CHRISTMAS BAUBLES

Good morning and welcome, to my blog.  Well it's countdown to our festive season.  Because I live in New Zealand we are the first country in the world to celebrate Christmas day we have 22 sleeps to go.  I don't know where the year has gone as it doesn't feel like a year has passed by already.

Sketch #316

Today I'm showcasing  Sketch #316 a very basic card which shows off your design paper and your image.

A quick peek at the inside of the card.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create Challenge November 2025 Anything Goes

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #12 December 2025 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start Challenge December 2025 Anything Goes

4. Crafty Gals Corner Challenge # 272 Tis The Season

5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #142 December 2025 Anything Goes

6. Paper Rock Scissors Challenge #11 for December Anything Goes

7. The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge #129 Anything Goes

8. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65 Anything Goes

9. Creative Inspirations Challenge Tis The Season

10. Love To Scrap Challenge #176 Anything Goes

11. Inspiration Station Challenge #80 Anything Goes

The Christmas Tree at Night in front of the fire sipping Eggnog and looking at the Christmas lights shining on the tree and lighting up the Baubles 

12. Pinsppirational Challenge #332 Cosy Christmas

(Christmas Tree Decorated with beautiful Christmas Baubles)

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured Card: Green and Purple Bazzill

3. Design Paper: 

4. Image: Very old rubber stamp I've had for about 20 years

5. Colour Medium: Copics, and Silver gel pen.

6. Die Used: Spellbinders Classic Large & Small Squares

 

7. Embellishments: Silver ribbon and silver gems.

8. Tools Used:

9. Glossy Accents for the Baubles

10. Some of the Baubles has silver glitter on them.

11. Inside and the back of the card.

Take care everyone.  Happy crafting and Merry Christmas to you all.

 

NOEL CHRISTMAS MOUSE BAUBLE

 

Good morning and welcome to my blog.

Today I'm featuring a card for my Polkadoodles Digi Choosday design team.  

Our theme we had to work with was very open; it had to Sparkle & Shine.  Mine definitely sparkles and shines.

  I’ve created a Christmas Bauble card that stars this adorable Noel Christmas Mouse PD8216, one of the very first Polkadoodles images I ever purchased. The image is of a charming Christmas Mouse riding on top of a sparkling Christmas bauble, perfectly capturing the festive spirit.  The Christmas Mouse was coloured using Copic's.   

This is the cutest Mouse in the House.  I absolutely love this sweet mouse.  I had so much fun making this card with the mirror hologram card stock, glitter card and making it look like a Christmas Bauble.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Love To Scrap Challenge # 176 Anything Goes

2. 613 Avenue Create Challenge November Anything Goes

3. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge November Anything Goes

4. A Place To Start Challenge November Anything Goes *

5. Classic Design Challenge #11-2025 Nov-Dec Anything Goes

6. Do-All Kreatives Challenge #107 Anything Goes

7. Dragonfly Dreams Challenge Feminine Christmas Card

8. Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge #16 Anything Goes 

9. Crafty Girls Corner Challenge #272 Tis The Season 

10. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65 Anything Goes Christmas

11. The 12 Months of Christmas Challenge #128 Anything Goes

12. Unicorn Challenge #115 Christmas 

13. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #626 All That Glitters

14. Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #10 THIS CARD ROCKED IN NOVEMBER

15. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 196 Anything Christmas Goes

16. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #141 November 2025 Anything Goes

DT FAVOURITE DAGMARA SAID: I'M DELIGHTED WITH THIS DESIGN.  I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR RATS, AND THIS ONE IS BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED.

17. Love To Craft Challenge #89 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Card: Holygram card by 

3. Giltter card: Rosies Studios 

4. Image:  Noel Christmas Mouse Bauble by Polkadoodles PD8216

5. Colour Medium: Copics, C0, C01, C02, C03, C05, RV10, YG03, YG63, G82, and BV13. For additional details, I used gel pens in red, white, black, and silver, adding definition and highlights to the image. 

6. Tools Used:

7. Glossy Accents:  For the Mouse's Jacket and Hat

8. Dies Used: Large Circles, Spellbinders Scalloped Circles, Lace Circles and Celebrate dies.

                                                      

9. Embellishments: Silver Twine, Gems and Silver mirror card, all from my stash.

10. Glitter for the Bauble.  To enhance the festive feel, the bauble was coated in glue and sprinkled with glitter that matches the pink glitter card base and a little bit of white for his hat and pompom.

