V - Vintage at Alphabet Challenge

Isn't the year going fast? Or is that just me? Here we are at Alphabet Challenges - up to the letter V- Pat has chosen Vintage. Another excuse for me to make another Christmas card. It certainly is helpful getting my needed supply box filled. I have used a La Blanche stamp which I have had for many years but still enjoy using it. The background papers rather have a modern twist, they are from a LOTV Frosty Christmas Paper Pad. I coloured the main image using Promarkers, then added a lot of shimmery glitter glue. I am hoping this shows. Please do pop over to our main blog to see the lovely cards the design team have made to inspire you. 

Sketch #4 @ ATS&More

At Addicted to Stamps and More this week it is time for us to challenge you with our #4 Sketch We are thrilled we are this week being sponsored, our thanks go to Tracy at 

http://www.allthatscraps.com/

For more information and inspiration please pop over to our home blog. Now for the sketch, remember as with any sketch you can twist it or turn it to any orientation your happy with. 

Here is my card.

As you can see I am still making Christmas cards, not sure yet how many I have, but not worried if I go over my final number, any surplus will be given to the Salvation Army charity shop, for I greatly admire the work they carry out over the Christmas period and more besides. It's a 5" x 7" card, I have used papers from a LOTV Frosty Christmas Pad. The front image has been created with an Inkadinkado Snowman and snowflakes, all stamped with a blue Brilliance ink pad. I'm not sure if the glitter shows but the front panel has lots of snowy glitter. I added 3 silver Card Candy to embellish. I look forward to seeing how you all create your project from the sketch. 

Buttons and Ribbon at MMM

Already it is the last Monday in November, for Suzanne B's last challenge, at Make My Monday, she has chosen for you to use up some more stash with Buttons and Ribbons. We often say we are open to all forms of projects, not just cards, so for a change I have created a scrapbook page with two of my grandsons. I am always more thoughtful about using flowers for boys but whilst they are this young I think I can get away with it. I added buttons for the centres of the flowers, through which there is threaded a piece of ribbon. They were both so reflective and quiet watching the water, a rare moment to be captured. 

It has been so nice to have Suzanne along with us again, our fellow past team mate, who I still miss.  We have also been thrilled to have Avril - Mrs. B's Addiction along too as  a Guest designer, she has created some wonderful samples for us, I hope we see you back again as a GDT. So ladies it is now your turn to create something for our challenge. If you pop over to the main blog I am sure you will find some inspiration from the Guest designers and the design team. Once again I look forward to visiting you. Many thanks for the lovely comments you gave last week for my vellum card, which are greatly appreciated. 

Inspired by Nature.

This week at CD Sunday Challenges,  the topic was chosen by Jocelyn - Inspired by Nature. Again a wide range of possibilities are here. Should I go down the Christmas card line again?  No, I decided I wanted something without snow for this week. I choose this pretty image from Maria G Designs, from Victorian Nature a CD I purchased several years ago from E Bay, it has many copyright images depicting nature. I matted it onto a piece of black card. I coloured the main card with TH Old Paper DI then stamped text  - from Creative Expressions -over it, to make it look like an old document. Added some ribbon and pearls. Stamped the greeting. I do hope you like this very simple, but I think a card with a beautiful image. I look forward to once again visiting your blogs. Have fun.

Baby Card - In the Pink

For their challenge this week at In The Pink, we are required to use punches /dies. This card qualifies for both. This is my last of the baby cards, which were made for my class. I stamped the beautiful baby from LOTV onto card, then used a die to cut it out. It is matted onto silver paper cut from a  Marianne die. The Baby girl sentiment is from a stamp I bought forever ago, cheap as chips, then punched out with a circle punch. I used Promarkers to colour the image, dressed with white ribbon and some pretty flowers. 

Baby Boy Card

2nd entry today Friday 23rd.

I have decided to enter a second card into the challenge at LOTV Thursday Challenges.- Anything Goes.  I also made this card for the craft session for today. this is the most adorable stamp. Again this one is suitable for a baby boy, either for a welcome card, a Christening or Naming Day Card, an announcement of birth, whatever you wish. The sentiment is also by LOTV.  Again coloured with a few Promarkers. Background paper from my stash with two strips of white card added to look as though the background is in squares.

Another Baby Card

At LOTV Thursday Challenges this week is Anything Goes. Here is another Baby card which I made for my class.  The stamp is so sweet and easy to colour, I used Promarkers. The sentiment comes with this stamp. The background paper is I think, adorable, sadly I could only find one sheet at the last craft event I attended.  The branch stem is from a Martha Stewart border punch. Hoping everyone in the UK is not too effected by the incessant rain we are once again experiencing.