Come On All of You "Shape Up" for the new Winter Wonderland Challenge

Good morning to you and welcome to another fabulous

WINTER WONDERLAND CHALLENGE

First of all I would like to apologise for the lack of posting and commenting over this week, I am still on catch up from my fabulous weekend away, of which I will be posting some details tomorrow morning along with some pictures.

I did however manage to still hop all over and see all of the amazing creations for the decoration challenge last week, wow you are certainly a talented bunch.

So this week the very talented Danielle is hosting the challenge and she has set a fabulous theme, actually the title might suggest we have finished Xmas and we might need to start  joining weight watchers or other well known weight loss clubs :) but as it is before Xmas actually it is something so so so much better.

The theme is

SHAPE UP!!!

(that is a Christmas card with no squares or rectangles)

and we are sponsored by that amazing shopping experience

 with a fabulous $15 to spend in the store :)

Here is what I created

An Easel card in a circle.  I still need to purchase some of those fabulous Go Kreate dies, but until then this shows you that you can produce a circle easel without one.  I used a compass, a good old fashioned method.  I created the base card and also the topper back this way.  I then two mirror green ones the same to add as the bottom layer.  Also using the same method the red designer paper circles also.  At this point I was able to use my Marianne creatables die to make the scalloped border in the green mirror card.  The image is one I picked up in a local craft shop, I had not used it so really felt I ought too.  She is sort of cute and the fire was added via masking from the same stamp set.  I used the circle nestie to create the image plate and embossed it's edges on both sentiment and image.  A tiny row of pearls added to run around the image and part of the way around the sentiment, just up to the words themselves.  I added a  few more of the pearls under the sentiment.

The ribbon edging took an absolute age, but I was wathcing Strictly and X Factor with a tray on my knees, so not too bad.  Each piece of ribbon is cut and folded and glued in place, so so so worth it when you see the finished look.  A large green brad from the Hobby House holds the card in it's easel formation.

I am entering this creation into the following challenges

CRAFTS and Me - Xmas
A Spoonful of Sugar - Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge - Use Shapes
Lexi's Creations - Traditional Christmas Colors
Stamps R Us - Sparkle and scallops
One Stitch At A Time - A Season or Event (Trimming the Tree in front of the fire at Xmas)
Scrappy Frogs - Xmas

I would also like to thank all of my visitors who take the time to comment on my creations - I love reading them and very much appreciate them all

Mr Blogger will be publishing for me today and it is hoped that I will be able to mobile blog at some point to link to the challenges, if not I will be able to do this whilst waiting for the Asda delivery van to bring my shopping - yes I started it and now cannot stop - more crafting time :)

Hugs to you all and hope if you not to well, that you get better very soon.

Kate xx



Play along with the Winter Wonderland DT and Winter Sports

Good morning to you all out there in the land of blog

and here we are again with the next challenge at Winter Wonderland, and it is my turn to host this week so I chose the theme of

Winter Sports

and our fabulous sponsors this week are

The Stamp Barn - you just gotta see what the prize is (I think it is fabulous and shame I cannot enter)

Here is what I created for this weeks Design Team Piece

Have you spotted it yet? yes that amazing Manga Image, Oh I just adore these image and cannot get enough of them at the moment.

This one is called Christmas Sledging and can be purchased for £2.99 here There is a lovely selection of the manga images and they are all available here in the Secret Crafter shop.

I have used some MME papers to go with this lovely image and the base card is silver mirror card.  I have used the MS snowflake punch and added some fibres to the base of the image.  Then a swirl of pale blue wire was wrapped around a tent peg to create a lovely linear place to hold some little bells in blue and boy do they jingle. The sentiment is an MSE. I also made a matching envelope.

