Everything stops for tea (or coffee)

It's time for a midway reminder of our blue and green challenge at Crafty Ribbons and much as I love making Christmas cards it was a real change to make a Birthday card. I've used a lovely Sugar Nellie image and some oddments of paper. the fabulous ribbon is from the Crafty Ribbons shop of course. I thought it was so aporpriate with this image which has ben coloured with Promarkers. I've used a MB cherry blossom die with sanded kraft core Core'dinations and a Crealie die with kraft for the leaves. The sentiment is from a LOTV set. Here is this week's lovely summery prize.

Challenges

The Sugar Bowl Fiona's fab sketch which I rotated to suit the image 

Penny Black and more at Allsorts It's your choice 

Passion for Promarkers Happy 

Willow Sketchie Let's celebrate 

Divas by Design Anything Goes 

Delightful Anything Goes

Santa tag

This is one of the tags I made for one of hubby's pressies. I cut the tag from kraft and added some Crafty Ribbons ribbon, keep calm and carry on It's Christmas. The Sugar Nellie image has been coloured with Promarkers and I added glitter to the fur. I used a Marianne tree die, MB snowflake ornament die and washi tape. I didn't have a matching plain ornament so just cut around the die cut one.

Challenges

That Craft Place Christmas 
Crafts and me Winter Wonderland 
I love Promarkers Anything but square 
Marianne's Design Divas It's Christmas 
Ladybug Crafts Ink Anything Goes 
Charisma Santa Claus is coming to town

Kaboodle Doodles Christmas, holiday or New Year

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone xxx

Hope you are opening some lovely pressies today. Here's a picture from a few years ago in Florida I thought was appropriate for my post today.

My 5 Favourite Christmas cards of 2012

As some of you will know every year Debby sets us the almost impossible task of choosing our five 5 Christmas cards of the year. Now I make a lot of Christmas cards as I make all the ones we send and also a lot to sell. Anyway here are my 5 in no particular order.

My hubby's Christmas card. I wanted this stamp for a while and was delighted to win it on eBay. I really wanted to make several cards with it but resisted as I wanted to save it to use on his card. Expect to see it a lot next year. Love the distressing and vintage look too.

I chose this one as it is my favourite Whiff of Joy stamp and it is a real challenge to colour. Every year I get better though. It also feature my fave Christmas sentiments this year, the Grunge sentiments from LOTV, gorgeous ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and the bird and cage which I love.

Sugar Nellie stamps are some of my favourites and I loved using blue and brown this Christmas.

I chose this as it is a very different card for me and I plan to make some more of these next year.

I had to choose a LOTV card and as I love making boys cards decided to choose this one instead of the girly images which I was tempted to choose.

I just had to have a 6th as I couldn't leave out Krista's wonderful images. I could have chosen any of them but I really like my colouring on this one and the distressed Core'dinations, ribbon and bells. 

Whew, that was a difficult choice and I could easily have chosen 10 but I limited myself to 5 6 and no purple in sight! Hope you will play along too as I would love to see what everyone else chooses.

Hope you are having a lovely Christmas Eve.

Mum's Christmas card

I just had to use this beautiful stamp again and this is my Mum's Christmas card. I've stamped it with DI Vintage photo and added loads of glitter. The gorgeous reindeer paper and the the brown are from the Deja Vu Fair Isle pack, the others are bits from the oddments pile. The lovely vintage ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. I remembered I had the Memory Box snowflake corner so used that with glitter card from The Range. The sentiment is from a pack I bought at a show.

Challenges

Christmas challenges with sketches Choose your favourite sketch (Sketch 20) 

Sparkles Anything Goes 

Loves Rubberstamps Merry Christmas 

Creative Inspirations Anything Goes 

Fab n Funky Add ribbon and/or lace 

Card Making Mamas Happy Holidays 

Craftyhazelnuts Anything goes for Christmas

One stop craft A Christmas carol (In the bleak midwinter, one of my favourite carols)

I absolutely love Christmas Eve and will be having a lovely day indoors today. A quick whizz round to make sure everything is clean, a bit of ironing and then the day is ours to do as we please. Enjoy your day and hope Santa brings you lots of lovely goodies tonight.

