No Stamping @ Christmas Card Challenges

Mornings all :) 

It is time again for a new challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges! 

This week the challenge is ... 

No Stamping

The challenge theme is optional, the only real rule is you must create a new Christmas Holiday, winter or Hanukkah card / creation.

Now, I always get a little muddled with challenges like this.
Is digital stamps still stamping ??? is it after all called a 'stamp'.

So to play this challenge theme totally safe and to really challenge myself, I totally avoided inking up any rubber and my printer.  I have a big ole draw of Rub-On's that are always neglected so now was the prefect time to dust them off and rub them off!

 I reached for my new stash of Kraft again for this card.  I have slightly distressed along the edges with some TH Distress inks, added some gorgeous rich red stitching with DMC thread, a touch of ribbon and a bow topped with a handmade button that is embellished with 3 red beads.  The gorgeous pin is handmade and was a gift from my dear friend Debbie from The Crafty Pad for my birthday - I just adore the chain on it!  And the sentiment is a Kaisercraft Rubon from the Tis The Season Collection from my stash. 

It is a little C&S for me but I can see this card being made a few more times as Christmas approaches as it is just so pretty and I am so in love with it, and the red and brown combo is just delicious!

As always the girls and I would love if you played along with us at

 Christmas Card Challenges! 

I look forward to seeing you there! 

Thanks for dropping in to see me today :) 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

2 Sisters - Christmas In July Sat
Gem of a Challenge - Kraft at Christmas Sat
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Tie a Ribbon Sat
Sugar Creek Hollow - Vintage Christmas in July Sat
C.R.A.F.T. - Stitching Thurs E1/5
DRS Design Rubber Stamps - Christmas Thurs E1/1
Pixie Dust Studio - Christmas Thurs
Shelly's Images - Christmas Thurs
Fab 'n' Funky - No Stamped Images Wed C10 E1/1
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#181 Things with Wings @ The Crafty Pad

Good morning Beautiful people! 

Sunday has rolled around again and it is time for a new challenge at 

The Crafty Pad! 

This week it is the delicious Debbi's turn and she has picked a theme that I am sure you are all going to love ... 

#181 Things With Wings 

I feel like I am repeating myself here but I just could not resist playing with The Crafty Pad's Butterfly and Verse Border set. I just adore this set! It is beautiful and so many ideas flood into my mind when I see it and today I used it for a card. 

 

I just adore the swirly frame (that is a Marinne Design Creatable - LR0016, it is actually a rectangle die but I cut it twice in the bigshot, then cut both frames in half giving me 4 pieces and just cut off some swirls and played around with them around my diecut verse.  If you look real close at the top and bottom of the sides scrolls you can see where they overlap but it still looks good! 

 

 

Lots of pearls today! The EK Success swirl punch even got a chance to come out and play and the papers, flower and twine are all from my scraps pile.  Feel a little sad at the blue paper down the side as it is the last piece from my last Stampin Up Spree and I just love the design!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is:

Joanna Sheen

who is kindly offering £10 online Gift Voucher

 While I feel like I could sit here and talk to you all day, that is it for me. 

 Do stop by and share some love with The Crafty Pad Girls, they have some stunning pieces of work to share with you and get you inspired as well. 

We would love you to play along with us and we hope to see you there :) 

Thanks for dropping in to see me :) 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Fat Pages and Cards With Attitude -  Anything Goes Fri E1/9

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Stripes Thurs (on the brown DP)

It's All About The Vintage - Anything Goes Thurs E2/3

Paper Crafting Journey - Pearls & Swirls Thurs

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes Wed

Inky Impressions - Dies / Punches Wed

Word Art Wednesday - Inspiring Quote Wed E1/2

365 Cards - Wed Day 174 - Odd number of Embellishment (1 butterfly / 1 flower)

A and T Emerald Faeries Challenge - Flourishes / Swirls Tue E1/3

Marianne's Design Diva's - Anything Goes & DT call Monthly

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Windows @ Christmas Card Challenges

Mornings all :) 

It is time for a new challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges! 

This week the challenge is ... 

Windows

 The challenge theme is optional, the only real rule is you must create a new Christmas Holiday, winter or Hanukkah card / creation.

Not going to lie, this one stumped me a little with what to do :$  So I went with something slightly nontraditional window-ey but yet I still managed 2 windows! 

Neutral colors for me this week with two heart windows, a small simple flower, homemade pin and a touch of twine.  The large papers are Stampin Up' and the smaller squares are from my scraps stash.  I made this with hubby's card for the year in my mind so I wanted minimal embellishments and masculine with a touch of love-y dove-y.    

The girls and I would love if you played along with us at

 Christmas Card Challenges! 

I look forward to seeing you there! 

Thanks for dropping in to see me today :) 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Crafty Hazelnuts's Christmas - Monochromatic Sat E
Jellypark Challenges - Christmas In July Fri E1/2
Simply Create Too - Use it TWO times (heart) Fri
Stampin With The Dragon - Christtmas In July Fri
Paper Play - Christmas In July Thurs E1/2
Shelly's Images -Christmas In July Thurs
Willow Sketchie Challenge - Christmas In July Thurs

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Pink, Pearls & Pretty Celebration @ MAWTT

Morning all ! 

Another Thursday down and it is time for a new challenge at 

Moving Along With The Times! 

This week Mau is in the hot seat and she has picked ... 

Pink, Pearl & Pretty Celebration

Ooohhh pink, pearls and pretty! This girl CAN DO!

