Lawn Fawn Build a Birdhouse Christmas card

 

Hello friends, and welcome back to another challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

Our lovely Fabiola is hosting this month, and she's offering a prize gift token to a store of your choice.

For our second-to-last challenge this year, we have:

**W for Wings** 

and/or 

**X for X Stitch** (any type of stitching will do).

I chose to go with W for Wings.

I used the Lawn Fawn Build a Birdhouse dies along with the Christmas Add-Ons, which were a recent purchase. I cut all the pieces from white cardstock and coloured them with Copic Markers. I added glitter to the roof and step pieces to give them a sparkly finish. Finally, I arranged everything on mats cut from The Greetery's Nordic Frame dies.

I really enjoyed making this card with some of my favourite dies. Although some of the pieces were fiddly, it was very therapeutic to sit and fiddle, and I made some extra pieces to make 3 copies as we're getting closer to the time for sending them out.

As always, our Design Team has some fabulous inspiration over on the ABC blog

I'd like to play along at

Shopping our Stash  - A Few of My Favourite Things 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #195 - anything Christmas goes

Try it on Tuesday: - Get ready for Christmas

Unicorn Challenge #115 - Christmas/winter

Lawn Fawnatics #208 - Christmas old and new

Aud Sentiments Challenge #331- Glitter and/or Christmas with a sentiment

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

My Favorite Things and Lisa Horton robin Christmas card

 

Hello again, and welcome to the August challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

Our themes this time are 

P is for Pastel Colours.

Q is for Quick

and/or 

R is for Robin

I went for R is for Robin

I cut a Lisa Horton scalloped oval die and inkblended on it with blue and green ink before using a snowfall stencil to add the snow. The robins are from a My Favorite Things stamp set called Winter Birds, and I coloured them with pencils before fussy-cutting them out. The branches were found in my leftovers box, and the sentiment is from an old Lawn Fawn set.

I'd like to play along at

Alphabet Challenge - I is for Ink Blending

Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge - Christmas

Paper Rock Scissors Challenge #7 - anything goes - fussy cut birds

Farmquest Country Christmas Challenge #23 - country Christmas

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Lawn Fawn and Creative Expressions Easter egg card

 

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

This time we have our Any Occasion Challenge, and, even though Eater has passed for this year, I have the Easter card I made for my granddaughter to show.

As soon as I saw this Lawn Fawn Easter Egg Backdrop die, I had to have it, and I'm so pleased with how it turned out. I cut the die in white card first, and I love the fact that it has a stitched edge that gives a framed effect. I added some Crafter's Companion paper behind the eggs, and backed the flowers with coloured card bits from my box.

The large egg and sentiment were cut with Sue Wilson dies from Creative Expressions, and it fit perfectly in the aperture. The panel was then stuck onto an A2 card base.

The design team has some great inspiration for you on the ATSM blog, and it would be lovely to have you join us.

I'd like to play along at

NBUS Challenge #75 - my egg die is NBUS

Unicorn Challenge #110 - not a square

A Cut Above Challenge June - anything goes with die cuts.

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #225 - - anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge June - anything goes

Mix it Up Challenge #77 - anything goes

Have a great week, and 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

My Favorite Things Outside the Box, Lawn Fawn Halloween and Lizzie Annie Designs Halloween pop up card

 

Hello friends, and welcome. Well, my big birthday has come and gone and my husband's is happening this week so things have been a bit hectic in my neck of the woods. People have been so kind and I have been very spoilt and fussed over. Thank you for the lovely cards and good wishes - I really appreciate your thoughtfulness. They say that one of the compensations for getting older is that you get wiser, but I'm still waiting for that one to kick in lol!

We're here for another ATSM challenge

and I went for die cuts to make a Halloween card for my Granddaughter.

I used the My Favorite Things Outside the Box die for the base and added some Papertrey Ink paper to brighten the black card.

Most of the images were made with an older stamp set - Hallow's Eve that was gifted to me by a Bloggie Friend, and I had fun stamping, colouring and fussy cutting the images. I filled out the layers with die cuts from the Lawn Fawn Halloween add-ons to the Scalloped Treat Box which I have used here before, and I raised some of the bats on card sticks so they could fly around.

I love how flat this box card folds so it can go into an envelope. You'll find lots of inspiration from the team over on the ATSM blog, and you can enter your own creation there too.

I'd like to play along at

Gem of a Craft Challenge Wk19 - anything goes

Send a Smile 4 Kids -  Fall /Halloween cards

MFT Outside the Box Challenge - Halloween

Most Magical Time of the Year Challenge - #12 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat Box Spring add on Easter card

 

Hello everyone and I hope you had a lovely Easter. We had a joint celebration for my youngest son's birthday and Easter Sunday so it was a bit hectic with the whole family and 2 young dogs added into the mix!

