ABC Christmas Challenge - Y & Z

It's the first Wednesday of December (already?!), so that means it's time for a new challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge.  Carol's our host this month, and the themes are -

'Y for Your Favourite'

  and 

'Z for Zero Embellishments' 

Our sponsor is -

Crafty Ribbons

 

the prize is a £10 voucher

There's also a prize from Carol

My 'Y for Your Favourite' card.  My favourite, and oldest, Christmas stamp is Penny Black 'Snowy', and my favourite papers are Basic Grey

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Snowy'
Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages'
Papers - Basic Grey 'Offbeat'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Gems 

 

Cardz 4 Guyz - Snowman
Dragonfly Dreams - Anything goes *Top 3*
Dream Valley - Christmas
Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas time
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts - It's Christmas

My 'Z for Zero Embellishments' card

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Xmas Treat!'
Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages'
Papers - Basic Grey 'Oliver'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
 

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes *Top 3*
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Anything goes
Crafty Friends - Christmas
Penny Black Saturday - Anything goes (optional theme of winter/Christmas)
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper
Fussy & Fancy - Winter/Christmas
As You Like It - Rubber or digi stamps (I prefer rubber stamps because I find using them much easier than having to resize digi stamps)
Creative Inspirations - Feeling festive
Little Red Wagon - Purrs and wags
The Male Room - Celebrate
That's Crafty - Anything goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - W & X

It's the first Wednesday of November, so that means it's time for a new challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge. I'm the host this month, and the themes are -

'W for Wishes'

  and 

'X for Xmas' 

Our sponsor is -

Fred She Said
 

the prize is a $10 gift certificate

There's also a prize from me for another winner

*We're also having a DT call this month. If you're interested all you have to do is enter this challenge and put 'DT' after your name.  Good luck!*

My 'W for Wishes' card

Image - Lili Of The Valley 'Penguins' Art Sheet
Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley
Papers - Basic Grey 'Olivia'
Extras - Spellbinders Nestabilites rectangle/scalloped rectangle dies and Card Candi

 

Dragonfly Dreams - Anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes/sentiment

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper 

Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas is coming

My 'X for Xmas' card

Image - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Pugs' Art Sheet
Sentiment stamps - Lili Of The Valley 'Merry Christmas Words'
Papers - First Edition 'Merry Little Christmas' and 'Christmas Wishes'
Extras - Marianne D Creatables 'Swedish Ice Star' dies, Card Candi and twine

 

Shopping Our Stash - It's raining cats and dogs *Top 3*
Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas
Pile It On - Pets
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Crafty Friends - Two or more patterned papers

Quill's Birthday

This is the card I made for my Mum's birthday. She loves hedgehogs, and it seems she's getting a bit of a reputation as the mad hedgehog lady because only one of her birthday cards didn't feature one this year.

Image stamp - Whipper Snapper 'Quill's Birthday'
Sentiment - My own
Papers - First Edition 'Sweet Nothings'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Spellbinders Nestabilites circle/scalloped circle dies, lace and gems

Incy Wincy Designs - Happy birthday
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper

ABC Christmas Challenge - U & V

Time for another challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge, and our host this time is Lisa. This month the themes are -  

'U for Upon'

  and 

'V for Very Quick' 

Our sponsor this month is -

All Dressed Up
 

the prize is two digi stamps of the winner's choice

There's also a prize from Lisa for another lucky winner 

I've chosen to do the 'V for Very Quick' theme. One of the cards I made for our last challenge gave me an idea. I already had a Core'dinations pad cut into 6x6 sheets, so I took a sheet of each colour (thirty-six of them) embossed half of them with an Apple Blossom 'Merry Christmas' folder and the other half with an Apple Blossom 'Winter Snow' folder, then trimmed, sanded and attached to card blanks. I fluffed up five of them, but these were so quick and easy it took me around the same time to complete thirty-one cards than it usually takes me to make one using papers and a stamped image

  

  

  

  

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Merry Wishes

I think in all the times I've used this stamp wee piggy's suit has only been red once. His botty should really be blue (which would go nicely with his purple suit) because he's been sitting in that snow for years!

