My Favourite 5 of 2012

A few days ago I posted photos of my top 5 Christmas cards for this year and now Debby has more gorgeous candy on offer here to everyone who posts their favourite 5 cards of 2012.

Not such an easy task as choosing 5 Christmas cards but here goes:

First of all, from Little Claire, the card I designed for the August club stamp set 'Buttons and Bows' - you can find the set here on the Little Claire website. 

Next from The Digi Garden,  a card made using 'Emily's Harvest' which you can find here on the Digi Garden website.

and from Nutcrafters, a card made using 'Pudding Balloon' from the Santa Collection which you can find here on the Nutcrafters website.

 

next from Pink Gem a card using the 'Snowdrops' digi stamp which you can find here on the Pink Gem website

and finally from Card Creations Plus a card made using the 'Brush Strokes in the Wild' cd rom which you can find here on the Card Creations Plus website.

Not an easy choice to make and there are lots, lots more that I could have included!

That was a difficult one as there are so many cards that I've made over the past year that I could have included.  Hope you like the ones I have chosen and have a safe and happy New Year's Eve whatever you're doing.

New Squirrel and the Fox Challenge - Party Time!

Today is our final challenge of 2012 on The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge blog and our theme is 'party time'!  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog together with the cards from my fellow Design Team members.

I've chosen to use a stamp from Wild Rose Studio.  The paper I've used is from the First Edition 'Isabelle' pad - I added little pearls glam it up.  The sentiment is from Dimension Stamps die cut with an X-Cut label die.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - 'your favourite things' (Promarkers, self adhesive pearls)
Hiding in my Craftroom - 'free style'
Craftymess Challenge Blog - 'show some sparkle/bling'
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - 'any sentiment'
Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog - 'New Year'
Polka Doodles - 'Happy New Year'
Winter Wonderland - 'new beginnings (New Year)'

Mimi and Her Penguin

I couldn't resist a little bit more Christmas!!  This is a Penny Black stamp from one of the Christmas 'Mimi' sets - one that I hadn't got round to using this year so I've decided to get ahead for next Christmas!!

The paper I've used is from DCWV and the red and green flower is from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

My Time to Craft Challenge - 'animals in the snow'

Passion for Promarkers - 'mega Christmas Challenge'

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge - 'Christmas'

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - 'winter wishes'

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'Z is for zoo animal'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes for Christmas'

 Cardcrafter's Circle - 'anything goes'

New from The Digi Garden - Emily's Hearts on a String

This is one of the gorgeous new images now on sale at The Digi Garden - there's a great selection of digis and more to come as well.

 

This one is 'Emily's Hearts on a String' and can be found here on the website - Emily has her very own website section so you can see all the other cute designs she's featured in.

 

I've used some paper from Craft Creations together with some kraft paper and Bazzill. The image was die cut with a Lacey Oval Nestabilities die and I finished it with die cut corners, Candi and a little die cut message.

 

I'll be showcasing lots more of the new images over the next few weeks.

 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

 

Charisma Cardz - 'anything goes'

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - 'any sentiment'

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - 'anything goes'

Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes'

The Pink Elephant Challenge - 'anything goes'

Paper Makeup Stamps - 'anything goes with a digi'

Passion for Promarkers - 'mega Christmas Challenge'

Lady Anne's Challenges - 'anything goes'

Happy Christmas!!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

This is the card I made for my Mum and Dad for Christmas using the Christmas Candi wreath stamp from Craftwork Cards.  As well as Candi, I also added some red gems to the pattern.  I then matted it on to red card and finished it with green and gold foiled chain link peel offs.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

That Craft Place - 'Christmas'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes for Christmas'

Card Crafter's Circle - 'anything goes'
Simon Says Stamp - 'merry Christmas'
Crafting for All Seasons - 'green and red plus glitter/sparkle'
Christmas Card Challenges

My Favourite Five Christmas Cards of 2012

I spotted a link to Debby's blog while I was blog hopping this morning and decided to enter.  Debby has some gorgeous candy on offer here and to enter you have to post photos of your five favourite Christmas cards and then link back to Debby's blog.

So here goes ......

First of all, a Little Claire card (one of the ones from my 'Owls in the Barn' class) made using the 'Christmas Owl Tree' stamp which you can find here.

Next a Pink Gem card designed for one of blog challenges using 'Winter Chloe' which you can find here

And a Nutcrafters card made using one of my favourites from their digi stamps this year - the great 'Jingle Bell Rock' from the Santa collection which you can find here

Next a card made for the Card Creations Plus 'Dennis Lewan's Gift of Christmas' show - you can find the CD rom here

And finally a Digi Garden card made using 'Emily's Iceskates' which you can find here.

North Pole Robins

Today's card was made using the lovely 'North Pole Robins' digi from Pink Gem which is still available free to download here on the Pink Gem website - well worth a visit if you haven't yet got yours.  There are also some great discounts on the Pink Gem site at the moment if you fancy a bit of holiday retail therapy!

