Surf to the Snow...

Hello again,

Well today brings the final day of the annual Christmas Chaos Challenge week with Bugaboo's Catch the Bug Blog and all the lovely ladies on the design team and a few guest designers have created some gorgeous cards featuring this challenge's new freebie image, which you can find both in-store and on the blog, we also had to use a tic-tac-toe board to create our own challenge with the inspiration given 

I chose the line on the vertical line closest to the little reindeer, Bling, Santa and 3 Layers

Here's my card:-

I created the sentiment in word using Pharmacy and Fish Fingers fonts

What I used:-

White DL card blank

Red card stock

Blue patterned paper (generic)

Bugaboo images AKV Snow Shoes & Tropical Santa Tubing

Derwent pencils

black fine line pen

Sentiment typed

Cottage Cutz Mini Holly Berry Die

Lifestyle nesting circle dies

Scrap papers (various)

Silver Bic Mark-it Pen

Blue Glitzee glitter glue

Fairy Krystal glitter paint

Kaisercraft 2mm silver self-adhesive rhinestones

Adhesives:- Glue stick, double-side tape, foam tape

Stanley knife, cutting matt & steel ruler

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo's Christmas Chaos Day 7

CRAFT Challenge 

12 Months of Christmas: Optional theme Santa Claus is coming to town

Case-ing Christmas #32 Anything Goes

Many thanks for looking in...

enjoy the weekend...

Megan

Elves

Hello again,

Well I'm back again with another card for the current Christmas Chaos Challenge a week full of fun Challenges with the lovely team over at Bugaboo.

Today's challenge we had to pick a treat and make our card based on that treat, I chose 'Gingerbread Cookie Biscuit' (sorry we don't eat cookies in Australia, although some people are likely to toss them, but that's another story).

* Gingerbread Cookies - Use 2 Stripes, 3 Brads or Bling, 4 Layers

* Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles - Make your card a shape other than Square or Rectangle, 3 pieces of Bling & Ribbon

* Homemade Holiday Chocolates - Use ONLY cardstock, no designer papers, Embossing & 2 Layers

* Spiked Egg Nog - Use a Border Punch, Glitter & Polka Dots

* Candy Canes – Stripes & BLING

* Fruit Cake – Make it Funny & use ONLY scraps to create your card

My card recipe included 2 Stripes, 3 Brads or Bling and four layers. 

I went a little overboard with my bling, never mind... my brother won't notice...

Here's my Card:- 

What I used:-
Square card blank 14cm
white card
black paper from scraps box
black glitter card 
doodlebug design paper 'north pole'
pebbles paper pack 'home for the holidays'
Make it Crafty digi image 'Floppy'
Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils
black fine-line pen
two red enamel brads
6 black self-adhesive bling
typed sentiment the original came from (whimsie doodles, I altered it)
Fiskars scallop border punch
Adhesives:- double-sided tape, glue stick, glue dots, PVA

I would like to enter this card in
Bugaboo's Christmas Chaos Day 5
CRAFT Challenge #341 Christmas
Holly Jolly Challenge:- Merry Christmas Anything goes
Case-ing Christmas- #32 Final Challenge Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Design:- Christmas Card Challenge
Cardz 4 Guyz- Traditional Christmas Colours
CCC Digi Creations:- #38 Anything goes
Eureka Stamps:- #170 Christmas is Coming
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge extra:- December Anything goes

Many thanks for looking in...
Have a great weekend...
Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the kind and wonderful ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all...

Je suis Paris Joyeux Noel

Hello again...

 I have been thinking about joining in a few of the month long card challenges before they close at the end of the month so this card is a combination of many...

 Over at the Sweet Stampin' Christmas Challenge they would like to see stars

 Beccy's Place is celebrating a whole month of Christmas card making with more inspiration each day, mine comes from day 15 Christmas trees 

 Christmas Cards all year Round would also like to see Christmas trees

 I had several trips back and forth considering this month's Case-ing Christmas Challenge #31 to decide just what I would take from this month’s case card made by Donna, I decided to take my inspiration from Donna’s three trees and use a similar colour scheme, in light of what recently happened in Paris I  used the French flag for the colour layout and using a single word sentiment as a reminder of what the season is about...

Over at the Glory of Christmas Challenge the ladies would like to see a Clean and Simple card or the other option is anything goes, I think my card is fairly clean and simple...

Hazel and her team are always glad to see any Christmas make at each months Christmas Challenge Extra...

Across the ditch (well in Australia) the Creative Craft Cottage ladies would like us to make a Christmas Creation

Finally late last night the lovely ladies over at Jingle Belles challenged us to use up or Holiday Leftovers, I'm always up for using my large piles of scrap so...

