Tweet Christmas wishes

Hello again,

Well I did say on my last post that I had been busy making Christmas cards and here is another, with a super cute free digi image called “Pippi” from Karin at Kajsans Scrap blog, these two little birds are incredibly cute and I have opted to make them little blue birds…. Two posts in one day, what a shock... 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

14cm square kraft card blank

White card for printing

Pippi digi image free 

Lawn Fawn plaid paper

Marianne Design poinsettia die

Scrap papers in red, green and gold

Poppystamps small sprig die

MFT pierced fish tail flags die

MFT pierced square die

Printed sentiment from Pink Petticoat

Fairy Krystal Glitter paint on hats

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Challenge Link up Tweet Christmas

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge optional twist tree

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas

The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

Christmas Kittens

Hello again,

Well after several weeks away from my blog, I have shared seven birthday cards for the coming year in Bugaboo’s sixth birthday celebration and now it must be time to get a head start on the year’s Christmas cards.

I have combined the Stamp of the Month stamp from From the Heart Stamps a really cute pair of kittens and a sketch challenge from the 12 Months of Christmas to create my card and I'm using up some paper which I've had for ages.

If you would like to join in with the From the Heart Stamps, Stamp of the Month Challenge you can purchase the Cozy Kittens image and sentiment set and the next challenge image will be emailed to you for free alternatively buy $10 worth of digi's and enter the code found here to receive the digi for free!

I have cut and scored my own card since I have a stack of envelopes I bought and no cards actually fit, so dimensions are 11.5cm x 17.5cm to fit a 12cm x 18cm envelope… you will probably be seeing several more cards in this size until envelopes are gone…

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

Stamp of the Month Image From the Heart Stamps

First Edition Paper Pad:- Christmas Village

White Card stock cut to 11.5 x 17.5cm

My Favourite Things Stitched Rectangle Die

My Favourite Things Pierced Fishtail Flags

My Favourite Things Sentiment Strips

Bella! Droplets

Tiny Christmas Sentiment Pink Petticoat  (closed 31 Dec 2015)

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge January 2016

12 Months of Christmas Challenge #13 Sketch (used in mirror image)

Scrappy Mo’s Rudolph Day Challenge

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #265 Use a Sentiment

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes with Patterned paper

The Glory of Christmas Challenge #76 Silver or Gold or Anything goes Christmas (gold droplets)

CRAFT Challenge #347 Christmas

and a new to me Australian based Challenge blog...

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #26 Anything goes

Happy Australia Day!!

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

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

Season’s Greetings

Hello again,

Well, I've had a whole week off creating Christmas cards! I will soon need to turn my attention to creating gift card/cash holders, boxes, tags and wrap items in general, otherwise I think I will have way too many cards for Christmas this year...

It has been very cold and windy here and I have refused to go out in it too much while recovering from another infection, I even slept right through my alarm clock yesterday morning, just as well I didn't have any appointments to get too. 

On with the card making!

I have been enjoying the month long challenges on offer with the lovely ladies over at 12 months of Christmas Link-up where you can choose to participate in the challenge or just link-up two (or more) Christmas cards and collect a gorgeous digital paper from Lisa and Monica. This months challenge is Ornaments, each year I make beaded decorations as small gifts for neighbours, colleagues and my friendly local bus drivers. I horrified some, one year hiding a Christmas Spider ornament in a milk carton gift box!

