Presently Santa

Hello Nomad friends.  It's Christmas time!!!   OK, take a breath!  I am trying for at least two xmas cards a month and here's my first March offering.  

I made a round card with lots of Do-craft cardboard sticker presents and a MFP stamped, embossed, coloured and fussy cut santa.  I cut the background layers of Nille patterned paper with Kort og Godt wavy circle dies.

and then turned it into an easel card.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
52 Weeks to Christmas March Challenge - Round Card with Lots of Presents
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 2612
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Allsorts Challenge 845

Someone Ate All The Chocolate

Hello Nomad friends.  I have made a cute little chocolate gift holder following directions from Hobbykunst Day 3.  Unfortunately you will just have to imagine the chocolate cos I am totally out of twix, which me feels may have fitted two to a side, and someone has run off with all the kwik lunsj!!!   Possibly those two little singing santa's who were at the door earlier today!!!!!

Still with the Lexi Design Christmas Loft patterned papers and also used Poppystamps Grand Whittle Reindeer and Brilliant Star Oval dies.  

It's the same front and back, and I really must remedy the sad chocolate situation tomorrow!!! 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Poppy Stamps Challenge 133 - Pockets Please
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for Yummy well, it will be once the shops open tomorrow LOL


 

 

Ray of Light

Hello Nomad friends.  Today has been a sparkly sort of day.  Another Christmas card to add to the stash.

I used the very beautiful rays embossing folder on gold mirror card for the background.  The tree is Crafty Individuals Little Christmas Tree. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
52 Weeks to Christmas Juli Challenge - Bingo tree, bauble, gold
The Outlawz Challenge - August Festive Friday Christmas
The Outlawz Challenge August Linky 
Kreativtanten Challenge 92 - Alles Geht 
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 2433

Shape of a Santa

Hello Nomad friends.  Hope you are having an awesome Saturday.  It's a bit drizzly today so I'm messing about a bit in the craft room.  A few years ago I turned into a Christmas all-year-round gal.  Jo has a fab challenge over at the Christmas Kickstart blog so I used retro santa and gave him a couple of gifts to juggle.

Love the sizzix colorize dies.  Great for using up scraps!!!   The gifts, also cut from scraps, are sizzix Santa's Workshop dies.  I stamped the Kort og Godt sentiment which says 'Christmas hug to you from me', on a piece of ex-stamp packaging and cut it with a fishtail banner die.  The grey background I used a Paper Rose die to get the pretty circle cuts.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 87 - It's A Gift
Allsorts Challenge Week 785 - Masculine
Snippets Playground Challenge 482
Die-cut Divas May Challenge - Favourite Die Cut Shape love colourize dies for fun shapes and fishtail banners.

Looking For Lumberjacks

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm doing some emergency elfing out at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge after the scheduled elf got the covid!!!   Get well soon elfy.  The theme is Playing With Plaid and I could bearly contain myself.  I made a pop up easel Christmas scene. 

I used DCWV plaid paper for the background panel and inside panels.  The curtains are MFT Take The Stage dies.  The bear and tree are from sizzix Forest Animals 2 die set.  I used a sizzix santa hat die to cut the tartan paper and improvised the slippers!!   The gifts are DO-crafts cardboard stickers and I used another sticker for the Merry Christmas.  Easel card, folds flat for sending.

Join the Playing With Plaid fun and don't forget to keep it Christmas!!!

Thanks for dropping by. 

Joining the fun at
52 Weeks to Christmas April Challenge - Fun Fold
Allsorts Challenge Week 779 . More Than One Fold
MFT Stamps Christmas Card Challenge April 2024

My Present Favourite Jolly Red Bloke

Hello Nomad friends.  Yet another Gummiapan Christmas card with this awesomely cute santa stamp and a slew of stamped and fussy cut presents in a rainbow of colour.

Isn't he adorbs!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge 48 - Christmas/Happy New Year
We Love Stamping Challenge - Winter Flowers and/or Foliage or Anything Goes well, there's a tree LOL, that's foliage, right?
Stamping Sensations December Challenge - Favourite Colours  gotta love a rainbow of colour
Friendship Challenge 94 - Es Weihnachtet Sehr

Hot Pink Santas

Hello Nomad friends.  I treated myself to the Gummiapan Dies and stamps advent calendars.  OK, I've treated myself to lots of stuff, but sometimes a girl's got to get what she needs!!!  And since we are sitting in the middle of a gale force blizzard right now I grabbed the day 1 stamps and die set and went hot pink!!!

