AAA Cards - Challenge #105 Sparkle

It's the last challenge for 2017 at AAA Cards. And extra time to play along too. Time to put a little sparkle into your life.

So I chose some very sparkly silver holographic card and almost equally sparkly purple pearlised card as my starting point.

I haven't used balloons for ages and they are a particular favourite of mine, so I die cut a trio from the silver card. And then it sort of evolved as a New Year celebration card. Strange how particular colours evoke different occasions and for me silver and purple is always New Year.

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn, Winter Scripty Sayings
Inks: Versamark, clear; WOW! embossing powder, sparkling snow
Die: Claerly Besotted, Make A Wish
Card: silver holographic from my stash

All the other AAA Cards DT have ideas to sparkle up your creativity, so do go take a peek - HERE. And there's a $20 Happy Little Stampers gift certificate up for grabs too - but you need to play along to be in with a chance.

Thanks for looking today. Hope your Christmas preparations are taking shape and you've not reached that overwhelmed by it all phase. That's pretty much where I'm at at the moment, boxes everywhere and no lovely clean and empty surfaces - sigh! I keep telling myself it will pass - a glass of something helps too!

And keep (Christmas) crafting!

Uniko Challenge Reminder - #44 Christmas

I'm here today to remind you about the Christmas Challenge that is going on at Uniko at the moment.

My card is another of my experiments with non-traditional colours and embraces my love of pink.

I created a background card using the Uniko Wonky Stripes stencil with pink and green oxide inks. I then used the largest and smallest of the Uniko snowflake dies with this card and cut the middle sized snowflake from pink cardstock. All were layered up and attached to white card.

The greeting is from Uniko's Festive Sentiments - such a fabulous stamp set that has been my go-to for Christmas cards this year.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Festive Sentiments 
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress oxide, twisted citron, picked raspberry
Stencil: Uniko, Wonky Stripes
Dies: Uniko Designer Dies, Snowflake Trio


Don't forget if you play along there's the chance to win a fabulous prize. Check out all the details at Uniko - HERE. There's also loads of brilliant inspiration from the Uniko DT to be found there too.

Huge thanks for visiting my blog today, come back again soon.  And keep (Christmas) crafting!

Wednesday Words

I'm playing along with a new to me challenge today - MUSE. And what could be more inspiring than the lovely Anita's awesome card.

The Muse is run a little differently from other challenges I've participated in and more input is expected from players e.g. an explanation of how you've used the inspiration card, leaving comments on three other players blogs and taking part in the voting system. So it's called a 'club' and I thought I'd give it a go.

I think you can probably see that I took inspiration from Anita's layout and echoed her dark right hand strip and use of florals, but changed up the colours.  My lily was handcut and coloured using copics.

I also liked her simple sentiment which contained two fonts so I chose one from my stash that I thought was a good match. 

And although this has nothing to do with the actual card it's been Anita that has inspired me to try to dress the background of my photos a bit more, hers are always so beautifully arranged and displayed.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Pure Florals Lily; sentiment from Clearly Besotted, Pretty Petals
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: Copics, RV63, RV66, RV69, G99

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, it's been fun having your company for a while.  

And keep (Christmas) crafting!

Tuesday Talk

I'm really enjoying creating my December album this year and it has a lot to do with the removal of the pressure to keep up and create a page every day. Yep I'm being revoloutionary and creating a December album that's not a daily!

And it's a totally digital version this year. So much quicker to put together and although I still have to choose elements they're not scattered all over my craft room desk and floor!

 So that's the real tree all done and dusted. And I do love a bit of candle light.



As it's not a daily the penny has finally dropped that I don't need to date every page, just those days that I particularly want to flag up. Even more pressure removed!

Supplies: All from Designer Digitals and mostly Katie Pertiet

Are you keeping a December record? If you want to see how some real class acts put their albums together go check out the Let's December Daily ladies - HERE. But don't be intimidated just impressed by their talent and remember the simple act of taking time to reflect a little is the simplest form of a December record.

Thanks for your time today, hope you've enjoyed your visit.  And keep (Christmas) crafting!

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge

The last Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge for 2017 starts today. And for this month we've the optional twist to use a stencil on your project.

And as it's been so incredibly chilly round here recently the idea of a fairisle knitted jumper really inspired me when creating my card.

As well as the stencilled panel I also used some of my favourite Christmas washi tapes to give a sense of balance to my card.

 

Supplies:

Stamps: HLS, Mixed Christmas Sentiments (retired)

Inks: Ranger distress oxide, peacock feathers, candied apple

Stencil: Tim Holtz mini

Embellishments: SU, washi tape 

Be sure to pop on over to the HLS blog - HERE - where you'll find lots more inspiration for using stencils on your Christmas cards.

So pleased you found time to come say hello today, your visit are always so appreciated. 

And keep (Christmas) crafting!

Monday Moment

Today I'm joining in with Less is More's red and green colour challenge.  Last week I was showcased with this card - HERE - so thrilled to be picked!

 

Here's my card:

And with those colours it just had to be an elf! I kept it very simple - just stamped and coloured and added a patterned paper strip.

I sat and looked at the elf and decided to bling him up with some red sparkly gems on his buttons. Then I stopped!


Supplies:
Stamps: MFT, Santas Elves
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: Copic, R22, R24, R29, E000, E00, E33, YG11, YG13, YG17; Sakura Gelly Roll, white
Paper: SU
Embellishments: Bling Bling, red gems
 
Huge thanks for looking today, so pleased you dropped by.  And keep (Christmas) crafting!

Sunday Stuff

I'm on a roll with my Christmas cards at the moment and enjoying using different challenges to inspire me. Today's card is for CASology where the cue word is ROUND.

And it's another inking up of that beautiful bauble stamp bought while sitting on Sheffield station.

I stamped and heat embossed the bauble and bow, then distress oxide ink was blended all over them both. Next I hand cut them and added lots of Wink of Stella. I drew a white line for them to hang on and then they were both attached with pads.

The greeting was stamped and die cut and also given a coat of the same oxide inks and wink of stella glisten.

Supplies:
Stamps: Creat a Smile, Delicate Decorations; Uniko, Festive Sentiments
Inks: Versafing clear + Ranger Superfine black embossing powder; Ranger distress oxides, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, twisted citron
Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched fishtail tags
Embellishments: Skura Gelly Roll pen, white; Wink of Stella, clear 

Thanks so much for spending some time looking at my blog today, I really appreciate it.  And keep crafting!