My don't they look like they are having fun sledging :)

I am entering this creation in the following challenges

A Spoonful of Sugar - who would like to see Snow or Snowflakes, I hope that you can see the snow with the added glitter they are sledging on :)

Paper Sundaes - Let is Snow

OSAAT - Winter

Thank you to all my lovely visitors and the wonderful comments that those of you who choose to comment leave - I love each and every comment.

Hope your weekend starts well

Hugs and Happy Crafting

Kate x

Winter Wonderland DT - Have a Mousey Christmas

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at Winter Wonderland, but as always I cannot move on with out saying how fabulous the entries were into my recipe challenge last week, some great baking went on and some stunning creations, really enjoyed hopping about to see all you talented crafters.

The new challenge this week at Winter Wonderland is hosted by the very talented Lynsey and our sponsor is 

Whimsy Stamps and the theme is

Have a Mousey Christmas (show a mouse on your creation)

I could not resist the first inking of my winning Whiff of Joy stamp that I won from Jane at Jane's lovely cards and felt that this was the perfect opportunity to present her

Here is my DT creation for this week

It is an easel card and I used gold mirror card on the base and the papers are from the Papermania Silent Night stack.  I used an MS punch and a Nellie die for the image plate. I used a brilliance ink (an olive one oh I think that is correct) to edge the image.  The ribbons from stash not sure where purchased from now sorry but the bottom bow creation is a pull ribbon.  The pearls from the Hobby House and the sentiment on the easel came with the stamp and the inner is a Papermania. The flowers are from a local department store and a little gold stickles was added for the Christmas feel.  I used the stickles around the edges too after I had distressed them so the stickles would just pick up lightly.  The charm just showing near the ribbon is also from the Hobby House.

Here is a close up of the inner return and the pulled bow.

This is the close up of the image, I used copics to colour and a white gel pen for the highlights, I did use a little atyou glitter but it does not show up in the photograph.

So sweet isnt' she.

I am entering this creation into the following challenges

Creative Cottage - whose theme is embossing I embossed the Nellie die and also by hand embossed the image gold plate

Simon Says Stamp - whose theme is Punch Em!!

ABC - whose letter is G for Glitter (I have used glitter around all the distressed edges)

Papertake - whose theme is Sparkly and Bright

A Spoonful of Sugar - whose theme is Lets Get Punchy!!

Cupcake - whose theme is Sweet Treats

Aly's Sunday Challenge - whose theme is Distressed I have distressed the edges of all the papers and inked around the image and sentiment

Lots to Do - who would like to see an Easel Card or Shaped Cards

Totally Gorjuss - who would like to see Sparkle

Thank you to my lovely visitors for your inspirational comments, I love it when you leave comments as it allows me to return the visits.

This will post whilst I am at work courtesy of Mr Blogger and his effective scheduling and with hope at some point during the day I will be able to link the challenges up.  If not I will do this after I have been shopping, no not more craft shopping but food shopping, I know not as much fun but well it has to be done doesn't it?

Have a great weekend all

Hugs Kate xx

Let's Cook It Up with a Recipe at Winter Wonderland

Good morning to you all

It is Friday morning and that as always means we are nearly at the weekend and it is a new challenge at Winter Wonderland. 

I know that some of you are monitoring my posts as the suspense is killing you, you know who you are :) but sorry you might have to pop back later on today for the details or maybe not, oh I am just loving this - wouldn't it be funny if I was keeping you in suspense for nothing "roflmao" xx

This weeks challenge is

A RECIPE

of  2 papers, 1 Ribbon, 1 Snowflake and A Charm

and we are sponsored by our regular monthly sponsor

Gutted I cannot enter myself as I have not for some time been shopping with them but must remind myself to do so, after my Doncaster Dome Shopping Spree on Sunday :)

Here is my Design piece for this week

I think that this Whiff Of Joy image is one of my all time favorites, she is such a doll and beautiful to colour.  The base layer is gold mirror card.  The top papers are by Craft Creations and I purchased these at the Hobby House.  There are several colours to choose from.  I cut the front square into two traingles diagonally and ran a thin strip of gold across the join.  The image and image plate surround is a nestie and I used some green glitter and a glitter pad to create her swirly frame.  The ribbon is from stash.  The snowflake is acetate cut out with a cuttlebug die and then glass crystals glued onto this.  The large green brad and the charm are also from the Hobby House. I used liquid applique for her fluffy bits.

