Ice Skating

This is another scene I made up a few weeks ago. The background is Make It Crafty which has been coloured with Promarkers & Glamour Dust. The lake has a coating of Glossy Accents on it, which makes it look like water. I tore around the edge of the image & liberally coated it with Glamour Dust. I have then placed Tilda & Edwin ice skating on top with foam pads. They have been coloured with Promarkers as well.

The snowflake was out of my Duck Pond Craft kit & I have covered it with lilac glitter.

The trees have Liquid Pearl on them for snow.
Sentiment from stash, I kept this card quite simple as I wanted the image not to be lost in embellishments.
Entering into the following challenges
Delightful Inspiration Let It Snow
One Stop Craft Let It Snow
Sweet Stampin Snow
Card Making Fairy Winter Wonderland

New DT post

OMG I have been chosen to become one of the Dream Valley Challenges DT, I even had to click on the link over at the site to make sure it was me...lol.
I look forward to working with the team & creating some great cards.

Santas job is done!

More Molly Bloom stamps this time. I have used the postcard & Santa on his chair. Both coloured with Promarkers & the postcard is distressed with Distress Ink Walnut Stain. The green BP is from the Papermania Noel set & the other one out of my scrap drawer. Handwritten sentiment on the postcard & a computer generated Job Done. The gorgeous poinsettia was in my monthly subscription from Duck Pond Crafts
Little bit of faux sewing around the edges too.
Entering into the following challenges
City Crafter Santa Claus is Coming
Everybody-Art Santa Claus
Going Grey with Scrap Creations Xmas
Craft Your Passion Tis The Season
Addicted To Stamps Xmas
Stamptacular Sunday Anything Christmas

UPDATE I won a spotlight  (Top 5) over at City Crafter for this card

Divas By Design Anything Goes

Its time for another challenge over at Divas & this time its an Anything Goes theme, so lots of scope to create & I look forward to seeing the entries.

I have 2 close  friends & 1 of them was going to New Zealand for Christmas & New Year, so we had an early Xmas lunch last week & I gave both of them a tissue box I had made for them. I didn't want it to be just a Christmas gift but something for all year round, so I decided to make each side a different season

Here is the Winter scene. A Magnolia Tilda & lamp, coloured with Promarkers & snowflakes covered with Pinflair Snow Dust. paper from Papermania Noel set. Magnolia die used to create the lacy effect at the top & the season created in Word. Every edge is distressed with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

The next one is Spring, again with a Magnolia Tilda with Apples. Flowers from stash,as is the paper,the image coloured with Promarkers, everything the same as before.

Then we have summer, a Magnolia Tilda & Surfboard, coloured again with Promarkers. Paper from stash. The sun I made by cutting out a circle & some elongated diamond shapes. Palm trees from a set that I found buried in a drawer that I have had for years by Impex Creative Crafts.

Lastly we have autumn, Magnolia Tilda & leaves. Paper from stash & everything else the same as before.

Finally the top where I wound raffia around the top of the side of the box & added the flowers as seen from stash. The leaves are a punch, no idea of make as unmarked.
These were a labour of love as it took me 2 evenings to colour the images, then another 2 evenings to create & decorate, but they were very well received, so well worth it for 2 of my closest friends.
This challenge was sponsored by Crafty Pad

Entering into the following challenges
Creative Craft Challenges Free For All
Scrap-Creations Xmas
Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Tis The Season
The Crafty Bloggers Network Other Than A Card (3d)
CraftyBoots Anything Goes
Dutch Magnolia Lovers Use a Magnolia stamp before 2011 collections (all of mine are)

Monochromatic

Whilst reading my dashboard, I saw that Paulette from Create with TLC was asking if anyone could help her out by making a card for her blog hop, so I emailed her offering to do it & here is the card. She gave me the image to work with & I decided to leave it B&W & go for the monchrome look.

 

I created a frame around the image & ran it through the Cuttlebug using a snowflake folder. Added some sparkly black ribbon to top & bottom, together with a white organza bow. Used a little Pinflair Snow Dust on the  bird table roof, tree & snowflake. Snowflake charm from stash. Lastly several jewels in black & silver highlighting the frame a little.
I hope Paulette is happy with it, she has said so...lol.
There is a blog hop going on over at Create With TLC so go on over & have a look at whats on offer.
Entering into these challenges
Digital Tuesday Sparkle & Shine
Creative Card Crew Monochromatic

Tilda & Tree

Another Xmas card made...phew! This one is Tilda & Xmas Tree, coloured with Promarkers. A little Pinflair Snow Dust was added to the tree & the snowflake, as well as beneath Tilda.

Tilda is mounted onto Nesties & placed onto BP Magnolia Holly Christmas Song. I distressed the edges of the  BP. The lace I coloured with Promarkers to get the same colours as my image. The flowers, wire decoration & candy were all from the last 2 kits I got from Duck Pond Crafts in my monthly subscription kits. I embossed the greeting onto a magnolia Tag die, which is hard to photograph but it does say Yuletide Greetings clearly I promise..lol.

Right, thats another card finished. So far I have 50 made & I will spend today writing my cards, so I know how many more I need to make.
Entering into the following challenges
Gingerloft Xmas& Winter
Paper Creations Xmas
Everybody Art Xmas
ILovePromarkers Anything Goes
Just Magnolia Pink, White or Red
Magnolia Down Under Let It Snow

Kenny K

Kenny K are having a DT call, so I thought I would have a bash at joining. Someone has to get the chance to play with his fab images, but I am sure it wont be me...lol.
Anyway here is my card, which I made yesterday amidst all the glitter & bling needed for Xmas cards.

I used Tug Of War which was a freebie from Kenny K & flipped it to look like the boys are playing against each other. Coloured with Promarkers & Glossy Accents on the sweat...lol. I distressed the edge of the card with Broken China Distress Ink. The paper was Toucan Scraps City Street which I was lucky enough to get whilst on the OSAAT DT . I changed the hue to match my card colours.
The tag was distressed using the same colour, with raffia tied around the card, together with a metal embellishment saying Team, which I thought was quite apt for the card. A few matching candy buttons & there we have a male card!
Entering into the following challenges
Kenny K Kids Rule
Cupcake Craft Teenage Boys
Paper Crafting Journey Anything Goes
Rainbow Lady Cards For Men
Crafty Sentiments Metal