Christmas Pixie

No time like the present for making a few more Christmas cards... or at least that is my excuse.  I quite like using Christmas images :-)  This one is a 2013 release from DigiStamp Boutique.  I have used the Sketch Saturday layout from week 323.

 

Sweet Tweetings

I love this sketch for the current Retro Sketches challenge!  Perfect for using all those off-cuts of paper that I lovingly keep for 'a rainy day' ;-)  Am I the only one who can't throw patterned paper away?  I made this Christmas card using one of the cute robin chicklets images from DigiStamp Boutique.

 

Penguin Joy

I was lucky enough to win 7 Bugaboo images from a recent challenge and thought I would print one out this week.  I am quite a fan of word art and this image is fab I think.

I will enter the card into this weeks Little Miss Muffet (green and blue) and Sketch Saturday (sketch number 316 rotated) challenges. 

Inspired by #2

Again, inspired by the easel card that Clare made for Sara Naumann's launch night for PaperArtsy.  Love the look of the Sara Naumann stamps and the new Fresco paint colours, but of course Clare's new stamp range was a must!
Anyway, here are two easel cards that I made:

 I used offcuts from other cards I have made recently as the bases for these two.  (It may sound strange but I bought a pack of 50 5x7 inch (I think) cards cheaply from the Works a while ago. Can never (rarely at least) work in that size and end up cutting down to 5x5 inch- what to do with all those strips???)

 I so enjoyed just 'letting go' a little bit on these cards.  Decided to use some washi tape I had rather than make my own, but on the second card I augmented the pale blue tape with 'congratulations'.

 This one is a bit more masculine and I think I will give it to a friend who is aiming to submit his PhD thesis at the end of the week- fingers crossed!

 

Inspired by...

... Clare, who made some fab samples last week for the launch of Sara Naumann's new stamp range (PaperArtsy).  Of course, you should definitely check out Clare's PaperArtsy stamps here!!!  Brilliant!  I have ordered mine :-) and will be inspired to create at the weekend (time allowing).
This project is a take on Clare's positive affirmation tutorial:

 

Bowling Betty

After making a card with the Bowling Alf image from DigiStamp Boutique the other day, I thought I would have a go with Bowling Betty, just to complete the couple.  Thanks for the advice from bowling experts on colours for the bowls- I think I am safe with dark tones :-)

The sentiment is from this set.  I will enter the card into this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge (I have used sketch 324).

Sealife again

For some reason I keep coming back to this DigiStamp Boutique set wanting to make more cards.  This card 'evolved' while I was making it.  It wasn't what I had in mind to start with, but I am happy with the result I think.  Lots of extra stamping, distressing etc.  What do you think?

I will enter this card into this weeks Passion for Promarkers (transport) challenge.

Bowling Alf

I saw this DigiStamp Boutique image and thought (very bad of me to stereotype so much whilst card making- I'm not like that normally) of someone I know who is retiring soon. He won't be taking up bowls- or at least I doubt it.  Probably lawn bowls is much more of a young person's game anyway- it was in the Commonwealth games the other day wasn't it?
I had great fun colouring Alf and decided to make him into this fairly simple card.  Loving making the 'torn out page' look the last two weeks- hole punch and a pair of scissors not a punch or die so a bit handmade :-)

I will enter the card into this weeks Retro Sketches challenge.

 

I have to confess I don't know much about bowling or know anyone who does it and so you will have to excuse me if I have miscoloured the bowls themselves.  The sentiment can be found here. 
Visit the DSB shop before the end of the month to get Alf while he is on offer!
 

Quick and Easy

This weeks ABC Christmas challenge is 'Quick and Easy'.  Brilliant to get a head start and make a few cards for Christmas.  Not so long left now....  I made two cards using the 'Christmas Word Art' set images from DigiStamp Boutique.  Combining image+sentiment in one is perfect for quick and easy cards ;-)

Christmas Sweet Treats: Family

There are two images in the Christmas Sweet Treats set from DigiStamp Boutique and this week I decided to use the family bird one.  Aren't they cute?

The card follows this weeks Sketch Saturday layout (I made the top 3 last week- yippee! :-))