Shake It Baby!

 With it being a year of losing my mojo, Christmas has honestly been the kick in the pants I needed to get creating again.

I got home from work one day last week and just really wanted to make a couple of shaker cards, so I got making and here is what I finished up with....

Paper - Craft Smith, bought from the warehouse ages ago!
Die - My Favorite Things Merry & Bright
Sequins from my sequin box
Stickers - Rosie's Studio

Die - My Favorite Things
Paper - Craft Smith (as above)
Sequins - Loose Lemon Crafts

Thanks for dropping by, see you soon
Lou

Joy To The World

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Today is the day of celebrating Christmas with your families and loved ones and it is really one of my most favourite days of the year.

The BBQ, the ham, the pool, Love Actually.

It really is the BEST day.

I am here to share the Christmas love with 2 cards made with the Penny Black stamp set, Joy to the world.

This first card feature the gorgeous little hedgie that comes in so many of the Penny Black sets, and  I just love him.  He is coloured up with alcohol markers.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Penny Black Saturday challenge - Christmas or Winter CLOSES 5/1/17

Crafty Calendar - Christmas Time

Hiding in my craft room - Any Holiday

Crafty Hazelnuts - Use a Sentiment

Pile it on - Celebrations -closes 8/1/17

My second card uses the Santa and reindeer images from the set.

I have added hills using Stitched Hillside Borders from Lawn Fawn

Thanks loads for joining me today - I will let you get back to enjoying your Christmas day.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Penny Black Saturday challenge - Christmas or Winter closes 5/1/17

Crafting when we can - Christmas closes 7/1/17

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Christmas - closes 8/1/17 

Heartful Stamping challenges - Anything Goes 2/1/17

Pile it on - Celebrations - closes 7/1/17

SGC - Anything Goes with All Dressed Up

Hi Lovely followers :)

This fortnight over at Southern Girls Challenge the theme is Anything Goes again.

We have been sponsored by All Dressed Up for this challenge.

I chose to do a fairly CAS card for me using Christmas Deer .

I used KaiserCraft papers from a last years Christmas release.

The image was coloured with Copic markers and the sentiment was cut with my silhouette cutter.

Thanks loads for dropping by,

Lou

I wish to enter my card in the following challenges...

All Dressed Up Challenge - Anything Goes closes 15/01/17

Christmas Sweet Stamping - Inspired by a song (Winter Wonderland)closes 12/01/17

Crafty Creations - Any Holiday (Christmas) closes 4/01/17

Simon Says Stamp - Make it sparkle (sparkly sentiment)

Diecuttin Divas - Santa or Reindeer

ASnowflakes Promise - Winter

Bizzy Becs Anything Goes

It's our last challenge for the year over at Bizzy Bec's

As always the theme is Anything Goes.

I went for a Christmas theme using Baah Humbug stamps and Dies from LawnFawn, available of course in the Bizzy Becs Shop

I stamped my images with Memento Black ink  then cut them with the corresponding dies.

I had prestamped and edged the mat card with Stitched Borders Dies.

I then foam mounted the sheep and added the diecut hat and bell.

I then adhered all my layers and added the star ribbon.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and I hope you will join in at Bizzy Becs with us. 

A Bloobel Christmas at SGC

HI :)  Over at Southern Girls this fortnight we have another Anything Goes Challenge.

One of our fabby sponsors is a fave of mine Bloobel Stamps.

I have used one of the Bloobel images on my card....

I used Promarkers to colour my image and the papers are an older MME line.

The clear drops are from Stampin Bella from YEARS ago, I just rediscovered them in a craft drwer.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Thanks loads for dropping by 

Lou

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges...

The Crafty Addicts - Xmas Papers

Allsorts Challenge - anything Christmas

The Pencil Case - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket - Wintertime

Passion for Promarkers - 3 fave colours- Red, Grey, Brown

Colour Crazy - Anything Goes

Some Fancy Folding............

I'm here today with a few cards to share that may impress your non-crafty friends as they look harder to make than what they are.
First up we have a Waterfall Card, you can find tutorial for this onsplitcoast stampers , but I found it REALLY hard to follow and suggest follow this easy to follow video on YouTube.......

