Snowy Christmas

Just popping on to share a card I made for one of my boys.

There is Mum, Dad and two boys so I used half

a snowman for each of the kids.

I used some wintery background paper from SU and added

some torn paper for the snow hills.

The snow people are from a Polkadoodles stamp and die set.

They have been coloured up with markers and

I stamped and coloured some parcels to set in front of the kids.

The snow has had some glamour dust sprinkled on

and I stamped the sentiment from

Itty Bitty Christmas (SU) and punched the layers out

using the double oval punch (SU).

I would like to enter this into

The Cutie Pie Challenge - cute Christmas

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Creative Moments - sparkle and shine

Creative Inspirations - let it snow

Creative Knockouts - snow much fun

Sparkles Christmas - Christmas carol or song

Frosty the snowman 

Christmas with the cuties - cute and Christmassy

I'll be back tomorrow with my tag then that's me

stuck in the kitchen for a while lol!

Christmas Angels

I finally had some time to make these little angels

which I have had on my to do list for a couple of years!!

For the beads I bought a 99p beaded ornament from

Home Bargains and took it apart.

The beads were the perfect size for the face.

I gathered up whatever material scraps I had in my drawer.

I used tulle and some gold netting.

I tied her waist with red ribbon and her arms

were made from some heavy twine.

Her hair is made with threads in brown and I cut

her wings from some white foam.

I did have to draw her face on but it didn't come

out too bad lol and I gave her a little halo

made from pearls.

You can see I plaited her hair at the back to keep it tidy.

Of course when I showed it to my daughter she wanted one.

As her hair is black and white (we call her Cruella De Vil 😂)

I had to give the angel the same hair.

This time I used wool.

They do look so sweet on my tree and I am so tempted to make more!!

I would like to enter these into

Everybody Art - begins with w (wings)

Crafting Happiness - Christmas

Little red Wagon - Merry Christmas

The Outlawz - no cards option light up the holidays

Christmas Crafts all year round - bows, gifts or decorations

Selection Pack!

As always I have made the kids some selection packs.

I think these are much better value than buying

the usual selection boxes.

For the boys I did a snowman theme using the Snowman

stamp set from Polkadoodles.

He has been die cut and coloured up using markers

then stuck to some red paper matted onto silver card.

Inside the packs I have included warm socks,

cocoa drinks, chocolate treats, candy cane and biscuits..

I also made one for a young niece who calls around

Christmas time.

I went with a Santa Claus for her from Do Crafts

coloured up with markers and matted the same as the others.

I would like to enter these into

Little Red Wagon - Merry Christmas 

Passion for Markers - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - let it snow

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas character

Digi choosday - anything goes

I hope you are all ready, craft wise at least for the big day!!

I will be back tomorrow with some little angels.

 

Snow, snow, snow!

I made this card for my midway post over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is winter!

I hope you get time to join us as we have some

amazing prizes up for grabs!!

For my card I used a snowman stamp from Polkadoodles.

He was stamped and coloured with my markers.

I inked up some snowy hills for the background

and layered him up with a blue square die cut mat.

On the base card itself I used a Polkadoodles stencil

to create falling snow and added a die cut snowflake

from Tattered Lace.

The large sentiment is from AALL & Create set called Brum Brum.

I would like to enter this into

Four Seasons - anything option winter

a Perfect time to craft - anything goes

We Love to Create - anything mixed media/paper crafting

Everybody Art - beginning with W - Winter

Polkadoodles Cardmaking Craft & Scrapbooking - anything goes

Digi Chooseday - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option monochrome

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For my midmonth card over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

I have gone with an AALL & Create stamp

called Brum Brum and made an easel card.

The theme is WINTER or anything goes.

Have you joined in yet? You still have two weeks

and you don't want to miss out on a chance to

win some amazing prizes!!

I covered my card base using papers from a set called

Winter Meadows (SU), one side blues

the other foilage.

The image was stamped onto a circle, coloured up

with markers and I then stamped some snow using one of

the stamps. I added glue to the snow circles and filled

it with fake snowflakes.

The sentiment is from the same set and the holly and berries

are from Hang an Ornament set (SU).

 I finished the inside using the same size circle

and stamped an image from Evergreen Elegance stamps (SU).

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Merry Christmas

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - Christmas and/or New Year

Sparkles Monthly - Christmas transport

I hope you get time to join in this busy December month!

Christmas tag

I have another tag for my theme CHRISTMAS

over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I used scraps from my scrap box

along with a stamp and die set called

Hang an ornament (SU).

I stamped the bauble and holly and berries.

When the background papers were layered onto my tag

I ran it through my sewing machine.

I then added the bauble and holly

and finished with some ribbon and a little bow.

