Jingle Belles - The Man with the Bag

 

Whatever the man in red is called in your part of the world, Lauren and Stef would like to see Santa 'front and centre' on our creations for their new challenge.

I was delighted to discover this Birdie Brown Skinny Santa when I was hunting-out a digital image last week. I miss Yoshi's stamps and am glad I bought this set before she closed her digital store. 

I decided to amp things up a little and so used one of my Gel prints as a background. 

I'm also playing 'I is for Inky' over at ABC Christmas Challenge, having played H is for Hats here.

Here's hoping that your week is going well, happy crafting! 

All I want for Christmas...

 

Isn't Tofu and The Snowman from Purple Onion Designs just adorable! I thought this image would pair perfectly with a sentiment from Mama Elephant. 

You have to be quick to play at Rudolph Days Challenge as there's such a brief window of opportunity during which to enter. I was ready and waiting to create my card for Challenge #3. Congratulations to Helen (who is currently my guest/elf at Christmas Kickstart) for relaunching this fun challenge. 

I'm delighted to join the fun at ABC Christmas Challenge playing H is for Hats.

 

Finally, I'm also playing at Christmas Craft Creations where the theme for this month is non-traditional colours... I'm hoping Red and Teal are non-traditional enough for the team. 

I hope you're all having a good weekend!

Ho, ho, ho!

 Here I am with yet another Christmas card! I told you I was on a roll. 

Today, I'm playing along with ABC Christmas Challenge where the themes are: 'C is for Cats' & 'D is for Dogs'.

I really do love the little critters from Jane's Doodles set O Christmas Tree and decided to pair it with Darkroom Door's Word Block Stamp Christmas, which I masked to create a square background. I added some lovely snowflakes using a stencil that's missing it's packaging. 

I'm also playing again at Christmas Craft Creations where the theme is:

 Little Red Wagon, where it's all about Stencil Power for Challenge #745

And there's just one more day to squeeze in my card at Helen's Rudolph Days February Challenge.

I hope you're all having a happy day wherever you are! 

Playing along...

Hi, folks! It's a chilly and frosty start to the day here in the UK, so what better than a little time in a cosy craft room!

I wanted to play along with the current challenge over at Inkspirational as I love an excuse to do a little paper piecing. 

I had a really good idea of how I wanted this card to look, but it hasn't quite worked out as I'd expected. Perhaps I shouldn't have used Distress Oxide to ink the base card? Perhaps I'm actually just fussing over nothing?

The cute cup image is from the lovely Jane's Doodles set I have open on my desk at the moment. I love the size of her new sets and they are so much fun to colour. 

I'm also linking this card over at ABC Christmas Challenge where 'A is for Anything Christmas'.

Have a crafty day!

Having fun with ABC Christmas Challenges!

ABC Christmas Challenge have three fun challenges for us to choose from or combine this month and they are: E - Embossing, F - Freebie and G - Gold.

I opted for embossing and gold, and went with more images from this Clearly Besotted set I'm loving right now. It's such a pity that these stamps are now out of stock, as they are fun to work with.

I embossed in gold, and then got busy colouring. The images are quite small so you can fit a few together on a single card. This card hasn't photographed very well, which is a pity as the gold embossing looks very bright and shiny IRL.

The gallery and the DT inspiration for this challenge are gorgeous, so I'm linking up over there and then settling back to drink a coffee and take a look at all the loveliness!

It's Mid-Month Reminder Time at Christmas Kickstart

Hi there, if you've not yet found time to play along at this month's Christmas Kickstart Challenge do not despair!

The current theme is RED and while the gallery is filling up nicely, there's still 15 days left to join the fun as the challenge doesn't close until 2nd March.

I couldn't resist creating a quick and simple card with this adorable kitty from a Simon Says Stamp set called Meowy Christmas. 
Whenever I use red on a Christmas card I usually pair it with blue or with green, but this time I went with Antique Linen and kraft, and I'm liking the cosy colour combo very much.

I'm also linking this card to Show Us Your Pussycats #50 (Furrything Goes) and ABC Christmas Challenge as their current theme is C is for Cats and D is for Dogs.

There's also a feline feel to things over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers right now, as our current theme is C is for Cats.