June Rudolph Day

It's Rudolph Day again and we're now half way through the year - where does the time go?  I've used another image from the LOTV 'Festive Foliage' for my card this month.  I'm entering Christmas Card Challenges 'Wreath', the Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 'Always Anything Christmas Goes', Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Anything Goes as Long as it's Christmas' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white linen
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Festive Foliage' Art Pad
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Classic Squares Large' and 'Lacy Squares:
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Card: Dark red matt
Paper: Wild Rose Studio 'Painted Poinsettias:
Other: Wink of Stella

I trimmed the paper, layered it onto red card and attached it to the card blank.  I die-cut and embossed the pre-coloured wreath image and layered into onto a die cut Lacy Square before attaching it to the centre of the card.  To finish I highlighted the wreath with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

You Have My Heart Snowman

I am hosting the new Winter Wonderland challenge and I have chosen 'Snowmen'.  We are sponsored by Stamping Studio who are offering one image from each artist.  Join them at their Stamping Studio Facebook Group for freebies and specials.

I am entering the ABC Christmas Challenge 'L for Love or M for More than One' (my card is L for Love and M for More than One Heart), the Alphabet Challenge 'H for Hearts', the Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 'Always Anything Christmas Goes' and Classic Design Team Open Challenge 'Anything Goes'.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Stamps: Stamping Studio 'You Have my Heart Snowman' digi
Punches: Woodware Regular and Mini Heart
Colouring: Promarkers
Card: Red matt, white silk
Paper: Lili of the Valley 'Twas the Night'
Other Diamond Stickles

I trimmed the striped paper, layered it onto red card and attached it to the card front.  I resized the snowman image and printed it onto white card before colouring it with Promarkers to match the backing paper.  The snowman was layered onto red card and attached to the left side of the card.  I printed the sentiment, layered it onto red card and attached it with Pinflair glue.  I punched one regular and two mini hearts and attached them to the lower edge.  To finish I highlighted the snow with Diamond Stickles.

Kath x

Jungle Cuddlies

I made this notecard to send to a friend and I'm entering Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Quick and Easy' and Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge. The paper and card are from my snippets mountain, so I'm also heading into the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card bnalk: 6" x 4" white silk
Image and sentiment: Lili of the Valley 'Lili's Images - Jungle Cuddlies'
Snippets: Blue pearlescent card and Lili of the Valley 'Lili's Images - Jungle Cuddlies' paper

I trimmed the leaf paper, layered it onto blue card and attached it to the card front.  The pre-coloured 'Charlie' image was trimmed, layered onto blue card and attached to the left side.  I cut around the sentiment to remove the brown edging, layered it onto blue card and attached it to the card with Pinflair blue.

Kath x

Beautiful Blooms

I made this quick birthday card for a friend who loves roses.  I managed to use some card and paper from my snippets mountain so I'm heading into the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.  I'm also entering Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Quick and Easy' and Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Beautiful Blooms' Art Pad
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Classic Circles Large'  and 'Classic Scalloped Circles Large'
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Snippets: Dark green and white card, Lili of the Valley 'Perfect Pair' and Shabby Shack' paper

I trimmed the green card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and die cut the scalloped circle from the centre.  I attached the green square to the card blank and then inlaid a scalloped circle cut from white card into the centre (one of Di's tips).  I trimmed the green paper before attaching it to the card. I trimmed a strip of pink paper, layered it onto green card and attached it horizontally across the centre.  I die cut and embossed the pre-coloured Art Pad image before layering it onto the green scalloped die cut circle and attaching it to the centre of the card with Pinflair glue.

Kath x

Happy Birthday Husband

This LOTV image reminded me of Hayle Towans which is near to where stayed last week in Cali, so I thought it would be a perfect image for Steve's birthday card.  I'm entering Crafty Cardmakers 'For a Special Man/Boy', Crafting with Dragonflies 'Anything Goes' and Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Landscape Collection - Sea Breeze' Art Pad
Stamp: Netty's Cards 'Husband Birthday' (freebie)
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Standard Circles Large'
Paper: Lili of the Valley 'Country Gent', Hot off the Press 'Floral' Ultimate Pack

I trimmed turquoise paper, layered it onto brown paper and attached it to the card front. I trimmed the Art Pad image, layered it onto brown paper and attached it to the centre.  I resized the digi stamp and printed it onto turquoise paper before cutting around the edge.  This was then layered onto a die cut brown circle and attached to the card with foam tape.

Kath x

All that Glitters

This month's Christmas Cards All Year Round challenge is 'Home, cabin, cottage, vacation spot' - the choice is yours!

