Yes... It's Another Christmas Card and Brandon got a Top Three Spot!

Good Morning!

Wasn't it cold last night?

Brandon had done well with card over at Paula Holifields Challenge Blog - it was such a nice surprise to see him in the top 3 - yeah Go Brandon :0)


The top 3 as chosen by moi are:- Brandon (aged  7)     And Here is his Badge:-   
Onto my card.......

Yes, It's a Christmas card lol.

It's a lovely Bugaboo image and I really enjoyed colouring this in.

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - D for Diecuts (My Snowflakes)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Completely Christmas Challenges - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug March Challenge - Anything Goes

Just B Creative Crazy - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes - Use Dies or Punches (My Die Cut Snowflakes)

Artistic Inpirations - Sparkles/Anything Goes (My Glittery Snowflakes and red gems)

Glitter n Sparkle - Add a Sentiment

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenge Blog - Animals

Items Used:-

Bugaboo image

Papermania glitter card (for the snowflakes)

Magnolia DooHickeys Snowflakes Die

Free Background Paper (from a magazine aaaaaages ago)

Hobby Craft Red Card.

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day

Star of Bethlehem

Happy Valentine's Day everyone - did you get spoilt??

Here is a card I made using a technique that I learnt in a cardmaking class I attended some time last year.

You stamp the image onto pearlescent card and using a paintbrush and water you swipe over the image, carefully and within the lines to shade it in.  You then just dab your paintbrush onto the ink pad and paint parts of the image for contrasts of the same shade.  I really enjoyed doing this and think it looks really effective.

My fella thought this was an Autumn card because of the colours, but it's actually a Christmas card lol.

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - Chocolate creams

Pennys Paper Crafty Challenge - Monochrome

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - Flower Power

C.R.A.F.T. Challenges - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Colours beginning with a B (mine are Brown, Beige, Bronze)

Items Used:-

Handmade base card

Free paper and Forever Friends Christmas paper

Personal impressions Bethlehem stamp

Dew Drops brilliance ink "Coffee Bean"

Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles glitter in Brilliant Bronze

Britannia dies set of 3 poinsettias

Spellbinders floral oval dies

Pearls from "e"

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day

No Fuss Christmas Teddy

Good Afternoon - cold today.  We had some snow last night but it was more like a covering of icing sugar.  Luckily it hadn't frozen over night so wasn't too slippy getting out and about earlier on.

Onto my card.  Its for the ABC Christmas Challenge blog that I vowed to play along with all year and this is my third time putting an entry in, so i'm doing OK there :0)

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for Bare Essentials

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters Challenges - CAS

Little Red Wagon - CAS

Crafting with Dragonflies - Anything Goes

Hiding in my Craft Room - CAS

Creative Creations Challenges - Less is More

 
Unfortunately, for some reason, blogger won't let me upload a second picture of a close up of the teddy ?????

Items Used on Card:-

Handmade card base

Red card from Hobby Craft

Wild Rose Studio Milton Bear clear stamp

Papermania wooden rubber stamp for sentiment

Ribbon from stash

Pro-Markers:-

Vanilla, putty, tan, baby pink, lipstick red, poppy, cardinal red, pear green, forest green.

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day.

I Know It's a Christmas Card but....

...... it's for a Christmas Card Challenge blog.  It's a good idea actually.  I might just have a lot of Christmas cards ready this year to send out if I keep up with this challenge blog.

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - Zany

Crafty Hazelnuts - Anything as long as it's Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year Round

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes

She's saucy right ???? lol

Items Used:-

Handmade base card

Red Card from Hobby Craft

6 x 6 Christmas Papers (an assortment from packs that came free with magazines)

Diamond sparkles butterfly trails glitter

Britannia Dies - Set of 3 Poinsettias

Red Gems from Mei Flower Crafts

Pro-Markers:-

dusky pink, blush, baby pink, cocoa, caramel, tan, meadow green, grass, cardinal red, lipstick red, cool grey 2, cool grey 4, pastel blue.

Thank you so much for looking - Michelle