Ooh La La Challenge - Happy Birthday

This week's card is a welcome diversion away from Christmas cards - Ooh La La's Challenge this week is Happy Birthday.  I have chosen an image from the Shawn Jenkins Collection CD, just love all the images on this one.  The pyramage Tulips image sets the colourscheme of pink and green, the 2 co-ordinating DPs also come from the CD and I've added a butterfly sentiment and some sheer ribbon.

I'm also entering my card for:
Simon Says - Heather's sketch
CD Sunday - F is for Flowers

White Christmas

There are a few white on white challenges around at present, so I'm blogging this diecut and embossed card which may look familiar if you are a regular reader of my blog!  The difference with this one is that I haven't added any sparkle or shine with Glamour Dust or Stickles, so you can see the detail better on the houses.  Sleigh is a Cheery Lynn die and the village is Memory Box.

My card is for:
Simply Create - snow or only white
Charisma Cards - Christmas
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - white on white
Sisterhood of Crafters - embossing
Try it on Tuesdays - white on white

Snow Geese

For once I have managed to combine my two favourite challenges, which usually call for very different styles:  Less is More and CD Sunday.  I think it works ok, what do you think?

Less is More want Christmas cards with birds and I've used these gorgeous geese from Inky Doodles' Warm Winter Wishes set.  CD Sunday's challenge is something beginning with F - Frost in this case.  Dotty paper is Anna-Marie designs and the heavily Stickled snow is torn white card.  So where is the CD element?  The snowflake shape of the card is from a cutting file that is on Creative Crafting World's Winter Walk in the Countryside, which I bought at the NEC last month.

I'm also entering my card for Tuesday Throwdown's Snowbird challenge

CDs can be square...

... well not really but here is my card for CD Sunday's Square Challenge.  I've not had a chance to play along with their challenges for a few weeks and was determined not to miss another one!  My card is from Cupcake Crafting's Magical Christmas moments.  I used CC Spray & Sparkle on the image, love the smell of this stuff :), doesn't really show up on the photo.  It's matted onto green and then gold and then I've added a Memory Box diecut and some tiny gems to the Christmas tree.

I'm also entering the following challenges:
Charisma Cardz - Christmas
ABC Christmas - winter wishes
Paper Shelter - Christmas is coming
Crafty Sentiments - Christmas

May all your dreams come true

This week's Less is More Challenge is to use Designer Paper in a CAS way.  I love 6x6 pads of paper, but I am using them less and less these  days. I had lots of ideas for this challenge but, as so often happens these days, life got in the way!  So here's my finished card, which uses an Authentique pad called Renew, which I think is the most recent paper I've bought.   This card would have been really quick if I'd had a butterfly punch of the right size, however mine is tiny so I cut these out on the Silhouette which was a bit more time consuming, but still beats cutting out by hand LOL! Sentiment is Stampin' Up.

White Christmas

This card uses dies that I bought at the NEC last week, teamed with some dot embossed card, Christmas ribbon and a bit of Glamour Dust to add sparkle.  Very simple, just like me lol!
I'm entering my card for:
Allsorts - white Christmas
Papertake - snow and ice
Hobbycutz - winter wonderland, sparkle
One Stitch at a Time - holidays
Crafty Calendar - all things Christmas
2 Sisters - Christmas sparkle
Speedy Fox - white Christmas

Beary Chilly

Today's card is a Joanna Sheen decoupage offering, with Jayne Netley Mayhew artwork.  I've embossed blue card for the background and added festive silver ribbon, some punched snowflakes and lots of glitter on the image. Love this image!
My card is for the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - animal magic
Through the Purple Haze - winter scene, optional animals/ people
Crafty Bloggers - Christmas
Creative Creations - sparkle and shine
Paper Playtime - sparkle

Stitching, Real or Faux - Ooh La La Challenge

It was my turn to choose the them this week at the Ooh La La Challenge Blog, as you can see I opted for real stitching on both my background papers.  The stunning image is from the Shawn Jenkins Collection CD as are the background papers.  Leaves are cut with a JS die that I treated myself to at the NEC.

One layer Thank You

This week' is One Layer week at Less is More.  Having had a wonderful day at the NEC with Chrissie, Lady LIMette herself,  I decided to play with some new stamps I got yesterday and came up with this Thank You card.  As ever, I love my tree stamps and I found a brilliant new (to me) stamp company called Inky Doodles with some amazing stamps that create patterns.  Along with the patterns, I ended up with some solid topiary shapes which work really well for kiss stamping.

 I used a WOW dotty stamp to kiss stamp onto the tree and added a Hero Arts sentiment.  The green inks are Olympia Green Versafine, with some Distress Ink in Evergreen Bough around the edges.  There was just too much white space (sorry LIM!) so I added a double embossed line along 2 sides.

I'm also entering the following challenges:
 CAS-ual Friday - embossing
Challenges and Candies - clean and simple
Simple Create Too - give thanks
Simon Says - clean and simple

Merry Christmouse

Here's a decoupage card I have just finished up, a Joanna Sheen House Mouse design.  The DP was a giveaway with a magazine, I added some sparkly dots to my bow with Stickles.
I'm entering my card for:
Papertake - anything goes
Joanna Sheen - food for thought
Pile it On - animals with character
Squirrel and the Fox - animal antics
Sparkle & Sprinkle - anything goes with glitter/embossing powder/flocking

Less is More - Trees

Less is More has my favourite ever theme this week - Trees - but life has got in the way of me making a card and this one is just scraping in at the last minute.  The stamp is made by Inkylicious; I have had problems with their stamps in the past but they persuaded me to give them another try at Ally Pally and replaced a stamp that had deteriorated.  The stamp has a choice of the couple I have used or a child on a swing which can hang from the branches.   Background uses Autumn/Halloween shades of Pan Pastels on a linen cardstock, I do like they way they highlight the texture.  The card is made from the same cardstock and I've used Pinflair glue to add the image with some dimension.  Oh, the sentiment is by Technique Tuesday.  Sorry for the poor photo, it was take it after dark or not at all now the nights are drawing in!

