Saturday, 22 December 2018

Sharing at Christmas



Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and are having a great weekend Not many sleeps left now !!. My post this evening is to showcase the December new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps. As always they are all fabulous designs.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are and they are now available in the Etsy Store here





For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Sharing at Christmas






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Card recipe

7x7 Blank card
Stamp All Dressed up Stamps Sharing at Christmas painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Papers are from a Lili of the Valley Pad Winter Woods. I love the patterns on this paper pad but was slightly disappointed with the quality its quite thin at 135 gsm
Wonky stitched oval dies are  Creative dies from Craft Stash
Tree die is a Marianne die from Buddly Crafts
Green pearl trim my box
White stars are from Whitby Crafts
Green crisp ribbon my box
Sentiment is Lili of the Valley from the Simple Festive Greeting Set
Corner Rounder
Some Wink of Stella on the pompoms 

I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are all gorgeous Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.  Love and  hugs Carole x







Saturday, 15 December 2018

Christmas Deer

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers This evening is the launch of a new Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps . 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 project  I used a lovely stamp called Christmas Deer There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the challenge blog.





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Card Recipe

Star shape card made from a Dutch Doobadoo Stencil
Stamp is Christmas Deer from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Paper is  Maja Design I wish For Frosty Mornings from The Mad Scrapper
Stitched circle die
Tree die and star border die's are both Joy Craft
Snow flake border is from a Pion border sheet papers
Maroon Wooden Reindeer's are from Hobby Craft last year
Small wooden love sentiment from eBay
Sentiment stamp was free in a magazine
Twine is from Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials now closed

I hope you can take a look at the challenge this time . Have a lovely weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x




Wednesday, 5 December 2018

December Anything Goes

Good morning to all my friends and followers as its Wednesday you have guessed its the launch of a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs However its not just any old challenge its our last one before Christmas and for 2018.

We have four sponsors for our Challenge so bumper pirzes to be had.

Prize - 3 digi images



Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images


Prize - $12 gift certificate to store

$25 gift certificate to store



For my Design Team cards I've used images from Crafty Sentiments Design s Joy of Christmas and  A Day for Daisies Christmas Bulbs.





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Card Recipe

6x6 blank card
Stamp is Joy of  Christmas from Crafty Sentiments Designs painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Kraft card is Crafter's Companion 
Snowman paper I bought in Hobby Lobby in Florida 
Square stitched dies
Wooden snowflakes from my box 
Blue snowflakes are from Hobby Craft
Snowflake charm my box
Twine is Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials.
Christmas sentiment stamp tags are  LOTV 
Wink of Stella on his hat and the snow





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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card
Kraft card is Crafter's Companion
Papers are from An old LOTV pad Twas the night before Christmas
Stamp is Christmas Bulbs from A Day for Daisies painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Square frame die I bought from eBay
Hessian trim I think came from Whitby Crafts
Small bulb trim is Docrafts
Wooden Merry Christmas Sentiment tag I bought at Hobby Lobby in Florida
25 wooden sentiment is form The Works
Twine is Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials
Small twinkly gems my box

Sorry about the photo is a little dark a very dark day when I photographed it .

Well I hope you can join in our last challenge of the year we love seeing your creations. As its our  last challenge  of 2018 I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a  Happy New Year from the Crafting by Designs Team . Love and  hugs Carole x