I'm pleased to say we're ready for another challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More and this time we are looking for cards to celebrate any occasion.

I went for Easter and made this country cottage card for my 5-year-old Granddaughter, Alice

I'm really getting into dies at the moment and had fun mixing a couple of Lawn Fawn Die sets ( The Scalloped Treat Box and Spring House Add-Ons), along with a very old grass die. I cut all the dies, apart from the roof and bunny, in white off-cuts and coloured them with Copics.

 

I made the sentiment in Word and added it to a little banner.

You'll find lots of inspiration over on the ATSM blog and you can enter your project there too!

I'd like to play along at

Unicorn Challenge #86 - add an animal

Dream Valley Challenge #292 - a four-legged friend

Lawn Fanatics Challenge #147 - Country or City scene

The Cutie Pie Challenge #181 - - Bunnies and blooms -

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Spellbinders Gnome Tree and Lawn Fawn Christmas Cards

Hello everyone and I hope you are well at this very busy time of year. We've reached the end of the alphabet for our last challenge of the year over at ABC Christmas Challenges and we have a good one for you!

Our themes are:

Y - Youngsters (For or featuring a child)

Z - Zoom (Mode of transport)

Our host is the lovely Wendy and she has a great gift for the winner

I made a gnome tree card for my Y for Youngsters





using dies from Spellbinders and My Favorite Things, along with an

embossing folder from Crafter's Companion for the background.


This is my Z for Zoom card



using stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn on an oxide inked background.

You'll find some amazing card ideas over on the ABC Christmas Challenges Blog and I'd like thank the team for the wonderful inspiration they have given us over the last 12 months. A very big thanks too to Helen who runs everything behind the scenes and does a great job of keeping the challenge going.

I'd like to play along at

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

Let's Squash it #27 - snowflakes and stars

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #69 - anything Christmassy

Dream Valley Challenge #284 - Christmas

Use Your Stuff Challenge 473 - anything Christmas


Thanks for stopping by


Hugs
Carol x

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Easter Treat Box and Sue Wilson Easter card

 

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

This time we are looking for projects for any occasion and although I'm a little late with this, I wanted to share my Easter makes with you.

For my Easter card, I used the Bright Rosa Elongated Hexagon dies to create my card base and layers. I stamped the background with the My Favorite Things Balloon Strings stamp.

The other elements on the card were made with 2 Sue Wilson Easter die sets. The little chick comes facing to the right but I cut another, turned it over, and used a ball tool around the edge before adding the features so it could face the other way.

You've seen my Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat Box before for Halloween and for a New Home gift, so as I have to find plenty of use for it, here it is again as an Easter gift box with some little eggs inside. They were place setting decorations for Easter Sunday lunch so everyone could take one home.

I had quite an assembly line going with all those little die cuts that I cut in white and coloured with alcohol markers. A very relaxing way to spend a couple of hours!

What occasion will you go for? You'll find lots of inspiration over on the blog and I hope to see you in the gallery.

I'd like to play along at

Make My Monday Challenge #174 - Springtime

Happy Little Stampers May Challenge - anything goes with dies

Art Piaskownica: Gift Boxes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat box - new home gift

 

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More .

We have been having some much welcome sunshine in my little corner of the world and my favourite magnolia tree is just about to bloom. This magnificent tree flowers beautifully for up to a couple of weeks and then nearly always gets hit by a late frost and winds that strip the flowers. It never says 'I'm fed up with this, I don't think I'll bother flowering this year', but just plods on regardless and brings such pleasure to all who pass by, certain that the brief beauty it brings makes it all worthwhile. Deep eh?

Anyway ... we have our die cuts and stencil theme this time and I used both in my little creation:-

I made a combined card/gift card holder for some friends who recently moved house. I used the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat box and after I had die cut it, I stenciled the bricks on to create the walls. 

Once I had assembled the box, I used a variety of die sets to cut the trees, bushes and fence. The finishing touch was the tag which I stamped with a Papertrey Ink sentiment.

As always, you'll find lots of inspiration over on the ATSM blog, and you can link up your entry over there.

I'd like to play along at

Dies R Us Challenge #189 - anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes

CCEE Stampers 2209 - die cuts only

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box die and Clearly Besotted Red Robin Christmas card

Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying a very Happy Easter and that the Easter Bunny brought you some chocolate today. We celebrated my youngest son's birthday in the garden yesterday and we were blessed with lovely sunshine for our reunion after several months of not seeing each other. I hope that wherever you are, the rules mean you can now have some contact with the people you love. We are here to welcome the start of a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge.

