Red, White & Blue Christmas

When you have challenges they are meant to take you outside of your comfort zone and this week at Holly Jolly we are challenge you go very Non-Traditional.

 

Our challenge is for you to make a Christmas project using:

 

Red, White and Blue

 

You know when every I say those colours I think of the rhyme at school which goes:

 

Red, White and Blue the boys kiss you…. LOL

 

Oh the things you randomly remember!

 

But back to the challenge, everyone one on the Design Team has created something totally different and I for my card I have mainly used Red and White with just a touch of blue.

 

The layout of my card is inspired by the current Less is More challenge, so I have gone very CAS.

 

Here is my card

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: First Christmas, Come to Bethlehem

Card: Cherry Cobbler, Midnight Muse, Whisper White
Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Eyelet Border Punch (retired), Square Lattice Embossing Folder,Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

Below is the Less is More sketch:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

 

Less is More Challenge - #117 sketch

Love to Create Challenge – # 63 Punches and/or Dies

Amusing Challenge – Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu Challenge – Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting my little crafty corner and if you get a chance please come over to Holly Jolly and say ‘hi’ and show us what you have created.

 

Keep well…… Meg

Joy Fold Card

Cindy is hosting the new challenge over at Come and Get It and this week we want to see what wonderful

 

Joy Fold Cards

 

you can create.

 

If you have not created a Joy Fold card before here is the link for the tutorial over at Splitcoast.

 

The colours for my card have been inspired by the Tea for Two DSP, just loved this paper and the colours. 

 

The colours I have used are Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, So Saffron plus some neutrals Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake.

 

Here is the outside of my Joy Fold card:

 

 

 

and the inside is simple and clean with a little butterfly

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Perfect Punches

Card: Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake
Ink: Calypso Coral

Accessories:  2-3/8” (6 cm) Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Scallop  Circle Punch, Extra Large Oval Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Tea for Two DSP, Enchantment Brad (retired), Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

I have layered the flower on an extra scallop circle and the flower has been added the front of the card with dimensionals.  The top fold is kept close as the edge is under the scalloped flower.

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

My Time to Craft Challenge – # 219 Use Kraft

Pumpkin Spice Challenge – # 17 Nature

Stamping With Dragon Challenge – Spring has Sprung

Stampin for the Weekend Challenge – Die Cuts and/or Punches

AUD Sentiments Challenge – #79 Happy Birthday

Paper Pretties Challenge - #24 Fabulous Folds

Creative Card Crew Challenge – # 34 Handmade Flowers

 

 

Enjoy your week and have fun creating those Joy Fold cards!

 

See you next time……Meg

Inkspirational Sketch

There is still time to join the Inkspirational Sketch Challenge this week and we would love to see your interpretation of the sketch.

 

I have used a gone very girly when creating my card for the challenge.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Everything Eleanor, Blooming with Kindness

Card: Red Rose, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Naturals Ivory (retired)

 Ink: Rose Red

Accessories:  2-3/8” (6 cm) Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Scallop Circle Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlits Die, Apothecary Accents Framelits Die, Enchantment Brad (retired), Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the sketch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I haven’t created flowers using punches for ages so I am now working on using the punches to create some other colour flowers.

 

At the last minute I remembered that I had the leave die cut in my stash which I have not used for a long time and it was perfect for the leaves.

 

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Dilly Beans Challenge – Think Pink

Shelly’s Images Challenge – Flowers

Creative Belli Challenge - #168 Spring

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge – Anything Goes

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge - #112 Flowers

Oldie But a Goodie Challenge – Make It Girly

Sweet Stamps Monthly Challenge – Stamp your own Background

Sweet Stamps Challenge - #114 Use 3 of any item (used leaves)

Use It Tuesday Challenge - #54 Flowers for Mum

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you for visiting my little creative corner….Meg

Pink Plus One

It’s Wednesday, middle of the week and time to share with you a card I created for the Crafty Creations current challenge.

