Little Star

Well, after all the bright colours on yesterday's card, I've toned it right down today...and gone for an all white Christmas card. The image is 'Little Star' by Lili of the Valley, which I coloured with watercolour pencils, and then added some Stickles for a touch of sparkle. I used my Cuttlebug 'Stars' folder and one of the Papermania border folders (which I doubled up to make a wider strip) for the embossed background. The star was cut using a Nestie, then I ran it though my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder.

Challenges for this card:

• Bah! Humbug! - Stars
• DCD Christmas Club - Christmas Furry Things 
• Pollycraft - No Designer Paper
• Sew Many Card Challenges - Christmas
• Totally Gorjuss - Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - R is for...

It's the lovely Cathy's turn to host the ABC Christmas Challenge this fortnight, where we've reached the letter R...and the theme is:

'R is for Rudolph'

(Optional Extra to include Brads)

We are sponsored for this challenge by Wild Rose Studio...who are offering the lucky winner their choice of two of the stamps from their Christmas collection.

They provided the DT with some lovely images to work with, and I've used a cute little reindeer digi image on my card, with some glittery papers from the 'Wonderful Winter' stack by My Mind's Eye. I glittered the large brads (from Poppicrafts) using holographic embossing powder, and added a dollop of Glossy Accents to 'Rudolph's' nose...well I just had to! lol

I'm also entering this card into a few other challenges:

• Sketchy Thursday - Sketch
• Stamp Something - Digi Something
• Critter Challenge - Red & Stripes
• Sew Many Challenges - Christmas in August

For more inspiration from my fabulous DT buddies, please stop by the ABC Christmas Challenge.

Puppy Post!

I've another of my new birthday stamps on this card...it's one of the adorable new Lili of the Valley releases called 'Puppy Post'. I coloured him with watercolour pencils, and then added some Polar White Flowersoft for the snow. The papers are from the 'Tis the Season' collection by Bo Bunny, and the snowflake brads are by Dovecraft.

Here's a close-up of the 'snow':

Challenges for this card:

• Sketch & Stash - Sketch
• Creative Cottage - Christmas
• Sew Many Challenges - Christmas in August
• Spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas in August

Just Cute Bears - Happy Father's Day

This week's Just Cute Bears Challenge is to make a card for:

'Father's Day'

I've used yet another Lili of the Valley 'Busy Bear' on this card - I just can't help myself...they're soooo sweet! This one is called 'In the Shed'...perfect for those men in your life! lol The papers are from the 'Bloom & Grow' pad by My Mind's Eye, the raffia lace is from Hobbycraft, and if you look really closely, you might just be able to make the handwritten sentiment on the sign on the image.

 I'm also going to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Midnight Madness - Sketch (I chose the simple one)
• Creative Cottage - 'Happy Father's Day'
• For Fun - 'Men'
• Sew Many Challenges - 'Father's Day - NO Blue'
• Simon Says Stamp - 'Father's Day/Men'

You can check out the fabulous cards by my lovely teamies, and our guest designer for June Cherie, on the Just Cute Bears Challenge blog.