Our optional theme this time is Under the Tree but I decided to go with Anything Goes this time and came up with a folding box card.

I used the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card dies and made the box taller when I was cutting it out. The tree, robins, candy canes and presents are all from Clearly Besotted sets and the little birds and sentiment are from Lawn Fawn.

I coloured all the images with Copics and I added some coordinating paper from my stash.

You will find lots of inspiration from the team over on the HLS blog and if you want to join in with us, you can link up your entry over there too.

I'd like to play along at

Just Us Girls Challenge #578 - use stripes

Jingle Belles Challenge - holiday cards to die for

12 month of Christmas challenge anything goes with optional twist

Christmas 24 challenge snowpeople - snowman in box

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x

 

Papertrey Ink and Inkylicious Christmas cards

Hello friends,

Sorry I've been MIA, but my crafty mojo is playing hide and seek and I haven't felt like blogging either. Is it just me that is feeling a bit blah lately? 

I'm hoping to change that with a great new challenge over at 

Our host this month is the lovely Julie and our themes are

U - Up in the Air

and

V -Vixen (Other Reindeer are ok too)

Julie has a prize for the lucky winner!

 

I came up with these cards

U for Up in the Air

I decided to try a slimline card and masked off a small moon before inking the background with a variety of blue inks. Once it was dry, I stencilled through a snow stencil with Versamark ink and heat embossed some white E/P. After I removed the moon mask, I stamped Santa and his sleigh with black ink so he is flying up into the sky. I hand cut a snowbank and stuck it to the bottom of the card before cutting with a stitched rectangle. The little trees are from the Lawn Fawn Home For the Holidays set and the sentiment is from Penny Black Wonder Collection.

 

My second card is V for Vixen

I stamped the reindeer names from PTI Dash Away All in red ink on white card and adhered it on some kraft card before cutting it with a stitched circle die. I then stamped and die cut the reindeer in 3 slightly different shades of brown ink. When I placed the deer on the circle, it all looked a bit disjointed so I found some stitched red card in my bits box and added that to the centre to add some definition. The background red card was embossed with a snow embossing folder and I finished off by adding a spot of red Nuvo drops to the reindeer noses.

You'll find lots of inspiration from the team over on our blog and you can enter your cards in the gallery over there. We had some fabulous entries last month and if you'd like to see if you're a winner, head on over to the winner's post.

I'm sure that this blah period will pass and I know that making these cards helped so I'm resolved to spend a bit more time in my craft room and recover my pesky mojo.

I'd like to play along at

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #430 - slimline card

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #80 - anything Christmas goes 

Send a smile 4 kids challenge October - holiday card

Jingle Belles Challenge - Dashing through the snow

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe.

Hugs

Carol xx

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box card Christmas pop up, Mama Elephant Bear Hugs Christmas card and Papertrey Ink Background Basic Evergreens Christmas card

Hello everyone and welcome to August at ABC Christmas Challenges.

Well you outdid yourselves last month and we had 243 amazing entries, so thank you for playing along and giving us so much inspiration.

This time our themes are 

P for Pine Tree
Q for Quiet
and
 R for Robin

and we have a great prize for the winner

I went to town on this challenge and made a card for each letter - yep - 3 cards made this time!!! 'Nuf said.

First up is P for Pine tree

For this simple card, I just inked up a sky with oxide inks and added some splats of water to create snow. I added some white glitter card at the bottom to create the sparkly snow line and covered the horizon line with Papertrey Ink Background Basics: Evergreens in dark green card and white card. 

 

A few little star gems and a sentiment finished it off.

Next up is Q for Quiet, and I created a quiet snowy hillside scene.

The cute bears are from Mama Elephant Bear Hugs and the Santa is from Inkylicious. I inked the edge of a white card mat with distress ink to give some contrast and finished off with a sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

And finally, I went to town a little on my R for Robin card

I used the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box card die but cut it so it was taller. The robins are from Clearly Besotted's Red Robin and the other bits are from a mix of MFT, PTI, Paper Smooches and Clearly Besotted sets.

 I have to say I had great fun making this one and I had so many bits left over that I can make a few more of this design.

We have some fabulous inspiration over on the ABC Challenge Blog and you have until 31st August if you decide to join us.

I'd like to play along at

Christmas with the Cuties ~40 Christmas animals

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 76 - anything Christmas goes-

Christmas Craft Creations July - Christmas Characters - Christmas robin

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #35 - Snow is falling

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe.

Hugs

Carol x