Snowglobes for Christmas Card Club.

 The theme for  Challenge # 21 is Snowglobes and has been chosen by Gwen.

My Card

I have used a Snowglobe die from The Works.  These dies are a very reasonable price and cut beautifully.

I used a sentiment die from Sue Wilson and the trees are from John Next Door. Very flat for posting - always a bonus at Christmas.

I hope you are all well and enjoying this lovely autumnal weather.  It is really weird because my geraniums in the pots at the front of the house are all in full bud again and just about to bloom. Very strange weather indeed.

 

Using an Embossing Folder for Christmas Card Club

 Good morning and an extremely cold and frosty one is too.

 It's time for our little group of friends to make another card to get us ahead of the game  and have no panics in December. We just challenge ourselves and this time we are using festive embossing folders which was Zoe's choice.

My Card

This Cuttlebug embossing folder is the very first one I ever bought after I got my Cuttlebug die cutting machine all those hundreds of years ago - well it was probably about 2014! 😊 I still use my Cuttlebug because it is small and handy and useful if I want to to my Craft and Laugh group.

Hope you have a great day whatever you are planning to do.

 

 

Love/Anniverary/Wedding at MAWTT

 Good mornng and thank you for visiting.  It's time for our second challenge of the year at MAWTT and Jenny has chosen the theme.

My Card

I have used a 5"x7" white base card and matted it with pink card embossed with a Crafts Too folder of trellis hearts. The image is Lily of the Valley. I stamped the sentiment with a John Next Door stamp. I also used Sue Wilson's Noble Pierced Rectangle dies.

It's very simple but it's one to pop into the box just in case it's needed.

Take care.

Candy Canes or for a child at Winter Wonderland

 Good  morning from a very cold and frosty Oxfordshire. Time for Winter Wonderland today. We don't have a sponsor this time so our cards are just for fun, but you still need to follow the theme which is Candy Canes and/or For a Child.

My Card

I have used an image from the Nitwits Collection "Gnome for Christmas".  There are are some fabulous images and papers in this digital collection so you are really spoilt for choice.  I think my image covers the brief - gnomes are such great fun and can therefore be for adults or children, and I also have a candy cane in there too. I just used Sue Wilson Noble Pierced rectangles to cut the image and mat.

Why not pop across to the blog and see the great cards from the rest of the team.

Take care and stay warm.

Winter Wonderland Pinecones and Poinsettias

 Good morning.  We have a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and we would like to see Pine Cones and/or Poinsettias. Our sponsor for this challenge is Fred She Said.

My Card

I made a 6"sqauare card and enlarged the image to make a real statement and I didn't need to do much more. Sparkly centre, green mat and job done. I used Pierced Noble Squares and a sentiment die from Sue Wilson.

Pop over to the blog and see the work from the rest of the DT and maybe you will be inspired to join in.

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Autumn Colours at IAAS Challenge # 93

Good morning.  It's time for another challenge at IAAS  and as you see it is to use autumn colours on your project.  Autumn is well and truly here now so it is the perfect challenge.

Please scroll down if you are looking for Christmas Card Club post.

My Card

I made my 7" square base card from cream card stock by Craft UK.  I love their card, it is such good quality and I love that I can make larger cards since it is A3 size.  The kraft card is from Hobbycraft and the hessian is on a pad from DCWV, It is great because it is backed with card stock which makes it so easy to use on cards. I used Presscut circle stitched dies and a Sue Wilson sentiment die. The acorns and leaves  are from dies of the same name by JND. I made the leaves from oddments in my box.

It is my nephew's birthday in a couple of weeks so this will be perfect for him. And for once I'm really ahead with his card - yay!

Why not pop across to the blog  and see the great cards my teamies have made  for the challenge?

Hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend.

