A Little Bit Vintage

Good morning all!  More of that white stuff again today, which is great for the kids and kids at heart.  Me...I just look outside and think COLD, and my bones agree!  So, I'm in hibernation mode whenever possible.

I think snow should come for Christmas and then leave, but the weatherman disagrees, so I figured I'd go with another Christmas card...this time with the lovely Christmas Door image from Just Inklined.  I've tried for a bit of a vintage look this time, with lots of DI for all the edging.

Other supplies used:
My Mind's Eye - 'Tis the Season paper collection
Marble Texture Cube stamp by Stampendous..for background
Spellbinders - Decorative Labels Eight die
Whimsy - Corner Dies Set

 Thanks for stopping by!  Best wishes for the New Year!

A few challenges for my card:

Cute Card Thursday - #249 Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodles - #151 Christmas, Holidays or New Years

Card Crafter's Circle - #55 Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - D for Deck the Halls

Stampin for the Weekend - #24 Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #105 Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - #92 Anything Christmas

Treasured Keepsakes

I do hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas with family and friends.  Often this is something taken for granted, until the day when someone cannot be there.  Today I'm showing you some of my late husband's carvings..... Santa ornaments which he carved and I painted a number of years ago.  I treasured these, but this year I gave them a new home....one to each of my daughters.  Something special from their Dad.

Hugs to all!  Wishing you the best in the new year.

Last Christmas card for this year....

Here's wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas and a healthy New Year!  And, I've one last Christmas card to show you.

A clean and simple card design where the image steals the show!  Today I've used another Christmas image from Just Inklined called Poinsettia Label.  Although the flowers have been coloured with copics, you'll see I've coloured over part of the sentiment with glitter pen and all of the scroll work with gold metallic pen.  You need quite the steady hand for this, but the nice shiny result was well worth the effort.

It was nasty cold outside today, and I'd just love to hibernate inside until spring!  The weather man was wrong again, and we've even got a white Christmas (bah, humbug!).  I've never been a winter person or a fan of cold weather!  So, thanks again for visiting and let's hope we can all stay warm and toasty.

Some challenges for my card:

Quirky Crafts - #26 Last Minute Christmas

Crafting For All Seasons - #42 Green and Red plus Glitter/Sparkle

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - #41 Anything Goes with any artist

Aud Sentiments - Use any Sentiment

Card Makin' Mamas - Happy Holidays

Top Tip Tuesday - #92 Anything Christmas

Penny's Challenges - #107 Merry Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - #31 Sentiment as Focus

Craft Us Crazy - #33 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes for Christmas

Last minute wrapping.....again!

Sometimes it's all in the presentation. My grandchildren will be getting something extra special this year....which could fit in an envelope, but that just wouldn't seem right.  So I decided I needed to make something.....similar to a gift card holder (times 4).

I knew I wanted to use my latest stamp acquisition (Joyful from Stampers Anonymous), and my most recent Spellbinders die (Labels Twenty Two).  Of course that was the easy part, where I had a plan!

As you can see I've covered the chocolate with different colours of card stock, adding embellishments, stickers, stamping...really anything I could find!   Nothing too intricate, as I know these will be torn apart Christmas morning!  The special gift tucks into the packaging behind the sentiment.  

Hopefully you are all ready for Christmas, with all your wrapping done, or maybe I've given you an idea to help you along.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you have an enjoyable day!

Some challenges for my projects:

Come and Get It - Anything Christmas

Simon Says Stamp! - Anything Christmassy

Crafts 4 Eternity - #103 Anything Goes

Stampotique Designers Challenge - #77 Let's Get Sentimental

Die Cuttin' Divas - #95 More Holiday Spirit

Divas by Design - #66 Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Use any Sentiment

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Anything Goes

Joanna Sheen - With Love at Christmas

Natalie and Amy - Winter Wishes

ABC Christmas Challenge -  Y for YOUR Favourite Die or Punch

Crimbo Crackers - #31 Sentiment as Focus

Simon Says stamp and Show - Gift-spiration

Penny Black and More - It's Your Choice

Santa is coming....

Merry Christmas everyone!  Just a few more sleeps until the big day, and time for another challenge at Charisma Cardz.  The theme this time Santa Claus, and because everyone is so busy.....here's hoping you will get a few crafty minutes to yourself, as we would love to see your entry.

I had some fun with this cute little image from Dustin Pike, which would have been a freebie some time ago.  Coloured with copics, I've added liquid applique to the fur on his suit, and glossy accents for the eyes.  Once again, I've used the 'out of the box' technique...this time with a circle shape.

The mat is made with the Spellbinders Star Circles die, and I've filled the stars with assorted colours of stickles to give the idea of Christmas lights.  The DP is from Basic Grey's Nordic Holiday collection, and the snow flake border uses the pretty Memory Box Frostyville die.  A gold peel-off border and some candi add a bit glimmer, and then it's ready to go in the mail!

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Don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has to share, you are sure to be inspired!