Here is the image on a close up showing the copic colouring

Isn't she a stunner :)

I am entering this creation into the following challenges

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - who have a theme of Anything Goes

Southern Girls - who want to see our Glitter

Tuesday Throwdown - who have a theme of Anything Goes (I have already entered this with another creation and I cannot see if it says you cannot enter again with a different style of creation, but if I cannot enter twice, please delete this one thank you)

Thank you to all my lovely visitors and to those that leave me such inspiring and kind comments, which enables me to pop over to visit you in return and welcome to my new followers - hope I can continue to inspire you :)

Hope you all have a relaxing and creative weekend, I know I will as my darling hubby Matt is off on his very last fishing match of 2010, hope he does well :)

Hugs Kate

xx

Winter Wonderland DT Card - Jesus Is the Reason for the Season

Good morning to you all out there in the land of blog

I am sure you can guess by now that it is nearly the weekend and that means it is another fabulous Winter Wonderland Challenge, but we cannot move on with out saying how stunning last weeks entries were, wow you are such a talented lot and I really enjoy popping to see each and everyone of you and leaving you a little love.

This week the very talented Danielle has set and is hosting the challenge and she has chosen the theme of

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

I would have struggled with this a little I think and luckily we are sponsored by

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers,designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps or digital paper sets of their choice.

Each of the DT were offered the option of using one of these lovely images and although I did not spot one that met our challenge Danielle did, so she helped me to get my direction.  So here is what I created for my DT piece this week.

 This has a base layer of green mirror card and the Dovecraft papers on top, I then created a mini card and placed this on top after putting the ribbon behind to make the closure (I would not want it flying open)  The snowflakes on top, now I don't know if you remember back a few posts when the very talented Sam from Sam's blog had sent me via snail mail a gorgeous creation with some 3D snowflakes on it, well thank you Sam loved them and decided to borrow the idea.  I think they work so well, they are nestie snowflakes and you sit two together one is folded in half and lifted for the effect.  They were obviously glittered heavily too.  I added three little punched out green snowflakes and placed a clear diamante in the centre of each.

This is the mini card opened up, so you can see the Nellie framed Robyn's Fetish image, coloured with copics.

 Here is a close up of the image

 As you know the WW Teamies and I love to combo our creations so here are the challenges I am entering this card into

Fab N Funky - who have a theme of use a digi

Anthing Goes - who have a theme of Christmas

Ooh La La - who have a theme of nothing floral (makes a change for me)

Die Cut Dreams Christmas - who have a theme of Glitter Ribbons and Gems

I would like to thank all my lovely visitors especially those that leave such inspirational comments as they pass.

Mr Blogger will be publishing this post for me whilst I am working, and I will at some point try to mobile blog the challenges and if I do not get chance, then I will do this when I get home.

Well all that I need to say then I suppose is Happy Crafting and enjoy your weekend

oh no, I nearly forgot ( tomorrow I will have some super exciting news to share with you all!!!!! :)   ) so till then.

Hugs 

Kate xx

 

Winter Wonderland DT - A Monochromatic Christmas Card

Happy Friday morning to you all and as you all know this welcomes the next Winter Wonderland Challenge which this week I am hosting.

Last week there were some amazing entries to Danielle's challenge and we really enjoyed seeing the different interpretations of a Single Layer card

Now this week the teamies and I all chose a colour and created our pieces for the challenge of

A Monochromatic Card

This is a card using one colour and either cream or white.  I chose the green tones, but check out the Challenge site and see the wonderful array of colours the team used.