Say It With a Sentiment at 12 MoC

Hello to you all.  I am back with my card for the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up.  As always you can make whatever you like for our challenge as long as it is Christmas. However, we do have a twist each month and this time the twist is to use a sentiment or word art as the focus of your card. You are welcome to us an image too but the sentiment must have top billing, not the image. If you want the chance to win this month's featured paper pack be sure to follow the twist. Our sponsor is Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.

My Card

Recipe

cream card stock

"Believe" sentiment  -  DDD Path of Positivity (free image!)

backing paper - DDD Tinsel Diagonals

gold glitter card - Crafter's Companion 

gold mirri card - Crafter's Companion

Sentiment inside - computer generated

French Collection dies - Sue Wilson

Why not pop across to the blog and check out what the other Sleigh Belles have come up with and return again on the 15th for our mid month cards with the Merry Maidens.

Take care and have a good day.

Make it Red for the Christmas Card Club

Good morning.  I'm here with my cards for our friendly little Christmas Card Challenge group. As usual I'm a day early. The idea is to make our cards mainly red, so very traditional this time.

Card # 1

 

Recipe

Red base card made from cardstock I bought at the NEC

embossing folder - Falling Snow Sue Wilson

snowflake border - The Works

image - Hunkydory Little Book of Christmas Poems

Card # 2

 

 Recipe

Red card as above

image - Greeting Card Factory

e/f - Snowflake Lattice Sue Wilson

snowflake edge die - unknown

scalloped circle die - Spellbinders

twiggy leaves - Sue Wilson 

Card # 3

 

Recipe

A6 white base card

red card - as above

e/f - Crafts Too 

snowflake die - The Works

 

Three simple but very different cards and all meeting the brief - and building up my stash. We do have the option of going for "Anything Goes" but I like to challenge myself to fulfill the brief - and I find I procrastinate too much with anything goes and so find it more difficult.

Anyway, I hope you haven't been washed away or blown away with this awful weather.  Thoughts and prayers are with anyone experiencing difficulties and especially those  in Texas.

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

At Winter Wonderland it's Hip to be Square

Good morning. It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and as you can see the theme is Hip to be Square which means we want to see square cards.  How easy could that be? Our sponsor is Fred She Said.

My Card

Recipe

6"square white base card - Rymans

green card stock - from stash

image - pinecone spray/arches

Noble Pierced Squares - Sue Wilson

sentiment die - Sue Wilson

Promarkers

I decided to keep my card CAS and I'm so glad I did because I really like it.  I just added a dash of colour with Promarkers on the pine sprays and bottoms of the pinecones.  Apart from adding the sentiment I did nothing else. My husband caught sight of it and said it looks classy.  Quite a compliment from him.

Why not pop over to the blog and check out the inspiration from the DT which may tempt you to join in our challenge. Please remember we are a Christmas challenge only so as well as being square your card must be a Christmas card.

Take care.

12 MoC Link Up Flip a Coin

Good morning.  The 12 MoC LinkUp has a new challenge just starting and our sponsor is All Dressed Up. This  is such a fun challenge and one I've never done before. The twist to this month's challenge is to  Flip a Coin! There are five lines in the grid and you flip a coin to choose what you use for each line.

My Card

Recipe

6" square base card

pink pearlescent card

dots paper - Decosses Dynamite Doodles Eclectic Mix

sponsors image - 3 Little Christmas Girls

Noble Pierced Squares - Sue Wilson

sentiment die - Sue Wilson

pink shimmer gems - Hobbycraft

FLIP	HEADS	TAILS
1	Make a card with 3 layers or less	Make a card with 4 or more layers
2	Make a rectangular or square card	Use a fancy fold technique
3	Add dots to your card	Add stripes to your card
4	Add lace or ribbon to your card	Add gems or pearls to your card
5	Add a frame to your card	Use faux or real stitching on your card

I used 1 : Heads, 2 : Heads, 3 : Heads, 4 : Tails, 5: Heads

(I really wanted to cheat because I would have liked to make a fancy fold card and use lace but I played the game and went with the flip of the coin.)

