Penguins at Christmas Card Club

Good morning and I hope this finds you all well.  Another two weeks have rolled by and it's time for our little club to show what we have made.  The theme is Penguins and was chosen by Linda.

My Card

A very easy card today. I used a 6 inch square base card to form a zed fold.  The papers and topper are from Christmas Village by Helz Cuppleditch which I have had a couple of years but haven't actually used much from it. I didn't use all the layers from the decoupage, just enough to give it a 3D effect.

This is just a very quick post because I've got quite a lot on right now - busy time!

Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

                                            

Christmas Decorations at Winter Wonderland

Good morning.  Today we have a new challenge starting at Winter Wonderland.

Before I talk about the challenge I just wanted to say that sadly two of our DT will be leaving us this month so we have places available on our Design Team.  If you love making Christmas cards and are interested then please pop across to the blog to check out the details.

Okay, now to this month's challenge  the theme for which has been chosen by Michelle. We want to see Christmas Decorations on your card. I have used Christmas lights - the best decorations ... lol! Our sponsor is Beccy's Place.

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" green base card - Craft K Ltd

digi  - Christmas Goose Beccy's Place

stitched oval dies - Presscut

patterned paper - Helz Cuppleditch

sentiment die - Sue Wilson

coloured with Promarkers

This image always makes me smile. The Christmas lights at the top are clip art which I fussy cut and mounted on foam.

Please pop over to the blog and check out the work of my team mates.  There are some fabulous cards there to give you inspiration to join in our challenge and get a head start with your Christmas cards.

Take care and stay safe.

Let There be Light

Good morning to you all and I hope this finds you fit and well.

Our Fearless leader, Margaret (who keeps us all on the straight and narrow and works so hard on our behalf) has chosen the theme for our Christmas Card Club challenge and she wants to see Christmas lights.  Now this can be any lights such as Christmas tree lights, lamp posts, candles, lanterns, lights shining through a window etc.  She has given us a really wide scope.

Card #1

Recipe

6" cream square base card - made from Crafts UK Ltd A3 card

aqua card stock to mat - Hobbycrafts

papers - Helz Cuppleditch Christmas Village paper pack
matching decoupage topper - Helz Cuppleditch

This paper pack includes papers, and strips of papers which match the toppers etc and that is what I have used to form the layer on my card.  There is also a separate pack of decoupage toppers. I have always put my decorative layer in the middle of the card but I saw Sam at Mixed Up Crafts do it this way and it actually leaves much more room for your toppers or verses etc. The backing paper is really glittery and looks great. If you haven't found Mixed Up Crafts yet you really should take a peek; she is terrific and does some wonderful videos.  I have made a few of her bags and boxes which I have yet to show but I'll get around to it soon.

Card # 2

 

Recipe

 4" x 6" base card

blue card stock- from stash

image - LOTV

lamp post die - Britannia dies

Pierced Noble rectangles - Sue Wilson

Sentiment die - Sue Wilson 

Falling Snow e/f - Sue Wilson

I think this more or less speaks for itself. This image is just so sweet.

Well that's it from me today. Hope you all enjoy the weekend.

Take care and happy crafting.

Children at Christmas for CCC

Good morning and time for a new challenge for the girls in the Christmas Card Club. Kate has chosen the theme this time and as you can see she wants to see cards for children. As usual I am a day early with my card.

Card #1 

 

Recipe

5" x 7" base card 

red card stock - Rymans

 Elisabeth Bell image -The Hobby House

lacy circles die - Spellbinders

sentiment - computer generated

This card was in my box from a while ago just awaiting an image and sentiment so it was a five minute job.

Card #2

Recipe

6" square base card

digi image - Polkadoodles

snowball barrel - internet

lacy circle die - Spellbinders

sentiment stamp - Little Claire Designs

large snowflakes -  Marianne dies

small snowflakes - punch

Promarkers to colour

Card #3

Recipe

6" base card

papers and topper - Cuddly Buddly (ancient digi downloads)

This image never fails to make me smile. I just added some punched stars to finish and tie in with the papers. (I think the name has now changed to Buddly Crafts.)

Well that's it for now.

Take care and happy crafting.

Easter

Good  morning and here I am again, this time with an Easter card. I don't do Easter cards; in fact I don't do cards for Valentine or Halloween either.  However, this is my DT card for International Art and Soul and the remit was to make an Easter card.

Please scroll down to previous post if you are looking for my Christmas Card Club card.

My Card

 

Recipe

7" x 5" base card

linen card stock

Helz Cuppleditch images

I used the same Helz Cuppleditch digi images as I did the other day for my Spring card. I fussy cut the Easter eggs from one of the papers.   A very simple card but it looks pretty.  I'll probably send it to my nephew's children now I've got it.

Please pop over to the blog to see what the cards and projects from the rest of the team.

Take care and enjoy what's left of the weekend.

MAWTT has That Spring Feeling

Good morning and I hope this finds you all well.  We had a frost last night but it is bright and sunny this morning, albeit rather chilly.

Judith has chosen the theme for our challenge at MAWTT and she wants to see cards about spring. Spring is such a lovely time of the year and it is great to see the blossom on the trees right now.

My Card

 

For my card I have used papers and images from "Spring Blooms" by Helz Cuppleditch. This book comes in either hard copy or digital format.  I opted for the digital form because a) it is cheaper and b) you can print out more copies and change the size etc. It can only be bought on Etsy in case you are interested.

In this card I used a background paper, a large topper and a sentiment topper which I printed onto linen card stock and also used linen card stock to make the base card.  I fussy cut a couple of flowers and added some Nuvo drops to the centres.

Why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have made for the spring challenge?

Take care.