an advent calendar

I decided that this year I would make myself an advent calendar.....

and as I had a half price coupon from Hobbycraft....I bought two....this is my first one .....painted with imagination crafts starlight metallic paint...red......I decided to use my graphic 45 St Nicholas pad....yes I actually cut into it!
thank goodness for my scan and cut...all the draw fronts....and my cricut for the numbers....
the sleigh is a tonic die from last year and the poinsettia is heartfelt creations....
really pleased with it ....
thanks for popping bye today hope you are having fun crafting

November Rudolph day challenge

the last one of the year....where has the time gone

just been making my sister in laws card,she likes a colour coordinated room and does red and gold  so this card is perfect....
Tonic dies from last year, I am still using stash that I have bought and never used....
Pop over to scrappymo's and you have to be in it to win it!

christmas card club challenge 24....mixed media

the penultimate challenge of the year....and Mary has chosen mixed media & trees....so a quick search through my stencils...

yes its got trees.....tick....and I have used cosmic shimmer gold pearl texture paste...tick .it looks quite pale on the photo but in real life its a lovely soft gold.....
I have used creative expressions shiny black card to stencil on...matted and layered onto a textured gold card stock....LOTV sentiment...
Well thats nearly it for this year only one more challenge to go...have you got all your cards done for the season?....its great being part of this challenge as it helps me to make christmas cards right through the year...
Please pop round and see the lovely creations by the rest of the girls..their links are on my side bar...thanks for popping by today and I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

nearly to the the last of my christmas cards.....

nearly there......

this one is made using Heartfelt creations Snow Kissed and Celebrate the season stamps and dies and the paper pad...I had great fun colouring the parcels with copics and making them 3 dimensional round the aperture.....

Just a few more cards to make ...then its onto the tags.....
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thank you Elizabeth

my lovely niece Elizabeth gave me a wonderful embossing folder that I had been searching the internet for for ages...she had 2 of them....

I have been looking for something with a large circle area to show off these lovely LOTV images I bought about 10 years ago...I had used all the smaller images that that came on the sheet and just have the big square ones left...so Elizabeth to the rescue....its a crafters companion folder from the Sara Davies winter wonderland collection that is no longer available....the tiny poinsettia are Heartfelt creations....celebrate the season collection....ans the sentiment is LOTV too....

prills for the centre of the flowers and glossy accents to make the leaves shine a few nuvo drops on the wreath .
I have loads of these toppers in boxes so now I can start getting on making cards...maybe an easel card next time.....
Hope you are enjoying the weekend and thank you for popping by my blog....

Kokeshi dolls...

these cute little dolls really caught my eye when they were on create and craft....oh yes I bought the decoupage set.....you know how I love decoupage.....

these two are love.....and they were great fun to make and just a bit different....

the kit is from craftstyle....
hope you are having a lovely day today and maybe doing a bit of crafting ...thanks for popping by my blog today....

Christmas card club challenge....23 Reindeer

this weeks challenge is Lorraine choice ....and I have been dying to use my Sheena Douglas purchases but haven't really had the courage to get going...it all looks so easy when I watch  her demo...but getting those stamps and dies to line up takes a bit of practise...well for me .....

this is my second go...you really don't want to see the first it ended up in the bin .....
this one is scenic winter with matching stamps and tree dies.....I coloured using a mixture of the aqua pencils and distress inks....lots of cosmic shimmer iced snow which is really blingy....
please do pop round the other girls blogs..their links are on my side bar...theymake wonderful christmas cards.
thank you for popping by my blog today and I hope you are enjoying your weekend and having some crafty fun .....

using old stash.....week 2

I loved this stamp when I first bought it but I wasn't very good at colouring or cutting out  then...but I noticed that penny black brought out a die to match the image and bought it hoping it was the same size....yeeeh it is and so I think I will be using Snowy again ...and again.....

I used a very old Heartfelt creations tree stamp magnificent spruces for the background...a freebie sentiment stamp...I think its crafters companion....coloured with my copics and added cosmic shimmer iced snow....the frame is made using Sue Wilson's pieced squares...
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this weeks card for Aunty

I was very naughty last week...I said I wouldn't buy anything new didn't I ...well I saw this flip fold die from Anna Griffin and blow me before I knew it I had bought the kit! how did that happen...watching the craft channel big mistake.....well not really its lovely and this is the first card I have made using it .....

so confession time over and back to my resolution to stamp up all my unused....going to do one per week.....how long is it going to take me ?

thanks for popping by my blog today .....hope you are having a crafty day....

a Sunday christmas card

having fun paling with craftwork cards frozen forest collection......I just love this image which I have cut out of the 8x8 sheet of paper.....

 and as you get 3 sheets of each design I thought I would make an easel card as well....

the last sheet of course I will be keeping to stroke!.....
Hope you are having a lovely weekend and maybe doing a bit of crafting....
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still using old crafty stash

I have been looking through my rubber stamps...so neglected over the past few years as I seem to make most of my cards with die cuts...and I found so many I have never even inked up...I am setting myself the target to use each and every one....

so here is snowy family a lovely penny black stamps from....heaven knows I do remember buying it on e bay......I have coloured the image using copics having cut the image out using my scan and cut...........of course there are a few die cuts too...marianne design trees....and the embossing folder is crafters companion embosalissious...snow...cosmic shimmer iced snow...and distress inks....
I hope you are enjoying a day crafting today and thanks for stopping by my blog I would love you to leave a comment if you have the time.....