CHNC challenge 26: anything goes

It's six months since last Christmas and six months till next Christmas, so, if you haven't started yet, it's time to get going on making some cards so that panic doesn't set in nearer the time.

To help you on your way, as it's the mid-point in the year, I thought we'd have an 'anything goes' challenge this week on my Christmas challenge blog.

This is my card -I'm afraid it's a very quick card this time because by the time this is published we will be away and I had little time to get anything else done for this challenge.

I've very simply mounted some My Mind's Eye Christmas glitter paper on to the folds of the card and topped the main part with three kings rescued from a card we received a couple of years ago. The inner panel that you can't see is lined like the front piece, left blank for a handwritten message. The 'joy & peace' stamp is a Papermania one.

I'm entering this into these challenges:

Creative craft world: Christmas in June

Crafty Ann 43: Christmas in June

Christmas cards all year round for June: anything goes

This is a test to see whether I can blog from my iPad. I'm inserting an old photo just to see if I can add images ok.

Just in case anyone thinks this was taken in Bromley, it wasn't - it was taken in Maidstone.


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Location:Bromley,United Kingdom

BF twinchies for June swap

This time the details for the inchie swap on BF forum was a recipe:

lace

3 xbling

image

piece of patterned paper

blue and white

I have to confess that at first this seemed a tall order - to get all these on to a piece of card just 2" x 2", but in the end I really enjoyed doing these.

I used:

7gypsies baja playa paper

Lace and gems from stash

Co'redination whitewash card embossed with cuttlebug folder and sanded to reveal blue

cArt-Us border flower stamped with Elzebell sugar candy white

Distressing with stormy sky DI

I'm linking these for:

Jac-inks 11: inspiration photo - used the colours

Charisma cardz 25: white & 1 other colour

Totally stampalicious: something old, something new - everything old, but the little border flower stamp is new

Bling it on 4: embossing

Inky impressions 18: amazing lace

Word play weekend challenge 6: blue

Craft your days away 22: monochrome

Theme Thursday: borders

Paper crafting journey 13: anything goes

Scrapbook sisters 41: anything goes

Everybody art 147: anything goes

Make it Monday 42

Getting inky with ATCs

I have so many other things to do atm that crafting is having to take a bit of a back seat. However, I need to do something for a couple of swaps, so a good excuse to get inky - particularly as this month's ATC swap on BF forum is 'ink'.

I dabs a mixture of red pepper and wild plum alcohol inks with blending solution on to white shiny card and then stamped Penny Black sparklers with stazon vibrant violet, edging the ATCs with the stazon.

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I'm entering these into the following challenges:

Paper players 52: clean and simple

Clear it out Tuesday: all about keeping it simple

Stamp insanity 63: keeping it clean and simple

The stamping boutique 9: no DP

Divas by design: anything but a card

Scrapbook sisters 41: anything goes

Everybody art 147: anything goes

Make it Monday 42

Inspire me Friday 11

Bubbly Funk forum next CJ

It's been nearly a year since the BF forum CJ group started sending round their journals - which means that we now get to see other people's CJs nearly finished. This DLO is for Leigh's Astrology journal - the idea is for each of us to do something to represent our star sign. I didn't find this easy because I don't 'do' star signs and astrology, so I kept this very matter-of-fact (I was pleased to see that this was how most of the participants had responded).

The background papers are My mind's eye wild asparagus. It was an opportunity to use one of my favourite stamps - the big Magenta lion one, simply inked with memento rich cocoa. Ribbons and sun sticker from stash.

Colours are for SPCC 105:

I'm also entering this into these challenges:

Cutie Sunday 143: animals
Going grey with Scrap creatons: animal kingdom

Order of the opus gluei 106: it's a jungle out there

Divas by design: anything but a card

Scrapbook sisters 41: anything goes

Everybody art 147: anything goes

Make it Monday 42

Inspire me Friday 11

Another sunny day ...

... and this time it really is a sunny day (so far so good, although breezy with clouds). Anyway, back to the card, I've made another one with papers and components from We R Memory Keepers (very similar to the previous card - thought I'd make another while the papers are out). I've added a butterfly and the sun (an artoz sticker) and the little flip flops at the bottom.

Once again, colours are for Annabelle: say it in:

and also for ECP 40:

This is also for:

One stitch at a time 67: things with wings

Simply create 46: fly with us

Delicious doodles 30: things that flutter

Crafty calendar for June: things with wings

Happileigh scrappin' 27: no pastels - bright colours

Sentimental Sundays 60: celebrate summer or sparkly or shimmery

Ann's creative nook: summer is here

Inspiration avenue: summer sun

Alota 61: summertime

Anything goes 43: here comes summer

For fun: summer fun - bright colours

Crafting for all seasons 3: summer

AiFactory: summer fun

Theme Thursday: summer

My Sheri 62: summer or beach theme

Celebrate the occasion 19: celebrating summer (must have a sun on it)

Papertake: here comes the sun

Try it on Tuesday (Taggers): here comes the sun

Crafts4eternity R24: embellishment beginning with R - ric rac

Crafts and me 39: bling it on

Everybody art 147: anything goes

Make it Monday 42

Inspire me Friday 11