It's all about frosty mornings

Crikey, it's brass monkeys here today! I have given in and put the heating on!

Hubby is away in Spa, driving around the Formula 1 circuit, and I have been overdosing on Pinterest.

My girls have decided we are having a 'hand-made' Christmas,

so if you have any ideas for presents, let me know.

Here's another Christmas card for the pile...

I followed the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch

changing the speech bubbles for snowflakes.

I stamped my snowflakes with coloured inks, die cut them with circle nesties and 

popped them up with foam pads.

I know sequins are everywhere right now - and they do look pretty,

so I bought these silver ones at my local sewing shop.

Just a couple of questions though -

1. does anyone sell packs of multi colours and

2. what do you stick yours on with ?

I used tiny glue dots - but that could get expensive!

Challenges.

CAS(E) this Sketch - #49

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Loves Rubberstamps - Polka Dots

Simon Says - Use A Rubber/Clear Stamp

Stamp set - Me To You, Winter Wonderland.

Bear coloured with Copics and sprinkled with Glamour Dust

Snowflakes stamped with Memento Dew Drops Ink, Rose Bud and Summer Sky.

Digi DP - Pink Petticoat Dots

Silver Sequins.

Bears need people...people need bears!

Typical!
I bought some cute, new Elf digis at the weekend, just as the printer decided to cough and splutter.
Some nice Kodak doctor is sending me a new head for it though - so after a transplant, it may yet survive.

I did need to make a start on my Christmas cards though.
It is only 61 days til Santa. Eek!!

I stamped and paper pieced my Me To You bear, adding some colouring and shading on the DP.
This card is best viewed from about 10 paces back - then you don't notice all my mistakes!! 
You're searching for them now, aren't you? :-)

 Challenges.
I followed the sketch at Christmas Challenges. I did move my image to the side though  (don't worry girls, just delete me if this isn't ok). There is also an added twist this week, to use flags/banners. I put my sentiment on a little die cut banner.
ABC Christmas - Up to You. 
Cupcake Craft - Pieced Off! 
St. Luke's Charity - Simple Christmas 
  
Supplies.
Stamp - Me Tou You, Winter Wonderland, coloured with Copics.
DP - Memory Box, Mistletoe.  Embossed Dots Folder.
Spellbinders Pennant Die.  Ribbon from my stash.   Sentiment, Craftwork Cards.   
 

With Love From Me To You

Come closer.... no, closer than that....   I'm gonna whisper    ;-)   
The house is sold and we are moving on the 14th!!    EEK!
I am almost scared to tell anyone, incase I put a hex on it, but the contracts are all exchanged and I am packing like mad!!

I just had time to make one more card, before my final craft supplies are boxed up.

I found this fab set of stamps in my local craft shop for only a fiver... bargain!!
I kept my card really simple.
I know these 'Me to You' bears are usually grey, but I coloured mine brown for the Less Is More colour challenge.

She's coloured with Copics and the little dots are done with a white gel pen.
I really like the dotty background effect - but whenever I do it, it always looks a bit of a mess. So, I've taken to just adding the dots at a few places around the image and that seems to be working better for me. Some of the dots are done with a glitter pen, which is hard to capture, but is very sparkly IRL :o)

Challenges
Less is More - Brown and Pink
Winter Wonderland - Walking in a Winter Wonderland.
Sweet Stampin' - Inspired by a Song. The Beatles - With Love From Me To You.
Ladybug Crafts - check out their very first challenge - Anything Goes.
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

This is probably going to be my last post for a while - but I will still be able to pop over to your blogs :-)
And hubby has had strict instructions to get the internet up and running ASAP in the new place.

XXX