Winter Dottie

Today I'm sharing a card showcasing this week's freebie image - you can pick it up in the Bugaboo store.  

Dottie has been colored with Promakers in different shades of greens and browns.
I attached her to a striped embossed background, which I sanded. I added a strip of burlap and a little piece of leftover ribbon, I just tied a knot and trimmed the ends. The sentiment came free with a magazine and is heat embossed with gold EP. Finally I added three green sequins.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Crafting By Designs - Embossing
2) Sparkles Forum Challenges - Anything Goes

My final 2014 Christmas Card

I hope everybody has had a wonderful Christmas Eve and that Santa has brought you some nice presents...

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge over at  Outlawz Twisted Thursday and it's Anything a Goes! Our sponsor for December is Anne's Digital Art.  I've used a reindeer image from Penny Black, stamped onto DP and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I mounted them onto a paper and a panel of burlap.

The tartan patterned paper I believe gives this card a masculine feel, so I didn't embellish my card with anything but some die cut stars (Memory Box) and a die cut bow with Christmas sentiments (Tim Holtz). I machine stitched with white thread around the edges.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Inky Chicks - #44 Winter Wonderland
2) Addicted to Stamps - #94 Anything Goes at Christmas
3) Love to Scrap - Nature

Skating Bear

Today is the start of a "BINGO" challenge over at Catch the Bug and this is my GDT card featuring an image from the Mini Set - winter bears. Promarkers were used for coloring and glitter was added to the fur trimmings of the hat.

I cut the image using circle dies. I added a half circle die cut, using a die from Marianne and kraft paper covered with frantage.
The sentiment banner is made using heat embossing and a stamp from a Penny Black set.
Papers from Simple Stories, star sequins and pearls from my stash.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) A Crafty Mess - #2 Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas Colors
2) Brown Sugar – #125 Christmas
3) Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Winter Sports
4) Shopping Our Stash - #181 Red Alert

Tags with Wreaths and Bunnies

Time for a new challenge over at  Outlawz Twisted Thursday, we have the optional twist of "First day of winter" this week. Our sponsor for December is Anne's Digital Art.

I struggle making tags and was so exited to make two that I forgot to add some snow on them for a more wintery feel.
I used Anne's beautiful wreath image, printed them onto a DP and colored the DP with Promarkers and a white gel pen. I was quite surprised of how well the colors cover the DP - I'm going to use this technique again, for sure. I used the same patterned papers for both tags, but differently, and I used red and natural colored twine.

I would like to try my luck in these challenges as well:
1) Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute + Anything but a Card
2) Come and Get It - Merry Christmas (2nd entry)
3) Eclectic Ellapu - PURPLE - Christmas but not a card!
4) Pile It On - #49 Anything Goes Christmas/Holidays

Winter Bunnies

This is a card I made with colors inspired by the photo over at HoC. I've been trying to make this card for quite some time, but I was lost for ideas.
I finally decided to use some scraps and make a shaker winter landscape with sequins for these two bunnies, a stamp which was in my stash unused.
I've used DPs from Authentique, and the frame is cut with a die from Marianne. The bunnies are stamped onto DP, the white lines are heat embossed. The silver star is made with a Memory Box die. The Christmas sentiment is part of a set I received as a calendar gift from my mom earlier this month.

I'd like to enter this card in these challenges:
1) House of Cards - Inspiration Photo
2) My Time to Craft - MAKE A SCENE
3) Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge -#206 Christmas
4) Daring Cardmakers - Shake It Off - Shaker Card

Wee Angel for Stella Says Sketch

Today is the start of a new "Stella Says Sketch" challenge over at Catch the Bug and this is my GDT card, using Wee One Angel - side cloud colored with Promarkers and with lots of glitter glue on her wings.

I sat her onto a die cut half circle using one of my newest dies from Marianne and silver mirri card stock.
I used a DP with moons and stars and planets for the background. The panel is mounted onto a piece of lace and the sentiment is made with stickers. I machine stitched around the edges using white thread.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Fairy Tale - #106 Light Blue, White + Color of your Choice (Silver)
2) Digi Galore - Birthday Time!

Christmas Chaos - Day 7 - Clean & Simple

This is day 7 and the last day of a funfilled week with daily Christmas themed challenges over at Catch the Bug. You can win prizes by participating in one, some or all challenges this week.

For my CAS GDT card I have used an angel image, which also can be used for other occasions, but I think it works as a CAS Christmas design with the heat embossed sentiment and use of gold and glitter. You can find the image here.
I used silver mirri card for the panel, which is mounted on foam and 3 bling from my stash. And that's about it.



