Ho Ho Hot!

 Hello again,

Today the sentiment on this card rings true, we are in the midst of a heatwave, fourth day above 30C. 

I am still working my way through some of the prompts for Beccy's Place Annual month long Holiday Cards, of Beccy's Sandy Christmas images, I found some clear stamps that are new too! While looking at Black Friday  sales. I scrolled through my Pinterest Sketches board for a suitable sketch I found this sketch from a lady called Tina and her blog called My Therapy, My Creations and decided that the Sandman with Surfboard would look good.

Here is my card: -

What I used: -

White 12.4x17.4cm card blank

Green, blue and black papers

Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas

Doodlebug Designs gingham and linen rainbow prints

Beccy's Place Aussie Christmas Sentiment

Oval die

Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

Aussie Sleigh die

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Creative Knockout's #535 'Tis the Season
Digi Choosday week 46 

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Megan

Town of Bethlehem

 Hello again,

I have another Christmas card today I decided to cut a side fold card front in half, adding a metallic blue background to the inside of the card and using MFT Little Town of Bethlehem dies to create my card, adding layers of corrugated card to pop layers up and adding a Memory Box Star of Wonder on an acetate strip. The star is made up of four layers two are facing the front and two are on the back. 

I was not sure that I would be able to heat emboss the sentiment on the metallic paper, one because I have never tried to emboss on metallic paper, I did a test on some scrap first and second due to the current heatwave, I am most looking forward to the cool change predicted over the weekend... 

Here is my card: -

What I used: -
White 12.4x17.4cm card blank
MFT Little town of Bethlehem dies
Black, metallic copper and leather grained card
Gold paper 
Acetate scrap
Clear embossing ink
Memory Box Sentiment 'typewriter holiday sentiments'
Gold embossing powder
Hand star punch
Memory Box 'Star of Wonder' die

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards
Rudolph Day November Challenge

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Megan

Colour Change

 Hello again,

I am still playing catch up with some of the prompts for this months Holiday card Challenge at Beccy's Place, on day 8 the challenge was to Change colours, I have used a digi image of a Cockatoo from Ericraft not sure if she is still selling, using the same layout one coloured to fit with my current self challenge to use up one paper pad, I am down to three card fronts now!

We have a local a few towns away who is feeding the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo's on whole loaves of bread, whilst they enjoy the free feed (not their natural diet), they are becoming aggressive to anyone eating in the street, including a small child who kept moving around her Mum trying to keep away from the large bird... they can be from 44 to 55cm long... 

Card 1- sun was in   

Card 2 sun came out... 

What I used: -
White 12.6x17.8cm card blanks
Cockatoo with Christmas Present
LilyBee 'Christmas Cheer' paper pad
Red and Brown cardstock
Kaisercraft 'Under the Gum leaves' paper pad
MFT Stamps Itty Bitty Christmas
Tuxedo Black ink
Brads in brown and silver
Seam binding red and gold
Natural 1mm string
Adhesives: Double sided tape

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards
Peace On Earth Challenge (inspired by the birds)

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Megan

Tartan or Plaid

 Hello again,

I am playing catch up with some of the prompts for Beccy's Place, Day 15 was another challenge to use checks, tartan or plaid. My Gran was Scottish, and it will always be called tartan...

I have used a sketch from Sketch Saturday to make my card using two strips of tartan paper and a red embossed panel using craft concepts 'Christmas Vine' embossing folder. 

Here is my card: -

not sure what the blue hue to my photo, will try again in better light...

What I used: -
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
Red cardstock
Craft concepts 'Christmas Vine' embossing folder
Beccy's Place pre coloured Christmas Blooms 
First Editions Christmas Village paper
Stamp-It Australia Sentiment
Candied Apple Distress Oxide Inks
Clear embossing powder

Adhesives Double sided tape and foam dots

I would like to enter this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Sketch Saturday #764

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Megan

Festive Foliage

 Hello again, 

I am still playing catch up with some of the earlier challenges with Beccy's Place, this card is for the 'F' prompt, Festive foliage, I have used one of the card fronts created with the scraps from my paper pad that is almost finished... 

Here is my card: - 

What I used: -
White 13cm square card blank
Beccy's Place Christmas Bloom (pre-coloured)
Red, green and white cardstock
Lily Bee Designs paper pad
Magazine freebie 'fern' die cut
Mystery Holly swirl die
Darkroom Door Christmas sentiment stamp
Clear embossing ink
Gold embossing powder

I would like to enter this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards

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Megan

Ripper Chrissy

 Hello  again, 

I keep diverting from that scrap paper pad, I am down to four card fronts to finish off, I have used another of Beccy's Place Sandman images for another Aussie card, adding some clouds in the sky and stamping on another sentiment from Beccy's Place Aussie Christmas clear stamps. 

