It's WINTER at IAAS

 Good afternoon . It's time for my DT friends, and me, to post in a new challenge at IAAS.  Tricia chose the topic of Winter.  It was very wintry here this morning with quite a bit of frost around.

If you are here for my Christmas Card Club card I'm afraid it won't be posted until Monday.

My Card

I used one of the decoupage pages from one of the packs I brought from The Works. I used 2mm foam dots for the decoupage because I didn't want to have to pay the extra postage.  It doesn't look much in the image but in real life youcan actually see the decoupage really well.

Why not pop over to IAAS and see what my teamies have made for this challenge.

Stay safe and warm.

 

Anything Goes at Christmas Card Club

 Good  morning. I am losing the plot. This should have been posted last week. It was made and photographed well in time - then I got so busy with a mountain of other stuff and it went completely out of mind, so apologies to my friends in the CCC.

My Card

 This another simple card from the diecut book from The Works. So simple to put together but so effective. I just added the green mat and then mounted it onto a 7"x5" Kraft base card. Another one to to add to my Christmas stash which is building nicely nice.

Take care and enjoy your weekend, although it's raining here in Oxfordshire.

 

Winter Scene for Christmas Card Club

 I'm rather late with my post and since it was my turn to choose the theme I feel rather guilty.  However, I do have a reason in that three weeks ago I had eye surgery and I'm still not quite up to scratch yet so crafting is a struggle but I didn't want to miss this challenge.

 Card # 1

 

 

Card # 2 

 

 

These were made using a couple of the pages from a Die Cut book from The Works called "Winter Feelings".I bought a couple of these books a few years ago and they are ideal for times like this. It was very easy to put the cards together because the elements simply pop out of the page. These books were terrific value since they contain twelve different pages for £3 meaning all you need to add is the base card.

Hope you are all keeping well and looking forward to some drier weather here in the UK.  I think we have had enough rain now.

Take care.

 

 

Use Kraft for Christmas Card Club

 Good morning and hope this finds you all well. I'm usually a day early with my card for our little club but this month I'm a day late. Not a good start for the New Year is it? I had a total break from card making and blogging over Christmas and now I'm frantically trying to catch up - not too successfully I hasten to add. 

 

My Card

This is a card made from a pack I bought at the Works last year I think but only made two cards from it. However it fits Kate's challenge perfectly. Very easy to put together because the layers just need pushing out of the page and added to the base card which I made from Kraft card. I think I shall be making some more so that I can get ahead with next year's cards - oops I mean this year's cards!

We had a new addition to the family in the early hours of Boxing Day when my niece gave birth to a little girl six weeks prematurely. A worrying start but she is a strong little girl and obviously a fighter and now has been taken off the ventilator so hopefully she will continue to make progress. So that was something nice to end an awful year and something great to look forward to.

Take care.

 

 

Oh Deer - Anything Goes at Christmas Card Club

Good morning, time for another challenge with my Christmas Card Club friends. Actually I'm a day early because the post is not due until Sunday. We have a very simple theme this time which is Anything Goes.  However, since I missed Rachel's challenge in June when her choice was Reindeer I decided to take the opportunity to catch up on that and so have used deer on my cards today.

Card # 1

 

Card # 2 

 

These two cards were made with die cuts from a book of die cuts that I bought from The Works and which cost only £3.  They are ideal if you want to make cards in a hurry or have a lot to make.  The book contains twelve pages of diecuts, with a great many diecuts on each page, to make twelve cards.  I didn't actually use all the die cuts on each page.All I added was the kraft base card and a matting layer. So for 36 pence per card, plus the base card and foam squares, I deem that great value for money.  I have since added glitter to the first card.

Card # 3 

 Recipe

6" square white base card

backing paper - Let It Snow paper pad Hobbycraft

star die -John Next Door

stag die - Precious Marieke

sentiment die - Sue Wilson

This backing paper is so pretty that the card really made it self.  I used the star from JND Sam's Starz together with the sentiment die and stag with  baubles die. If you look closely at the paper you will see white deer hiding away in the bottom corners.  The glitter is not easy to see but in real life it is very pretty.

 Well that's all from me today.

Take care and have a great weekend.

Sketch Challenge at MAWTT

Good morning and another challenge at MAWTT and it is my turn to host the challenge. Like many of us my mojo sometimes goes walkabout and at these times I find sketches ideal to give me a few ideas.  I thought it might be fun to follow a sketch for this challenge but that means everything else is down to you and you can make the theme whatever you want it to be eg Christmas, Birthday, Get Well etc etc.

The Sketch

My Card

Recipe

7" x 5" white base card

pink card - Hobbycraft

papers - "Whimsical Pastels" The Works

stitched flags dies - Sue Wilson

sentiment stamp - JustRite

pearls - from stash

I love the soft colours and patterns in these papers and at £3 for a 12" pad they are such good value.I have quite a number of these pads now. I managed to incorporate four of the papers onto my card. 

Why not pop across to the blog and take a look at the cards from Team B?  Perhaps they will inspire you to use the sketch in a card of your own.

Take care and happy crafting.