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)

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! I'm the host, and the themes are:

'A is for Anything Christmas Goes

&

'B is for Baubles'

Here's the prize on offer for the lucky winner:

A selection of Christmas ribbons & a couple of 'Me to You' clear stamp sets.

I used some lovely new crafty goodies that I received for Christmas on my cards...on my 'A is for Anything Chirstmas Goes' card, I used a John Next Door/Crafts Too 'Majestic Mandela' die and snippets of silver mirror card and blue glitter card to make a layered snowflake. As the de cuts are so intricate (read difficult to cut & extract all of the little cut pieces!), I kept the rest of the card really simple, adding to an A6 card blank using some 3D foam pads, and a sentiment from the 'Winter Blessing' set from the 'Winter White' collection by Crafter's Companion.

On my 'B is for Baubles' card, I heat embossed my new 'Merry Christmas Sentiment' stamp by Just Rite Stamps, using 'Metallic Silver - Rich' embossing powder by WOW on black card, then watercoloured the holly leaves and bauble using some Cosmic Shimmers mica pigments mixed with a little water. I matted the panel on to some green glitter card, then on to a card blank.

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

• Allsorts - Something New (The die on the first card & the stamp on the second card are new)
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Dream Valley - Anything New (The die on the first card & the stamp on the second card are new)
• Happy Little Stampers (Dies) - Anything Goes (First card only)
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets (First card only)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (The die on the first card & the stamp on the second card are new)

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

Pile It On! Challenge - Die Cut Embellishments

We have another fun new Pile It On! Challenge starting today...and the theme is:

'Die Cut Embellishments'

Our sponsor this month is Dr Digi's House of Stamps:

Prize - 2 digis of the winner's choice!

The image on my card is a Whipper Snapper stamp called 'Honey Bunny'...which I coloured using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Happy Day' pad by My Mind's Eye...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I used a lovely new die from a JustRite set called 'Stitched Ovals & Vines' that my lovely bloggy buddy Samantha sent to me for my birthday last week for my die cut embellishments...cutting the swirls from snippets of card, and adding them underneath a couple of flowers (from the long since closed Poppicrafts) all held in place using a BasicGrey brad. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - Die Cut Embellishments
• Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional Birthdays)
• Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Crazy Challenge - Birthday Card
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Sparkles Forum - Lots of Layers
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.