Little Dimples Christmas Boy

Good morning everyone. What a week I've had. Following on from my son's birthday I've ended up with a nasty cold and a terrible headache I can't shake. Not what I need at this busy time of year! Hope you are all keeping well.

Today sees a new challenge at My Besties UK and this month the option is Christmas (of course we still have the Anything Goes option too). Please do pop over to the blog to see all the fabulous DT cards.

For my card, I chose this gorgeous My Bestie boy, he is Little Dimples Christmas Boy and and the digi can be purchased from the My Besties Shop. I hope you love him as much as I do.

I have coloured the image with Spectrum Noir pens:
Face FS2 FS4 CR2
Hat CR8 DR3 DR6 IG1
Clothes BG1 BG2 CR8 DR3
Slippers EB2 EB3 TN6

I have used Trimcraft products for the rest of the card- North Pole papers have been backed onto Crafter's Companion Desert Storm Neenah card and the ticket to Santa is cut from the papers too. The peg and button are from the same range with the cute wooden trees from the Dovecraft Christmas Basics range and pearls and twine from the Glad Tidings range.

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:
Whimsy Stamps Anything Goes- Holidays
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes
My Besties Meet at the Scrappers Corner Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society Anything Goes Option Christmas
Creative Craft Cottage Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today and for all your lovely comments. Cathy x

My Besties UK Same but Different for November

Hi everyone. Can't believe a week has gone by without blogging- such a busy time of year! Today we have a new Same but Different post over at My Besties UK. This time I got to choose our digi so I chose this gorgeous girl with her sack filled with love. You can buy this digi here in the My Besties store.

Pop over to the My Besties Blog to see all the DT cards, they are really fantastic. If you comment on the post, you will be in with the chance of winning this lovely digi image.

I love blue and silver for Christmas cards so chose that colour scheme for my card. I also wanted to use my new Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. They are really fantastic, particularly if, like me, you're not a fan of using glitter but love sparkle. I used the Clear Sparkle pen on the hat, cuffs, boots and snowflakes and Solar Red and Emerald Green on the hat decoration. You can really see the effect in this picture:

The rest of the image has been coloured with Spectrum Noir markers:
Skin: FS2 FS4 CR2
Eyes: LG5
Hair: TN1 EB1 EB2
Hat and Dress: TB1 TB3 IG1 IG2
Bow and Boots: DR1 DR2 DR3
Sack EB1 EB2 TN1

To make the card I have used Crafter's Companion BeBunni Christmas papers and silver card from the Create and Craft Member's Gift. The snowflakes were cut using Spellbinders Dies (2012 set I think). The ribbon is from Next and I've finished off with some Papermania gems.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Anything Goes Option Ribbon
My Besties 3D and more Anything Goes with a Bestie
My Besties Meet at the Scrapper's Corner Challenge #18
Crafts Galore Encore Use a Stamp or Digi/ DT call
Spectrum Noir November 2015 Challenge

Thanks for visiting today and for your comments, I really do appreciate them. Cathy x

Back to the North Pole

Good morning everybody, hope you've had a great weekend. Today's card is a simple little Christmas card made using the Trimcraft North Pole collection with a few embellishments from other Trimcraft Christmas collections.

I began by inking the edges of a square of background paper with Tea Dye distress ink and added it to a kraft card blank. I cut two banner shapes, one slightly larger than the other, and added these to the left hand top corner.

I took a wooden tree shape, from the Dovecraft Christmas Basics range, and decorated it with some pearls from the Glad Tidings range. I first saw Dawn Wheeler do this when she demonstrated Trimcraft products on Create and Craft and love the effect.

I finished the card with a bow, frame and mini peg.

Thank you for visiting today, I really appreciate all your comments. Cathy x

My Besties UK November Challenge

Happy Monday everyone. October has been and gone so quickly. November is my busiest month of the year, with birthdays for my mum, dad and husband, followed by my youngest son on 1st December, but I do love this time of year.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at My Besties UK and this is my DT card. Our theme this month is Anything Goes  with option Gold, so I chose this festive My Bestie Image no 008, which is available to buy here. Please pop over to the challenge post to see the other DT cards, as they're all fabulous, and we look forward to seeing lots of lovely entries this month.

I have coloured the image with Spectrum Noir markers but have also used Wink of Stella in Gold for the dress and hat, so they sparkle. The Spectrum Noir colours used are:
Face FS2 FS4 CR2
Fur and Boots EB1 EB2 EB3

The papers I used are from Trimcraft's Jingle All The Way 12x12. These papers are really beautiful, with some foiled pages, so I kept other embellishments simple. I added a gold ribbon and bow, some sequins and some pearls to finish.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:
Allsorts Challenge Christmas
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Use a Digi

Thank you for visiting and commenting today, I really do appreciate it. Cathy x

Christmas Wishes

Hi everyone. I will be so glad when this week is over- half term next week which means no school runs or work for me :-) Hopefully I'll have lots of crafting time too.

Today's Christmas card feature Trimcraft First Edition Christmas Wishes papers and some stamps that were free with Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine.

I've actually created a snowglobe effect by making a shaker card and adding the snowglobe frame over the top. This was stamped using the free stamp, coloured and cut so that it fitted over the shaker card aperture.

I love these papers with their slightly nordic feel and hope you like this card too.

Products used:
Stamps free with Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine
Trimcraft First Edition Christmas Wishes 8x8 pad, Dovecraft Christmas Basic gold glitter glue, snowflake ribbon, Glad Tidings Pearls
Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles
Crafters Companion Acetate
Papermania Silver Embossing Powder

I would like to enter this card for these challenges:
Crafting Musketeers Christmas with a Ribbon
Creative Craft Cottage Anything Goes


Thanks for visiting today and for all your lovely comments.

