Merry Christmas?

We had a One Word Wonder yesterday in a crafty Facebook group that I like to visit and the word was 'Christmas'! I found this fabulous Dilly Beans Framed Disturbed Snowman and coloured him up with Promarkers. I dug around in my stash for some DCWV Christmas papers - the sentiment was cut from the bottom of the purple background paper and layered up with 3D foam. And a panel of the pink sentiment paper added, the image is mounted on foam too.

I am taking the 'Merry Christmas' as sarcasm!! I should maybe have drawn on a question mark!
I am entering the card into the current Dilly Beans challenge - Based on a Song... the lyrics 'Frosty the snowman was a jolly, happy soul' .... very tongue in cheek for this deranged and frazzled looking snowman! hahaha

I will enter this in the following challenges:
Dilly Beans - Based on a Song
Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge - #26 Anything Goes
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - May Stash Challenge (old papers, new card stock, newish image)
Completely Christmas Challenge - #13 Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - #12 Anything Goes
Stampavie and More - #212 Christmas in May
CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - May


Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

All Wrapped Up in this cold weather!

Just a quick reminder post from me today - we have a double challenge going on at Crafting by Designs with two weeks, two themes and two sponsors! I have made a card today for the current challenge at Dilly Beans and have encorporated the first Crafting by Designs challenge theme into the card!

The theme at Dilly Beans is Christmas/Winter and the first theme at Crafting by Designs is 'All Wrapped Up'. I have used the 'Holly Penguin Framed' image and coloured it with Promarkers - he's all warm and wrapped up in his hat and scarf against the elements! I have layered the card using dark green pearlescent paper and BoBunny Silver and Gold Collection designer Christmas papers. I have added a Craftwork Cards sentiment and card Candi and finished the card with corrugated Christmas trees from my stash.

I will be entering my card into the following challenges too -
Dilly Beans - Christmas or Winter
CraftyHands Challenge Blog - Seasons Greetings/Winter
Digi Haven - Christmas Colours Red & Green
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

I hope you like the card, thanks for stopping by today!
Mo xxx

Non-Traditional Christmas Colours at Dilly Beans!

Quick post from me today to enter into this week's Dilly Beans challenge! The theme is non-traditional Christmas Colours... so I went with non-traditional colours and a non-Christmas image too!

I have used the Skull Squares set and made a 6x6 card in Black and Purple tones. I found some fabulous purple Christmas paper and used that as the basis for the card and the colouring. I've used my promarkers and added Stickles in Black and lavender. Everything is mounted on black and purple pearlescent paper and finished with a black organza bow and card candi

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Winter at Left of Centre

This week at Left of Centre we are sponsored by the Fabulous Dilly Beans! I love their images and you will have seen me use them on here before. This time I have used the Snowmen Framed image and made a layered Christmas card using dp from the My Mind's Eye Christmas 6x6" paper pad. I've layered everything up with white card on a white 6x6 card base and finished the image with some Gold and Star Dust Stickles and a Craftwork Cards Sentiment.

I hope you will join us in our Winter Themed Challenge. Also, we have a Design Team call going on just now too!!! So come on over to Left of Centre and have look, see if you fit our criteria or join in our challenge this week!
Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Christmas Challenge at Crafting By Designs

Oh my it's almost December and that of course means closer to Christmas! And time for a new challenge at Crafting By Designs and this week we want to see your Christmas creations. We are being sponsored by Inky Impressions and I have made another Christmas Card with the gorgeous Nikki's Winter Wishes image that I used on a card a few days ago!

This time I have gone with traditional Red, Green and Gold and have made a 8x8" card rather than my usual 6x6" smaller square. As per usual the image is coloured with Promarkers and by coincidence I have also used Craftwork Cards papers on this one too! There are even some of my favourite paper flowers, candi and stickles! Scroll down for Monday's Love to Create post with a similar card in purple and lilac!

I hope that you like this version of the card, I love the Christmassy colours to this one, just shows that an image can be as versatile as you like - I think the lilac would make a lovely birthday card too!

Mo xxx

Christmas Fayre!!!

Well, for those of you who dont really know me here, as well as being a bit crafty and having this blog and doing stuff for some design teams, I'm also a mother of 4 and Secretary of my daughter's school's PTA! And we're having a Fayre! So as well as trailing around the town and putting up masses of posters and hopefully ensuring a great event with many people through the door, we want to raise as much money as possible for the school... but at the same time, I have booked a table and need lots of people to come through the door and buy from ME! lol

I thought I would share some of my work with you and let you see what I'll have on the day - a taster anyway! This may be pretty picture heavy, but hey, who doesn't love the pictures!