 

This week we are challenging you to :

 

Use Pink Plus One 

 

Pink and one other colour excluding neutrals, I decided on Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose.

 

The layout of my card is inspired by the current sketch at Crazy 4 Challenges.

 

I used the new Hearts a Flutter Framelits Die and Hearts a Flutter stamp set.  I just love dies and punches they make things so easy and quick.

 

I added a bow and a butterfly and some embossing too.

 

Here is my card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Hearts a Flutter, Occasional Quotes (retired)

Card: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories:  Hearts a Flutter Framelit Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Very Vanilla Ribbon (retired), Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Pearls, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could you this card to send to a friend to let them know I am thinking of them or even a sympathy card.  I just love the sentiment “I’m here for you….”

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Crazy 4 Challenge - #C4C182 Sketch

Craft Room Challenge – So Sentimental

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge – # 8 Friendship

 

 

Thank you for visiting, enjoy the rest of your week….Meg

HJ Embossing with Ribbon

This week’s challenge at Holly Jolly is hosted by me and I have chosen the theme challenge to be

Embossing with Ribbon.

 

The embossing can be dry embossing or heat set embossing and ribbon well we all have ribbon that we find in our stash.

 

So I would love to see you join us and get a start on your Christmas cards too!

 

For my card I have heat embossed my Christmas Tree image with clear embossing powder.  I first stamped in Island Indigo Ink and then quickly added the clear embossing powder.

 

You can see the how the image is darker with the embossing powder because the sentiment Season’s Greeting is just stamped in the Island Indigo ink.

 

The layout for my card was inspired by an older sketch at Sketchbook Saturday.  Love the Clean and Simple look of the design.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Snow Swirled

Card: Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink: Island Indigo

Accessories:  Scallop Edge Border, Island Indigo Ribbon, Vanilla Ribbon (Non-SU), Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

I am hooked on the Island Indigo at the moment so my card is very non-traditional colours.

 

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:

 

Patties Creations Challenge – # 65 Make It Sparkle

Love to Scrap Challenge – # Cut It Out (Die and/or Punch)

QKR Stampede Challenge – # 35 Punches and/or Dies

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge – # 138 Trees

DRS Designs Challenge – # 66 Bows

Sweet Stampin Christmas Challenge – # 5 Use Kraft

Christmas Cards All Year Round Monthly Challenge – O’ Christmas Tree

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your week and take care….Meg

CAGI Colour Challenge

Just a quick post to share with you our new challenge over at Come and Get It this week.

 

We have a colour challenge – Brown, Pink and Gold.

 

I decided to use Chocolate Chip with Pink and have gone for Rose Red as it is a darker shade of a Pinky colour.

 

For the Gold I raided my Embossing Powder stash and found some Glitter Gold Embossing powder.

 

I have gone for a very CAS card and at first was going to add something more but the more I look at the card the more I like the simplicity.

 

Here is my card

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Everything Eleanor, Loving Thoughts

Card: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Ink: Rose Red, Versamark, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Gold Glitter Embossing Powder (Non SU), Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

It looks a lot more sparkly in real life but you can see a few sparkles in the photo.

 

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Totally Gorjuss Challenge - #180 Embossing

Stampin For the Weekend Challenge – Friendship

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge – Use Sentiment

Addicted to Stamps Challenge – 3 41 Anything Goes

Pennys Challenge - #123 Use Sentiment

Twisted Tuesday Challenge – # Use one from list + Twist add Chocolate

 

 

Have a wonderful week and keep safe…Meg

Inkspirational CASE

New week and it is a Wednesday – well that means time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational.

 

This week it is time for a CASE.

