Guest Designer for CHNC challenge extra for August (#2)

Once again I was so pleased to be Guest Designer for

 Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for August

I am really trying hard to get all my Christmas cards made early this year - so every little helps!

This is another easel card - made from a square 'kraft' card base.

I love this bugaboo image, coloured with a few Promarkers.

The other ingredients are mentioned at the bottom.

I do hope you will join us at CHNC...

Ingredients:
Bugaboo Image coloured with Promarkers and fine glitter.
Square 'Kraft' card base
Papers from Papermania 12 Days of Christmas and Bobunny Mistletoe Collection
Sentments - Inkadinkadoo Holiday Rubber stamps
Twine and pearls from my stash.

I will link this card to 12 months of Christmas 

Happy Christmas crafting!



LOC #40: Limited run - Anything Goes Dark Themed

Left of Center

The new theme at LOC is Anything Goes Dark Themed - sponsored by Limited Run.

I chose to use this brilliant Limited Run image 'Witch Splat'.

I started with a Kraft card base -
 I matted and layered this with yellow card and then orange handmade paper.
I used scalloped dies for my image and sentiment.

I paper pieced the cupcake case with handmade paper and then used Promarkers for the colouring!



Finally I added some plastic lace and spiders...

Hope you like it!!

Please join us at Left Of Center!

Happy Crafting!

Sketch N Scrap *NEW* Card Sketch

Sketch N Scrap

So here's the first card sketch for August...

I know it's August and this is a Christmas card -

 but I make my Christmas Cards all through the year - so I don't have to go mad in November!!

And also - when I was looking for a Project Life Card in my stash

 I came across a few items from a Stampin Up kit and I rather liked the 'long sentiment'...

Do you ever make a card and then find you don't have an envelope to fit?

Well... I have learned to start with the envelope and score and cut a card blank to fit.

I found additional layering papers from my scraps,

 distressing the square piece with 'festive berries' around its edges.

Hope you will join us at SNS

Happy Crafting!

An elephant never forgets... your Birthday!

Not sure how many elephant cards I have made now -

 living in India it is one of my favourite themes!

Anyway this is my most recent...

I started with a blue hand-made paper card blank and attached some lace.

My basic elephant shape was printed onto white card and matted onto some blue card.

I then added sequins, star buttons and a beady embellishment (all picked up in India)

to fill the shape...

I am going to link this to Merry Monday's Surprise Birthday Hop

Happy Birthday Leanne - almost catching up with me!!

Happy Crafting!

Guest Designer for CHNC challenge extra for August (#1)

I was delighted to be asked to be a guest designer for 

CHNC Challenge extra for August!

Hope you will join us there!

I chose to use this Bugaboo image 'GertrudeTinsel' and 'Don't get your tinsel in a tangle' - 

and decided to make a twisted easel card...

Just take a square card blank (white in this case) and score a diagonal across the front, from bottom left to top right. This is folded back and decorated to stand up,

 using the stand on the card that becomes the base.

Ingredients:
Bugaboo Image coloured with promarkers and fine glitter.
Papers from Bobunny Mistletoe collection
Tinsel from Papermania Sparkling Trims
Buttons from Beutron delights

I will link this card to

12 Months of Christmas

Completely Christmas #22 Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenges #35 Anything Goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Sparkle and Shine - August - tinsel and glitter!

Happy Crafting!