11. Inside and the back of my card.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week crafting, and now it's the countdown to Christmas.

CHRISTMAS BAUBLES

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today I have the second sketch #135 for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  This is a little bit different for me, and no design paper either.  You don't always have to use design papers, especially with what you have available in your stash, and sometimes we forget what we have.  

Sketch #135

Here's a quick look at the inside of the card.

Don't forget to grab a coffee and check out what the rest of the design team has created using both of these sketches.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Love To Scrap Challenge # 176 Anything Goes

2. 613 Avenue Create Challenge November Anything Goes *

3. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge November Anything Goes

4. A Place To Start Challenge November Anything Goes A RISING STAR AWARD WEEK 3

5. Classic Design Challenge #11-2025 Nov-Dec Anything Goes

6. Do-All Kreatives Challenge #107 Anything Goes

7. Dragonfly Dreams Challenge Feminine Christmas Card

8. Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge #15 Anything Goes *

9. Crafty Girls Corner Challenge #272 Tis The Season 

10. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65 Anything Goes Christmas

11. The 12 Months of Christmas Challenge #128 Anything Goes

12. Unicorn Challenge #115 Christmas 

13. Cut It Up Challenge #343 Favourite Colour (most definitely)

14. Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #10

15. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 196 Anything Christmas Goes

16. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #141 November 2025 Anything Goes

17. Love To Craft Challenge #89 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured Card: Blue Calypson by Bazzill card.

3. No design papers, white French Linen and Glitter card.

4. Image: Old Christmas Bauble stamp in my stash.

5. Colour Medium: Copics and a red gel pen.

6. Embellishments: Sequins, glitter card, silver gems and silver cord.

7. Tools Used: Glossy Accents for the Christmas Bauble

8. Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots.  Giving the surface that added texture.

9. Dies Used:  Sunray Die, Spellbinders Classic Circles and Merry Christmas.

  

10. Inside and the back of the card.

Wishing everyone a wonderful few weeks.  I'll be back on 3rd December with December's sketches.  Happy crafting, everyone.

 

FESTIVE WISHES

Good morning, and welcome to my blog.  Today I have this very cute Santa delivering his Christmas gifts with his Penguins.  The question is, don't penguins live at the South Pole, and Santa at the North Pole?  It looks like he had a couple of hitchhikers because they don't live with him.

This image is from Polkadoodles, and our theme today is Christmas in non-traditional colours. 

A quick look at the inside of the card.

I love this colour combo together.  My mother would say to me, "Just look at nature, all colours go together."  Which is so true.

Don't forget to drop by Digi Choosday and check out what the rest of the design team has created this fortnight.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Love To Scrap Challenge # 176 Anything Goes

2. 613 Avenue Create Challenge November Anything Goes TOP ROCK AWARD WEEK 9 - 15 NOVEMBER 2025

3. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge November Anything Goes

4. A Place To Start Challenge November Anything Goes

5. Classic Design Challenge #10-2025 Oct-Nov Anything Goes *

6. Do-All Kreatives Challenge #107 Anything Goes

7. Dragonfly Dreams Challenge Feminine Christmas Card

8. Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge #15 Anything Goes *

9. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge November 2025 Anything Goes

10. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65 Anything Goes Christmas

11. The 12 Months of Christmas Challenge #128 Anything Goes

12. Unicorn Challenge #115 Christmas 

13. Dream Valley Challenge #348 Card for a Child (Christmas) *

14. Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #10

15. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 195 Anything Christmas Goes

16. Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #262 Colouring *

17. Love To Craft Challenge #89 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured card: Aqua Lagoon and Mauve Impatiens

3. Design Papers: by Polkadoodles DLPD9914 Set 1 Winter Theo Penguin and DLPD8408 Let’s Hang Out

4. Image: Polkadoodles DLPD9545 Black & White Santa.

5. Colour Medium: Copics, White, Black & Silver gel pens.

6. Sentiment: Festive Wishes From This House To Yours by Polkadoodles Christmas Geeting’s DPLD9562 

7. Dies: Rounded corner square dies.

8. Embellishments: Card Candi, Aqua Satin ribbon from my stash.

9. Inside & Back of card:

Wishing everyone a wonderful week and happy crafting.