Little Star

Well, after all the bright colours on yesterday's card, I've toned it right down today...and gone for an all white Christmas card. The image is 'Little Star' by Lili of the Valley, which I coloured with watercolour pencils, and then added some Stickles for a touch of sparkle. I used my Cuttlebug 'Stars' folder and one of the Papermania border folders (which I doubled up to make a wider strip) for the embossed background. The star was cut using a Nestie, then I ran it though my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder.

Challenges for this card:

• Bah! Humbug! - Stars
• DCD Christmas Club - Christmas Furry Things 
• Pollycraft - No Designer Paper
• Sew Many Card Challenges - Christmas
• Totally Gorjuss - Christmas

Welcome Party!

It's another Christmas card from me today...this one follows the sketch from the Create4Fun challenge...although I flipped it by accident...stuck the pieces of paper the wrong way round! lol
The image is 'Welcome Party' by Penny Black, and the papers are from the 'Colourful Christmas' collection by My Mind's Eye. As they're so bright and busy, I kept it really simple, just inking the edges to define the layers.

I'm also going to enter this card into a few other challenges:

• Bah! Humbug! - 'Christmas Stockings'
• Cupcake Craft - 'Cats & Dogs' (There's a mouse too...but I hope that's ok!)
• Critter Challenge - 'Christmas in July'
• Papertake Weekly -  'Cutie Patootie'

Santa & Penguin

Despite the baking temperatures at the weekend, I was making Christmas cards! This one is for quite a few challenges, so I'll list them at the end of the post. The image is from a set of stamps by Craft UK called 'Santa & Penguin'. As it's quite large, I kept the card really simple, using my Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder for the embossing.

 Challenges entered:

• Truly Scrumptious: Sketch (And 'Strawberries & Cream' optional extra)
• Bah! Humbug!: 'Father Christmas'
• DCD Christmas Club: 'Arctic Winter'
• My Time to Craft: 'Yuletide in June'
• Winter Wonderland: 'Strawberries & Cream'

Presents for 2...and one for me too! :0)

Today's card is a Christmas one...I've combined the Sweet Sunday Sketch with Bah! Humbug!'s 'Child's Christmas' theme.The adorable bear is called 'Presents for 2' by Lili of the Valley, and the colourful papers are from the DCWV 'Christmas' stack...I know they don't look very Christmassy...but one is covered with 'Ho Ho Ho's!' lol The big snowflake was cut using my Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die.

And the present for me??? Well, look what arrived in the post yesterday:

This little lot is my fabulous 'secret' prize that I won on the Stampavie Challenge a few months ago...I'd completely forgotten about it...so really was surprised when I opened the box. Just look at all those lovely Stampavie stamps...and gorgeous papers..and the cute little tote...I love it all...thank you!!!

ABC Christmas Challenge - Half-way there hop!

We've arrived at the letter 'M' on the ABC Christmas Challenge this week...and to celebrate reaching the end of the first half of the alphabet...we're having a 'Half-way there hop'! So, to celebrate having a lovely stash of Christmas cards already, as well as a fabulous prize of  a $25 shopping spree at our lovely Lacey's Stamp & Create store, there is some secret candy hidden for entrants to this fortnight's challenge on some of the DT's blogs!

It's Lacey's turn to host the challenge, and her theme is:

'M is for Mistletoe' (or Wine! lol)

(optional extra of sewing/stitching)

For my card, I've used 'Wishes for Kisses' by Penny Black, and mistletoe covered papers from the 'Wonderful Winter' glitter pad by My Mind's Eye. I added some faux stitching using my Cutterbee Bug and a white gel pen.

I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:

• Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Sketch
• Bah! Humbug! - 'Anything Goes'
• Winter Wonderland - 'Traditional Christmas Flower' (Mistletoe)

Ok...so in order to be in with a chance of winning a secret candy...you need to enter this fortnight's challenge, and answer the questions on each of the DT's blogs, and the ABC Christmas Challenge...we're not telling you where the candy is hidden, so make sure you don't miss anyone out...so if you didn't arrive on my blog from Annie's...you might want to go back to the ABC Christmas Challenge, and start from the beginning.

My question is:

What is your favourite Christmas Carol?

Mine is the 'Shepherd's Pipe Carol' by John Rutter

Please leave your answer in a comment on this post...then hop on over to Jayne's blog for the next question...and a peek at her fabulous card! Don't forget, that in order to be eligible for the candies, you must also enter a project into the 'M is for Mistletoe' challenge...but as our challenges run for two weeks...you've got plenty of time!

Snow Bunny Bella

I've gone all 'pink' again on this card...although this time it has a Christmas feel. I followed the sketch from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long...and used Bah! Humbug!'s 'Shades of Pink' colour scheme...not a colour I use all that much...but this is my second mainly pink card this week! The image is 'snowbunnybella' by Stamping Bella...which I coloured with watercolour pencils...I added some sparkle to the fur trim on her coat and boots with a Sakura stardust pen...which you can just about see in the photo. The papers are all from the 'Rose Tinted Christmas' stack by DCWV, and the snowflakes were cut using a Cuttlebug die.