Thanks so much for all your support and lovely comments throughout the year. There is still a few days left to enter my candy.

Merry Christmas everyone xx

Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar Day 23

Up bright and early this morning. Going out for breakfast in Norwich then going to do battle in M&S food hall to get the last of the Christmas food.

Well I hope you have been playing along every day with us at the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog for chances to win some fabulous prizes. Today we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are giving away

The Dt were lucky enough to be given some images to play with and I chose to use this pre coloured image as the colouring is great. I added lots of glitter of course. I've used some old MME papers, gorgeous ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, K&Co embellishment, Woodware punched holly and some card candi. A nice easy card today.

Challenges

Simon Says Merry Christmas 

Paper Shelter Anything Goes 

Party Time Tuesday Green and red

Flying high

Our challenge at Totally Gorjuss this week is Easy does it and this card was a very easy one. I bought these Memory Box hot air balloon and cloud dies this week and had the idea for this card. Sometimes it makes a change to make a card just using die cuts. I already had the larger clouds and these small ones are quite hard to find so I am delighted with them especially as when I bought them from Oyster Stamps they had 20% off. I cut the balloons from kraft and then from papers. The backing paper is perfect with them. Papers are Prima Craftsman. That's it, nice and simple. Just the challenge you need at this busy time of the year. We are sponsored by Craftwork Cards.

Challenges

Hotshot Crafts Clean and simple 

Papertake Pick of the Year (I chose Get Krafty)

Crafty Ribbons meets Winter Wonderland

This is a first for me combining something for 2 Design Teams. Firstly it is Day 21 of the Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar where our sponsor is 

and the DT were lucky enough to choose one of Krista's gorgeous images. You can play along with the Advent Calendar at the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog. All you have to do is link your blog so get over there now, after leaving me a comment of course.

It's also Lynsey's turn as host at Winter Wonderland and out challenge this week is Wish Upon a Star. Now before you think you won;t be playing as you have finished all your Christmas make think again as for a few weeks we offer you the choice of making anything you like, Christmas or non Christmas as long as it fits the theme. So no excuse not to play along especially as you could win 4 digis from Delicious Doodles or Sassy Studios.

I've coloured my image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and used DI Weathered Wood around the edges.  The lush velvet ribbon and the ric rac are from Crafty Ribbons of course. More old Papermania papers and tag along with some Woodware punched glitter stars and a Memory Box die cut, party lanterns.

Challenges

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything Goes 

Chrsitmas Crafting Christmas Cracker (I think she is a cracker) 

ABC D for Deck the Halls
Simon Says Merry Christmas
Crafts and Me Winter Wonderland
Divas by Design Anything Goes
I love Promarkers Anything but Square

A tag for a change

I wanted to make a large tag for my Mum's Christmas pressy. I've used Echo Park Winter Wishes papers, Tim Holtz diecut I bought from eBay, Marianne tree with glitter card, MS punched snowflake, lace, ric rac from Crafty Ribbons and wooden decoration free with mag. I've also used Di Vintage Photo and Faded Jeans. I bought the die cuts as I wasn't sure how much use I would get out of the die but I have used several of them so this or the Memory Box one are on the wishlist.

Had a lovely Christmas lunch out with friends yesterday. Off to visit another friend this afternoon. Just one more Christmas card to make and hubby's pressies to wrap. Can't believe I make Christmas cards all year round but still have one to make for my Mum. Not had much time for crafting this week unfortunately. Hope you are all getting there with your preparations.

