Vintage Christmas

The countdown to Christmas is approaching fast.  so with this in mind the new Challenge Theme over at Sugar Creek Hollow is 'Vintage Christmas' and you can make a card, ornament or gift.
Please pop over for all the details and welcome out Guest Designer for this week Avril Branthwaite.

My choice is a card .  The base layer is embossed with a snowflake stencil then  shaded  with  a dusting of [ blue]  Pans Pastels.
The image is from the  Figgy Pudding  images  set by Gecko Galz.
My boys loved sledging  when it snowed, I won't mention how old they are now,  it was a long................................. time ago.
As usual  my vintage/shabby chic card features  a bit of lace and ribbon, as well as  torn edges on the  layers.
The snowflake die cuts is a Memory Box die.

I will  also be joining the current  Craft Room challenge the theme is  Vintage Christmas.

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Sadie's in love.

A quick post today, time sure is  flying.
'Hearts', is the latest challenge at Tag Along.
So here is my take on their  theme  using all sorts of bits from the left overs box.
I think Sadie  is totally besotted with her fellow and just 'Can't get him out of her head,..
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Just Dreaming

Clean and Simple is the challenge Viv  has set us this time at Crafty Cardmakers.
This is a real out of my comfort zone style, but its not a challenge if you don't try.
The base card is white, looks a bit cream in the photo.
I stamped the image [Indigo Blu stamp]onto plain white card. The sentiment stamp I have had a while and sorry cannot remember the maker. I ran the edge of the ink pad around this piece of card as its not allowed to use layers on CAS cards.
We have two sponsors for this challenge, please pop over for all the details.

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Now here is another simple version of  the  card , using the same images, but in a style that I am more used to making.

You can see the base card, shows white, a whole lot better when adding some colour.

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Snowy days

'Ring a ding Ding - Lots of Bling.'
This is the theme the folk over at the Tag Along  Challenge 
They want to see lots of sparkle.
 No warning was given about  how to avoid getting glitter everywhere it shouldn't be, the dog included.
But I did enjoy making this tag.

On the right is a close up of the die cut poinsettia , coloured with tumbled glass distress ink, before it got the glitter treatment.

Even the poor squirrel got a dusting of the sparkly stuff.

He will also join the fun over at Crafting When We Can the new theme there is, 'Winter'.


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Bless My Mess

Some days, it is good to play  with your crafty stash.  No plans, no expectations, go with the flow, forget what you should be doing, have some fun.   This afternoon I actually managed this.
I had seen that the Stampotique Designer Challenge was ' A Splat of Paint on your work.
Just the prompt that I was looking for, nothing I like better than an excuse to create a bit of mess.

I decided to make a small hanging using these Stamptique images, which were water coloured.
The base is recycled packaging painted with acrylic paint, Mermaid blue and  Mocha.  A tatty piece of Kraft card to mount my top layer on.
It was great fun 'splatting ' with paint. I have to admit I watered the acrylic  paint down a bit so it would flick off the brush easier.
By this time the whole bench was dotted [and me].  It took longer  to wipe things down than splash them.
Even the fibers  look  tatty and messy.

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Fruit, Flowers and a Cup of Tea

I thought that I might to name this post,  'Peel me a grape darling', or 'I want to be alone',  this coy image  came from one of the free image sheets I collected on the Gecko Galtz blog hop a while ago.
I have made this tag for the current  theme  Fruit and Flowers at the  Tag-Along  challenge.
The base is random stamped and generally shaded with distress inks.
The grapes are a Creative expressions stamped image which was water coloured,I have no idea who to attribute the flower stamp to.

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Afternoon Tea

Also sharing a journal page with you that I  have just declared ' finished' . Its been in the making for a few days now. Lots of random stamping and blotting inks for the base layers. Some scraps of muslin etc, because I don't like to waste anything.  The main image is a Crafty Individuals stamp, which I can relate to very well.
Three o'clock is definitely time for a cuppa in our house.
Over at  The Craft-Room challenge  the current theme is Afternoon Tea/Photo inspiration.
I hope this page meets the theme.

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White Christmas

White on White is the new theme over at Try it on Tuesdays.

This is not an easy colour to get a good photo at this time of year. I had to use a daylight lamp and it  showed a reflection on  part of most photos.
Anyway, as you can see the card is made mainly with a selection of die cuts [ including Spellbinders]. The embossed word strip was a freebie  from a magazine. [Simply cards and papercraft]
For once I had clean hands making this, not a stamp  or ink pad in sight.
We do hope you will pop over and join the fun.

I will also enter the colour  challenge at
Inkspirational Challenges  which is White on White

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