Here's my latest creation:

What I used:-

Green Card stock to make Square Card blank 14cm

Design paper from stash brand unknown

American Crafts card stock ‘Rouge’

Cream card from stash

Fiskars scalloped border punch

Glitzee Glitter glue Red

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils, black fine liner

Fancy Sunbonnet Christmas Tree Digi from Bugaboo Stamps

Sentiment from Pink Petticoat tiny Christmas set

MFT sentiment strip die

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle and Nesting Scallop circle dies

Stanley Knife, Cutting mat, Steel ruler

Deep Red rhinestones from stash

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

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Challenge #7- Ornaments

Merry Monday Challenge #166- Heart (on pocket of dress)

Sparkle Christmas Challenge #34 -Anything goes

Polka Doodles Challenge- 2 or more patterned papers

A Snowflakes Promise #2- Christmas or winter

Rudolph Day- Anything Goes

Hiding in my craft room- Any Holiday

Di's Digi Design Challenge- Hand coloured image

After finishing this card I used some scraps from my table top and another digi I coloured to create a quick gift tag

What I used:- gift tag

Scraps from above card

Blue card stock

Fiskars Corner rounder punch

Fiskars single ¼” hole punch

Bic Mark-it Silver marker to doodle

Glitzee glitter glue Lime and Red

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Bobble head Gingerbread Digi Bugaboo Stamps

Thank you for looking in...

have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. Thank you to all the Lovely Ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate each and every one of them, Megan

A Real Christmas in July

 Hello again…

Well today is the last day of the Christmas in July Challenge over at Bugaboo’s Catch the Bug blog, today’s Challenge is to use this week’s freebie Digi AND choose a recipe from a variety of nine different Present boxes. I have chosen to use box nine the last one on the end, Ribbon, Image and Stitching.

On the weather front yesterday we awoke to a massive dump of snow for the area I live in making our neighbourhood in to a true Winter Wonderland. 

Friends in other towns had over 30cm of snow but we got a little less around 20cm over everything, but it never lasts long and most had melted before the end of the day leaving little patches here and there in the deep shady areas in our yard. I simply have to share:-)

Snow capped Banksia flowers

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

10.5cm x 14.9cm white card blank

Bugaboo Stamps- Rudolph- Rudolph

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Red- Glitzee glitter glue for Rudolph’s nose

Lemon Lime- Glitzee glitter glue on hems of Rudolph’s shirt

MFT Pierced Squares

Kraft mat, Stanley knife, Steel Ruler and scissors

WRMK Sew-easy tool and thread

Echo Park Paper (Green Dots) from aptly named paper pack “Dots”

Doodlebug Design Paper from “North pole” collection

Silver Sequins from stash

Ribbon from stash

One Sentiment from Pink Petticoat tiny Christmas set

Sentiment computer generated

Adhesives:- P.V.A glue, Double-sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 7- Use the freebie and Pick-a-present (last one number 9)

Christmas at Sweet Stamping- Oh Deer

CRAFT Challenge #320 Christmas Anything goes Christmas

Sparkles Christmas- Use Ribbon, Lace or Twine (Ribbon)

Winter Wonderland -Traditional Christmas colours

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra- July Anything goes 

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge- Use your patterned Papers

Many thanks to the lovely Design team for all the hard work of hosting and co-ordinating such a huge challenge for all of Bugaboo's fans... 

P.S. A huge Thank you to all the ladies who took the time to visit and leave messages, I truly appreciate each and every one of them! Have a fabulous weekend and to those enjoying the Summer heat enjoy your holidays.

Shabby Angel...

Hello again...

Well here I go again... I was kept busy colouring images while the power was out for the day so here's the second card I made today.

The lovely ladies over at ABC Christmas would like to see something magical on our cards this fortnight, elves, angels or a magical sentiment were a few suggestions. I have used some of my vintage style papers too.

I have used a Saturated Canary image which was one of the first digi stamps I ever bought.


