Pinkfresh Studio Hanging Florals Christmas card

 

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

Helen is our Host this time, and she has a great prize for the winner.

                                                             The themes this time are 

'N is for Non-Christmas Stash'

&

'O is for One Layer Cards'

I created this card using the Pinkfresh Studio Hanging Florals stamp.

I masked off a circle and lightly brushed red ink to create a background, then used Christmas colours to make it Christmassy. 

To finish, I added a suitable sentiment and shaped a bow to give a little dimension.

The Design Team has some great inspiration for you over on the ABC Christmas blog, and we'd love to see your entry over there.

I'd like to play along at

Everybody Art Challenge - Christmas in June

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #187 - anything Christmas goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #100 - Merry go round

Unicorn Challenge #111 - Christmas in July

Farmquest Country Christmas Challenge - #22 - Christmas

Aud Sentiments Challenge #327 - Christmas in July

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

The Greetery Diamond Ribbons birthday card

Hello everyone, and welcome to the die-cuts and/or stencils challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

I've been itching to use my new supplies from the Greetery, which fit this challenge, so I pulled them out and had some fun.

The set is called Diamond Ribbons and I stated by stamping the plants image onto white card. I then used the stencil to colour the flowers and edded some details like the flower shading and centres with fineliner pen.

I used my favourite bluey teal colour scheme and found some toning card that has a subtle shimmer, which I cut with the ribbon die. 

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, and I stamped it on the PTI Limitless Layers oval dies. To finish off, I added some tiny leftover die-cut circles that were waste from another project, and then applied Nuvo Crystal Glaze to them. Sadly, my glaze became a bit cloudy and flattened out as it dried. Have you had this happen? I'm not sure if my technique is faulty or if they are just getting a bit old.

My clever Team Mates have some great inspiration for you over on the ATSM blog. I hope you join us this time.

I'd like to play along at

A Cut Above Challenge - June, anything goes

Outlaws Challenge - Greeting and flowers

Night Owls Challenge #49 - stencils and die cuts

We Love Stamping June Challenge - nature

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #30 - anything floral goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

 

The Greetery and Avery Elle candle Christmas card and music Christmas card

Hello everyone, and I hope you are well and happy. How can half the year have gone by so quickly? We are at our mid-year challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges, and this time we have 

L for light

and/or 

M for Music

Helene is our host this time, and she has a lovely prize for the randomly drawn winner

 

This is what I came up with for my Light card

I cut the window (The Greetery) in white card and coloured the frame with grey ink to resemble an old church window. I inked the panes in blue and yellow before placing them back in the frame.

The candles come from an NBUS stamp and die set called Candlelight Christmas, and I coloured the images with Copic markers. I layered the branches over the candles and topped it all with the pretty bow before adding the sentiment from the same set. I then added the window to a scallop-edged stitched rectangle die-cut, which I had blended with the same blue ink.

My M for music card also used some products from the Greetery.

I began by using a Spellbinder Press Plate called Lest Us Adore Him, and passed it through the Betterpress after inking. I then cut the card with one of the Nordic Frames dies and layered it onto silver card.

The Music clef and notes come from the Greetery, Let Heaven and Nature Sing dies, and I finished off by adding a trio of die-cut circles.

You can see the shine a bit better in this photo.

As always, the design team have some great inspiration cards for you on the ABC blog, and we'd love to visit if you decide to join us this time. 

I'd like to play along at

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #89 - anything Christmas goes

Jingle Belles Challenge - Music

Fab n Funky Challenge #618 - use your dies

NBUS Challenge #75 - my candle stamps and dies are NBUS

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #186 - anything Christmas goes

The Crafty Calendar Challenge June - add a sentiment

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

Penny Black Nature's Jewels Thinking of you card

Hello everyone and welcome.The Make Your Mark Challenge is starting today at Addicted Stamps and More, so its time to pull out your paints, inks, markers or pencils and colour with whatever medium you like.

 

I inked a panel with some blue Distress Inks and then stamped some of the Penny Black Nature's Jewels stamps around the edges of the card. I coloured the flowers with Zig Clean Colour markers.

I stamped the sentiment in blue ink, offset it slightly, and stamped it again with grey ink to give it a slight shadow. I cut into the panel with the Arch Dies from The Greetery and layered up the centre panel on foam tape.

My team-mates have some great inspiration for you over on the ASTM blog and if you want to join in with us, you can post your entry over there.

I'd like to play along at

A Cut Above February Challenge - anything goes with dies

Penny Black Saturday Challenge February - anything goes

Polkadoodles Challenge 3 - anything goes

Daisy Chain Challenge #93 - layer it up

I've been having a rough week, so it's good to spend a bit of time in the craft room. I had a car accident some days ago when a car exited a side road, ignoring my right of way, and hit me in the side. Luckily nobody was badly hurt but I hit my head, suffered a mild concussion and was very shaken up by it all. My car was undrivable and I expect it will be written off, so I'll have to try and replace it. A hire car was delivered this morning but I admit to being very nervous behind the wheel right now. At least the other driver's insurance company has accepted full liability so my claim should go through smoothly.

Take care,

Hugs

Carol x

The Greetery and Spellbinders Christmas money envelope

Hello everyone and welcome to the new gathering at Addicted to Stamps and More.

This time we are looking for diecuts and/or stencils on your design.

One of my sons requested cash for his Christmas present because he was saving for a computer. I don't know why, but I don't really like giving cash for presents and I wanted to pretty it up when I gave it to him, so I made a gift envelope to put it in.

 

I began by stencilling some blue snowflakes onto white card using the Snowfall stencil from Honey Bee.

To make the envelope, I used The Greetery Stationery Box Die. I trimmed the sides of the box into an envelope shape and cut out a half-circle with one of the dies.

   

To enable the envelope to open without having to tear it, I made a large sentiment from the Spellbinders Stylish Merry Christmas die and tucked the flap behind it.

 

I'm sorry that the photos aren't good - it was a really dark day and I had to use flash which changed the colours. The snowflakes are brighter and the sentiment is a Christmas red irl!

I'd like to play along at

Girls Creative Christmas Challenge #109 - snowflakes

Inkspirational Challenge #333 - snow 

Rudolph Days Challenge January - anything Christmas

My Time to Craft Christmas #104 - rectangle base

Creative Moments Challenge #266 - winter blues

Craft Challenge #747 - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

The Greetery Nordic Tree Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to a new year of fun at ABC Christmas Challenges

I hope you had a healthy and peaceful holiday season. We took our tree and decorations down yesterday and, as usual everywhere looks a bit bare after all the colour and shimmer has gone. I'm off to get some flowers later to cheer the place up. Have you made any crafty resolutions for this year? I'm resolved to keep my craft space organised and to try some other platforms now that so few people are visiting blogs any more. If you have any tips in this regard, I'd love to hear them! 

Our first challenge of the year is 

A for Anything Christmas Goes 

and/or

Buildings

The lovely Helen is our host this time and she has this prize for the randomly chosen winner

I came up with this card for my Anything Goes card.

I had some watercolour paper in my stash that I had used to mop up some green ink and this came in handy for my new Nordic Tree die from The Greetery. The background was embossed with a star embossing folder from Creative, and the sentiment is an old die from Paper Smooches. I really like this tree die and hope to play with it again soon

Before you clear away all your Christmas supplies, why not join us this time and start on your stash for next year? The Design Team has some great inspiration on the ABC blog, and they would love for you to visit them and leave some nice comments.

I'd like to play along at

A Cut Above Challenge: January - use a new die option

Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge #106 - anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #70 - anything Christmas goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die-cut

Craft Rocket Challenge #121 - something new (tree die)

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Spellbinders and The Greetery birthday card

 

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

.

This time we have our Make Your Mark theme so you can break out your favourite colouring medium and go to town.

I came up with this card

I used the Stamp from the Spellbinder Stylish Oval range that I used on this card back in February 

but this time I stamped parts of it around a rectangular panel to give it a different frame look.

I stamped on Bristol Smooth card and coloured with Zig Clean Colour Markers.

The Wonderful stamp and die is from The Greetery, and I finished it off with a trio of little butterflies from Papertrey Ink.

I'd like to play along at

Try it on Tuesdays - Inspired by a Song - What a Wonderful World

Cupcake Inspirations #592 - flowers

Dream Valley Challenge #314 - make it female

A Place to Start April Challenge - anything goes with a twist of flowers

Aud Sentiments Challenge #312 - watercolour and a sentiment

There's lots of inspiration over on the ATSM blog and I hope you will decide to join us this time.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Crafter's Companion Snowman Christmas card and Inky Doodles Gingerbread Christmas card

 

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

I hope you are all well and getting some time to craft. I'm feeling the spring vibe right now with all the beautiful blooms that have burst open to brighten my day.

We have three choices for you this time - 

E for Embossing,

F for Faux,

G for Gingerbread

The lovely Lynda from Loopyloo Cards is our host this time and she has a prize for the randomly chosen winner.

I came up with

E for Embossing

I used a snowflake embossing folder for the background and some coated card for this technique. I embossed the blue card, got a sanding block and gently sanded away the surface from the raised details of the embossing. I really like this technique which gives the look of embossing paste without needing drying time.

The snowman is also from Crafter's Companion and he was coloured simply with the scarf and hat being raised with some glue for dimension.

G is for Gingerbread

For this card, I cut a panel with a die for The Greetery, masked off a rectangle and inked with blue ink to create the background. I stamped and white embossed the gingerbread figures (The Best Gift stamp set from Inky Doodles) onto kraft card, along with their clothing and Christmas stockings. I coloured the clothing and fussy cut everything before dressing the figures and adhering them to the panel. The sentiment was stamped between them to finish everything off.

The design team has lots to show you over on the ABC Christmas Challenges website and you can post your entry there until 6th April.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 158 - anything Christmas goes

Stamps & fun = creativity #449 - embossing

Christmas with the Cuties #78 Santa or Snowman

Can You Handle the Pressure March 24 - anything dry embossed goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #55 - anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black Feline Christmas card and MFT Happy Pawlidays Christmas card

Hello everyone, I hope you are well and getting some crafty time to yourself. I am studiously ignoring the chores, staying tucked up warm, and enjoying my craft time while I can.

We're back for another month at ABC Christmas Challenges

Our lovely host this time is Helene (Mummylade), and she has a prize for the lucky winner.

Our Themes this time are

 C for Cat 

and 

D for Dog

and this is what I came up with

C for Cats

I didn't have a Christmas cat image so I decided to stretch my stash by using the Penny Black Feline die. I settled on a CAS design and cut the die from black glossy card. I made a simple background for it by spattering a couple of blue inks onto white card and layered it up. To make it festive, I made a Christmas hat for each cat out of some scraps of card and then white embossed the sentiments above and below the panel.

D for Dog

 

For this card I stamped, coloured and die-cut the cute dog image from the MFT Happy Pawlidays stamp set, and die-cut the Christmas lights from a die set from Spellbinders. I die-cut the background panel from the Nordic Frames set by The Greetery and used a stencil to lightly ink a rectangle on it.

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted and I finished off by adding some gloss to the baubles with Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

There's a lot of inspiration from my Teamies over on the ABC Christmas Challenges blog and you can join in with us by entering your card into the gallery there.

I'd like to play along at

Peace on Earth Challenge #57 - anything Christmas goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge February - anything goes

MFT Ready Set Christmas Challenge

craftycatz challenge # 665 - anything goes

Stamping Sensations Challenge February -animals, birds, creatures

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black Hedgie birthday card

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at ATSM.

The world is your oyster this time because you can make anything you like as long as you have made your mark with a colouring medium of your choice.

I used this cute hedgie image from Penny Black and coloured it with Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens which I fussy cut once it was dry. I cut a stitched rectangle and die-cut the arch from it before embossing it with a texture plate. The background was inked and the sentiment and little bird was inked in black.

As always, you'll find lots of inspiration from the design team over on the ATSM Blog and we'd love you to join us this time.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x