Christmas Ornament Fairy

This is my second post today, please scroll down to see my DT card for Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.

This month's Christmas Cards All Year Round challenge is 'Bright Christmas Colours' and we are sponsored by The Stamping Boutique.

For my card I have used 'Christmas Ornament Fairy' from The Stamping Boutique.  I am entering Sparkles Monthly Challenge 'Christmas in July', Christmas Card Challenges 'Anything Goes' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas'.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk
Stamp: The Stamping Boutique 'Christmas Ornament Fairy' digi
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Squares Large & Lacy Squares
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Colouring: Promarkers
Card: Purple mirri
Paper: Making Cards 'Party Girls' (magazine freebie)
Other: Star Dust Stickles, Papermania Transparent Shimmering Dots

I trimmed the gold/purple paper, layered it onto purple mirri and attached it to the card front.  I attached a square of spotty paper to purple mirri and attached it at an angle on the card. I resized the 'Christmas Ornament Fairy' and printed it onto white card.  I then die cut and embossed the image before colouring it with Promarkers.  This was then layered onto a purple mirri Lacy Square and attached to the card front.  I highlighted the fairy with Stickles and added transparent dots to the top and bottom corners of the card.

Kath x

Let's Dance

It's a new challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.  This is a great challenge where the theme is always 'Anything Goes' as long as you use some patterned paper on your creation.

For my card I have used 'Let's Dance' papers from Making Cards magazine. I am entering Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes',  the Alphabet Challenge 'K is for Kindness' (I've made the card to send to a friend with a small gift which is wrapped in the same papers) and The Paper Shelter 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image: Let's Dance; (magazine freebie)
Card: Textura 'Nature'
Paper: 'Let's Dance' (magazine freebie)

I chose patterned paper to match the image background, layered it onto rust texture card and attached it to the card front.  A strip of coordinating paper from the same selection was layered onto rust card and attached across the lower section of the card.  The image was also layered onto rust card.  To ensure it lay flat across the horizontal strip, I attached a small piece of card to the top section before attaching to the centre of the card.  I glued the sentiment onto black card, fussy cut it and attached it to the top of the image.

Kath x

Christmas Bells

Marlene is the host for this weeks Winter Wonderland challenge and she has chosen 'Show us your Gold or Silver' and 'An Embossed Background' as the themes.

This week we are sponsored by Crafts and Me who are giving an £8.00 voucher, A Day for Daisies who are giving $12.00 to spend in their store and Crafter's Companion who are giving a £10.00 voucher to spend in their store.

I have chosen both themes for my card and have used 'Christmas Bells' digi from A Day for Daisies. I am entering Christmas Card Challenges 'Anything Goes', The Craft Barn Two Weekly Challenge 'Clean and Simple' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra where 'Anything Goes as Long as it's Christmas'.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Stamp: A Day for Daisies 'Christmas Bells' digi
Embossing: Creative Expressions 'Sparkle Squares'
Colouring: Promarkers, Sakura Gelly Roll 'Clear Star'
Card: Silver mirri, white silk
Other: Wink of Stella

I embossed white card, trimmed it to size, layered it onto silver mirri and attached it to the card front. I resized the Christmas Bells digi and printed it onto white card, this was trimmed and layered onto silver mirri.  I coloured the bells and bow with Promarkers and added a Wink of Stella, before attaching the panel to the centre of the card.  To finish I added a dot of Clear Star to the bell clangers.

Kath x

Baby Boy

My nephew and his wife are expecting a baby boy on my birthday and this is the card card I've made for them.  I'm entering Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes', A Gem of a Challenge 'Animals', ABC Challenges 'L is for Lots of Layers' and Little Claire Designs 'Anything Goes.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Babies' Art Pad
Punch: Woodware square corner
Card: Brown matt
Paper: Lili of the Valley ' Bear Necessities'
Other: Wink of Stella, white ribbon

I trimmed blue spot paper, layered it onto brown card and attached it to the card front.  I trimmed the pre-coloured image slightly and punched the corners before attaching it to brown card.  This was then attached to the centre of the card.  To finish I highlighted the clouds with a Wink of Stella to make them sparkle and added a small bow.

Kath x

July Rudolph Day

It's time for Rudolph Day again!  I have used a LOTV pre-coloured image for this super quick card and I am also entering Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes', Crafting with Dragonflies 'Anything Goes', Christmas Card Challenges 'Anything Goes' and Sparkles Monthly Challenge 'Christmas in July'.  I'm also heading over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Festive Foliage' Art Pad
Punch: Woodware square corner
Other: Wink of Stella
Snippets; Lili of the Valley 'Classic Christmas' paper, white silk card

I trimmed a snippet of holly paper and attached it to the card front.  The pre-coloured topper was trimmed and the corners punched.  As I wanted some dimension without the depth of foam tape, I attached snippets of white card to the rear of the image before attaching it to the centre of the card blank.  To finish I highlighted the ornaments and foliage with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

A lovely lunch with blogging friends

As many of you know, Darnell is on her England Tour.  On Friday Pat and Tony collected Darnell from her hotel and then met me at Taunton Station.  We all headed to the the Fox and Goose for lunch where we met Anne and Tony (photos from Darnell).

