Anything Goes at Christmas Card Club

Good morning and I hope everybody is well. Gosh yesterday we had such a hard frost that I couldn't actually scrape the ice off the windscreen. Serves me right I guess for forgetting to put it under the carport.  I had to wait almost an hour before it could be done. I couldn't believe that an hour or so later the rain started to come down in torrents and it rained the entire day.  Very odd weather.

 This week's challenge is Anything Goes, which I actually find more difficult.  I prefer to have a theme to work towards, but that's just me.   It's been a very busy week or more, so again I have only one card to show. However, I have been getting on very well with my Christmas cards so I think I'm still on target.

My Card

Recipe

7" square base card - using Craft UK Ltd card stock

gold mirri card - Crafters Companion

Christmas Words die - Create a Card Crafters Companion

Snowflake ribbon die - Poppystamps

I think did pretty well in photographing this card.  Usually mirri card is so difficult and catches the light and reflections etc. So all in all not too bad at all. I love this die because you need to do so little with it to create a pretty card.  Ideal for batch making.

Anyway, thats all from today.

Take care and enjoy your day.

Love and hugs from Christine

Spots/Stripes At Winter Wonderland.

Good morning.  Just a very quick post today and quite late for me too.  It is time for a challenge from the Snowflake team at Winter Wonderland.  The challenge is to use spots and/or stripes on your project.  Our sponsor is Crafty Sentiments and the prize on offer is 3 digis of the winner's choice.

My Card

Recipe
6" square base card - Rymans
Blue card - Jellybean Crafts
snowy (spotty) paper - LOTV Frosty Christmas
digi image - Snowman Song ,Crafty Sentiments
Pierced Squares and Rectangles - Creative Expressions
Snowflake Ribbon - Poppystamp Dies
Sentiment - magazine freebie

I got spots in my backing paper and stripes on the snowman's scarf.  Can I count the pierced holes too?  Ah well, perhaps not. Lots of crystal glitter on the hats.

Please pop across to the blog and see if you can pick up some inspiration from the DT and maybe consider joining in with the challenge. We look forward to seeing you.

Take care.

Winter Wonderland Challenge

Good mornign to all my friends and fellow bloggers. Today I have another scheduled post, this time for Winter Wonderland - "White And One Other Colour " and/or "A Little Bird Told Me".

My Card

Recipe

6" square base card - Rymans

red cardstock - Rymans

white cardstock - Hobbycraft

embossing folder - Sue Wilson Snowflake Lattice

double pierced Noble rectangles - Sue Wilson

snowflake ribbon die - Poppystamps

sentiment stamp - Polkadoodles

digi image  - Snowman Song from Crafty Sentiments

We now have two choices for you, or maybe you could combine the two which I have managed to do with this image. Hop over to  the blog and see what the other Snowflakes have made and maybe get some inspiration.

We have two sponsors - Crafty Sentiments who are offering 3 digis to the winner, and the Craft Barn who are offering £10 to spend in store, so what are you waiting for.  We look forward to seeing your creations - but remember Christmas projects only!

Well that's all from me. Take care and enjoy the weekend - which is almost upon us again!

CCC Challenge 23 - Feature a Post Box

Good morning to all my friends, fellow bloggers and visitors.

As you can see it is time for another Christmas card for our little Christmas Card Club.  Mrs A is our host and she asked us to feature a postbox.  I have another image which I intended to use but  could  I find it?  Well, actually I could - but not until after I had made my card ... lol!   Once again my card is not due until tomorrow but I have another DT card due then hence the reason for posting early.

My Card

Recipe

6ins square base card  made from Hobbycraft card stock

Blue/grey card - Pennies Worth

Red card - Ryman

Digi image - Di's Digis

Snowflake Ribbon die - Poppy Stamps

DP - Me To You "Happy Jolly Christmas"

I love the image of these little mice posting off their Christmas cards. 

Well short and sweet today but if you would like to see what my club friends come up with their blog addresses are in my side bar - but don't look until tomorrow.

Hope you are all keeping well and warm - especially my friends in Scotland who seem to have been hit with adverse weather.  Hugs to you all.

Take care.

All White

Good afternoon friends and fellow bloggers. Today I am showing an all white card.  I have done quite a few in the past so I thought I would make another one using one of my new dies.

I would like say hello ans welcome to Chris, my new follower.  I haven't had chance to pop across to visit you yet, but I will be there soon!

My Card

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My card is 6 x 6 inches cut from white card stock. This is the first time I have used my MB Frostyville border die this year. The Winter Cabin Landscape is also by MB - one of my new purchases from the NEC.  The trees at the very base of the card are trimmed from the Pine Tree Border die by Poppy Stamps - actually the same company as Memory Box. Very strange.  The sentiment is a Brittania die.  I then just added some glitter and that was it.  I think this will be great card to replicate by just changing the background paper so that they are not all identical.  I hate to do cards which are all the same but by using the same theme they can be done fairly quickly.

Hope you are all keeping well.  My shoulder/neck isn't too bad if I don't lift or stretch - but it's pretty impossible not to really!  I might up my meds tonight because I kept waking up every time I turned over. I'm my own worst enemy really because I hate taking pills and stuff so I only had a half dose. I'll stop being a brave soldier and give in tonight!