Bucko and Champs Ripper Christmas

In Australia we have a Christmas Album from two men called Bucko and Champs, one being called Colin Buchanan and the other called Greg Champion, they have created Aussie Versions of traditional carols, when I was a preschool teacher, we always taught the children part of Aussie Jingle Bells from the same pair, Colin was also a fixture on Playschool... most of their songs are light hearted and fun, others reflect on loneliness and the 1974 cyclone 'Tracy' that struck Darwin in the small hours of Christmas Day killing 66 and decimating 80% of the city.

Here is my card: -

What I used: -

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas

Kaisercraft 'sandy toes' papers

Faber Castell and Derwent coloured pencils

Joy Crafts cloud dies

I would like to enter this card in: -

Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge week 45 Anything goes

Beccy's Place November month of Holiday cards

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes
The Holly and the Ivy Challenge Anything goes

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Megan

Q is for Quilt

 Hello again, 

I am again sharing a card made using up some of those scraps, I layed out some of the larger scraps to die cut using pierced squares and stitched rectangles adhered them to another plain card back, embossed using houndstooth embossing folder (Aliexpress) adding two tiny tags from LOTV Christmas stamps on some twine. 

Here is my card: -

What I used: -
White 13cm square card blank
Lilybee Designs Christmas Cheer paper pad
Houndstooth Embossing folder
LOTV Tiny Tags Christmas 
Clear embossing ink
Red embossing powder
Twine
Adhesives double side tape, pva glue

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday cards

Peace On Earth Challenge #76 Anything goes

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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LPoCF #242 Sheepski Designs

 Hello again,

Well, my appointment didn't go as planned, I had hoped that the bony fragments would be removed, instead they are going conservative treatment with the plan to refer me to an Associate Professor in the new year after a 'diagnostic' injection of cortisone and anaesthetic to my ankle. My GP thinks that I may need a replacement ankle which was not an option 10 years ago. 

Today brings us to an all-new challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Sheepski Designs who kindly gave our team three images to work with I have used on called Pressie Time in the spirit of using up my scraps from one paper pad I have used one of only two whole sheets to create my card. 

Sheepski Designs

Prize 3 images

Here is my card: - 

What I used: -

White card blank 12.6 x 17.8cm

Sheepski Design Pressie Time Digi

Faber Castell coloured pencils

Lilybee Designs 'Christmas Cheer' papers

Cottage Crafts tree die

Memory box Santa Hat die

Paper Rose Merry die

Spellbinders sentiment Christmas die

Red and blue cardstock

Liquid enamel as pom pom on hat

MFT stitched inner and outer circle die

I would like to enter this card in:-

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards B is for Bear

12 Months of Christmas Link-up All Stitched up or Anything Christmas (stitching on both sentiment and circle dies)

Pattie's Place Anything goes with Stamped or Digital image

Merry Little Christmas Challenge 59 Anything goes

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Megan

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O is for Ocean

 Hello again,

Despite my intentions to only make cards using up all the leftovers of one paper pad, I decided that this one needed something slightly different, I have created a beach scene for one Aussie Sandman from Beccy's Place, using two papers from Kaisercraft 'Sandy toes' paper pad. 

What I used
Blue Edge Crafts white card blank 12.4x17.4cm 
Kaisercraft 'Sandy toes' paper pad
Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas set
Beccy's Place Sentiment Aussie Christmas set
Clear Embossing ink
Black embossing powder

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Polkadoodles week 46 Anything goes

Kleuren met Potloden Colouring with Pencils Anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters Landscapes

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Megan

J is for Baby Jesus

 Hello again,

I have deviated from my paper pad scrap cards today for a card featuring Baby Jesus. I stamped the image from Beccy's Place set Lamb of God in Memento London Fog ink before colouring with Derwent coloured pencils, I the re-inked the stamp and stamped directly over the top with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with clear powder... I made a mask from some scrap paper and added a Lavinia Stamp 'Christmas Words' with London Fog ink over the image. 

Here is my card: -

What I used: -

White 13cm square card blank
Derwent Coloured pencils
Beccy's Place Lamb of God Clear stamps 
black paper
Kaisercraft 'Yuletide' patterned paper
Lavinia 'Christmas Words' Stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black and London fog ink
Clear embossing ink and powder
MFT Cross-stitched rectangle
Kaisercraft Fancy Squares 
Memory Box Christmas Star
Scrap gold glitter card

I would like to enter this card in: -

Beccy's Place November Holiday Challenge J is for Jesus

Allsorts #806 Christmas

We Love Stamping Christmas

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Megan

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K is For Koala

 Hello again, 

Well I am back again sharing another card made using up those scraps, today's card features another Digital stamp from RAM Stamps 'Aussie Christmas' set. 

