Phoebe's card

Yippee, last Christmas card of the season, and a whole 4 days to spare LOL ;)
It doesn't really feel very Christmassy, even though the deccies are up, I've had my Christmas work Do, the parcels are wrapped and the cards are dropping though the letterbox.  I think it's maybe because we're having such mild weather at the minute that it doesn't really feel like 'winter'!  Ah well, only another day and a half at the grindstone, have my Christmas haircut, clean the house and do the food shop, and then I can chill until the 4th :)  Oh and hopefully I'll get a nip round my buddies blogs ... but in case I don't get a chance "Happy Christmas!"

I've used my MFT set again for this card for Phoebe.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added to their boots and Santa's belt.  Lots of clear gloss and glitter added to Santa's hat and to the snowflakes.  I also chalked in some clouds behind my images but it doesn't really show up in the photo.

• Layout from SugarSketch #34
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Winter Wonderland
• Merry Monday #185 - boots
• As you like it - favourite colours - I prefer a traditional colour theme though I have made a few non-traditional colours this year
• Moving along with the times #10 - to a special person at Christmas
• Sweet Stampin' Christmas December - Father Christmas
• Pixie's Snippets Playground #208 - any snippet (my white snowflakes)
• Pile it On #98 - Anything Christmas
• Dream Valley #122 - Christmas

Emma's card

The end of my Christmas cards is in sight .... ;)
This one uses an old Elzybell's stamp that I rediscovered when I was looking through my Splitcoaststampers gallery.  I always find that my most recent stamp purchase is my favourite and sometimes forget I have all these lovely stamps hiding in a box!

I've coloured with my watercolour pencils.  I added Wink of Stella to the branches and to the bauble, and then added some clear gloss to the baubles too.  Memory Box snowflake border die; Paper Smooches snowflakes dies.
I'm not loving this DP, but it looks a bit better in real life!

Crafty Creations #304 - happy holiday
Creative Inspirations #340 - Merry Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - die crazy
Penny's challenge #258 - anything goes
Inspiration Destination #64 - anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge #260 - anything Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge extra - December

Greg's Christmas card

Wooohooo very nearly almost my last Christmas card of the year, think I only have one more to do.  As usual Greg's is one of the last and I think he'll like this one as he's a big kid at heart ;)

I've used this Santa set from MFT - coloured with watercolour pencils and a few of the images popped up on dimensionals.  Lots of clear gloss and Wink of Stella added and also some stickles to Santa's hat and the doggy's nose.  Simon Says sentiment die.  White enamel dots for falling snow. Coloured sequins and silver star on tree from stash.

Crafty Calendar - let it snow
Natalie and Amy #39 - Christmas
Whimsy Stamps #89 - anything winter
Crafty Cardmakers #154 - snow
Clear it out - anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania - Christmas animals
Die cuttin Divas #246 - Christmas anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Die Crazy
Cute Card Thursday #404 - stars

Doubly personalised Christmas card!

What do I mean "doubly personalised"?  Well, not only do I have the names on it, but the image actually looks like my nephew and niece!  And they got a new labrador pup during the summer, so little Poppy features here too! Heeee :)

Stamps used from Eat Cake Graphics:
1097-M Sweaters for Christmas
8041-C Bark (text)
Image coloured with watercolour pencils.  Stickles added to the reindeer noses.  Wink of Stella to the present wrapping, and to the antlers.  Silver snowflake stickers from stash.  MFT embroidered frame die.

• Layout based on the sketch at SIP #26, though I ran out of room for my banners so had to flip them over to the side.
• Die Cuttin Divas #245 - tic tac toe - I chose reindeer / holiday colours / twine
• Inky Chicks #60 - Merry Christmas
• Papertake Weekly - fun, fun, fun
• Cute Card Thursday #402 - festive colours
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Holly Jolly stamping
• Pile it On #98 - anything Christmas

Teacher Christmas cards

I was asked to make a couple of personalised cards for Teachers...

Card 1
This uses my Eat Cake Graphics snowman ...
1193-J Snowman (assembled)
Coloured with watercolour pencils, Wink of Stella added to his scarf, and then popped up on dimensionals.  WoS also added to the snowdrift behind the snowman, so it's lovely and sparkly.
Paper Smooches alpha set and snowflake die.

• Layout from Freshly Made Sketches #215
• Bunny Zoe's challenge Nov/Dec - sparkle
• Natalie and Amy's challenge #39 - Christmas
• Sparkles Christmas challenge #59 - die cuts
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - let it snow
• CAS-ual Chic - snowflakes

Card 2

This one uses some Washi tape ... couldn't tell you the last time I used some of that!!  It's lovely and shiny and a nice deep red colour, but it's hard to photograph.  My images are from MFT and silver stars from stash.

• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Cute Card Thursday #402 - festive colours
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin November - stars
• Get Creative #29 - Holidays
• Christmas Cards all year round December - keep it simple
• Curtain Call - Santa

It's that SnowDude again ;)

I absolutely looooove snowmen, and this cutie from Eat Cake Graphics is no exception!   I've coloured him with copics and added Wink of Stella to his scarf and hat, and then some clear gloss to his buttons and the blue band on his hat.

My background is a Simon Says stencil and some white embossing paste.  Snowdrifts made using Paper Smooches dies.

This card is also posted over at A Sprinkling of Samples and Techniques blog, where you'll find lots more loveliness from Eat Cake Graphics

Stamps used:
8234-F All is calm (text)
1193-J Snowman (assembled)

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Let it Snow
• Addicted to Stamps #173 - Holiday
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #257 - use dies or punches
• SIP Challenge #25 - card makers choice - I've used my favourite snowman of the season and my watercolour pencils
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Snowy Snowman

Yip, it's my snowman of the season from Eat Cake Graphics ..
1193-J Snowman (assembled)
8234-F All is calm  (text)

I'm slowly getting there with my Christmas cards, and managed to get most of my shopping done on Black Friday (don't think our shops were as crazy as they be in the US).  Maybe this will be the first year ever I'm organised and no pre-Christmas panic!!!!!!

Image coloured with watercolour pencils.  Wink of Stella added to his scarf and the big snowflake.  Clear gloss added to the band on his hat and buttons.  White enamel dots added to the snowflakes on my DP.

• Layout from Sweet Sketch Sunday #297
• Glory of Christmas #73 - outdoor scene
• Creative Card Crew #101- cold outside
• Fab'n Funky #283 - Christmas
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Whimsy Inspires #88 - anything goes Holidays
• Creatalicious #81 - Merry Christmas

Naughty or nice?

Oooh it's all starting to feel very Christmassy isn't it?  I really need to get myself sorted and get some pressies bought, or nobody will be getting anything ;)

I love these MFT Santa stamps - coloured with watercolour pencils.  Lts of clear gloss and giltter added to Santa's hat; clear gloss to their boots and his belt; Wink of Stella added to the little girls scarf and mittens.  Clear Stickles added for snow.

• Colour theme from CAS Colours and Sketches #151 - I didn't have any watermelon, so Poppy Red was the closest I had
• Layout and CAS theme from Share Joy #12
• Glory of Christmas #72 - CAS
• Creative Card Crew #100 - Sprinkle
• Creative Inspirations #336 - festive fun
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas
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Snowy Santa

I'm still slogging away at my Christmas cards ... I love this Santa set from MFT!

I've coloured my Santa with watercolour pencils, stickles added to his hat and clear gloss to his belt and boots.  Paper Smooches snowflake dies and sentiment die from Simon Says Stamp.  White enamel dots for falling snow.

• Clear it Out - mostly white
• Addicted to Stamps #170 - I used the photo inspiration as a guide to my layout and also incorporated the snowflakes
• CRAFT #337 - Christmas
• Less is More #250 - 1 layer and Santa
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - November
• Whimsy Inspirations #87 - Christmas
• Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge #255 - red and green must be seen

Another snowy snowman

Hee I LOVE this sweet snowman ... he definitely makes for a super quick card!
1193-J Snowman (assembled)
8234-F All is calm  (text)
from Eat Cake Graphics.








