ABC Christmas Challenge - H & I are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Lynda is the host, and there are two themes this month, which are:

'H is for Hang It Up'

&

'I is for Intricate'

There are two awesome prizes on offer from our lovely Lynda:

For my 'Hang It Up' project, I made a bauble...it's meant to be a photo ornament, but I used a couple of Penny Black snowmen (from the 'Snow Much Fun!' and 'Holly Jolly Christmas' sets) instead. I coloured the snowmen using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut them out. For the background, I cut a couple of circles from snowy paper from the 'Mystery Marbles' pad by Craft Sensations. I made the 'snow' from a mixture of white Flowersoft, Glamour Dust and white seed beads.

For my Intricate card, I decided to make a wreath from die cut snowflakes...I cut them from lots of snippets of card using a set of Tim Holtz dies for Sizzix. I stamped the sentiment (from a Ranger set called 'Letter It - Christmas') on to the centre of my card blank, then arranged the snowflakes around it...sticking some directly on to the card, and raising the others up on 3D foam pads in a variety of thicknesses.

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

• Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional Anything But a Card) (Just the bauble)
• Crimbo Crackers - Anything Christmas Goes
• Penny Black & More - Going Round in Circles (Just the bauble)
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets (Just the card)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes (Just the bauble)
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - T is for...

We have a new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Wilma is the host, and the theme is:

'T is for Tree Ornament'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Prize -  2 digis of the winner's choice

I've decorated a photo ornament using some Helz Cuppleditch 'Special Delivery' paper, and some die cut shapes from the 'Colourful Christmas' collection by My Mind's Eye. I filled the bottom of the bauble with some 'Polar White' Flowersoft mixed with a little Glamour Dust.

Front:

Back:

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

• Charisma Cardz - Anything but a Card
• Completely Christmas - Anything Goes
• Pink Elephant - Anything Goes

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

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes!

We've got a wonderfully easy challenge for you this week over at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, where:

'Anything Goes!'

 Our sponsor for this challenge is:

and the prize is a $20 voucher to spend in their online store!

I've decorated a little desk calendar that I got in the post Christmas sale in Boots...it's meant for photos...but I've used lots of those little tiny stamps you get in the Penny Black transparent sets...just the right size, as the space for the pictures is 2x3 inches. I've kept it all really simple as the space is so small...with just a single layer of paper and a cut out image...with some doodling too...and it's all flat, as I didn't want it to be too bulky. I'm using this for keeping track of birthdays...so hopefully I won't forget to send anyone a card!

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

• Pollycraft - Anything, but a card
• Stampin' for the Weekend - Out with the Old (All of the stamps & papers I've used on this are at least a year old...some of them are considerably older!)

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