We are sponsored this week by our ex teamie Terri

who is offering the random winner the choice of three of her amazing digis

So here is my DT card for this week

This is my first attempt at a Step card, an interesting configuration but a change which I enjoyed.  I have used a cream base card.  I have also used a paper I get regularly from the Hobby House is  by Craft Creations Ltd it uses the sentiments to perfection and I normally pair this with its matching paper but not on this occasion and the other is by Dovecraft called Jolly Happy Christmas I have used the greens from this stack but there are some lovely reds too.  The ribbon is also from the Hobby House as are the diamante's and the pearls.  I have used butter cream stazone on the acetate circle and framed this with a scallop nestie centred with a circle nestie.  I added the diamante's in green on each scallop and added pearls to the tips of the pearls on the acetate.  The floral arrangement created differently today taking me back numerous years to when I did my flower arranging course.  The base stem is a triple holly leaf spray from Papermania I have then added and twisted together all the other flowers from several places but now in my general flower stash.  I added a little bow at the bottom but wanted to show that it was a spray creation.

Here is a close up of the spray which I added some extra stickles too

Just look at those delish holly berries in green, just perfect for this colour scheme.  Here is a close up of the Whiff of Joy image an oldie but goodie, you can also see the swirls on the acetate too.

I used copics to colour the image

and added some more of the liquid applique for her fluffy bits.

Well now all I need to do is show you what I managed to combo this creation too, so here goes

A Pocketful of Posies - Floral Fantasy

The Shabby Tea Room - Photo inspiration - I used the cream and green from the photo

Totally Gorjuss - Flower
PaperPlay - A Shaped Card
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Just Inspirational - A Christmas Card
Moving Along with the Times - Christmas

I would like to say hi to June from Dezinaworld who joined me recently and who took me over the 100 followers, check out her site, I do on a regular basis she has some lovely stuff.
and hi to Leigh and Troy also

Now don't forget I am still celebrating with Candy see here

Thank you to all my recent visitors who leave me such wonderfully inspiring comments, I love each and everyone of them they always make me smile.

I will be asking Mr Blogger to publish this post for me and I will link up via mobile at some point, isn't he great.

So all that is left for me to say is have a great crafty weekend

Hugs and Happy Crafting

Kate xx

Winter Wonderland DT Card - A Single Layer Card for easy Posting

Hi all and happy Winter Wonderland Day

I am so sorry for not getting around to snooping on those lovely desks and not leaving my usual comments on everyone's posts and WW entries, but blogger keeps giving me errors, so I do not even know if I am going to get this actually written.

I hope I managed to leave messages with everyone or twice if it blipped and if not I will keep trying until they are all done.

We had some really great entries for Marianne's recipe challenge and it is lovely to visit you all.

Today is Friday (if  it is not to obvious) and that sounds the crafting bell for the weekend along with the new challenge at Winter Wonderland and our sponsor this week is

 with this amazing prize

 Our very talented Danielle is hosting the challenge this week and she has chosen the theme of

 A One Layer Card 

The main thing to keep in mind is easy postage - so no bows or embellishments that are going to bump your card up into the next postage level

Following on from my first entry into the Keep It Simple Challenge last week, I thought that this might be quite easy.  How wrong was I :(

I decided to review my Barbara Gray DVD and to look at some of her fabulous techniques.  I came across the resist technique, which just looked fabulous and all on one level, just perfect.

So I went up to my little Beach Hut and tried it out as per the DVD instructions...................maybe not.

  All in a flap I contacted my good friend Sam who very kindly put me back on track.  She also gave me the link to the technique zone and its section on Resist Stamping her words of wisdom sent me back to my Beach Hut and with renewed vigor I tried it again, success.  Not convinced it was good enough to use as a DT card to inspire people I sent it to her to show her and she said it was good to go.