Here's my card:-

What I used:-
White 14cm square card blank
Kaisercraft 'Christmas Collections' paper pad
Kaisercraft 'Christmas' paper pad
White Core card (generic pad) Big W for those in Australia
Kraft card 
Pink Petticoat Sentiment
Brown ink pad
Sage ink pad
gold paper from scraps
black paper from scraps
Fiskars scallop border punch
Scissors, Stanley knife, steel ruler, cutting mat
MFT Pierced Oval Die
MFT Fancy flourish (medium sized)
MFT Sentiment strips
Memory box Musical Interlude
Pearls
Saturated Canary image Christmas Angel
Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils
Core-dinations Sand-it tool
Adhesives P.V.A. Glue, double-sided tape


I would like to enter this card in:-
ABC Christmas Challenge- M is for Magical
12 Months of Christmas June- Home for the Holidays Vintage (always an angel on top of our Christmas tree
Rudolph Day- Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge extra- Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge- Anything goes with patterned papers
Crimbo Crackers #83-Vintage
Hiding in my Craftroom #205- Any Holiday
Crafting by Design- Get ready for Christmas- Anything goes 2nd entry
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #265- Christmas

Thank you for looking in...
Have a great weekend
Megan

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

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

Triple Time

Hello again...

Well this week I am again combining a few challenges.

This weeks challenge over at Case-ing Christmas was a fabulous card featuring some triple time stamping and was made by Anita, you can see Anita's original creation here at Case-ing Christmas current challenge #20. 
Hazel has challenged us to use some of our favourite things over at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #229.
The ladies at Glitter n Sparkle would like us to use some ribbon challenge number #137.
Finally Sparkles Christmas Challenge this month is Tag you're it #52.

Now I'm not really into stamping or particularly good at it if I buy stamps it's generally sentiments. I always seem to end up with gaps in my images and bits missing round the edges, but still I decided to give it a go with some stamps from Australian Simply cards #74 a Spellbinders Christmas Creation stamp set. I have opted for two colours and gone non-traditional again. 

I stamped the larger image first before adding the snowflakes, I then decided that there was too much open space and masked off the images and added the swirly stamp from the edges of the large image to fill in some of the gaps adding extra around the edges too. I inked the edges of the tag die and wish I had also done the sentiment strip to make it more obvious.

Here's my card:

The purple backing card seems a little grey in the photo, not quite so dark in reality.

What I used:-
14cm Card blank
Deep purple 'Weave textured' card- generic card stack
White card
Spellbinders Stamp set- Christmas Creations
Snowflake from a different Christmas set -unknown
Kaisercraft Modern Christmas Stamp set 
Swirl is from flower set Australian Simply Cards #79
Violet and Turquoise Colorbox inkpad
Silver Ribbon
Purple Ribbon
Ranger Liquid Pearls- Silver Pearl
Wplus9- Timeless tag die
MFT Sentiment strips Die
Pink Petticoat Sentiment
Adhesive- Lots and lots of Double sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:-
Case-ing Christmas #20
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #229- Use your favourite things- Purple, Turquoise, Liquid Pearls and my new tag die
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge #137- Use some Ribbon
Sparkles Christmas Challenge #52- Tag you're it (2nd Entry)
Wags 'n' Whiskers- Lots of Layers

a few extra anything goes challenges
The Glory of Christmas Birds/or Anything goes- Anything goes 
12 Months of Christmas Link-up- Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra- Anything goes just so long as it's Christmas- May Link-up


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 enjoy reading each and every one of them!

Birthday Wishes...

Hello again...

I was wandering around blog-land checking out a few of the latest challenges on offer and discovered over at Trimmie's C.R.A.F.T challenge they are celebrating their 6th Birthday. Congratulations on your milestone ladies!

I have decided to join in their challenge and made this card for a friend...

What I used
White 15cm x 10.5cm card blank
White card
Pink Petticoat digi image 
Coloured with Derwent Pencils
Digi button card from Papercraft Inspirations #91
Kraft Card
Digi Happy birthday from Scrap-a-licious-times
Hand cut cotton reels from Kraft card
Washi tape
Double loop lace
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Lace circles
M-Press circle die
Rich Cocoa colorbox ink pad
Scraps of DMC Cotton
Buttons from Stash
Paper from First Edition -Rose Garden & Magazine Cover gift
Adhesives- P.V.A. Glue, double sided tape, pink thread

