My First Box Card for The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge

Hello,

Sorry I'm a wee bit late posting this.  I'm sharing my DT card for the latest challenge over at the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge and it's my very first attempt at making a box card!

I cheated a little as I bought some pre-scored card blanks at a craft show, although I did adjust them to make a different height as I wanted to use 6 x 6 papers!  I think I did an ok job although there's definitely room for improvement!

Materials Used:

Papers & Stickers Snow Cool by Hobbycraft

Cardstock, twine & buttons from stash

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - March x

Not Just Cards - February x

Crimbo Crackers - #179 Anything Christmas Goes x

Christmas with the Cuties - #24 Beginning With B (Box Card & Bear) x

One for the Boys with the Cutie Pies

Good morning,

A scheduled post from me today to share my DT card for the new Cutie Pie challenge.  Our theme this month is 'One for the Boys' so it could be a Valentine's card for your special boy as I've made or a birthday, new baby boy card, etc.  As long as it contains a cute image and is for a boy!  We are sponsored this challenge by My Besties/Sherri Baldy.

I've used a cute image called Georgie for my DT card.

Materials used:

Digi stamp - Georgie from My Besties

Promarkers

Glossy Accents for the glasses

Docrafts sentiment die

Designer papers - Shimelle True Stories by American Crafts

Cardstock and gems from stash

Thanks for your visit and ongoing support.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - February x
Not Just Cards - February
Pattie's Creations - #155 Love, Love, Love x
CCC Digi Creations - #100 Valentines Day/Love x
Unicorn Challenge - #40 Include a Heart x

Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge DT Card

Good evening,

I'm delighted to share with you the news that I've been accepted back on to the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge Design Team.  I've had a year out due to personal issues including my health but felt the time was right to re-apply and I'm now sharing my DT card for the latest challenge which you can find here.  The challenge is just for fun but we do have top picks and the theme is always anything Christmas goes!

For my DT card I've gone with an old favourite LOTV rubber stamp and coloured it with Promarkers.  The papers are magazine freebies which have been in my stash forever.  I don't think I've got any other crafty news apart from I'm taking part in a de-stash sale this weekend to try to get rid of some excess bits and bobs and who knows I might pick up some bargains of my own...

Materials used:

LOTV stamp - James With Cracker

Promarkers

LOTV sentiment stamp

Papers - magazine freebies

Cardstock, buttons & twine from stash

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - February x
CHN Christmas Challenge - #423 Anything Christmas Goes/Quick & Easy x
I Love Promarkers - #377 Anything Goes/Dies or Punches (Optional) x
Crimbo Crackers - #177 Anything Christmas Goes x
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - #99 Anything Goes x
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes x
Not Just Cards - January Anything Goes x
Crafty Creations - #383 Anything Goes x
Crafting From The Heart - #236 Anything Goes x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #447 Anything Goes/Lots of Layers x
Penny's Challenges - #416 Anything Goes x

Miss Claus

Good evening,

A second post from me today to share a card I made for the DT call at the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge I was on the design team before and it's a really great challenge, unfortunately about this time last year work commitments and the related stress got in the way and I had to give up my place on the team but I really enjoyed my time with them so I'm having another try, nothing ventured nothing gained!

The stamp I've used is Miss Clause by Sugar Nellie (personally I would spell it Miss Claus like Santa Claus but maybe that's just me or maybe it was a copyright thing!) and it's another that I picked up at the SEC in 2017 and am just getting around to inking up now!  I think she's rather cute!  I've also used some pretty old but well loved papers.  I'm trying to make the most of my existing crafty stash rather than buying too much more although I have to admit I did buy quite a bit in the Hobbycraft sale recently, oops!

Materials used:

Rubber stamp - Sugar Nellie Miss Clause

Promarkers

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

Patterned papers - Papermania Home for Christmas

Cardstock, buttons and twine from stash

Thanks for stopping by, be sure and check out the DT call too if it's something you'd be interested in!