Coloured with watercolour pencils, Wink of Stella and clear gloss added to his hat and scarf.  White enamel dots for snow.  I also added some stickles to the bottom of the snowman, and to his nose, so there's lots of sparkle :)  Green gems from stash.

• Layout from Sketch Saturday #386
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - so glossy
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Natalie and Amy's challenge #38 - winter scene
• Penny Black and More November Challenge - anything goes
• Creative Inspirations #334 - sparkle
• Crafty Catz #300 - Winter

Not a creature was stirring

I'm in Christmas card mode tonight ... yes, that slight panic has crept in and I need to get a move on!

This card uses 8102-M Not a creature stirring from Eat Cake Graphics.
Coloured with watercolour pencils.  Wink of Stella and clear gloss added to the candy canes.
Paper Smooches snowflake die - covered with more WOS and the larger one popped up on dimensionals.  Green gems from stash.  I'm determined to stick with this paper pad for my Christmas cards this year, and at the very least make a bit of a dent in it ;)

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - glossy
• Clear it Out - Chtistmas + die cut
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• ABC Christmas - V is for Very Cute
• Layout from Share Joy #10
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - November

Dotty Snowman

Just looking at my post title .... I think I ran out of imaginative titles years ago LOL

I'm still playing with my Eat Cakes Graphics snowman
1193-J Snowman (assembled)

Coloured with watercolour pencils.  I had a snippet of the DP left, so I used it to paper piece his hat and scarf.  I also added clear gloss highlights to his hat and scarf, and added orange stickles to his nose.
Paper Smooches snowflakes dies.
I hadn't planned on adding my sequins, but had a splodge that needed covering ;)

While I've got you, anyone know where I could get one of these gem wheels with clear gems only - I have one in small, medium and large clear gems but it's nearly finished and I don't seem to be able to find it anywhere ...

• Layout from Sweet Sunday #293
• Glory of Christmas #71 - glitter and/or shine
• Pixies Snippets #201
• Sweet Stampin - dies and/or punches
• Clear it Out - Christmas + die cut
• Inspiration destination #57 - anything goes
• Simply Create Too #97 - baby it's cold outside

Golden Snow

Yes, golden snow, not yellow snow ... that's a totally different thing altogether hahahaha ;)

I used a gold peel off sentiment for this, and amongst the words were these ickle tiny peels offs ... so I added some of the little circles for falling snow, little holly stickers in a couple of the corners, and some tiny stars in the bottom right corner (but they don't really show up in the pic)

I've again used my snowman from Eat Cake Graphics ..
1193-J Snowman (assembled)
Coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added to his nose and buttons.  Frosted Lace stickles for snow.

• Layout based on the Papertake Weekly sketch, though I had to flip where the sentiment was placed so that my snowman was facing into the card.  
• Time Out challenge #43 - Christmas
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goees
• Addicted to Stamps #168 - holiday
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - October
• Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - October

Starry Snowman

I think you may be seeing quite a few Christmas cards over the next while as I'm so far behind!
This one uses my faourite snowman
(from Eat Cake Graphics)
1193-J Snowman (assembled)
8234-F All is calm  (text)

He's easy-peasy to colour as all that needs doing is his hat and scarf really!  I added clear gloss to his nose, eyes and buttons.  Silver stars from stash.  Wink of Stella added to the white bits of the scarf.  And it's always good to get those snippets of paper used up before they get out of hand isn't it! ;)

• Layout based on Splitocaststampers SC564
• ABC Christmas challenge - V is for Very Cute
• Simply Create Too #97 - baby it's cold outside
• Pixie's Snippets #200
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - throwback challenge - I chose Dec 14 Holiday cards
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge extra - October
• The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge October

Ho Ho Ho

I normally make some Christmas cards to give to some of my workmates, so this is batch #1.
I've used my MFT Santa set and made them 3 3/4" square to fit some mini envelopes that I found in my stash ... absolutely no idea where they came from!  It's too boring for words to make any card the same as the last, so I usually change some of the details on each card.

