Crafty Creations Challenge 95 - Christmas

A nice easy challenge this week so hopefully we will see lots of you joining us over at Crafty Creations.

I've gone for another card using my beloved Ornament stamp & punch from Stampin Up. I have a customer who wants 12 of these personalised & liked the Tempting Turquoise colour scheme so I've gone with a larger (A5) version of an earlier card.

The snowflake embossing folder is from Cuttlebug & the ribbon & bling are from my stash.

Please pop over & have a look at the amazing inspiration from the rest of the DT & our sponsor this week is Black Leaf Studio.

Crafty Creations Challenge 94 - Beautiful Insides

A great challenge over at Crafty Creations this week . . . . . Beautiful Insides!

As soon as I saw the challenge I thought . . . . .Exploding Box!! Now I haven't made one of these for a couple of years & couldn't find the instructions for the A4 card size!! Total STRESS until I remembered my external hard drive & there, stored under my very old documents were the instructions I needed.

A customer who already had 3 boxes for her existing Grandchildren asked me to make one for the latest addition to her daughters family so I put this together yesterday (better late than never!! the baby was born in October!!)

The outer layer of the box is decorated using a baby verse called Ten Tiny Fingers which is a sweet little verse & the inside is decorated with various baby bits from my stash & the newborn's details.

Another Christmas card

I absolutely love this new stamp set from SU & as they've brought out a bauble punch as well it means lots of easy to make Christmas cards.

This is another design I saw on Splitcoast Stampers.

I've stamped the bauble using Tempting Turquoise ink & the cardstock is also Tempting Turquoise. I've added plenty of bling to the bauble & finished it off with a sheer ribbon bow.

The white cardstock has been run through the cuttlebug using the snowflakes folder & the button is a Sizzlits die.

I've customised my ink colour to match the cardstock & ink to print the sentiment.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

A Spoon Full Of Sugar - Snow/Snowflakes

ABC Challenge - H is for Holidays (Christmas)

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

For Fun Challenges - Dry Embossing

Jacqui's (Cats Whiskers) Blog Candy

Jacqui is offering 3 lots of fab blog candy for reaching 250,000 hits on her blog counter . . . WOW!! that's alot of visitors!!

This is just one part of the candy

Pop across to her blog to see the other 2 prizes. Candy ends 8th November.

80th Birthday Card

This is a card I made for an order for an 80th Birthday card.

The papers, cardstock, image & ribbon are all Stampin Up. I've also used my new SU Scalloped Trim border & corner punches for the first time. These have taken a bit of practice to use but make a lovely border decoration once you've got the knack!!

The little Raspberry flat back pearls & the clear crystals are from my stash.

I've made ore of the lovely vellum flowers I like to make so that I can enter this card in to this weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge!

I just love this thick vellum which is also from SU as it is so easy to emboss without fear of the embossing tool going through the vellum. I finished the flowers off with the Boho Blossoms punch & some tiny pearl beads.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Gently Does It (to use vellum or tissue paper)

A Spoon Full Of Sugar - Relish to Embellish

Creative Card Crew - Punch It

Fables & Fairytales

We have a fab challenge this week at Crafty Creations set by the lovely Deena & here is what she has to say

Hi everyone! We are into November already...can you believe it? I can't!! I just can't face the reality of the cold winter months ahead (hey, I'm in Canada, it gets darn cold up here)!!

So, I thought it might be fun to indulge in a little fantasy... a suspension of reality of sorts, by playing our FABLES AND FAIRY TALES challenge! By the way, the best thing about the cold weather is having a good excuse to stay in and CRAFT!! Do you have a favorite fairy tale or fable that comes to mind from your childhood? Or from reading to your own children? Indulge yourselves in some fantasy play and create a whimsical card that warms your heart!

We have a fabulous sponsor back with us this week...MELJEN'S DESIGNS!!!

MelJen's Designs will be offering the winner of this week's challenge a choice of 4 images from these incredible images found here.

Here is my card for this weeks challenge.

I've chosen a cute image from Meljens which is Gruffy Little Gnome who reminded me of Grumpy from Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs hence the sentiment!!

Now I think I've boobed when I've coloured him in & given him seven chins lol!! instead of a high neck sweater but never mind, I like it!!

The image is coloured with copics. The cardstock & paper is Stampin Up. I've made a little pin wheel from a scrap of SU paper & the ribbon & pearls are from my stash.

The rest of the DT have some fab projects for your inspiration so pop aross & have a look & hopfully you'll join us this week.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes

Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes

Wee Memories - Anything goes