Peace at Christmas

I made another Christmas card!!

Only my third one but I did it lol.

I used papers from Anna Marie Christmas Jingle pad.

You can hardly see it but it was a musical

one.

I stamped my image using a stamp set called

Peace to You (SU) in red.

I tore the bottom edge and stamped my

sentiment from the same set.

Along the bottom edge I glued

some bits of my gold mesh and

inked areas of the plain white.

To the card base I stencilled using Sizzix 

crystal paste and stencil from SU.

Around the edges I stamped the berries

from a set called Poinsettia Petals (SU)

and coloured the berries using red

acrylic pen.

I stuck my image in place and added a

bow using the mesh and pretty silk ribbon

I got from my crafty friend.

I finished with some red gems.

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Make My Monday - Christmas in July

Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July

Addicted to Stamps and More - Christmas

Creative Artist - anything mixed media

ABC Christmas - O - buildings

Farm Quest Country Christmas

Kerst Christmas

Have a lovely weekend!

Christmas folio

I came across a tutorial for this folio shape and

wanted to have a go.

It can be found here at Berry Little Paper crafter

and it uses one sided 12" x 12".

So I went with a Christmas theme for mine.

This is the back view.

I have added gift tags, journal spots, mini folder

 and a mini book to mine.

You can watch a quick walk through here

Items used

Papers - Anna Marie Designs Christmas jingle

Stamps - Poinsettia Petals, Trimming the Tree,

Peaceful Boughs all SU.

Dies - circle and snowflake dies Tutti Designs

Colouring tools - pencils and markers

Embellishments - funky foam, ribbon

I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafter - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option Christmas

Back to normal temperatures here today

so I will get some housework done!!

Hope the sun comes back at normal temps

though as it is only July.

Have a lovely week.

Double post double prizes!

Our new challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

has started and the theme is FANTASY.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs 

so be sure and come and join us!!

For my card I used a fairy stamp which is

from Lavinia stamps which I got free with

a magazine a good few years ago.

It comes with the fairy, toadstools and some

greenery so that is what I used to build my scene.

I did add a stamp set called Peaceful Boughs (SU)

to create the border around my fairy.

I have highlighted her with white gel pen

and added lots of colours to her magical

Christmas sprinkles.

The sentiment is a sticker from my stash.

This little fairy is decorating her toadstools

for Christmas.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - Winter/Christmas

Ally's Angels - anything goes

CRAFT - Christmas/anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

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Our challenge over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

has the optional theme of red/green

so I went with a badly needed Christmas card.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs here too

and a surprise second prize so be

sure and get your entries in!!

For my card I used an old stamp set called

Poinsettia Petals (SU) along with green and red

inks.

I just stamped and masked off my flowers in

the corners, added leaves and the berry background

and coloured up with my markers.

The sentiment just about fitted my gap lol.

I matted it onto my red card base.

I would like to enter this into

Alphabet Challenge - Q for quote

Crafty Gals - Tis the Season

Creatalicious - anything option traditional Christmas colours

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + optional mood board

The Flower challenge - Christmas florals

Red and green

It's time for a new challenge over at

TAG-ALONG (and ATC's)

and this month Lynn has challenged us

to use green and red but remember you have

the option of anything goes.

For my tag I used a stamp set from SU called

Poinsettia Petals along with red and green inks.

I punched my tag shape using the scallop tag

topper punch (SU) then randomly stamped

the berries.

I inked around the tag using a green ink.

I then stamped the sentiment onto

an oval shape in red ink.

I inked the edges in green then stuck

some pompoms on.

I added some enamel effects dots for

added texture then

 finished the tag with green ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Merry Little Christmas - anything Christmas

Girlz Creative Christmas - anything Christmas

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Girlz Rebel Challenge - B for berries

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For my ATC I used the same set as above,

this time stamping and layering the poinsettia

and leaves and coloured them up with markers.

I made the background same way as my tag.

The sentiment came from an old

Hunkydory quote sheet.

I would like to enter this into

Sparkles Christmas challenge - poinsettia

Passion for Markers - winter colours

ATC around the world - Christmas time

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

We do have a lovely prize up for grabs so

I hope you get time to join us this busy month!

Miserable wet day here so we put our

decorations up!!

Have a lovely week.

Garden themed folio

I'm in the process of making a bunch of items for my

daughter to bring to her table at Q-Con,

which is a big comic/gamer con at Queen's University

in Belfast. Lots of kids are brought there by parents

so I thought these might be nice to give away to the suffering parents.

