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

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - N & O

Time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge. Helen's our host this month, and the themes are -

'N for Name'

  and 

'O for On' 

Our sponsor this month is -

Neat & Tangled

and the prize is a $25 gift certificate

There's also another prize on offer from Helen

I've made an 'O for On' card (the snowman has his skates on) 

Image stamp -Whipper Snapper 'Snowman Skater'
Papers - Studio Light #44 and #50
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Card Candi and Flower Soft

 

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas
Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - L & M

It's the first Wednesday of the month so it's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge. Helen's our host and the themes are -

'L for Love'

  and 

'M for Mouse' 

Our sponsor this month is -

Wild Rose Studio

  
The prize is a 6x6 'Festive Florals' paper pack and a 'Teddy Baubles' clear stamp!

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

I've made an 'M for Mouse' card, using a cute stamp from Penny Black. It also kind of fits the L theme as wee mousie seems to be loving that snow.

Image stamp -Penny Black 'Let It Snow!'
Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley 'Christmas Grungy Messages' set
Papers - Basic Grey 'Olivia'
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Twine, gems and Flower Soft

 

Pile It On - Holiday (no birthday)
Stamping Sensations - Anything goes
My Time To Craft - Holidays
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Non-traditional Christmas colours
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned paper
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything goes + Christmas
The Holly And Ivy Christmas - Anything Chrismas goes
Christmas With The Cuties - Festive furry friends

Daisy Mouse

This is one of the stamps I was lucky enough to receive for my birthday. I got to choose and couldn't resist this one, partly because it's a cutie and partly because it's got the same name as one of my last rats (my Daisy was also a cutie, as well as one of the naughtiest rats I've ever known).

Image stamp - Whipper Snapper 'Daisy Mouse'
Papers - Studio Light #69
Colouring medium - Prismacolour Premier soft core pencils
Extras - Spellbinders Nestabilites circle dies, Sizzix 'Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz' Bigz die and pearls

Stamping Sensations - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Three of something (three papers and three die-cut flowers)
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/Spring is in the air
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned paper
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything goes
As You Like It - Flora or fauna (fauna for me, in card making and in general. I don't own any stamps with just flowers on them, they all include cute wee animals too)
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes