Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge #50

Good morning!

A scheduled post again today to share my DT card for the latest Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge as always the theme is 'anything Christmas goes' and we'd love to see you there!

It's been quite a busy weekend celebrating my friend's 50th birthday, mine won't be that far behind, just a few months!  Anyway, we're back to normality now and looking forward to another weekend away at Cheer Comp in Glasgow.  I must do some research to see if there's any good craft shops nearby, even a Range would be good!

Anyhoo, back to my card.  As we're a just for fun challenge the DT have free reign on what they use on their creations and this time I've gone for a Magnolia stamp.  I never tire of colouring this one!  The papers are ancient Docrafts ones that came as a freebie with one of their magazines.

Materials Used:

Rubber Stamp - Magnolia Ice Tilda

Promarkers

Designer Papers - Docrafts 12 Days of Christmas

Snowflake & circle dies - X-cut

Scalloped circle die - Spellbinders

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

Cardstock, button, twine and gems from stash

That's all for just now, have a great day.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May x

CHN Christmas Challenge - #438 Anything Christmas Goes/Optional Candy Canes x

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes x

Dream Valley - #202 Only Girls Allowed x

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #106 Anything Goes x

Passion for Promarkers - #494 Anything Goes x

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - May Anything Goes/Optional Snowflakes x

Crimbo Crackers - #184 Anything Christmas Goes x

CRAFT Challenge - 513 Christmas x 

Surprise GDT at Bugaboo!

Good afternoon!

Another scheduled post from me today and I have some exciting news!  Quite a long time back I applied to be a guest designer for Bugaboo and earlier this month out of the blue I got an email asking me to be their Surprise GDT member for May.  Obviously I said yes!  This is my first project I've made for them, watch for some more coming up in the next couple of weeks.  Our Saturday challenge theme at Catch The Bug is 'Bingo' and we'd love you to join us, you can take part here.

This is my GDT card for the challenge using one of their fab digis Tulip Hedgie

I've gone for the top line - Sparkle/Stitching/Sentiment

Materials used:

Bugaboo Digital Stamp - Tulip Hedgie

Promarkers

Designer Papers - Pebbles Inc, Girl Squad

Sentiment Stamp - Personal Impressions

Stickles Glitter Glue - Stardust

Cardstock, button and twine from stash

That's all from me today, I'm off out very soon to celebrate my bestie's 50th Birthday, let the cocktails commence and the fun be gin!

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May x
Crafting from the Heart - #243 Anything Goes x
Simply Create Too - #149 Anything Goes x
Not Just Cards - May x
Crafty Creations - May x
Pattie's Creations Challenge - #158 Birthdays x
I ❤ Promarkers - 384 Anything Goes/Optional Flowers x
Crafty Sentiments - Pastel Colours x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #462 Anything Goes/Optional Buttons or Flowers x
CCC Digi Creations - #103 Add a Flower x
Sweet Stampers Challenge - #32 Animals x
Crafty Friends Challenge - #110 Anything Goes x

Bingo With The Cutie Pies

Good Morning,

Another scheduled post from me, I'm definitely getting more organised!  Today I'm sharing my latest DT card for the Cutie Pie Challenge, our theme is Bingo and I had the pleasure of choosing the theme and hosting this month's challenge.  As always we ask you to also include a cute character on your creation as well as sticking to the current theme.

We are sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps who have a fantastic prize for our lucky winner.

Usual Bingo rules apply - any line across, down or diagonal or a full house!

Here's my card for the challenge using a fab image from Di's that was a freebie over at Kit & Clowder a couple of weeks ago.  I can't find it in their shop but there's lots of similar and equally cute images to choose from!

I've gone for 2 lines and used Button/Twine/Flowers/Stripes/Spots

Materials used:

Digi Stamp - Di's Digital Stamps (K&C Freebie)

Promarkers

Sentiment Stamp - Personal Impressions

Dies - X-cut

Patterned Papers - MME Happy Day

Cardstock, button and twine from stash

Why not come and join us this month and enjoy a game of crafty bingo!

