Batch Baking Christmas

 Hello again,

Over the last few days, I've been digging through, sorting and adding to my scrap bags, I keep large scraps in one box (if it doesn't come from a set) and smaller scraps in display books according to colour and finally anything smaller than a printed photo in plastic bags again according to colour. I decided that I was going to use some of the scraps up to make some Christmas cards, I dug out some of my Christmas tree dies and set to. I have extra trees left over which may make it onto more cards or maybe just gift tags. 

I tried to use a mix of patterned or embossed, plain and they all have one sparkly glitter tree. I used some more scraps to die cut 'Merry' (3 times and layered on each card) and the star punch to finish them off.

What I used

6 White 5x7 card blanks (12.6x17.8cm)
White cardstock to emboss

Kaisercraft Diamonds and Crafts too Lattice embossing folders

Scrap papers and cardstock including metallics (some are 15+years old)

Marianne Design, Kaisercraft, Magazine freebie and Cottage Cutz tree dies

Memory Box Merry Script die

Nellie Snellen 'Christmas love' clear stamp

Marianne Design Star punch die

Clear embossing powder

Black, Cocoa, Orchid, and two blue inkpads

Adhesives: Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter these cards into:

Snippets Playground Challenge #530 Anything goes with snippets

The Paper Funday Challenge #86 Anything goes optional twist Die cuts and punches

Can you handle the pressure April Challenge optional blue on blue

Crafty Calendar April Dies or punches

The Neglected Stuff Challenge April patterned papers

Peace On Earth Challenge #109 Anything goes

12 Months of Christmas link-up Anything goes optional Nordic Christmas

Have a wonderful week

Megan

p.s. Physio is going well, I walked nearly 200m without the knee scooter, school holidays is on, and the number of kids giving me strange looks then questioning their Mums about that lady on a scooter is fun, last week one little boy in full meltdown screaming stopped, sniffed and ran to catch up with his Mum his eyes wide in surprise at a scooter being inside the shop by a lady. 

Many thanks to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #260 Polkadoodles

 Hello again, 

I hope your weather is being much nicer than ours, we have been stuck inside due to daily rain, on the days it does not rain it is still too cold to dry the washing on the line. A town about 20mins away had a large sandstone cliff give way, 200,000 tonnes, thankfully not at a time people may have been rock climbing. We are expecting snow in the area, in towns at a higher elevation.

I have a few exercises to do to build my shoulder in the hopes I will be able to manage crutches so I can have my ankle surgery, we have 4 steps to get onto the porch, one extra to get into the house, physio has also suggested shuffling up the stairs on my backside, getting moveable stairs to raise me high enough to sit on a chair, then manage only the step into the house, this will still need a degree of shoulder stability.

On to my card, Today brings us to another all-new Anything goes challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Polkadoodles, who gave the team two digi stamps to work with. I have used Parkie Polar Bear and Theo Penguin to make a Christmas Card.

Polkadoodles

Prize 3 Digi images

What I used:

Polkadoodles Parkie Polar Bear and Theo Penguin pre-coloured image

14cm Square card blank 
Doodlebug paper 'Santa Express'
Red and green AC cardstock
14cm Square card blank

White card for printing and die cutting
Nesting lacy edge square die
Nesting square dies
Lawn Fawn Fa-la-la-la-la die cut three times and layered together
Impression Obsession Holly and Berries die

Adhesives; Double sided tape and PVA glue (my precision glue bottle broke) :(

I would like to enter this card in:
Polkadoodles Challenge 9 week 3 Anything Goes
Di's Digi Design Challenge Die cuts or Punches
Crafter's Cafe Anything goes optional use patterned papers
Digi Choosday Challenge 8 week 3 Anything goes 
ABC Christmas Challege P- Pastel, Q- Quick or R-Robins (Q-quick made in under 20mins)
The Holly and The Ivy Challenge #189 Anything goes Christmas
As You Like It Favourite Season Christmas- As an Aussie, Christmas time comes at the end of the school year and the beginning of the summer school holidays add in End of year/ Christmas parties at groups and clubs and family get togethers. Christmas time always mean fun and parties. 

