Snowflake Edges

I have a simple one layer Christmas card to share today, made using one of the stamps from the 'Snowflake Edges' set by Simon Says Stamp. I stamped it along the folded edge of a smooth white card blank using Versamark ink, then heat embossed it using white embossing powder. I blended 'Broken China' Distress Ink over the top of the embossed area, then once dry added a stamped sentiment using one of the stamps from the 'Festive Phrases' set by Funky Fossil.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Gals Corner - Fill in the Blank 'Snow.....' (Snowflakes)
• Little Red Wagon - A is for Anything Goes
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Snowflakes
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'CAS')

PBSC February - Anything Goes (Optional 'Hearts')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Hearts'

We are currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.

I used this challenge as an opportunity to decorate my desk calendar page for February...and picked some cute heart carrying hedgies from the 'Every Which Way' set. I stamped them on to a snippet of watercolour paper, coloured them using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut them out. For the background, I used a snippet of heart covered paper from the 'Happy Colours' pad from The Works, distressing the edges a little and matting it on to a snippet of kraft card. I added a heart cut using my Cuttlebug 'Concentric Hearts' die, then layered the hedgies on top.

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

• Creatalicious - Love is in the Air
• Cut It Up - Have a Heart
• Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Have a Heart
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Christmas Star

Today's card features some more of the stamps from the 'All is Bright' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, adding a sentiment from an old Lili of the Valley set, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I used papers from the 'Santa's List' pad by Kaiserkraft for the background, distressing the edges a little before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. Then matted the layers on to red card before adding it to the card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Fab 'N' Funky - Include a Stamped Image
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Time Out - Pick Two (Stitch & Layer)

All Is Bright

Today's card features some of the stamps from the 'All is Bright' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, then coloured the image using watercolour pencils...adding some sparkle to the start using a Sakura Stardust pen.The starry background paper is from the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' pad by Papermania...I distressed all of the edges a little, then matted the image on to a snippet of kraft card before adding it all to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• I Spy With My Little Eye - Fur or Feathers
• Krafty Chicks - Masculine
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• My Time to Craft - Make It Male

Bauble Decoration

Today's card features an old Papermania stamp called 'Bauble Decoration'. I stamped it directly on to a kraft card blank using Versamark ink, then heat embossed it in white. I added a sentiment using a stamp from a Lili of the Valley set...heat embossing that in white to match.

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas Kickstart - Baubles
• C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes (Optional 'Photo Inspiration')
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes

Expressive

Today's card features a new Penny Black stamp called 'Expressive' that I recieved for Christmas. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Brushstroke Expressions' set by My Favorite Things. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, then distressed the egdes a little before adding it to a DL card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'Close to Nature')
• CAS on Friday - Flowers
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
• Moving Along with the Times - Thank You
• Sweet Stampin' - Thank You Cards

Purrfect Together

Today's card features a couple of kitties from the 'Forever Friends' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped them on to a snippet of watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments in the set, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I used one of my circle Nesties to cut out the image, then cut a matching scalloped circle mat from a snippet of kraft card. I used a snippets of heart covered papers, from a couple of different pads for the background - the pink one is from the 'Happy Colours' pad from The Works, and the green one is from the 'Vinatge Dreams' pad by Craft Sensations. I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Animals - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
• Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Funny/Punny

Treat Yourself

Today's card features a couple of cute pups from the 'Treat Yourself' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped them on to a piece of watercolour paper, along with sentiments from the same set, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I doodled a simple border, before adding it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - CAS
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon says Stamp (Wednesdays) - CAS
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes

PBSC January - Anything Goes (Optional 'Something New')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Something New'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

My 'Something New' is a lovely new Christmas stamp set from Penny Black called 'Santa's Sweets'. I stamped it, along the matching sentiment, on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I used a piece of spotty paper from the 'Fresh Florals' pad by Craft Sensations for the background...distressing all of the edges, and adding faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and black gel pen, and matting the layers on to some red card before adding it to a kraft card blank.

