Black and Gold

 Hello again, 

Well I feel like I have finally got some of my crafting mojo back after making 25 Christmas cards in the last month, I joined in with many of the Challenges from Beccy's Place and this card is one I did not get around to finishing, one of the extra prompts was Black and White plus one, I have a 6" paper pad from Couture Creations called Be Merry and Classic which is made up of black and cream or grey and cream designs, I also bought many years ago a pack of laser cut baubles with a snow flake design on it, I found one, not sure where the remaining have disappeared too. 

I have made a 5x7inch card and cut the paper in the middle to make it fit, covering the gap with a band of paper. I also dug through my bag of ancient gold peel-off stickers to add a fancy string to the bauble and also a peel-off sentiment. 

I have used a sketch seen on Kathy's blog Dunnit Again Designs which I resized to fit. When I eventually find the rest of the baubles, I will try adding different colours behind each one.. 

What I used: -

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7)

black paper 

two different gold cardstocks 

Be Merry and Classic Paper pad

peel off border and sentiment

I would like to enter this card in: -
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Winter Holiday
A Place to Start December Any holiday
Christmas Kick Start If it is Christmassy link it up
Crafter's Cafe 314 Anything goes optional Monochrome
Peace On Earth Challenge Anything Christmas Goes
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

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

Stockings are hung

 Hello again,

Well I think this might be the last of my paper pad, all that is leftover now is 2 one inch squares and one rectangle. I traced a stocking die from when I first bought my Cuttlebug, I think it was a MFT stocking but cannot really remember onto some scrap cardstock and covered it with all the leftover bits from that paper pad. 

here are my scraps, already glued down plus the remaining three leftovers...

What I used:

White card blank 12.6x17.8cm

Couture Creations 'candy stripe' embossing folder

LilyBee Designs paper pad

Clear embossing ink 

Gold embossing powder 

Darkroom door sentiment strip Christmas 

Cottage Cuts holly and Berry die

Red, white and green card scraps

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Snippets Playground Anything goes with snippets

Peace on Earth Challenge anything goes

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

Koala up a Gumtree

 Hello again, 

I am down to the last two cards from the pile of scraps I started with at the beginning of November, I have two one inch squares and one rectangle of Santa's face left over... 

Today I have added all the little strips to a piece of leftover white cardstock and cut the overhanging pieces off (I still managed to save some of them) to add down the edge of one card.

What I used:

RAM Stamp Koala and Kookaburra

Faber Castell Coloured Pencils

LilyBee Designs paper pad

Marianne Design sentiment Dies

Silver glitter cardstock

Star hand punch

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

Two Kangaroo's

 Hello again,

I have been enjoying the reprieve from the summer heat over the last few days, the wet weather is being watched by the Bureau of Meteorology as it may turn into another La Nina event over the summer.

Another of the three cards I made the same card fronts of the previous ones are here and here. 

Digital Stamp from RAM Stamps in Adelaide, coloured and added to the pre-made card front. 

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

RAM Digital stamp Aussie Set

Beccy's Place Sentiment Stamp 'Aussie Christmas' 

MFT Pierced oval and fishtail flags dies

LilyBee Designs Paper pad

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Faber Castell coloured pencils

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards

Cards Galore Encore December Challenge 

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Have a wonderful week..

Megan

Pudding rich and rare

 Hello again,

I am trying to finish off the card fronts I have made using up the scraps and two whole pages from a much-loved paper pad, I am down to the last three card fronts and some additional scraps. 

Today I have managed to finish off four cards, the first is a square card which has 8 of the inchies and two rectangles to use them up leaving a central square to fill, last year international mail was slow arriving, so much so that the last of the Christmas themed stamp sets with magazines finally arrived in March, I got one of the sets out and inked up the little Christmas Pudding with some Distress Oxide ink 'ground espresso' coloured in with colouring pencils adding sentiment in memento tuxedo black finishing off with four hand punched stars.

What I used

13cm square card blank

LilyBee Designs paper pad

Magazine 'Chloe's Creative Cards Pudding stamp

Distress Oxide ink 'ground espresso'

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Memory Box Typed sentiment 

Star shaped hand punch

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday cards

613 Avenue Create Any Winter Holiday

Thank you for looking in,,, 

Have a wonderful week...

Megan