I would like to enter this into

Make My Monday - stitching real or faux

Pammie's inky Pinkies - anything goes

Cardz for Guyz - holiday/Christmas tag and/or card

Classic Design challenge - anything goes option Happy Holidays

Allsorts - anything/lots of white

Babysitting duties are high on the agenda this week.

So nice seeing their little excited faces at this time of year.

 

Tag Topper gift box

I have some last minute boxes to share with you today.

These are so cute and so easy to make even

if you don't have a tag topper punch.

I found a very old written tutorial from

Charming 4 You blog.

I have gone with a snowflake theme using

Sparkling Snowflakes stamp set

Scallop Tag Topper punch

Silver card

Tutti Designs Snowflake dies

Bubblebath and azure afternoon inks

and matching ribbons.

You can watch my tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Card - 8 1/4" x 6"

Score long side - 1 3/4", 2 1/2", 5 3/4", 6 1/2"

Score short side - 1", 1 3/4", 3 3/4", 4 1/2"

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creatalicious - anything option Christmas/New Year

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Moments - sparkle and shine

 

Moo-ry Christmas!

I got this cute little cow image from Mo's Patreon club

and just had to make it into a tag!

How adorable is he!!

The background papers are also a freebie from Mo along

with the cute sentiment!

I have coloured him up with markers and he was printed

directly onto the background paper.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - Christmas tags

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Passion for Markers - Mega Christmas anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - holiday/Christmas tag and/or card

Hubby off to golf today so I have a nice relaxing

day ahead with some housework squeezed in lol.

Have a great weekend.

Night in Bethlehem

I had another play with Night in Bethlehem set,

this time incorporating the dies into the card as well.

This time I went with yellow for the stars

and used silver and white for the city scape.

Mary and Joseph was stamped in azure afternoon ink

and die cut.

I inked the sand area soft suede and built up my scene

and stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder.

It looks crooked in the photo but it's fine in real life.

before placing Mary and Joseph in the front.

It was layered onto silver and azure afternoon card to finish.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Everybody Art - houses/homes

The Sisterhood of crafters - Christmas

CRAFT - Christmas

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

Blessed Christmas wishes

We lost our only living uncle this year and I wanted to send out

a special card to my Aunt and cousins this Christmas.

This set get pulled out every year. It's called

Night in Bethlehem.

So I started by created the background by stamping the large and

small stars using versamark ink and then embossing them with

clear embossing powder.

Next I inked the background using Azure Afternoon ink (SU).

I inked down so far, leaving space for my city scape and land.

I added some heavier lines where the star was shining.

Next I stamped Bethlehem and gently inked around it.

I used black soot distress ink to created the silhouette

land and mountain then stamped the shepherd on the top.

I added some yellow to the houses and finished

with a star in the centre of the white star.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the black

then white embossed.

It has then been matted onto silver and azure afternoon card.

Nice and flat for posting.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Sisterhood of crafters - Christmas

Allsorts - Christmas or anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - Christmas

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas

Sparkles Christmas - Christmas song or carol

(while Shepherds watched their flock by night)

We went to watch one of our Grandson's with his school choir

in the Shopping Centre this morning.

Kids singing definitely makes Christmas special.

It was such a joy to watch.

He was super chuffed when he spotted us in the crowd

as his parents both had to go to work.

Christmas tag

It's my turn to choose the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and because I need more tags I thought

CHRISTMAS would be perfect.

I am sure some of you are in the same boat lol.

So for my first tag I went with a shaker.

I used a stamp and die set called Hang an Ornament

from SU, along with old olive card and ink.

I cut the bauble shape from my tag base

then ran the base through the snowflake embossing

folder from Embossilicious.

I then swiped my white ink pad gently over the top

so the snowflakes picked it up.

I added some acetate to the back then cut another

tag the same size. I stamped and cut the bauble

using old olive ink and positioned behind

the acetate window. I added some dimensionals

and filled it with some colourful sequins.

It was then sealed up ready to shake!

I finished with some stamped holly and berries

and some ribbon at the top.

I hope you get time to play along with my theme this fortnight.

I would like to enter this into

Cardz 4 Guyz - holiday/Christmas tag and/or card

Double D - Christmas ornaments

Classic Design challenge - anything goes option bells and baubles

The Outlawz - no cards option light up the holidays

My Time to Craft - anything but a card

Christmas Crafts all year round - bows, gifts or decorations

Freezing cold here today but beginning to thaw.

Hope to get out for a nice walk later.

Take care everyone and thanks for dropping by.

Stash Buster 8

I made this little gift box for a bauble I bought from Etsy

for my Son and Daughter-in-law.

It is a pet one for their tree.

Sadly this last year they lost their two big dogs,

which broke their hearts!

