Christmas is Coming!!

December 14th 2011
Our new challenge at the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog this week is of course "Christmas or Winter Holiday"!!! And this week's sponsor is Just Some Lines - remember you have the chance to win an image from Just Some Lines if you link your Christmas ATC to our challenge!

I've used a gorgeous Christmas Fairy image from Just Some Lines to create my ATC - she's been coloured with Copic Markers and I added white liquid applique to her hat rim to make it look "fluffy"!!! I rubber stamped a "Merry Christmas" sentiment all over the background in different coloured ink and added a little stick pin embellishment to finish it off!

We would love to see your Chrismtas ATC's - no excuse for not joining in at this time of the year as I'm sure you all have Xmas images sitting around!!!

Paper Cupcakes Winter Fun with BLING!

December 12th 2011

A great challenge for this week at the Paper Cupcakes Challenge Blog - There's Magic in the Air! This is my second week as Guest Designer for the month of December.

I've used made this card in a similar colour scheme and style to the last ones I made. I've used a cute reindeer image and another of Nina's Xmas tickets. I've added lots of little sparkly gems to add some great bling to this card and some great complimentary fibres!

Bugaboo Twelve Days of Xmas - Day 1

December 11th 2011

Bugaboo are having a 12 Days of Xmas Challenge and as I hadn't used any of my Bugaboo images for awhile I decided to see how many days I could get done!!! LOL I don't think I will have time to get all 12 done but I'll try to make a few!!

The first day required a "tree" so I've used the "DeDe Present" digi stamp as she's dressed in a tree costume! I used the current sketch from the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

Feeling Sentimental

December 8th 2011

Another great Xmas Challenge at Art With No Boundaries this week - Sentimental Christmas Winter!!
Chris from CS Designs has released some great "sentiment collections" so the Design Team have been having some fun with these great designs.

I've made a simple card using the "Merry Christmas" sentiment and Priscilla. The sentiment has been printed directly onto a metallic red card and then I have fussy cut Priscilla and adhered her to the side. I added some "bling" just to finish it all off!

We would love to see what you can do with a Christmas Sentiment so be sure to link up to our blog so we can visit and get some inspiration!!

I've also linked thisd up to Vicki's new challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad which has a theme of a Christmas Greeting!

Dilly Beans Stripes!

December 8th 2011

Megan from Dilly Beans Stamps has a great new challenge blog and the current theme is "Stripes" so here's my card using one of the Dilly Beans stamps "Framed Rosie":

I made the "striped" background paper using my chalks which I haven't had out for absolutely ages!!! The images are coloured with Copic Markers and I have used Dimensional Magic on the flowers in Rosie's hair and the three single flowers.

Winter Fun at Wicked Wednesday!

December 7th 2011

A great Winter Fun Challenge at our Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog this week. And this week we are kindly sponsored by Saturated Canary so you have the chance to win this gorgeous "Maddie" image which the DT were given to use!!

I've used a Tim Holtz Embossing Folder to make the background and Maddie has been coloured with Copics and cut out and adhered to the front of the ATC.

We would love to see your ATC creations so make sure you link up at our blog!

Guest Designer at Paper Cupcakes Challenge Blog this Month!

December 5th 2011

This month I'm a Guest Designer for Paper Cupcakes so I've been having some fun with Nina's images!
The first challenge of the month is a Sketch Challenge which you can find at the Challenge Blog.

I've made a set of 3 Christmas Cards using this sketch and 2 great "Reindeer" images from Paper Cupcakes.
I wanted to achieve a more rustic/vintage type look so I've used vintage style patterned paper, craft coloured paper and green, red and black card and some mesh type ribbon and other embellishments. I've also used some fantastic "Bingo Card" background images from Nina and some great sentiment tickets. I'm really happy with the effect of these cards.