Clarity Stamps Shepherd's Window and Crafter's Companion Decorative Bell Christmas cards

Hello and welcome to the first ABC Christmas Challenge of 2021 as we take another annual stroll through the alphabet.

The lovely Helen is our host this month and our themes are

A - Advent

and 

B - Bells

There will be 

 little prize from Helen 

for the randomly drawn winner.

Advent for me has always been a time of waiting and preparing, and I think this card is suitable for the theme because it shows the Shepherds looking at the star and waiting for the birth that had been foretold. I don't know where their sheep have got to though!

 I used the Clarity Stamps Shepherd's Window die to cut the image from black card and used some Clarity paper behind it. A little glitter on the star and some flat layers finished off the card which has the bonus of being inexpensive to post.

My second card uses the Crafter's Companion Decorative Bell die.

I cut the die using white card and adhered it to some new blue glitter card. This was layered onto shiny blue mirror card and then onto a base card. The bell was also backed with glitter card 

 I angled the bell, added some gems and a stamped and die-cut bow. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted's Most Wonderful stamp set.

These were very quick and simple card to put together, and they would be great for mass producing!

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #85 - anything Christmas goes

Dream Valley Challenge #238 - Christmas

Jingle Belles Challenge - something old and something new

Christmas 24 Challenge#25 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black Poppy Edger die birthday card

Hello everyone,

Just a quick post to let you know that the new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More starts today.

We'd like to see your Clean and Simple designs, and here is my card which luckily was very quick to make, given the time of year and limited time to craft:-

I used the Penny Black Poppy Edger die and coloured it with Copics, adding the sentiment from My Favorite Things Spring Tulips stamp set.

I'd like to play along at

AAA cards CAS game #146 - made in minutes

The Cat's Pajamas Challenge #360 - CAS

Unicorn Challenge #46 - fully loaded or CAS

As always, the team has some great inspiration for you over on the blog, and you can post your entries there too.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by

Hugs
Carol x

Claritystamp Shepherd Window card.

Hello there and welcome to the February Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge.  This time our fun twist is Star





I came up with this card:-

I used the Shepherd Window die from Claritystamp showing the shepherds looking up at the Christmas star while they look after their sheep. I cut a stitched square from black card and die cut the scene from the centre. I placed it on some paper from the Northern Lights paper pad, layered things up, added a die cut sentiment, and the job's a good un as we say around here.

This card would be very easy to mass produce and is thin so it will be easy to post. Just what we need for Christmas.

The DT has some great cards to show you over on the HLS Christmas blog and you can link up your card over there too.

I'd like to play along at

Christmas Crafts All Year Round February Challenge - Carols and Songs - While Shepherds Watched their Flocks

The 12 Months of Christmas Challenge #50 - anything goes with an optional twist which I didn't use this time.

CAS Christmas Card Challenge February - Peace

Winter Wonderland February tribute to Eileen - anything Christmas goes


Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

Papertrey Ink My Favorite Things Christmas card

Hello everyone and welcome to the final ABC Christmas Challenge of the year. I hope that following along with our challenges throughout the year has been enjoyable and that you have a sizeable stash of cards to ease the rush we all feel at this time of year.

Our themes this time are

Y for your favourite thing

and 

Z for zero embellishments

and as I am a Sound of Music fan and happened to have an NBUS stamp in my stash that just had to be used for a favourite things theme, so I came up with this card:-

The sentiment stamps are from Papertrey Ink and the packages were made with their Make a Wish dies.

I finished the card off by adding some holly sprigs, and I added some glaze to the berries to give some shine.

You can find information on how to join in with us over on our blog, along with some great inspiration from the Team.

I'd like to play along at

Cute n Crafty Challenge #1 Christmas/Winter

Creative Inspirations December Challenge - feeling festive

Make it Monday #344 - deck your dies

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Clarity Napa Valley stamp unisex get well card

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More, and this time we invite you to make your mark in some way. Your entry can use anything that can make a mark such as alcohol pens, colouring pencils, watercolours, chalks, markers etc, so pull out your favourite medium and have some fun with us.

I pulled out my Polychromo pencils for this card.

1) Stamp the Clarity Stamps Napa Valley stamp in black ink, die cut it with a stitched circle die, then colour the image with Polychromo pencils.

2) Use the accompanying circle stencil from Clarty and stencil green ink onto some white card.

3) Die cut the card with a stitched square die and mat it onto some black card before placing it on the base card.

4) Raise the image on some fun foam and add it to the stencilled circle,

5) Die cut a white banner and stamp the sentiment from Happy Little Stampers Rainy Days stamp set. Mat it onto black card and fussy cut around it before adhering it to the card.

I've been trying to replenish my get well card stash recently and this is a good one to have on hand because I think it will cover either sex. As usual, you will find some great inspiration from my talented teammates over on the ATSM blog. Have fun and I look forward to seeing your entries.

I'd like to play along with

Use Your Stuff Challenge #322 - anything goes with a title or sentiment

Make My Monday Challenge #76  - coloured image

Dream Valley Challenge #182 - all things bright and beautiful.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x