ABC Christmas Challenge - W is for...

This fortnight, Lorraine is the host at the ABC Christmas Challenge...with a challenge theme of:

'W is for Wrap It Up!'

(We want to see gift bags, boxes and wrapping paper)

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

Simon Says Stamp

Prize - a $15 voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp

and

The Stamping Boutique

I alwaya wrap all of my presents in brown paper...and just use ribbons to 'pretty' them up...but to make this a little bit more special, I've watermark stamped some snowflakes all over it (snowflake stamps are by Papermania). I used a digi stamp from the Stamping Boutique called 'Holly Berry' to decorate a tag to go with it...printing it out on a couple of scraps of patterned paper (from the 'Believe' & 'Countdown to Christmas' pads by My Mind's Eye)...the sentiment stamp is by Paper Make-Up. I used some plain brown string to tie up the parcel, then attaced the tag using some bright red seambinding ribbon from the Ribbon Girls.

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Hot Chocolate

This week's Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge has been set by Mel, and she has chosen the theme of:

'Hot Chocolate'

We are excited to announce that we have a new monthly sponsor:

The Stamping Boutique

The prize is five digis of the winner's choice.

They also provided some images for the DT to play with...and I chose to use 'Princess Jennifer Latte-Heartbreaker'. I coloured her with watercolour pencils, and then cut out the image using my 'Lacey Circles' Nesties (available here at the Secret Crafter). The papers are a mixture of Bo Bunny 'Tis the Season', My Mind's Eye 'Colourful Christmas' and '29th Street Market', and I distressed all of the edges, and added faux stitching with my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. I embossed the plain brown paper with my 'D'Vine Swirls' Cuttlebug folder (available here at the Secret Crafter). The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the jewelled brads are from Craft Obsessions.

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

• Papertake Weekly - Sketch
• Crafty Creations - Heat It Up!
• Critter - Distressing & a Circle
• Delightful - Have a Heart (There are hearts on the image)
• Digi Doodles - Swirls
• Stamping Boutique - Monthly Challenge

We also have a DT call running at the moment, so for more information about that, and some fabby inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please visit the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.

And...if you haven't already entered, I have candy on offer here.