Mistletoe and Mice

Good afternoon everyone, hope you are all having a lovely weekend. The sun is shining, I've finished work and I am now off until next Saturday, hurrah!!! My card today has been inspired by a few that I have seen on blogs that I follow and a challenge at ABC  Christmas Challenge which is too use paper piercing.  I have done decoupage before and the principle is similar, the hardest part was finding a suitable image and papers with a smallish pattern.

Ingredients:

image - stampavie 'mistletoe and mice'

papers - dovecraft 'back to basics Christmas'

marianne creatable die - 'mistletoe LR0189'

cheery lynn die - 'holly corner'

pearls - mei flower

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'p for paper piercing'

Crafters Companion - challenge #27 'best friends' 

Totally PaperCrafts - challenge #130 'inspired by a song' (It Must Have Been the Mistletoe)

A Gem of A Challenge - challenge #53 'animals or teddies'

Whimsey Stamps Inspirations - challenge #50 'lots of layers'

My Time to Craft - challenge #185 'Christmas in August'

Simon Says Stamp Challenge  'animal antics'

Penny Black & More @Allsorts - August challenge  'whiskers and/or wings
J & C Creations - challenge #3 'anything goes'
Crafty Catz - challenge #146 'animals'

Green OR Red (but not both)

Good afternoon all, hope you are all well. I'm looking forward to the weekend as I am going away for a couple of days and the sun is supposed to be shining!!!!The challenge at Jingle Belles is to make a Christmas card using green or red, but not both. So I've made one of each. I thought these cards would be great  to give to a male at christmas as they are quite clean and simple. I've used the sketch from Sketch Saturday again, and borrowed my mum's musical note punch.

Ingredients:

papers - dovecraft 'jolly happy christmas'

image - penny black ' carolling hedgehogs'

marianne creatable - 'stave' die

musical note punch

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Jingle Belles - 'green OR red'

Sketch Saturday - week #216 sketch 

CCMC - 'ho ho ho christmas'

Forever Friends - challenge #40 'Christmas in July'

Cards for Men - challenge #15 .Christmas in July'

Totally Gorjuss - challenge #140 'its christmas'

Lollipop Crafts - challenge #84 'Christmas in July'

Paperplay Challenge - week #29 'Christmas in July'

Stampavie and more - challenge #172 'Christmas in Summer'

Frosty the Snowman

Good evening hope everyone is having a good weekend, as usual for a bank holiday weekend it is raining.
I have got lots of things planned next week as the girls are off school, so I am not going to have much time for
crafting.  I made my card to fit the sketch at 'sketch and stash' but missed the deadline. Never mind I am sure I will find a few others to enter it into!!!

Ingredients:

papers - dovecraft 'winter wonderland'

image - lotv 'Mr Snowman'

sentiment - lotv

cuttlebug embossing folder

snowflake - marianne creatable die

ric rac from stash 

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies - 'anything goes'

ABC Christmas Challenge - K is for keep it simple

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - challenge #17 'monochromatic'

Jingle Belles - 'fa-la-la-la' christmas song (frosty the snowman)

Christmas Stamping - challenge #13 'monochromatic'

More Caroling Hedgehogs ......

Look at me .... two posts in one day - wonders will never cease!!! This one is going to have to be quick.
I've been inspired to make another christmas card for Winter Wonderland - sing a song and ABC christmas challenge - keep it simple and yes its more hedgehogs!!

Ingredients:

papers - dovecraft 'jolly happy christmas'

image - penny black

cuttlebug embossing folder

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - 'sing a song' 

ABC Christmas Challenge - k is for 'keep it simple'
Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Caroling Hedgehogs

I hope everybody is having a great weekend, the weather is fabulous. This has meant that I have had loads to do in the garden, and not much time for blogging. I managed to find an hour this afternoon to create a card. This card has been inspired by the challenge at Winter Wonderland who want to see singers. I chose to use this penny black stamp 'Caroling Hedgehogs'

Ingredients:

papers - dovecraft 'jolly happy christmas'

image - penny black 'caroling hedgehogs'

poinsettias - marianne creatable die 

card blank - kanban

card - bazzil basics

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - 'sing a song'

CHNC - challenge #74 'christmas foliage'

Crimbo Crackers - challenge #16 colour combo

Totally Papercrafts - challenge #118 'animals'

I Love Promarkers - challenge #118 'use die cuts'
Crafts4Eternity - challenge #73 'hexagons'

Deck the Halls

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend despite the weather.  Its raining here again, got soaked on my way home from work again.  The card I am sharing this evening has been made to fit the ready teddy go challenge which has a sketch to follow.

Ingredients;

papers - dovecraft

stamp - lotv 'James bear - deck the halls'

marrianne die - bauble

sentiment - lotv

nestabilities

ribbon and button from stash 

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter  my card in the following challenges:

Ready Teddy Go - challenge #9  'its a little sketchy'

Winter Wonderland - buttons & bows

Totally Papercrafts - 'all buttoned up'

CES - challenge # 82 'button it'

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - challenge #69 'lots of layers'

MAWTT - 'Christmas'

Sparkles Christmas Challenge- #15 'colour me happy' (aqua)

Penny Black and More @ Allsorts - 'oh so cute'
Paper Sundaes - challenge #117 'lets get cute'

So Glad to Catch You

Its half term this week, so I have taken a few days off work to spend some time with my children and grandchildren. One of my grandsons has stayed for a couple of days and has totally monopolized the computer.   I have had to wait until now to post the card I have made for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which is 'love and kisses'

Ingredients:

papers - dovecraft (back to basics)

stamp - penny black 'so glad to catch you'

flowers - wild orchid craft and stash

martha stewart punch

coloured with promarkers

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - 'love and kisses'

Cute Card Thursday - pink valentine

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - 'love is in the air'
Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'love is in the air'

CES - lots of layers