Santa's House

I made this cute card for my great niece and thought it would be perfect for the current ABC Christmas Challenge 'Y is for Youngsers' and the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown 'Pick a Previous 2015 Challenge' and I've chosen the July 2015 'Snowman' challenge.   The paper and card are from my snippets drawer so I'm also popping over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 4" white silk
Embossing folder:  Crafts-Too 'Twinkle'
Other: Helz Cuppleditch's 'Santa's Workshop' die-cut decoupage topper
Snippets: Gold mirri card and red/gold swirl paper

I embossed the front of the card with the 'Twinkle' embossing folder.  I layered a snippet of red/gold swirl paper onto gold mirri card and attached it to the card front.  The base of the topper was layered onto gold mirri card and attached to the card with foam tape.  The various layers of decoupage were then added using silicone glue.

Kath x

Have a Funky Christmas

I made this Christmas card for my great-nephew and am entering it into the Merry Monday 'Birds' challenge and the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown 'Pick a Previous 2015 Challenge" - I've chosen the August 2015 'For a Child' challenge.  The card was from my snippets drawer so I'm popping over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Embossing folder: Crafts-Too Dandilion Time
Other: Penguin topper and sentiment (make unknown), Wink of Stella
Snippets: White silk and orange mirri card

I embossed the white silk card, trimmed it to size, layered it onto orange mirri card and attached it to the card front.  The penguin topper and sentiment were layered onto orange mirri card and attached to the card.  To finish, I highlighted the penguins with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

Sparkles Christmas Die-Cuts

The new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge is 'Die-Cuts' and there are two great sponsors of the challenge this month.  Di's Digis are giving a $10 voucher and Crafty Individuals are giving a Surprise Prize.

This is my final month as Guest Designer and it's also my favourite challenge as I love die-cutting!   I have chosen four different dies for my card and as all the pieces of card were from my snippets drawer I'm popping across to the playground to enter the challenge at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 4" white pearl
Dies: Memory Box 'Grand Merry Christmas' and 'Mini Holly Leaves', Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites 'Garden Weave', Creative Dies 'Nesting Poinsettia' (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Snippets: Dark red hammer, green matt, white pearl and gold holographic card

I die-cut the 'Merry Christmas', trimmed it and attached it to the lower half of the card blank leaving a small white border.  I die-cut and embossed the 'Garden Weave' from white pearl card and attached it to the upper corner.  I die-cut the outer poinsettia leaves from green card.  I then die-cut and embossed three red leaves from red hammer card - these were shaped slightly before being glued together.  I used the 'Mini Holly Leaves' die to cut the berries from the tiniest snippet of gold holographic card which I had kept 'just in case I ever needed a tiny piece of card' and today is the day!  The berries were glued to the centre of the flower before it was attached to the front of the card with Pinflair glue.

I hope you like my card and look forward to seeing your creations.

Kath x

Blue, white and texture

The current challenge at Merry Monday is 'Blue and White with Texture' and I made this card following the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also entering the Winter Wonderland 'Add Some Sparkle and Bling' challenge.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Stamp: Woodware 'Noel Reindeer'
Die: Creative Dies 'Nesting Poinsettia' (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Versafine Majestic Blue
Card: Blue mirri and white silk
Other: Blue gems, white sequins

I trimmed a piece of white silk card, layered it onto blue mirri and attached it to the card front.  I then stamped the sentiment onto white card, trimmed it to size, layered it onto blue mirri and attached it to the card.  I die-cut and embossed the large poinsettia leaf from blue mirri and three smaller flowers from white card.  These were glued together and small blue gems were added to the centre before the flower was attached to the card with Pinflair glue.  To finish, I attached three small white sequins.

Kath x

November Rudolph Day

It's hard to believe that this is the final Rudolph Day of the year!  I've made my card using a pre-coloured LOTV topper and plenty of snippets, so I'm also popping across to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Christmas Mix' pre-coloured topper
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Squares Large, Wild Rose Studio 'Holly Vine Corner'
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Other: Wink of Stella
Snippets: Silver mirri, blue snowflake paper

I trimmed the blue snowflake paper, layered it onto silver mirri and attached it to the card front.  I die cut and embossed a snippet of silver mirri and attached the LOTV topper.  This was then attached to the centre of the card.   I die cut two Holly Vine Corners and  glued them to the corners of the card.  To finish I highlighted the image with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

Thank You

The current Cuttlebug Mania challenge is 'Thank You' and as I made my card from snippets I'm also in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Stamp: Stampendous 'Thank you'
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Labels One', Creative Dies 'Corner' (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Crafts-Too 'Leaves, Kars tan embossing mat, clear embossing powder
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Black gems
Snippets: Green swirl, black mirri, white silk, pink shimmer cards

I embossed the green card, trimmed it to size, layered it onto black mirri before attaching it to the card front.  I die cut four pink corners and attached them to the card, placing a black gem in the centre of each flower.   I stamped and embossed the sentiment before die-cutting and embossing it.  This was then attached to the centre of the card with foam tape.

