CAS Christmas

Another super quick card (yes, it's the usual last minute Christmas rush for me!)  I used my washi tape again and die cut a star border, the bits that popped out of the middle of the border were used in the sky.
Image from CC Designs - coloured with promarkers and popped up on dimensionals.
Paper Smooches sentiment.
Dienamics Star border die

Layout from Clean&Simple 220
I love Promarkers #146 - anything goes
Creative Card Crew #25 - Star
Die-ing for a Challenge - Christmas

White and silver

I had a go at an all-white card and just embossed the BG with snowflakes and cut a few trees (Marianne die); silver stars from stash; knotted Tim Holtz silver tinsel ribbon; Paper Smooches sentiment.  Easy and quick!

Stamping Sensations December challenge - trees
Card Makin Mamas - silver and /or gold
Simon Says Stamp - snowflakes
Crafty Creations #199 - winter scene
Cupcake craft #221 - It'll be all white

Birthday Balloons

Just a quickie post ... I'm just about ready for bed but thought I'd get this post up so I don't have to do it tomorrow!
I'm still on a mission to get some cards made for pressies and thought I'd have a go at a male card using this super old balloon stamp (no idea of the make).  The cityscape is also an oldie from Hambo.  And I happened across this balloon themed DP in my stash, so coloured my image with promarkers to match.

Layout from Tuesday Morning sketches #175
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Passion for Promarkers - 'Happy' something
Creative Card Crew #25 - star (my die cut)
ABC Challenge - c for clear it out

Anything High Hopes!

It's a nice easy challenge this week at High Hopes ...

Anything High Hopes!

So no excuses not to get your High Hopes stamps out and play along for a chance to win a new stamp of your choice!

I bought this bottle for my friend's birthday, so thought I'd have a go at making a fancy bottle tag .... look at me, getting all adventurous in my old age :)
By the way, my friend loved her bottle tag and put in a request for 7 more of the same :o)

I've used Drink Lemonade (but I think my friend would much rather have a wee drink of vodka and coke LOL) and teamed it with the alphabet from Paper Smooches.
I've also another first for me on this tag ... washi tape.  I think I'm gonna need a whole pile more of these, I love it!!

Other challenges:
Tuesday Alchemy #43 - anything but a card
Casual Friday CFC80 - gift tag
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
The Corrosive challenge #163 - anything goes

Card for Will

I've loads to get made for Christmas pressies and still haven't finished my own cards yet, so when a friend asked me to make her a Birthday card it was almost the last straw.  So I thought I'd have a go at the 10 minute craft dash challenge.  I must confess though to having precut my papers and cut out my image before I got the stopwatch going.  Total time for stamping, colouring and sticking ... 9 minutes 56 seconds!!!  (most of that was colouring in time!)

Sentiment from Paper Smooches
Treasure Map and Peg Leg Pete from High Hopes.
Coloured with promarkers.

Colour combo from 10 minute craft dash #7
I love Promarkers #145 - anything goes
Sketch from i-spy ISSC44
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Fab'n'Funky #149 - 3 of something (3 gems / 3 stamps)

What's in the box??

Our new challenge at High Hopes this week is to make

A Gift Card Holder 

or Gift Box

If you've been over to their blog recently you'll see that Aaemie had a fab tutorial last week on how to make a treat box, and it's easy peasy (trust me, if I can make one, anyone can LOL!)
My box is slightly bigger, and I didn't have a piece of card big enough to make a flip lid like Aaemie's, so I just made a regular box.

My box uses Christmas Treat from High Hopes - coloured with copics and some fluffy stuff added as fur.  Marianne Design snowflake and poinsettia dies, Memory Box border.

And inside my box ....?

A set of cards as a pressie for my doggy-lovin friend.
BTW, the card at the top is another High Hopes stamp - Heidi and Mattie












Other challenges:

Layout inspired by Dawny's sketch at Simon Says Stamp
The Pink Elephant TPE176 - pretty packaging
Christmas Stampin' all Year Long CSAYL#37 - To Die for
Polka doodles #47 - any die will do
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challlenge #100 - for someone special
Lexi's Creations #79 - Christmas

Lil' Baby Card

Ohhhh brrr it's such a cold evening, the wind's straight from the North Pole!  Winter is most definitely on its way!  Even Ruby put an inch to her step on our walk this evening!

I'm needing to get a move on with my cards for a Chrissy pressie. I had planned to go much more 'pastel' with my wee Ellie, but about 3 different markers decided to run out while colouring this card, so darker it had to go!  Grrr.

Image: Wild Rose Studio
Paper Smooches Sentiment
Marianne Design heart die

• Layout inspired by Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #78 - though after about half an hour tootling round my house looking for something that was the perfect sized circle I gave up and went with a rectangle! :)
• Creative Card Crew #24 - anything goes
• Moving along with the times - Let's go dotty
• Joanna Sheen Challenges - anything goes excluding Christmas
• Pile it on #48 - anything but a Christmas card
• House of Gilli #46 - die cuts