Present time!

I'm still doing quite well in my Christmas Card quest for 2014 and have managed to make another one today. It's a CAS style card and was very quick to make.

I started with the topper (pre-coloured image from Lili of the Valley) and mounted it onto silver mirror card. I then chose a blue snowflake pattern paper from the Forever Friends Kraft Notes range and mounted them all onto a white 6x6 card blank. To finish the card, I used a bow and 3 buttons, all from the Papermania Festive Spots & Stripes collection.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-
Christmas Card Challenges 'anything goes' 1/2
Catch the Bug 'photo challenge- penguins' 1/2
Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenges ' trees' 31/1
Craft Room Challenge 'water' 3/2 (ice is just frozen water after all)
Cutie Pie Challenges 'cute blue' 1/2
Love to Create 'buttons' 26/1
Creative Inspirations 'ribbon' 28/1

Krafty Christmas

I went to my local 'The Range' store last weekend to look at (and buy obviously) the new ranges from DoCrafts- I always know that I'm going to love their stuff. This is the first card I've made using my purchases from the 'Forever Friends Kraft Christmas' range.

This card took minutes to make in reality but I'm really happy with it. I started with a 6x6 white card blank which I mounted a dark blue stripe paper from the 'Ultimate Paper & Die-Cut Pack' onto. I then cut a piece of kraft card to a 12cm square and embossed it with a snowflake design. The embossing didn't come out as much as I would have liked so I carefully sanded it back and then rubbed it with a white ink to make the snowflakes stand out more. The topper came straight from the die-cut pack and I mounted that onto the card too. I finished the card by adding the 'Midnight Blue' Stickles dots into the opposite corners. This isn't a colour combo I've really used before but I'm loving it and can see I'll be using it more often.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Crafty Cardmakers 'snow & ice'

Here Come the Boys 'Blue Christmas in September'

Cutie Pie Challenge Blog 'Cute Christmas in September'

Creative Inspirations 'favourite colour combo'

strawberry layer cake

It's a really good job it's a Bank Holiday here in England today as I had no time to craft over the weekend as I was at a craft fair. It was a successful weekend so definitely worth it but it means that today has felt like a Sunday and I'm going to be messed up all week! Here's one of the cards I made today using a lovely Forever Friends decoupage topper that has been in my stash for years!

I started with a 6x6 white card blank which I rounded the corners of. I layered this with a glittery paper from the Dovecraft 'London Line' range. I mounted the decoupaged topper onto a die-cut circle, that I inked the edges of with Spun Sugar distress ink, and then mounted this onto a die-cut, silver mirror card, mat. The final touch was the 3 strawberries in the corner which were an extra element from the decoupage sheet. I used different thicknesses of foam pads to layer them up and then accented them with some glossy accents.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Docrafts photo inspiration challenge

Songbird 'truly scrumptious'

Cutie Pie 'lots of layers' (of cake & decoupage)

Creative Inspirations 'birthdays'

Teddy with a BIG flower!

Been busy this afternoon making a few more cards before my holiday runs out! It's starting to look a bit more like spring (even though I am still wearing a hoodie!) so I thought I'd make a nice bright springy card.

As always, it was pretty quick & simple to make. I started with the topper which is a new one (for me anyway) from Lili of the Valley. I then chose 2 papers from the Forver Friends kraft range which matched it nicely. I mounted the topper onto the lilac mat and then wonkily put this onto the turquoise backing paper- all on top of a 6x6 card blank. I then used my black promarker (with the fine tip nib) to add the stitching detail around each piece. The 3 buttons were 'borrowed' from my sewing stash and then I adding some extra sparkle using my stardust stickles.

I am entering this card into the following challenges-
Mayzyart 'sparkle'
Clear it Out 'spring flowers'
Cute Card Thursday 'something borrowed'
Lili's Little Fairies 'all stitched up'
Totally Gorjuss 'anything goes with sparkle'
The Pink Elephant 'spring colours'

You're Number 1!

Here's a cute card perfect for many occasions where you need a card for someone special- as it's March though, I expect it will become a card for my mum's birthday which is at the end of the month. It uses a 6x6 scalloped edge card blank, Lily of the Valley die-cut topper embellished with silver stickles glitter glue and faux stitching and 2 different papers from the new Forever Friends Kraft range. I also edged the star design paper with some pink pearlescent brilliance ink.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-
Papertake Weekly 'anything goes'
Creative Inspirations 'mother's day'
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges 'stitching'
Crafty Catz 'all stitched up'
Lili's Little Fairies 'for mum'
Songbird 'mother's day (mama)'
MayzyArt 'stars'