Okay so I just remembered that the team over at Pile It On's Challenge is Any Holiday or Celebration, I think I've piled lots of challenges on to one card ;-)

Here’s my card:-

As I left quite a bit of space below the trees, I'm wishing that I had placed them a little lower... never mind

What I used:-

• White 10.4cm x 14.8cm card blank
• Paper scraps from two different paper pads (Bo Bunny ‘Elf Magic’ & Doodlebug Designs ‘Santa Express’)
• Silver & black glitter card from scraps
• Memory Box Die Sketchbook Peace
• Tree die from Sizzix and Hero Arts pack Reindeer and Trees
• Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Glue dots, Xyron Create-a-sticker

I would like to enter this card in:-

Sweet Stamping’ Christmas- Stars

Beccy’s Place- Month of Holiday Card making (inspiration from day #15 Christmas trees)

Christmas Cards All year Round- O’ Christmas Tree

Case-ing Christmas #31 Donna

The Glory of Christmas Challenge #72- Clean and Simple or Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra- Anything Goes Christmas

Jingle Belles Holiday Leftovers- apart from the layer of design paper all are scraps

Creative Craft Cottage #52 Christmas

and a sneaky little extra
Pile it On Challenge- Any Holiday or Celebration 

Many thanks for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. a Huge thanks to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave a little message, I truly appreciate them all... Megan

Gingerbread House

Hello again,

I have finally got around to make this months Case-ing Christmas card, this time the Case card was made by Asha and features a lovely stamped church with trees sparkling and ready for Christmas, my inspiration is the church building which I turned into a cute Gingerbread house.

Okay so for this card I had a plan, my plan includes sending a pre-fab locally made gingerbread house kit to my 10 year old niece, my brother and his wife, to build, decorate and eat this Christmas, although if my brother gets hold of it first he may just eat it how it comes ;-) The local business is so popular they have even converted an old church into a fabulous café complete with a playground decked out as you guessed it a gingerbread house.

I have been looking around online for a digital stamp with a gingerbread house featured on it for this card and came across this cute and hilarious digi from Doodle Pantry with the Gingerbread House being devoured by a family of sugar hungry ants, this digi is simply up my alley :-)

Here’s my Card:-

What I used:-

White Card blank

Pink cardstock

Gingerbread house Ants + Sentiment Doodle Pantry 

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Multi coloured bling strips

Computer designed sentiment

Design Paper My Mind’s Eye- Happy Day

Fairy Krystal glitter paint (on icing and many of the Lollies, just not showing up in the photo)

MFT pierced fishtail flags die

Lawn Fawn Stitched Labels die

Lifestyle crafts nesting Rectangle and Circle dies

Adhesives Foam tape, double-sided tape

Scoring board and bone folder

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Link-up For a Child  

ABC Christmas Challenge- U for Unusual Colours

A Snowflakes Promise #8 Anything goes Christmas 

Beccy’s Place October Challenge

Case-ing Christmas #30 

CCC Digi Creations Challenge #35 Anything goes

Classy Cards ‘n’ Such- #107 Pretty Pink Christmas 

Crafting by Design Get Ready for Christmas October Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra- Anything Christmas 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas #251 For a child/Include a child

Creative Craft Cottage #50 Anything goes

Doodle Pantry Ants in my Pantry Digital Challenge #10 Anything goes Digital Stamps Only

The Glory of Christmas Challenge- #70 More than One fold or Anything goes I hope easel cards are okay!

Thank you for looking in today

Have a great week…

Megan

P.S. Many thanks to all the lovely ladies who visit me and leave me a message, I really appreciate each and every one! 

Reindeer Games

Hello again…

I made this card with inspiration from a number of the different Christmas card Challenges out there just now, over at ABC Christmas Challenge R is for, Case-ing Christmas where Mynn made a lovely Christmas scene featuring a snowman and over at Jingle Belles the lovely ladies have teamed up with another blog called Shopping our Stash and they would like us to use some of our long held crafty items.

So here it goes my blue background paper is from a DCWV paper pack which was one of my first ever Christmas paper packs, it came from Kmart many moons ago I managed to find an image (below) and unsurprisingly it has been discontinued, I teamed this with my first ever doodlebug design paper pack called ‘north pole’ (below) is no where near as neon looking in real life, my bling came from a $2 shop and it has been over five years since the store left town and saving it up for last is…

The stamp set- (made in 2011)

I first saw this stamp and die set when it was featured on the cover of a British Isles Card making magazine and I really really really had to have it… but sometimes these things can be hard to find here in Australia so I waited for nearly two years, bought my Cuttlebug and eventually found the set on-line in the far north of New South Wales. Needless to say it arrived soon after ;-) I've never really been great at stamping and so it lay around the craft/computer table and this week I decided it was time for it to see ink for the first time ever… I will confess that I have occasionally used the tree dies…

Here’s my card:-

Edited:- new photo taken in daylight

and with some of the scraps I made another tag

What I used:-

White 14cm square card blank

Sizzix and Hero Arts Set Stamps with Reindeer 

Impression Obsession dies top edges set 3 Christmas Sentiments

Kraft card from Officeworks

Brown, green, lime and red Colorbox inkpads

White card from my scraps

Lime Kindyglitz glitter paint

Fiskars Corner rounder

Bling from Stash
Merry Christmas stamp on tag from stash

Stanley knife, craft matt, pencil, scissors, black fine-liner pen

Adhesives- Double-sided tape, foam tape and P.V.A. glue
Kraft tag and twine

I would like to enter this card in:-

Jingle Belles Challenge- Shop our Jingly Stash  

Shopping our stash - Jingle Belles bonus Challenge

ABC Christmas R is for Reindeer and Red 

Case-ing Christmas #29 

12 Months of Christmas Link-up #9 Christmas tree 

Christmas Stampin’ all year long- #55 Anything goes 

C.R.A.F.T. #328 anything goes 

Holly Jolly Christmas- Use a die 

Sparkles Christmas Challenge- O’Christmas tree 

A Snowflakes Promise- Challenge #5- Christmas or Winter 

Thank you for looking in today…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the kind ladies who leave me a message I really appreciate each and every one of them!!

Blue Christmas

Hello again…

Case-ing Christmas has gone monthly and this month it was Steph’s turn to create a card to inspire us, you can find Steph’s Card here. There is a lot to be inspired by, I love all the papers together; I took my inspiration from the ribbon, lace and twine down the side of the card. I have used a digi stamp from bugaboo and coloured it completely non-traditional. 

On one of my recent trips down to the physio in the city I stopped in at Lincraft to see what extras bits and pieces I could get to add to my cards and came away with a variety of sheer ribbons and lace. I have used pale blue ribbon and added some die cut stars and avoided the snow all bar the image on the paper

Here’s my card:-

I had been saving this paper, although a generic bought from Kmart many years ago it was still a favourite, due to the positioning of my image I have covered up the tree the paper has on it which was also a blue and green combo. I now have an excuse to buy more supplies :-) I simply have to have some non traditional coloured papers! Maybe I will be well enough in November for the more local Christmas craft fair, I haven't been for several years. 

The stopper on the easel card was created using a round digi from Scrap-a-licious Times (bottom one) and one I created in word placed on top.

What I used:-

14.9cm x 10.5cm white card blank

White card

Generic blue card and generic Christmas patterned paper

White glittered card stock

Faber-castell and Derwent Pencils

Baby blue Liquid Pearls

Digital Stamp BUGABOO

Mpress circle dies

Top sentiment circle Word 

Lower sentiment from Scrap-a-licious Times

MFT Stitched Rectangle dies

Memory box Die Cosmic Star set

Adhesives- P.V.A. Glue, Double-sided tape, glue dots, foam tape

Scoring board

I would like to enter this card in:-

Case-ing Christmas #28

12 Months of Christmas Link-up #8- Anything goes or Snowfriends

Sparkle Creation's Christmas Card Challenge Week 38- Anything goes

Christmas Stampin' all year long #54 Folding  I hope an easel card is okay ladies

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge extra August

ABC Christmas Challenge- Q for Quantum Leap C is for Colourful, D is for Die Cuts, L is for Lyrics (Blue Christmas)

Winter Wonderland- Christmas Carols or Songs Blue Christmas

Thank you for looking in…

Have a great week

Megan

Case-ing Ourselves

Hello again, 

Well this fortnight over at Case-ing Christmas challenge they have been celebrating Christmas in July with a fabulous blog hop featuring some gorgeous cards made with stamps in both real and digital form from a very kind group of sponsors.

The challenge this time is to case ourselves using a card we have made for another occasion, not Christmas, which I have a limited supply. I eventually decided on this card which was made for a lovely friend whom we met whilst doing our family history, her other hobby is quilt making hence the stitchy make. I have stuck with the layout of the card altering use of washi tape, egg braid and buttons to two ribbons (I rescued the sparkly red one from a present last year) and as none of the buttons in my stash are quite so small I switched them for some star sequins. I recreated the style of the sentiment on my computer, the original Happy Birthday one came from Scrap-al-icious-times. The bingo card is from Sweetly scrapped art.

