Thursday Thoughts

It's another card for my Christmas stash that I'm sharing today. It's going into the Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

Here's my card:

I used the delightful Winnie North Pole Hang On digi from Polkadoodles and created a z-fold card.

The papers are from Polkadoodles Wintertime pack and I used them to colour match my colouring of the digi image.

And of course there had to be some sparkle!

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles digi, Winnie North Pole Hang On

Paper: Polkadoodles, Wintertime

Dies: Polkadoodles, squares

Pens: Copic, C0, C7, Y15, Y19, BG23, BG34, G02, E00, E31, E33, E42, E43, R20, R27, R29, R59, YR01, YR68; Sakura white glaze 

It's been great to have you visit my blog today, thanks so much for your time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Another card for my Christmas stash is made thanks to the challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

And I knew exactly which stamps I wanted to use ......

..... the mega cute Sleigh the Season stamp from Polkadoodles. So once that was printed and coloured up I set about making a starry, snowy night background. I used a white Sakura gelly roll pen on dark blue card for the sky and then cut a snowy hill using a T4TD Landscape Edges die.

The sentiment is from the same Polkadoodles stamp set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles, Sleigh The Season

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Die: T4TD, Landscape Edges

Pens: Copic, R02, R11, R27, R29, R39, E37, E43, E44, N1, N7, N9, C0, C1, B00, B02, YR27; Sakura gelly roll

It's been great to have you stop by my blog today, thanks so much.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moment

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Well my thoughts went straight to holly.

So I chose the delightful Uniko Framed Holly stamp set and stamped it in dark green. Thought I might as well embrace the green from the start!

Then I indulged in a whole fest of green colouring using five different greens from my Copic pen collection. I added a little detail to each leaf on top using a Miya oil pencil.

I finished off with some red for the berries and a green stamped sentiment from Christmas Wishes.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Framed Holly, Christmas Wishes

Ink: SU, tranquil tide

Colours: Copic, G28, G85, G99, YG63, YG67, R39; Miya oil pencils

Thank you so much for dropping by today, it gives me big smiles to know I've shared some of your time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moment

Today I'm sharing a card I created with two challenges in mind - Christmas Kickstart and CAS Christmas. Never too early to start a Christmas card stash!

  

I decided to use mainly stencils for my card:

I started by inking the base of the Snow Globe with stormy sky distress oxide. Then I placed the main section of the snow globe and used three colours of distress oxide. I flicked over this with water to create a bit of a snowstorm.

Once the water had dried I inked through the smaller deer from the Steampunk Reindeer stencil using black ink - loving how dainty and different the deer is. I finished it all off with a stamped greeting and matted it onto a 6" square base card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Festive Phrases

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Steampunk Reindeer, Snow Globe

Inks: Ranger distress oxide, stormy sky, tumbled glass, shaded lilac, spun sugar; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Delighted to have you visit my blog today, thanks so much.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

It's a pink Christmas at Christmas Kickstart and I've given it a go!

Here's my card:

I started by inky up a pink sky using two shades of pink and then stamped the fairy/angel and stars. I also added some white gel pen snow. 

Next I die cut a snowy bank and stamped and hand cut the polar bear. He was popped up onto foam pads and placed looking up into the sky. I finally added a sentiment - and I think he is wondering if he can believe what he is seeing!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Festive Phrases, Christmas Characters

Inks: Memento, rose bud, angel pink, tuxedo black

Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched basic edges

Pens: Copic, C00, C1, RV52, RV55, RV63; Sakura white gel pen

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been so much fun to have you visit my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the Festive Sweet Treats Challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Here's my card:

I used a Polkadoodles digi - Baked With Love - gingerbread lady who is also holding extra sweet treats. I coloured her up using traditional reds and greens and die cut the white card into a double stitched rectangle before adhering to a red card base.

The sentiment was added before printing the digi image and is my own.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles digi, Baked With Love

Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles

Pens: Copic, E42, E43, E44, R27, R29, G05, G17

Huge thanks for stopping by today, I really appreciate it.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

There's something very appealing about an all white card and Christmas seems to match this theme perfectly. So today's share is for the White on White Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

And here's my take:

Well I knew it was going to be die cut heavy and I started out with the scalloped frame from Time For Tea Designs. I then die cut a stitched hill from the the piece of card from the aperture and placed it back inside the frame.

The tree and sentiment are also die cuts and the snowflakes are a punch. I added some white pearls to the centre of each snowflake and also for the dot on the i in Christmas.