 
The day 1 dies were this cute little Santa dude.  There are a few other tiny embellishments that I didn't include, so a very happy start to the month of fun.  The day 1 stamp was three parcels and that cute tiny sentiment.  I like Gummiapan.  They are a Swedish company, they have real rubber stamps and cute and quirky designs.  I cut ATC bases from blue card, stamped the sentiment in black, the long package in pink and the other two in blue.  The Santa I cut from hot pink and white scraps.  I used a Promarker to colour the face pink and add a little grey to his moustache.  ATC is a perfect size for gift tags LOL.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 653 - Use a Die
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 571
Kreativtanten Challenge - Non-typical Xmas Colours

Ocelot

Hello.  Welcome.  I seem to be oscillating between Christmas and Halloween with a few other occasions chucked in for variation.  I had some new stamps from Winnie and Walter drop through the letter box and decided to ink up a couple from this cute snowglobe/dome set.  

I stamped the dog on a piece of white card, masked his feet and stamped the snowdome from Winnie and Walters Snowy Holiday set.  I used Promarkers and tried to match the Winnie and Walter challenge colours as best I could.  I didn't want to introduce any green so I used iridescent glitter glue on the tree, and the hat and the snow!!   I fussy cut the snowdome and stamped a sentiment from the same set on a piece of ripped vellum.  For the background I used a red card base and added a blue layer that I cut with Winnie and Walters Peppermint Zone cutaway die. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Off to make something scary.  At least that's what I'm saying when my man asks what's for dinner bwahahahaaahahaaaahaa.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
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Cards und More Challenge #40 - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let's Get Ready for Christmas
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 20 - It's a Gift

 

Christmas Cheer

Hello crafty friends.  I was lucky enough to win the sweet Reverse Confetti Christmas Cheer stamp and die set from Di at the Snippet Playground and I decided it was time to play with it!!

This is a small card, 10x10cm, but I have fitted a lot of product on there!!  First I decided to make a scene for the cute little elf.  I started with a blue base card and stamped the little star cluster from the Christmas Cheer set with blue ink many times.  Then I took Tim Holtz Snowman Scene die set and cut the mountains and trees from scraps.  I inked the mountains with Watering Can archival. Then I used Stamplorations Stitched Spring Landscape die and cut the white card.  I only wanted the house so I cut off the trees that were on the same die.  I coloured the cabin with Promarkers and gel pens.  Nearly there!!  I stamped and cut the gnome and present sack and coloured with Promarkers and gel pens.  Then I stamped the sentiment, all from the Christmas Cheer set.   Merry merry everyone!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let's Get Ready for Christmas
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 20 - It's a Gift
Stamplorations Summer Cutplorations Challenge

Pick a Day

Hello.  Welcome.  I was sure yesterday was tomorrow, but now I've realised it's just today, so I'm winning aren't I???
Aren't I?????
Ah well, any day is a good day for Christmas!!

This card was inspired by the new Christmas Kickstart challenge which is to be inspired by their blog header.   Well, it is inspiring, and a little bit zany.  I went with the colours.  The patterned paper is from a Sizzix paper block and the parcel is a CratePaper chippy.  I just added a little glitter. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 18 - Get a Head-er Start
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 452
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - S is for... Special delivery, snowflake, sparkle
ABC Christmas Challenge - R is for Reindeer

Sweet Ginger

Hello.  Welcome.  Needed to play with the little ginger again. 

He's so cute!!   I used Papirdesign Pepperkake die, cut from brown paper and edged with Tea Dye distress ink.  I used white card cut with dies from the same die set and white half-pearls, also by Papirdesign, two which I coloured with black Promarker for his eyes.  The tag I cut from patterned paper using Stamplorations medium Luggage Tag die. 

I used Papirdesign's foam pads to mount the ginger on the tag and then I decided to make a second tag.  I used the small luggage die with the same red patterned card and then cut Papirdesign's God Jul (Merry Christmas) from dark brown paper.  

I added both tags to a bag of caramalised almonds I made, using a piece of gold and red twine with a couple of square wood beads on the end to attach them.   Love that ginger!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Crafteezee December Challenge - Gift
Stamplorations Tagplorations December - Xmas
Stamplorations Cutplorations December

Mini Me Santa

Hello.  Welcome.  Paperartsy have a matchbox art challenge that I have been thinking about.  Then Etsuko made some stunning art using shrink plastic, and an idea I have been playing with came into focus.

There we go!!  Serviettes, candle and matchbox in a bag.

