Merry Christmas to all

 

Hoping all my followers have had a great Christmas 

I had a fabulous day spend with Family and Friends, starting with Christmas Breakfast with my son, his partner and my little granddaughter.

Then we went with our friends, who had been staying with us, to Michael and Yvonne's place for lunch with their family and some of the children's in laws.  A total of 22 of us enjoyed each other's company and some amazing food.   Some of them went for a walk and swim at Murrays Bay.   And I finished the day off by watching "Love Actually" for the umpteenth time... Just love that movie!

Seasons Greetings to you all. 

Kit and Clowder Swap

I can now share my card that I made to sent as part of the Kit and Clowder annual swap.  I sent this one to Lisabeth in Norway

This is a digital image from Mo Manning.  After printing it onto my card , I stamped the pine branches from a Sunny Studio set and then coloured with Prismacolor pencils.  I added kindyglitz to the hat and the edge of the top.  The sentiment is from a NZ company called Montarga Stamps.  I've used it a lot this year, mostly inside of my cards. 

I received a beautiful card from Lisabeth

Isn't it beautiful. 

I finished up work today for the year.  Two weeks off.   Totally looking forward to the break. 

WWC#252 Marsha's "Special 3 Week Anything Goes" Challenge

Hi there.  It's time for Watercooler Wednesday challenge and our hostess Marsha has a 3 Week Anything Goes challenge.

I have a Christmas card to share today.  I take part in a swap with some crafty friends here in NZ.  And this is the card I made to send to Pip.  She chose the theme - use stitching on your card, either real or faux.  

I due cut the Spellbinder die which has a dotted circle.  I took some bronze thread and stitched using the holes as my guide.  The sentiment is from a Kaisercraft stamp set and the bells are a Couture Creations stamp.   This is similar to another card I made earlier but I had done faux stitching on.

 

Come and join the fun.  Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge have created.  Then take our challenge and link your creation to the challenge post.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 12.00 noon NZ time ) to link up your project.

Two more last minute Christmas cards

Hi there... my last two Christmas cards using the patterned paper pack I got the other day.

Both of the cards used some of the Couture Creations Bells as well.   I embossed the sentiment on the second card with some bronze metallic powder and added some Nuvo drops

As it's the last Christmas Kickstart, Jo has an Anything Goes  - Last minute Madness.. so I'll be entering my first card

Things are getting organised here for Christmas.  I finish work of Friday for a two week break - we are having Christmas Breakfast here with Kieran, Erin and Grace and a couple of friends from Napier, before heading to other friends for lunch with their family.  I plan to do some baking on Monday and Tuesday - some shortbread and mini pecan pies.

Enjoy the next week till Christmas. 

Celebrate at Perfectly CAS challenge

I  saw the latest challenge was underway and knew I had to have a play.  CAS is my favourite style but using a third or less is still quite challenging

I used two little candles from a Catherine Pooler stamp set together with CP Design inks.  I stamped in a bit of a rainbow colour scheme.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.  I messed up one little bit so I had to trim the panel down and add to a base. 

Thanks for visiting.  Hope your festive season is going well.  I'm getting organised.  Hubby won a ham in a raffle on Friday so I got it glazed yesterday and also had a little visit from our princess

She is crawling everywhere now and doesn't stop!  Can't wait for Christmas Day

Peace Ornament at Die Cut Divas

This month, Die Cut Divas, we are celebrating Christmas/Winter.  We have two sponsor's this month

Morgan's ArtWorld

and 

Today I have used some Hero Arts Dies.... you can find lots of dies like this one over at Cheapo Dies.

This is an older Hero Art stamp and die set,  I used a little snowflake embossing folder to make my background panel and die cut the ornament.  I clear embossed the sentiment after stamping with black ink.   Finished with a little glittery ribbon bow.

We'd love to have you come and join the challenge this month.
 

A few last minute cards for Christmas

 

I had to make a few last minute Christmas cards and I decided I wanted to do a card for The Flower Challenge - 

I brought a Couture Creations patterned paper the other day (despite telling myself I already have too much paper) and I used it to make my last minute cards.  II took the paper and added it a card base.  I had stamped and used my Scan'N'Cut to die cut some Poinsettias from as Kaisercraft stamp set.  I used Alcohol Markers to colour it in, added some Sparkle pen and a red gem for the centre.  The sentiment is from another Kaisercraft set.   

My second card uses another sheet of paper and a Kaisercraft stamp.  Very quick and simple 

Love this vintage Santa.  I added some Sparkle pen onto the fir around his coat and hat. 

I did a few more too.  The paper is so lovely - all vintage-y and soft muted colours.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Would love to hear what you think of my cards.

WWC#251 Dawn's "All About Ocassions" challenge.

Hi there.  Wednesday again and today it's my time to host the challenge. 

Today I am sharing a card I made for a Dec birthday. 

I recently purchased a magazine that had this Altenew stamp and stencil set.  I used some Altenew ink to do the spotlight stamping and just used the outline stamps for the other flowers.  The sentiment is from the stamp set. 

Come and join the fun.  Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday

Challenge have created.  Then take our challenge and link your creation to the challenge post.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 12.00 noon NZ time ) to link up your project.