Xmas Mouse Card

I desperately need to make some more Christmas cards so I had a look at the ABC Christmas Challenge which is L is for Love and M is for Mice. As I'm not in love with anyone at the moment I decided to go with Mice.

Here is my card.

I used a Country Companions stamp coloured with Promarkers and a little bit of chalk on the background.

H is for Hat

Decided I'm not going to leave all my Christmas cards til the last minute this year and so I thought I'd take part in the ABC Christmas Challenge which is H for Hats and I for Ice. I've not done the I for Ice yet but here is my H for Hat.

I used one of my old favourite Whipper Snapper stamps which I coloured with promarkers and then stamped the sentiment in the corner. He's such a dapper snowman in his hat.

Xmas Card

I've finally got round to making some Christmas cards. This one is using a Penny Black stamp (always a favourite) and is coloured with Promarkers which I'm still getting to grips with.

Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week is a sketch and here is my interpretation of it.

The papers are by My Minds Eye.

The snowman stamp is by Fun Stamps and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

The snowflakes are made with a paper punch.

Less Is More Challenge

This weeks "Less is More" Challenge is "Stars" Having looked through all my stamps this is about the only one I have that has stars on it. It is of course a gorgeous Penny Black Stamp which I've coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment is from the Fizzy Moon collection by Trimcraft.

Xmas Card

This week's Less Is More Challenge is "In the Frame" and it has to be one layer.

The Merry Christmas frame stamp is by Hobby Art.

The mouse enjoying the snow is a Penny Black Stamp.

I added a little stickles to the snow and ice to make it sparkle.

Less is More Challenge

This week's Less is More Challenge is "Off The Edge"

I don't have many stamps that would look ok "Off the Edge". In fact I looked through all my stamps and didn't think I had any that would work so I'd decided not to do this challenge. Anyway I was messing around on the old interweb, as you do, and I came across some Christmas stamps and then I suddenly remembered my new Christmas Tree stamp that is part of a set my mum bought me for Christmas.

So I stamped it off the edge in Black Stazon and added a Penny Black Sentiment which says "have yourself a merry little Christmas" then added some small green gems to the tree to add a bit of bling - hope that still qualifies as one layer otherwise I'll have to pick them off again!!!

Stamps: Penny Black, Papermania

I've just been to upload it to the challenge blog and realised it's not that different to the example card. Doh! I did try putting the sentiment in various different places but it didn't look right. Oh well it's the taking part that counts! :0)

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Yes sorry, it's another Christmas card. I made it using a sketch for a challenge over on Trimmies although I flipped the sketch on it's head - just for the fun of it. The image is a stamp by Stampavie coloured with Twinkling H2Os, the papers are by Kars and the Sentiment is a Penny Black.

Clean and Simple

I have a blogging friend who makes the most stunning cards but has a very clean and simple style. The trend at the moment is to have many layers and embellishments and I do love that style too but I've set myself the challenge to make some more cards in the clean and simple style as I do love that style too. So here is my clean and simple Christmas card.

The embossed background I made using an embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. The Robin is a stamp from a set by Papermania which I coloured using Twinkling H2Os. The Merry Christmas is from a die cut tag from a set of papers also by Papermania.

ABC Christmas Challenge

I made these two cards before I went to look at the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog but then I saw their challenge was "Anything Christmas Goes" so I thought as they qualify I might as well put them up for it!

I have set myself the added challenge of using up some of those scraps of papers that I've been clinging onto for years. Yes we all have them don't we?! The papers for this one are so old I can't remember who they are by I think it might be Basic Grey but please correct me if I'm wrong.

The topper is by Kanban and I bought them as a cheat because I was so ill on the run up to Christmas and I still had loads of cards to make after Ellie pinched all mine for her school friends.

For the second card the papers are by Blonde Moments and the topper is another Kanban but one my Mum got for me.
I just added some faux stitching around the edges of the squares of paper so that they matched the sentiment. I used up some more scraps on this one too!

Christmas Card. Already?!

I would like to say this is the first Christmas card I've made this year but it's not, it's about my 9th. My excuse for starting so early is that my mum bought me a set of adorable Christmas stamps for Christmas and it seems a shame to have to wait until later in the year to start using them.

I actually made this card for a sketch challenge over on Trimmies. I've not taken part in any challenges for a while so I thought it would be a nice start to the New Year to do one.
The sheep stamp is part of a set by Papermania and is coloured with Twinkling H2Os, the sentiment is by Stamping Up. The papers are by Kars. The oval and scalloped oval are Nestabilities dies.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is "It's Christmas in July". Very handy since I've been making lots Christmas cards at the moment.