The papers I've used are from Lili of the Valley and I've added some ribbon and punched snowflakes.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

That Craft Place - 'Christmas'

2 Sisters Blog Challenge - 'krafty Christmas'

Card Crafter's Circle - 'it's Christmas'

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - 'anything goes'

Milk Coffee Challenge - 'Christmas or Winter holiday'

Simon Says Stamp - 'Christmas'

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Blog - 'Christmas'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes for Christmas'

Emily's Winter Outfit

I have three more Christmas cards to share over the next three days and here's the first using the very cute 'Emily's Winter Outfit' from The Digi Garden.  You can find her in the Christmas and Winter section on The Digi Garden website here.

I've also used some Craft Creations papers, a sentiment from Craftwork Cards and my corner bow die.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

That Craft Place - 'Christmas'

Addicted to Stamps - 'blue Christmas/winter'

Card Crafter's Circle - 'it's Christmas'

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - 'anything goes'

Milk Coffee Challenge Blog - 'Christmas or Winter Holiday'

Simon Says Stamp - 'Christmas'

No Matter Which Challenges - 'Christmas'

Loves Rubber Stamps - 'Merry Christmas'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes for Christmas'

Little Claire Blog Project - Quick and Easy Treat Bag

It's my turn to host the Friday Blog Project today at Little Claire and I've chosen to make a very quick and easy Christmas Treat Bag.

I've done a step by step tutorial with photos which is on the blog here if you'd like to take a look.  The sleigh stamps and sentiment is from 'The Magic of Christmas' stamp set - definitely one of my favourite Little Claire Christmas designs for this year.  You can find it here on the website.  The paper I've used is from Craft Creations and I've also used some green and red Bazzill.

I'd like to enter my little creation in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - 'with love at Christmas'

Milk Coffee Challenge - 'Christmas or Winter Holiday'

The Stamping Shack - 'let the holidays begin'

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - 'anything Christmassy'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything but square'

The Stamping Boutique - 'gift packaging'

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - 'it's Christmas'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes for Christmas'
Card Crafter's Circle - 'Christmas'

Gems of Inspiration - Crocus and Snowdrops

It's also my turn to host a project on the Gems of Inspiration blog for Pink Gem today - this is the first time I've posted on the blog so I hope my cards are OK!

I decided to share a couple of floral cards using two beautiful digi images from Pink Gem - all the details are here on the Gems of Inspiration blog.

For my first card (above) I used the 'Snowdrops' digi stamp which you can find here.

And for my second card, I used the 'Crocus' digi which you can find here.  The papers for both cards are from the 'Micro Dots Digi Papers' collection which you can find here on the website and the sentiments from the 'Funky Flowers' stamp set which you can find here.

I'd like to enter my cards in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - 'anything with a sentiment'

Divas by Design - 'anything goes'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything but square' (first card)

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - 'anything goes'

Totally Stampalicious - 'clean and simple'

Stampin' for the Weekend - 'anything goes'
Crafts 4 Eternity - 'anything goes'

More Last Minute Christmas

Some more last minute Christmas makes to share today.  These all came from a Hunky Dory set - a sheet of toppers and two sheets of backing card.  I've added silver mirror card, a sentiment from Craftowork Cards, peel offs and some clear gems.

Here are some more:

Almost finished my cards now but still have more to share over the next few days.

I'd like to enter my cards in the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - 'anything goes'

Creative Craft Challenges - 'non traditional Christmas'

Unstampbelles - 'Christmas'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything Christmas'

Papercrafting Journey - 'anything goes'

DYSU - 'anything goes'

New Challenge at Penny's - Christmas!

It's time for a new challenge at Penny's and this time our theme is 'Christmas' - this challenge will run for two weeks over the holiday period.

We've been sponsored by Bugaboo and Dustin Pike and I was lucky enough to get this very cute Christmas Bugaboo digi to work with - isn't it cute?!  I've used some paper from Craft Creations and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

Have a look here at the blog for all the details and don't forget that we're still running a DT call if you're interested in joining the team!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - 'anything goes'
 Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - 'anything with a sentiment'
Eureka Stamps - 'Christmas spirit'
Stamp n doodle - 'anything goes'
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - 'anything Christmassy'
Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - 'with love at Christmas'
Love to Create - 'winter fun'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything Christmas'

Winter Wonderland - 'oh Christmas tree'
Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'oh Christmas tree'

Santa's Pudding Balloon

Another Christmas card today - this one was made with one of my favourite Nutcrafters images from this Christmas, 'Pudding Balloon' from the Santa Collection.  You can find it here on the Nutcrafters website.  I've used it with some paper from Craft Creations, red card and Card Candi and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

 

Digital Tuesday Challenge - 'layers'

Celebrate the Occasion - 'Christmas anything goes'

Top Tip Tuesday - 'Christmas anything goes'

My Time to Craft Challenge - 'Santa'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes for Christmas'

Christmas Cards All Year Round