Sentiment as Focus for CCC

Good morning.  Well, it's actually extremely chilly here and we have had frost the past two mornings. Our property is quite high and we get more frost and snow than the villages around us. It's a wee bit early for this as far as I'm concerned!  I hope you all remembered to turn back your clocks at 2 o'clock this morning.  I don't want to find out any of you cheated and did it before you went to bed ... lol!

These two weeks just zoom by so quickly and it's time for a challenge in our Christmas Card Club. Sylvie has asked us to use the sentiment as the focal point of our cards this time.   This suits me down to the ground because that is my favourite form of card.  I'd be quite happy to never use images on my cards and just settle for sentiments, quotes, poems etc.

My Card

 

Recipe

white cardstock - Hobbycraft

glitter card - stash

Sparkles Flakes e/f - Creative Expressions

labels 10 - Spellbinders

snowflakes - Marianne and Spellbinders

sentiment - Pink Petticoat (closed down)

 



This is a lovely embossing folder but quite an unusual size. The folder measures 19 cms x 145 cms, which is approximately 5.75 ins x just less than 7.75 ins. I trimmed it slightly to make my finished card  6" x 7.75". Very odd size.

 

Well that's it from me today.

 

Take care.

 

 

Entered into: Rudolf Days Challenge

 

Fancy Folds for Winter Wonderland

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers. Cindy has chosen the theme for our challenge at Winter Wonderland this time and as you can see she asked us for fancy folds.  I think this shaped card is called Diorama, although I have seen it called just a box card. Whatever it is called it was extremely easy to make. It also folds down almost flat and fits into a six inch square envelope. If the embellishments are kept flat then it is the lower postal charge.

Do you like making Christmas Cards?  If so we are looking for more Design Team members. 

 If you are interested you will find the details HERE 
 

Anyway, back to the challenge. Our sponsor this time is Sheepski Designs .

My Card

 

 

Recipe

Kraft cardstock - stash

Design papers - LOTV disc.

Snowstorm Acetate - Jellybean Crafts

Noble Pierced Squares die - Creative Expressions

Large snowflakes - Marianne Designs

Mini snowflakes - The Works

image  Snowmen Selfies - Sheepski Designs .

 

 

I die cut a square from the centre and added snowstorm acetate to tie in with the snowy paper.

 

Our Craft and Laugh group from WI went to Evesham for the afternoon yesterday and had great fun.  We went to The Valley shopping outlet and visited the new Crafter's Companion.  Of course, we just had to have tea/coffee and cake - it would have been rude not to since there were at least three cafés in the outlet.

 

Well that's it for today.  I hope this finds you all well.

 

Take care.

 



Mountain Border Card

Good morning and welcome. Wasn't that sky incredible on Monday?  I had been out walking and on the way back it was getting darker and darker and the sun was getting redder and redder.  When I got into the house I had to switch all the lights on - it was like night time! Spooky!

My Card

 

 

Recipe

7" x 5"  base card - kraft cardstock from Hobbycraft

natural linen cardstock -  Pink petticoat digi paper

embossing folder Argyle- Die'sire  Embossalicious

mountain border digi - Eureka stamps

spruce die - unknown ( lost the packet lol)

sentiment - computer generated

 

It was my brother in law's birthday a couple of days ago. It is the first one since he lost his wife (my sister)and I needed to make sure it got there in time. Our local post is not the most reliable. I tend to give my cards etc to our postman who then puts it straight into the sorting office and it gets there the next day without fail.  I just have to be sure to have them ready when he comes.



 

I only partly coloured the image because I didn't want it to look too busy and overpowering. I think it works a treat.  And my nephew let me know that, sure enough, it got there next day. Thanks Postman Tony!

 

Well that's it from me today. I need to get baking. It's my turn to provide cake for our WI Craft and Laugh group to morrow.

 

Take care!

 

 

 

 

Not Square or Rectangular

Good morning and here I am again, this time with my DT card for International Art and Soul.  The remit is for your to be anything other than square or rectangular.

 

My Card

 

 

Recipe

Snow dome card blank ? Tattered Lace

Reindeer and Sleigh - Tattered Lace dies

Merry Christmas Die - Yvonne Creations 

Snowstorm acetate - stash

snowflakes - Woodware punch

Backing paper - from my digi paper file

gems - from Stash

 

I found this card blank in the bottom of a drawer and I have no idea where I got it from. After looking on Ebay I am sure it is from Tattered Lace.   A friend gave me the diecuts of the reindeer and sleigh - I don't buy Tattered Lace because they are so expensive - so I just added lots of sparkle to them.

Please pop over to IAAS and checkout the projects from the rest of the team.

This was very difficult to photograph because the acetate kept picking up the light.  It is quite dark but when I used flash I got a lovely flash of light in the acetate. Anyway, you've got the idea I'm sure.

Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

 

 

 

Non Traditional Colours.

