Optional Ribbons and Bows at Christmas With The Cuties

Good morning,

Another scheduled post on a Monday morning as I'm working, sadly this isn't one of my public holidays at work.  Scotland are different to England.  Never mind I'm planning on taking the following Monday off as our schools have this day off, I'm not sure why, especially when they're all closed anyway!

Anyway, back to my card.  Today we have a new challenge starting at Christmas with the Cuties, our theme this month is everyone's favourite Anything Goes with the option of 'Ribbons and bows' and we are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons.  The design team got to choose their own images for this challenge so I went for a cute pre-coloured topped from Sylvia Zet.  I love the colour theme of these toppers - the teal and red and they go so well with the paper I've chosen which I think is from an old Docrafts Me To You range.  I've distressed most of the edges to give a bit of a shabby chic look.  The ribbon was rescued off an Avon gift set my daughter got for Christmas and again, the colours tie in with the topper.

Materials used:

Pre-coloured Topper - Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet - Winter Friends

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions by Paula Pascual

Snowflake punch - Hobbycraft

Cardstock, ribbon and pearls from stash

Thanks for dropping by today.  

Take care and stay safe.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

Another Little Piggy for the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge

Good morning,

Today I have a scheduled post and I'm sharing my latest DT card for the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge.  As always our theme is anything Christmas goes.  Like last fortnight's card I've used some of the fab freebies from Making Cards Magazine - these really are fab freebies, they're so versatile.  You might have seen in my recent posts that I'm on a mission to declutter and make a decent crafting space for myself and using up stash like this helps as I have accumulated so much 'stuff' and although it's all very pretty and useful, there's just too much of it and I need to downsize.  Well a little bit anyway, nothing too drastic mind!

I've layered up the papers with white cardstock as the paper is a little thin then distressed the edges.  I've finished off my card with a die-cut snowflake topped with a signature button, a sentiment and some pearls.

Materials used:

Image and patterned papers - Making Cards Magazine

Sentiment - LOTV

Snowflake die - Hobbycraft own brand

Remaining items from stash

Well that's all from me for the moment, I'm working (at home) today but I hope you all have a great day whatever you have planned.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #132 AG
Classic Design Challenge - May AG
Merry Little Christmas Challenge - May ACG
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #112 add ribbon, lace or twine
Unicorn Challenge - #54 use dies

Pretty in Pink with the Cutie Pies

Hello,

Today I'm sharing my DT card for the Cutie Pie Challenge where our new theme is 'Pretty in Pink'.  This month I've joined the mid month inspiration post but there's still plenty time to enter!  We're sponsored by the fantastic Polkadoodles who have a fab prize for our winner.  I've used one of their amazing pre-coloured images for my card.

I've used 3 different patterned papers and distressed the edges to give a shabby chic look.  I've finished off my card with some vellum flags and punched flowers and some striped ribbon.  This card is a bit of a stash buster most of the supplies came from a goody bag from a JMC Designs mixed media workshop!  

Materials used:

Pre-coloured image - Polkadoodles

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions

Flower punch - Docrafts

All other materials from stash

In other news my husband and I have decided to rearrange our office into a joint office/craft room/DJ studio!  We currently use it as an office and somewhere to store my craft supplies and his vinyl albeit very haphazardly with lots of other junk thrown in for good measure.  We've made a start by moving the printer off the desk and giving the whole desk area a good tidy and at last I have enough surface to be able to craft in there!  There's still a way to go but we're getting there.

Anyway, that's all from me, I'm on my lunch break - back to work now!

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #132 AG
Not Just Cards - May AG
Classic Design Challenge - May AG
Allsorts - #571/2 AG
Polkadoodles - Week 20 AG
Digi Choosday - Week19 AG

Willow for JMC Designs

Good evening,

Today I'm sharing a card I made to celebrate the gorgeous freebie digi stamp that JMC Designs are generously offering for a limited time in conjunction with the Kit & Clowder Facebook group.  She's called Willow and I think you'll agree she's a cracker - why do I never look like this when I'm gardening.  I usually sport the dragged through a hedge backwards look!

Anyway on to my card and I thought I'd give a circular card a try, I've not actually made one before, well I've made a circular easel card several times but not a single fold card.  I think it turned out ok and it's pretty stable-ish!  I used some bright gardening themed papers that are an old favourite and coloured Willow to match.  Actually she's quite bright, you might need your sunnies!

