My Favorite Things Polar Pals Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

I'm hosting the challenge this time and have a small prize for the winner:-

Our themes this time are 

H for Ho ho ho

and/or 

I for Ice

I went for the Icy challenge and came up with this card.

 The background, from Purple Onion Designs, was stamped and coloured before I added a die-cut lake edge from MFT. I used the Polar Pals stamp and die set from My Favorite Things to create the cute winter seals and coloured the images with Copic markers.

To finish off, I stamped the sentiment and added some glitter snow around the card.

The challenge ends on 10th May and it would be great to see you in the ABC Christmas Challenges gallery.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Challenge # 182 - anything Christmas goes

Unicorn Challenge #108 - use dies

4 Seasons Challenge #91 - animals

Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge #119 - anything goes Christmas

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #85 - anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Poppystamps Woven Basket and Spellbinders pop up birthday card

 

Hello everyone, and I hope you are well. We've been enjoying some fabulous spring weather in my neck of the woods, so I'm glad I made this card a little while ago, allowing me to get out and enjoy it while it lasts. Our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More starts up today, and this time we are looking for you to use die cuts and/or stencils.

I used both on this pop-up card

I used the Poppystamps woven basket pop-up die set to create the card, and for the basket, I left the die in place after cutting and inked some brown ink through it to highlight the basket weave.

I lightly stencilled some blue ink on the background before filling the basket with flowers and leaves from a couple of Spellbinder sets.

I used the sentiment from MFT to create the stopper and finished off with a bow.

As always, the DT has some great inspiration over on the blog and I look forward to seeing your entries if you decide to join us.

I'd like to play along at

Hearts Quest Celebration of Love #4 - spring

The Flower Challenge #101 - spring colours

Daisy Chain Challenge #95 - not a square

Lets Create Challenge #218 - anything goes with adding flowers

A Cut Above Challenge April - anything goes with die cuts

Crafty Calendar Challenge:5th April - feminine

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carolx

Bunny and Chick Easter Egg holders

 

Hello everyone, and I hope you are well and happy.

It's time for another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More, and this time we have our Any Occasion Challenge.

As Easter is coming up next month, I made these little mini egg holders which will be placeholders on the Easter Sunday dinner table.

I made these using a cut file from Digital Gems on Etsy and cut them on my Scan n Cut.

Bunnies

Once the pieces were cut, it was simple to put them together and they fit any of the Creme Egg type goodies.

Chicks

I need to make a few more now so nobody is left out lol!

The Addicted to Stamps and More team has lots of inspiration for you over on the blog and I hope you will join us this time.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Lisa Horton Poinsettia Wreath Christmas card

 

Hello all,

I hope you are well and getting some creative time for yourself. I started the year well with taking time every week to sit and create something, but things are slipping now that the weather is getting brighter. I need to remind myself that I always feel happier and more grounded when I take time out of the busyness for myself. Since I had the car accident last month, I have been very nervous behind the wheel. We'd had our old car for many years, so we bought a newer model of the same one, thinking it would be an easy transition. What on earth has happened to cars over the past 10 years?? There are so many lights and beeps with all the bells and whistles we managed perfectly well without before! I'll stop there because I'm sounding my age and I know I'll get used to the new developments over time, and wonder how I managed without them. 

Anyway, were here for the start of a new challenge 

E for Embossing

or

 F for Focal point sentiment

or

 G for Girls

I went with E for embossing and came up with this card.

I embossed the silver background card with a Sue Wilson Snowfall folder, and the wreath was die cut and embossed with the Lisa Horton Poinsettia wreath set. I used the stencils in the set to colour it.

I'd like to play along at

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #61 - anything Christmas

Festive Friday Challenge - Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #180 - anything Christmas goes

Stencil Fun Challenge March - must use stencils

Make my Monday Challenge #247 - use dies or punches

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

My Favorite Things Box of Chocolates birthday card

 

Hello friends and welcome to the new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. 

This time we have our birthday challenge, and I came up with this card using my NBUS My Favorite Things Box of Chocolates dies.

I made this card for my daughter's birthday and, as she has a weakness for chocolates, it was perfect for her. It was fun making the individual choccies and adding the decorative elements along with the heart shapes for the box. Once I had assembled it, I used a textured base card and a brown frame cut with a John Next Door die. To finish off, I stamped and die cut the sentiment from The Greetery, shadowed it with the same die, and cut it in brown card, which I offset.

The team at Addicted to Stamps and More has lots of great inspiration for you over on the blog, and they would love to hear from you.

I'd like to play along at

NBUS Challenge #72 - dies are NBUS

Sparkles monthly challenge #185 - Love

Make My Monday challenge #247 - use a die or punch

A Cut Above Challenge March - anything goes

Hearts Quest Celebrations of Love BEWAS #3 - 

Just us Girls Challenge #765 Die week birthday

We've been having some beautiful spring weather this last week and it's so cheering to see the crocus and daffodils nodding away in the garden. Fingers crossed that it lasts a while! I hope you are getting some sunshine wherever you are.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Kristiner Werner Merry Trees Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

We are looking for your Christmas designs this time round, and I came up with this one.

I used the Christmas release from Kristine Werner and actually made a batch of these that were sent out in December.

Simple graduated stencilling on the trees before stamping and embossing the white details. The die-cut sentiment was simply cut in red and white, and I added the 'BE' from another sentiment stamp set in my stash.

You'll find lots of inspiration on the ATSM blog and I hope you will join us this time.

I'd like to play along at

Peace on Earth Challenge -#82 - anything Christmas goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #248 - anything goes

The Outlaws Challenge Festive Friday - Christmas card

CRAFT Challenge #749 - Christmas

Word Power Challenge February - a word must be the focus

A Cut Above February - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Crafter's Companion Snowman and Honeybee Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to February at ABC Christmas Challenges.

This time we have

 C for Cute 

and/or

 D for Die-Cuts

Lynda is our lovely host this time and she has a great prize up for grabs for the winner.

This is my C for Cute

I inked up some white card with blue inks and then used a Honeybee snowflake embossing folder. I inked over the raised snowflakes to add some more colour and used them as the background. The snowbank was cut from Spellbinders glitter foam with a Penny Black Festive Family die set, and the penguins were cut from the same set. The cute snowman is from Crafters Companion, and I finished it off with a sentiment die from Spellbinders.

 

D for Die-Cuts

For this quick one, I cut a square of blue glitter card and added snowflakes cut with the Card Making Magic Dashing Through The Snow die set. The corner was cut 4 times and placed around the edges of the card to frame the Simon Says Stamp sentiment. 

There is a lot of inspiration on the ABC Christmas Challenges blog and you can add your card there if you want to join in the fun.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #177 - anything goes

A Cut Above Challenge February - Anything goes with die-cuts

Outlaws Challenge Monday - wonderful greetings

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #184 - January Blues

Can You Handle The Pressure February - anything using an embossing folder

Creative Moments Challenge #267 - Cute

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x