Challenges

Marianne's Design Divas It's Christmas 

Stamping Sensations Treemendous 

Songbird Merry Christmas everybody 

Kaboodle Doodles Christmas 

Crafts and Me Winter Wonderland 

Crafty Creations Seasonal tags 

Fab n Funky Add ribbon and/or lace 

Simon Says Merry Christmas 

Fussy and Fancy Tags and banners

Day 20 of the Advent Calendar

Day 20 of the Crafty Ribbon Advent Calendar and I've used a cute Humphrey's Corner stamp, coloured with Promarkers with lashings of glitter. I've used DI Worn Lipstick around the edges. I treated myself to some new papers, Bo Bunny Rejoice. Isn't that holly paper lush. I've added some lovely ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, green pearls and some K&Co embellishments.

Today at the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog we are sponsored by the lovely Teresa at My Crafty Heart

Wish I could win this as there are so many wonderful things in this shop, including stamp, papers and dies.

Challenges

Delightful Very blingy 

Little Miss Muffet It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas 

Card making Mamas Happy Holidays 

Dream Valley Christmas

Have you entered my candy yet?

Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar Day 18

Well here we are at day 18 of the Advent Calendar and today's sponsor is

are you playing along every day? Just go to the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog to enter. You can enter once every day. I made this bag for my friend Lisa's Christmas pressy using some old Papermania papers and a digi and ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. I love the black and white image and just coloured a few pieces with Promarkers. I used MS snowflake punches and glitter card and added a snowflake charm.

I have been asked where I bought these bags. I got them in America and they are the best ones I have found they are kraft inside and so much stronger than the ones I have found over here. 

Challenges

Crafting for all Seasons Green and red with glitter/sparkle 

Divas by Design Use some red 

Simon Says Favourite (Bags, ribbon, MS snowflake punches, glitter card) 

Cute Card Thursday So charming 

Delicious Doodles Anything but a card

Hello to my new followers, Thanks for following.

Have you entered my candy yet?

A very special stamp

You may be intrigued by my post title today. The reason this is such a special stamp is that my good friend Lynsey used it on the first Christmas card she ever gave me a few years ago. So that's one reason it is so special but the reason I remember it is that I had never seen stamped images using Promarkers before. This was some time before I began blogging. It started my love affair with stamping, Promarkers, Sugar Nellie and Elisabeth Bell stamps. Previously I had been making cards with peeloffs (urgh), stickers etc. Unfortunately it was an image somebody gave to her so she couldn't stamp it for me. The stamp hasn't been available for many years but I often look on eBay for SN stamp and when I saw this just had to bid for it and I won it for just £3.50, brand new as well. 

I have used some lovely new papers I treated myself to, Echo Park Winter Wishes. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, wooden embellie darkened with Di Vintage Photo and the tree is a Marianne die, another new purchase. This is the card I gave to Lynsey on Sunday.

Challenges

I have used this great sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Marianne's Design Divas It's Christmas 

Sparkles Christmas Button or bow 

Stamping Sensations Treemendous 

Songbird Merry Christmas Everybody 

Creative Inspiration Contemporary Christmas colours 

Charisma Christmas makes

Hubby's Christmas Card

We gave each other our cads yesterday so I can share this with you today. I am often blogging on the iPad and he is sitting next to me so I would have hated him to see it before he opened it. I wanted this Stampendous stamp for a while and when I saw it being used on Create and Craft one day and then on a few blogs wanted it even more. However it was either out of stock or available in America with ridiculous postage costs. I kept searching eBay and was so pleased when it turned up on there and even more pleased when I won the bid. I have been longing to use it but kept it to use on hubby's card. Expect to see it used more next year as I LOVE it.

I wanted to go for a distressed vintage look as a change from the cute images I normally use for his cards so I started by heat embossing the image with Wow Copper. Hopefully you can see that more clearly here.

The paper is Deja Views Fair Isle Christmas with Kaisercraft Dear Santa for the poinsettias which I made with Marianne dies. The grunge letter is LOTV. I inked and distressed everything in sight and added lashings of glitter for snow. Hubby loves it.