I would like to enter this card in
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 311- Happy Birthday to Us 6th Birthday blog-hop
Abby's- Sweet Pea Prize draw
Brenda's- Di's Digital Stamp Prize draw
Helen's- Dee Dee's Digitals Prize draw
Iona's- Milk Coffee Prize draw
Maggie's- Digital Delights Prize draw
Monica's- Sami Stamps Prize draw
Myrna's- Bugaboo Prize draw
Shona's- Lacey Sunshine Prize draw
Ruth's- Dr. Digi Prize draw
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge-May-Use those patterned papers
Hiding in my Craftroom- Button Up- At least One Button
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge- #17 Anything goes
Crafting by Designs- Anything goes May



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

p.s. I would like to say thank you to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message. I read them all and appreciate them so very much. Megan

Joy

Hello again…

Today I am sharing my latest make for the current Case-ing Christmas Challenge; this week Daen’ys was the designer of the case card, which I have to admit although I came up with multiple ideas I had trouble getting it to look just right, I ended up taking my inspiration from the layout with a little tweak, Daen’ys colour palette and using birds as my focus.

I have used a background stamp for the first time, even managing to pattern match to complete the length of the card despite the length of my acrylic block! The birds were cut out of white coral textured paper, deep red hand-made wood textured paper and pale blue card which I added texture to with my Swiss dot embossing folder, rather than running through my machine I pressed firmly down over the bird a few times. Unfortunately both the coral and wood textured papers were squashed flat whilst die cutting :-(

Using up the left over printed background and a few more scraps I also created another gift tag, turning the Madeleine Bird into a robin.

What I used for my Card:-

White Card blank 10.5cm x 15cm

Kraft Card ‘Weave’ texture

Frost White Colorbox ink pad

Kaisercraft ‘Morocco’ background stamp

Memory box die ‘Madeleine Bird’

Blue, Red and white scraps of paper and glitter card

Ranger Liquid Pearls ‘Silver Pearl’

MFT- Pierced Fishtail

Sentiment from Pink Petticoat 

For tag:-

Leftover card from above project

Fiskars Corner Rounder

Brown paper and red glitter scraps 

Scrap of paper lace (self-adhesive)

Scrap red ribbon

Hole punch

Ranger Liquid Pearls ‘Ruby Red’

Twine

I would like to enter this card in:-

Case-ing Christmas #19

Holly Jolly – Clean and Simple

Sparkle Creations- No Patterned Paper

Crimbo Crackers #80- Die Cuts

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Extra-May Anything goes

ABC Christmas- J is for Joy

Paper Creator- #38-May theme- Animals
Polkadoodles Challenge Week-19- Things with wings

Thank you for looking in...

have a good one...

Megan

p.s. Thank you for all the lovely comments you have been leaving me, I appreciate them all!

Case-ing Christmas #13

Hello again...

Well this week Judy made the most glorious Christmas Card to case over at Case-ing Christmas, which you can see here:

I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I saw Judy's card... 

I made my own background paper using violet, aqua and ultra deep blue acrylic paint, first wetting down the paper then adding dots of paint randomly over the surface before dragging a wide brush through the paint to blend them together. When the paint dried I sprayed some white pearlescent ink over the surface, later I added some stars in two sizes in Metallic silver ink, before trimming to size.

Wow is Mirror board hard to photograph! I kept getting my camera showing up in the reflection. I hope that you can see the star is silver and not blackish which is what I can see in the photo's.

What I used:
White 15cmx10.5cm card blank
Metallic purple paper (gift wrap)
Silver Mirror board Star (from Educational Supplier)
MFT small Fancy flourish
Mpress rectangle die
Sentiment from Pink Petticoat's Tiny Christmas Sentiment
Silver gel ink pen- doodling around the edge
Metallic Silver ink
Star stamps 
Violet, Aqua & Ultra Deep Blue Acrylic paints
Extra white card
Scrap silver papers 
Sticky foam pads & double sided tape

I am entering this card in
Case-ing Christmas #13 
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas- Stick it anyway you like
Sparkle Creations Christmas- Anything goes

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

PS Thank you for taking the time to leave comments on my cards, I appreciate them all.  