Several blog challenges are also celebrating Christmas in July this week and today's Bugaboo Stamp challenge is a recipe challenge:

Three embellishments: Star sequins

Two Designer papers: Musical Script, Striped paper, also third which can barely be seen behind the image

Ribbon: two ribbons- red and green

Here’s the card I decided to Case:

Here’s my Christmas version of my Case card

What I used:-

White card blank 12.7cm x 17.8cm (5”x7”)

Tiddly Ink image: Christmas Cutie Emma

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Sweetly Scrapped digi bingo card

Digital sentiment created on Word

Tiddly Inks Paper pack from Australian Simply Card magazine 2013

Musical note paper from Papercraft Inspirations magazine

Ribbons from stash

Star Sequins from stash

Kraft card scrap

White card

Paper scraps to create poinsettias

MFT-Stitched Circle die

Lifestyle Crafts/ QuicKutz nesting scallop circle die

Marrianne Creatables –Poinsettia with veins

Adhesives- Helmars Tacky craft glue & double-sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Case-ing Christmas #27- Case ourselves

Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July Tuesday Recipe- See above

Tiddly Inks Challenge #161- Anything goes with Tiddly Image

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #54- use lace, ribbon or twine

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July- Anything Christmas

Crafting by Design- Anything goes July

Digi Choose-Day week 27- Christmas in July 2nd entry

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Christmas in July

A Snowflakes Promise #1- Christmas and Winter Theme

Di’s digi stamps- Celebration 

Thank you for looking in

have a good one...

Megan

P.S. A big Thank you to all the wonderful ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I really appreciate each and every one of them!

Little Angel...

Hello again...


Well this weeks Challenge #26 over at Case-ing Christmas has been a challenge, I try to resist from making too many card featuring snow, as the song goes "there is no frost and there is no snow, Christmas in Australia's hot..." I was a little stuck with what to do with the lovely card Donna provided for our inspiration, I finally decided to take my inspiration from the layout of the card this week which worked better for me in landscape. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
Bugaboo image- Bobblehead Christmas Angel
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
Pink glittered card stock
Green Glittered card stock
Lime card (generic pack)
Bo Bunny Double Dot Soft shades
Liquid Pearl- Petal Pink
Paper Smooches Wise Die- Christmas Words
Adhesives- Double-sided tape, P.V.A. glue, Adhesive foam squares

I would like to enter this card in:-

Case-ing Christmas #26- Donna
Muse Christmas Visions- Photo inspiration- Lydia, Guest Designer Diagonal lines my inspiration
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas- Two Words
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas extra- July Anything goes
Glory of Christmas Challenge- Gifts or Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper Challenge- Anything goes with Patterned paper
Sparkle Creation Christmas #30- Anything goes
ABC Christmas- M is for magic- Angel
Creative Cottage #42- Spots or Stripes 

Thank you for looking in
have a good one...
Megan

p.s. Thank you to all the lovely ladies who visit and take the time to leave me a message, I really appreciate each and every one of them!

All that glitters...

Hello again...

Well this week over at Case-ing Christmas Ellen made the most beautiful heat embossed Christmas tree card for us to case and you can see it here.

I don't really do much in the way of stamping and definitely no heat embossing although it always looks great, so I have opted to take my inspiration from the tree. I have raided my scraps again and I have used plain, patterned and a glitter paper to create my tree.

Here's my card:-

What I used:-
White 10.5 x 14.9 cm card blank
Scraps of paper and card
8" square paper from First Edition 'Christmas Village'
Felt holly leaves
Button and ribbon from stash
Red cotton thread
Cocoa Colorbox ink pad
Wplus9 tiny tags die
Marianne Creatables angel with star die
Printed sentiment
Kraft card
Adhesives Double-sided tape & paper, P.V.A. glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
Case-ing Christmas #25- Ellen
12 months of Christmas June- Anything goes or Vintage
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra- June
Holly Jolly Christmas- Tag you're it
Crafting By Design-Get ready for Christmas- June

Thank you for looking in...
have a good one...
Megan

p.s. Thank you to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message I appreciate them all.

Angels we have heard on high...

Hello again...

Well, what do you do when the local electricity company decides to replace the power poles in your area and there is no power for a day in winter? ... well I got some bits and pieces printed out and ready, then lit the fireplace and spent a day warm beside the fire. I now have a bag full of sentiments which I die cut, a coloured page or two of images and three more cards to add to the stash of Christmas cards I have already made this year... and guess what they're doing it again in a fortnight... 