If you love to make Christmas cards, or you just want to get ahead with your Christmas stash then this is definitely the challenge for you. If you  enter two cards you automatically  to win one of the papers from the monthly pack(Eclectic Mix 1) but if you follow the twist there is a chance to win the full pack of six papers. And as if that is not enough one random entrant will win two images from our sponsor.

Pop across to the blog to see some inspiration from the Sleigh Belles DT and there will be more inspiration mid month when the Merry Maidens will be posting their cards.

Take care and have fun.

Snowflakes for the Christmas Card Club.

Good morning.  It's time for another challenge at our little club which is not actually due until Sunday but I have another DT card to post then.

This time the theme was chosen by Gwen  and she wants to see snowflakes on our cards.  I actually have cards to show for two challenges today because I was so busy I was unable to make a card for Rachel's "Humour" challenge last time. I'm sorry for being so late Rachel but is here now.

Card 1

 Recipe 

6 " square base card.

Snowflake frame - John Lockwood

large snowflake - Sweet Dixie

mirri and glitter card - Hobbycraft

glimmer dots - Hobbycraft

Card 2

Recipe

6" square base card

Image - Greeting Card Factory

Pierced Noble rectangles - Sue Wilson

Snowflake Frame - John Lockwood

snowflakes - X Cut Mini Dies

Silver mirri and Glitter card - Hobbycraft

For those of you who love the sun I'm sorry the weather has broken - but for my part I really welcomed the rain.  The gardens needed it and it has filled two of my five water butts.  Still need a lot more but hopefully it will rain overnight instead then we will all be happy.

Enjoy your weekend whatever you plan to do.

Not Square or Rectangle

Good morning and many apologies to my IAAS teamies for being late in posting this.

I guess my card is basically rectangular but being cut with SB Labels 11 changes it completely - at least that's my hope.

My Card

Recipe

base card made from Grand Labels 11 - Spellbinders

Grand Labels and ordinary Labels 11 to mat and la

patterned paper - Dovecraft 

lavender cardstock - Hobbycraft

Cornflower dies - John Lockwood

Fern dies - John Lockwood

2 sentiment dies - Sue Wilson

I always think that easel cards really make a statement and yet they are so easy to make.

Please pop across to the blog and see what my team mates have produced for the challenge - all much more exciting than mine.

John has had me working as a labourer outside.  His Lock Down Project ( he always has to have a project on the go despite me having a list of other things for him 😏)is to landscape the outside.  The immediate garden is okay but a project earlier this year was to remove a long Leylandii hedge which separates the garden from the field, (hooray!!) and replace it with a gate and fencing. More labouring work for me. I must admit it does look really good but it also now means that the view is very clear at the other side and needs a lot of "tidying up".  He is levelling the ground, adding a paving path though it to give access to the poly tunnel, and then grassing it all. We now have so much lawn he will definitely need a ride on mower! Thankfully the majority of our 3+ acres is open for wild life etc and a small wood.  The bluebells are fabulous at the moment. The fence also means a better view of the deer, muntjac and roe deer,  as they come across the land; always a pleasure to watch. 

We are certainly not being idle in our lockdown.  John is "shielding" because of his health problems and hasn't been out since this whole thing kicked off.We are so very fortunate because our property is also isolated so we can be outside in our personal isolation with no worries at all.

Well I'd better stop waffling on and get this posted.

Take care and stay safe.

Baubles for Christmas Card Club

Good morning and hope this finds you well. For the first timer ever I totally lost track of the days this week and in fact was a day ahead of myself from Thursday. John takes his lead from me so when I cooked fish and chips on Thursday, thinking it was Friday, he assumed it was Friday as well and I only realised on Saturday evening when I apologised to the leader of  our blog IAAS for being a little tardy entering my card into the post.  I made her think twice too!!

Anyway, the lovely Kate chose our theme this week and she wants to see a bauble or baubles on our cards.

My Card

Recipe

6" square base card

Mirri card - stash

Falling Snow e/f - Sue Wilson

Noble pierced squares - Sue Wilson

Bauble - The Works

Holly Corner die - Joanna Sheen

As usual mirri card is notoriously difficult to photograph.  Despite my best efforts this was the best I managed - and even then my bright pink Tshirt is reflected at the bottom

We have had some lovely weather of late and I have been helping John outside.  I'm sure he thinks he is Capability Brown, but I must admit he is doing a good job so I shouldn't mock.

If you want to see the cards from the other girls check out my sidebar for their details. 

Take care and stay safe.

Using Green for IAAS

Good morning.  My card today is my DT card for IAAS where the theme is to use green. I don't use green too much but hey, that's what a challenge is all about isn't it?

 Click HERE if you are looking for my Christmas Card Club card.

My Card

 

Recipe

7" x5" white base card

Darice embossing folder

small swirl - Memory Box

stitched pennants - SueWilson 

I die cut the swirl from the white card and another from green card and then paper pieced the green one into the negative space.  In the picture it looks as if I have just glued the swirl onto the background but in real life it actually looks quite effective.

Why not pop over to the blog and check out what my team mates have made for the challenge?

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Anything Goes -at Winter Wonderland.

Good morning. Today's challenge is a tribute to Eileen, the former owner and DT coordinator of the Winter Wonderland  Challenge Blog, who sadly passed away at the beginning of 2017. This challenge is our way of remembering her and showing our appreciation of all she did  at the Winter Wonderland Challenge.

Although our challenge this time is Anything Goes please remember that we are a Christmas challenge so only Christmas projects are allowed.  Our sponsor is https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SheepS...

My Card

 

 Recipe

6" square white base card. 

raspberry pearl card - Hunkydory Adorable Scorable

patterned paper - Decosse's Dynamite 

Pierced Noble Squares - Sue Wilson

Promarkers tocolour

sponsor's image - Snowmen Selfie 

I kept my card pretty flat but raised the image with foam pads.

Why not hop over to the blog and see the creations from the rest of the DT.  This is a good way to get ahead with your Christmas cards so you don't have a panic situation in November ... lol!

Well it's Friday already and the weekend looms ahead so take care and enjoy.

Christmas Ornaments at Winter Wonderland.

Good morning.  Another challenge at Winter Wonderland and this time it is to use Christmas decorations on your project. Baubles are the obvious and will spring to your mind first no doubt, but you can use lights, stars, tinsel, holly etc.

Our sponsor this month is LeAnns World 101 and the prize on offer is two digi images from the Etsy store.

My Card

Recipe

6" square blue base card

paper - Dovecraft "Winter Wonderland"

digi image - Decorating LeAnn

sentiment die - Yvonne Creations

Pop across to the blog and chreck out the cards from the DT.  Maybe you will be inspired to join However, do remember that it is Christmas projects only.

Take care and enjoy the sunshine - if it is shining where you are.

Monochrome for IAAS

Good morning and hope everybody is well. Apologies to Jane and the rest of the DT at IAAS - I completely forgot to post this yesterday!!  Oops!

My Card

 

Recipe

6" square base card

image Lake in Winter - Stitchy Stamps (disc)

Pierced Noble squares - Sue Wilson

Triple trees die - Memory Box 

The image started life black and white but I digitally altered it to blue which makes it look very frosty and cold.  I did this earlier this year too and made something similar. All I had to do was then add lashings of glitter and job done.  My plan had been to use this card for the CCC challenge of trees but then I realised it would be perfect for this monochrome challenge .

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

That's me done for today. Short and sweet post today.

Take care.

 

Christmas Baubles for the Christmas Card Club

Good morning and thanks for dropping by. This time at the Christmas Card Club Elizabeth wants to see Christmas Baubles.  We also have the option of Anything Goes but I always try to follow the theme. As usual I am posting a day early; the other girls will be posting their cards tomorrow.