Challenges

Marianne's Design Divas It's Christmas 

Stamping Sensations Treemendous 

Papertake Snow white 

Stampin' for the weekend Let it snow 

Allsorts Oh Christmas Tree 

Craftymess Vintage Christmas 

One Stop Distressing - Christmas theme 

Fab n Funky Vintage Christmas 

CRAFT Winter

I may have to link these up later as later as we are off to Lynsey's this morning and meeting up with Lisa and her family and we are all off out for lunch. Only more Christmas card left to make this week but I have a few more to share with you as well as a couple more bags. Enjoy your Sunday xx

It's a Birthday Card!

Well here's a change from all those Christmas creations. At Totally Gorjuss this week we are sponosred by, Milk & Coffee who have given the DT one of their fab images to use, and Heather's Hobbie Haven so 2 reasons to enter this week's challenge which is For Someone Special. I've coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and added a ouch of Sakura golden star to her dress. The lush papers are MME Blush and I've added some ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and some pearls. I've used MB dies and and an LOTV sentiment stamped on one of the clouds.

Challenges

Bunny Zoe Celebration 

Passion for Promarkers Happy 

Crafts and Me Why so blue? (no blue) 

Simon Says Favourite (Promarkers, MB dies, kraft) 

Everybody Art Anything goes

Yes, another gift bag

I've another gift bag to share with you today. I love this colour scheme of purple and aqua and doesn't it match my Craftroom wall beautifully. I've used one of my favouite Sugar Nellie images, coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and then sprayed with gold Spray and Sparkle. The papers are old Papermania ones again and I've used glitter card and MS snowflake punches with a LOTV sentiment. 

I've scheduled this post as I was at a craft fair yesterday afternoon and evening and am out today. Looking forward to a facial and back massage. Sorry I haven't had as much time for blogging the last few days, will try and catch up in the next couple of days.

Challenges

Incy Wincy Christmas with snowflakes 

Crafty Sentiments Snowflakes

  Loves RubberStamps Let it snow 

ABC Christmas Y is for your favourite punch or die (Has to be the MS snowflake punches which I have used almost every day when making Christmas cards) 

Simon Says Favourite (SN stamp, Promarkers, MS snowflake punches, LOTV grunge sentiment, colour combo and kraft) 

Dutch Dare Snowflakes

Have you entered my candy? See post at top of page.

Three little Dancers

Time for a mid challenge reminder at Crafty Ribbons where the challenge is to make a tag or to use a tag on your card or project. This card was part of an order and as there are 3 daughters, all of whom dance, this LOTV image was perfect. They have been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers with Sakura goldstar pen on the stars and dots. More old Papermania papers, which seem never ending. I've teamed them witha tag from The Works, Dovecraft doily, Marianne poinsettia and leaf dies, snowflake brad, and of course gorgeous ric rac and ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. Here's the gorgeous prize

This card is also fort Day 13 of the Advent Calendar at the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog where today we are sponsored by CRAFT. If you haven't been playing then hop over and enter every day for the chance to win some fabulous prizes.

Challenges

Penny Black and More It's your choice 

The Ribbon Girl Ho Ho Ho 

One Stop Chrstmas Friends 

Joanna Sheen With love at Christmas 

Whimsy Festive
Kaboodle Doodles Use red

Have you entered my candy? See the top of my blog.

Miss U Janet

Christmas is a time to remember those we have loved and lost and some of you will know that I lost my oldest friend in April this year. Her family have placed a small Christmas tree on her grave and have invited friends to tie a tag on it for her. Janet loved snowmen particularly The Snowman so I immediately knew I had to use this image. There's a very interesting challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show to be inspired by Tim Holtz's tags. Of course I am nowhere near as clever as him with my techniques but nonetheless was determined to give it a go as soon as I saw his tags for December 2012. This was just the inspiration I needed. Here are Tim's wonderful tags.

I blended DI Broken China and faded Jean on the backgrounds, distressing the edges. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I've added some seam binding from Crafty Ribbons, a MS punched snowflake, Viva Decor pearl pen drops and wooden letters which I heat embossed with WOW metallic copper embossing powder. I only watch Create and Craft occasionally usually whilst ironing and it must have been fate that I was watching Debbi Moore yesterday as she showed how to use a Versamark pen with embossing powder. I didn't realise you could get a pen so off to Hobbycraft I went and it was just perfect to use with these tiny letters. It was a challenge to hold them still to heat emboss as they tried to fly around the desk. That would have amused Janet who has a great sense of fun. I love the effect of heat embossing and don't do it often enough. I might become addicted now.

