June Get Ready for Christmas

Hello again, 

Today brings us to the beginning of another challenge with the ladies of Crafting by Designs and as always at this time of the month we have our popular Get Ready for Christmas Challenge. This week we are sponsored by Sparkle and Sprinkle who are giving one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate to their store. Please join us and share your Christmas and holiday cards, we would love to see what you are making.

Sparkle and Sprinkle

Prize $15 gift certificate

I have used a gorgeous digi image from Sparkle and Sprinkle Christmas Spirit Fairy which comes in several different colours as well as plain black and white. I decided to print two images out with the pale blue background included, I then coloured them two different ways and made two cards (keeping me on track hopefully) one a DL size and the other a 5x7” card blank.

Here are my two cards:-

What I used:-

DL and 5x7” card blank (10x21cm) and (12.6x17.8cm)

Sparkle and Sprinkle Digi image Christmas Spirit Fairy

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Wink of Stella Clear (liberally on wings of each fairy)

Hero Arts Merry Stamp and Cut

Pearlised Silver Embossing powder

Silver glitter paper

Striped paper from stash

Silver paper

Elizabeth Crafts ‘Peace’ sentiment die

Memory Box Precious Stars

Star die and single star hand punch

Black fine line pen

Adhesives:- Double Sided tape, adhesive sheet

I would like to enter these cards in:-

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #319 Anything goes optional add washi

Rudolph Day Anything Christmas

Christmas cards all year long Non Traditional colours

Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ Anything goes

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes or optional theme Make it masculine

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF#84 Pair of Robins

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge for  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you have been making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have a lovely sponsor this fortnight Fred She Said  will be giving the lucky winner a $10 Gift Certificate. 

 Fred She Said

PRIZE $10 Gift Certificate

I have used a sweet Christmas image Fred She Said Pair of Robins I have used the coloured version from our sponsor and teamed them with some of my vintage Christmas patterned papers which I distressed using a sanding block, sharp scissors, repeatedly scrunched and folded back out flat until I was happy. I added a torn strip of coordinating paper and some cheesecloth before adding the coloured image with some round black brads from my stash then finished off the card with some adhesive pearls and a gold embossed sentiment.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Fred She Said Pair of Robins  image

White cardstock

12.6cm x 17.8cm card blank

Kaisercraft ‘Yuletide’ patterned papers

Cheesecloth 

Black brads

Couture Creations Rectangle die

Adhesive pearls

Sentiment stamp

Clear Versa mark ink pad 

Gold embossing powder

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, Diamond Glaze, Foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge  Anything goes optional Non  Traditional Colours

12 Months of Christmas Link up Anything goes optional theme Make it masculine

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything goes
Love to Craft Challenge Blog #23 Anything goes

The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything goes (optional for a teacher)

CCC Digi Creations #93 Anything goes
Crafty Catz Challenge #421 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Winnie Balloon Days- Paper Piecing

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our Paper Piecing challenge which I am playing host, we have one lovely sponsor this week Polkadoodles  will be giving the lucky winner a voucher for three digi stamps from their store. 

Polkadoodles  

Prize voucher for 3 digi images from their shop

I have used one of our sponsors super cute digi stamps Polkadoodles Winnie Balloon Days to make my card. I printed the image off twice in draft to decide which size I wanted to use and would work best for my card before printing it onto cardstock to colour and then using the draft copy to tape my patterned papers to that I intended on paper piecing and printing it off again. I created a little scene for Winnie using more pieces of scrap papers from my stash who will know that some of the pieces came from my Christmas paper scrap bag??? Red and green spotty papers are easily used at different times of the year, I also busted through some white scraps to make the fence, clouds and punched flowers. Two clouds and the grassy edges in front of the fence are popped up on foam tape to add some dimension, I added the flowers to the ground after deciding it needed something a little extra to finish the card off.

This challenge is open until June 19th, and you can add your project by using the Linky tool on the Challenge blog here. Please be sure to link your project back to us.

Please drop by my team mates and leave them a comment on their cards too.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Polkadoodles Winnie Balloon Days 

White 5x7” card blank (12.7cmx17.8cm)

White paper for printing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Single flower shaped hand punch 

American Crafts #Summer paper pad

Blue ‘sky’ Reminisce brand (bought as a mixed bundle)

Scrap paper/card from my stash (and paper pad listed above)

Joy Crafts cloud dies

MFT woodgrain fence die

MFT Freshly cut grass die

MFT Snow drifts die

Darkroom door sentiment (Simple Sayings set)

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Buttercup liquid pearls

Black fine line pen (draw in the balloon string I chopped off) 

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, PVA, Foam Tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Snippets Playground Anything goes with snippets

CCC Digi Designs #93 Anything goes
Always Happy Birthday Challenge theme Summer Birthday

Polkadoodles Anything goes wk23

Creative Craft Cottage #108 Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #533 Anything goes

The Cutie Pie Challenge  #124 Spots and Dots

Crafty Gals Corner #167 Summer Colours

Aud Sentiments Designs Anything goes + Sentiment

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!