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

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations - Something Old or Something New (The stamp is new)
• Creative Knockouts - Something to Say
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Warm & Cosy

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Pansy Spray

Today's card features another floral stamp that I got for Christmas called 'Pansy Spray' by Stampendous. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Go To Words' set by Visible Image, then distressed the edges a little before adding it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - CAS
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Anything but Square')

Pinwheel Daisies

I have a pair of cards to share today, made using some stamps from a set by JustRite that I received for Christmas called 'Pinwheel Daisies'. I stamped then on to navy blue card using Versamark ink, then heat embossed them using silver embossing powder from WOW. I added sentiments, using stamps from the 'Signature Greetings' set by Visible Image, heat embossing them in silver to match, then watercoloured the flowers using a blue Cosmic Shimmer paint. I matted the panels on to some silver mirror card before adding them to white card blanks.

Challenges for these cards:

• Addicted to CAS - Blue
• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Card on the left only)
• Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• My Time to Craft - Use a Sentiment
• We Love Stamping - Anything but Square (Card on the right only)

Birthday Ball

Today's card features a cute puppy stamp from the 'Stay Pawsitive' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped him on to a kraft card blank, along with a ball and sentiment using stamps from another Anita Jeram set called 'What This!', then coloured the image using watercolour pencils.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Knockouts - Celebrations
• Just Us Girls - Masculine
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes
• The Male Room - CAS
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Anything but Square')

Iris Bouquet

Today's card features a lovely floral stamp I received for Christmas called 'Iris Bouquet' by Judikins. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Sketched Flowers' set by Simon Says Stamp, then distressed the edges a little before adding it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Alphabet Challenge - T is for Thank You
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'CAS')
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Something New
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Hand Coloured Image')

ABC Christmas Challenge - A & B are for?

It's the second Wednesday of a new month, so that means it's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge...and today, we are starting our sixteenth trip through the alphabet! I'm the host, and the themes are:

'A is for Anything Christmas Goes

&

'B is for Buildings'

The prize for the lucky winner is this stamp set & paper pad:

For my 'Anything Christmas' card, I used a new Penny Black snowman stamp that I received for Christmas...he's called 'Jolly Snowy'. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment using an old Lili of the Valley stamp, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used papers from the 'Back to Basics Christmas' pad by Dovecraft...distressing the edges, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

For my 'B is for Buildings' card, I used a Memory Box die called 'Snowy Cabin Circle'. I cut the whole die from a snippet of white card, then used tiny snippets of blue, pink and yellow papers to cut some of the details of the cabin, and added those to the scene. I layered a circle of paper from the 'Glittering Snowflakes' pad by Crafter's Companion behind the scene, then added it to a card blank using 3D foam. The sentiment stamp is from an old Lili of the Valley set.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Crafty Calendar - Use a Die Cut (Second card only)
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Goes/Optional 'Moodboard' (First card only)
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Something New (The stamp is new) (First card only)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (The stamp is new) (First card only)
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes/Hand Coloured Image (First card only)

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

Mosaic Butterflies

I have a couple of cards to share today, made using stamps from a set that I received for Christmas called 'Mosaic Butterflies' by Woodware stamps. I stamped them on to snippets of watercolour paper using Versamark ink, then heat embossed them using silver metallic embossing powder from WOW. I watercoloured them using Cosmic Shimmers, then carefully cut them out. I stamped and heat embossed sentiments (using a stamp from the 'Signature Greetings' set by Memory Box) on to snippets of white card, cut into squares, then pierced a simple border using my CutterBee Bug, before adding the butterflies using 3D foam pads.

Here are some close-ups:

Challenges for these cards:

• AAA Cards - Anything Goes (Optional 'Flies in the Air')
• Krafty Chicks - Birthday
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Something New (The stamps are new)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (The stamps are new)
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Hand Coloured Image') (Card on the right only)
• Sweet Stampin' - New (The stamps are new)

PBSC January - Anything Goes (Optional - Something New!')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Something New'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I went with 'New Year' as my Something New, and am sharing the calendar I made for my Mum for Christmas. Every year I decorate a couple of the Paper Mill blank calendars to give as gifts, and use exclusively Penny Black images. The panel on each month is A6 in size, and I used lots of snippets from a mixture of brands for the simple backgrounds. I distressed the edges of everything, and added some faux stitching to the papers using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I won't list the names of all of the images, or papers...partly because there are too many to list, but also because I can't remember and I'm not at home able to check!

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

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (New Year)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.