Hugs,

Shona

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - January

CHN Christmas Challenge - #420 Anything Goes/Feature a creature (optional) x

Dream Valley Challenges - #193 Anything Goes x

I Love Promarkers - #375 Anything Goes/Something New (Optional)

Crimbo Crackers - #175 Anything Christmas Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #97 Anything Goes

The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - DT Call

Cute, Clean & Simple with the Cutie Pies

Good morning,

Yay a scheduled and on time post from me!  I'm not one for New Year's resolutions but I think this is probably one I should make that as far as possible I get my DT posts out on time!

So today we start a fantastic new challenge at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and our theme this month is Cute, Clean & Simple and we'd love you to join in the fun and share your cute CAS creations with us.  We don't have a sponsor this time around so I've used a Gorjuss stamp of my own for my card.

Materials used:

Gorjuss stamp - Oops a Daisy

Promarkers

Patterned paper - Forever Friends Summer Time

Sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

Cardstock, buttons and twine from stash

I sometimes find CAS can be hard to get just right - you're always tempted to put more on your card, especially if you're used to using a lot of layers or embellishments.  I have had to reel myself in a bit and in this case I think less is definitely more, especially when using a patterned paper!

Thanks for dropping by and thank you for the lovely comments on my last couple of posts, it's much appreciated as I know how time consuming this is.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - January
Dream Valley Challenges - #193 Anything Goes x
I Love Promarkers - #375 Anything Goes/Something New (optional)
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes x
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #97 Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - #382 Anything Goes
Not Just Cards Challenge - January
Crafting From The Heart - #234 Anything Goes x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenges - #444 Anything Goes/Birthdays (optional) x

First Christmas Card of 2019

Good evening,

I've popped on to post my first Christmas card of 2019.  I'd like to say it's never too early to start them but between you and me I had it coloured and the bones of it made before Christmas and just didn't get around to finishing it.  Better late than never and it's now ready and in my stash for this year!

This is the first time I've used this cute wee Milton stamp which I picked up at the SEC show in 2017 so it was about time he got coloured and made into a card!  The papers are ancient Papermania ones I bought not long after I first started card making and I still love them.

Hope everyone is having a good start to the new year.  I'm still struggling to get to grips with the Beta Blockers I've been put on for my heart condition (mild Dilated Cardiomyopathy), they are totally zapping my energy, not every day but quite frequently, it seems to come in waves, so if anyone has any info/tips that might help me please feel free to share in the comments.

Materials used:

Milton & Co clear stamp - Wild Rose Studio, Christmas Milton 

Promarkers

Papers - Papermania Honey & Hugs Festive Frolicks

Sentiment - LOTV

Border punch - Fiskars Threading Water

Cardstock, buttons and twine from stash

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - January

CHN Christmas Challenge - #419 Optional Upcycle or use Something Old (very old papers) x

The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - #43 Anything Christmas Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - #193 Anything Goes x

I Love Promarkers - #375 Anything Goes Optional Something New

Crimbo Crackers - #175 Anything Christmas Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes x

Passion for Promarkers - #475 Dies/Punches x

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #97 Anything Goes

Add a Little Sparkle with the Cutie Pies

Good afternoon!

First of all Merry Christmas!  I hope you had as good a time as we had and we did it all again yesterday for my husband's birthday!

Secondly, apologies to the rest of the Cuties for posting this so late, December has gone in a blur and I feel like I haven't drawn breath, but, the good news is there is still plenty of time to take part in our current challenge.

The theme at the Cutie Pie Challenge this month is 'Add a Little Sparkle' as well as the essential cute image and I've used a fab image from our sponsor Little Miss Muffet and added a liberal amount of stickles to meet the theme!

Materials used:

Little Miss Muffet digi - Pudding Chester

Promarkers

Stickles glitter glue - Stardust

Papers - magazine freebies

Scrabble letters - Hobbycraft

Cardstock, ribbon, button and twine from stash

Thanks for stopping by to have a peek at my , it's much appreciated.  Hope you have a fantastic new year when it comes.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Celebrate x
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - December x
Pattie's Creations Challenge - #153 Winter/Christmas x
Crafty Creations Challenges - #381 Anything Goes x
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #96 Anything Goes x
Sweet Stampers Challenge - #27 Anything Goes x