Snowy Postbox

Hi there, I have a Christmas card to share with you today:

After making my card I decided to add some Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects to the Postbox:

Looks a lot better don't you think?

I WANT TO LIVE IN THAT HOUSE!!!!

I used:

Delicious Doodles 'Snowy Postbox'

1 Promarker!

Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects

Glamour Dust

Pink Petticoat sentiment

Challenges:

The Ribbon Girl challenge 'April-any-image'

Creative Inspirations '2 favourite things' (mine is Crystal Effects and Glamour Dust)

Glitter 'N' Sparkle 'red and white'

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge 'anything goes Christmas'

It seems a bit weird making a Christmas card when there is gorgeous sunshine outside but it is one less to make nearer the time!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a lovely day.

Sugared Spice

Good afternoon all.
For todays card I am using one of the new (very cute) images from Pink Petticoat:

Items used:
Pink Petticoat image 'Sugared Spice' and 'Peppermint Pink' papers
Copic, gel pen and Wink of Stella
The red Glimmer paper is from Stampin Up
Buttons and corner punch

So that's my share for today hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with some Snowman Soup!!
Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a fabulous day.
Eve x
Challenges:
Sketch N Stash challenge  (my new items are the Pink Petticoat images and papers) 7 days left.
Simon Says Wednesday challenge  'We're seeing stars' (the backing papers have stars too!) 1 day left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge Extra  'anything goes' 13 days left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper challenge  13 days left.

Christmas Tree Die

Good evening all.

I have a Christmas card to share with you today:

Items used:
Clearly Besotted: Notebook edge die, Mini Banners stamp and Christmas Tree Die

I won't waffle today as hubby has just gone to get the Chinese Take-away .......Whoop who!!

Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Eve x
Challenges:
Sketch Saturday  5 days left.
Clearly Besotted Challenge 'Christmas'  5 hours left.
Papertake Weekly  'Black and White and...'    2 days left.

Caroling Trio

Good afternoon everyone.
Oooww is it me or has it turned very cold? The heating will have to go on soon!!

Here is my card for today:

Items used:
Penny Black 'Caroling Trio' stamp
First Edition 'Gilded Winter' papers
ProMarkers
Distress ink (around the edge)
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Pink Petticoat sentiment
Stampin Up punches

So that is my share for today.
It's roast pork for tea tonight followed by chocolate pudding - those are the nice things about winter!!

Thank you for stopping by and hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Eve x
Challenges:
Moving along with the times  'Doggone it '(or any other animal)  1 day left.
Penny Black at allsorts 'Get ahead for Christmas'  14 days left.
Deep Ocean challenge  'Christmas in October'  5 days left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge  'anything goes'   17 days left.
I love Promarkers 'Autumn-colours'  5 hours left.

Little Puddings

Good morning all. I hope that you are enjoying your weekend.

A CAS Christmas card to share with you today:

 

Items used:

Clearly Besotted 'Little Puddings' stamp set

Liquid Pearls

Glossy Accents

A Black pen

Various inks

 



Not sure if I'm happy with the icing as it looks a bit messy :(
Anyway thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you find some craft time all to yourself!
Eve x
Challenges:
Less is More  'one layer, twice once more' 5 days left.
Clearly Besotted Challenge 'Christmas'   13 days left.

Caroling Duck!

Hello there blog world!

I have a CAS Christmas card to show you today:

Items used:
Penny Black 'Caroling Duck!' 2988H
Promarkers
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Die-namic 'Blue prints 8' die
Pink Petticoat sentiment
Ribbon from stash

Do you think that I've mastered this CAS lark yet?!!
I wish that I knew what style of card that I am best at and would love to know what you think.

So there is another Christmas card for the box - one less to make when things are busy.
I hope that you have had a lovely day and thank you for visiting me here at my little old blog!!
Eve x
Challenges:
Less Is More.  'Face the music and dance'  2 days left.
Allsorts Challenge  'Based on a film title' - mine is 'A Christmas Carol'    1 day left.
Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge  'Christmas Critters'   13 days left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge  'Anything goes'   6 days left.
Papertake Weekly  'Oh How Cute'  5 days left.

Rudolph Day Challenge

Good morning all.

Two cards to show today for Sarn's Rudolph Day Challenge:

The paper and sentiment is from Pink Petticoat (I triple printed the paper). Everything else is from my stash.
It made a nice change not to stamp or colour today's cards so they were made quite quickly ;)

After a sort out of my stamps etc. I have decided that I should go through the things that I haven't used yet so hopefully Darnell will have a challenge again soon to kick me into shape!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous day.
Eve x

Baroque Bauble

Hello there.

Todays card is for the Indigoblu Challenge '18-Christmas-in-July' :

Items used:
IndigoBlu 'Baroque Bauble' stamp,   Mega Flakes 'Winter Dawn',
Ribbon from stash.

I didn't have an IndigoBlu sentiment to add but I don't think that it really needs one.

Short and sweet post from me today so I'll spare you any waffle!!

Thanks for visiting.
Eve x

Penny Black Christmas Cards

Hello everyone.