This card is also for these challenges:
1) Craft Your Passion - Non-Traditional Christmas
2) Make My Monday - Angels
3) Natalie and Amy's Challenge - #27 Cute & Cuddly Christmas

Christmas Chaos - Day 6 - Christmas Critter

This is day 6 of a funfilled week with daily Christmas themed challenges over at Catch the Bug. You can win prizes by participating in one, some or all challenges this week.

If you ask me to name the first animal I think of for Christmas it's reindeer. So for my Christmas Critter GDT card I chose the adorable "Plush reindeer", he's colored with Promarkers and have a generous amount of glossy accent on his nose. I went with a Nordic design pattern for the background, using a stamp from Tim Holtz and gold embossing powder. I used a Christmas stamp in Norwegian for the sentiment, also heat embossed. The die cut holly branch is made with a Memory Box die and I decorated it with some red pearls from my stash.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - Anything goes with Gold
2) Sentimental Sundays - #236 Embossing Wet or Dry
3) Allsorts - Animal Magic
4) Pile It On - #49 Anything Goes Christmas/Holidays
5) Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Fun in the snow

This is my DT card for  Outlawz Twisted Thursday, we have the optional twist of "Fun in the snow" this week. Our sponsor for December is Anne's Digital Art.

I have this sweet die from KaBoks with children on a sledge that I couldn't resist using with this week's theme. I made this card a shaker design with loose diamond glitter and die cut trees in the background, and I used a clear Whisk of Stella pen to add shimmer to the white background - you can see the beautiful sparkle in real life. I used Spellbinders dies to make the frame, and the card shape is made using dies from Go Kreate. The stamped sentiment banner is from Penny Black, I heat embossed with black EP. I added two felt stickers from my stash as well as two die cut trees using a Marianne die.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Die Cuttin' Divas - #195 Non-traditional Christmas
2) Shopping Our Stash  - #180 Favorite Technique (Shaker cards)
3) Die Cut Divas - Snow and Christmas/Holidays
4) Come and Get It - Merry Christmas
5) 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Pick a Previous (Combo #22 - October 2013 - no red or green)

Christmas Chaos - Day 5 - Humourous

This is day 5 of a funfilled week with daily Christmas themed challenges over at Catch the Bug. You can win prizes by participating in one, some or all challenges this week.

For my humourous themed GDT card I picked Stella - all she wants for Christmas is Santa's naughty boy list. I'm guessing there are some women out there secretely wanting the same thing, lol.
I colored her with Promarkers. I gave her LBD white spots using a white gel pen. I also used a die cut tree which been in my "ready cut & ready to use" box for at least a year. I decorated the tree with a few bling and pearls. I also added some sparkle to Stella's hat using loose glitter.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes Christmas
2) That Craft Place - Christmas
3) Open-Minded Challenges - Unusual Christmas

Christmas Chaos - Day 4 - Recipe

This is day 4 of a funfilled week with daily Christmas themed challenges over at Catch the Bug. You can win prizes by participating in one, some or all challenges this week.

The 4th challenge is to make anything Christmas with the use of this recipe: use 1 image, 2 of something + 3 of something.  This is my GDT card, using today's new release - you can find it in the Bugaboo store. For my "2 of something" I used only 2 colors, black and white, and my "3s" are the felt snowflakes. I left the image uncolored, I printed it onto white paper with shimmer, used lots og white frantage and loose glitter to make the snow. I also added white seambinding ribbon to maka a bow.

I think this image also would be super for merging with other images to make a scene, I think I'll try this next time I'll use this image.

I would also like to enter my card in these challenges:
1) Moving along with the Times - Christmas Climate
2) Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
3) Inky Impressions - #188 Snow

Blogger issues with word verification

This is the second time it happens to me: Blogger adds Word Verification without my doing.
If I choose setting comment window as pop up the system requires you to enter a code. When I change the setting to embedded the word verification part is removed. Changing  back to pop up window my blog requires you to enter a code again.... Argh!
It's not me, it's Blogger - I do not intentially put Word Verification on! I will leave it with embedded for some days, change back to pop up and see if the problem disappears....

Christmas Chaos - Day 3 - Color

This is day 3 of a funfilled week with daily Christmas themed challenges over at Catch the Bug. You can win prizes by participating in one, some or all challenges this week.