This was Gino and Suki.

So the bauble (flat) arrived in a little plastic bag

and I wanted it to look a bit nicer.

You can watch my video here

Measurements I used to make it

Card - 3 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Score short side - 1/2" each side

Score long side - 2 1/2", 3", 5 1/2", 6"

Paper to decorate

two pieces at 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"

acetate - 2 1/4" x 2  1/4"

For my project I have used

Blueberry Bushel card (SU)

Winter Meadows paper (SU)

Spellbinders heart dies

Apron of Love stamps (SU)

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas

A Perfect Time to Craft - December challenge

Love to Craft - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards option light up the holidays

Nearly there!!

I got this gorgeous wee digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil Patreon club

and have been dying to colour her up. So I did!

I used a slim embossing folder to add a holly panel

along the side of my card and coloured in the holly berries.

The embossing folder is a Tattered Lace one.

I coloured with markers and cut out my little girl and stuck her to

the bottom of the card and finished with the large

sentiment from AALL & Create brum brum stamp set.

I would like to enter this into

Colourful Options - red, green and/or gold

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Addicted to stamps and more - Christmas

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Christmas presents

Creative Knockouts - time to be merry

Storm heading our way apparently!

We got the decorations out from the garage early

so will make a start on them today.

Enjoy your weekend!

Sunny Christmas!

This card was made for a family member who will be

in Orlando for Christmas! Lucky man!!

So I didn't want to go with the traditional Santa and

thought this would be ideal.

Either way, the weather is hopefully warmer than here!!

The papers are from Winter Meadow (SU) and the

stamp is from a set called So Santa (SU).

He has been coloured up with my markers.

The large sentiment is from AALL & Create called Brum Brum.

The green card is garden green from SU.

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas

Dream Factory - Christmas option funny

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Krafty chicks - stamps

Aud Sentiments - non trad Christmas colours and/or winter  + a sentiment

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas character

 

Let it snow!

I still have a few cards to add to my stash so I went with

a quick and easy one.

I found two sheets in a pack that had the little snowman

still in tact so I cut him out and saved him for my card.

With the rest of the sheet I ran it through my cutting machine

using a die called Patchwork Pieces (SU).

When cut I inked the edges of each piece then put

back together for my background.

I embossed the base of my card with a holly folder from

Tattered Lace. Added my die cut pieces then

added some snowflakes cut using a Tutti Die.

I finished it off with my little snowman and

some punched circles and a sentiment from Snowman Season stamps. (SU).

I added some sparkle sequins to the snowflakes.

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas

Love to Scrap - anything goes

a Place to Start - anything goes option any holidays

Creative Inspirations - let it snow

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas character

Rotten day out there. Got soaked on our walk :(

Still no tree up lol but nearly finished all

my Christmas wrapping!

Have a great day!

 

Let it S.N.O.W.

It's the second week of Sandie's LETTERS theme over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This week I found some colourful letters leftover from a

paper pack so I hunted out the letters for snow.

I made a tag base using blue and lime green card.

Using embossing paste and a snowfall stencil from

Polkadoodles I covered the blue background in snow.

I then stamped the snowman from Spirited Snowmen (SU),

coloured him up with markers and cut him out.

He was stuck in place. I then inked round the edges of

my cut up SNOW letters and stuck them in place.

I stamped let it from Snowman Season stamp set in blue

and added the to my tag.

It was finished by shaping the top and added some

green ribbon.

 I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - letters

Crazy is our fame -stencils - winter/Christmas

Aud Sentiments - non trad Christmas colours and/or winter + sentiment

Creative Knockouts - Tis the season

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Hope you get time to join us!

Stash Buster 7

I designed these gift holders a few months back

but only got the chance to make the video!

You just need a 6" x 6" sheet to make one

and they are the perfect size for money or gift card

with a little tag at the back to write on.

This is the back pocket for the tag which you could

add some decoration to if you were inclined.

I have made a bunch to have for a lot of occasions

as that is mostly what we give as gifts now.

You can watch my video tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Double sided dsp 2 pieces - 6" x 3"

Score one sheet at 2 1/2"

Score one sheet at 2 1/2", 5 1/2"

Some card to match for decoration

White card for tag - 3 1/4" x 2"

Items I used for mine

Circle Sayings, Warm Hugs and Itty Bitty Birthdays (all SU)

random papers from stash, bow die, melon mambo ink and card

I would like to enter these into

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Double Trouble - thing 1 and 3

My Time to Craft - anything but a card

After such a warm night it is now freezing cold and

the wind would cut you!

Walk done, hubby heading to golf so

after a tiny bit of housework I will finish off

bits I need for Christmas.

Who has their tree up?

I need someone to give me a shove in that direction!!