What I used: -

White 13.5cm square card blank

RAM 'Aussie Christmas' Stamp

Lilybee Designs Paper pad

MFT stitched rectangle and rounded rectangle dies

Marianne Design star punch die

Red and yellow cardstock

Faber-Castell coloured pencils

MFT Itty Bitty Christmas stamp

Tuxedo Black inkpad

I would like to enter this card in

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday Challenge

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #172 Anything goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge Anything goes

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Megan

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I is for Inchies

 Hello again,

Today I am sharing three more cards made using some of my scraps from Lilybee Designs I grabbed a pile of slightly larger scraps and used a 1" square die to cut as many as possible. I then worked out the layout and decided to make three cards all the same adding a large sentiment and a strip of glitter washi tape to one side, finishing off with some plain cardboard scraps in holly and Christmas stockings.

This set started out with 36 pages, here they are all dwindled down to two whole sheets and many many scraps, current count is 15 card fronts, most of which just need some finishing touches.

Now that these ones are finished, the cards with the holly and berries remind me of Christmas puddings with the decoration sitting on top.

Inchies

What I used: -

3x card blank 12.6x17.8cm
Red and White cardstock
MFT pierced square die
Lilybee Designs paper pad
plain cardstock scraps
MFT sentiment stamp
Clear embossing powder
candied apple and broken china distress oxide inks

Cottage Craft Holly and Berry die

Memory box or Poppystamps Stocking die

Xpress it glitter tape (I've had this for so long it no longer sticks down well)

I would like to enter this card in

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday card Challenge

Snippet's Playground Anything goes with scrap

Merry Little Christmas Challenge 59 Anything Christmas

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Megan 

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Z for Zigzag

 Hello again,

Three more cards to add to my growing stash, I have fussy cut three of Beccy's Place Christmas Blooms and added them to embossed backgrounds with heat embossed sentiment strip from Darkroom Door. I managed to tear the swirly die cut twice meaning I then spread the resulting swirls out further than on the other, hand punched stars using the scraps of glitter card as I used adhesive sheets to the back. I have jumped all the way to the end of the alphabet with Z for Zigzag. I have used the zigzag embossing folder in both embossed and debossed, unintentionally... 

Here are my cards: -

(top fold)

What I used: - 
White card blanks 12.6 x17.8cm and 12.4x 17.4cm (two side fold, one top fold)
White card stock
Beccy's Place Christmas Blooms Digital Stamp 
Gold glitter paper
Xpress-it glitter tape
Clear embossing ink 
Wow! Primary Apple Red and Gold embossing powder
Darkroom Door Christmas Sentiment stamp (Closed)
MFT Swirl
Darice Zigzag embossing folder
Crafts too embossing folder
Green card scraps
Cottage Crafts Holly die
Star hand punch

Adhesives Double sided tape, adhesive sheets

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday Card Challenge

Allsorts Challenge #806 Christmas or Anything goes (first card with red tape)

Can you handle the Pressure? Optional warm drinks

Daisy Chain Challenge #91 Christmas or Winter

Digi choosday week 44 Anything goes

Peace on Earth Challenge #75 Anything goes

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Megan

S is for Scrap

 Hello again, 

Can you tell which card has the other half of the scraps? I have posted it in the last few days. Today I am sharing another card for Beccy's Place Month long Holiday Challenge, another gorgeous digital image from RAM Stamps 'Aussie Christmas' set, and some more of my cards made using up scraps.

What I used:- 

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Lilybee Designs paper pad

RAM Stamps 'Aussie Christmas'

Faber castell-coloured Pencils

MFT Itty Bitty Christmas sentiment

MFT Pierced circle die

MFT Stitched rectangle die

Wink of Stella clear on hat

I would like to enter this card in:- 

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

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Megan

Christmas Emu

 Hello again,

I am attempting to join in with Beccy's Place Challenge for her annual Month of Holiday cards, I have also given myself an extra challenge of finishing one of my oldest paper pads, of which there was two whole sheets and a pile of scraps of various sizes, I have made 15 card bases using up these scraps from Lilybee Design Christmas Cheer 6" pads, now I have to get colouring and cutting.... 

E is For Emu

What I used:

RAM Digital stamp from her 'Aussie Christmas' Set

MFT rounded stitched rectangle die

MFT Stitched rectangle die

MFT Itty Bitty Christmas sentiment

Faber-Castell coloured pencils

Marianne Design Star punch die

Lilybee Design Papers

Yellow and Red cardstock

White 12.4x17.4cm card blank

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday Challenge 'E' for Emu

Aud Sentiments Challenge 319 Glitter or Christmas

Polkadoodles week 44 Anything goes

12 Months of Christmas link-up All Stitched up or Anything goes

Daisy Chain Challenge 91 Christmas

Girls Creative Fun Art of Scrap

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Have a wonderful week.

Megan

p.s. A Huge Thank you to all my blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.