I just need to find the right words for the back now, wrap it in plastic so it doesn't get damaged by the weather and go out and attach it to her tree.

Second Saturated Canary Today

Yes, it's my second Saturated Canary today but this time it's a bag. She has been coloured with Promarkers ad Flexmarkers.  I've used various papers, LOTV sentiment, Prima flowers and brads.

Challenges

Christmas challenges with sketches Great sketch 

Cutie Pie Cute Christmas 

Delightful All about Christmas 

Papercrafting Journey Christmas 

Saturated Canary Hot chocolate and marshmallows 

Stamptacular Anything but a card

I've noticed when I've been leaving DT comments that some people are entering a ridiculous amount of challenges with one card. That just doesn't seem fair to me. It's obvious that there are a lot of Christmas challenges at this time of year but I think 6-8 challenges with one project is enough.

Please scroll down to see my first post today, a very different card for me, and please enter my candy above.

CAS and I love it!!!!!

I decided to have another try at a CAS card and I absolutely love this card. I now some of you would go all the way and wouldn't have added the snowflakes but they finished it off for me. Anything less was just a step too far. This cute image was a freebie digi from the very generous Krista. She is of course a Saturated Canray image and she took me ages to colour wth Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I used some Centura pearl card with a snowflake embossing folder and MS punched snowflakes.

Challenges

Without Words Monochrome 

Christmas at Swet Stampin' Anything goes

Simon Says Snowflakes 

Divas by Design Let it snow 

CRAFT Christmas 

MAWTT Clean and simple

Paperplay Christmas is coming

Christmas Dancer

How are your Christmas preparations going? I still have a few cards to make to hand deliver but the majority have been posted or written ready for hand delivering. Shopping is done apart from the fresh food. Pressies all bought. I have my last craft fair on Thursday and all my orders are complete.

This card was for an order which I can now share with you. The cute image is LOTV coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I've also used a Sakura pen for the stars and added glitter on the fur. I've used the fab MB party lanterns die with some added pearls and MS punched snowflakes.

Challenges

Simon Says Snowflakes 

2 Sisters Snowflakes 

Send a smile 4 kids Winter fun 4 kids 

Sweet Stampin' Dies and punches 

Delicious Doodles Anything Christmas with Blue 

Heck of a Challenge 12 Days of Christmas (9 Ladies Dancing) 

Creative Card Crew Star 

Loves Rubberstamps Anything Goes

I have a little candy, entry at the top of my blog.

Advent Calendar Day 9

Well here we are at day 9 of the Advent Calendar. You'll find some  members of the DT playing along  every day. I hope you are playing along at Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog. Our sponsor today is 

who is offering a fabulous prize of a  $25 Gift Voucher to the lucky winner.  All you have to do is add your name to the link and this blinkie to your sidebar.

Couldn't be easier. There's a different prize and sponsor every day so come back and play every day.

I've used a gorgeous image from the sponsor coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I've added some glossy accents to the bell and used more of those old Papermania papers from a couple of sets. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons of course and I've used a MB banner die with some Core'dinations. Minimal embellishments for me I know but I printed the digi image big as I wanted Floppy and the ribbon to be the main focus of the card.
Challenges

Whimsy Festive 

The Paper Shelter 2 of anything (banners) 

Aud SentimentsAnything Goes

I have a little candy, entry at the top of my blog.

Forever Friends

Ooh I do struggle to make CAS cards. I don't find them simple at all. I have the idea in my head but when I make it I think it looks too plain. I've used an old Forever Friends stamp along with some old Forever Friends paper. The image has been coloured with Promarkers. I added a glitter frame by using double sided tape. The image has been fussy cut and stuck with glue gel to stand out. The sentiment is an LOTV stamp. I envisaged the card wit no embellishments but I didn't like it at all so I added 2 wooden shapes coloured with DI Wild Honey. Still too simple for my taste but I have another idea for a CAS card so watch this space.

