Penny Black and bear Christmas Card

 Hello everyone and welcome to a new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

For our penultimate challenge of the year, we have 2 themes to use from

W for Watercolour 

and 

X for Xylophone with this great inspiration photo to spark your creativity

I went for Watercolour and came up with this card

This cute image has been in my collection for many years. It was originally on a wooden block and, in a fit of trying to be better organised, I removed all such stamps from their blocks thinking I would remember what they were called. Hahaha.... - I should have known better! I now have a bunch of orphaned stamps that I can't part with but rarely use, so I decided to give this one an outing.

I used my Zig Watercolour pens to colour the image and placed it behind my NBUS Penny Black All-in-One Hexagon die which dry embosses a lovely border. The sentiment is from Spellbinders.

I'd like to play along at

NBUS Challenge for November

Can You Handle the Pressure - - warm drinks

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes

Daisychain Challenge #91 Christmas/winter

Craft Rocket Challenge #120 - Christmas/winter

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Spellbinders Sweet Blooms Border Rocker Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More

This time we want to see you make your mark with any colouring medium you choose and I came up with this card

I found the foiled flower image in my snippets box where it had been placed because some of the foiling had gone wrong. They reminded me of a Christmas Lily so I coloured them with Zig watercolour markers and cut out the best section with a die from the MFT Stitched Arch Stax dies. Because of the shape, I decided to make a circular rocking card with circle dies. The sentiment is from the Clearly Besotted Most Wonderful stamp set.

I'd like to play along at

Snippets Playground Challenge #493 - the damaged foil flower was from my snippet box

I forgot to take a photo of the foiled snippet so I deserve to be given lines 😟

Allsorts Challenge #806 - Christmas

Polkadoodles Challenge Wk45 - anything goes

Craft Rocket Challenge #120 Christmas card

Unicorn Challenge #104 Christmas/winter

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

My Favorite Things Our Story birthday card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to the new Die Cuts/stencils challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

My Granddaughter, Alice, will be 8 next month (how did that happen!!!), and as she loves all things books and reading, I made this card for her.

I wanted to create a scene similar to her home so I began by die-cutting the floor using the Penny Black wooden floor dies and coloured them by swiping a couple of ink cubes across and placing it at the bottom of the card base. Next, I stamped the rug from the My Favorite Things Merry Christmoose stamp set and coloured it with Copic markers. I then stamped over the rug with the girl in the armchair from the MFT Our Story stamp and die set. I die-cut the chair and fussy-cut the rug before colouring it all in. Next, I had fun stamping, colouring and die-cutting all the other elements before arranging them on the card and stamping the sentiment.

The final touch was to colour the dog in the same colours as the family dog, Caspar, who can often be found in this position as Alice reads stories to him.

The Design Team have some great inspiration for you over on the ATSM Blog and it would be great if you joined us this time.

I'd like to play along at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2443 - anything goes

Double Trouble Challenge #178 - Something, anything, everything

Crafty Catz Challenge #681 - anything goes with a twist of dies

Creative Fingers Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Lawn Fawn and Lizzie Annie Halloween treat bag

 

Hello everyone and welcome to a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

We are looking for any occasion this time and as Halloween is coming up, I made a treat bag for my Grandaughter.

I cut the bag with a Lawn Fawn die and used the handle cut-out piece to make a closure for the bag.

The pumpkin images and sentiment are from an old Lizzie Annie Stamp set and I fussy cut them to add to the panel.

I'd like to play along at

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #532 - Halloween

Try it on Tuesday - Halloween

Unicorn Challenge #103 - Halloween

Creatalicious Challenge #282  option Halloween

What occasion are you making something for at present? We'd love you to join us at ATSM, and the challenge runs for 2 weeks.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

John Next Door Christmas card

Hello everyone and welcome to the new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges. 

I am hosting this time and I have a prize for the randomly selected winner.

Our themes this time are 

U for Unusual Colours

and/or 

V for Velvet

I came up with these

U for unusual colours

I had some NBUS bauble Christmas Tree dies from John Next Door so I cut it from silver card and backed it with purple glitter card to give some festive sparkle. 

For the background, I die-cut a panel of white card using a Waffle Flower die and inked it with Papertrey Ink Lavender Moon ink, which tones well with the purple, although it looks a bit pinky in the photograph. The panel was embossed with a Sue Wilson snowfall die and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

V for Velvet

For my velvet card I found some paper in my stash with a lovely wooded snow scene that I thought looked velvety and I just sponged on some blue and purple ink to emphasise the snow line. The deer is from Penny Black and I cut it in white before inking with beige/ brown inks and added some dots with a pen. The sentiment is also from a Penny Black stamp set.

I'd like to play along with

NBUS Challenge #67 - NBUS John Next Door dies

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #91 - colour palette - I used the blues and beige

Sparkles Christmas Challenge # 165 - use the word Christmas

Christmas with the Cuties #85 - feature a critter

FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenge #13 - - anything goes country Christmas

My Time to Craft Christmas Challenge #96 - Christmas Tree

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Concord & 9th Worlds Greatest 40th birthday card

 

Hello everyone - I hope you are well and getting plenty of crafting time. We have a new challenge starting at Addicted to Stamps and More, and this time we are looking for birthday cards

I came up with this card

I've had these Concord &9th Worlds Greatest dies for a while and was itching to use them. Although my youngest son's birthday isn't until next April, I thought these would be perfect for his card, so I set to and will have it ready in my stash when the time comes. Woo-hoo!!! 

I cut the frames with some new John Next Door frame dies from silver mirror and white textured card to make the background. I used a star embossing folder on the bowl of the cup and shaped it so I could slip the Papertrey Ink stamped and die-cut balloons in. I die-cut the numbers and stamped Happy Birthday on the front before finishing off with a scattering of stars.

I'd like to play along at

Die Cut Divas - World Card Making Day - used dies and embossing folder

NBUS CHallenge #67 - new dies

Love to Craft Challenge #82 - anything goes

Mix it Up Challenge Blog #73 - anything goes

You'll find lots of inspiration from the design team over on the ATSM Blog and I hope you'll join us this time.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Lisa Horton Poinsettia Christmas card and John Next Door and Papertrey Ink mistletoe Christmas card

Hello everyone and welcome to the September challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

This time we are hosted by the lovely Lynda of Loopyloo Cards and she has this prize for the lucky winner.

The year is flying by, and we only have four challenges left before the big day, so why not join us and get your Christmas card list out of the way early?

This time we have

S for Stencils

and/or

T for Traditional Colours 

I came up with these cards:-

S for Stencils

I used the Lisa Horton Christmas Wreath set which consists of a 3D embossing folder, stencils and a die.

I used shades of blue and pale grey ink through the stencils and cut the wreath apart for a change. The background panel was embossed with a Sue Wilson snowfall folder and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

T for Traditional Colours 

For this card, I cut the John Next Door Holly Circle Frame It die from white card and backed it with green card to show off the holly leaves. The mistletoe is from Papertrey Ink, and I stamped it with green ink before die-cutting it and shaping it a little. I used Nuvo Drops to create the holly berries around the circle and finished it off with a PTI bow.

I'd like to play along at

Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge with a Twist of Leaves - poinsettia leaves

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x