Tiddly Ink

Hello again...

Here's a not so little card I have made for two of the current Christmas Challenge blogs, Crimbo Crackers requests no patterned paper and over at Christmas Card Challenges this week is Anything goes.

My card  is a 5x7" white card blank which I picked up at craft online as a set of 50, kraft paper, printed sentiment from Pink Petticoat, a strip of washi tape and a Tiddly inks digi stamp 'Christmas Pixie' I also have this as a clear stamp from a magazine but alas it has never seen ink as I never seem to get a complete image, but I am getting better.

I am entering this card into:

Crimbo Crackers- No Printed paper

Christmas card Challenges- Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra- Always Christmas March

Thank you for looking in

have a good one

Megan

A Very Vibrant Christmas...

Hello again...

Two cards in one day! I am again joining in with the current Jingle Belles challenge and this fortnight they have given us a photo for inspiration which is below

I  had a moment when I first saw the image, but then I remembered that I had a DCWV stack of brightly coloured paper!

I was inspired by the colours that are shown in the photo and also the swirly design on the place-mats. 

I have been wanting to use my first background die to create a Christmas Card although imagined slightly differently

 Here is my take on the photo...

Unfortunately, my photo doesn't show up the teal all that well. 

I mounted the MFT Sun-Ray die on to a purple card blank before inlaying pieces from a second set, the tree is a Marrianne Craftables-Christmas Tree and the star topper is from a second Marrianne Craftables set (angel with star) cut out on glitter paper as was the Memory Box- Medium flourish, I have again used a sentiment from Pink Petticoat cut out with MFT- Sentiment strips how I wished they had made them transparent so you could see where you are placing the text. Before finishing of with some sequins and adhesive rhinestones.

I am entering this card in 

Jingle Belles-Photo Inspiration

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge- 218 Cut it up

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra- 

any thing goes Christmas March Link-up 

Holly Jolly Christmas- Punches and Dies

Thanks for looking in...

have a good one

Megan

Stockings were hung...

Hello again...

Thank you to all of the wonderful ladies over at Case-ing Christmas who last week selected my entry in Case-ing Christmas #6 as 'Santa Supreme'! 
I was very surprised to see my own card come up on the blog feed. I may have been making cards for many years having first made cross-stitched designs which I learnt to mount, then diversifying into varying boxes to place handmade beaded decorations (I'll include a picture of some once the tail end of the two cyclones blows over--very glad not to live in Qld- I'd rather a bit of rain than the whole shebang) then most recently discovering digi stamps combined with die-cuts, I have never really thought that my cards were anywhere near as nice as the many I see on-line, so Thank you from the bottom of my heart, my recent win has truly made my day.

Okay enough rambling, on to this week's card Case #8

This week the lovely Cohenna created the card below for us to case: 

I love the subtle texture and who doesn't love a good Christmas Stocking, and some bling

Here's my take on Cohenna's card

I have of course gone with the stocking, and basic layout of Cohenna's card, I have used Kaisercraft 6" paper pad called Christmas Collections which was free with a magazine to create the stocking and the die-cut leafy sprig (Memory Box), I have added some tiny pearls to the greenery and a bow also from a magazine, the sentiment is again from Pink Petticoats tiny Christmas sentiment  set, the background paper is from a second Kaisercraft set which I picked up extra cheap after the end of Christmas sales- 'Yuletide' which I embossed with a Darice holly vine folder and carefully inked the raised sections and then around the outside of the sentiment strip, String from Hemptique -I added knots can you see them? 

I am entering this card into two challenges

*Case-ing Christmas #8

* 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown- Sequins and Pearls 

Thank you for looking in

have a good one

Megan