Christmas Shepherd

I love Christmas and feel that those who say that it’s mainly for the children are missing out!  I make lads of Christmas cards each year but I do like sending ones which have a reference to the ‘reason for the season’.

I made this Christmas card using a rubber stamped image coloured with Promarkers and a sentiment stamp from the same set.  I bought the set for last Christmas but didn’t get around to using it.  Having see the stamped results, I think I’ll be making a few of these this year.

  I am entering these challenges today:

Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long – Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers – Clean and Simple
Fairy Tale – Clean & Simple
Frosted Designs Friday Challenge – Include Stamping
Craft for the Craic – Craft Item You Have Never Used Before
As You Like it Challenge – Favorite Season and Why
Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Christmas or Children
Simon Says Stamp –   Anything Goes
Hiding in my Craft Room –  Freestyle!
Crafting At the Weekend –  Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar – Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas – show people
Leona x x

Labradors

We have always had labradors 2 yellow ones and now a black lab.  My younger son calls yellow labs “white chocolate labradors”, which I think is a much better name.  So here is a card with 2 of these wonderful dogs in decoupage.  I think this might find it’s way to my husband for his next birthday.

I have had the die-cut sheet for such a long time that I don’t even remember who produced the kit!

  I am entering these challenges today:

• Fussy and Fancy  Pets or Favorite Animals
• That’s Crafty! Challenge Blog – This is a Man’s World
• Crafting At the Weekend – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations – something from your Stash

LEONA X X

May your dreams have wings…

 

I am on a bit of a roll at the moment and managing to post every day.  Today’s creation is a card made with a Saturated Canary image.  The backing papers are various (non-matching) bits from my stash and the sentiment is from Hunkydory.

Challenges:

• Crafty Ribbons – Birthday with Ribbon
• My Heart Pieces – Use a Digistamp
• Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes
• Hanna & Friends – Special Card
• • Sister Act Card Challenge – W, Cards. – No. 72 – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations – Use something from your Stash
• • Brown Sugar – W, E2 – No. 109 – Anything Goes
• Add a Little Dazzle – Pink and Orange
• Little Red Wagon – Girl Power
• Pals Paper Arts – Sketch

  

 

Leona x x

Steampunk birthday

I love this sassy steampunk image from Kenny K and have used it a few times for cards now.  Today I have mounted it onto a mat cut with my favourite Spellbinders die and then onto a kraft card.  The sentiment is from Docrafts Wellington collection and the gems are from my stash.  Red is my favourite colour and I love this combination with brown/kraft.

I’ll enter these chllenges today :

• So Artful Challenge – Eyeglasses/Spectacles
• A Random Fan Challenge – Anything Goes
• Cardz 4 Guyz – Steampunk
• Ladybug Crafts – Favourite Colours(Red!)
• Brown Sugar – Let’s Get Krafty
• Through The Craft Room Door  – Always Anything Goes
• Daring Cardmakers – Parties and Festivals
• The Corrosive Challenges – B is for… basque
• Top Tip Tuesday – Anything Goes
• A Step in the Dark – Steampunk
• Little Red Wagon – Girl Power
   Divas by Design – Happy Birthday

Leona x x

Creative Moments challenge – Back to school

I have created a scrapbook page for today’s DT project.  The Creative Moments challenge this fortnight is sponsored by QKR and the theme is back to school.  I chose these photographs from when my daughter started school.

My challenges today are:

• Cute Card Thursday – Back to School
• Delightful Challenges– School Daze
• 613 Avenue Create – Anything Goes w/no optional post it notes
• Scribble and Scrap – Anything Goes  (see blog)
• Bloggers –  Back to School In Style
• Shopping Our Stash – ABCs : Ages, Braids, cute!

Leona x x

Boy’s card with kites

I am sharing another boy’s card today, this time using a  image from Kenny K.

I’ll be entering my card into these challenges:

• Allsorts – Bright Sunshiny Colours
• Kenny K`s Krafty Krew – Kid
• Kitty Bee Designs – In The Garden 
• Seemacrafts – Summer Fun in August
• Pumpkin spice – Children
• Send a Smile for Kids -Anything Goes 4 Kids
• A Random Fan Challenge – Anything Goes
• Sweet Stamps – Masculine Birthday
• Craft Your Passion – Summer Fun
• Digi Sketch Challenge – Summer Fun

Leona x x

Almost at another birthday

One thing with having 3 children is that there always seems to be a birthday coming!  For child number two, whose birthday is in September, I have coloured a Saturated Canary digistamp with Promarkers and made it into a card using papers from a Papermania capsule collection.  I ran the yellow paper through a Crafts-too embossing folder to reflect the footballer image.  The sentiment is from My Paper Stash and the glittery peel-offs are from my stash.

I’ll be entering my card into these challenges:

• Allsorts – Bright Sunshiny Colours
• The Corrosive Challenges – B is for boy, ball
• Kitty Bee Designs – In The Garden 
• Pumpkin spice – Children
• http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – square cards
• Send a Smile for Kids –Anything Goes 4 Kids
• Crafty Bloggers Network – Summer Fun
• Lunagirl Moonbeams – Let’s Hear It For The Boys
• Perfectly Rustics – 2W – (Week 2) Masculine Card

Leona x x

Cheerful StampPad challenge – a new baby

For my card for the Cheerful StampPad challenge, I have used 4 separate digistamps from Stitchy Bear for this CAS card. I used Promarkers in Pastel Blue, Cornflower and China Blue. I have mounted the topper onto Bazzill cardstock in matching blue.

Challenges are:

• Pumpkin spice – Children
• Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ Challenge – Anything Goes……
• Send a Smile for Kids – Anything Goes 4 Kids
• Simply Create Too – Monochromatic Madness
• NEW* Sweet 7 Challenge Blog -Baby
• A girl who crafts – ANYTHING GOES
• CAS on Sunday – Rock a Bye Baby 
• Fairytale Stampers – Everything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenges – B is for….boy, blue, bootees

Leona x x

Girl’s birthday

The rubber stamp used to make today’s card is from Lili of the Valley. The Rabbit is coloured with Promarkers showing how beautifully soft the colours can look.   The papers I have used are from a collection called Little Bo Peep and the wording is glittered stickers from Forever Friends at DoCrafts.

Here is the sketch I used and rotated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here is my finished card.

Challenges:

• Simply Create Too – Monochromatic Madness
• http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – sketch above
• Penny Black and More – Anything Goes
• Fussy and Fancy – Pets or Favorite Animals
• Stempelsonnen Challenge –  Anything Goes

Leona x x

 

Keeping it krafty

I have made a card today using a kraft card base and hessian (or burlap as it is called in the US).  The decoupage bear is form Doolicraft and the self adhesive ribbon came from a bargain bin at Hobbucraft some time ago.

I am entering these challenges today:

• Brown Sugar – W, E2 – No. 108 – Let’s Get Krafty
• Craft for the Craic –  Craft Item You Have Never Used Before (Hessian)
• Crafty Catz – W, 3E – No.245 – Girly
• The East Wind Challenge – For the Kiddies
• Crafty Little Fairies – Cute and Cuddly
• Southern Girls – It’s All about Texture
• Crafty Creations -Use something from your Stash

Leona x x