So key requirements for this says Sam -  glossy card, the glossier the better and once you have inked up your brayer as you roll it over your clear watermark image, keep going until all the image is showing and the colour has been pushed off the image.

So here is my very first posted Resist Stamped Christmas Card, you could make an awful lot of cards with this technique very quickly if you wanted too.

I have used one of my really old stamps and not sure where it is from now with a papermania sentiment and a Big Juicy pad and high gloss photo paper.  The base card is gold card and I have used some stickles around the edge of the resist stamping piece and to highlight little bits on the image and the dots on the"i's".  With no embellies :( 

Now as you know us ladies of the Design Team do like to combine our cards with other challenges but I really was not sure what I could combo this with... but I managed a few.

Charisma Cardz - Try Something New - well it is new for me

Paper Play - Autumnal Colours

Tuesday Throwdown - Fall - the colours of the leaves in the inks

Saturday Challenge - clean and simple (well it is when you figure it out)

think that is it.

I would like to take the time to thank all of those lovely visitors who take the time to read my sometimes long posts and leave such lovely inspiring comments, thank you xx

Now as always I am at work tomorrow, so Mr Blogger will do that thing that he is so good at and publish this post for me (isn't he fabulous) well he will be if he is back working properly and I will try link on the mobile at some point during the day and if not after the weekly shop.

 Oh and I am still running my celebration candy here if you are interested

So enjoy this weeks challenge and your crafting weekend

Hugs

Kate 

xxx

I am getting all Sentimental over you.......................................

Good morning to you all out there in the land of blog

It is Friday, almost the weekend, and time for another fabulous challenge over at Winter Wonderland, where our very talented Marianne, has set the challenge of 

A recipe - Marianne would like to see 4 papers, 3 snowflakes and 1 snowman

and as our Sponsor this week is 

the Design Team have been given some lovely digital Robyn's Fetish images to use.  I really like this one and I have used it before but think it just says it all for this card.

But before I show you what I have created for this weeks Design Team Inspiration slot, I wanted to thank all those lovely people who created such stunning creations for my challenge last week, I again managed to get around to all of you and enjoyed seeing what you all wanted for Xmas.

So this week I have created an easel card, but used a sentiment as the centre piece, here it is

The papers are from my recent top up shop at the Hobby House, I love these papers and find they co ordinate so well.  The inspiration for this card came from the sketch at Sketch Saturday

 So the image location has been changed to the main sentiment the little story of the melting snowman who leaves his hat behind, I flipped the sketch left to right and added the small hat in place of the sentiment, it just fitted so well with the end of the sentiment.  

I used one of my MS edge punches and used a large cuttle bug die for the big snowflake and then a Marianne creatable for the middle snowflake. This was created from some dotty velum and then the tiny silver snowflake from a punch.  The brad was originally a clear diamante one from the Hobby House, which I have coloured with copics as was the velum. The snowflake silver charm again from the Hobby House and hung from behind the snowflake brad.  The sentiment has a colour effect on it, I used a sponge and one of my Big Juicy pads. Silver foil thin card, was the base contrast colour.

This is a close up of the inked sentiment along with the little red hat.  The glitter you can see is added by using a slightly larger finger lift tape and the ribbon running down the middle of it, then when you add the glitter it sticks to the very thin edge either side of the ribbon. 

This is the inner return with the Robyn's Fetish image of the Melting Snowman, with another sentiment to assure us he will be back next year.  I added little diamante to the MS edge punch on the inner return and on the top one the turquoise diamante both of these were from the Hobby House. I added a little bow using the Capsule Range collection with another little diamante in its centre.  The image was coloured with the preferred media of copics.

Here is a close up of the frosted die cut snowflake with the velum snowflake coloured on top, with the centre silver snowflake and the very large coloured diamante brad.  The Snowflake charm hanging down on it's little chain.  

Please see the link above for where I shop if you are interested in anything I have mentioned.

I really like this one, ooops yet another favorite I think.