Let's talk a bit more about the matchbox.  

It took a bit of finding but I finally got hold of this chunky matchbox.  I put the ruler there and then covered it up with my watermark LOL.  These boxes are 7 x 5 x 2.5cm and are a lovely size to work with.  The matches are also a bit longer than usual so finger friendly!!

I cut a piece of designer paper 14.5 x 7cm.  I used a snowflake and a sentiment stamp from Rubber Dance and embossed with Wow gold embossing powder.  The Norwegian sentiment reads 'with wishes for a lovely christmas'.  I also used an embossing pen to add some lines, squiggles and edging and also embossed in gold.

Cover the two large sizes of your matchbox with double sided tape and stick on your decorated paper and voila!!  If you got the embossing in the right place hopefully it looks like a little book.   The size of paper allows a little overlap on the striker side and a curve on the spine side with the 'title'.  And then there's that santa shrinky dinky........

I cut my white shrink plastic with Sizzix Ornament 2 die and stamped Kreativ Henders Santa.  I coloured with distress ink and after shrinking added some silver pilot marker to the top.  Then I hung it off a bit of red and gold twine.  

I've used the same santa image on the candle using tissue paper to transfer the image.  You can see how much it shrank and how lovely the details remain.  I put them in a bag with some santa patterned serviettes and used more of the red and gold twine with a couple of square wooden beads for a little festive paafff!!   Thinking this will be a perfect hostess gift for a pre-Christmas party we have been invited to.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Paperartsy Topic 21 - Matchbox Art
Crafteezee Challenge - Gift
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Wrap It Up

Snowman Soup

Hello.  Welcome.  It's a wet grey day here, and I really am not feeling the jingle, but tomorrow is December so I really need to get some Chrimbo things done.  Something warm in a cup is always appreciated on such a miserable day and I decided to pack up some Snowman Soup to spread some winter cheer.  

Hmmmmm, hot chocolate with marshmallows!!  Now that's something to melt any cold heart

I started by cutting and scoring my header card.  I stamped Rubber Dance Mr Frosty and then did a blue watercolour wash.  My waterbrush has Iridescent Watercolour Medium in it to give a nice sparkle!

I stamped the large and small snowflakes from the Frosty Friends set using blue dye ink.

I coloured Mr Frosty with Promarkers and added a computer generated title, and also instructions on the back.  My snowman soup consists of a small bar of dark or white chocolate, marshmallows and a candy cane, for the stirring of.  Just add warm milk for that nam nam, yum yum cosy experience.  I'm off to try it out........

If you are in xmas mode and using Rubber Dance stamps then there is still a few hours remaining to join the November challenge over on the fb group.  And don't forget to check out the huge news on the blog. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Gift It
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 413
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - Ho Ho Holiday
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Scrap the Rainbow Utfordring 6 - Jul 

Quick, Quick

CASology's linky wouldn't let me link two projects with the same URL so please page down for the main post.

I've used a Sizzix embossing folder on white card and then three die cut present stickers. 

Entering this for CASology Week 23 - Gift

The lost are found

Greetings Crafty friends.  Just a quick post because I was hoping to join in the fun over at CASology for their Gift challenge.  The time is going on and I had almost decided it wasn't going to be but I managed to find a little window and get a couple of projects finished.  The last few day we have been keeping the snow from the door and then today the temperature rises to 6°C and it all starts to melt away nicely, except of course for the snow mountains which have resulted from the efforts to keep highways and byways clear.  They will take a little longer.  Those of you who expressed concern for my missing rabbit will be glad to know she turned up alive and well.  I didn't see hair or whisker of her for three days, the snow a meter deep, storm force winds and cold.  I was actually starting to think she had expired and then yesterday when I was out giving out some snacks I got to her cage and there she was!  She gave me a look, a "I've been rumbled look" before tucking in to the greenery I delivered.  Today she was busy grooming whilst sitting under the holly bush.  They are pretty hardy little things.  Still not sure where she was hiding but she's fine.

Anyway, better get these posted else I shall miss the deadline.   Two quick cards......

A Sizzix embossing folder, a gel sticker waggly flowers and then Sizzix present embosslit on gold mirror card with an orange handmade paper backing mounted on sticky pads.  

A Sizzix embossing folder on white card and then added three die cut present stickers


Luckily these were quite quick projects.  The photo's aren't brilliant as I had to take them indoors due to rain and darkness happening outside.  

Take care and have a great weekend

Entering these for CASology Week 23 - Gift