All Dressed Up Stamps Christmas House

Good evening to all my lovely Friends and Followers tonight my post is to showcase the December New Release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps There are four new Christmas Designs and  again they are all fabulous and here they are,

Christmas Couple

Christmas House 

Christmas Pooch

Christmas Robins

For my Design Team card I used the gorgeous Christmas House. As its so close to Christmas I went for a real traditional look with Reds and Greens.

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps Christmas House painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are My Paper Studio Watermark Christmas Floral from Hobby Lobby in Florida

Green Vellum for Holly Ross Papercraft

Dies are Postage Stamp Rectangle from eBay, Pine Branch is Marianne, Holly branch Joy Craft and  Poinsettia is a Spellbinder die

Berries eBay

Pine Cones Live and  Love Crafts

Velvet Ribbon my box

Red and  Green card might be Ross Papercraft

Well I hope you can take a look at the new stamps they are all lovely. Well its the last weekend before the big day. I hope you are all ready and still feeling very relaxed !! Love and  hugs Carole x

40th Birthday I love Cycling

Good morning to all my lovely Friends and Followers and a special welcome to my new Google + follower Kelly . My card today is a commission card I made a while ago for one of my friends Son In Law who is a huge cycling fan.
I used a photo image for the focal point as all the cycling stamps I had seemed a bit young for him.I hope you like it its a change from Christmas cards.

The Matching Box

Card and  Box Recipe

8x8 Blank Card

Blue card Ross Papercraft embossed with a dots embossing folder

Striped papers are Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics from Live and  Love Crafts

Black card my stash

Photo from the internet

Blue Twine Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook Shop

Grey and white twine a gift shop in Whitby

Banner die is La La Land

Metal cogs are from a pack I bought in Michael's Florida a while ago

The lovely Bicycle charms are from Whitby Crafts

Black letters are from a Tim Holtz Letter Pad

Personalised sentiments made on the computer

Wooden Bicycle I bought in Michael's when I was in Florida in October perfect for my box

Black 8x8 box from Anna Marie Designs at Harrogate show

I made the flag banners by hand 

Well I hope you have a great week and  get that last minute Christmas shopping done I've got my last Christmas dinner tomorrow and  doing the big Christmas shop today so I only have fresh stuff later in the week  Love and  hugs Carole x

All Dressed up Stamps Magic Wand

Good evening everyone I'm here this evening to launch our latest monthly challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps Challenge Blog our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.
The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my December Design Team card I used a lovely stamp called Magic Wand There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the challenge blog

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 

Stamp is Magic Wand from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Paper is from Craftwork Cards Denim collection a gift from my craft friend Carol

Kraft card is Crafter's Companion

Star shape cut from a Dutch Doobadoo star stencil

Star stamps came free in a magazine and they are heat embossed with Stampendous chunky white embossing powder

Sentiment is Magic of Christmas Set from Kaisercraft heat embossed

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and Hessian flower Ross Papercraft

Berries are from eBay

Star die is MFT Dienamics

Hessian Button Stars are from Hobby Craft

Clear Wink of Stella on the Blue stars

Tim Holtz Distress paper edger tool

Well I hope you can enter this challenge but I know it is also a very busy time of the year. I'm slowly getting there most of my presents bought now thanks to a lot of internet shopping. I have a few Christmas nights out next week with friends so looking forward to those..

Enjoy the weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

In The Pink Christmas Nativity Angels

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers  I hope that everyone is well and  keeping warm I hate winter. Today my post is to launch the new Challenge at In The Pink and  our theme this time is Christmas
For my Design Team project I used an old Lili of The Valley stamp Nativity Angels which I love and  made a Christmas Wall Hanger

Close Up 

Card Recipe

Stamp is Lili of The Valley Nativity Angels I used a rubber stamp painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils it seems this is now only available in a pre coliured simply print image

Base Bell shape is a Dutchdoobadoo stencil I used Craft card from Crafter's Companion and  Pink paper I bought in Michael's in Florida

Rectangle stitched die is Lawn fawn

Star die is Joycraft Winter Wishes Circle stars

Star cut from a star Dutchdoobadoo stencil in Corrugated cardboard

Wooden Angel I think was from Hobby Craft

Hessian and white button star also from Hobby Craft

Sentiment tags are Lili of the Valley Christmas tags

White rose is Wild Orchid Crafts

Frosted Berries from eBay

Pink crisp ribbon from Boyes Stores

Distress ink Tattered Rose

Well I hope you can make something pink for Christmas and enter our challenge which sadly will be the very last  challenge from In The Pink as they have decided after five years to close the challenge blog down.

I am very sad about that as I have always enjoyed this challenge blog and especially being on the lovely design team this year.

Have a great weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into Winter Wonderland Challenge my first challenge entry for ages