From Santa

Well I guess there is no time like the present to make a start on next years Christmas cards! This is one I made today (OK I have a lot of images printed out for Christmas and so am trying to use them up and so there may be a few more cards in the near future until they are used up) using a Stampfairy image. I will also enter this card into this weeks Willow Sketchie (sketch and red and green), this months CCAYR (anything goes) and the Passion for Promarkers mega challenges.

Snowman George

Well, it has taken me a while to make a card for this weeks ABC Christmas challenge (X is for xerox), but I knew I had to do it this weekend. I have completed all the other challenges this year and so couldn't let one go so close to the end of the year. The idea behind the challenge is to 'xerox' one of the DT cards from a previous challenge. Here I have 'xeroxed' Lacey's tag from the P is for Photo inspiration challenge (I have used a George the snowman Stampfairy image (specially bought for the challenge in the fab 50% off sale to celebrate Stampfairy's birthday!) and taken the green, red and white colour scheme along with the cord across the bottom).

For my card I have followed the sketch of this weeks Stampfairy challenge (which had the extra twist of finishing off the inside of the card, which I have done). I will also enter the card into this weeks Willow Sketchie (anything goes) and I love Promarkers (snowmen and snowflakes- both on the image) and this months CCAYR (anything goes) and Pollycraft (Christmas fun) challenges.

Red and Green Santa

This weeks Digi Doodle Shops Best challenge is the colour combo red and green. I wanted to use my PP big spotty papers again and so this time I have printed out the crimson ones. The sentiment is from the PP download and the image is a Santa Chimney from Stampfairy.

I will enter this card into this weeks Stampfairy challenge (glitter) and this months CCAYR challenge (sketch).

Glittery Christmas

This weeks Stampfairy challenge is a sketch and I love sketches and so had to have a go. I have used a Barry Winter image. I will also enter the card into this weeks I love Promarkers challenge (glitter and glitz at Christmas).

Fun Halloween

For some reason I seem to have missed the last couple of Stampfairy challenges- they were on my 'to do' list but it never happened :-(. I have made up for it this week since I prioritised the challenge- which was to make a spooky or fun Halloween card. I have used my Tommy wizard image on this card.

I will also enter the card into this weeks Willow Sketchie (sketch), I love Promarkers (cute) and Passion for Promarkers(stars- on Tommy's hat) challenges.

Sparkly Christmas

This weeks Stampfairy challenge is to make a project with glitter. I have used this santa chimney image, coloured with promarkers and glitter. I have battled with my new sewing machine again to add the stitched details- they are somewhat wonky! I think I made a big mistake getting a mini machine since it is not the best! The thread keeps getting stuck in the tension adjuster and then the whole thing gets jammed up. I will persist though to see if I can get it to work any better...

I will also enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge and CMLI challenge (Christmas tree).

Barry Winter

I got this image on Monday as last weeks Stampfairy prize and couldn't wait to get it printed and coloured. I have followed the sketch of the latest Stampfairy challenge and added two small Christmas bells and a strip of fancy pats lace wraps as finishing touches. Sorry the photo is not the best- I have just moved and so haven't figured out the best place in my new room for taking photos. I thought in the window was good but obviously it was too dark and then using the software to make it lighter has ended up with it looking washed out :-(. I'll learn in the next few weeks.

I'll enter the card also into this weeks I love Promarkers challenge (metal embellishment or charm).

Spooky Birthday Wishes

This weeks Stampfairy Challenge was to use buttons and fibres on your card.  At first I thought that I didn't have any fibres but then I remembered I had a little bit of this funky fibre wool left and so have used it.  (Buttons, on the other hand, I had no trouble using.)  The image is Tommy Wizard and it is the first time I have used it.  I didn't know at first whether to make it into a Halloween card or a birthday one, but then I don't really give Halloween cards and so a birthday card is more practical.

I will enter the card into the following challenges this week: Pollycraft (felt- I stuck felt behind the sentiment), Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch), Passion for Promarkers (anything goes) and I love Promarkers (anything goes).

Fancy Folds

This weeks Stampfairy challenge is to make a card with fancy folds. I take it this means using a non-standard base card type and so I have made another of these triangle type cards (which I think are really designed for Christmas cards- in the shape of a Christmas tree- but they look good for other cards too). I quite like this base card type (it folds down flat to go in an envelope and stands up with some velcro to hold the flaps together to make the pyramid). I have used a Lenny cupcakes image which I have digitally cut down to make a single Lenny with the balloon.

These cards are really easy to make. You just need three squares of card. Score each diagonally and then stick them together like this: (back)

(front):

Add some velcro dots or tape so that the recipient can stick it together.

This little piggy...

I got this image a few weeks ago and this is it's first outing. My hard drive with all my digis crashed last Sunday but luckily I had all my Stampfairy digis in my email account still and so all was not lost. As for everything else on the hard drive, it has been recovered but I had to send it away to be fixed (get the data on Monday or Tuesday next week) but it has cost me a fortune :(. It has taught me a lesson in backing up that's for sure.

Anyway, I have made this card following the sketch for this weeks Stampfairy challenge.

