Love to Create with Sassy Studio Designs

Wow, December is going so quickly and today is my birthday! Another year older, and far more tired than I've been in a long time! Anyway, time for a new challenge at Love to Create - and this was definitely a challenge for me! White on White with a Splash of Green is brief and the Sassy Snowman Pinup was my image - this week's sponsor is the fabulous Sassy Studio Designs.

I've coloured her with promarkers, keeping her outfit white by highlighting the shadows with a bit of grey and adding lots of Star Dust Stickles. I've mounted her on green pearlescent paper and some white embossed card along with a strip of white embossed sentiments along the bottom - I've highlighted the 'Christmas Wishes' just using a green ink pad and my finer tip, not the neatest but I quite like it. I've finished the card with some of last years limited edition Snowflake patterned candi and a white organza bow.

Thanks for looking! I hope you'll find the time to join us this week for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor.
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

Dark Christmas at PunkyouGirl

Well, that's us a week into December and it's time for a new PunkyouGirl Dark Christmas themed challenge!

Now, PunkyouGirl is a 'Dark Themed' Challenge blog - think Goth, Emo, Horror, Fantasy, Steampunk, Grungy, Vampires etc - this is not an 'either/or' challenge - your entry must be dark themed AND fall in line with the additional monthly theme. So many participants last month didn't qualify for a prize and I hate to leave negativity when people have made an effort to enter the challenges!

So, anyway, this month is about Christmas - Black instead of White! - or perhaps Creepmas if you'd prefer! We have Delicious Doodles sponsoring us this month and they have released some amazing creepy Christmas themed images in the last few weeks but today I am using a 'classic'! Emo Christmas is my image and I have kept her dark and gothic looking with lots of black - lace, ribbon, pins and rolled roses. The papers I have used are from DoCrafts Gorjuss range - lots of dark reds, greens, blues and Gorjuss damask and lined patterns - I have used the burgandies with black pearlescent paper to mat.

It actually looks really bright in that sunlight but I promise its a darker card than it looks!
I hope you will join us this month and show us your dark Christmassy creations!

I will be entering this card into this week's Delicious Doodles Christmas Challenge! And the following challenges too -

Ladybug Crafts - Christmas/winter
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Extra - Anything goes
2 Creative Chicks - Christmas/winter
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Scrap-Creations - Holiday
Ribbon Carousel - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Inklings and Yarn - Inky Linky Party
Divas by Design - Feeling festive
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Papercrafting Journey - It's Christmas time
CRAFT Challenge - Christmas

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Stampin' for the Week-end - Use some red
Digi Haven - Christmas cards
Card Making Mamas - Christmas/New Year
Mo xxx

Penguin Challenge at Crafting By Designs!

Please forgive the lateness of this post... evidently I forgot about it! So here goes a super quick one from me!
This week at Crafting by Designs we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles and the theme is Penguins! I have made a card using the Penguin with Gifts image coloured with Promarkers and some stickles for glittered effect on the parcels!

The papers I believe are old ones from Hot Off the Press and I've layered with some green paper and a white swirl die by Die-Namics. The card is finished with some polka dot ribbon and a Craftwork Cards sentiment - I'm on a mission to use them all up!!!

I hope to see your entries this week, hope you can join us!
Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Challenge #94 at Love to Create - 3D Creation!

Happy First Monday in December folks! Officially Christmas Countdown mode and today we have a new Challenge at Love to Create! We would like you to make a Holiday Gift or 3D Christmas creation. I think I might have cheated a bit with this one... I have decorated a Gift Bag! We are sponsored by QKR Stampede this week and I have used the Santa in the Chimney image for my bag.

I have used Helen Jones' Deck the Halls papers along with an embossing folder that was a magazine freebie! I have coloured the image with promarkers and added stickles and some red curling ribbon around the handle of the bag. There's also some candi on there to finish.

I hope you can join our challenge this week, why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the team have created!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Christmas Prize Challenge at Just For Fun!

Wow!!! It's December already! Still cant quite believe how quickly the year has gone! And to celebrate the season, lots of Christmas challenges this month, starting today with Just For Fun Challenge Blog.

My project today is a Poinsettia Wreath using products from Craftwork Cards. I have layered up the die cut flowers and holly leaves, added stickles in green, red and platinum and used my hot glue gun to adhere the flowers to the wreath circle. Some red organza ribbons is tied at the top for hanging the wreath perhaps on a wall or the mantle or even a tree. I finished with a coating of Spray and Sparkle.

I have made two wreaths so both are slightly different.

 Here's a close up of the first wreath so you can hopefully see the depth of the flower layers.

And the second wreath with a close up.

 

Thanks for looking! I hope you will pop by and show us your Christmas makes!
Mo xxx

A Christmas Card for Craft Mojo's Christmas Challenge!

Happy December!! Well, most posts from this point on with have a certain theme! It's December and that means Christmas for many and that is our theme for the newest challenge at Craft Mojo!

I have made a fancy fold card using the Christmas Post collection of papers and die cuts from Craftwork Cards. I cut the front of two 6x6 card bases and attached them together, then covered each panel with red lightweight card. I cut panels slightly smaller from the papers to fit the card leaving a red border on each panel.

The die cut poinsettia is layered up and a couple of leaves added along with platinum stickles and a gold candi pop in the centre. I layered the sentiment on more of the red card and added platinum liquid pearls for accent here.

I made a band for around the card using the same red card covered with some of the stamp themed paper and attached a red organza bow.

Glossy accents have been used on the robin to give it a sheen. And I used the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis square to cut a panel for the inside, also matted onto the red card. I may add another sentiment here when I decide who this is for or just use that space for my hand written message.

I hope you like the card, thanks for looking and I hope to see you at our Anything Goes challenge at Craft Mojo this month!
Mo xxx