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Merry Wishes'
Papers - Studio Light #44
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils

Extras - Spellbinders Nestabilities circle die

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Penny Black Saturday - Sketch
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Brown Sugar - All creatures great and small
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper

ABC Christmas Challenge - S & T

It's the first Wednesday of the month, so it's time for another challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge. Helen's our host and the themes are - 

'S for Snow'

  and 

'T for Teal' 

Our sponsors this month are -

Wild Rose Studio

  
the prize is an A5 clear stamp set, 'Winter Cottages'

 and

Crafty Ribbons

the prize is a £10 voucher

There's also a prize from Helen

My 'S for Snow' card 

Image stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Puppy Post'
Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages'
Papers - Make & Create 'The Colours Of Christmas'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Gems
 

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Stamp it on
Crafty Cardmakers - All creatures great and small
Dragonfly Dreams - Anything goes
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper
Dream Valley - Autumn colours
Crafty Friends - Animals/birds

My 'T for Teal' card

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Snowy'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Apple Blossom 'Merry Christmas' embossing folder, Penny Black Creative Die 'Frosty's Snow' and gems

 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
My Time To Craft - Christmas in August
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

Bear George

A Christmas card this time. I've had this stamp for a couple of months, so thought it was about time I actually inked it up.

 

Image stamp - Whipper Snapper 'Bear George'
Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages'
Papers - Make & Create 'Magic Moments'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Twine

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Aud Sentiments - Anything goes + a sentiment
Little Red Wagon - Lions and tigers and bears
The Male Room - Wild and free
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas
Craftaholics R Us - Anything goes
Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Penny Black And More - Something beginning with B (bear, blue, brown and bobble)
Crafty Calendar - Dots and/or stripes
That's Crafty - Animal magic
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper
Creative Inspirations - Holidays

Scooter Dog

It feels like a while since I last made a masculine card, so I thought I'd remedy that and here's the result. As soon as I saw the current Penny Black Saturday challenge I knew this wee guy would be making an appearance.

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Scooter Dog'
Sentiment stamp - Paula Pascual 'Big Sentiments'
Papers - Basic Grey 'Hello Luscious' and 'Oliver'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Spellbinders Nestabilities circle dies, jute ribbon and Card Candi

Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Dots and/or stripes
Penny Black Saturday - On the move
Moving Along With The Times - For the boys
That's Crafty - Animal magic
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper

ABC Christmas Challenge- P, Q & R

It's challenge time again, over at the ABC Christmas Challenge, and it's my turn to host for the very first time, eek! We have three themes this month, and they are -

'P for Plain' 

'Q for Quotes'

  and 

'R for Robins or Rabbits' 

Our sponsor this month is -

Lawn Fawn

and the prize is a $25 gift certificate

There's also a prize from me 

   

I've combined 'P for Plain' and 'Q for Quotes' in this card. The quote is from one of my favourite Christmas films, 'Elf'.  

 

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Carolling Hedgehogs'

Sentiment/quote - My own
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils

 

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Wild Things
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Too Cute

My 'R for Robins' card

 

Image stamp - Stampendous 'Snow Bird'

Papers - Studio Light 'Winter Feelings'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die, Penny Black Creative Die 'Frosty's Snow' snowflake die, Flower Soft and pearls

 

Dream Valley - Christmas in July
Fussy And Fancy Friday - Christmas in July  
Creative Inspirations - Holidays
 
I also decided to make an 'R for Rabbits' card as well

 

Image - From 'The House-Mouse Triple CD Collection'

Sentiment - As above
Papers - Make & Create 'Magic Moments'
Extras - Pearls

 

House-Mouse & Friends - Anything goes/Christmas in July
Crafty Catz - Anything goes/use something yellow
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Hot/warm colours on a Christmas project

Aaaaaand, as if that wasn't enough, I decorated a wee box to match my rabbit card. I'll have to have a lie down in a dark room to recover from all that effort!

Image - From 'The House-Mouse Triple CD Collection'
Papers - Make & Create 'Magic Moments'
Extras - Card Candi 
 

Bee Costume

I managed to make a card, yay! It's a simple one (to be fair I don't really make any other kind) because the image is so large that it doesn't really allow for too many different layouts on an almost 6x6 card. The last time I used it I stamped directly onto the card blank, but I don't think I'm brave enough to try that again with such a large stamp.

 

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Bee Costume' 

Sentiment Stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Everyday Grungy Messages' 

Papers - Make & Create 'Magic Moments'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras -Gems

Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
Penny Black And More - Things with wings
Penny Black Saturday - Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes *Top Pick*

Snowy

This is a simple card I made a wee while ago, but forgot to blog. I thought I might as well do it now, seeing as my blog's been a bit neglected this month (the unusually hot summer we've been having here in Scotland doesn't suit a peely wally lassie like me, so I've found it a bit hard to get motivated to make cards, apart from my DT ones).

 

Image stamp - Penny Black 'Snowy'
Papers - First Edition 'Winter Wishes'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Glossy Accents and Glamour Dust

Dragonfly Journeys - Christmas in July
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Papercraft Challenges - Christmas in July
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
Sweet Stampers - Christmas in July
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage - The most wonderful time of the year
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas in July
Simon Says Stamp Monday - Christmas in July (blog hop)
Christmas With The Cuties - Add some sparkle
Penny Black Saturday - Anything goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper