Skating on thin ice.

**Happy Thanksgiving**   Hope everyone that is celebrating today is having a lovely time.

Here in Yorkshire, we had a smattering of the white stuff this morning and it sounds like there is more on the way for the weekend!
Here's a card that I was asked to make for a friend of a friend. All they asked for, was that it said 'to both of you', so I hope they like this.

 I don't have many 'couples' stamps, so I was happy when I found these freebie skaters from Cuddly Buddly. They are coloured with Copics and some gold stickles glitter. I also used a gold glitter pen for the skates.

Challenges... 

Creative Inspirations - Red, Green & Gold

ABC Christmas - X is for Xmas, with the optional extra of flowers.

ABC - I is for Ice (& Snow)

Cuddly Buddly Digi Image.    DP is Memory Box, Misteltoe.    Merry Christmas stamp from Catslife Press.

Leaves made with a XCut punch.  Gold stickles glitter.  Blooms and Ribbon from my stash. Lace border punch, Martha Stewart.

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O Christmas Tree

Morning everyone... hope you are all enjoying the weekend.

We have a bit of blue sky here in Yorkshire, but it's pretty cold and windy out there.

A good day for staying inside and cooking and crafting.

Hopefully I will have some treats to show you later :-)

Here's a card I made yesterday - I tried something a little different.

I layered my card and design paper up and stitched it in place. I cut some trees with my Slice machine and added them with foam tape. The paper is glittery already, but I sprinkled on a little extra and stuck on some adhesive pearls. I stamped the Merry Christmas text.
It needed something adding in the corner, but I just didn't know what! I ended up cutting a small tag and adding the bow, snowflake and button. I'm not really sure it works - especially the colour! What do you think?

Challenges - 
ABC Christmas - T is for Tree, with an optional extra of 'buttons'.


Here's a close up -   it's hard to see, but there is a lot of sparkle and glitter on this card.

Slice machine - trees and snowflake were cut with design card 'Fa La La'.
Snowflake was covered with diamond dust, trees with stickles and adhesive pearls.
Martha Stewart 'Arch Lattice' border punch.
Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, Signature Christmas.
Merry Christmas stamp is Catslife Press.

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A Blue Christmas

So, I  think I have solved the problem of taking photos when it's miserable outside!
I took this at about midnight last night - pitch black outside -
I put on all the lights and the camera flash..  lol**

It's a little washed out, but it will do for me...
:-)

I spent quite a lot of time colouring my winter Milly with Copics
and even tried a new colour for her hair!!
I used stickles glitter on her earmuffs, scarf and cuffs
and polar white Flower Soft on the snow covered log.
I  added some pale blue chalk to the edges of the stamped image
and blue ink to distress the DP.
The Merry Christmas circle is one of my new Cat's Life Press stamps,
Grab them while you can from Emma's Store.

Challenges I am entering...
A Spoon Full Of Sugar - Christmas in August

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch + optional extra of brads/buttons/bows

ABC - B is for Blue

Stamp - Pink Gem, Winter Milly
DP - GCD Studios - Ella Blue

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Christmas Production Line

Have you started making your Christmas cards yet ?

Head over to the  ABC Christmas challenge,

where their theme is 'Quick and Easy'.

They have a great sketch for you to follow

and the extra challenge is to make more than 1 card.

A great way to start your Christmas card pile, or  add to it.

Some Christmas cards just lend themselves to having a little production line going.

I get everything cut out, coloured and ready to go,
and then it's just a  matter of assembly, when I have some spare time.

 I got to ink up my new Catslife Press stamp for this card.

I  love the cheeky  'Fa la la la la ' saying.

They do other cute text stamps too and

Crafty Emma's Store has a good selection.

You have to be quick though, as they go like hot cakes!!

Emma is expecting more stock next week,
so keep checking her store, if you want to get your hands on some.

I coloured my Forever Friends stamp with Copics and added some glitter.

Now I realise I NEED a real life sparkly dressing gown, just like this one!!!

I'm sorry, I can't remember what the DP is -

it's from last year and has long since lost it's cover!

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