ABC Christmas Challenge - X is for...

We have a  fabulous new ABC Christmas Challenge for you today...Dorte is the host...and the theme is:

'X is for Xerox'

Basically, we want you to 'Xerox'...copy...CASE...a card by either myself or one of my lovely design team buddies for one of this year's ABC Christmas challenges. There are links to all of this year's challenges in the sidebar of the ABC Christmas blog...with plenty of cards to choose from!

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

The prize from Digital Delights is 3 of their wonderful images.

And the prize from Bugaboo is 7 fabulous images!

I went back through all of our previous challenges...and picked this adorable card by Carissa for our 'A for Anything Goes' challenge way back in January:

I copied the layout...and used some of the same papers too...but a different image ('Christmas Bongo' by Digital Delights). The papers are all My Mind's Eye...a mixture of 'Wonderful Winter' and 'Countdown to Christmas'...and I used a different border punch too ('Scalloped Diamonds' by EK Success)...but it still looks pretty similar:

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

• Creative Craft - Free for All
• Everybody Art - Christmas Cards
• Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my love DT buddies...and a couple of guests from Bugaboo Stamps too...please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

ABC Christmas Challenge - K is for...

It's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge, and this time it's Lacey's turn to host. The theme for the challenge is:

'K is for Kids & Kraft'

With an optional extra to make a giftcard/holder.

We have not one, but two fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

Digital Delights

Winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice.

and

Karen's doodles

Winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice.

Ok, so on to my card...I made an ordinary card, but if you fancy trying a giftcard/holder, Lacey has made a fabulous tutorial showing how she made her project, which you can find on the ABC Christmas Challenge blog. The adorable image I used is 'Stuck up the chimney Santa' by Digital Delights, which I coloured using watercolour pencils. The papers are both by DCWV, from the 'Christmas Wishes' and 'Christmas' stacks. I distressed the edges a little (using my scissors again, as I still can't find my distressing tool!), then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. The sentiment stamp is by Cuddly Buddly.

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

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Scallops
• Crafty Sentiments - Kid's Cards
• Creative Inspirations (Wednesdays) - Christmas in May
• My Time To Craft - Use a Die Cut
• Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Sketch
• Wags N' Whiskers - Circles

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, and our fabulous Guest Designers, and of course for Lacey's fabulous tutorial, please visit the ABC Christmas Challenge.

ABC Christmas Challenge - D is for...

This week's ABC Christmas Challenge is hosted by Delphine, and the theme is:

'D is for Double Trouble'

This is what you need to do:
use a  digi image, AND 2 different papers & 2 types of embellishments.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Digital Delights

And here is what you could win...

Ok, so on to my card. The DT were given some Digital Delights images to play with, but I decided to use one that I already had called 'Snowball the Snowman' (sorry, I tried to link him, but it tells me he doesn't exist on their website at the moment, which is odd, 'cos he was definitely there last week!). I coloured him with watercolour pencils to match the red and green of the two My Mind's Eye 'Wonderful Winter' glitter papers. My two types of embellishments are the spotty ribbon and adhesive sparkly gems. For a touch more sparkle, I added some Stickles in 'Ice Crystal' to the snow under the snowman, and finally a Cuddly Buddly sentiment stamp.

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

• Sweet Sunday Sketch - Sketch 104
• Papertake Weekly - Glitz
• Totally Stampalicious - Bling, Glitter or Glitz

For more inspiration, please check out the fabulous cards by my lovely ABC Christmas Challenge DT buddies.

Pile It On! Challenge - Things That Go Buzz!

The theme for this week's Pile It On! Challenge is:

'Butterflies, Bugs and Bees'

(or things that go Bzzzz)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Digital Delights, and the prize is a $10 Gift Certificate.

I've used 'Lara Ladybug' (by Digital Delights) on my card...isn't she adorable in her little ladybird costume?! The spotty paper is by Bo Bunny, the ribbon and flowers are from Poppicrafts, and the sentiment stamp is from Cuddly Buddly.

Here are the other challenges that I've Piled On!:

• Sweet Stampin' - Sketch
• Allsorts - 'Dressing Up'
• Crazy Challenge - 'All About Birthdays'
• Creative Inspirations (Sundays) - 'Anything Goes'
• Creative Stamp Friends - Recipe: 'Round, 2 Flowers, 1 Ribbon'
• Dutch Dare - 'Anything Goes'
• One Stop Craft - 'Patterns' (Mine's polkadots)
• Paperplay - 'Anything Goes'
• Paper Sundaes - 'Stitching'
• Simon Says Stamp - 'We Are All Going Dotty!'
• Stampavie & More - 'Black, White & One More Colour'

Please check out the fabulous creations by my Pile It On! DT buddies.