Handmade by Hamill: October 2020

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Penguin Tag with the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge

Good morning,

Hope it's a nice day wherever you are. Here in the North of Scotland we are having what we call locally a 'dreich' day. It just means it's grey, damp and showery - not necessarily heavy rain just the kind of day when you'd rather cosy up indoors than venture out. Luckily I'm on holiday just now so I don't really have to go anywhere unless I want to!

Today I'm sharing a tag I made for the Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge which starts today. As always our theme is anything Christmas goes - why not join us and get organised as Christmas is starting to feel quite close now!

For my tag I used a Crafters Companion penguin die set that I bought in the sales a while back and have never got around to using. I also have a cute wee reindeer so look out for that one appearing soon too!

Materials used:
Penguin die set - Crafters Companion
Snowflake die - Hobbycraft own brand
Patterned papers - Simply Creative, Jolly Christmas
Label letters - TimHoltz
Tag, button, twine, gems, etc all from stash

Thanks so much for popping by, it's much appreciated.

Hugs,
Shona xx

I'd like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - October ACG
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - October AG with Patterned Paper
CHN Christmas Challenge - October ACG optional add a stocking
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #143 AG
Crimbo Crackers - #217 ACG

Monday, 12 October 2020

Meet The Craftellas with JMC Designs

Good afternoon,

I've hopped back on my blog to share a card and to let you know that JMC Designs are launching a fantastic new Crafting themed collection on Hochanda this afternoon called the Craftellas and there's loads more besides including some new additions to the Stamplementals range and some gorgeous handmade paper from Dolly Dimples. I'm so lucky to be part of Julia's design team and get a chance to have a play with all these fabulous products!

This Crafty Diva is Sally Stitch and I've added a patchwork effect background using some of the amazing Craftella papers. You can see all this and more on Hochanda at 3pm and 7pm UK time and why not join us on the JMC's Crazy Craft Hive Facebook Group for some crafty banter!

All products from JMC Designs except buttons, twine and cardstock. Image coloured with Promarkers.

Bye for now, hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - October AG with Patterned Paper
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #143 AG

Not Just Cards - October AG

Too Cute To Spook With The Cutie Pies

Good morning,

Hope everyone is doing well, I've been missing in action again, as usual life gets in the way. I'm still crafting just not always getting a chance to blog. I'm posting a lot more on Instagram especially these days, I would love to see you there if you have an account. Having said that I do enjoy blogging and entering challenges so I must make more of a effort and take the time to do it.

I'm happy to say I'm on holiday this week, I've had a busy spell at work in recent weeks so I'm looking forward to some down time. Obviously with the current covid situation we've no plans to go anywhere and the weather looks pretty brutal anyway but there's plenty little jobs to be getting on with at home.

So on to my card and it was my turn to host the Cutie Pie Challenge. The theme I've gone for since we're getting close to Halloween is Too Cute To Spook! We are sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads who have a fantastic prize for the lucky winner. I've used one of their super cute designs for my DT card.