Front view as it would arrive in the mailbox :)

The bottom being slowly pulled to create the "waterfall" of images...

Side view of images being pulled down.....

Cool huh???? And pretty simple to make once you get the score lines figured out.  I have used papers from MM Twinkle 8x8 paper pack,  I love the colours in this collection, bright but traditional.  I have also used"December 25" clear stamps by KaiserCraft  for my images.
Next up is a simple Gate fold card........

Front view closed

Half open so you can see the split.....

 I didn't get a photo of the inside which is all decorated as the batteries went flat in my camera.  I have used a precoloured image on this card which makes things even easier, it is called "Santa is coming" and is available from The Paper Shelter as both a line and precoloured image.  I have then added highlights with my faithfull  stickles, I don't think I can make a card without using these little lovelies.
I am entering this card in the following Challenges.......

Digi Doodles - Red & Green

Forever Friends - Christmas is coming

Heidi's Hobbies - Bling & Sparkle
Tiffany Doodles - Glitter & Sparkles
And last but certainly not least we have a kickstand card....

As it would arrive in the mail......

And standing on it's "stand"

I have used the MM Twinkle papers again for this one and added a die cut doily which was cut with THIS Cheery Lynn die.  I have used the December 25 clear stamps again along with some flowers in the corner blinged up a bit with stickles.  The precoloured image ( Santa's Cute Helper from THE PAPER SHELTER) has been cut out with a label die in my cuttlebug.
I am entering this card in the following challenges....

Crimbo Crackers - Make it Sparkle

Moving Along with the Times - Let it Snow

Creatalicious Challenge - Christmas Sparkle

Hooked on Crafts - Something Punched

Craft Your Passion - Let It Snow

Fab n Funky - Baby it's Cold Outside

ABC Christmas - Winter Sports

So that is a wrap for me for this time, hope there is something here to inspire you a little

The Paper Shelter - Snowflakes

A bit more of a traditional Christmas card this time, the theme at The Paper Shelter Challenge this week is Snowflakes.  I have used "Cookies for Santa" available from The Paper Shelter shop coloured with copics and prisma pencils.  The sentiment is from Hero arts and is stamped in SU Chocolate chip ink.

I am entering this card in the following challenges.........

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Christmas Time

Craft Your Passion Challenges - Let it Snow

Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes with a Digi

Paper Sundaes - Digital Images

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions

Wags and Whiskers - Christmas Themed

FloweretStamplar - Christmas Themed

A Bit of Christmas Joy

Isn't this such a cute Christmas image???????  It is from Sassy Cheryl and and her name is Reindeer Sally, she is one of this years Christmas releases. I have coloured her using prisma pencils and OMS.  The papers are Belle from last years KaiserCraft Christmas collection, some of which is still available HERE, while you are looking at that at check out the ARTFULL CRAFTS CHRISTMAS SHOP, it is jam packed full of wonderful goodies for all your Christmas projects.

I am also entering this card into the following Challenges.......

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - Anything Goes with a Digi 

Bunny Zoe's - Lace it Up 

Incy Wincy Designs - Stitching

Oh La La Creations - Stitching

There She Goes Stamps - Holiday Projects

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas goes

Sassy Cheryls Challenge - Emboss it

Digital Tuesday - Anything goes

Clear it out - favourite holiday

Anything Goes Challenges -Stitching

The Paper Shelter Christmas Fun Challenge

This week at The Paper Shelter Challenge we want to see Christmas Fun in your cards.  Leaves it pretty open aye.  I have used "Warm In The Winter" available from The Paper Shelter and coloured with Prisma pencils.  The papers are from Christmas Kitchen (or something like that) stack from DCWV the sentiment is an acetate  page from MM Mistletoe Journalling Pad, the ribbon was from SU I don't know if it is still available and the bling is from the 1, 2, 3 dollar shop.  I punched down the side with a fiskars border punch.
Hope you will come and link up your Christmas Fun card with us at The Paper Shelter Challenge.