I'm also entering my card for:
Simon Says - Halloween/Halloween colours
Pan Pastel UK - autumn colours
Caboodle Doodles - Halloween colours
Lady Anne's - autumn

The C*****mas Word...

Yes, it is getting to be time to start on those Christmas cards - unless you are one of the smug people who has already made them!  This lovely image is from the Joanna Sheen Hollypond Hill Christmas CD.  I've matted and layered a few times, added some paper that came free with a magazine, some punch cut snowflakes and a big bow.

My card is for the following challenges:
Simon Says - Christmas
Craftroom Challenge - our feathered friends
Deep Ocean - Christmas is round the corner

Things with Wings - Ooh La La Challenge #141

Good Morning and welcome to a new Ooh La La Challenge.  This week our theme is Things With Wings and I suspect many of the DT will have picked images from the lush new Shawn Jenkins Collection CD, which has so many stunning images with butterflies on.  I've used a pyramage design called  Tulip, the DP also comes from the CD.  I've cut a strip from it and reversed the chevrons, what do you think?  There is also a punched border, a mini pyramage, some metal butterfly charms and a butterfly sentiment - quite a theme going on here - which also fits CD Sunday's Butterfly Challenge.

I'm also entering the following challenges:
 Totally Gorjuss - wings and things
Card Crafters Circle - use three embellishments
Divas by Design - three or more layers

Clean & Simple Christmas

 This week's Less Is More Challenge is to make a White on White Christmas card.  I chose to make even the sentiment white, so I used my Silhouette to cut out the Noel.  It is mounted with Pinflair glue on  Swiss Dot embossed background, the whole card is made from pearlescent white card.  A punched snowflake rests on the O and I resisted the temptation to add more!

I then used the negative to make another c&s card, but chose this time to add colour, this is simply glued onto red card with some gem stars added.  If I'd stuck it down dimensionally it could also have been WoW, but I like this version too.

I'm also entering my card for:
Keep it Simple - all is white
Crimbo Crackers - embossing
Simon Says - going dotty
Divas by Design - CAS

Going Dotty

You may need your sunglasses to look at this one lol!  It's from the new Ooh La La release of artwork by Shaun Jenkins and it is a perfect fit for Simon Says Challenge this week - Going Dotty.  Dotty DP is also from the CD, I've added a few random extra butterflies, all with Stickles added to give them a bit of bling.  Some ribbon and lacy ribbon, with the corners of the DP punched out with a MS punch.  The image is raised up with Pinflair glue.  Hope my card has brightened your day :).

I'm also entering my card for:
Try it out Tuesday - going dotty
Crafting Cafe - anything goes
Fab'n'Funky - ribbon

F is For... Ooh La La Challenge

Here is my card for this week's Ooh La La Challenge Blog, which has the fun theme of "Something Beginning with F".  My Fs are Fruit and Fall and I have used a gorgeous pyramage design from the Carnival of Colour CD which is full of stunning artwork by Beverly Morgan.  This picture is called Quinces.   I have added matching backing paper and some bronzey ribbon, card candy and die cut leaves.  Chose not to add a sentiment until I know who and what it will be send to...
I'm also entering my card for
Simply Create Too - fall/autumn
Delightful Challenges - happy fall y'all
Crafty Little Fairies - autumn colours
Sugar Creek Hollow - fall is in the air
Simon Says - anything goes

The 1950s - CD Sunday Challenge DT Guest

CD Sunday's Challenge this week is the 1950s and, after a very complicated week dealing with older son departing for university no less than THREE times, returning twice due to problems with his funding and accommodation, I have made a very uncomplicated card!

The image and the strip of DP are both from Joanna Sheen's Viva La Divas CD, which I love and really should use more often...  Matted onto mirri card and then white embossed with Swiss Dots, I've simply added some purple gems.

I'm entering my card for:

Crafting for all Seasons - make it funny
Crafters Companion - embossing
Simon Says - anything goes

Snow People - CD Sunday Design Team Guest

This week's theme over at CD Sunday Challenge is Snow People, perfect for a CD I have from Ooh La La called Christmas Presence, which has loads of different snowmen in the artwork.  I chose this adorable snowman as being something a little bit different, the yellowy-green colouring is definitely not traditional!  I added some ribbon and a big bow in organza, lots of gold mirri card including a Memory Box diecut and some gems.  Can you see the gems added to the diecut?

It has been a very busy week and I haven't had much time to visit blogs, hope to catch up a bit and see what you've all been up to this week :)

When in doubt, eat a cupcake

I've a quick card to post today, made using a download from Crafts U Print.  It's decoupaged with Pinflair glue and has blue Stickles added to the cupcakes and some card candi to add to the sweetness :).  Short and sweet, busy week!

I'm entering my card for:
House that Stamps Built - food happy
Inky Impressions - food glorious food
Frilly and Funkie - eat, drink and be merry

On the Mend

Here's my card for this week's Less Is More Challenge, a one layer Get Well card.  I've used one of my beloved Acid Drops and Whatnots stamps on a cream card.  I embossed a border using a Spellbinder die and coloured inside the die with Adirondack Lake Mist.  Colouring added with Copics.
I'm also entering my card for:
Simon Says - Emboss it
A Little Bit Crafty - clean and simple