Supplies:

Dies: T4TD, Smile Sentiment & Scalloped Frames, Landscape Edges; HLS, tree; Clearly Besotted, Christmas

Punch: Xcut, snowflake

Pearls from my stash

Thanks for you time today, I really appreciate you stopping by my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Sunday Slot

Today I'm sharing a Christmas card I made using the Furbabies theme at Christmas Kickstart.

I used a mega cute Craftyscrappers stamp and sentiment.

I have the digi version of this stamp set so I was able to size the deer to fit my card.  Apart from printing and colouring there wasn't really anything more to do! Love cards like this!

Supplies:

Stamps: Craftyscrappers, Naughty or Nice

Pens: Copic, W1, E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, R20, R29, R39, Y18, YG01, YG09, BG01

Thanks for looking today, it's been fun having you stop by my blog.

Say safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm sharing a Christmas card I created for the Christmas Birds Challenge at Christmas Kickstart. Wow! I used the word Christmas three times in that sentence!

I was torn between going for cute or elegant. in the end the Uniko Peace On Earth white doves won out.

I started by stamping the doves onto a die cut rectangle from Polkadoodles and then added the sentiment from the same set between them. I matted the rectangle onto a beautiful Christmas paper from Funky Fossil's Let It Snow pad.

I finished off the card by using a white card base and adding a liberal coating of Wink of Stella to the doves.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Peace On Earth

Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Die: Polkadoodles,  Posydoodles Rectangles

Paper: Funky Fossil, Let It Snow

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been fabulous to have you visit.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Sunday Slot

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the Snow Is Falling challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Here's my card:

I started by printing the LOTV digi Polar and then inked through the base of the Snowglobe stencil from Funky Fossil. I added a little shading to the bear with Copic pens. After that was done I placed the main snowglobe in place and inked through with three colours avoiding the bear. 

Next I placed the Snow Storm stencil over and inked through in white. This is frustratingly not showing up at all well in my photos, but it looks very effective in real life. I finally added some small stamped snowflakes and a greeting from the new Funky Fossil Christmas Characters stamp set.

Supplies:

Stamps: LOTV, Polar digi; Funky Fossil, Christmas Characters

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black, London fog, summer sky, angel pink; SU, whisper white

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Snow Storm & Snow Globe

Pens: Copic, C00, C0, C1, C3

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really value your time and am delighted you spent some of it looking at my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm joining in with the Care to Tag Along? challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Here's my card:

I used one of the gorgeous poinsettia tags that are a bonus add on with the STAMPlorations Holiday Lattes digi stamp set. I coloured it up using Copic pens and added a block greeting from Uniko. 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations, Holiday Lattes digis; Uniko, Simply Said Blocks Christmas

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Pens: Copic, G17, G28, YR04, RV69, R29, R39, R59

Ribbon from my stash

Huge thanks for looking today, it's been so goos to have your company for a while.

Stay safe & keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today's share is a card I created for the Christmas Kickstart challenge.

Once again I'm running close to the deadline for a challenge. I've had a bit of an energy spurt after losing interest for a while. But I'm feeling it again now so here's my card:

I used the wreath from Funky Fossil's Joy stamp set and added some tiny red gems over the dots. Super simple, super quick, but with the gems probably not one for the mail.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Joy
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne
Colours: Derwent Inktense pncils
Red gems from my stash

Great to have you visit my blog today. Thanks so much for your time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane
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Christmas Kickstart Guest Designer

Yay! I'm so pleased you dropped by today as I'm Guest Elf at Christmas Kickstart Challenge. It's Challenge #30 and the theme is Walking in a Winter Wonderland - Create a Christmas Scene.

     

Here's my card:

I've created my scene in a window aperture and placed the little rabbit looking out to see if Santa is on his way.

Supplies:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Woodland Kisses, Set The Scene
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, blueprint sketch, mermaid lagoon
Dies: Clearly Besotted, On The Line; MFT Die-namics, stitched basic edges, rectangle peek-a-boo window
Card: PMD, green sparkle print, silver stardust, silver non-shed glitter
Embellishment: Stickles, star dust

I'm entering this card into the challenge at CAS Christmas where the theme is Christmas Song.

Thanks so much for looking today. I hope you'll join in and play along with Christmas Kickstart and I'm looking forward to hopping round your blogs to leave some love.

Keep safe, stay indoors and craft instead.