For my GDT card I used Christmas SB candycane. I gave her a paper pieced outfit with spots and I colored in the details using white, gold and silver gel roll pens, red glitter glue and a gem. The candycane has got glossy accent on it. The panel is made with a Spellbinders die. The golden DP came free with a magazine.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Pattie's Creations - #105 Christmas Cards
2) A Gem of a Challenge - #134 Anything Christmas
3) Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge -  # 58 ATG with a Twist Spots or Dots....
4) The Glory of Christmas - #48 Candy Canes and/or Gingerbread

Christmas Chaos - Day 2 - Sketch

This is day 2 of a funfilled week with daily Christmas themed challenges over at Catch the Bug. You can win prizes by participating in one, some or all challenges this week.

The 2nd challenge is a sketch, but remember to make it Christmas themed. This is my GDT card, using Make it Snappy - SF Happy Holidays.

I used an embossing folder with snowflakes for the squares. I mounted a blue and white DP from Bo Bunny onto kraft and the edges are cut using a MS punch. For the bow I used white seambinding ribbon and string and I attached a mittens metal charm to it.

I would also like to enter my card in these challenges:
1) Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Snow People
2) Crafting By Designs - Christmas
3) Crafty Catz - #258 - Snowmen

Christmas Chaos - Day 1 - Sparkle and Shine

This is day 1 of a funfilled week with daily Christmas themed challenges over at Catch the Bug. You can win prizes by participating in one, some or all challenges this week.

The first challenge is to make anything Christmas with the theme "Sparkle and Shine". This is my GDT card, using Stocking Santa star colored with blue Promarkers and with lots of glitter glue added to the star and the fur trimmings of his hat.

I've used silver paper, the bottom layer was dry embossed and for the top layer I used my much loved MB star stencil. The silver panels as well as the sentiment are mounted onto silver mirri paper. The sentiment is stamped with a stamp from Lawn Fawn and I added 3 gems for some extra shine.

I would also like to enter my card in these challenges:
1) Sparkles Forum Challenges - The Big Guy
2) Delightful Challenges - Twinkle Twinkle (add something sparkly)
3) Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas - non traditional colors (no red or green)
4) C.R.A.F.T.- #288 Christmas

Not a typically me card...

... don't you agree? I think this is far more embellished than what I usually make. This is my DT card for  Outlawz Twisted Thursday, we have the optional twist of "Magical Christmas" this week, and I've used an image from our sponsor, Anne's Digital Art.

I colored the image and die cut a window using a die from Marianne. I used kraft paper painted with white gesso. I also used that for the embossed brick wall, which is almost completely covered.
I used my poinsettia corner die from Memory Box as well as a poinsettia die from Marianne. I used scrap pieces of DP and some vellum with glitter.
I used lace to make the curtain. I didn't quite know what to do with the top right corner, but finally decided on making a bow and attched two stamped tags using LOTV stamps and a metal brad from my stash.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Crafting for all Seasons - #91 Tis the Season
2) ABC Challenge - ‘Y is for Yuletide’
3) Try It On Tuesday - Christmas is Coming
4) Through the Purple Haze - All About Christmas

Silver, White and Brown for Christmas

I believe this is the first time I use the color combination of silver and brown, it's one I'm going to use again, I think it turned out really well with my vintage image.

The background paper is kraft covered with white gesso. I used my paper crimper to get the textured look. For the second layer I used glitter vellum paper.

The poinsettias are made with a MB die and a pearl brad from my stash. I cut two pieces of a paper straw, tied them together with brown string and added a silver snowflake charm. I stitched with white thread around the edges and I distressed the edges of the image.


This card is for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - Christmas Optional Twist no Red or Green
2) Sugar Creek Hollow - Vintage Christmas with twist non traditional colors
3) Moving along with the Times - Inspired by a Song (Hark the herald angels sing)

Heat embossed tea cups

I just had to have this stamp from Stampendous! This is the first time I use it, and for my first attempt I chose to stamp directly onto a DP, using gold embossing powder and a Marianne DP. I heat embossed with gold on gold for the background, using  a stamp from Kort&Godt. I attached the background to a light blue paper and then onto a gold A2 card base. To avoid the cups hanging in mid air I used half a doily as a table cloth. I used blue seambinding ribbon to attach the spoon metal charm.
A birthday greeting was stamped and heat set, gold on white.

This card is for these challenges:
1) TIME OUT Challenges - Embossing with the optional twist of sparkle
2) Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - #79 Use a Charm
3) Crafty Catz - #256 - Anything Goes
4) Crafty Creations - #277 Embossing
5) Cupcake Inspirations - #289