I made an ornament specifically for my Valentines decor tree but I am hopping I will get double use of out this baby and hang it for Christmas as well :))  I have not told hubby yet but I plan on buying a small white tree to place 'around' the house' so I can have a touch of a pink and white Christmas somewhere.  For the moment he is on a need to know basis and he don't need to know lol 

I started with a Marianne Creatables heat die for the base, covered it with some pretty pink DP from my scraps stash, added two rows of lace behind in the pink and white.  The flowers are homemade from silk with some beads sewn into the centers to match the homemade bead sprays and the sentiment is from Kaisercrafts - Homemade Clear Stamps - love ticket that I cut up to make look like scrabble tiles. The butterflies are from an EK Success butterfly border punch and as per my usual, to finish everything off, there is a touch or two of TH Distress inks and a few extra pearls.

Crimson Cloud 

is our great sponsor this week with a great prize up for grabs.

As always the 

Moving Along With The Times 

girls have some stunning creations to share with you all 

so please do drop by and see them and share some love :) 

Thanks for dropping in to see me today :) 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Cupcake Inspirations - Inspiration Pic Sun E1/-
That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes Sun E1/1
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Wings & Bling Sun

Sentimental Sundays - Rough Around the Edges (Ink Distressing) Sun

Fab 'n; Funky - Make your own flowers Wed E1/1 C10

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Let's Get inky & Messy Sun E1/3

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything but Square Sun E2/3

Catered Crop - Ruffles Sun
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Anything Goes Mon  E1/2

Let's Ink It Up - All Girl Monthly Sun E1/5

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Emboss Resist @ Christmas Card Challenges

Mornings all :) 

It is time again for a new challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges! 

This week the challenge is ... 

Emboss Resist

The challenge theme is optional, the only real rule is you must create a new Christmas Holiday, winter or Hanukkah card / creation.

Emboss resist is a technique that I not do very often at all!  I had several failed attempts at this and finally managed to get something together that I liked! 

Keeping with tradition I have been playing with my TH Distress inks as always.  I finally found a place on the www in Australia that stocks the real KRAFT! So when Mr postman delivered my parcel this week I was itching to have a play it!  The flourish stamp is actually a foam stamp from a set given to me by a friend when she cleaned out her stashed, sadly there is no info on the box of who is it made buy but it is great to finally use it.  The twine is also a newbie for me and is from The Twinery and it's the Cappuccino color that I have also used for the stitching (I've been doing little shopping lately lol).  The sentiment is a Kaisercraft Rub On from the Be Merry collection (I don't know about you but I have heaps of Run On's that I have never used as they are just so pretty!) and the pearls and bells are from my stash.

As always the girls and I would love if you played along with us at

 Christmas Card Challenges! 

I look forward to seeing you there! 

Thanks for dropping in to see me today :) 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Twisted Tuesday Challenges - Use 2 (Twine & Rub on) Twist Holiday Tues

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas In July Tues E1/1
Use it Tuesday - Emboss It Tues Horded Rub On
The Paper Girls Challenge - Rub On's Mon
Winter Wonderland - Sentiment as focal point Thurs
2 Sisters - Christmas In July Sat

Totally Gorjuss - It's Christmas Sat 
Card Crafter's Circle - Christmas in July Fri E1/3 C10
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#179 Paper Piecing @ The Crafty Pad

Good Morning Crafty Folks! 

It is time for a new challenge at ....

The Crafty Pad! 

***EDIT*** please note Mr Blogger has been naughty and has posted this post 12 hours before the challenge has gone live at The Crafty Pad - So sorry :$ 

So without further ado, lets gets to this weeks fun challenge

picked by our lovely Ms Ali!

She would love to see

#179 Paper Piecing


I have loads of photos today so I will not bore you with a long worded post lol  

I used the adorable Butterfly and Verse Set available from the The Crafty Pad Designs Store. 

The verse alone is magical and when mixed with the butterflies turned into embellishments it is just LUSH! 

I was in the mood for something really pretty so I made a handbag card and there is even a little gift inside especially for a very dear crafty friends birthday coming up soon! 

Paper pieced butterfly embellishment made from the butterflies in the Butterfly and Verse Set

 

 

The clasp is left over from a alteration I made to a tea chest.

 Yes that is 34 panels of hand stitching!   Gee do I obsess much???

Another little butterfly embellishment!

A little gift to sit inside - A selection of handmade pins and some blanks so they can make their own too. 

My daughter calls this a wedding cake, it looks adorable and good enough to eat lol ! 

The gift sits nicely inside ontop of the verse and is easily removed.

And lastly the set together.

I raided lots of bits from my stash for this, the bag clasp was left over from an altered tea chest, the lace on the front of the bag was an off-cut left over, along with the trim used on the pin holder.  The flowers are Kaiser and they were also left over from another project.  To make the butterflies more wispy and magical they are sitting on some wood fibers and there is a lots of pearls and some homemade posh pins used for the butterfly antenna's. 

We have a fabulous sponsor prize for you all to play along for this week! 

Mei Flower 

 has kindly given us 

a £20 voucher to spend in their store

to one lucky random winner! 

The Team B girls have some gorgeous projects to share with you this week so be sure to pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and check out there inspirations!
***EDIT*** please note Mr Blogger has been naughty and has posted this post 12 hours before the challenge has gone live at The Crafty Pad - So sorry :$  

Thanks for dropping in to see me :) 

Look forward to seeing you at The Crafty Pad Challenge!

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Inside Out Tues

Oldie But Goodie - Flower Power Tues

Paperminutes - Shabby Chic / Vintage Tues

Shopping Our Stash - Extra Folds / Pleats Tues C13
Crafts and Me - Stitching Wed  
Word Art Wednesday - Uplifting Quote (inside the bag) Wed E2/2

Southern Girls - Pearls Thurs E1/1 AUS
My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - For someone Special  Thurs E1/3

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything But Square Sun E1/3
Sweet 'n' Sassy Digi Challenge - Fun Fold Card Sat 

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