Okay so I am joining in with the ladies at Case-ing Christmas again and this week Rocky made a fabulous card featuring a lovely die cut Snowman, cool blue papers, musical script, lovely ribbon and stitching which you can see here at the current challenge. 

I have gone with featuring a die cut image and have used a gorgeous angel die from Marianne Creatables which you can make a 3D paper angel that will stand on its own. I have trimmed her down to fit my card and gone traditional with the colour palette.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
10.5cm x 14.9cm white card blank
Glitter paper 
White Pearlescent Glitz Spritz
Cream card 
Marianne Creatable angel with star die
Embossing Stylus
Bo Bunny Silver and Gold Collection paper
Stanley Knife and Steel Ruler
Paper from a magazine 
Pink Petticoat Sentiment 
MFT Sentiment strip die
Gold BIC mark it pen

I would like to enter this card in:-

Case-ing Christmas #24- Rocky
ABC Christmas- L is for Lyrics- Angels we have heard on high
12 months of Christmas Link-up- Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra June- Anything Goes just so long as its Christmas
Sparkles Creation Christmas Card Challenge #28- Anything Goes
CRAFT Challenge #315- Christmas 

Well thank you for looking in…

Have a good one…

Megan

p.s. Thank you to all the ladies who take the time to leave a message, I appreciate them all...Megan

Izzy in Purple

Hello again,

We are now up to week 23 over at the Case-ing Christmas cardchallenge blog, this week Judy provided the inspiration for our cards she created a card featuring a fabulous purple and silver poinsettia which you can see over at the Case-ing Christmas blog.

I have taken my inspiration from the colour and layout of Judy’s card.

Here’s my card:-

What I used-

White 15cm x 10.5cm card blank

Ancient Christmas patterned paper from stash

Purple cardstock from scrap box

Purple stitched glitter paper

Scrap purple/blue spotty paper

Silver star peel off stickers

Izzy’s Candy Cane digi from Di’s Digital Stamps

Coloured with Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

White glitter paper from scraps

Snowflake punch

Lifestyle Crafts Lacy Circle Die

MFT Pierced Circle Die

Sizzix Tree Dies from Hero-Arts Stamp/Die set 

Violet Colorbox ink pad

Merry Christmas Cling stamp origin unknown

Bic Mark-it markers- Faux stitching & Metallic Bell

Foam squares

3D pearl paint- bought it cheap and it is now flat and distorted :-(

I would like to enter this card in

Case-ing Christmas- #23

Natalie and Amy's Christmas Challenge

Winter Wonderland- add a touch of Silver or Gold

Di's digital Stamps- Use Diecuts

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge- Anything goes so long as its Christmas

Well Thank you for looking in...

have a good one

Megan

p.s. Thank you to all of the kind ladies who visit and take the time to leave me a comment I love reading them all. Megan

Run, Run as fast as you can...

Hello again...

Well as promised I have again made a card for this weeks Case-ing Christmas Challenge, we are already up to week 22 and  I plan on continuing for the whole year...

This week it was Mynn who provided the initial card for inspiration and was joined by a combined group of ladies from both teams. You can see Mynn's gorgeous card here at Case-ing Christmas

I was inspired by the gingerbread man on Mynn's card and used an old template from the Papercraft Inspirations Magazine team, which was an bonus extra on their website several years ago. I increased the gingerbread man in size before hand cutting him out. 

I have made my card a square one this week to play along with the final Completely Christmas Challenge...

I also decided to play with my Sew Easy tool for the first time, so go easy on the wonky stitching ;-)

Here's my Card:-

What I used:-
White 14cm Card blank
Template from Papercraft Inspirations
Scrap of kraft card
Scrap of green card
White Gel ink pen
Bella! Droplets
Bow from my stash
Sequins from Lawn Fawn 
MFT Pierced Fishtail
Sentiment from TLC Creations
Sew Easy tool/floss
Polka Doodles Patterned paper
Brown Card
Brown Glitter paper
Silver Sentiment Peel-off
Adhesives- plenty of Double-sided tape and P.V.A. glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
Case-ing Christmas #22
Completely Christmas- Make it Square
Holly Jolly Christmas- Use Kraft
ABC Christmas- Keep it Simple
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra- Anything goes
Sparkle Creation- Christmas Challenge #26-Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers #81- Anything Goes

Thank you for looking in...
have a good one...
Megan

p.s. Thank you to each and all of the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message. I love them all...