Merry Christmas, to one & all :)

Hi to my little Crafty Christmas Crackers! :-)

I hope you're all ready for Christmas? I am! Just! Don't know quite how, but so glad I am...I've had this nasty, coldy, coughy, sore-throaty thingy that everyone seems to have had lately - & I've felt really rough for over a week!   I thank my darling children & hubby for sharing their germs with me! And, to put the Christmas icing on the cake, so to speak, my fatigue/fibro has kicked in big & proper...to quote a Christmas song....'Oh, it's the most wonderful time of the year.....! lol

Anyho-ho (see what I did there?) - this is my last post of 2013 - I shall leave you all with a last card of this year...a white on white Christmas card to my Mother!  I have loved making the white on white cards but I am so looking forward to seeing colour in my cards next year!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s):

Delicious doodles challenge - White Christmas

So, I wish you all a fabby Christmas, & for those feeling poorly over the holidays, I wish you well very soon!

BIG CRAFTY HUGS ALL ROUND !

SEE YOU IN 2014!!!

Christmas!

Good Morning, Crafty Peeps!

An early entry for me! Well, a scheduled post so I could still be snoozing away! lol

I was busy yesterday, making more Xmas cards from my Hunkydory kit - I will show pics of them on another post.  I have also been creating some 'white on white' Christmas cards, along with these cards below.  I am trying my 'less is more' which is hard when you're naturally an 'over the top' card maker LOL.  The inside of these cards have the same embossed Centura Pearl matching coloured card inside and the same die cut as on the fronts to write message on plus a small stamped 'Happy Christmas'  sentiment.  I'm going with with no sentiments on the front, just letting the cards 'speak for themselves'!

Ingredients:

Hinged cards created using my Spellbinders 5 x 7 matting basics A & B card creator dies

kraft card

Centura Pearl card

Christmas Tree die (free with a magazine)

Crafter's Companion Embossing folders

Cosmic shimmer for pearls.

Happy Christmas stamp (from stash)

So, that's today's post done (rubs hands together), I'm off for a scoot round blog land to see what wonderful creations you've been making whilst drinking my cupper (which I will be doing, I promise - it's a habit thing lol) and then on to more card making!

Have a great day!

Until next time,

Easel (ly) made!

Good Morning Crafters!

Hope everyone's day has got off to a good start? Mine has, I am actually sitting at my craft desk as we 'speak' making the last of my Christmas cards (as well as blogging this!)

My little make today is here...& it's from Hunkydory's Stylish Season Luxury card collection.  I was fortunate to buy these kits when they were on Create & Craft, along with the inserts.  They really are beautiful & the artwork gorgeous.  I have ended up with two lots of these as about a month later I won the WHOLE set in a competition!

I measured, cut, layered & stuck & ended up with this little creation!

Ingredients:

1 dark blue easel card base

Card, inserts & toppers from Hunkydory's Stylish Luxury Collection kit

Snowflakes from my snowflake punch

Beautiful kit to use!

I would like to enter this into the following challenge(s)

Crafting Musketeers challenge #8 - Layer it up

CHCC - Anything goes as long as its Christmas

Righty ho! I am off to make some more Christmas cards!

Catch ya laters!

Until next  time,

Feeling Crafty Challenge #23

:-) Good morning Peeps :-)

Can you believe it's the first of December already? Time is flying!

OK, so what does today bring?  It brings you to a new challenge #23 over at Feeling Crafty & this months challenge is:

'CHRISTMAS'

The fabulous sponsor this months is Phill Martin from Honeypot Crafts & you can find him here too!

The PRIZE for entering this month's challenge is

 2 x A5 Everyday tabbed & 2 x A5 Everyday Flourish from Phill's

'Sentimentally Your's ' stamp collection!

Your project must be Christmas themed, it can be a card, a scrapbook page or a 3D project.

 Please check out our blog Feeling Crafty challenge to see the beautiful crafty inspirations from the Design Team. 

Here is my project:

Front

Back

Centre

I went for the traditional Christmas colours in my project - because I just love 'em! 