I am also entering my card in the following challenges......
By the Cute & Girly - Christmas Girls
Crafters Companion - Let it Snow
Creatalicious Challenges - Distress Your Edges
Cupcake Craftroom - Sweet Christmas
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + Bling
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes
Emerald Faeries - Christmas Red
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Christmas theme

Monochromatic for CSAYL

I loved making this card for our challenge at Christmas Stamping All Year Round isMonochrome.  I wasn't too sure about this to start with but once I got started, LOADS of fun!  I went with blue, mixed with white as a neutral. I sprayed the snowflakes (which I had precut with nesties), roses, ribbon and sentiment with "frost" glimmermist which matches the DCWV paper I used. I then coloured my Lily Of The Valley image "Deck the Halls" to match the embellies and patterned paper with copics.  I touched up on the roses and the image with Stickles "Stardust".  I finished my snowflakes with liquid applique and stardust stickles allowing a days drying time before "puffing" with my heatgun and layering together.

This is my last challenge as a DT member for CSAYL. I have loved being on the team and MacKenzie has come up with awesome challenges each week and I am so far ahead with my Christmas cards.  Thanks to the whole team for being such a talented group of ladies and I will certainly be checking the blog out each week to see what they have been up to. 

I am entering my card into the following challenges........

Samuel Taylors - Christmas with a rubber stamp (4 6x6 Prima pads up for grabs!!!!!)

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Hanna & Friends - LOTV

CSAYL - Photo Inspiration

 This week is a photo inspiration at Christmas Stamping All Year Long.  And what a picture it is, totally sweet, pun intended.lol

And here is my take on it.........

I decided to take inspiration from pretty much everything in the photo.  The cakes, the colours and the overall total sweetness of the picture.

I used a new digi paper set from The Paper Shelter called "Let's Make A Picnic", which had the perfect colour combo and the image is cupcake fairy from Mo's Digi Pencil.

Hope youwill come and join us at CASYL for our challenge.

I am also entering this card in the following challenge.........

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes 

Shopping OurStash - Digi Image

Flutterby Wednesday - Fairies, Butterflies etc

Crafty Sentiments Blog - Punches or diecuts

Moving Along With The Times - Fantasy

CSAYL - Give Me The Bird!

Awesome challenge this week at Christmas Stamping All Year Long, Birds, we want o see birds on your Christmas card or project. Our sponsor is Pink Cat Studio for this challenge which is where this awesome image came from, aint it sweet! And super quick and easy to colour in too :)I have added some interest with smooch paint, stickles and liquid pearls. The papers are from Papermania and were a release for Christmas last year. The lace is from my stash and the sentiment is "Basic Phrases" from SU.

Hope you will came and join in the challenge and check out what the other super talented DT members have been up to.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges........

Clearly I Stamp - Things with Wings

Fussy & Fancy - Christmas in July

Glitter Geeks - Furry & Feathery Friends

The Poodles Parlor - Round & Round the Garden

Raise the Bar - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Use a Digi

Southern Girls - Winter Photo Inspiration

This fortnights challenge over at The Southern Girls is a photo Inspiration challenge. It is a lovely wintery frosty one, great for Christmas or Winter projects and very appropriate considering we are in the middle of winter down here at the bottom of the Southern Hemisphere. Our International sponsor for this challenge is the fabulous Meljens Stamps and I have used one of her images, "Cozy Little Chickadees", on my card.

I really hope you will come and play along with us in our photo challenge!!!!!

I am also entering this card in the following challenges........

Polly Craft - Christmas in July
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday - Gardens and things with wings

Creative Card Crew - Animal Antics

Clear it Out - Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge - Pick of the Bunch (flowers)

Crafty Creations - Christmas in July

Thanks for visiting and call back soon!!!!!!

CSAYL - All About You

This week at Christmas Stamping All Year Long we want to see your favourite colour on your card. Our sponsor this week is Amber Ink and 1 lucky winner will get a $15 US store voucher.

So my fav colour is Red in case you hadn't guessed and i have used some of the very cool " 'tis the season to be pretty" set from amber ink teamed with papers from Making Memories, flowers from Wild Orchid and a sentiment from SU. I coloured the image with Connor's crayola colouring pencils. Can't wait to get some prismas or polychromos, I keep promosing myself it will be soon. With the NZ dollar as strong as it is against the US I should probably do it soon.

Hope you will come and join in our challenge!