Lenny Cupcakes

I was really lucky and won this image from Gerda's birthday blog hop last week from Chrissy's birthday card for Gerda (well this is part of the image since I have cut it down on this card). I have made this card for this weeks Stampfairy challenge (better late than never!) (pink, turquoise and purple) and followed the sketch from this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

Polar Bear Easel Card

I have been busy the last few nights making this Christmas card. I was inspired by Deb's themed challenge on CMLI this week to use up lots of offcuts of papers to make the backing paper here. I saw the idea in a magazine about this time last year and have used it once before, now that I have a Cuttlebug. The embossing works well to bring the papers together and stop them looking like a load of scraps!

The image is a freebie from Stampfairy (which I think is about a year old). It's been a while since I made an Easel card and so I quite enjoyed this one. I went for a rectangle rather than a square, for a change. I will also enter this card into this weeks Pollycraft challenge (Christmas), Passion for Promarkers (Oscar is coloured with PMs) (animals), I love Promarkers (anything goes), Digi Doodle Shops Best (anything goes), ABC Christmas challenge (O is for older image) and Stampfairy challenge (Christmas and Easel card).

CAS Christmas

I have been playing with CAS cards this last week and have tested out making one layer cards with digistamps. This one is a Christmas card using a Stampfairy image. I have added the image to the inside of the card too. I usually neglect the insides of my cards and probably this doesn't give them a good overall professional finish, but for this one I have paid more attention. On the front of the card I added glitter to the image and a cut up white pompom to Santa's hat for a bit of texture and interest.

I will enter the card into this weeks Stampfairy challenge (new technique- one layer cards with a digi image (I know I entered another card this week, which I also made yesterday with this technique and so if it is no longer a 'new' technique since it is my second card then I apologise and delete my entry, but since I made the two at the same time almost I kind of think they are both cards made with a technique new to me...)), CES (Christmas- Wow I won last weeks first birthday CES challenge!!!!) and abc Christmas (n is for no nonsense).

60th Celebrations!

Today my parents had a joint party to celebrate their 60th birthdays. Mum will be 60 on Monday and Dad was 60 in February, but he was in New Zealand at the time and so didn't have a big celebration. I wanted to make them a card for the day. Last week I have been testing out CAS cards and one layer cards. I decided to try a bit of a new twist on this and use a digi image on a one layer card for the first time. This is the card I made last night. I will enter it into this weeks Stampfairy challenge (new techinque- one layer digi card).

And in case anyone is wondering, the party today went well despite the rain. (It was a BBQ and so the rain pretty much dampened spirits a bit but it brightened up after about 4pm.)

M is for Monochrome

I was busy crafting all yesterday but can't put it on my blog for a while as it was a special birthday card for Mum. I did manage to make this card today though, so that I do manage to get one post in this week. I have used one of my new Stampfairy images along with some Pinkpetticoat papers (printed in grayscale) to make this monochrome card for this weeks ABC Christmas challenge (M is for Monochrome). The card follows the sketch from this weeks Stampfairy challenge and Willow Sketchie challenge. I will also enter the card into this weeks I love Promarkers challenge (anything goes).

Baseball

I got this Stampfairy image the other day thinking it was a cricket image. Now I look more closely I realise it is baseball, but I like it all the same. Not sure I know many baseball fans though- not as popular this side of the Atlantic. This weeks Stampfairy challenge (a masculine touch) was the perfect chance to use my new image. I have used the sketch from this weeks CMLI sketchie, set by Kathy, which also had the theme of masculine and monochrome. I will also enter the card into this weeks I love Promarkers challenge (black, white and one other colour- grey) and Digidoodle Shops Best challenge (stitching- I had added faux stitching to the panel which goes across horizontally).

Bank Holiday Monday

Well it must be a Bank Holiday today since it has rained here the whole day! I thought this image was very suitable for today and so decided to make a card with it. I have followed the new sketch on this weeks Stampfairy challenge.

Linda fairy

This is a card I made today for this weeks Stampfairy challenge using my my Stampfairy image- Linda fairy. The theme for this weeks challenge was girly. I'm not too good with girly cards and so am not entirely happy with the result, but it is good to try things out of your comfort zone once in a while. I will also enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

Beary birthday

I quickly finished this card this morning so that I could enter it into this weeks Stampfairy Challenge (sketch). I think I will give the card to my brother for his birthday in May- I know it is a little early to make it, but always best to be prepared I find! (Sorry that the GA on Lenny's nose hasn't quite dried in the photo.)

Lenny Bee (again)

This weeks Stampfairy Challenge is a photo inspiration and it fits perfectly with this card I made a few weeks ago for a CMLI sketchie and forgot to post on my blog. I have used my Lenny Bee image agian- he is just so cute and reminds me of sunny days and spring. I have take the garden feel of the photo along with the blue background and yellow in the flowers. I will also enter this into this weeks CES challenge (die cut crazy- I have used my Cuttlebug to die cut the flowers from a Sizzlets die and then shaped them) and Passion for Promarkers challenge (theme- bugs).