I should point out that all the items in this post have been created using various Craftwork Cards kits. The Christmas themed items are using the Christmas Post kit and there are a few candles using the Time Flies and Tea Dance papers and some with foiled papers from a previous Goody Box.

First up are some hand decorated Candles!  I've used papers, organza ribbon and Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Tattered Florals Bigz Die!

 The cellophane on the candles is actually bags for C5 cards tied at the top with ribbons.

 The butterflies on the next one are die cuts that came with the Time Flies kit.

The next two photos show some 6x6" cards using the Christmas Post kit and the Christmas Paper Bows pad.

 The 'JOY' letters are chipboard from another Craftwork Cards Christmas Kit.

Next up are some gift bags also using the Christmas Post collection.

 Here's a close up of one of the bags.

I decided that it would be nice to have matching tags! Just have to add some twine to these, i'm thinking just a natural twine rather than ribbons, keeping with the Kraft/natural theme.

And finally I have also made some 6x6" Wall Hangings. Here's a photo of one and I have a few more sitting waiting to be finished - using up the scraps that are left from the kit!!

I have managed to use all the papers, most of the sentiments and the die cut poinsettias from the kit and when the last couple of hangings are done, there will be nothing left!

Well, like I said, lots of photos today! Better get back to it and get some more things made. I'll be back tomorrow with a post for Crafting By Designs and I'm sure I'll have more crafty bits to show you later!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Rick St Dennis Sponsoring Crafting By Designs too!

Another wee post from me today. This is also the start of a new challenge at Crafting By Designs and another one sponsored by the fabulous Rick St Dennis! The challenge this week is Anything Goes with a Christmas theme!

I have made a Christmas card using the Happy Elf Snooze image by RSD and used a layout from the Sunday Stamps Challenge Blog. I have used some red and green card, the Sizzix Swiss Dots embossing folder and some strips of Christmas papers. I've coloured the image with promarkers, added gold Stickles to the jingly bells on the image and liquid pearls around the edge of the card. With a little help from my 2yo the dots aren't perfect but I just didn't have time to start again! Please dont hold that against me!

Here is the sketch - I have turned it on its side and added a sentiment.

Thanks for looking! Come and join us at the Crafting by Designs challenge this week for a chance to win images from Rick St Dennis!

Mo xxx

A Penguin challenge at Crafting By Designs

Time for a new challenge at Crafting by Designs and this week we are all about the Penguins! We have a fabulous sponsor: Teri at Delicious Doodles has let us work with some gorgeous Penguin images and you could win some images by joining the challenge!

I have used the Penguin with Gifts image and made a 6x6" card. The image is coloured with promarkers and some platinum stickles on the presents. It is matted on some white core core'dinations card that has been embossed with the Swiss Dots folder and layerd up with some Hot Off the Press papers. The swirl is from Die-namics and the sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

Thanks for looking! I hope you will join the challenge this week!
Mo xxx

Polkadoodles Fairy Time Challenge

Oh my how the weather has changed! Sunglasses and cropped jeans on Wednesday and today it is cold and wet and miserable and probably set to stay that way till next April!
Anyway, here's a Christmas card for you today. I am using a Polkadoodles Angelberry Digistamp which was available as a freebie at the start of their Fairy Time Challenge. So glad I got my new printer set up today as there's not long left to enter this one!

I have used papers, bunting, flowers and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards and coloured the image using Christmassy promarker colours. The image was quite large when I have printed it out so this is actually an 8x8 card. I finished it with some platinum liquid pearls around the bunting and some matching stickles on the baubles at the front of the image.
 

As well as entering into the Polkadoodles Challenge I will also be entering this into the following -

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - #32 Layers (4 layers plus layered embellishments)
Sister Act Card Challenge - #23 Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge - Make Believe (Fairy!)
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Flutter By Wednesday - #251 must have butterfly or fairy
Christmas Cards All Year Round - September Christmas Fairies with a little sparkle
Digi Galore Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - September Challenge

thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Delicious Doodles Christmas in August Challenge

I just had to join in this challenge! I love the Delicious Doodles image 'An Emo Christmas' and just had to use it to create a card for the Delicious Doodles challenge this week. Luckily, just in time today, the postman delivered me a packet full of gorgeous red and green promarkers so they went to good use! Safe to say, this card did not turn out the way i expected - I had been thinking purples, greys and blacks but this has ended up quite a traditional Christmas card in the end! The papers used are from Hot Off the Press with some Anita's sticky ribbon and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

Quite a clean and simple card from me today, hope you like it.
Thanks for looking
Mo xxx

Another Christmas Card!

I've decided that I will get a head start on my Christmas Cards for this year and figured a good way to do that is to gleam inspiration from the miriad of sketch challenges out there in blog land!

This next card is based on a sketch from Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #100!

 

I have used Craftwork Cards Christmas Papers, sentiment and die cut flowers to make this card. The flowers have been shaped and layered to give dimension with rolled rose centres.

I added some Gold Stickles to the flowers for a bit of bling and Fired Brick Distress Ink round the edges of the papers. 

As well as entering the Saturday Sketchbook, I'm also entering the following challenges with this card -
Simply Create Too - Christmas in July
Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas in July
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Flowers

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

PunkYouGirl New Challenge is live!!

Wow!!! So many awesome entries for the PunkyouGirl first challenge and Jacki had the extremely difficult job of choosing the winners - congratulations to all who entered, the creations were fabulous!!

Well, it's July and time for a new challenge! The theme this month is 'Creepmas in July' and we are sponsored by the hugely talented Lily Chivers from The Octopode Factory.

 

It's not my turn to show you a DT creation today so head on over to the PunkyouGirl blog and see what the other half of the team have come up with to whet your appetite.
Of course, I couldn't resist throwing a little something together for you so here's a little creepy Christmas tag!

I've even managed to mess up the picture quality!! Auch well, join me again in a couple of weeks for the halfway reminder where I'll be showing you my DT creation! And, in the meantime, get your projects on the go and join us at PunkyouGirl!

Mo xxx

Paper flowers to make me feel better...

Afternoon everyone, I'm not well! Spent the last few nights sneezing away and today have runny nose, sore throat and all the stuff that goes with it - have stocked up on painkillers and anti-inflammatories and i thought instead of feeling sorry for myself I will show you the cards i've made for the Craftwork Cards February Challenge.

The first two are twisted easel cards using paper flowers and the second two are Christmas cards also with paper flowers - i may be a wee bit addicted to making these beautiful blooms!! Most of these products can be found in the Craftwork Cards online shop.

This card is on 6" Square cardstock with an embossed frame from the Embossed Pad at CWC - i have coloured it with a Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Pad and felt blending tool. The blooms and Pink papers are from the Floral Fusion pad and i've included a couple of birthday messages and card candi to finish. Here's a close up of the front:

The next card is a 21st birthday card also using 6" square card stock and another white embossed frame. The papers and blooms are from the Sugarplum paper pad with wine organze ribbon, messages and candi to finish. The '21' charm is from Odyssey Craft Supplies.

 Here's a close up of the front:

And a close up of the flowers - i just adore sitting making these - its so therapuetic! Some have been sprayed with silver Sparkle and Spray for added glitteryness and Card Candi coated with Star Dust Stickles... yes, a card isn't complete without glitter and candi!

I was going to stop there, but here are the two Christmas cards that i made last night!

These are both made with the Craftwork Cards CandyCane Glittered Pad and some red organza ribbon. The first card uses a tag cut using the 'George and Basic Shapes' Cricut Cartridge.

This second card has blooms made with the Very Merry Festive Flowers and the whole card coated in Gold Spray and Sparkle.

I will leave it there for today - I have loads more to share with you but must go and rest.... Or at least try as there are two hyper toddlers running about!

Mo xxx

I'm a winner....already!

Well.... over in the 'about me' intro section, i said something about entering blog competitions! Having dived into the world of craft blogs over the last few weeks I realised that there are a huge number of competitions going on at any one time and I figured - you've got to be in it to win it!
And I have won! Wow!

The Craftwork Cards Blog is one that i have been following for a few years now and I love their cards, papers, stamps and most of all I have a Card Candi addiction - no card is complete without glitter and Card Candi! The blog is full of ideas and hints and tips and the designers all have very different ideas of how to use the products which can be found on their shop website - Craftwork Cards.

The Blog is currently running a Monthly Card Challenge. January's theme was 'Let It Snow' and so i dug out my Winter Wonderland Goodie Bag and some die cut snowflakes and away I went! I did submit three cards but (thankfully!!!) the best of the three was the one chosen at random to win the prize for Jan!

This isn't the original photo - that was a bit dark so i took some new ones for today! You can see the entry on the Craftwork Cards blog here.

Here are a couple of close-ups so you can see the details! 'Let it Snow' was cur from a circular CWC message and I have Star Dust Stickles detail in the centre of each printed snowflake. I cut a section from the card and used die-cut snowflakes to hold it all together using strong glue to ensure the card doesn't fall apart! Lots of glitter and of course Card Candi complete the card.

I hope you enjoy seeing my entry up close.

I've already made a couple of cards this morning for the new February Challenge over at Craftwork Cards - pop back tomorrow for a sneaky look!

Mo x