Christmas in June

My last two posts were scheduled as I've been on holiday in New Zealand , Steve took 3 weeks off work and we went to visit friends as part of our trip. If you've never been to NZ I can highly recommend it ,great accommodation at very reasonable prices ,lots of good food and the friendliest people you could ever wish to meet.

My card today is made up of four elements - ribbons for the tree ,paper for the trunk ,the presents and sentiment are rub-ons and the boarder is a sticky strip.

Joins us at The Lollipop Ladies for challenge 47 -Jelly Babies + Ribbon .My favourites are red and green .

Unstampables - challenge 12 - Ribbons .Traditional Christmas colours.

The Crafty Pad - challenge 173 - Ribbon - When I run out of cards at Christmas and need to make a quick one then a tree aperture card with ribbon is always effective.

Not just distressed,almost suicidal

The light is a bit better now so I've taken another pic of my card.



My take on the Papercraft Star sketch above -challenge 63.



The Crafty Pad - challenge 139 - Diamonds are a girls best friend. Diamonds come in many colours ,mine are lilac.I love the addition of the gems,they lift an otherwise very dull colour scheme.

I think I got carried away with the distressing (my card is suicidal). I quite like the colour combination ,brown and lilac are not usually used together.

My version of Steampunk

I've used a mix of Graphic45 stuff along with hand cut mannequin,star and some chain from an old necklace.


Papercraft Star - challenge 60 -Steampunk - I'm not really sure what defines Steampunk , I've tried to add the right elements and make my card colourful and feminine .Does it work ,I'm not sure .Anyhoo this is for Jan .

The Crafty Pad - challenge 137 - Blue and Brown - The Crafty Pad have just released some new stuff and guess what, Steampunk is the theme,pity I didn't have some to make my card.

Spring has certainly arrived with some beautiful warm sunny days ,our house hunting is on a go slow at the moment ,we only looked at one house on Saturday.The property had fantastic city views but this comes at a price,to get the garbage to street level for collection I would need oxygen to get up there and for a quick descent a tin tray to slide back down.

With Love

I hope you all had a good weekend,this is just a quick post before I go off and cook dinner.

Colour Create- challenge 62 - Pink ,Blue Grey and White - A lovely combination.

Southern Girls - challenge 10 - Totally loved up.

The Crafty Pad -challenge 104 - Something New - The stamp I've used on the white border and top of sentiments tag.

HO HO HO

I hope you are all having a lovely day .Due to the bad weather in England our Christmas mail has not arrived yet ,our local postie brought lots of Christmas cheer in the form of the electricity bill ,the telephone bill and the registration charges for both our cars .

The santa image was a freebie ,the holly paper is HOTP .

Stamping Vacation -Sticky Situation -Border stickers. I've used a red sparkly border strip.

Cupcake Inspirations - challenge 90 - A beautiful cake shaped like Santa is the inspiration.

Southern Girls - challenge 8 - Vintage

The Crafty Pad -challenge 102 -Anything goes

Happy Christmas

This is really in your face bright colours and I'm not sure if I love it or hate at the moment. I do like the clean and simple layout.

The Crafty Pad -challenge 94 - Christmas theme

A birthday filled with love

The punched hearts have been inked with green and the flowers with sepia.The green and yellow papers are all very delicate colours and this picture just doesn't show how pretty it is.

The Crafty Pad -challenge 86 -Simply Pearls -I have a tendency to go over the top with pearls but today I have shown great restraint.

Get Sketchy Card Challenge - week 53 -the above sketch

Stamping Vacation -Paper with hearts ,but not red ones.Posted 30th August,

A bear and flowers,what more do you want ?

Southern Girls DT entry.

I've taken a couple of pics ,the darker background and different angle show off the card much better.

This cute bear is from Di's Digi Downloads -pop across and have a look ,if you love cute then this is the place to go. All the images are just adorable ,I could spend lots.

Just Cute Bears - challenge 30 - Buttons and Blooms - I've used a grey chipboard button with a regular button in the centre.

The Crafty Pad - challenge 84 - Glitz and Glitter -You can see the large flowers have glitter but the centre of each tiny flower in the bouquet also has sparkles.

I did It Creations - challenge 17 - Anything goes .

Craft your Passion - challenge 19 - Anything goes.

Crafty Catz - challenge 45 -Animals / Animal.

The Character Cafe - challenge 28 - Bright Sparkle Card.

Mami Doodles - challenge 8 -Be creative with the card shape.

Birthday Teddy

365 Cards -day 154 - Super Sketchy Sunday - The layout above.

Just Cute Bears - challenge 28 - Anything but a square and include a tag.

The Crafty Pad- challenge 82 -Ribbons and flowers.

Cupcake Inspirations - challenge 70 - the yummy cupcake colours are green,pink ,yellow and white with tiny fairies on top. I've gone with the colour combo.

The Character Cafe -challenge 27 - Friday Round Card.

By the Cute and Girly - August -Animal Antics.

Rosie- D's - challenge 76 - All Creatures Great and Small.

Creative Inspirations- challenge 71 - Animals.

I'm not sure why but there are a lot of challenges with similar themes at the moment, I could probably find another 5 or 6 .

Second Hand Rose

Despite having 2 flu shots at the start of winter I have still succumbed to the dreaded cold. I think this card along with a few others will have to be thrown away.Do germs travel on paper,I wouldn't want to pass on my cold.

365 Cards - Day 145 - Woven Heart - for a first attempt it came out OK.I'm not sure if making a big heart would have been easier to weave together.

The Crafty Pad- challenge 81 - Vintage theme. Vintage is my favourite card making style,I should use it more often .

Pear Tree Designs - challenge 10 - Birthday -

Practical Scrappers - Use seven items on your card. Well I think I have enough,let's see,image,pearls,gems,lace ,flowers,button, a tag and a doilie.