Christmas Challenge Kit - Christmas Eve

Last weekend was the great Papermaze Christmas Crop - here is the layout I made with the challenge kit. I had intended to photograph the kit before I chopped up the papers, but I forgot! There is plenty more to use and I am halfway through another layout using the same kit.

I used:

Simple Stories - DIY Christmas Papers

Bazzill Cardstock
Buttons
Various letters from my stash

Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page

The photo is young Jamie, my nephew, when he visited us on Christmas Eve 2005.

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 51

Here is my card for week 51 and this time it is a photo prompt for inspiration. A delightful Christmasy picture for the penultimate challenge!

So here is my version:

Rummaging through my Christmas stash I found these corrugated card Christmas trees from may years ago. I cut up a large doily. The paper and sentiment are left over from this year's Papermaze Layout challenge kit.
I added twine, lots of pearls and snowflake stickers.

Thanks for looking and I have the last chllenge to share with you from Monday.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 50

Nearly completed a year of this challenge!

It was a sketch prompt challenge for week 50 with this image as inspiration for the Christmas card. Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

A simple sketch which said snow globe to me!

Here is my card:

I used:

Cricut and the Simply Charmed cartridge

Papers from My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas
Bazzill Cardstock
Acetate
Liquid Pearls
gem & Ribbon

Thanks for looking,

Back with the card for week 51 tomorrow

Lynn x

Make and Take with Carol - Mini Canvas Easel

The second make and take from the Papermaze Christmas crop was designed by Carol. We made a mini Christmas canvas using stencils, script stamps, gilding wax, acrylic paints and stickles. The Poinsettia is cut from Bazzill with a Sizzix dies and the letters are cut from a Sizzlit alphabet. Dew drops were used for the flower centre.

Another creat class, thanks to Vanessa and Carol, Merry Christmas
Lynn x

Make and Take with Lesley - Gift Token Card

I went to the Papermaze Christmas Crop on Saturday and we all had a great time. There was a Christmas Challenge Kit and two Make & Take sessions. The first make and take was by Lesley and we all made a gift Token card.

Here is mine:

We used gilding flakes on the paper doily, something I have been meaning to try for a long time.

The papers I chose from the wide selection available were from My Mind's Eye. We used a brad and a glass dew drop for the centre of the blossom. 

I added some gold and cream twine to match my papers.

Thanks for the class Vanessa and Lesley, hope you have a good Christmas
Lynn x

Scrapology December Card Challenge

Our last Scrapology card challenge for 2014. And we have a colour inspiration photo for you to play with. This would make a good last minute Christmas card, or a card for any other occasion. This month our own DT member LINDA is challenging you to create a card using the beautiful colours and / or the image she found from STYLYZE

Here is my card:

My papers and the chipboard pieces are old ones from Basic Grey's Wassail collection. Then I added lots of Liquid Pearls, Stickles, gems and pearls.
This challenge runs until 15th January, please see blog for more inspiration and details.
Merry Christmas
Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

52 Card Challenge - Week 49

Welcome to the first prompt of December for Kool Kitty's Musings challenge! As it's likely to be a crazy month for us crafty folks, to make life easier Natty thought it would be good to focus on the things that are...

On your to-do list!

If there are special card projects that you need to get done and dusted, now's your chance!

Mine was to create a card for my daughter who passed her driving test on Friday. A special card to acknowledge this achievement was in order.

I had wanted to try using the writing facility on the new Cricut Explore with white on black like a chalk board. I had purchased the Chalk Board Font cartridge, however the pens sold for this machine do not include a white and many other pend don't fit the holder on the Cricut. I did some 'Googling' and discovered that American Crafts make a white pen in their Galaxy range which fits perfectly. I found one of these pens at Papermaze, and so was ready to try this out when Catherine passed her test. 

In addition to the pen and the Cricut I used cardstock from Bazzill in white, black and red.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x