Kath x

Season's Greetings

I've used one of my favourite stamps for this card which I'm entering into several challenges - Merry Monday  'Pink, Green and White', Alphabet Challenge 'T for 'Tis the Season' and Christmas Cards All Year Round 'Oh Christmas Tree'.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Stamp: Woodware 'Holly Tree' and 'Christmas Bubble Tree'
Ink: Versafine Olympia Green
Card: Dark green matt, white silk
Paper: Wild Rose Studio 'Painted Poinsettias', Kaisercraft Christmas paper Pad (magazine freebie)
Other: Silver nailheads, tiny pearls, Wink of Stella

I stamped the tree and sentiment onto white card and trimmed it to size.  This was then layered onto pink paper and green card before being attached to the card front.  I stamped the tree, pot and star onto another piece of pink paper and paper pieced it onto the card.  The holly leaves and bow were stamped onto a green paper before being attached to the card with Pinflair glue.  I decorated the tree with silver nailheads and tiny pearls before outlining the stamping with a Wink of Stella.  When I had finished the card I noticed that my sentiment wasn't in the centre of the tree, so I stamped a small star and paper pieced it with pink paper.

Kath x

Thinking of You

The current challenge at The Male Room is 'Remembrance or Sympathy'.  I made this card with peel-offs (something I haven't used for a while) and snippets of card so I'm off to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Card: Silver mirri
Punch: Woodware Crafty Edger 'Ribbon Cassette'
Other: Magenta Style '3D flower' (name unknown) and Woodware 'Sympathetic Thoughts' silver peel-offs, Diamond Stickles
Snippets: White card

I used the Crafty Edger on a piece of silver mirri, trimmed it to size and attached it to the card front.  I then attached a piece of white card over the silver mirri it so it covered the ribbon holes.  The main flower was attached to the left side of the card  and the sentiment in the lower corner.  I attached the flower layers onto snippets of white card, fussy cut them and attached the layers with Pinflair glue.   To finish, I added Diamond Stickles to the centres of the flowers.

Kath x

Butterflies and Zig Zags

Samantha sent me these beautiful butterflies with the candy I won on her blog - perfect for upcycling for my card for the current Butterfly Challenge 'Z for Zig Zags'.  The card and paper are from my snippets drawer, so I'm off to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 5" x 5" white silk
Other: Upcycled butterfly topper, turquoise nail heads, Wink of Stella
Snippets: Turquoise card, beige zig zag paper

I peeled the butterfly topper off the backing card that Samantha had written on and layered it onto turquoise card.  I trimmed a snippet of zig zag paper, layered it onto turquoise card and attached it to the card blank.  The butterfly topper was then attached with foam tape.  I highlighted the turquoise on the butterflies with a Wink of Stella and added the nail heads.

Kath x

Huge Noel

I made this card for the Less is More 'Paper Piecing' challenge.  I love paper piecing as it's a great way of using snippets, so I'm also heading across to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Stamp: Woodware 'Huge Noel'
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Card: Gold mirri
Snippets: White silk, red snowflake and green star papers, gold ribbon

I stamped the 'noel' onto white card and then stamped two of the small sentiments above and below.  This was trimmed, layered onto gold mirri and attached to the card front.  I stamped the 'noel' onto snippets of red and green papers which were then paper pieced onto the card.  To finish I made a small bow from a snippet of gold ribbon and attached it to the top of the bauble.

Kath x

For a lovely couple

I made this card to send to my nephew and his wife and will enter it into the Winter Wonderland 'Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas' and Allsorts 'Christmas' challenges.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk
Card: Red matt
Paper: Wild Rose Studio 'Painted Poinsettias'
Other: Kanban 'Cosy Christmas' sentiment, red gems, red ribbon, Wink of Stella

I layered the paper onto red card and attached it to the card front.  The sentiment was trimmed, layered onto a small piece of pink paper cut from a second sheet of robin paper, then red card and attached to the card front.  I attached a red bow to the sentiment and gems to the top and bottom corners.   To finish, I highlighted the sentiment, robin and flowers with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

Sparkles Christmas Decorations

This is my second month as Guest Designer at Sparkles Christmas Challenge.  Our challenge this month is 'Christmas Decorations' and we have two fabulous sponsors. Crafter's Companion are offering a £10.00 voucher and Deedee's Digis are offering a $25.00 voucher.

Any type of craft creation is allowed for the challenge - this can be an actual Christmas decoration or a decoration as part of a card design - I decided to make a card with one of my favourite Memory Box dies.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk 

Dies: Memory Box 'Traditional Ornament' and 'Lydia Ornament, Presscut 'Merry Christmas'

Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat

Card: Cerise and gold mirri, white silk

Other: Cerise ribbon, sequins

I die cut two Traditional Ornaments from cerise mirri card and die-cut and embossed two Lydia Ornaments from gold mirri card.  I glued the gold die cuts onto the cerise bases and then fastened cerise ribbon to the rear.  I attached the ornaments to a square of white card and fastened the ribbon onto the rear of the card.  This was then layered onto a slightly larger square of cerise mirri card and attached to the card front.  I made two small cerise bows and glued them to the top of the ornaments.  

I die-cut the Merry Christmas from both cerise and gold mirri card, attaching the gold on top of the cerise to give a shadow effect.   I then attached the sentiment to the lower edge of the card.  To finish, I added three pale pink sequins to the card.

Kath x