So as you will know by now, us WW teamies love to combine our creations with other challenges and here are the challenges that I am entering this week.

One Stop Craft - A Main Sentiment

Crafty Emma's Store Challenge - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjus - Christmas in August

Secret Crafter - Make a Start on Xmas

CupCake - Let's Get Digital

ABC Challenge - C = Charms
Charisma Cardz - Inspired by a Song "Frosty the Snowman"
Just Inspirational - A digi challenge
Bah! Humbug! - A Christmas Carol or Song "Frosty the Snowman"
Totally Paper Crafts Challenge - Charming

I think that is about it for this week.

So hope you enjoy Marianne's challenge and I would just like to say thank you for all those lovely people leaving awesome comments that visit my little space of blog land, love ya and hope to pop back to see you in return shortly.

Now that oh so clever Mr Blogger, will publish this post for me whilst I am at work, if I get chance I will link from the mobile (sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't), if not I will link after I have done the weekly shop after work.

Have a great day and even better crafting weekend

Hugs

Kate

xxxx

Flowers For Christmas over at Winter Wonderland for my DT Card

Well it must be nearly the weekend, and this weekend sees the beginning of my week's holiday from work.  Whoop Whoop - that means relaxing, crafting, visiting friends and catching up on the bits and bobs in the house.

I really enjoyed visiting all of the entries in the Love Theme last challenge at Winter Wonderland there were some amazing entries.

This weeks theme is

 

Traditional Christmas Flowers

and we are sponsored by

So I started to create a card and whilst doing so found some gorgeous hidden in my stash poinsettia paper so ended up creating two. I chose this one for my DT card.

This one was created using the sketch for the Sketch and Stash Challenge 37

This was a lovely sketch to follow and I really enjoyed working with it.  I also had not entered a Polly Craft Challenge for a while so decided to go with one of their images and their theme of "Ribbon and Bling".  I used my new stamp again and stamped using my glue stamp and then glittered it up with some gorgeous glitter from the Hobby House the set is called "Wonderland" how appropriate.  The papers are Bo Bunny I believe and look at all those dots on the paper and on the image just perfect for the challenge at Stampavie and More this week which is "Dots".  I used my new Nellie die for the circle and that lovely velvet red ribbon to finish the look before adding the all important Poinsettia flowers with the matching turquoise green brads.  I added stickles glitter in gold for the bobbles.  I am also entering this card into the CupCake Craft Challenge - Dazzle Us and the Allsorts Challenge of "Strawberries and Cream" with that spotty red and white paper and the red flowers, using the colours to create the card and finally one of my favorite places to shop the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - A Recipe of 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments, I have the flowers, brads and the ribbon. And last but not least Bah Humbug - Anything Goes

The second card which I did not use as my DT card but uses some lovely papers to show how you can also use poinsettias on your card and I also used my larger Justrite stamps on this one along with a recycled ribbon from last years Christmas.

This was a very quick creation with added glitter around the outside and the sentiment.

I would also like to welcome Jo to my little section of blog land, Good Luck Jo in your search to become a DT member.

Well as always Mr Blogger will very kindly post this for me whilst I am at work and I will link when I get home.

Thanks for all your recent lovely comments and hope you all have a great crafty relaxing weekend.

Hugs Kate xx

Love Love Love - All you need is Looooooooovvvvvvvvvvee!!!!!!!!! Christmas DT Card

Wow sorry got carried away singing the Beetles song there, however it is Friday nearly the weekend and more importantly it is another challenge over at Winter Wonderland 

with a theme of 

LOVE AT CHRISTMAS

We are sponsored this challenge by Whimsy Stamps

So I just had to create my DH's Xmas Card

I decided to reduce my challenge combo this week, as I really wanted to incorporate those love colours.  So went with black and white and red which meets the challenge at Allsorts this week and the Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge of red and black.

