MERRY CHRISTMAS

 Hello and welcome to my blog.  Well, it's counting down to Christmas and I still have a few gifts to buy.  Each year I say I'm going to be more organised as each year I fail.  This year I've made my own homemade crackers and personalised them as I'm sick of buying lovely crackers full of junk that get put into landfills.

 Here's my homemade crackers

There are 8 in total and a bit bigger than normal crackers, I do hope everyone likes them.

This week over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 we have another two new sketches for you to play with.

Sketch # 267

For this card, I rotated the sketch 90 degrees.

Now check out what the rest of the design team has created this month just for you over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Worldwide Crafters and Colorists Challenge #11 Anything Goes *

2. Christmas With The Cuties Challenge # 76 Something Die Cut

3. 613 Avenue Create December Anything Goes and or Winter Holiday*

4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #118 Anything Goes*

5. Crafty Calendar Challenge December 'Christmas Themed'*

6. Dragonfly Dreams December Challenge CHRISTMAS *

7. The Four Seasons Challenge December Winter*

8. We Love To Create Challenge #11 Anything Goes *

9. Polkadoodles Challenge Week #48 Anything Goes*

10. Digi Choosday Challenge Week #48 Anything Goes*

 Card Recipe: 

1. Base: Kraft Card

2. Coloured Card: Kaiser Card Burgandy, gold mirror paper 

3. Design Paper: Kaiser Paper Holly Night

4. Die Used: Merry Christmas and wording dies + snowflake all unbranded

             

5. Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Argyle 

6. Tools Used: 

7. Embellishments: Gold & Cream Braid, Red Mirror Card Candy

8. Inside and the back of the card:

Merry Christmas

Take care and happy crafting everyone.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

This is a card I made recently for my sister's birthday, unfortunately, I couldn't be with her on her special day as she lives in Cairns Australia.

The colour combo is her favourite colours.

This is the first time I've made this design a Diamond Point Card and I really like how it turned out. 

 

       

Challenges I'm Entering:

1.  World Crafters and Colorists Challenge #10 *

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #11 Anything Goes *

3. Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge Week #44*

4. Birthstone Challenge #6 Anything Goes with Topaz & Turquoise *

5. Polkadoodles Challenge Week #44 Anything Goes TOP 3

6. Crafty Calendar Challenge November Anything Goes *

7. 613 Avenue Create Challenge November Anything Goes *

8. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #117 Anything Goes *

9. We Love to Create Challenge #10 Anything Goes *

10. Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #559*

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White Bazzill Basic

2. Coloured Card: Kaisercard Peacock and Rose Gold mirror card.

3. Design Papers: American Craft Saturday Afternoon for the inside of the card and Uniti 6x6 for the outside of my card.

4. Sentiments: Outside of my card and the inside of the card.

  

5. Tools Used:

6. Die Used: Spellbinders Hexagons 

7. Embellishments: Gems

8. Inside and the back of the card:

Happy crafting everyone and remember Christmas is getting closer.

MY LOVE OF TULIPS

My love of Tulips or should I say my love of flowers.

I made this card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 but also for an older friend of ours who was turning 79.  She is from Holland and I knew she would love this Tulip card.

Sketch #266

Here's another great sketch so you can use those scape pieces of design paper we all have in our stash.  I love the way this card turned out with the pink and rose gold.

This is such an easy sketch to follow and I know you'll be very happy with how your card turns out.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. World Crafters and Colorists Challenge #10 *

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #11 DT Favorite

3. Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge Week #43 *

4. A Gem of A Challenge Week #22 Anything Goes*

5. Polkadoodles Challenge Week #43 *

6. Use Your Stuff Challenge #496 Anything Goes *

7. Classic Design Challenge #10 November*

8. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #117 Anything Goes *

9. We Love to Create Challenge #10 Anything Goes*

10. Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #558 *

Now for my card recipe:

1. Base: White card stock French Linen.

2. Coloured Paper: Bazzill Pinkini and Rose Gold mirror board.

3. Design Paper: Uniti Foil papers.

4. Image: Digital unknown source.

5. Colour Medium: Copics. 

6. Embellishments: Pearls from my stash.

Ribbon from my stash.

7. Tools Used:

8. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Rectabgles.

9. Inside and the back of the card.

  

Take care and happy crafting.

FLOWERS

Good morning and a warm welcome to my blog.  Today I'm featuring a card I've made for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

PINK & NAVY 

I do love this colour combo for a change.

This is Sketch # 265

This is an easy sketch and a great way to use up those scrap pieces of design paper that aren't quite big enough to make a card with and I know we all have those pieces in our stash.

A quick peek of the inside of my card.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of our small but dedicated design team over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 have created for you this month.  

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. World Crafters and Colorists Challenge #10 *

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #11 *

3. Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge Week #43 *

4. A Gem of A Challenge Week #22 Anything Goes*

5. Polkadoodles Challenge Week #43 *

6. Use Your Stuff Challenge #496 Anything Goes *

7. Classic Design Challenge #10 November*

8. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #117 Anything Goes*

9. We Love to Create Challenge #10 Anything Goes *

10. Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #558*

Now for my card recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured card: American Craft Bubblegum

3. Design Papers: Pink Dots is by American Crafts Core'dinations

 and the navy blue floral is by American Crafts The Color of Memories

4. Image: Flower Vases by Digi Stamp Boutique (Pre-Coloured)

5. Tools Used:

6. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Squares Large and Small

                           

7. Embellishments:

8. Inside and the back of the card.

 

Take care and happy crafting.