long Way Round - a book and documentary on Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's motorbike travels.  I've very fond memories of that trip.

Anyway I won the stamp from Bugaboo and it met my needs totally.  I had such a simple idea in my head, and it's worked a treat.  I love the cats eyes too.

So let's see how I do in the following challenges:
Books at Creative Creations (Long Way Round) (11/11)
Anything Goes at I Love ProMarkers (6/11)
No Design or Digi Papers at Moving Along with the Times (7/11)
For the Boys at C.R.A.F.T (6/11)
Textures at Creative Corner (textured card, and lacquered goggles and headlight)  (6/11)
Shaped Card at Sweet Stampin' (9/11)


Thanks for downing your crafting tools for a mo.

A girly's best friend...

Don't you just love her ?  Thank you Tiddly Inks.  She's fab, but boy do I need lessons on colouring hair and fur !

The sketch is a wee play on this one from Digi Sketch:

And in to the other challenges too:
Passion for Promarkers (give me a P (Patterns, Paws and Pooches) (29/10)
Creative Inspirations (Anything goes) (30/10)
C.R.A.F.T. (Recipe-1 die cut circle, 2 patterned papers, 3 embellish bits (bones, paws and bowls) and bling gems) (31/10)
A Gem of a Challenge (more than one fold) (2/11)
Creative Corner (femme fatale) (31/10)

My first guest designer post...

Did I tell you I won over at ABC Challenges and I was asked to come back as a guest designer ? Oh I did ! Oh well ! Here's my card for their blog.

I'm not sure where the digi stamp came from - I think it might be from Digistamp Boutique judging by the design, but I can't find it on their site now sadly.

I am placing it in to the following challenges too:
Sketch and neglected at Sketch N Stash (Digi stamp) (21/10)
Autumn colours at Allsorts (12/10)
Buttons at Dream Valley (that's a Per Una button!) (20/10)
Let's hear it for the boys at A Gem of a Challenge (12/10)
Autumn is here at Sweet Stampin'  (12/10)
Celebrate autumn at Eclectic Ellapu (13/10)
Two by Two at Papertake (boy and teddy) (15/10)
3 or more layers at Divas by Design (16/10)

Thanks for downing your crafting tools to stop by and look see.

A long happy marriage - I would like that...

My friend at work wanted a Ruby wedding anniversary card for her hubby that wasn't all hearts and flowers. Funny will do she said.  Thank goodness for Bugaboo is all I can say !

I've used  this sketch - thank you Sweet Sketch.

 Do you like my heart under the glass bead - It's rather effective don't you think.

Anyway, as well as Sweet Sketch - I shall enter this in to the following challenges:
Lots of legs at Passion for Promarkers
CAS at Divas by Design
Anything goes at Catch the Bug
Anything goes at Moving Along with the Times
Anything goes at Crafty Catz


Thanks for downing your crafting tools for a while.

Fairy pretty indeed...

Ooh, I got first place over at ABC Challenges this week.  That's a well needed confidence boost - thank you.  And so on to the next.  I love Tiddly Inks images - they are just so pretty and lovely to colour.

This card's going in to the following challenges:
Anything goes at Tiddly Inks
Things with wings at Sweet Stampin'
Fairies and winged things at Stampin for the Weekend
Anything goes at Papertake
3 or more patterned papers at ABC Challenges
Birthday Girls at Pollycraft Challenge

When the going gets tough...

...get crafting.

Don't you just feel better when you've allowed yourself time out to do a spot of what you love best?

I used this lovely sketch from Sketchy Colours - thank you.

The image is from Mo.  More sewing quilting images please.

Let's see how we do over at these...

Metal embellishments at Just Inspirational (metal brads)
Tic Tac Toe at ABC Challenges (birthday, dry embossing and 2 embellishments)
Brads at Delicious Doodles
Stitching at Totally Papercrafts (in my case...fake!)
Stitching at The Paper Shelter (and again...fake for me)
Anything goes at Crafts 4 Eternity

Thanks for downing your crafting tools to take a look.

Nautical but nice...

Summer's departing quicker than I had hoped.  My jobs outside need some more dry weather please.  Every rain cloud has a silver lining, and that means I get guilt free crafting sessions instead.

Thanks to Sweet Sketch Wednesday for the sketch.  I've been a bit naughty and played with it slightly.

So, this is off in to Sweet Sketch Wednesday's challenge as well as the following:

Colours of summer at Stampin' for the Weekend
Got the blues at Sweet Stampin'
Anything goes at Papertake Weekly
Anything goes at Paper Crafting Journey

Let's christen this image...

I've been asked for a Christening card for two young toddler girls.  Not being religious myself, that was a tough call as I'm not drawn to those kind of images.  But this image from Tiddly Inks fitted nicely in to my idea.

I'm entering this one in to the following challenges:

Recipe at Passion for Promarkers
For a child at Dream Valley
Things with wings at Cute Card Thursday
Spots, dots at One Stop

Thanks for downing your crafting tools and stopping on my page.

All that glitters...

A sunny bank holiday and I'm in card making.  Naughty !

Allsorts used the challenge of using acetate this week.  So, I've used it in the mat and layering.  I also sprayed a piece with glitter, and stuck it over the coloured image from Tiddly Inks.  Works quite well me thinks.

So let's see how we do in the following challenges:

Acetate at Allsorts

Sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday










Fave colour combo Passion for Promarkers (blues and pinks)
Self Sticky at Fab'n'Funky (pearls were self-stick)


Thanks for downing your crafting tools and popping by.