MIMOSA LIGHTS THE WAY

I know, I know it is spring and here is a Christmas card - but never too early to start making them in my opinion. 
This card is for my challenge this week - the topic being another song - 'Lady in Red'.
As I am still away sunning myself I did not have any other suitable lady stamps with me... this new one I bought at NEC and it came over in the suitcase.... so that is why I decided to make my 'Lady in Red' a Christmas lady.
Even though I don't normally do cute I loved these Bild Malarna stamps as soon as I saw them and just had to buy Mimosa lighting the way with her lamp.
She was stamped onto white card and coloured with Copics - yes, I did bring them with me - then I added some silver glitter for the snow effect. I mounted her onto a QVC  gorgeous red card and added the Winter Blessings stamp and some flowers, holly and another little red bow.... yes I am hooked on these too.
Do check out my challenge blog and give the challenge a go - there is a fab voucher from Joanna Sheen up for grabs this week.

It's Martini Time

Here is my DT card for my 'Use a cd' challenge this week which is sponsored by Amber Inks.  They gave the DT some lovely digis to work with - the martini glass being the one I chose for this card.  The background is from My Craft Studio... 'Womens Images' .  I coloured with Copics and decoupaged the glasses over the top.  The wine bottle and glass are stickers from a wine set from QVC.
Do check out my challenge - you could win some lovely digis yourself.

CHALLENGE 139 - Love and Romance

My challenge this week is 'Love and Romance' in honour of Valentines Day and here is my DT card. The scalloped card is from a QVC pack, run through the script Cuttlebug Embossing folder and coloured with worn lipstick Distress ink.  I added a torn and edged piece of wonderful red and silver glittery soft material paper (bought at NEC) then attached the lovely bird digital image from ChiChi Memories (they are sponsoring my challenge this week). I coloured him with Promarkers and added a couple of glitter hearts and the ticket together with some red rick rack ribbon and red and pink gems also from QVC.
Do pop over and enter my challenge and maybe win some of these lovely digital images.

Happy New Year - Chinese Style

Here is my DT card for my challenge this week which is Chinese New Year.
I made the card for my sister and brother in law as they are very fond of anything Asian. I used a scalloped card from QVC and ran it through the Cuttlebug Bamboo embossing folder then coloured with a couple of green Distress Inks. I made the little panda from shrink plastic -  a while since I played with it.  I stamped the rabbit, as this year is the Year of the Rabbit, and coloured with pastel chalks.  The lady is from a chipboard freebie magazine set.  The label is cut from my new and wonderful Cuttlebug Plus Fanciful Labels folder - how great to cut and emboss at the same time.  I stamped the message from a See D's Asian Designs set and coloured in the same distress inks.  I added a border to the inside of the card and some gems to embellish.
Happy New Year and do pop over and enter my challenge - you could win a  lovely Joanna Sheen voucher.

Christmas Holly

Here is my entry for the first Bah Humbug Christmas challenge of the new year - use Fairies and or Holly so I chose the holly. I used some lovely Kraft card for the gatefold  base, from a QVC pack, then mounted a lovely scene from Graphic 45 over the top.  I added some Tim Holtz tape down the sides and added some holly decoupage from who knows where. I also added a sentiment inside saying 'Christmas Joy is in my Heart' with a couple of borders from the same Graphic pad. See ladies done my insert too..... also this is my 7th card made for next year already..... Hope you like it. Happy New Year to you all and feel better soon Irene. xx

It's All New to Me

Over on my Challenge Blog I have a new Design Team waiting to welcome you all and here is my card for this week's challenge 'It's All New To Me'.
Anything new would do so I have used my new die by Go Kreate which cuts the actual shape of the card - a find at the NEC in November, and also a new Tim Holtz embossing folder that I love. I used silver glitter card for the base card, the image is a tag from a QVC Christmas kit and I have added the flowers with a little gem centre and some purple ribbon.
See - I am still in Christmas mood so this is also my entry to Crafty Hazelnut's new Christmas challenge blog. I hope you will enter the new challenge at both Hazel's and my challenge blog and have some fun.