Ingredients:

The papers & topper  used are from Kaisercraft's 6 x 6  Christmas Collection Paper Pad

My poinsettia's were created from Lea'billities Pointsettia cutting & embossing die

Mirri card, ribbon & card for poinsettias all from my crafty stash.

I had fun creating this project & it looks so nice & christmassy!

I would like to enter this project into the following challenge(s): 

Crafty Girls Challenge#7 - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Bearly mine Challenges - Anything goes

Lady Bug Crafts - Christmas/Winter

2 Sisters challenge blog - Anything goes

The Ribbon Girl - Ho Ho Ho Christmas Challenge

Paula Holifield Crafts - Christmas Cheer

Robyn's fetish challenge blog - Christmas cards

Lainey's Crafty Space -  Christmas

Until next time,

Crafty hugs all round! :)

( I have no idea why my name has been duplicated here! Blogger gremlins doing their thing, I guess!)

Safari ho!

Hey, crafty Buds!

Hope you are all well as I write this post? Dreary day here in Essex - headache to match! Oh well, here's today's post....

I had a commission request to make a card for a young lady who loves Panda's & animals prints - & seeing as I made the young lady's baby shower invites with Panda's on, I opted for an animal print for her birthday - see, I'm clever like that! ;-)

So, this card's elements came from Kanban's Safari Boutique kit.  

My ingredients:

51/2 x 51/2  easel card -

created from Kanban's Safari Boutique background card.

kanban Safari Boutique topper & sentiment.

Kanban paper flowers/ 

Gold leaves from own leaf punch & mirri card.

Spellbinders Flourish's.

Gems from own stash,

I made my own envelope for this card.

I hope she likes it!

Thank you for stopping by, your comments are so appreciated! :)

Until next time,

Origami!

Hi Peeps!

 I hope you've all had a lovely weekend & managed to get some crafting in.

I've not created anything this weekend but I finished working on my Origami box on friday!  This is my first attempt at making one & I was really pleased with how it turned out.  I didn't even do a dry run first - but saying that, I guess this was my dry run but it happened to turn out well first time! lol 

I got my inspiration for this box from Christina's blog.  She created two YouTube tutorials, (which you will find of you click on the link to her blog) which were fantastically easy to follow..the pause button was used quite a few times whilst doing all the folds needed.

Finished box

Inside!

Top View!

  

Sweeties added!

I'm not too sure if I have completely finished the lid...not sure if I should add just a little bit more to it? I keep 'umming & 'arghhing' whether to or not lol

I have a good home for my box creation to go to - I had my Eldest Niece in mind when I created it.  She was meant to be having a back operation but only just found it she has put it on hold & trying Physio first.  The box & card (card yet to make) was meant for her to let her know I shall be thinking of her.  She's still getting it given to her, operation or not - it's nice to create & give!

I would like to enter into the following challenge(s):

scribble and scrap crafts - Always anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything goes
Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything goes
Through the Craftroom door - Anything goes
Divas by Design - Make it pretty

Enjoy your day, Peeps - off to catch up with blogs!

Until next time,

BeBunny Beauties

Hi Guys!

Another scheduled post - I think I am getting the hang of these now!

Well, like I said before, here I am, back again with more Bebunny! Can you tell I really love this CD rom? hehe

This time I have printed out an easel card template onto Centura card & added all elements from the CD - plus a few bits from my own stash.  I also printed of the exploding box too and putting that together was a first for me. Simples!  I also printed off some backing paper and made my own envelopes for the card & book mark (that was printed from CD too)

As you can see,  I had a fab reason for making all of these, as they are for my Niece's 9th birthday!  Unfortunately, I wont get to see her open these on her birthday but I really hope she likes them!

   Easel card

                               Exploding box open!

                 

                                         ....& closed

                                                                       

So, that's my run of Bebunny for a while, it's back to Christmas cards tomorrow.  I've only made about 25 so best get my fingers out to do some more!

Until next time,

Crafty hugs,