Challenges

Ready Teddy Go Clean and Simple 

Without Words Monochrome (forgive me the touch of red but you can't have a robin without a red breast!) Forever Friends Christmas card 

Crimbo Crackers Wooden 

MAWTTClean and Simple

No Stamping

It's Saturday and that means time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss and this week is is oh no snow! We are sponsored by Crafter's Companion.

Regular readers will know that my friend visits once a month for a morning cardmaking class. She isn't into colouring and wanted to make a card for her hubby and this is what I came up with. It's an 8 x 8 card and I had the idea of creating a snowy scene. I bought some deer diecuts on eBay and inked the edges using DI Vintage Photo and Forest Mos on the backing paper which is another old Papermania one. I tore some white card, ribbon is a lovely Vintage one from Crafty Ribbons, trees are Sizzix die cuts, snowflakes MS punches and Cuttlebug die, sentiment is from LOTV.

Challenges

Natalie and Amy Winter wishes

 ABC Challenge C for clear it out (old paper, Cuttlebug die hasn't been used for ages) 

Ribbon Girl Ho ho ho
Everybody Art Christmas
Papertake Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Winter scene
Divas by Design Let it snow

Simon Says Snowflakes

I love snowmen

There's something so lovable about snowmen images and this LOTV one is one of my favourites. It's my turn to host the challenge this week at Winter Wonderland and the theme is red and blue. This is another ordered A5 card and I've used some more of those old Papermania papers, Promarkers and Flexmarkers, Sakura goldstar pen, Nestie, Tim Holtz salvage sticker and Marianne icicle die. I hope you'll come and play along as you could win a £10 voucher from Crafty emblies or Crafter's Companion, both are on offer this week.

Challenges

BTCAG Red. white and blue 

Cards Galore Christmas 

Natalie and Amy Winter Wishes 

No Matter Which Christmas 

The Cupboard Trilogy Frosty Winter
2 Sisters Christmas Sparkle
Crafty Seniments Snowmen or ladies

Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar Day 6

Here we are at Day 6 of the Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar and our wonderful sponsor today is

and the DT were lucky enough to choose a digi to work with. I have been admiring these images and just had to choose the gorgeous pearls in her hair.She has been coloured with Promarkers and I used a Viva pearl pen for the pearls in her hair. I've used Di Victorian Velvet and distressed all the edges.The lush papers are MME Blush. I've added some beautiful lace from Crafty Ribbons, wooden bird also coloured with Di Victorian Velvet, LOTV sentiment, punched leaves and WOC flowers.

Head over to the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog to play along and if you have missed any posts just go back and add your name to the link. How easy is that, no card to make, just add your name and you could be in with a chance of winning some fab prizes. Today's prize is a $12 voucher.

Challenges

Joanna Sheen Anything goes except Christmas Anything Goes
I love Promarkers Anything Goes
Penny's Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers Happy in the sentiment

Not a Christmas card!

Yes, a quick break from the Christmas cards with this one. I'm rather short of girly Birthday cards to sell and  these LOTV diecuts are so useful when you need a quick make. I've teamed her with some Papermania capsule Boysenberry papers, Prima flowers, tiny pearls, baker's twine and a charm. I'd like to enter this into the Lili's little fairies challenge of pastel colours.

Apologies my card isn't very exciting today. However tomorrows will make up for it I promise.

Something very different

Yes a very different card from me today. I have seen a few cards around blogland with beautiful floral arrangements and thought I would have a go. I also though this would be a quicker card to make than one with a stamped and coloured image. How wrong could I be. I spent ages fiddling around until I was happy with it. My first thought was to have no backing paper but then I had nothing to wrap the lace around and I hate the ends just wrapped around the card blank. So I settled on Kaisercraft Dear Santa which I also used for the poinsettias which were cut and embossed with Marianne dies. I added some gorgeous lace from Crafty Ribbons, Woodware punched holly leaves, MD die cut floral vine leave and Marianne die cut pine branches. The raffia is actually some plastic which looks like raffia. It was wrapped around something I bought recently and immediately found its way to my stash. I used a Memento dewdrop brown stamp pad for a change on all the edge and added some brads and pearls to finish. The sentiment is from LOTV.