 

For my card I have used Island Indigo with Whisper White and Basic Black card stock  and I love the combo.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Serene Silhouettes

Card: Island Indigo, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Island Indigo

Accessories:  Delicate Designs Embossing Folder,
1-3/4” (4.4 cm) Scallop Circle Punch, Island Indigo Satin Ribbon, 1-3/8” (3.5 cm) Circle Punch,  Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

Here is the CASE card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what would you create?   We would love to see at Inkspirational.

 

 

 

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

 

LEJ Designs Challenge - #49 Emboss It

One Crazy Stamper Monthly Challenge – Black White and 1 more colour

Lexi’s Creations Challenge – # 88 Add Lace and/or Ribbon

My Craft Spot Challenge - #95 Anything Goes

 

Enjoy the rest of the week…Meg

Cheeky Christmas

Just a quick post to share a card I created for the new Holly Jolly Challenge which is Humorous Christmas.

 

This challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo and I have used one of their images to create this simple but Humorous card.

 

I have gone with a mixture of traditional colours Gumball Green & Cherry Cobbler but teamed it up with Midnight Muse.  Sounds different but I am happy with the combo which just happened by fluke.

 

I have used some of the Satin Gumball Green Ribbon and the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  Plus just one Rhinestone.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Bugaboo Crabby Cathy – Naughty Christmas

Card: Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Non-SU White
Accessories:  3/8” (1 cm) Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Water Colour Pencils, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

 

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - #202 Christmas

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - #58 Anything Goes

 

 

Have a wonderful week and keep safe…Meg

Children’s Birthday Wishes

Hello, hope you have had a great Sunday.

 

We have a beautiful day here in Sydney with lovely sunshine, light breeze – almost Spring like.

 

Our new challenge over at Come and Get It is Children’s Birthday cards and it is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

 

I have used one of the Sponsor’s images and I have gone for a bright and happy card.

 

I raided my stash and found some bright paper I had brought ages and ages ago and teamed it with some retired SU paper.

 

I have been spending the afternoon playing with water colouring and have used my Watercolor Pencils to colour in my image.  It is a shame the Pencils are being discontinued, I am just getting used to using them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Bugaboo Balloon Girl

Card: Midnight Muse, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:  So Saffron Ribbon (retired), Watercolor Pencils, Aquabrush, Non SU Paper, Retired SU DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am loving using Ribbons at the moment so I added the ribbon at the end along with some bling.

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

QKR Stampede Challenge – # 34 For a Child

Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge - #64 Anything Goes

Ruby’s Rainbow Challenge – Happy Birthday

City Crafter Challenge – Happy Birthday

Love to Scrap Challenge – 3 Recipe (3+Layers, 2 Papers, 1 Image)

 

 

Have a wonderful week, keep safe and keep creating….Meg

Inkspirational Photo Challenge

Hi everyone,

 

Well we have a wonderful new Photo Challenge over at Inkspirational.

 

I have gone very pink in my card and created the background on the Very Vanilla Cardstock by adding marker colours to a clear block with some water.  I haven’t used my markers for a while so it was good to try a few different colours to see what created the best background.

 

It took a few goes to get the right background but I like the one I eventually settled on.

 

The image is from the Serene Silhouettes stamp set and has been stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.

The lovely ribbon is the Two-Tone Ribbon Pink Pirouette/ Rose Red.

 

Here is my card

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Serene Silhouettes

Card: Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Two Tone Ribbon, Regal Rose, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the inspirational photo:

 

 

 

 

 

I love the image to me it just seems to capture a lovely spring day.

 

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:

 

Bloggers Challenge – Emboss Me

Card Crafters Circle Challenge – Die Cut and/or Dry Embossing

Simply Create Too Challenge - #35 Use your stash

The Stamping Chef Challenge – Girly Girl

Whimsical Design Challenge – Emboss It

Whimsy Inspires Challenge  - #58 Pretty in Pink

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - #166 Use any shade of Pink

Melon Headz Challenge – Make it Girly

 

 

Thanks for visiting my little craft corner and I hope to see you again soon…..Meg