It must be love

Image stamp - From the Penny Black 'Critter Party' transparent set

Sentiment - Lili Of The Valley 'Everyday Grungy Messages' digi stamp

Papers - First Edition 'New Leaf'
Colouring medium - Creativepeak soft core wax pencils

Extras - Pearls

 

Allsorts - I love...Penny Black stamps

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes

Gem Of A Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Anything goes

Di's Digi Challenge - Cute & cuddly animals

My Time To Craft - All you need is love

Penny Black Saturday - Love is in the air

Sweet Stampin' - Love, love, love

Dragonfly Dreams - Love

Stamping Sensations - Wings or tails

Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes

We Love Stamping - Anything stamped

 

I Baked A Cake

Image - Lili Of The Valley 'I Baked A Cake' digi stamp
Sentiment - Lili Of The Valley 'Everyday Grungy Messages' digi stamp
Papers - First Edition 'Boho Chic'
Colouring medium - Creativepeak soft core wax pencils
Extras - Carnation Crafts circle dies and pearls

 

Addicted To Stamps & More - Birthdays
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Papercraft - Anything goes
A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp (Monday) - Food and/or drink
Gem Of A Challenge - Anything goes
Sweet Stampers - Furry friends
Penny's Paper - Use paper
Polkadoodles - Anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - Birthdays

James - Pile Of Presents

 

Image - Lili Of The Valley 'James - Pile Of Presents' digi stamp
Sentiment - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages' digi stamp
Papers - First Edition 'New Leaf'
Colouring medium - Creativepeak soft core wax pencils
Extras - Carnation Crafts circle dies and pearls

 

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Addicted To Stamps & More - Christmas

ABC Christmas - D is for Distressing

The Paper Funday - Anything goes

Critter Crazy - Feature a critter

Crafty Animals - Anything goes

Sweet Stampers - Furry friends

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas, optional theme of cute

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper 

Candy Cane Bear

Image - Mo's Digital Pencil 'Candy Cane Bear' digi stamp 
Sentiment - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages' digi stamp
Papers - Scraps By Andrea 'Bah Humbug' digi papers
Colouring medium - Creativepeak soft core wax pencils
Extras - Pearls

ABC Christmas - D is for Distressing 
Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything stamped (digi stamps allowed)
Through The Purple Haze - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas goes
We Love Stamping - Anything stamped (digi stamps allowed)
Allsorts - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper
The Holly And Ivy - Anything Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - E, F & G

It's the first Wednesday of the month, so that means it's time for a new challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge. Carol's our host and we have three themes this month, which are -

'E for Embellishments' 

'F for Fabric'

  and 

'G for Glitz' 

Carol's offering prizes for two lucky winners

I've combined all three themes on this card. The gems are the embellishments, the lace is the fabric and I've added glitter to the snow for the glitz part, as well as there being glittery snowflakes on the paper. The snow isn't obvious in this photo so I've added another photo, which hopefully shows it up a bit better

Image - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Mice' Art Sheet  

Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages'
Papers - First Edition 'Merry Little Christmas'

 

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper
Crafty Creations - Anything goes

A card, hurrah!

This card has taken me over a month to complete. I attached the papers to the card base, stamped the image and that's as far as I got for ages. I'm starting to wonder if my mojo was packed away with the Christmas tree.

 

Image stamp -  Penny Black 'Butterfly Wishes'
Sentiment stamp - Paula Pascual 'Everyday Sentiments'
Papers - Craft Sensations 'Vintage Dreams'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Spellbinders Nestabilities circle dies, Sizzix 'Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz' Bigz die and pearls

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Papercraft Challenges - All the critters
Stampin' Sensations - All things bright and beautiful
Penny Black And More - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - Love your pet
Penny Black Saturday - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - C & D

It's the first Wednesday of the month, so that means a new ABC Christmas Challenge. Wilma's our host, and the themes are -

'C for Candy'

  and 

'D for Decorations' 

Wilma's offering two prizes for two lucky winners

I've combined both challenges with my card. I found quite a few candy images on my House-Mouse CD and finally went with this cutie. I have a confession to make. I love House-Mouse images and I'm mainly a stamper, but I really don't enjoy colouring House-Mouse stamps so this CD is just perfect for me. I just thought I'd better point that out in case someone believed I'd done an amazing job at colouring this image.

 

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

Sentiment - Printed 
Extras - Card Candi and glitter

 

House-Mouse & Friends - Anything goes
Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Moving Along With The Times - Add a sentiment
Crafty Creations - Anything goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - A & B

Happy New Year! It's our first challenge of 2019 over at the ABC Christmas Challenge and the winners from our DT call, Lynda, Julie, Wei and Lindsay, are joining us from this month. Helen's our host, and the themes are -

'A for Anything Christmas Goes'

  and 

'B for Berries' 

Helen's offering prizes for two lucky winners

My 'A for Anything Christmas Goes' card

Image - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Mice' Art Sheet
Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages'
Papers - Craft Sensations 'Vintage Dreams'

 

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
As You Like It - Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes

My 'B for Berries' card

 

Image stamp - Penny Black 'A Thorny Affair'

Papers - Basic Grey 'Eskimo Kisses'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Dew drops

 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Use patterned paper
Sweet Stampers - Anything goes 
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Penny Black Saturday - Winter or Christmas
Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas 
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes

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
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
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
Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas
Pile It On - Pets
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Crafty Friends - Two or more patterned papers