This is my inspiration card for Day 4 of the Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar. Hop over to the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog to play along and see what my teamies have made. Today you could win 3 digi sets from The Cuting Cafe.

Challenges

Simon Says Anything Goes 

Crafting for all seasons Flowers 

Delightful Festively floral 

Willow Sketchie Merry Christmas 

Crafty Catz Recycle/upcycle (plastic raffia) 

Allsorts Advent

I'm selling at a hospital craft fair all day so it's an early start so will link up when I get home.

Advent Calendar Day 3

Yes, it's day 3 of the Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar. If you haven't been playing along yet then get yourself over to the Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog and join in the fun. Today's prize is a £10 voucher to spend at

I have used a gorgeous Saturated Canary digi called Noel, coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. These girls are such fun to colour. I've used DI Work Lipstick and distressed all the edges. I've teamed her with some music paper, Sizzix embossed and sanded Core'dinations, fabulous ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, bow and pearls from Meiflower, bell charms and baker's twine and a die cut from kraft using an MB music die. I've also used a Sakura goldstar pen and Viva Decor pearl pen.

Challenges

Saturated Canary Great sketch
Passion for Promarkers Distressing 

Digital Tuesday Girly 

Crafts and Me Ribbon or trim 

Simon Says Anything Goes 

Crafts 4 Eternity Christmas Chaos 

Fussy and Fancy I love Christmas
Stamptacular Photo inspiration (used colours and stars)

Day 2 of the Crafty Ribbons Advent Calendar

Well here we are at day 2 of the Advent Calendar. You'll find some  members of the DT playing along  every day. I hope you are playing along at Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration blog. Our sponsor today is Joanna Sheen who is offering 2 decoupage packs to the lucky winner.  All you have to do is add your name to the link and this blinkie to your sidebar.

Couldn't be easier. There's a different prize and sponsor every day so come back and play every day.

So onto my card, which features a gorgeous Sugar Nellie image coloured with Promarkers nd Flexmarkers. I've used some more of the old Papermania papers, appropriately the Percy and Penelope penguin ones. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons of course. I've also added some star buttons tied with raffia, a wooden snowflake coloured with DI Faded Jeans, which I have also used around the edges along with a TH distressing tool, and a MS punched snowflake. I've added lots of glitter. If you want a really puffy glitter look as I have done here, use PVA glue instead of a glue stick. I've finished the card off with a Viva pearl pen.
Challenges 

The Sugar Bowl Wendy's sketch   

Songbird Deeper shade of blue 

Passion for Promarkers Distressing 

Simon Says Anything Goes 

Cute Card Thursday Snowflakes 

Charisma Christmas, no red, green or gold 

MAWTT 3 elements with the same letter (Blue, buttons and bow)

Glitter, glitter and more glitter

Our challenge this week at Totally Gorjuss is anything goes with glitter. How easy is that, especially if like me you are still busy making Christmas cards. Our lovely sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen. I started this card by deciding I must use up some old papers. They are some of the last few in this pack, which means they are the ones I am not so keen on.  They were a free pack with a magazine. I therefore decided I wouldn't like this card much but as I started embellishing it ended up really liking it. The cute snowman frame is a digi from Crafty Sentiments coloured with Promarkers. I wanted to keep the frame theme with the embellies. I used a MB umbrella die, 2 MS snowflake punches, Sizzix Christmas tree die and some gorgeou sribbon from Crafty Ribbons. I added some faux stitching to match the frame and lots of glitter.

Challenges

Hooked on craft Christmas 

Party Time Tuesday Anything Goes 

Oldie but a Goodie Let it snow (old digi, papers, Sizzix die, snowflake punches)

Simon Says Anything Goes