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

p.s. Many Thanks to my kind blogging friends and visitors who stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

LPoCF #256 Polkadoodles

 Hello all,

Well, we have been having another Antarctic blast, we made it to 2C earlier in the week, if you add in the feels like temperature, it has felt more like -8C over the last few days. Today we are enjoying some winter sun, if you can stay out of the wind, it's actually quite nice.

I recently overheard some tourists who were shocked to see an Aussie parent hand their under-school age child a 'baby chino' for context they were passing by a Cafe strip, I did not feel the need to correct their belief, curiosity though what people from other countries think a 'baby chino' is?

Today brings us to another all-new challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Polkadoodles who kindly gave our team two images to use, I have used an image called Jolly Santa to make two Christmas cards. Apologies for the photo quality, Winter is not the greatest time for photos.

Polkadoodles

Prize 3 digital images

Polkadoodles Blog

Digi Choosday Blog

Gem of a Challenge Blog

Here are my cards

What I used

2 white 14cm square card blanks

Doodlebug patterned paper (traditional coloured card)

red cardstock

Polkadoodles Jolly Santa digital image

Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

Stitched Rectangle dies

Snowflake dies (I think impression obsession)

Discount store patterned paper

Purple pearlescent card

Mauve corrugated card

Stitched Scallop border die

Circle and Scalloped circle dies

I would like to enter these cards in:-

Traditional coloured
613 Avenue Create June Anything goes
Polkadoodles Challenge 7 week 3
Creative Knockouts #548 Die cuts, stencils and/or punches
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #62 Anything goes (missed cut off)

Non-Traditional Coloured
A Cut Above June Anything goes with a Die cut
Crafts Galore Encore June Anything Goes
Digi Choosday challenge 6 week 2 Anything Goes
Paper Rocks Scissors Anything goes scissors used to trim corrugated edge
12 Months of Christmas #123 Anything goes optional blue and gold

Thank you for looking in...
I am off to see the specialists again, this time 'the boss' an Associate Professor
Shortest wait I have ever had one week!

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. Many thanks to my kind blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

{For those who really want to know what a 'baby chino' is, it is usually the leftover heated milk/foam from making a real coffee, with a dusting of chocolate powder}

LPoCF #250 Star Stampz

 Hello again,

Today brings us to another all new Anything goes challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (edit-added link), this fortnight our sponsor is Star Stampz who kindly gave the team two images to use. I have used Christmas Star.

Star Stampz

Prize 3 Images

Here is my card:

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Christmas Village patterned papers

Marianne Design poinsettia die

Cottage Crafts Holly and Berries

Memory box small branch die

Spellbinders Noel die

Star punch

cream and gold scrap paper (flower, sentiment and stars)

I would like to enter this card in 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday using Sketch #298 

Creative Inspiration Challenge #24 Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore #133 Anything goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #61 Anything Christmas

12 Months of Christmas Link up Anything goes optional theme Owls

The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #180 Anything Christmas

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. Many thanks to my kind blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Ombre in Pinks

 Hello again,

Well, the last day of 2024 has arrived and here I am with a new Christmas card to start off my new stash of cards for Christmas 2025. I only just managed to get my skates on to join in with the last months challenge with the lovely ladies at Group of Seven, this time I have managed to get going and making my card early this month using the design element of Ombre. 

I have used three of my Distress Oxide inks on plain cardstock starting in the middle with Picked Raspberry ink allowing the edges to soften as I move away from the centre, adding Spun Sugar ink to one end and blending over the top of the softened edge of picked raspberry, finally I opted for using Seedless Preserves starting at the edge of the card and working inwards to the softened edge of picked raspberry, ending up with variations from light to dark from the top down.

I have used Darkroom Door stamp set 'Brushed Christmas Vol.1' tree and star stamp which are heat embossed in Wow! Superfine Silver glitter powder adding a sentiment from LOTV 'Large Christmas Greetings' in White embossing powder. Adding a doodled border around the piece before adhering to the card base. The embossing ink was drying quickly in the heat, and we are expecting a cool change in a couple of days, before another return to mid 30C's

Here is my card:

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
White cardstock
Distress Oxide inks Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves
Darkroom Door Brushed Christmas Vol.1 
LOTV Large Christmas 
Clear embossing ink 
Embossing powders White and silver glitter

Black fine line pen

I would like to enter this card in:
Gallery at Group of Seven Design Element Ombre

Rudolph Day Anything Christmas goes
We Love Stamping optional 'Winter' playing Anything goes
Creatalicious Challenge #284 Anything goes optional Christmas or New Year
Peace on Earth Challenge #78 Anything Christmas goes

Thank you for looking in...