A Vintage Delight

I do so love this Graphic 45 paper pad that I bought whilst in Canada - it has make lovely Christmas cards.  The background is one of the lovely scenes and all I added were some sparkly swirls from QVC, and  a little epoxy sticker from who knows where. For a change I used some brown Kraft card which is slightly ribbled - loving it for a change. I like this card very pleased with it.
I made it for my 'Make it a Vintage Delight' challenge this week. Do pop to my challenge blog and enter yourself if you have time.

Paint it

My dear musician friend John has a birthday next week so here is the card I created for him and for my challenge this week - the topic being 'Paint it'.
I created the background on white Eco Art board using Eco Green paints, green with butternut over the top. I dragged a plastic tool over the two colours to get the textured background then mounted it onto a die cut shape from Tim Holtz run through the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. I stamped the guitars and coloured them in slightly with big and juicy inks not covering totally so as to see the grained texture underneath. I added a couple of die cut shapes from a QVC kit and stamped the message from Banana Frog. I finally edged the art board with the same green paint to cover the white edges.
If you like messing with paints do pop over and give my challenge a go this week and have some fun.

Have a Heart

Here is my DT card for CD Sunday 'Have a Heart' challenge this week.
I found this lovely old fashioned image on the Crafty Images Emporium cd and thought it would be just right for this weeks card.  The background card is a printed and embossed one from a Dufex set.   I added the image a couple of pink glittered swirls from QVC and the message (also from Dufex) with three little gems in the corner.  This is  DL card created the landscape way for a change.
Do enter the challenge and use some of your cds - you know you want to.
Check out the other DT cards too they are all wonderful.

A Pink Christmas

Bah Humbug have a Christmas challenge this week to use Shades of Pink and be different so here is my creation.  The background card was from a QVC set, Brenda Pinnick I think overlayed with some dark pink gingham - yee haa - paper edged with a Martha Stewart punch.  The main image was printed from I think a Crafty Image Emporium cd as were the two smaller images.  The chipboard 'joy' sentiment is also from a Brenda Pinnick set.

EMBOSSING FOR CHRISTMAS

This week's Bah Humbug challenge is to use embossing on your card so here are my two.  The first one consists of some lovely plaid papers and an image of deer from who knows where and some Cuttlebugged mats and layers.  Some added sparkle, a snowflake gem, a peel off snowman (see girls am using them now) and a sentiment to embellish.

On the second card I embossed the lines using my Martha Stewart board then added some silver mirri card embossed with the Cuttlebug holly folder.  The image was stamped and coloured with Promarkers and Copics then overlayed with a lovely acetate frame from QVC.  Red gems, a couple of corners and a sentiment to embellish.

Do I get an award for making two each week then ladies??? lol

Victorian Little Lady

Here is another Christmas card, this time Victorian for the Bah Humbug 'Vintage' challenge this week.  A very simple card this time with backing paper I made myself and printed onto cream parchment paper.  To this I added the image mounted on matt gold  card, the image from the Meryle Holland Victorian set.  I added a couple of gold glitter swirls from QVC and a red and green corner to pick out the red and green in the image. Another one off the list.

A Winter's View

Gosh these girls at Bah Humbug have really got me at the Christmas cards now so here is another for their challenge this week. This time I have chosen trees, baubles, glitter and holly as my combos.  I stamped and embossed the tree scene from The Stamp Barn  then sprayed the top third of the card with blue Cosmic shimmer spray and the bottom with green.  I added some gold and silver Glitter pen again, a couple of holly corner stickers and another of these fabulous glitter stickers from QVC and a tiny little snowflake bauble too.

One more for Christmas

Another card ready for Christmas and also for this week's Bah Humbug challenge 'Cool Combos'.  They asked us to use three or more of the previous challenge topics so mine are Trees, Snowmen, Glitter and Baubles (see I chose four).
First I stamped the image from who knows where, and coloured using Copics and Promarkers then added gold and silver glitter from Marvy Just glitter pens to highlight the snow,  the houses and the trees.  I then cut out the image and overlayed this lovely transparent acetate self adhesive glittered sticker from QVC.  I added some snowmen vellum to a silver card attaching with the two coloured bauble brads then added the scene and sentiment. Hope you like it ladies.

