Christmas round

One of the things I love most about Polkadoodles’ artwork is the little toadstool embellishments that are found in almost every kit.  So, I just had to include them in this card.  This card took a lot of fussy cutting, which I normally avoid(!) but , it was worth it .

Challenges today will be:

• Digi Choosday Challenge -Christmas Celebrations
• Just Inspirational Challenges –  Winter
• Di’s Digis Designs – FOR OR WITH KIDS
•  Get Creative Challenges – Anything Goes  Twist: Glitter
• Not Just Cards – Anything Goes
• Ooh La La Creations – Christmas
• Baffies Kreativladen – Christmas
• Crafting for all Seasons – Tis the Season
• Whimsy Inspiration – Two or more images
• Fussy and Fancy – Happy Holidays
• My Perfect Life – Christmas card

Leona x x

Christmas Choris-bear

Apologies for the terrible pun!  I have stuck with the Christmas theme for today’s post.  This is a card made with Kanban backing papers and some vintage decoupage with a Docrafts Forever Friends Chorister bear.

Challenges:

• Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge  –  use four of the letters from word B-L-E-S-S-I-N-G – (SING)
• ABC Christmas Challenge – X is for…Christmas music
• Di’s Digis Designs – FOR KIDS
• Crafting for all Seasons – Tis the Season
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas – Christmas
• Not Just Cards – Always Anything Goes
• Bearly Mine -Christmas cards
• Ooh La La Creations – Christmas
• Fairy Tale – Christmas animals

Leona x x

Creative Fingers challenge – No square cards

This week’s challenge is sponsored by:

I have used the image Holiday cottage scene.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and I printed the sentiment from my computer.  I used papers from Woodware that were free with a magazine and finished with some gems from my bling box.  All the elements used to make up this card were edged using Ranger distress ink in Evergreen Bough.

Now although my card is square(!), the challenge is actually to make a card that is not square, so go along to Creative Fingers to enter you project and see the other (not square) inspirational projects.

Challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash – something You Got For Free
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday – one or more Trees
• Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – now
• Ooh La La Creations – Christmas
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas -Christmas
• Hiding in my Craft Room – Any Holiday!
• Craft Your Passion – Baby It’s Cold Outside
• Fussy and Fancy – Happy Holidays
• Crafty Calendar –  November – It’s All About Christmas
• Simply Create Too – Snow, Snow, Snow
• Sister Act Card Challenge – Anything Goes

Leona

A winter walk

For today’s card, I have combined a digi stamp from  A Day For Daisies and a little paper piecing with some vintage Kanban cardstock.

Challenges today:

• A Day for Daisies – Use Houndstooth
• Fairy Tale – Christmas with Animals
• Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long – Anything Goes
• Delightful Challenges – You’re a Gem
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge – Christmas
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards – Your Favorite Holiday
• Aud Sentiments Challenge – Use a Sentiment for any December Holiday
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge – Furry Friends
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas – Christmas
• Craft Your Passion – Baby It’s Cold Outside
• Polkadoodles – CAS

Leona x x

Sleepy Santa

Today’s card is made using a fablous Rick St Dennis digi, which has been coloured in sepia tones using Promarkers.  The background paper is vintage Kanban and the sentiment is Hunkydory.  There’s more from Rick St. Dennis tomorrow so please popback for some more Christmas inspiration and the Creative Fingers challenge.

Challenges:

• Emerald Faeries Challenge – Christmas Non Traditional Colours
• Digi Choosday Challenge -Xmas Celebrations
• Try It On Tuesday – Christmas is Coming
• Artistic Inspirations –  Warm & Cozy
• Sisterhood of Crafters  – 2W, 3E – Santa
• Di’s Digis Designs –KIDS
  

Leona x x

Christmas Teddy

I have used a Heather Ellis digistamp for today’s card.  It came as part of a collection on a CD from Digital Cardmaking Magazine.  The papers were also free with a magazine and some were cut down to make embellishments.

I am entering these challenges today:

• Digi Choosday Challenge -Christmas Celebrations
• Shopping Our Stash – Something You Got For Free
• Bearly Mine -Christmas cards
• Not Just Cards – Always Anything Goes
• Ooh La La Creations – Christmas
• Di’s Digis Designs  KIDS
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas – Christmas

Leona x x

CAS for you

Today’s CAS card was made using a freebie form Nikky Hall at Polkadoodles. This is from the the digi kit called Rose Budd, which is available on CD. The embossed crdis from DoCrafts. Challenges for today will be:

• Polkadoodles – Clean and Simple
• In the Pink – KISS (Keep It Sweet and Simple)
• Allsorts -No design papers allowed
• Creative Craft Cottages Challenges –  Colors below

Batala!

I made this card for my friend who plays with a batala band.  The image is from La La Land Crafts.

Challenges today:

• Card Mania – Use a Digi
• Stamp and Create – Ribbons or Bows
• Southern Girls – For The Boys
• Craft-Dee BowZ –  Handmade Bow
• Allsorts – No design papers allowed
• Pattie’s Creations – Birthdays
• Make My Monday – C6 – Black & White with a Splash of Red

Leona x x

Creative Moments challenge – Make it sparkle

This week’s challenge is sponsored by Emerald Fairies and what a perfct digi company for a Make it sparkle challenge!  I have used Binki and Buzz. I have used a new technique for me and die cut the image with a few elements cut out manually to over lap the frame made by the mat.  The backing paper is by Jayne Nestorenko and is part of the Cute Companions range.  I finished with a congratulations sentiment, thinking this would make a great alternative card for passing a driving test.

I am entering these challenges today:

 

 

• Papertake Weekly -Girlie
• Get Creative Challenges – glitter

• Card Mania – Use a Digi
• Make My Monday – Glitter
• Crafting When We Can – Use Your Markers

Leona x x

 

My new Christmas book

This is my new Christmas book, for lists, gifts and cards at Chriatmas!  I bought a plain A4 book with a kraft coloured cover.   I designed a page using Serif CraftArtist 2 and Polkadoodles Home for Christmas CD-Rom.  I put the church as central, as for me it is what Christmas is all about.  But I have incuded Santa with his sleigh, a heart to symbolise love, 2 international girls, lots of gifts and last but not least, some snow-covered mushroom houses. Why?  Because I like them!  The fonts used are from my computer.

I cut a length of old ribbon into small pieces and ties a piece to one in three of the binding coils.   The other bits of ribbon and lace are from my stash and he bell used to adorn the neck of a chocolate reindeer!

Challenges today:

• Cute as a Button – Christmas/Winter
• Bloggers – Alter It
• Left of Center Creative Challenges – Polka Dots
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge – Bright Colors
• Crafty Catz – Christmas is Coming
• Rhedd’s Creative Spirit – Mixed Media
• The Sisters of Craft – Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge –  T for Traditional Christmas
• Allsorts  – Anything but a card
• We Do Doobadoo Challenge–   Christmas
• A Creative Romance –  Winter Warmers
• Hiding in my Craft Room – Use Scraps
• Clear It Out – 3 from Stash ( 3 types of ribbon)
• Love to Create – Christmas

Leona x x