 Card # 1

 

Recipe

6" white base card 

Create a Card bauble die - Crafter's Companion 

Noble Pierced Squares - Sue Wilson

backing paper - Silent Night from First Edition

glitter card stock - Hobbycraft

sentiment stamp - from stash

I initially just used the glitter card as a mat but when I finished I realised there was a mark on the edge, right in the middle, which I couldn't get rid of.  In the end I decided to make a frame from another piece of the glitter card and add it to the top. Shame I wasted a large piece of glitter card which I had used as the mat.  Why do you never find your error until you have finished? Ah well, that's the way it goes sometimes.

Card # 2

 Recipe

7" x 5" base card

Falling Snow e/f - Crafter's Companion 

Bauble die -  Amy Designs

Pine sprigs - Sue Wilson

Sentiment die - Sue Wilson

It's very difficult to see the embossing on the red card stock unfortunately.  Anyway another couple for my Christmas stash, which is mounting up nicely.

Summer has returned to Oxfordshire and I hope it is the same for you too.

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Christmas/Winter Buildings for Winter Wonderland.

Good morning to all my crafty friends and I hope this finds you all well.  Here at Winter Wonderland the challenge is to use Christmas /Winter Buildings on your projects. Deanne is hosting the challenge and she suggests  cottage, cabin, church, igloo, gingerbread house etc.  Quite a lot to choose from here.

My Card

Recipe

6" square base card - Lidl cardstock

Christmas Lodge digi - Twinkle Lane Designs
Backing paper - Twinkle Lane Designs

Pierced Noble Squares - Sue Wilson

Fence - Sue Wilson

Frosted Pine tree - Memory Box
Icicle die - Joy!Crafts

Coloured with Promarkers

I used Diamond Dust on the roof of the cabin and Diamond Dust on the snow in front of the cabin and on the fir trees. 

We are sponsored this time by Twinkle Lane Designs and the prize on offer for the winner is three digi images,  or three sets of digi papers or a combination of images and papers. Why not pop across to the blog and check out the cards from the design team?  Maybe you will be inspired to join in the challenge but don't forget that we are a Christmas challenge only.

Well that's all from me today.

Take care and happy crafting.

Christmas/Winter Scene

Good morning.  Time once again for our little group to get ahead with our Christmas cards.  Shaz chose the theme and wants to see a Christmas or Winter Scene.  I have made two cards this time.

Card #1

Recipe

6" base card all white card sock - Rymans

blue pearlescent card - Limetree Crafts

digi image - Stitchy Bear Stamps (no longer in business)

Frosty Fir and Frosty Spruce - Memory Box

Icicles - Joy!crafts.

Noble Pierced Squares - Sue Wilson

I printed the image onto a piece of cardstock which I then folded into a 6" base card. The image comes in black and white but I digitally altered it to blue because it seemed to look more frosty and chilly. I die cut a border using the Noble Pierced squares and attached it to the base card with foam tape. Lots of glitter was added to the image and the trees and the icicles were sprayed with Crafter's Companion Pearl Diamond Spray and Sparkle, although it doesn't show up too well in the picture.

Card #2

Recipe

8" base card 

all other card stock from stash

stamp - Snowy Village from Petulama (ancient!)

all tree dies - Memory Box

Frosty Snowflake Corner die - Sue Wilson

Noble Pierced Squares - Sue Wilson 

sentiment die - Sue Wilson

snowflakes and deer - from my box of previously cut dies

I did a very similar card a couple of years ago but that was a six inch card.  This time I just added more layers and made it a very large 8" card.  Don't ask me why because the biggest card I ever do is 7" square! I stamped the image in black and then heat embossed it with pearl plum embossing powder which looks really good when the light catches it but not so good in the photo. I also added another Noble Pierced Square border.

I'm getting on pretty well with my Christmas cards so far so I'm pretty pleased with myself ... lol!

Well that's it from me today but I will be back tomorrow with another card so hope to see you then.

Take care and enjoy your weekend.