Coloured with watercolour pencils.  Clear gloss and glitter added to Santa's hat.  Misc coloured sequins and silver stars from stash.  Doodled border.

These are based on the sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches #147
Share Joy #8 - keep it clean and simple
Polkadoodles #43 - sparkle, bling or glitter
Simon Says Stamp Monday - throwback - I chose Dec 2104 Holiday Cards
ABC - T is for Two (images)
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge extra - October
The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge October

Xmas tags

Just a quickie post ... there's a beer in the fridge with my name on it ;)

For these tags I used my MFT Santa set.  On the first I added some white enamel dots for snow; on both I added lots of stickles to their hats and ribbon on the pressie.  Clear gloss added to the belts and shoes.  I haven't added any ribbon until I see what colour my wrapping paper is.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - wrap it up
Christmas Stampin all year long #58 - set of tags

Crafty Creations #300 - dont be blue
Addicted to Stamps #167 - make your mark
The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge October

Frosty the Snowman

Time to ramp up a gear with the old Christmas cards!  Here's one for you snowman lovers, isn't he a cutie ...
(from Eat Cake Graphics)
1193-J Snowman (assembled)
8234-F All is calm  (text)

This is actually a very CAS card and quick to put together, with most of the hard work being done by some snazzy DP.
Marianne Design Christmas tree die; paper smooches stitched borders die and snowflake die.
Snowman coloured with watercolour pencils and popped up on dimensionals.  Wink of Stella added to his scarf and hat, and clear gloss also added to the hat band and buttons.
Some coloured sequins added to the tree and snowflake for some extra sparkle.

• General design inspired by this week's featured stamper at Splitcoast - Shoe Girl - here's Lisa's original
• Natalie and Amy's challenge #37 - snowpeople
• Creative Knockouts #111 - metal mode (my sequins)
• Addicted to CAS #74 - sparkle
• 613 Avenue Create #146 - anything goes
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Card Extra - October

Christmas Sweaters

Ha, I love this image, not so sure those little kiddies are so pleased with their pressies!

I've coloured them with watercolour pencils ... Wink of Stella added to the reindeers, clear gloss to the antlers and red stickles to the noses.
Oldie snowflake die from Memory Box.

Image from Eat Cake Graphics ...
1097-M Sweaters for Christmas

• Layout from Freshly Made Sketches #208
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - wonderful watercolour
• As you Like It - colour or monochrome - colour for me, I find them much more insteresting to make than monochrome
• CRAFT #333 - Christmas
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge #251 - for a child
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - October

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is most definitely coming and I need to get a shift on with my cards!

I've used this sweet little elf from Eat Cake Graphics:
1202-J Chrismas is coming (elf with newspaper)Coloured with watercolour pencils and popped up on dimensionals.  Wink of Stella added to his hat, scarf and mittens; flower soft to his hat; clear gloss to his shoes and belt buckle.
I also Winked up my snowflake (Paper Smooches die) so there's lots of lovely sparkle here.  Don't think I'm going to add a sentiment as the jazzy DP kinda says it all!

• Layout from Sweet Sunday #290
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Creative Inspirations #330 - stars and/or stripes
• Christmas Stampin all year long #57 - lots of layers
• Polkadoodles #41 - use a die cut
• The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge October

It Moose be Christmas

I've a feeling you might be seeing a few Christmas cards over the next week or two, I'm soooo far behind and am determined not to have the last minute panic rush!  This one's hot of the press, so I managed to straighten my bow before the glue dried ;~)

This card uses a set from Sugar Pea Designs ... I coloured my moose with watercolour pencils and added a couple of layers of Wink of Stella to his antlers and scarf.  It's such a pity that sparkle doesn't show up well in photos!
BG is an old Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Sequins from stash.

• Sugar Pea Designs - World Card Making Day challenge
• Allsorts #331 - nature
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Card Extra - October
• Inspiration Destination #53 - anything goes
• Tuesday Throwdown #264 - clean and simple

The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge October