My Favorite Things Elf Christmas card and Kristiner Werner Easy Repeat Holly Background Christmas card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges. I am hosting this time, and I have this gift for the randomly chosen winner, so I hope you will join us.

This time we have 3 themes

E is for Elf,

F is for Foliage,

and

 G is for Gems

This is my E is for Elf card

I used a mix of materials from MY Favorite Things, The Greetery, Penny Black and Papertrey Ink to create a cosy fireplace scene.

F is for Foliage 

 

For this card I used the Kristina Werner Repeat Holly Background stencils to create the background and cut it with dies from my neglected MFT Blueprints 18 set. The sentiment is from the Waffle Flower Oversized Joy set. 

You'll find lots of inspiration over on the ABC Christmas Challenges blog, and you can add your entry over there.

I'd ike to play along at

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #200 - anything Christmas goes

A Cut Above Challenge March 26 - - anything goes with a die cut

Stencil Fun Challenge March 26 - stencil and vinery
 

Neglected Stuff Challenge March 26 - MFT Blueprints dies

Farmquest Home Challenge #7 - anything home related

Christmas Crafts March - E and F ( Elf and Foliage)

Thank you for stopping by, I really do appreciate your visits.

Hugs,

Carol x

Penny Black Floral Vines Birthday card

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new challenge at

This time we have a birthday challenge and I came up with this 5 x 7 card:-

 

I began by cutting a rectangular aperture from card to use as a stencil for inking the lilac background. I next added some stamping using Kristina Werner Splatter stamps. The flowers (from Penny Black Floral Vines Frames) were stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured with watercolours before being die cut. The sentiment was in my bits box, and I coloured it with green ink and then added some sparkle pen. To finish off, I added the frame, which was cut using my neglected Waffle Flower Lacy Layers dies.

I'd like to play along at

Neglected Stuff Challenge 10/25 - Lacy Layers dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #263 - anything goes

Hearts Quest Celebrations of Love #10 - birthday

Triple B: October 2025 - blooms

The Flower Challenge #107 - add purple

Why not head over to the ATSM blog to see some more inspiration, and if you want to join this time, you can link up your entry there.

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

Taylored Expressions Layered in Quads Mistletoe Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome back to Addicted to Stamps and More! We've had a long break and come back refreshed for the next series of challenges. We're starting off with Challenge #442 - Christmas:-

and I came up with this card

I used my new Taylored Expressions Layered in Quads Mistletoe stencils and inked up with a couple of shades of green and red ink. I stamped the sentiment from Papertrey Ink in the centre and embossed it with clear ink before cutting the panel out with a die from Waffle Flower. I matted it onto some white card that had been inked around the edges with the same red ink, and then onto the base card.

To finish off, I added some glossy accents to some of the berries to add some shine.

If you head over to the ATSM blog, you'll find lots of inspiration from my talented Teamies and it would be great if you decide to join us this time.

I'd like to play along at

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #36 - anything Christmas Goes 

NBUS Challenge #45 - stencils are new

My Time to Craft #56 - something beginning with R - red berries

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #136 - anything Christmas Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Mama Elephant Stems and Sprigs and Sue Wilson Basket birthday card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. Yay - it's our 10th birthday so we are in party mode and I'd like to thank Kylie for all her work to keep this awesome challenge going!

This time we want you to make your mark with any colouring medium you choose, so break out your supplies and have some fun.

I came up with this 5 x 7 card.

I'm really liking teal at the moment so it features in this one. I stamped, die-cut, and coloured (with Copics) a lot of little flowers and leaves from the Mama Elephant Stems and Sprigs set and arranged them in a basket cut from kraft card with a Sue Wilson die.

I placed the basket on a mat cut from the MFT Blueprints 33 die set and matted it onto a Waffle Flower scalloped rectangle die. The sentiment is from a Happy Little Stampers set and I white embossed it onto a banner shape before tying it onto the basket with some twine.

We've just got back from holiday where we spent a week in a country cottage with our daughter and her dog. We had a lovely relaxing time before coming back to empty our kitchen ready for a much-needed refurb. How could a small kitchen house so much stuff!!! I feel a good clear-out coming on.

My talented Teammies have some great cards to show you over on the ATSM blog and would be delighted to have you visit them.

I'd like to play along at

Passion for Markers #644 - birthdays

AAA birthday challenge #38 - flowers

Through the Purple Haze #193 - anything but a square

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Gift box from The Greetery and John Next Door Penny's Baubles card

Happy New Year!!!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and if you were lucky enough to receive some new crafty goods, I hope you are having fun playing with them.

I know that we have only just finished with Christmas, but we at ABC Christmas Challenges love to make Christmas cards all through the year knowing that we won't have a last-minute panic come December. It would be great if you want to join us this year - we work our way through the alphabet over the year and each month we have some fun challenges to get your juices flowing. And did I mention that we also have a prize each month??? What's not to like as they say lol!

Our first challenge themes are

A - Anything Christmas Goes

and/or

B - Baubles

Helen is our lovely host this month and she has a great prize for the winner.

My contributions are

A for Anything Christmas Goes

This is a gift box I made with a die from The Greetery called Stationery Box. I used yellow and grey card for the box and decorated it with stamps from the Winter Birds set from My Favorite Things. I used coloured pencils for the colouring and want to practice more with them this year so any tips will be welcome.

The candy-stripe circle sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I added little magnets to the box to keep it closed, and it contained a necklace I had bought as a gift for my daughter. I love making a gift box like this because it is very versatile and doesn't need to be wrapped. I hope to use the box dies again to make some notelet gift sets.

 

B for Baubles

I want to make more 5 by 7 inch cards this year and as I received the Waffle Flower Lacy Layers A7 die set for Christmas, I put them to use on this card. The bauble is from John Next Door Penny's Baubles and I inlaid the silver glitter card before adding the silver mirror elements over the top. The sentiment is from the Clearly Besotted Most Wonderful stamp set. The top layer of white card was embossed with an old texture plate from Papertrey Ink.

Having seen some of the gorgeous photo work of cards on many blogs, I tried a fancy-schmancy lie flat photo here -  haha  I think the best that can be said about it is 'needs more work' lol!!

The Design Team have lots of cards to inspire you over on the blog and it would be great to have you join us this time.

I'd like to go and play at 

Creative Fingers Challenge #222 - - anything goes

Cut it Up Challenge #243 - anything goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #594 - Christmas

As You Like It Challenge - favourite way to decorate a gift

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x