Wishing you and yours A Happy, Safe and Healthy 2025

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

Thank you for looking in...

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 

Thank you for looking in...

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 

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

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
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

Thank you for looking in...

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 all!

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

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

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

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

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

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

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful day...

Megan

Torn Edge Scene

 Hello again,

I am again joining the ladies at Group of Seven Card makers with their most recent gallery calling for torn edges, I have used two of the Woodware Clear Nativity Silhouette set and a Distress Oxide blend from Kristina Werner, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, with Black Soot to stamp and ink in the torn edge. My torn edge is from the back of an old Christmas card, having used a tag die to re-use the card front for gift tags. 

Stamped images and sentiment are clear heat embossed, sprayed with a mini mister from Crafts-4-U from one of the big craft stores at the Aussie Shows, a few larger dots added.

Here is my card

What I used
White 12.6x 17.8cm card blank
Woodware Nativity Silhouette stamps
MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes (maybe retired) 
Distress Oxide inks Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, Black Soot
Clear embossing powder

Torn Edge (Christmas card back)

I would like to enter this card in

Rudolph day (Mo's Final)
ABC Christmas Challenge Anything goes Christmas or Berries
Group of Seven Gallery Torn Edge
Daisy Chain #81 No Design Paper

12 Months of Christmas Anything goes optional Die cuts and/or Embossing

(edit: remove link)

We have been busy, the ceiling inside my built-in-robe got a large back flow from the roof gutters, resulting in the too high to reach shelf being infested with mould. Ceiling is down and the roofing people are coming in a fortnight to repair the outside issues, before we can even attempt to replace the plasterboard ceiling. 

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. Many Thanks to all my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

Two of a Kind

Hello Again,

 

I am back with another pair of cards, this time using unusual colours for Christmas, I inked an A4 sheet with Distress oxides, I used a scrunched up nappy wipe to add interest to the ink before over doing the water spray over a star stencil. Large stars are supplies I bought from a toy/craft supply store while working in a preschool, I think there must be about 5 of each of the five colours left to use up... added a doodled border in metallic purple, the silver pen appears to have dried out, stored in the same packet. 

What I used:

MFT Sentiment stamp
Prize Ribbon, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers
Clear embossing ink
Silver sparkle Embossing powder
Star Stencil

Purple Gel Ink pen

I would like to enter this card in:

Christmas Kickstart #80 (stars on cards, over sprayed stencil)
Beccy's Place S is for Stars
Merry Little Christmas Blog #53 Anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Anything goes 
Most Magical Time of The Year Halloween and Christmas Challenge
Ally's Angels #76 Anything goes
12 Months of Christmas Link up Anything goes optional Cozy Christmas

Di's Digi Design Christmas no Red or Green

Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo Anything Christmas

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful weekend...

Megan 

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

Twin Trees

 Hello again,

Well, I am back with a pair of Christmas cards, to join in with some of the current challenges, getting ready for Christmas. 

I followed the instructions with the Group of Seven Cardmakers ladies to make this pair of cards, heat embossing the background using Kaisercraft 'script' stamp (5cmx13cm) four times for each card, I did this on a cooler night as the days before have been more like Summer, placed the Christmas tree stencil from a magazine over, inked with Mowed Lawn, Candied Apple and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink. Sentiment stamped onto scraps of red card stock and heat embossed in white powder. 