 Tony, Pat, Darnell, Me, Anne, Tony

Anne, Darnell and Me

It was a lovely lunch (thank you Darnell) and the time went so quickly before Kathy came to collect Darnell for the next stage of her tour.

Thank you too to Pat and Tony for helping with my transport arrangements!

It was lovely to see everyone.

Kath x

Smile and be happy

I made this card for the current Cuttlebug Mania 'Summer' challenge using a cute Bugaboo digi that was a freebie on their Facebook page.  I'm also entering the Cardz 4 Guyz 'Make Us Smile' and Crafting with Dragonflies 'Summer Fun' challenges.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Stamps: Bugaboo pre-coloured 'Pup Summer' digi, 'From the Heart' sentiment stamps (magazine freebie)
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals Small, Classic Scalloped Ovals Small, Spellbinders Borderabilities Curved Borders One, Anchor (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Punch: Small hole punch
Ink: Memento Paris Dusk
Card: Dark blue matt
Paper: Emma Ball papers (magazine freebie)

I layered blue paper onto dark blue card and attached it to the card front.  I cut a curved border in a piece of  sand coloured paper, stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner and attached it to the lower part of the card.  I resized the pre-coloured digi and printed it onto white card before die cutting and embossing it.  This was then layered onto a die cut scalloped oval and attached to the card front.  I die cut an anchor from blue card and attached it above the sentiment.  To finish I punched six small circles, curved them with a ball tool and then attached them to the card.

Kath x

Birthday Candy

In two weeks I will become a sexagenarian (sounds more fun than saying I'm going to be 60!) so I'm offering some birthday candy to celebrate. There is a pretty storage box containing white cards and envelopes, paper and card pads, stamps, embossing folders, ribbons, lace, ink pads, pens, embellishments and lots more!

If you would like a chance to win, this is what you must do:
1. Be or become a follower of my blog with Google Friend Connect
2. Add the photo to your sidebar and link back to my blog
3. Please leave a comment below before 07:00 BST on 3 August (my birthday).

Mr Random will choose a winner and I will publish the details on 3 August.

Kath x

Making Cards Magazine - Winner

Thank you to everyone who left a comment for the chance to win the copy of Making Cards magazine.

The winner is:

Sue

Congratulations Sue - I already have your address so I'll pop the magazine in the post for you today.

I hope everyone will visit my blog tomorrow as I have some Birthday Candy to celebrate my 'Big Birthday' next month.

Kath x

BBQ Birthday

I made this card for the Cuttlebug Mania 'BBQ Time' challenge and am also entering Seize the Birthday 'Anything Goes' challenge, Crafty Friends 'To Use Your Dies' challenge and Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes'.  The card and paper are 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: Bugaboo 'Guy BBQ' digi
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Wonky Rectangles', Memory Box 'Wicker Panel, Joanna Sheen Signature Dies 'Star Bunting'
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Colouring: Promarkers
Other: Computer Generated Sentiment 'Ravie' font
Snippets: Black and red card, Hot off the Press 'Cardmaker's Floral Pack'

I trimmed the beige paper, layered it onto black card and attached it to the card front.  I resized the digi and added the sentiment before printing it onto white card.  This was die cut and embossed with the largest Wonky Rectangle before being coloured with Promakers.  I die cut the Wicker Panel from red card and attached it across the lower section of the card.  I attached small pieces of card to the top and bottom of the rear of the panel before attaching it to the card - this ensured that it lay flat across the Wicker Panel.  To finish I die cut the Star Bunting and attached it to the top corner of the card.

Kath x

Carol Singers

It is my turn to host the Winter Wonderland challenge and I have chosen 'Carol Singers' as the theme, which is a nice easy challenge for Christmas projects (although we do have an alternative theme of 'Make a Scene').

This week we are sponsored by Zoe Bunny Crafts who are offering £10.00 to spend in their store and A Random Fan who are offering £10.00 to spend in their online store.

For my card I have used a lovely image from A Random Fan called 'The Carolers'.  I am entering this card into the ABC Christmas Challenge 'N is for No Rules' (in other words 'Anything Goes'), Classic Design Team Open Challenge 'Anything Goes' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra,   I'm also heading over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop as all the papers and card are from my snippets drawer.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Stamp: A Random Fan 'The Carolers' digi stamp
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles Large and Classic Scalloped Circles Large
Punch: Small circle 
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Colouring: Promarkers
Snippets: Green matt card, Christmas Paper Collection papers and sentiment (magazine freebie)

I layered pink floral paper onto green card and attached it to the card front.  A strip of darker paper was layered onto green paper and attached to the left side of the card.  I resized the image and coloured it with Promarkers, matching the hats and scarves to my papers.  The image was then die cut and embossed before being layered onto a scalloped die cut circle and attached to the card with foam tape.  The sentiment was trimmed, layered onto green card and attached to the lower corner of the card.  To finish I punched three small circles, used a ball tool to make them into a dome shape and attached them to the top corner of the card.

Kath x

Making Cards Giveaway

I've received my subscription copy of Making Cards Magazine today and they have sent me a duplicate copy of the magazine.  I've spoken to the subscription department and they have told me to keep the extra copy or give it away - so I've chosen the latter option!

If you would like a chance of winning this magazine, please leave me a comment below by 08:00 BST on Tuesday 19 July.   I'll announce the winner later the same day.

Kath x