Love and hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May x
Crafting From The Heart - #243 Anything Goes x
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #105 Anything Goes x
Simply Create Too - #149 Anything goes x
Unicorn Challenge - #43 Colour Pallette x
Not Just Cards - May x
Crafty Creations Challenge - May x
Pattie's Creations - #158 Birthdays x
Dream Valley Challenges - #202 Only Girls Allowed x

Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge #49

Good Morning,

Another scheduled post from me as I'm working today.  Mind you I can't complain as I had the May Day Bank Holiday yesterday and it was fab to have a 3 day weekend!  The only downside of the weekend has been the really cold weather we've had for the last few days.  The temperature has dropped by 15-20 degrees and my central heating is back on big time!  I can hardly believe that just a fortnight ago on Easter Monday we had an afternoon sunbathing on the beach.  Hopefully this cold spell with be short lived and we will be back to the beach and bbq's before long!

Anyway, since it's feeling quite wintery (we've even had some snow!) my DT card for the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge seems all the more seasonal this fortnight!  As always our theme is 'Anything Christmas Goes' and is a just for fun challenge.

For my card this fortnight I've used 2 gorgeous chubby robin images that I coloured some time back, they are both from the same set by Hobby Art Stamps.

Materials used:

Clear Stamp Set - Round Robins by Hobby Art Stamps

Promarkers

Sentiment Stamp Set - LOTV

Snowflake Die - X-cut

Papers - Magazine Freebies Raspberry Road

Cardstock, Button and Twine from Stash

Thanks for calling by today, it's much appreciated.

Hugs,

Shona

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May x
Christmas With The Cuties - #26 Feature a Creature x
Crafting From The Heart - #242 Anything Goes x
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #105 Anything Goes x
Simply Create Too - #149 Anything Goes x

Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - Forever Friends

Good morning,

It's a scheduled post from me today as it's my first day back at work after the long Easter weekend.  Hope you had a peaceful Easter with plenty chocolate treats!

I'm here to share my latest DT card for the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge, as always our challenge is just for fun and the theme is anything Christmas goes.  The months are rolling past very quickly so why not get ahead with your Christmas cards this year and come and join in with our challenge!

For this challenge I've used one of my favourite magazine freebie Christmas stamps and coloured it with Promarkers and it's a first outing for these Dovecraft papers I picked up for a song at the craft de-stash fair I had a table at recently.

Materials used:

Clear Stamp - Forever Friends, magazine freebie

Sentiment Stamp - LOTV

Patterned Papers - Trimcraft Back To Basics Christmas (Modern)

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 - April x

Unicorn Challenge - #42 Spots and/or Stripes x

I Love Promarkers - #382 Anything Goes/Optional Embossing x

Crafting From The Heart - #241 Anything Goes x

Passion For Promarkers - #490 Favourite Digi/Stamp x

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #104 Anything Goes x

Not Just Cards - April x

Christmas With The Cuties - #26 Feature A Creature x

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes x

Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - April Anything Christmas Goes/Optional Monochrome x

Good Luck at Worlds!

Good evening,

I've just popped on to share a card I made to wish 2 of my daughter's team mates good luck at the ICU Cheerleading Worlds competition in Florida where they will be representing their country with Team Scotland.  They are taking part in the Junior Pom division next week and we are ever so proud of their commitment and dedication even to get through the training to get this far as each training session meant over a 200 mile round trip.  Well done girls, we can't wait to watch you!

I've coloured Tilda's outfit to be as close to the Team Scotland costume as possible.

Materials used:

Magnolia Rubber Stamp - Cheer Leader Tilda

Promarkers

Papers - Dovecraft Back To Basics, True Blue

3D Elements - Express Yourself MIP

Sentiment - Personal Impressions Big Sentiments by Paula Pascual

Stickles Glitter Glue - Stardust

Cardstock, button, twine and gems from stash

Thanks for taking a peek,

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - April x
Crafting From The Heart - #241 Anything Goes x
Crafty Creations - #388 Anything Goes x
Passion for Promarkers- #489 Patterned Paper x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #457 Anything Goes/Make Us Smile x
Simply Create Too - #148 Anything Goes x
Not Just Cards - April x
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #103 Anything Goes x

Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - White on White

Good evening,

Tonight I'm sharing a card I made for the current HOLLY & IVY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
as always our theme is Anything Christmas Goes and we are a just for fun challenge.  For my card this time round I've used a cute image I coloured up ages ago and used with a White on White theme.  The image was a magazine freebie and I was experimenting with a different colour palette.

Materials Used:

Clear Stamp - Magazine Freebie

Promarkers

Embossing Folder - Crafters Companion

Tree Dies - Joy

Sentiment Die - X-cut

Button & Twine from Stash

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, 

Shona xx

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

Crimbo Crackers - #182 Anything Goes x

CHN Christmas Challenge - #433 Anything Goes x