77 Days til the Jolly Fat Man gets here!!

So - where did this year go??? Only 77 days left til Christmas. Last Christmas feels like yesterday!

I really need to get my skates on shopping wise, hate the stress of last minute shopping.

Here is a wee Christmas card that I finished off today, after a wee jaunt to a car boot where I picked up a 3D frame for 50p :o) - not much else took my fancy, but the frame was a bargain!

The image is from Di's Digis, they have some really cute Christmas images over there, and the sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps. We also have a Christmas Challenge on over at The Crazy Challenge, where you have to use no red or green, so why don't you pop over and have a go - you might even be lucky enough to win a wee prize.

A few close up images of the above card:

Ingredients:
Image: Di's Digis
Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps, cut with Ticket Die from Whimsy
Medium: Promarkers and Dusty Concord Distress Ink
Papers: Forever Friends & CS from stash
Embellishments: Roses, carnation and metal corner - Wild Orchid Crafts; heather, ribbon, bling and crystal stems from stash, CS punched with Martha Stewart Bubble edge punch.

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

Crafty Cardmakers - #53 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle & Bling
Glitter Geeks - Week 18 Flower Power
Crafts 4 Eternity - Recipe # 40 (followed their lovely sketch)
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - #51 Inspired by a Christmas Song - "Tis the Season to be Jolly"
One Stop Craft Challenge - Week #152 Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Challenge #83 - Anything Goes
By the Cute & Girly - Anything Goes 2nd Birthday Challenge
Bee Crafty - Challenge 55 Bling

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave!

Lxx

Happy Mother's Day

Morning!

Hope all you mum's out there are having a lovely day. I got a humungous box of chocolates this morning from my boys, knowing them they will be finished by noon - kinda makes me wonder who the choc's were for ??? I am going to sit and craft all day and do hee-haw housework... just like most other days really LOL.

I popped up to my mum's yesterday with her pressies and card. This is the card I made for her, which she thought was beautiful.

The PP is Tea House from Dovecraft and the CS is from stash, puched with my MS punch.

The image is a Digistamp from Mo Manning, when I purchased this all the proceeds were going to a chartity for the Japanese Tsunami. Coloured with my PMs. Isn't she sweet.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the little heart charm is from stash.

I hope you like my wee mum's card.

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

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Mum's the Word
Catch the Bug - April Anything Goes
Stamp Something - April Digi Day
By the Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave.

Lxx

New Home

Hello lovely Crafting folk!

Over at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week the challenge is to make a House Warming card. I don't have any friends moving house at the moment, but these cards do always come in handy and I have made a few of the below card for just such an occasion.

The card is A6 and has been punched with my Martha Stewart punch down one edge. I have used Pepper and Friends paper (which I also punched with my MS punch. and I placed a strip of the paper inside the card (which you can see through the punched detail on the card itself. I then added a little peel off glittery borded down one edge. The New Home sentiment has been stamped freehand using some alphabet stamps in my stash.

The stamp is by Lavinia Stamps (aren't those wee houses sooo cute - I love their stamps) and is coloured with Promarkers, I then went over the whole image with some sparkly chalks and the image is a bit glittery, but you can't really see that from the photo. It was then mounted on some lilac scalloped edge card from Craftwork Cards.

Well - that's me wee card and I'd like to enter it in the challenge below:

Challenge 117 - House Warming

Thanks for looking and for any comments you are kind enough to leave!

Lxx

Party Girl!

Hello

I've been hibernating today, would have blown you away Mary Poppins style on the West Coast of Scotland.

It did give me a chance to make the following card though - so there is a plus to horrid weather :o)

The colours aren't as vibrant as they are IRL. The stamped image is Robyn from Ladybug Crafts Ink. She's having a wee rake through the dressing up box by the looks of things. She is coloured with Promarkers and I did a wee bit of layering on the image as I wanted to add a frilly underskirt with some organza ribbon that I got a while ago from The Ribbon Box at one of my trips to the SECC in Glasgow. The papers are Pretty Please Spring Papers from MME and card is from stash.

You can see the frilly underskirt better in this picture (or petticoat - for those of you who are wondering what I'm talking about). I used some pearly beads for her necklace and outlined the image with some pink peel-offs that I've had for yonks (I'm not a big peel-off fan, but they have their uses).

I also used the ribbon to trim the card as you can see from the above photos. The shoe brads are from Woodware. I punched the paper with my Martha Stewart punch and added some bling to the wee puched out circles, and also trimmed the bottom of the papers again with the pink peel-offs.

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

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Challenge #2 - Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Lily of the Valley - Challenge and Blog Hop

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog - Challenge 17 - Easel Card

Any comments are greatly appreciated :o)

Lxx