For this card I used papers by Cricut and Lily Of the Valley. The hedgehog is a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The snowflakes are brads. Christmas in July - Done! :-)

More Christmas Cards

For this Christmas card I used one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders. Then I've used scraps of Blonde Moments papers and an image from Deanne that I got in a Christmas image swap over on Quirky Crafts.



For the second card I've used papers by Do Crafts from the Forever Friends pack. The image is a Whipper Snapper stamp which has been coloured with Twinkling H2Os.



The snowflakes are done with a paper punch and I've added gems to the centre for extra sparkle.

Another Christmas Card

This is an image I got in a Christmas image swap over on Quirky Crafts. I think this one came from Cazzy. The papers I think are My Minds Eye but I might be wrong. I am wrong they are Basic Grey. I have had them a while. This was quite a quick card to make as I'd already coloured the image.

Christmas Cards

I thought I'd have a blitz on making Christmas cards today as I'm already so behind. I started by making one for the Bah! Humbug! Challenge which is "Christmas Stocking"

I used my Penny Black stamp of the little mouse with the stocking. I think it's the first time I've used this one. The background stamp is a Magnolia one. The patterned papers are all freebies and odd scraps that I've had left over from other projects. I actually managed to make 8 cards altogether which I thought was pretty good going. I won't put them all on in one go though I'll spread them out a bit for you.

My First Christmas Card for 2010

Well start as you mean to go on eh?! Actually I found a really cool new blog called "ABC Christmas Challenge" and their first challenge is "A for Angel" and I thought while I still have my Mum's angel stamps that I borrowed to do Ellie's card I might as well join in and use them for this challenge too.

The papers for this card are all by Lili Of The Valley, the Angel stamp is by Judi Kins, the Poinsettia stamp is one that came free with a craft magazine. I've coloured the angel using Twinkling H2Os and I added some Stickles to her halo to add some sparkle. There was an added challenge to use a charm or beads on the card so I added a little snowflake charm which I added a gem to the centre of.

1 down - 149 to go!

Christmas Is Coming!

Not the best photo in the world as the sun was shining in the wrong direction. I should have taken the photo this morning when the light was better. Ho hum.

I made this card using my Forever Friends Christmas papers and as luck would have it, it qualifies for this week's Forever Friends Challenge.

I used the sheets to make a decoupaged image of the bear and then used the off cuts to make the squares. I think it's turned out really cute.

We had Ellie's parents evening on Wednesday. She got a glowing report and is doing fabulously well. She's only 6 and has a reading age of a 9 year old and a spelling age of 8. Her teacher says that Ellie is always keen and enthusiastic and tries hard at everything. We came away very proud of her. Josh has his parents evening next Thursday, fingers crossed that his is as glowing.

Christmas Cards

These are the last two Christmas cards I made while the electricity was off. As I'd used up all the fairies I started using the reindeer and polar bear die cuts from Lili of the Valley instead. The papers are a mixture of Lili Of the Valley and Cricut Christmas papers. Again they are very simple cards as these are for Ellie's class mates.

Poor Ellie is off school today. She started being sick on Saturday night and although she wasn't sick all day Sunday she was sick again this morning at 5.45am. So the poor little mite is snuggled up on the sofa under her fleecy blanket watching DVD's. We'll see how she goes today. Get well soon baby girl.

Have A Fairy Merry Christmas!

More fairy Christmas cards. These are the last of the fairy ones that I made while the electricity was off last week. They are all pretty basic as they are for Ellie's friends at school but I'm sure her friends will like them. The fairies are all from Lili of the Valley.

The papers are all from Craftwork Cards
The big snowflake is a Cuttlebug Die which I've added a crystal to the middle of it to give it some sparkle.

So that's all my Lili of the Valley winter fairies used up now.

More Christmas Cards

These are some more of the ones I made while the electricity was off last week. Luckily everything is back to normal again now. Our drive no longer has a huge hole in it and the pavement to the side of our house has had new tarmac put down today. Hooray!

The papers for both these cards is from Craftwork Cards.

The "Have a Fairy Merry Christmas" is by Lavinia Stamps. I used a Ticket corner punch by Stamping Up to make the corners on the sentiment.

The fairies and reindeer are all from Lili Of The Valley.