Deck the Halls

Is it time to put the Christmas Tree up yet???    I can't wait    :-)   We all troop off together to get our tree - like the Griswolds in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ( A must watch film for us over the hols ) - except our tree comes from the local DIY store, not the wilderness!!

This cutie is James Bear, Deck the Halls, from LOTV. He's coloured with Copics, baby blue stickles on his tinsel and some glossy accents on his star and baubles. The DP is Dovecraft, Christmas Fancy and the text stamp is from a Penny Black, Christmas Critters set.
I found these pretty little star charms, that I had completely forgotten about - I can't even remember where I got them from, but Bunny Zoe's Crafts has a great selection of charms.

 Challenges - 

I followed Arielle's fab sketch over at The Pink Elephant.

Pollycraft - A Glittery Christmas

Abracadabra Alakazam!!

Just a couple of quick thankyous this morning,

before I show you my latest card.

Firstly to Debbie and the Spoon Full of Sugar team,
for organising and running Michelle's card drive,
and also to the generous ladies at Whiff of Joy.

I won the Aladin 1001 Night's stamps and they arrived a couple of days ago.

xxx Thankyou xxx

Here's my first attempt with the new stamps.

I coloured the image of the girl 4 times,

before I was remotely happy with it!!!

I would like to enter this card for a couple of challenges...

Cupcake Craft - where they are celebrating their 2nd birthday this week,

so they want to see 2 papers, 2 ribbons and 2 flowers.

If you join in you need to get your entry in by Saturday 21st Aug,

and they also have a birthday blog hop and cupcake trail for you to win lots of goodies.
Pink Elephant - where the theme is 'Ribbon & Sparkles'

I usually just add a plain insert to my cards,
but in this case, I couldn't see anywhere on the front where I could add the sentiment,
so I decorated the inside - just a little..  :-)

The stamps were coloured with Copics and I added lots of stickles glitter.
The girl was cut out and fixed with foam pads.
I made the blooms with a couple of punches, adding the pearl to the centre.
On the insert, I coloured the pearls with my copics, to match the paper.

Stamps - Whiff of Joy Aladin 1001 Nights
Design Paper - Papermania Capsule Collection Aqua and Heather.

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Lazy Summer Days

What I love about warm, lazy, summer days
is sitting outside, in the swingchair with a good book.
So, I thought it would be nice to include a summer
bookmark with my pocket card.

I covered my card with the DP
and then made a simple pocket.
No scoring and folding..
I just added my DP to the pink card and
then attached it to my main card,
along three sides, with stitching.
This left the opening along the top edge.

I used the Whimsy digital garden fence,
and Tilda, who was stuck on with foam squares,
for that 3D look.
I also paper-pieced Tilda's dress and added some stickles glitter.

For the bookmark I sandwiched together
2 pieces of card, 1 of DP and
a piece of ribbon.
Then stitched around the edge.
The bird motif came with the DP
and I made the text on my comp.

I would like to enter my card for this week's
Pink Elephant Challenge, where the theme is
Pocket Cards.

Whimsy Digital Stamp 'Garden Fence' and Magnolia - Tilda with Flower,
coloured with Copics and stickles glitter.
Design Paper - and bird motif (on bookmark) My Mind's Eye 'Summer Papers' free with Cardmaking and Papercrafts magazine.
Text - made on my comp. Ribbon from my stash.

Orange - It's not just for Halloween!!

I love this week's 'orange' challenge over at The Pink Elephant. It's a colour I don't often use but it can look really stunning... just check out the DT work over there, to see what I mean.
I took ages colouring this image, it's so gorjuss that I wanted it to be perfect, plus I knew that my new close up lens would show every error.
It's the first time I have tried to colour black hair too, so even though it's not perfect I am very happy with it.

I made this into a 'thinking of you card' because to me, the image has a slight melancholy feel to her. Does anyone else get that?

Recipe

• Stamp - Sugar Nellie, Gorjuss 'Sent with Love' coloured with Copics
• Text Stamp - Personal Impressions
• DP - My Mind's Eye, Pretty Please
• My Stash - Buttons, Orange Embroidery Thread, Eyelets
  

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Feeling Blue

I was really happy to be joining in with challenge over at
Just Cute Bears.
They have a lovely blog and it's so nice to see all the DT's adorable bears.
And then I realised - this isn't a bear is it??
It's a bunny... doh!!!
Cute though, right?

So instead I am entering this for the Pink Elephant Challenge,
where the theme is 'Ribbon'.
There is some stunning work from the DT over there,
so pop over, when you have a few minutes, and take a look.

Recipe:
Stamp - Daisy and Dandelion, Some bunny loves you,
coloured with Copics.
Design Paper - Daisy and Dandelion, Picnic Patch.
Lemon ribbon, card candy and sentiment from my stash.
xxx