Today I put some of my handmade cards into cellophane wrappers with envelopes, ready to sell - Phew!  I didn't realise how many cards that I actually have!!  - Lesson learnt.....in future when I make a card put it straight into cellophane instead of spending half the day doing it!

On to today's cards:

I bought this Hedgie stamp second hand a while ago and it was heavily stained so it didn't stamp clearly. I tried some Stampin Up! Stazon Cleaner on it and now it's stamps perfectly :)

Items used: 1.
Penny Black Snowscape 4203K
Anita's Classic Christmas Blue papers
DigiStamp Boutique sentiment
Glamour Dust
Charm and ribbon from stash
                  2.
Penny Black Xmas Kiss 2754H
ProMarkers
Pink Petticoat sentiment
Kaisercraft Christmas papers
SB Nesties
XCut ovals (must treat myself to SB ovals as they don't quite match up)
ribbon from stash

So that's 2 Christmas cards to add to my stash thanks to The Rudolph Day challenge.
As the second card is CAS I will also enter Simon Says Stamp Blog Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and TTFN.

Tilda with Dalecarlia Coat

Hi there everyone.

I hope that you have had a lovely bank holiday Monday - the weather here in Devon has been gorgeous.

I have made a Tilda card today which has combined lots of challenges:

 

I took the photo late in the day so it's a bit dark and doesn't show all of the glitter but never mind!

 

Items used:

ProMarkers, Stickles, Tim Holtz distress ink, Henbury Lane paper, Pink Petticoat sentiment and flowers from The Ribbon Girl.

 

So  there is another Christmas card to add to my growing collection - I'm beginning to feel a bit smug!

 

Hope you are all well and happy!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

TTFN

 

Challenges:

 

As you like it challenge 'Favourite shape and why?' ( 8 days left ) I love this shape card as it is very unusual and I have a die the same shape to co-ordinate with it.

Papertake Weekly 'Flower Power'  ( 11 hours left )

The Ribbon girls August-magnolia-only-challenge 'Girly cards'  ( 4 days left )

The Hobby House challenge -Christmas  ( 3 days left )

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge 'Lots of lovely layers'  ( 1 day left )

Tilda's Town  'Christmas'  ( 2 days left )

Midweek Magnolias.  'Shaped cards'  ( 1 day left )

Magnolia Down Under challenges  'TIC TAC TOE'  ( 4 days left ) I used flowers, not square, charm.

Rudolf day challenge

Passion for ProMarker Challenge 'Use your favourite colour combo' ( 10 hours left ) Mine is obviously purple (as the name of my blog) and blue.

 

I hope there are no rules for combining lot's of challenges - if there are please delete my entry.

Merry Christmas Tilda

Hi there!

Yet another Christmas card today - some might say it is getting a bit of an obsession!

I am ashamed to say that I bought this stamp a long time ago and only just used it!
I have coloured her with Promarkers and added Stickles. The holly around the edge is a peg stamp and the red doily is a die from Stampin Up. The papers, buttons ribbon and twine were from last years Molly blooms Christmas pack. The white flower is from the Ribbon Girl. I think that's it!

Hope you likey!

TTFN

Challenges:
Passion for ProMarkers  'Easel does it'  ( 3 days )
Marvelous Magnolia challenge  'Shape it Up'  ( 36 days )
Magnolia Down Under challenges 'Christmas in July' ( 4 hours )
Midweek Magnolias ' Buttons and Bows'  ( 4 days )
Stamp and Create blog  'Christmas in July'  ( 9 days )

Xmouse Ornament

Here I am again with another Christmas card:

 

This is Xmouse Ornament  by... yes of course Penny Black. Coloured with Promarkers with added Stickles and liquid pearls. The paper is Papermania Contemporary  Christmas again. Snowflake punch and white snowflakes from my stash.   Still no Glossy Accents!

 

If I carry on like this I will be twiddling my thumbs come Christmas! It's like that feeling when you have a full tank of petrol or your ironing is up to date!

 

Anyway hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

 

TTFN

 

Challenges:

Friday Sketch Challenge Follow the sketch ( 7 days left )

Ribbon Girls.July colour challenge (Blue and White)  2 days left.

Papertake Weekly - Die-ing for a Punch  Die or punch ( 4 days left )

 

Just wishing you

Hello all,

hope that you are coping/enjoying the HEAT!

To cool things off I have made a couple of Christmas cards here's one:

This is 'Just wishing you' from Penny Black coloured with Promarkers with added Stickles. The paper is Contemporary Christmas by Papermania. I used dots embossing folder and the sentiment is Pink Petticoat. The label is an X Cut die. I can't believe that I haven't used Glossy Accents - shock!

So that's two Christmas cards ready and I'll be back in a sec with another!

TTFN

Challenges:
Stamping For Pleasure - Rudolph day July 
Sketch Saturday  Follow the sketch ( 1 day left )
I love Promarkers   'Christmas in July'  ( 5 days left )
Sweet Stampin Challenge- What Christmas in July  ( 1 day left )