 Last year I did a load of worry worms

but this year I thought I would do some folios, miniature books

and needle felted monsters.

This is one of the folios with a garden theme.

Great for using up my stash!

The front has a pocket, metal corners and ties with a ribbon.

On the back I added some linen thread, torn papers

and a little watering can charm.

Inside I have created note books and the last book

has a few pages for each season in the garden.

You can watch a quick walk through video here

for the insides.

Items used

Stamp sets - Enjoy Life, Love this moment, tabs for everything,

poinsettia petals and Itty Bitty Christmas (all SU).

Papers - K & Co scrap pad.

Inks - distress inks - peeled paint, shaded spruce (SU)

sewing machine, eyelets, ribbon, pearls, vellum and

old diary pages.

I would like to enter this into

The Neglected Stash - use old stash

Neglected stash used - eyelets, charms, paper pack, beads.

Love to Craft - anything goes

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Make My Monday - garden/gardening

Triple Pocket Wallet

My Stash Buster tutorial today uses a full sheet of 12 x 12 and

you can create this lovely 3 pocket gift wallet.

I made a matching card for mine to fill one pocket.

Another pocket will be filled with with money

and the third will be a flat chocolate treat of some sort.

Perfect for giving money gifts for my family this year.

You can watch my tutorial here

I found the original tutorial on YouTube from

Scrapbooking with me Crafts channel.

All measurements given out during the tutorial.

You just need a nice sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper.

I have used papers from SU called Winter Meadows.

Stamp set - Poinsettia Petals (SU)

Ink - berry burst (SU)

Notecards, rectangle dies, gems and wink of stella.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything with flowers and optional mood board 

We Love Stamping - Christmas

Lil Patch of Craft Friends - anything goes

Merry Little Christmas - anything goes

Peace on Earth - anything Christmas

Another dry but dull day and temperatures pretty nice!

I have my walk done and no shopping needed

so a nice peaceful day in my craft room"

 Have a lovely week!

Stepper Christmas

I was doing some blog commenting and went to check out my lovely friend

Chrissy's blog. She had made the most beautiful step card and

really inspired me to have a go.

As the challenge closes tomorrow I thought I better get to it.

I pulled out an old stamp set called Poinsettia Petals for my flowers,

leaves and sentiments. They have been coloured up with my markers.

The papers are also from an old pack

and the Happy Christmas has been die cut using an old set

called Word Wishes.

I added some enamel effects in real red and white

which I put my finger into many times 😂

I followed Chrissy's inspiration for the little band of matching

card and paper on the inside and stamped another sentiment.

I would like to enter this into

Little Red Wagon - two steps behind

Passion for Markers - Christmas in July

Crafty Galz Corner - anything goes twist-Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - flowers

Dream Valley - Christmas in July

Birthstone Challenges - ruby and peridot

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral option mood board

We have had a great weekend of celebrations!!

Our county team Armagh won the All Ireland Cup!

We had most of the family over for the day to watch the match live,

even little Aimee enjoyed it!

Her Dad got her all kitted out with her Armagh top.

Look at those eyes, she is hilarious!!

 

Old with the new!

I had a play with a retired stamp set today called Poinsettia Petals,

but teamed it up with some brand new in-colours.

I stamped enough berries to cut a piece off for the inside.

A quick and easy card and nice and flat for posting.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - seasons greetings

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge

The Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

Peace on Earth - inspiration board

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Christmas at Tag Tuesday!

It's my turn to choose the challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

this time and I have gone with

Christmas in July!!

I do like to torture the design team ladies lol.

For my first tag I have gone with a traditional feel.

The papers and card came from a very old kits again

(Brenda Pinnick I think) which I chopped up to make a tag.

The angled front was already cut so just use it.

The background has been stamped using cherry cobbler

and the poinsettia has been stamped and coloured using wink of stella.

The sentiment chipboard came with the kit.

The stamp set used is called Poinsettia Petals (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July

Sweet Stampers - Christmas in July

Craftyhazelnuts challenge - anything Christmas

The Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

 

P is for Poinsettia!

I have another tag beginning with P today

for our challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY

where Sandie wants us to make something

beginning with the first letter of our name!

This time I have gone with P for Poinsettias!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - first letter of your name

Aud Sentiments - Christmas/winter/new year + sentiment

Creative Moments - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Christmas

Hope you get time to join us!

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