Jolly Santa Snowy Aperture Card

Today I am sharing a new Christmas card made using Docrafts Jolly Santa range. I have used the A5 paper pad and a Decoupage sheet for this card.

Firstly, I made up the front of the card, using two papers and with a strip to hide the join.

Next, I die cut a circle aperture in the front of the card (I'll be using the waste to make a bauble for the Christmas tree). I used a piece of paper as an insert for the card and made up the decoupage image inside the card, ensuring it was lined up to show in the aperture.

I took the frame from the decoupage sheet and attached some Hunkydory Snowfall Acetate to the back, trimming to fit. I attached this over the aperture.

I finished the card with a sentiment and Santa image. I love these papers so have kept the front clean and simple.

Thanks for popping by today, I appreciate all of your comments.

Cathy xxx

Little Red Robin Christmas card

We are well into September now and I must admit I'm beginning to panic about how far behind I am with Christmas card making. This week I'm trying to catch up, so I have gone back to this year's fabulous Lelli-Bot Christmas collections.

Everything on this card comes from the Lelli-Bot Little Red Robin Redbreast Fullworks kit. I love the ribbons and embellishments in the kit, especially the charms which look great peeking out from the bow.

I would like to enter this card for the Lelli-Bot Craft Challenge Ribbons and Bows

Thank you for visiting and commenting today, I really appreciate all your comments x

Belle and Boo Christmas Crackers

I am totally in love with Trimcraft's Belle and Boo Christmas collection. The papers and embellishments are so beautiful, I really wanted to make something special with them so I decided to make some Christmas crackers. These papers are a perfect weight for this project.

The crackers are actually so easy to make but I'm really happy with the way they look and they've been a big hit with friends and on my Trimcraft gallery.

Instructions:

1. Cut the cracker shape from paper using a cracker die or template. I used the Tonic A5 cracker die for mine.

2. Assemble the cracker (it really helps to roll it around a tube to give some shape first, I use the inner tube from cling film) and glue tabs in place. I used Cosmic Shimmer glue as it is quick drying and stays in place.

3. Cut strips of paper to decorate the centre and ends of the crackers. The Belle and Boo pack has papers which have strips of images perfect for this.

4. Tie the ends of the images with twine, attaching buttons or charms before tying bows.

Products used:

Trimcraft Belle and Boo Christmas 8x8 paper pack, wooden buttons

Trimcraft Glad Tidings Twine, Snowflake Metal Charms

Tonic A5 Cracker Die

My son loves these crackers- & has decided they are the perfect size to put Lego Minifigures in. I'd love to know what you would put in yours.

Thanks for visiting and commenting today.
Cathy x

Ticket to Santa

Good morning everyone. For today's post, I have gone back to the Trimcraft North Pole collection.

As before, the main work in this card was layering papers from the pad but they all combine so well. I used the striped paper in the background to create an airmail feel.

One of the papers in this fab collection has tickets to Santa on it, which I felt would be good cut out separately. I added this to the card using a cute little peg to hang it from a piece of twine.

Finally I stamped a Crafters Companion sentiment using Fired Brick Distress Ink and used a North Pole frame to frame it.

Thanks for popping by and commenting today, I really appreciate you taking the time to visit.
Cathy xxx

Belle and Boo Christmas Card

Hi everyone. This week has been so busy and I can't quite believe it's back to school for the kids next week.

Today I'm sharing a card I've made using the Trimcraft Belle and Boo Christmas range. I love the Belle and Boo characters and the papers in this range are just fabulous, perfect for layering.

This is a sweet and simple card, featuring a decoupage image from the decoupage pad and finished with a wooden shape and button. The sentiment stamp is also from the Belle and Boo range.

Thanks for popping by today, I really do appreciate all your lovely comments xxx

North Pole Christmas

Today I'm sharing my first Christmas card from the Trimcraft Dovecraft North Pole range. I just love the vintage feel of these papers and they look great layered together with kraft card. The card is finished with some twine and a stamped sentiment from the Glad Tidings range.

Thanks for popping by today, I'll be sharing more cards from the Trimcraft Christmas ranges later in the week so hope you can join me again. 

Mono Christmas Gatefold Card

This card has been made using Lelli-Bot Craft's Merry Mono Christmas collection. 

I have made a gatefold card blank and covered the front 2 panels with silver mirror card and the black paper. Inside I have used mirror card and a piece of white patterned paper as an insert.

I wrapped ribbon from the kit around the card, securing it around the left front panel, then adding the topper with foam pads on the left side only. 

I finished the card with a sentiment inside and gems on the topper and card corners.

Products used:

Lelli-Bot Crafts Merry Mono Christmas Fullworks kit

Docrafts Papermania Gems

I would like to enter this (just in time I hope) for Lelli-Bot Challenge Blog July Challenge Add Some Sparkle

Christmas is here at last!

Now our summer holiday is over (we had an amazing time), thoughts turn to Christmas. I'm a month later than last year with starting my cards so it really is time to start now.

I have already purchased lots of new Christmas collections (and have seen some more I can't wait to get) and this Lelli-Bot Crafts Little Robin Red Breast collection is one of my favourites by far.

I'm not a fan of glitter but sometimes make an exception for Christmas, so I have used some here in this shaker card. I am still a little bit crazy for sequins so I've added some of those too for added sparkle. I may have gone a little over the top with the sequins around the outside but, hey, it's Christmas!

Products used:

Lelli-Bot Crafts Little Robin Red Breast Fullworks Collection (topper, paper, cream card and ribbon)

Hunkydory Crafts Diamond Sparkles Glitter and Gold Gemstones

Trimcraft Sweet Paris Sequins

Gold mirror card

I would like to enter this for the Lelli-Bot Challenge Blog Add Some Sparkle Challenge