So here is the card, which although has a couple image on it did not really feel that Christmassy, so I got sort of carried away with the glitter again and got covered as usual.

The papers are Papermania Capsule mono papers again (do love these)  The top and bottom border is self sticky velvet from Running with Scissors.  The ribbon velvet for that lush feeling from Hobby House.  I used the good old nesties and my new red Xmas glitter from the Hobby House.  The sentiments are from my first winning spend at Simon Says Stamp and are Whiff of Joy. Black Pearls small and large from Running with Scissors.

Well just a quick catch up have been so busy this week.

Thank you so much for those that voted for my handbag to allow me to be third in the "Our Vintage Affair" 2nd Challenge.  The third challenge is now on and it is to create a Tussy Mussy, pop over to "Our Vintage Affair" and take a look at the great inspiration from the DT.

I would like to thank the DT over at The Creative Cottage for choosing me as a favorite this week Challenge 12 and also thank you to the ladies at the Pixie Cottage for choosing one of my creations for a top 3 for Challenge 19.

And a huge thank you to all of you who have visited recently and left me such heart warming and sincere comments, I love comments  they really cheer me up after a hard day.

I would like to say hello and welcome to Annette and Maria my new followers and hope that I can keep you inspired and amused.

Well as always this card will post whilst I am at work, with the very kind help of Mr Blogger, I will as always link it when I get in.  Missed a couple last week as was in too late to add them Inlinkz had closed :(  never mind.

Anyway Chow for now

Kate xx

Candy Kisses Christmas DT Card

Good morning everyone, it is Winter Wonderland Challenge time again

Wow didn't we have some great cards last challenge, I really enjoy visiting everyone and seeing your creations.

Avril set our challenge this week, we have a theme of 

Christmas Sweets  

  i.e. chocolate limes, marshmallows etc. However you can interpret this in many ways.  You can use Christmas Sweets on your card, or you can use the Christmas Sweets colours on your card, or you can be like me and create your own Christmas Sweets Card.  

  

I have tried to be totally different to allow everyone to see how you can, even if you don't have any stamps or the coloured card, create a Christmas card meeting this theme.

 As always the Winter Wonderland Teamies love to show you how to combo your Christmas cards with other challenges and as always I would not wish to disappoint.

So on looking at this card you might think how on earth could you combo that, here it is and see what you think

This is a card created from nothing but white card, red glitter, green glitter, polar white flower soft, a magnolia stamp (optional) a bit of ribbon, some liquid applique and computer generated words, cut out with an oval nestie.  I hand drew one candy cane onto white card, I then drew around this to create the second one and reversed this.  I took a piece of A4 white card covered it with hammered green card, placed the two candy canes on it and then got messy with the red glitter.  When this was dry did the same with the polar white flower soft.  I stamped my image (thanks to Polly who has such a wonderful collection) coloured her up, used some liquid applique for the dots on her dress.  Cut her out and sat her on some card, covered with a small strip of gold ribbon.  I printed of the sentiments, used the cuttle bug to cut them out and then rolled the edges in glue and then in the green glitter.  I then cut out the top V and the bottom V to make a half candy cane card.  I think if I had cut out any more there would be no where to add the sentiments and the card would have fallen over :) Wow this was so much fun and so so so so messy.

Here is a close up of the copic coloured image along with the glitter and flower soft.

So what could I combo this with you would be thinking......................................................

So here are the challenges I am entering this unique creation into.

Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club - Anything Christmas

Totally Gorjuss Challenge - Bling it on (well who said bling had to be diamonds) well even if they are a girls best friend.

Saturday Challenge - No patterned papers

Magnolia Down Under - Shaped Card

ABC Christmas Challenge - K = Kisses, I have a candy kiss or cross if you like, but that is my interpretation, you might not agree.

Totally Papercrafts = Photo Inspiration (red and green)

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 114 - No Designer Papers - not one in sight for a change.