Good morning.  Time again for our Christmas Card Club.  Two weeks certainly shoot round!  Today Carol is hosting the challenge and she wants to see non traditional colours. I rarely use pink at Christmas so I decided that was the colour to use this time.

My Card 

 

 

Recipe

62 square white base card - Rymans

Pink card stock - old stash

Pierced Noble square dies - Sue Wilson

Stitched Flags - Sue Wilson

Snowflake tree die - Britannia

Falling Snow e/f - Sue Wilson

pearls - The Hobby House

Sentiment - computer generated

 

 

A very CAS and almost flat card. I added the sentiment flag with foam pads to give just a little dimension and that was it.  Job done.



The weather has been quite good this week and the weekend is set to be good too in most places.    I'm sorry if you are in the areas that are due for hurricane-type conditions.  And poor Cumbria is taking a battering with the rain again. I have managed to get quite a bit of walking done this week. I've gone with the walking instead of my usual cycling because I have a problem with my left thumb and it is causing a lot of pain when trying to change gear. Sometimes it is so painful that I can't change back up when I have been in a low gear.  Hopefully by resting it for a few weeks it will improve.  The joys of arthritis ... lol.

 

Enjoy the weekend and I will be back again tomorrow.

 

Take care.

 

 Entering :
Think Pink
 

 



Autumnal Colours

Good morning.  I hope you are well and enjoying the milder weather; I'm sure it will change pretty soon.

It's time for my DT card at MAWTT.  Zoe is hosting this challenge and her remit is "Autumn/Fall Cards - Anything with an autumnal feel whether it be autumn colours or autumn images".

My Card

 

 

Recipe

6" square base card - cardstock from stash

paper - First Edition "Falling Leaves"

Sentiment - JustRite stamps

Die set - The Works

pearls - The Hobby House

 

 

 I have gone with autumn colours and kept it quite CAS as you can see.  I just loved the paper so much that I didn't want to cover it all up.  There are some beautiful designs in this pad and as you can see parts of this one are pearlescent. The die set is one I bought from The Works.  I have had a few from there and they cut and emboss beautifully and are very reasonably priced - ie cheap!

Please pop over to the blog and see the inspiration from my team mates.

I hope you

Make It Round

Good morning.  Hope you are all well and didn't have too much wind yesterday - weather-wise I mean!  I hung my washing out wondering if it would actually blow away!  Still, didn't take long to dry so I was able to get straight on with the ironing.  Must confess that is not my favourite chore so I like to get it out of the way as soon as I can.

This is my card for the Christmas Card Club  which was due on Sunday, so I apologise to my club teamies.  I intended to make an easel card but in the end came up with a rocker card instead.  I have struggled with my card making over the last few months and even when I got round to making a card I found it difficult to come up with new ideas and it was taking ages to actually make even the most simple card.  Anyway, hopefully things will start looking up a bit now.

We all take turns to choose the theme each fortnight and this time it was Mrs A (ValeryAnn) and she asked us to make it round.  I wasn't sure whether she meant us to make the actual card round or just add something round, but I think my card covers both eventualities.

 

My Card

 

 

Recipe

white card stock - Hobbycraft

Blue pearlescent card = Jelly Bean Crafts

paper - LOTV Frosty Christmas(disc but now available as digi papers)

glitter card stock - Hobbycraft
Grand Decorative Circles One - Spellbinders

poinsettia die - Marianne

leaf sprigs - Sue Wilson

Ice Crystal Frame - Amy designs

pearls - The Hobby House

 

This card ended up being very large at 8 inches.  Usually when I make big ones it is 7 inches but because of the shape it doesn't actually appear to be that big. And would you believe it!!! I have just realised one of the leaf sprigs has fallen off before I took the picture.  I tucked them in to see what it looked like and obviously only glued two of them! Ah well, easily solved.

 

Well that's all from me today.  Thanks for your visit.

 

 





Make It Monochrome

Hi!  It's hard to believe it's already October - time is just zooming by at the speed of light!

I'm back today with my DT card for International Art and Soul where the theme is monochrome. Somehow lots of my cards end up being monochrome without me even trying!! 

My Card

 

 

Recipe

7" x 5" tent fold card - from Papermania cardstock

pink adorable scorable card - Hunkydory

Elegant Labels 4 Spellbinders

Labels 4 - Spellbinder

Tranquil Moments - Spellbinders

leaf dies - The Works

embossing folder - Cuttlebug

sentiment - very old stamp

pearls and flowers - stash

striped ribbon - local haberdasher

 

Lots of pretty dies made this card a cinch to make. All I had to do was add a little colour to the flowers using a Promarker and job done.

 

Why not pop over to the blog and check out the cards from my teamies?  We are a Just For Fun blog but we have some super badges should you decide to join in the challenge.

 

Take care and have a good Sunday.

 

 

 

I would like to enter this card into :



In The Pink

 CCC Digi Creations