Christmas Card Club # 20 - Robins

Good morning - well it's only just morning.  Usually I am a day early for the Christmas Card Club Challenge but this time I am two days late.  Huge apologies to Sylvie who is our hostess this time and chose the theme of robins.  I know we have them in the garden all year round but I think this  cheeky little bird just shrieks of Christmas cards!

The reason I am late is because my nephew brought his mum and dad down for the weekend.  I haven't seen my sister since early April so we had a wonderful weekend!  The weather was absolutely glorious  and we were able to get out to Bourton on the Water on Saturday.  Sunday was the annual Banbury Canal Day.  The last couple of years has been a real wash out but this year was fabulous weather and we had a great day out.  Jeanie and I never stopped talking the entire weekend but it was so quiet last night after they had gone home to Billingham.  Ah well, soon be Christmas when we shall be together again. I think Darren was pretty tired because he only got home from Australia on the Tuesday then drove here Friday morning, having worked Wednesday and Thursday!!

My Card

Recipe

6 " card base made from cream card stock from WH Smith

same cream card for matting

tartan paper - a scrap from my box

Spellbinders - Petite Circles and Petite Scalloped Circles

Cheery Lynn - Holly Corner

Gems from stash

Promarkers to colour

Stamps - Magazine "freebie"

The two stamps were from the same set that I used last time which were included in Cardmaking and Papercraft .  That certainly was a good magazine inclusion since it comprised three stamps, two embossing folders and four foiled papers.

Well that's it from me.  Hope you are all well!  Take care!

It's Halloween at Get Creative Challenges.

Good morning!   I hope this finds you all well.

Halloween is not  something that I make a fuss of and I think I have only made one other Halloween card prior to this, but it's good to get out of your comfort zone!! This month it's the turn of the Pink team.  Our subject is Halloween and our sponsor is the Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette . But it does  mean I get to use my favourite purple!!

My Card

Recipe

Image - Aelita from Nikki Burnette

Purple pearlescent card for stash

Bat stamps - ancient stamp I got at the NEC years ago and not used

Black cats - Clip art from Internet

Sentiment - computer generated

Coloured with Promarkers.

The black stepper card I used is from a pack I bought from Essential Crafts.  I printed the black cat twice after flipping the image before printing the second time. I really struggled with this I'm afraid.

Please pop across to "Get Creative " and join in the fun.  The winner will receive three digi images of their choice.

Well that's it from me today.  Take care.

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Crafty Calender

Artistic Inspirations
Animal Friends

Crafty Time Challenge: Don't Be Square!

Good morning to you all and I do hope this finds you well.  At Crafty Time  we would like you to  make a shaped card.   You can do anything but square so get your thinking caps on and see what you come up with.  If you pop across to our challenge blog  you can get some inspiration from the DT.

My Card

Recipe

Shaped card - Craftwork Cards

Go Kreate Square Frame frilly #10

Spellbinders Lacy Circles

Orange card from stash

Spotty paper - First Edition

Promarkers to colour

Gems from stash

Image - "Smart Owl" from Robyn's Fetish.

I found the image of the pile of books on the internet and fussy cut it. The open book was also found on the internet and I computer generated the quote onto the pages.

Our sponsor this month is Robyn's Fetish.  The winner of our October challenge will win three images from our sponsor.

Well that's all from me today.  Take care.

One Stitch At A Time # 246 Anything Goes .... With Leaves

Hello to all my friends and fellow bloggers and if anybody has landed here by chance I hope you like what you see and will coma come back again. (Oops! slip of the finger.  I certainly don't want to send you into a coma!!!!)

Another challenge for OSAAT  and this time we would like you to use leaves on your creation. The image I have used is Parrot from Barbara Jenson and you can find it  here. 

** Please scroll down to the previous post for my 

Christmas Card Club entry.**

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" kraft base card - Papermania

kraft card for matting - Papermania

Embossed paper - from Stash

Leaf die - Spellbinders Foliage

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Promarkers to colour

The backing paper is a lovely leaf embossed paper which has been in my stash for years so I'm glad to have been able to put it to good use at last. He looks a rather grumpy parrot to me - maybe he had a long night! I have to say I've had a few of those myself  lately and the night certainly is long when you are lying awake.

We do hope you decide to join us this time.  Here is the prize you could win - five digi images and a paper pack.  Certainly worth the try!

Well that's it from me so take care!

Christmas Card Club # 19 - Embossing

Good morning.   Two Christmas cards in a row, but is time for another card for the Christmas Card Club.  It is due tomorrow but I have another card to post then. This time our hostess is GranMargaret and she asked us to use embossing on our cards.  She left it to us whether we used "dry or wet embossing."  I was greedy and did both. Most of the components for my card came from what was in a magazine I bought.  I don't like saying "freebies" because at the price of magazines they are not exactly free!  Although to be fair this was a great gift because it included two embossing folders, three stamps and backing papers too.

My Card

Recipe

6" card base- The Range cardstock

Red cardstock - Rymans

Backing paper - from magazine

Embossing folder - magazine

Sentiment stamp - magazine

Dies - Spellbinders Circles and Lacy Circles

Ribbon and pearl - from stash.

The embossing folder is rectangular but I made it square as suggested in the magazine.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink and heat embossed with iridescent embossing powder.  It doesn't show at all in the picture but when the light catches it it looks lovely.

Hope this finds you well.  We had a glorious summer day yesterday!  I'll never understand our British weather so it's best not to try!

Take care.

Moving Along With The Times .... Use Both Hat And Scarf

Good morning. I am very excited today because this is my first day on the DT for Moving Along With The Times.   Today's challenge was set by Janice and she asked us to include both a hat and a scarf..  The only images I could find with both of these were Christmas images so I was forced to make a Christmas card ... lol!  I just love making Christmas cards so I was in my element.

My Card

Recipe

Red card stock - Christmas Red from Lime Tree Crafts

Backing Papers - "Woodland Wishes"  Lili Of The Valley

Image - Christmas Art Pads "Tis The Season" LOTV

Poinsettia - Brittania Dies 

Corner Accent - Spellbinders Parisian Accents

Lace, Ribbon, Pearls - from stash

I made a 6 inch square card base from the Lime Tree card and I also used the same card to mat the image and green paper and die cut the corner accent. In the photograph it looks more pillar box red when in fact it is darker and richer. I cut the sentiment from a scrap of paper in my bit box because the colours matched everything so well. After adding the lace, ribbon and pearls all I needed to do was add some glitter to her outfit and job done!

Please pop over to MAWTT  and check out what the rest of the DT have come up with.

Take care.

Cream Shadow Box

Good morning to you all.  Hope everybody is feeling well getting plenty of crafting in.  Unfortunately Mr Mojo is still playing away from home and I am struggling to make cards.  Instead I decided to go with this little shadow box.  I'm never quite sure what to call them; I used to call them box cards  but I decided maybe shadow box is better.

My Project

Recipe

Cream card stock - Jelly Bean Crafts

Pink card stock - Pennies Worth

Sentiment - Quietfire Designs

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaves - Britannia Wreath Strip

Die Cuts - Spellbinders Label 1 and Decorative Labels 1

Pearls from Stash

I originally made  a shadow box at a Make and Take by Oyster Stamps at the NEC about three years ago.  When I got home I wrote down the instructions while they were still fresh in my mind and since then I have made lots. I made a double A frame and glued it to the back of the box so that it could be free standing. On occasions I have actually attached them to a card base but I must admit that I prefer it like this.

Well that's it from me. Take care.