Wishing you all the Joys of the Season

For this months card for Society of Stampaholics - November Card Challenge, I chose to make a Holiday themed card using the colour palette.  I love this stamp from Power Poppy and stamped it in Antique Linen and then coloured it in with Distress Inks.  I used a decorative die to cut and layer the image and added a simple sentiment to finish.  Thanks for taking a peek and hope Sara from USA likes her card.


One of the following themes: – Landscapes  or  Holiday  or  Friendship

Merry Christmas

In my stash I have heaps of "leftover", pieces I've stamped and not used - At Jingles Bells this week the ides is to use your "Holiday Leftovers" to create a card.  This Christmas tree has been in that stash for a few years now and I'm pleased that I have been able to team it with this pretty background paper.  I finished it with a layered stamped sentiment and a few gems.  Thanks for taking a peek

Holiday Leftovers

Merry Christmas

It was so nice to spend some time with friend Vikki yesterday...we were busy ladies making cards and this is my final card - I just love how it turned out.  I stamped the sentiment and embossed in white and then stamped the poinsettia image in black off-the-page.  I used Distress Inks to sponge on the three colours for the Just Us Girls #320 challenge - colours - red, green and gold - (my gold is not metallic). When that was dry I coloured in the image also with DI and flicked some water over the background for added effect.  Thanks for taking a peek

Happy Christmas

Here is my take on the layout at CAS(E) this Sketch CTS 150.  I stamped and gold embossed a pattern stamp, die cut three circles and then inked them up in different colours for my baubles. I hand drew on some bows and strings and stamped on a simple sentiment.  To finish I inked and gold embossed the edge of the panel before attaching to my base card.  Thanks for taking a peek

Thinking of You

Christmas cards have been occupying most of my card making time lately so it is nice to have a change of sentiment... this card is for the Time Out challenge #44 - CASEing a card made by Karen (see below).  I masked off a rectangle on my base card and stamped this frangipani background stamp and over stamped with the sentiment ... finished with a small flower stamp and pearl center.  Thanks for taking a peek 

Twelve Tags of Christmas

 

I have really enjoyed making tags and playing along with Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas....here are my last two.

This one I CASED Loll's tag for Day 9 -  two layers of shiny gold card for the base, the top one embossed with a Christmas EF. Then a die cut flower - three layers embossed with a Snowflake on one of my EFs. Finished the tag with a tulle tie, stamped and embossed sentiment and gold cord and gems for the flower center.

 This tag just evolved from me finding this little stamped and embossed  scene in my stash of experiments - I had made it all crooked and by cutting it down that was eliminated. I used my dies to create a frame and cut a snowflake to attach over the stamped sentiment. Mounted it all on a lovely spotty background and finished with a lacy ribbon tie.

Thanks for taking a peek - and a big thank you to Loll for hosting this super challenge. 

I am also posting to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge - Tags, and Happy Little Stampers "NEW" Mixed Media  challenge - Tags

Cheers

 

Belated Friday Smiles

Oh my goodness...it's Saturday here in Australia, so I'm pretending it's still Friday somewhere (unlikely) in the world so I can post to Annies, Friday Smiles - week 145.

I've had a busy week and obviously the time/days have gotten away from me...

Friday we introduced Mia to the ladies at our regular Friday lunch at the Coffee Club event - of course she was the center of attention, lots of cuddles and smiles from the eager ladies.

Previously in the week hubby and son installed my new electric cooktop and oven - now extra bigs smiles...a new sink last week...now I'm working on the pantry and can hear hubby hammering right now.

 More weeding in the garden with an old flower/shrub bed reclaimed to become a vege garden

and a rehash of the old cement troughs as my herb garden

I think that's plenty to smile about - other than I had a lovely long chat with my mum for her 85th birthday on Wednesday, just wish we lived a lot closer so it's nice to know she has family around her to celebrate with her.  Hope you've also had some special moments this week and if you'd like to share and read what has others smiling please pop over to Annies blog and join in. Cheers and enjoy your weekend

Twelve Tags of Christmas

 I'm back posting two more tags for Lolls Twelve Tags of Christmas challenge.

Darnell's tag on Day 7 was my inspiration for this tag. Smooched ink on one side of the snowflake EF, diecut two snowflakes from Distress Inked card and also used that for the sentiment which I stamped and embossed in white - I layered this onto aqua metallic to match the gems and finished the tag with a ribbon tie.

On Day 4 Lolls tag featured inlaid embossing so I have used this idea with my ornament die...you can see I've used three colours of metallic paper and so I am also able to make two more of these tags. For my sentiment I cut around the negative of 'Merry' and coloured it up with Magical Micas which also gives it a shiny finish and then stamped and embossed a mini Christmas

I am also posting to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge - Tag.

Thanks for taking a peek

 

Whats On Your Workdesk, Wednesday?

Week 336 at WOYWW

This week I have been sharing my time digging in the garden, helping DD as she adapts to life with new baby.  But am happy that at last I have found a few hours to spend at my desk - I've been making tags for Lolls Twelve Tags of Christmas

Here's my desk this afternoon, I was just finishing my last tag before calling it quits and realized it was Wednesday... and time to take a pic to share on Julia's blog. 

Here are my first six tags and a card ready to send to my card swap recipient.  How has your week been and have you found time to be creative... well pop over to Julias blog and find out how to play along,,, it's fun and addictive.  Thanks for popping in - now I'm off to check out some desks... Cheers

Twelve Tags of Christmas

Two more tags I made today for Lolls Twelve Tags of Christmas challenge.  I loved her Christmas tree made with rolls of paper (on Day 5)  but decided to use my swirly die tree. I cut a tree from a spotty tissue box and also from red card stock and have fashioned two tags from the positive and negative of the diecuts. The spotty one fitted nicely into the red frame and then layered onto blue card - which also showed through. I added a few pearls and a silver embossed sentiment.

For the second tag, the red tree looks great on this green stenciled background to which I added some white embossed icicles and an embossed sentiment.

Again I am also posting to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge - Tags.

Thanks for taking a peek

Twelve Tags of Christmas

I have been having fun playing along with Loll and her Twelve Tags of Christmas challenge... I made this tag as I just love the crazy birds and was inspired by Nancy one of the Day 5 guests. I just happen to have a santa hat stamp which suits ok with this bird, I coloured him to look like a Robin, with Distress Inks and even gave him a slight grin. Finished with a simple sentiment and tinsel tie.

 

 And on Day 6 there was a 'bright' colour theme featuring wreaths -  so I stamped a wreath and used circle dies to cut it, then stamped an extra bow and a sentiment banner and mounted it on striped DP and onto an embossed background.

I am also posting to Happy Little Stampers November challenge - which is Tags.

Thanks for taking a peek.

 

Twelve Tags of Christmas

 For my fifthth tag for Lolls Twleves Tags of Christmas - I just had to CASE  Jules gorgeous tag from day 2.... I used a cream tag, embossed Christmas script in white and sponged Distress Ink randomly over it then used a stencil to add more depth. I made a Poinsettia flower in white and sponged the edges and layered it over die cut a holly sprig. To finish I added a die cut 'Merry" and stamped 'Christmas' and tied on some ribbons.

My sixth tag is a version of this last one...for the background I used old sheet music which I painted over with a mix of white gel paint and sepia Dimensional Magic. Finished my tag with a green ribbon bow and lovely script 'Joy'.

I am also posting my card to Happy Little Stamper November Christmas challenge - Tag.