I'm entering Sparkles Christmas Challenge 'Non-traditional colours', Cardz 4 Guyz  'Favourite Colour Combo' (black and gold are a favourite of mine for men's cards), Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Use some Gold' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image and paper: Making Cards magazine 'All that Glitters' (magazine freebie)
Card: Black matt:
Other: Card Candi 'Metallique - Bronze', Wink of Stella

I trimmed the gold floral paper, layered it onto black card and attached it to the card front.  The image was trimmed, layered onto black card and attached to the centre.  I added Card Candi to the top and bottom corners and highlighted the wording and the gold on the houses with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

May Rudolph Day

It's time for the May Rudolph Day and I've used another image from the LOTV Festive Foliage Art Pad to make this quick card.  I'm also entering Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes', Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Anything Goes' and Craty Hazelnut's Christms Challenge Extra.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Festive Foliage' Art Pad
Stamp: Woodware 'Festive Verse'
Punch: Woodware Squared Corner
Ink: Versafine Olympia Green
Paper: Lili of the Valley 'Classic Christmas'
Other: Wink of Stella

I trimmed the Christmas tree paper and attached it to the card blank adding a snippet of red paper down the left side.  I trimmed the top and bottom of the pre-coloured image before punching the corners and attaching it to the centre of the card.  To finish I highlighted the sentiment, parcels and baubles with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

Girl and Puppy in the Snow

There is a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and we want to see 'Hats and/or Scarves'.  We are sponsored by Sasayaki Glitter who are offering the winner a digi stamp of their choice.

I'm entering the Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 'Anything Christmas Goes', Sparkles Christmas Challenge 'Snowflakes' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Anything Goes'.  The paper and card were from my snippets drawer so I'm also popping across to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Stamp: Sasayaki Glitter 'Girl and Puppy in the Snow' digi
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Wonky Rectangles'
Punch: Woodware Large and Regular Snowflakes
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Colouring: Promarkers
Card: White silk
Snippets: Marianne Design 'Snow Paper', Lili of the Valley 'Festive Trimmings'
Other: Diamond Stickles, Turquoise Candy BonBons, Wink of Stella.

I trimmed the red paper and attached it to the card front.  The digi stamp was resized and printed onto white card before being die-cut and embossed.  I coloured the image to match the colours of the paper and then attached it to the centre of the card.  I punched two large and two small snowflakes and attached them to the corners of the image before adding turquoise BonBons to the centres.  To finish I added Stickles to the snowflakes around the girl and a Wink of Stella on her dress frill and hat.

Kath x

Beautiful Blooms

I made this card for a friend's birthday and am entering the Allsorts 'Happy Birthday' challenge.  I'm also entering Die-Cut Divas 'May Flowers' challenge, Crafty Friends 'Summer Colours' challenge and  Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes'.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Beautiful Blooms' Art Pad
Dies: Memory Box 'Grand Happy Birthday' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly'
Card: Purple and lilac pearlescent, white silk

I trimmed the purple card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank.  I then trimmed the width of the pre-coloured Art Pad image before die-cutting 'happy' from the lower edge.  This was then attached to the card blank.  I die-cut 'happy birthday' from lilac pearlescent card, trimmed it and attached it to the lower edge of the card.  I then die-cut the sentiment from white silk card and inlaid the pieces.  To finish I added a small die-cut butterfly to the top corner.

Kath x

Festive Scene

I made this card for the Merry Monday 'Non-black Silhouette' challenge and followed the sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  I'm also entering the ABC Christmas Challenge 'K for Keep it Simple', Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge 'Anything Goes and Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies challenge.

Card blank: 5" x 5" white silk
Dies: Creative Dies ''Festive Scene', Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Standard Circles Large' and 'Classic Scalloped Circles Large'
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Card: Gold pearlescent and white silk

I die cut the Festive Scene from white card and layered it onto a gold die cut circle.  I then die cut and embossed a scalloped white circle and a slightly larger scalloped gold circle.  The Festive Scene and scalloped circles were layered and attached to the centre of the card blank.  To finish I removed the snowflakes from the die cut waste and added them above the houses.

Kath x

Wishing you a Magical Birthday

I made this card for a young girl's birthday and am entering the Lili of the Valley 'Happy Birthday' challenge, In the Pink 'Birthday' challenge, Crafty Friends 'Cute' challenge,Cuttlebug Mania 'Have Wings, Will Fly' challenge and Crafty Cardmakers 'Use a Sentiment'.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Fairies' Art Pad
Sentiment: Lili of the Valley ''General Sentiments' Art Pad
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Standard Circles Large' and 'Classic Scalloped Circles Large', Memory Box 'Classic Numbers'
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Card: Brown Pearlescent
Paper: Lili of the Valley 'Pastel Dreams'
Other: Wink of Stella

I trimmed the pink spotty paper, layered it onto brown card and attached it to the card front.  The precoloured Art Pad image was die cut, layered onto a die cut and embossed scalloped circle and attached to the centre of the card.  The sentiment was die cut, layered onto a scalloped die cut circle and attached to the top corner of the card with Pinflair glue.  I die cut the numbers and attached them to the lower corner.  To finish I highlighted the fairy, teddy and present with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

You're how old?

I made this card for my brother-in-law's birthday.  I'm entering Seize the Birthday 'Anything Goes' challenge and Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes.  The card and paper are from my snippets drawer so I'm also heading into the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: White silk DL
Stamp: Woodware 'Numbers'
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Colouring: Promarkers
Snippets:  Green mirri and white silk card, brown paper

I attached a strip of brown paper across the card blank.  I then stamped the numbers and sentiments onto white card and trimmed the top and bottom.  This was layered onto brown paper and green mirri card before being attached across the middle of the card.  To finish I coloured B-i-L's age with a bright green Promarker.

Kath x