Christmas Candles

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers today as its that Wednesday again sees the launch at Crafting by Designs of our latest challenge Get Ready for Christmas.This is always one of our most popular challenges and we have this theme once every month I've worked out is you have played along every month you should now have six Christmas cards made!!.

We have two sponsors for this challenge

Flat Friends   

Prize: $10 voucher to the store

Stitchy Bear  

Prize: 3 single images, up to $10 value

I decided on an image from Stitchy Bear called Christmas Candles. Its a traditional design so I've used the traditional Christmas colours on this design that I love.

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Image Stitchy Bear Christmas Candles painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils The pearl dots around the image are a gold Viva pearl pen

Spellbinder circle and scalloped circle dies

Papers are a Kaisercraft 12x12 sheet the Turtle Dove Collection

Dark red card is from a Ross Papercraft Show ages ago

Kraft card is Crafters Companion

Lace, Christmas ribbon and gorgeous Christmas Candle Buttons are all from Crafty Ribbons

Sentiment is LOTV from the Calendars set

The small square pictures are cut from the Kaisercraft sheet (these are on the reverse of the holly side) and fixed to Kraft card that I cut round the edges with decorative scissors

Well I hope you are all having a good week the weather is so miserable I wish we could find our summer here in the NE. 

I hope you can find time to make something to enter into our challenge this week .I also want to thank you for all the lovely comments you all left on my last post I really appreciate them all so kind hugs Carole x

Country Snowman

Good morning to all my friends and brilliant followers.Well I know what you are thinking a Snowman card when Christmas is over well yes it is. This is this weeks theme at the Crafting by Designs Challenge Snowmen I do hope you enjoy the challenge we have two great sponsors.

 Sami Stamps

Prize - $12.00 credit to the store

and
Stitchy Bear

Prize - choice of 3 digi images up to $10

 

I  decided on an image from Stitchy Bear called Country Snowman. I went for a more CAS design stamping the background card and fussy cutting the image. Not sure I'll ever be able to do true CAS style !!

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 card Craftwork cards

White Tim Holtz card

Silver mirra card

Tree stamp Docrafts several years ago heat embossed with silver embossing powder

Stamp Country Snowman coloured in Promarker pens and  fussy cut

Shabby White Frantage

LOTV sentiments

Narrow tinsel tied with ribbon from my stash

Wooden snowflakes Whitby Crafts

Tim Holtz paper distress tool

 

The more I've thought about this theme I suppose its OK because if we get snow in January we would build snowmen well not me personally !!

 

If you love snowmen then this is just the challenge for you hope you can enter something. Hugs Carole x