Have a Scrummy Day

Here is a scrummy little card for a friend of the family - his birthday is on 16th.
I stamped the blue cupcakes using a Dawn Bibby stamp and edged the card using my Martha Stewart scoreboard. The topper is from QVC and the smaller cake, sentiment and beans are from Hunkydory.  I am into cupcakes at the moment so entering this for Cute Card Thursday 'Celebrations' and Creative Card Crew 'Celebrate' challenges and also Ooh La La 'Anything Goes challenge. Also found Gingersnaps Creations have 'Celebrate' too so this is for you too.

Sweet enough to eat???

Here is my DT card for CraftyAnn's challenge this week of Pink, Lemon and Lilac.  I transferred the lovely cupcake image (one of Ann's digi images)  to MCS then made the stack of cakes, printed them on lilac meltdust paper and embossed them.   I coloured using Copics and Promarkers  and added to the lemon card after punching with a Martha Stewart corner punch. The border is from a QVC cupcake set and the chipbaord embellishments are from the DCWV Sweet collection. I also added a little pink corner top right and ribbons from my stash and highlighted the hearts on the cakes with Glossy Accents.
Do pop over to Ann's blog and enter her challenges and have fun.
I am entering this into Gingersnaps Creations 'Celebrate' challenge too.

The Year of the Tiger

Here is my entry for this week's Dragon's Dream challenge 'The year of the Tiger'. Frankie has not been well for some time so it is good to see her challenge back up and running with my friend Lyn otherwise known as Blackdragon as Guest Designer this week.
I stamped the background with a little Oriental tree from Debbie Moore using Ranger Distress ink Frayed Burlap and Old Paper and colour tinted the tag with the same inks. The Tiger cigarette card ( actually from a box of safety matches)was from a QVC set also edged with Distress Inks. I added a brown ribbon and a little coin tied up with gold Oriental thread then oversprayed the whole tag with Gold spray from Crafter's Companion. Hope you like it ladies and Happy New Year to all.

TEATIME

Here is my Teatime card for my challenge this week.  The stamps are from this month's Dimension Fourth Project club - I love the teacosy on the teapot and the cupcakes are so lifelike and yummy looking.  They were coloured with a mix of Promarkers and Copics then glittered with Cosmic Shimmer glitter glues - not too visible on the scan.  The gingham, yee haa, background  paper and sentiment are from a QVC kit.  A simple but effective card I think with the brown card on the front opening as well as the white card - handy for another message.
Do join in my challenges if you get a chance I am sure you will enjoy it.

65th Birthday Word Book

My musician friend John will be 65 next week so I made him a musical word book using guitars and piano, he plays both, record icons which he will remember well - as I do, together with snooker balls - he loves the game and a picture of old men playing dominoes tee hee lol. These icons are from a QVC Kanban male kit and the book itself from Funky Hand Word Books cd. I just added ribbon and glitter glue to define the letters, not too clear on the scan of course.

SPRING INTO EASTER

This is my entry for Tanda Teaser 'Spring into Easter' challenge this week. Now you may not think this has anything to do with Easter but in Bermuda, where we lived for 11 years the tradition on Good Friday is for everyone to fly kites on the beach or anywhere possible. Even the Premier joins in on Horseshoe Beach and folks eat codfish cakes inside hot cross buns (codfish is not cod but still a fish!!!)..ugh we never did that, imagine fish inside a hot cross bun - strange traditions places have.

So you have learned something new today lol.

Now back to the card, the base from a DCWV glitter stack, nice and flowery. The little boy is from Cute Daisy May downloads which I love, coloured and enhanced with glossy accents inside a silver frame. I attached the kite and added some ribbon and beads with a bow and a little green parrot charm. The shapes are from a Colourbok chipboard kit from QVC.

I am using this for my challenge this week topic DANGLERS.

Happy Easter to one and all.