Wow sorry for the big list again. Well at least it is easier to read it than to write and link it.

This as usual will be very kindly posted by Mr Blogger whilst I am at work.  Which means I will come home and whilst having my first coffee for the weekend, will link these then.

I would like to say hi to my newest followers Maggie and Creative Momma, thanks for joining me in my little section of blog land.

Finally I would like to thank all of those that visit and take the time to comment on my creations, I love reading all of the comments and fine each and everyone of them inspiring.

Hugs and Happy Crafting for the weekend

Kate xx

Winter Wonderland Multi Combo Xmas DT Card

Good morning everyone out there in the land of blog

Once again it is nearly the weekend and if we are very lucky, the lovely weather will stay with us and, we can all get some more of our gardens sorted.

This week the Challenge over at Winter Wonderland is a sketch by the very talented Marianne.  

Now you can rotate this to meet your needs as I have done.

Our sponsor this week is our monthly sponsor........................

 Which reminds me to get all excited again, having already won one challenge with a Simon Says Stamp gift voucher, on Tuesday I was delighted to be announced the winner of the Copic Colour Challenge and yes I was lucky enough to win another Simon Says Stamp gift voucher.  So you can imagine my retail therapy is on overdrive and Simon Says Stamp also sell the newer colours of copics in the sketch markers so I am sure you know what I am currently adding to my shopping cart. Whoop Whoop!!!!!!!      So if you want to get as excited as me, pop over to Winter Wonderland and enter this weeks challenge.

Remember that the DT ladies and I love combo's, so here are the challenges I am entering with my DT card this week.  (you might want to get a coffee now).........................

Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club - Christmas Stitching - I have used a stitched ribbon and used faux stitching with a white gel pen around one of my papers on the top of the easel card and on the return

Penny Black - Flowers - Here is my all time favorite stamp along with their requirement this week of flowers and I have used some Poinsettia's, that I got from the Hobby House.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Metal - I hope you can see the little metal snowman charm just above the flowers and under the ribbon, I got him from a local department store.

Totally Gorjuss - Round and Round, I have used two circles on my layout the base one is a Nellie self embossing die cut and the other is the nestie cut image plate edged with fine glitter.

Paper Sundaes - An easel Card - I appear to be in a flow of these at the moment. 

CupCake Craft Challenge - Bloomin Charming - to use flowers and charms on your card, how could I resist.

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Say it with flowers - Don't you just love Christmas flowers and these are quite stunning too. (Also must enter as the sponsor is Wild Orchid Crafts and the prize is to die for)

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge - Something cute and girly, well I go with the snowman being oh so cute that all you want to do is go awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and girly well flowers are a girly thing as are charms, so believe that a Christmas card can be cute and girly. Plus it is the first time I have entered this challenge :)

Stampavie and More Challenge - Flower Power

Charisma Cardz Challenge - 3D - I have done an easel card as I do so love them at the moment.

Oh I am so sorry are you drinks cold?, I really should not take that long getting to the actual card.  It took me twice as long to write it and link it I can tell you............................

So here is my weekly Christmas Card

Base paper is red, with MME top green paper and another make for the little bits on top of those, sorry can't remember the name now.  I used my new round Nellie set from the Hobby House and the glitter, flowers and pearls from their also.  (see where I shop link at the top).

This is the bottom return with MSE sentiment.

Here is my best ever snowman one of my first purchases from the Hobby House, coloured in those amazing copics with a little Atyou clear glitter pen on his little white body for that  obligatory crisp winter shimmer.

I would like to thank everyone for their recent kind comments and concern for my poor finger, which I can now tell you is steri free and the humorous comments (thanks Sue) which were all, as always greatly appreciated.

I am leaving my post in the capable hands of Mr Blogger who does so well to publish it whilst I am at work and I will be back after work  following a quick cuppa with a crafting friend to link my challenges

Hugs and Happy Crafting to you all

Kate xx