Nordic Christmas

 

It's time for a new challenge on the Daring Cardmakers blog, and this week it's my turn to set your Dare! Taking inspiration from the photo above, I'd like you to create cards / projects with a Nordic Theme  - think knitted jumpers, reindeer and lots of red and white!

Challenges:
Card Patterns - Sketch

The Magic of Christmas

 

Hello, and the new week welcomes a new challenge in The Shabby Tearoom , and this week I am your host and ask you create a card / project with Pink, Gold, Neutrels, Flowers and Snowflakes!

I've had an idea to make this for a while as a Christmas gift  - it's a box and candle holder -  the house is actually a tealight holder that I've glittered up, so hopefully it will be stylish and functional! I've used the 'I Heart You' stamp from our sponsor this week, Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps who are giving away 5 digital images to our Winner.   The heart is decorated with a Melissa Frances resin frame {love} and a Fimo cherub that I made (well, a mold did ;) ). I used white acrylic paint on the lid as a base coat and then painted over with some pink Crackle Paint, while the base is covered with sheet music. A doily, snowflake stickers, white bottle brush trees (which I stuck beads onto to represent baubles), tiny presents and a smattering of fake snow finish off the miniture snow scene. Challenges: Totally Papercrafts - Let It Snow Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes The Pink Elephant Challenge - Snowflakes & Sparkle Allsorts - Going Round in Circles Bunny Zoes Crafts - Christmas Pearls Hop over to the Shabby Girls blogs this week to see what they have been creating! Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Deb's Simple Treasures Charlene Cundy - Expressions Of Me! Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie Melissa Bove - Creating From The Heart Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Jolly Holly

It's the last of the Flower of the Month challenges at Daring Cardmakers , and December's flowers are a choice of Holly or Narcissus.

I am loving music paper (this is literally from an old music book :) )  more than ever at the moment! I've sewn around the edge and then distressed by turning and ripping the edges. The tag has been given the scrunch effect - scrunched into a ball then flattening out, then iinking to highlight the creases. I've layered chipboard frame and a cute resin candy cane onto the tag, and of course some plastic holly which I've splashed white paint and glass glitter onto. Finally some rusty jingle bells, twine and seam binding add a  festive flourish!

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away  - Buttons / Bows
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Winter Picnic

Cindy is out host in The Shabby Tearoom this week and has picked out this beautiful Wintery inspiration photo and asks we create a card or project using white or cream, silver and glitter. Fun, fun, fun!

Our fabulous sponsors this week are JustRite Stamps, who are giving away this wonderful Prize Package which includes JustRite Custom Charm Dies,Charming Christmas Cling Stamps,Elegant Charms Cling Stamps and Be Charmed Cling Stamps (with a value of $84.80!) to our Winner!

I have made my card with the Lace Borders and the greeting is from the Christmas Charms set. The detail is these stamps is amazing, they are fab to work with. I also loved this colour pallet of whites and creams together with a hint of sparkly silver. layering up die cuts, I used kraft card for the plain card but decided it needed toning down with my ink dabber (my fave product at the moment). For the Snowflake, I've painted a chipboard flake in white Crackle Paint and sprinkled with glass glitter, the layered an October Afternoon die cut flake and wrapped some mini Vintage Tinsel around a button. Lace, cream seam binding, pearls, dots and resin star add softness. The greeting has been wrapped around a mini cotton spool and threaded onto this Maya Road star pin.

I've also used the Christmas Charms stamps to decorate some baubles!

These were plain glass ones which I filled with strips of paper - sheet music and Festive greetings, then stamped and embossed the tag charms, added hints of glitter and finished with a gorgeous satin bow with bells. The below ornament is finished with silky crush ribbon, chain and some diamante sparkles!

 

Challenges:

 Simon Says Stamp and Show  - Stars

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers

The Ribbon Girl  - Jingle All The Way

Craft Your Days Away  - Buttons / Bows

Please pop along to the Shabby Girls blogs to see their take on this week's challenge :)

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Deb's Simple Treasures

Charlene Cundy - Expressions Of Me!

Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie

Melissa Bove - Creating From The Heart

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

The Ribbon Reel #16

Hi all! Keilly has set the new challenge over at The Ribbon Reel and has chosen an  ANYTHING GOES theme. So have fun using anything you wish!

I've deviated from my Christmas card making with this little number, making a wreath from wire and ribbons. I started by twisted some thick wire into a circle and then covered with seam binding, then wound the White Leaf trim around and finally tied Burlap cord on and frayed for a fuller look.

I've decorated with a wooden birdie, lovely lace and ribbons and a mulberry rose that I highlighted with paint and popped a pin through.

Purple Button Twine, Lilac Gingham, White Twill, May Arts White Leaf trim, May Arts Twisted Burlap cord, Lilac Scallop lace all from The Ribbon Reel

Card Patterns Guest Slot

Hello and hope you are having a good weekend! This week I have a guest design slot with Card Patterns 

after I was lucky enough to be chosen as Winner of Sketch 140. Thanks ladies! Here's my take on Sketch 143:

I've used this fab Websters Pages 'Waiting For Santa- The Delivery' paper and I just love the vintage Old World look of these this.


I've layered up embossed Coredinations, green card and the paper, cutting the Santa balloon from a 12x12 sheet. And with it being double sided it coordinates fantastically :) For the embellishments I've added bells tied with seam binding and twine, painted flowers and Bo Bunny peppermint candy border sticker.

Santa, Baby

 

It's Samm turn as Dare-Host this week at Daring Cardmakers and she'd like us to show some 

Moustaches, Tashes, Mustaches and Furry Facial Hair

on your cards this week!

I've gone down the (obvious!) route this week with Santa, and my favourite Festive colours - Aqua, Red and Kraft card.

My card is base on the Mojo Monday sketch, with lots of cool tags and labels. I've used corrugated card as a base layer and run a paint dabber over to highlight (Jenni Bowlin 'Malted Milk') then layered with gingham paper and ruffed the edges up. I've used a strip of hessian sack and added strips of this fab October Afternoon paper decorated with ribbon and seam binding. The corrugated stars have been embellished with buttons, hessian twine with little beads tied onto the ends.

Thanks for reading :)

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly  - Christmas Crackers

Simon Says Stamps - Tag You're It

Mojo Monday - Sketch 216