What I used:

Kaisercraft 'Script' clear stamp

Christmas Tree Stencil

Stitched rectangle die

MFT Christmas Stamps (sentiment)

2 white 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7")

Clear and White Embossing powders 

Distress Oxide Inks, Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Mowed Lawn, 

Red cardstock

Adhesives:- Double sided tape

I would like to enter these cards in:

Group Of Seven Cardmakers Gallery

Beccy's Place T is for Tree and twofer

Peace on Earth Anything goes Christmas

Allsorts Challenge 755 Christmas time

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge November

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge November

613 Avenue Create Embossing Wet or Dry (Wet)

Daisy Chain Challenge Christmas/Winter

Crafty Calendar Challenge November Anything goes

Most Magical Time of The Year Halloween and Christmas Anything goes

Two visitors in the garden, Australian Magpies, adult bird at the front, baby bird at the back. As sweet as some Magpies are others are extremely territorial and these birds are known to swoop, sometimes causing severe injuries to those who wander, ride, play too close to their nests. 

Have a wonderful week...
Thank you for looking in...
Megan

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

B for Blue and Bear

 Hello again,

I'm back to share a very quick card made using a Bugaboo digi from my stash, square card and some blue and green bauble patterned paper.

Here is my card:

What I used:
White 13cm card blank
Bugaboo Digi stamp

Faber-Castell coloured pencils
White card
Square stitched die
Silver star stickers

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday Card Challenge B is for Baubles, Blue and Bear

Thank you for looking in, 

Have a wonderful week

Megan

Same but Different Christmas

 Hello again,

I've gone back a couple of days to day 5 of Beccy's place challenge which is Same but Different, I have used clear embossing ink and powder to stamp poinsettias and holly from Poppystamps over an a4 sheet of card, I then cut it into pieces and used two different colour combinations of distress oxide inks.

Here are the two cards (we won't discuss the other piece it currently resides in WPB) edit reversed letters

What I used:

White 10x21cm card blanks

Poppystamps Poinsettia Peace stamps (old set)

clear embossing ink

clear embossing powder

red embossing powder

Kaisercraft die and sentiment stamp

Tuxedo black ink

Metallic silver tape

Distress Oxide Ink Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Broken China

Mini mister 

Wet wipe

Scraps red and silver card stock

Adhesive- Double sided sheet and tape

I am in two minds about whether I actually like the added red berries against the green.... 

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Day 5 Same but Different

 Edit link gone missing 

12 Months of Christmas Anything goes option cosy

Thank you for stopping by.. 

Have a wonderful weekend... 

Megan

G is for Green and Gold

 Hello again,

Trying to play along with the challenges with Beccy's Place annual Holiday Card Challenges, not keeping up so todays card has been duplicated and features a Gold die cut, against a two green papers from Kaisercraft

Here are my cards:

Apologies for the photo, the colours are really green and gold mirri card, we have the sounds of a storm brewing and photos were taken outside. Reddish reflection you can see is the red bricks, although it looks like the leaves are burning... 

What I used:
White c7 top fold cards
Gold mirri cardstock
LoTV sentiment stamps
Clear embossing ink
Gold embossing powder
Kaisercraft 'Australiana' paper pad

Paper Rose Gumleaf die 

I would like to enter these cards in

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday cards G is for Green and Gold

Have a wonderful week..

Thank you for stopping by...

Megan

Surf Life Saving Steve

 Hello again,

Well, I always start the year with the best of intentions of making a few Christmas cards each month, again I have not made nearly as many as I need. Today sees the start of Beccy's Place annual Holiday Cards Challenge, today I have gone as Australian as it is possible....

Australian Surf Life Saving Sand-man Steve is a Digi from Beccy's Place and I have coloured him in the traditional Surf Life Saving colours seen on Aussie beaches, although when the surf clubs have competitions against each other each club also has club colours..

Here is my card:

What I used:

Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas Set- Steve
Top fold C7 card blank
Red cardstock
White cardstock for printing 
Rectangle die cut (resized to fit image)
Faber-Castell coloured pencils
Paper Rose Merry Christmas Die
Checked paper (Sugar and Spiced Paper) 

Adhesives- Double Sided tape, pva glue

I would like to enter this card in 

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday card A-for Australian

A Perfect Time to Craft Open challenge November

Digi Choos-day Anything goes week 43

Digi Design Challenge Sports Related (Surf Live Saving)

Cut it Up Add a Sentiment (shape and sentiment are both dies)

Use your Stuff Challenge Blog Anything goes

Thank you for looking in, 

Have a wonderful week,

Megan

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