Materials used:

Digi stamp - Willow by JMC Designs

Promarkers

Patterned Papers - Springtime from Hobbycraft

Sentiment - Pebbles Inc

Circle/Scalloped circle dies - X-cut

Flower pot die - Trimcraft

Flower die - magazine freebie

Cardstock, buttons & twine from stash

That's all from me for tonight, it's just about time to make dinner then chill with some colouring later.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May

Unicorn Challenge - #54 Use Dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #131 AG

Not Just Cards - May AG

Classic Design Challenge - May AG

Love to Scrap - #133 AG

Dream Valley - #225 Favourite Colours (Multicoloured)

Crafty Creations - #409 AG

A Bit More Time To Craft - #115 AG

Little Piggy for the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge

Good morning,

A scheduled post from me today to share my DT card for the latest Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge
who can believe it's May already?  I'm now on week 8 of lockdown, hard to believe the time is still flying past so quickly even though our lives have slowed down a lot.  There's always stuff to do though.  Last night after work I spent an hour starting to sort out 'stuff' in the joint office/craft storage room.  I don't craft in there as there's not enough desk space but that's where I do my blogging and keep all my equipment and the bulk of my stash.  Although, having said that I have a set of drawers and my craft trolley in the hall and currently a large plastic storage box of dies under the kitchen table, oh and just remembered a few box files of A4 papers in the bedroom.  Oops I really need to get everything sorted into one place!  Anyway, I then made dinner then had another 2 hours decluttering time before catching up with an episode of Power and a glass of red.  It's going to take many more hours before everything is ship shape but I'm sure I'll get there!

Ok, so for this fortnight's challenge I decided to make a circular card for a change off my usual square offerings.  In the spirit of using up stash I used some freebie papers (including the little piggy image) from Making Cards, my favourite magazine.  I've used some snowflake die-cuts and punched shapes to finish off my circular easel card.  I made a second card with the same papers but that's to share another day!  Please excuse the photo, I had to take it in the daytime so ended up with dark shadows.

Materials used:

Patterned paper & image - Making Cards magazine

Sentiment - LOTV

Scallop circle die - X-cut

Large snowflake die - Hobbycraft own brand

Small snowflake punch - Hobbycraft?

Cardstock, card candi, button & twine all from stash

That's all from me for now.

Stay safe.

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Christmas Challenge - #488 ACG/Optional Bells

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May

Unicorn Challenge - #54 Use Dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #131 AG

Red & Green at Christmas With The Cuties

Good morning,

It's a scheduled post from me this morning to share my DT card for the latest Christmas with the Cuties challenge.  If the morning is going well I will be working when this goes live or if it's not going quite so well I'll still be hitting the snooze button and wishing I'd got to my bed earlier.  Hope it's the former and not the latter so I don't have to work too late to make up my time!  In all seriousness it's great that I can work from home and as long as I work my weekly hours I can be a bit flexible with my start and finish times, within reason.

Anyhow, back to my card and our theme this month is 'Red & Green' and we're sponsored by the fantastic Sherri Baldy so I've used one of her gorgeous digi's Winter Wonderland I Heart Hot Coco for my card along with some rather ancient and well used magazine freebie papers I've had in my stash for years!

Materials Used:

Digi stamp - Sherri Baldy My Besties (link above)

Promarkers

Cork sentiment - Simply Creative by Trimcraft

Patterned papers - Cosy Christmas (magazine freebie)

Tree dies - Joy

Circle die - X-cut

White Posca pen

Cardstock, buttons & twine from stash

We'd love you to join in with our challenge, it's the perfect time to get ahead with making Christmas cards.

Stay safe.

Hugs,

Shona

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - April

Cinnamon Fox Tag

Hello,

A bit of a late night post tonight to share a quick tag I made earlier today.  I coloured the gorgeous fox image last night and put him to one side but suddenly I had a burst of inspiration late this afternoon and had to get crafting straight away.  I didn't even take the time to finish my coffee first lol!

Anyway, this image is from the Spicy Fox collection from JMC Designs and was released not long before I joined the JMC Dream Team.  I just love foxes so I decided I'd go back and revisit this collection just to make something fun.  I'm really happy with how it's turned out.  I really enjoy making tags I find the space so much easier to fill and my ideas seem to flow more easily.  I've taken a leaf out of Julia's own book and added some splatters of watered down gesso - one of her signature features, not something I usually do and after splattering half the kitchen table I maybe won't do it again in a hurry lol although I do love the look.  All the papers are from the Craft Asylum Into the Woods 6x6 pad.

Materials used:

Digi stamp - Cinnamon, Spicy Fox collection, JMC Designs

Patterned papers - Into The Woods, Craft Asylum

White gesso - Indigo Blu

Tag, Buttons & twine from stash

That's all from me tonight, bed is definitely calling!  

Hugs,

Shona xx

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

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - April x

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #130 AG x

Crafty Cardmakers - #255 Anything But A Card x