Mwah!

Today is Day 4 in the Chicken Soup 12 Days of Christmas recipe extravaganza  and I get to share this card that I made for the theme of holly and ivy

I made the holly paper by stamping in red and green - I love how it turned out. All the stamps are from Waltzingmouse, the gingham ribbon is from Ribbon Girl, dies are Nestabilities and the felt is from Papertrey

A Few Challenges ...

I have two cards for challenges today  - I took full advantage of being snowed in and spending the day at home!

The first card is for the Papertake Weekly challenge (a sketch) and the Lili Of The Valley challenge (create a card with your favourite tools/stamps)

These days I just can't imagine me making a card without either printed digital papers, nestabilities dies or beautiful Stardust Stickles so these are my favourite things. My sentiment stamp is a Lili Of The Valley greeting stamp and to be honest these are making their way onto lots of my cards too. It helps that I bought all 3 sets when I was at the NEC so I just about have every occasion covered!

My second card is for the 2 Sketches 4 You challenge blog (sketch) and

the ABC challenge blog (ice and snow theme)

Happy Hanukkah ...

I made this card for the parents of a little girl I have in my class, I had wanted to do something as they don't celebrate Christmas and all the other families will get a Christma card from me but wasn't entirely sure what and then lo and behold Meg and Traci created this gorgeous Hanukkah themed digital kit at the Sweet Shoppe and my task was made easy

I forgot to say that the gorgeous bow is made from lovely wide silk ribbon available from the Ribbon Girl, it is my favourite ribbon to use at the moment and it is going on everything! It ties the most perfect bows :)

Snow Family ...

I have a life lesson to share today, one involving a hand crafted card, taking photographs outside and err...... dropping the lovingly handcrafted card into the snow!!   Oh dear, that is exactly what happened to this card so please excuse the smudged snow family, they took a dip straight into a snow drift

(Snow family by Lori Boyd Designs coloured with Copics, Stickles, Cosmo Cricket paper and that gorgeous satin ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl)

This is the snow that killed off my snowpeople, the view from our back garden and yes, that is 17 inches of snow! the rest of the garden had 13 inches when I was out this afternoon but this was where the snow had blown at the edge of our patio

Tis The Season

I have been completely inspired by Gail for this little festive hanging. She made some gorgeous mitten hangings for last months colour challenge at The Ribbon Girl blog and I really loved them so thought I would have a go myself :)

My mitten is a page from a Maya Road chipboard mini book, papers are from a Jenn Barrette digital kit at Sweet Shoppe Designs and the pretty ribbons are from the Ribbon Girl. The 'tis the season' stamp is by Papertrey Ink, I love their sentiment stamps

A Little Bit Cute ...

Just for a change - I have a card that isn't a Christmas card :) I was asked to make a special card for a friends daughter and son-in-law, something for their anniversary and cute.

I used my favourite heart Nestabilities dies, Martha Stewart punch and some beautiful silk ribbon, t5winer and a polka dot button from the Ribbon Girl. The papers and those sweet little mittens are all from this digital kit at Sweet Shoppe Designs. All the edges have been covered in gorgeous, beautiful, sparkly Stardust Stickles

***edited to add - a few people have asked if the snowy background on my recent photographs is a photoshop background - no! it is the 13 inches of snow sitting in my garden, I am currently snowed in. I like to take my photographs outside in natural light so you get a peek of my garden as the background :)

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge ...

Today my card is for the Watzingmouse sketch challenge and the Daring Cardmakers challenge of spots and stripes

The papers are from a Sweet Shoppe Designs digital kit, the stamp and sentiment is from Waltzingmouse and the ribbons are from The Ribbon Girl

Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge

The third Ribbon Girl colour challenge just went live over at the blog and this is the card that I made for it

I used one of the cute squares printed images from Lili Of The Valley (don't you just love these for quick cards?) a Cuttlebug embossing folder, Hero Arts layering papers and the ribbon, pin and Stickles are all from the Ribbon Girl

This is the prize on offer for one lucky winner drawn randomly from all the entries 

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow ...

I think we've had our years ration of snow during the last few days. I can't remember ever having this much snow in November! We've got about 8 inches of the chilly white stuff sitting in our garden and the weather forecast is for a lot more through the night and tomorrow

So, what's a girl to do when she is snowed in? Spend the day in her pyjamas making cards of course :)

I've had a lovely day watching the snow from the window of my den whilst making cards with a new Nitwit Collections digital kit and ribbons and twine from The Ribbon Girl

Between the blizzards the sun came out and I kept dashing in and out to take quick photographs, I'm a pro at welly boot removal now! :lol:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...

...especially here because today we had 4 inches of snow. Unfortunatley I couldn't stay warm at home and craft all day, I had to walk to work because no traffic could get in or out of where I live. Luckily for me though I got to come home a little earlier and dashed outside between snow showers to take photographs of my recent projects - we've had rain for last couple of weeks which has meant awful lighting for taking photographs

This card is made using a new digital stamp by Lori Boyd, you can find it and lots of other new stamps in her digi stamp shop here

I love the bow, made from some new gorgeous silk ribbon from the Ribbon Girl, it ties perfect bows and I can't stop using it

I've been a bit quiet for the last few weeks, just very busy with school work and fighting off a cold which seems to be winning but I've also completed three magazine assignments which have all been packed up and posted off so now I can get back to playing for fun :)

Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz ...

This is my first time of joining in with the Waltzingmouse Stamps blog waltz and the theme of it is Christmas

I used Waltzingmouse Holiday Labels and Compliments of the Season, Cuttlebug embossing folder and the ribbons, bells, Stickles and pins were all from The Ribbon Girl

A Little Bit Dotty ...

Hello, I haven't fallen into a hole - just been very busy and then I went away for a lovely weekend with some crafty friends to do crafty things and go to a wedding - such a lovely time

 

I haven't taken photographs of my weekend projects but this is a card that I made last week. I used my favourite Lollipop digital stamp from my friend Lori Boyd, older Making Memories glittery spot paper and ruffle and gingham ribbon and stardust stickles from the Ribbon Girl. The little happy birthday ticket is a die and stamp from Papertrey Ink tied on with Divine Twine also from the Ribbon Girl

New Digis by Lori

Hello Everyone!!

Just wanted to update you on the NEW Digis added to the 

By LORi Designs Digi Shop

 this week...

 They are $3 each

and can be found HERE

The Gingerbread Man ...

This little fella is currently hanging above my desk - I love his happy face and his Divine Twine bakers twine hair!

Ricrac, ribbon, polka dot buttons and divine twine bakers twine all from The Ribbon Girl

Another By LORi Designs Card ...

I have another card to share today made using one of the new PJ stamps from Lori Boyd.  The little waggon actually had a pumpkin sitting in it but I really didn't need another pumpkin card - I needed a girly birthday card instead. So I worked some magic - simply used the erase tool in Photoshop to erase the pumpkin and added in Lori's little lollipop dog instead! For an easier option you can buy the stamp without the pumpkin - Lori has added an extra stamp to the shop inspired by my adaptations :)