Happy Christmas!

Hi all! Hope you are having a lovely Christmas! We had the usual fabulous feast in Mum's (and back today for the leftovers yummmm) so we're well stuffed!!! Can hardly believe that's it done and dusted for another year, though I'm off work now till the 5th so a nice long and much needed break from work!

I managed to get all my cards made in time (and hopefully posted in time too!) Didn't get a pic of all the variations but they were all from a Penny Black set, and all done on a production line - some evenings I'd be stamping, some colouring, some making backgrounds and then finally sticking them all together! 

Addicted to Stamps #507 - Christmas 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - add a sentiment 

Penny Black Saturday December 

Christmas Kickstart #105 - I wasn't organised enough to play with Jo's challenge all year so I'm glad to be able to join in with her last one of the year! 

And finally, here's a wee pic of Molly with her prize Christmas present - I'm sure the squeak can be heard across the Atlantic so the sooner she 'kills' it the better!

50 Christmas cards

 I was asked to make a stack of 50 Christmas cards for our volunteers in work so that has kept me busy these past few weeks!  I had a bit of a production line going...some evenings prepping my card bases, some evenings stencilling and adding snowy silver splatters, some evenings sticking them all together, and most evenings with my pencils out! I can't deny that I'm glad to have them all finished. 

I mostly used these stamps from Gerda Steiner, with a few Penny Black carolers to mix it up a bit.  I made a few in our company colours of purple and green, but I'm 100% sure nobody will notice but me LOL.  I added chunky glitter to all their hats so they're nice and sparkly, as a Christmas card should be!

I made maybe half a dozen of each design, only took a few photos but they will give the gist of what I made...

Just add ink #774 - stencils/ dies

Fab n Funky #626 - all that glitters

Addicted to Stamps #506 - make your mark

Stamping Sensations November - Christmas 

Sparkles Christmas challenge #178 - festive wear

Birthday card for Aunt Cilla

 Hi all, I've taken another break from my Christmas card order to make a card for my mum to her sister.  Mum has a beautiful rose garden with every colour of bloom, so I thought I'd send Cilla some roses from her garden!  

This Penny Black image does take a while to colour but it's worth it, though I'm never entirely happy with how I colour the vase, some day I'll take some time and learn how to do it LOL.  I happily found some DP which kinda matched the roses, I've added some metallic gold splatters to the background and then some pink, red and gold gems to pull it all together. 

Layout from Freshly Made Sketches #712

As You Like it - favourite embellishment - mine is definitely these little gemstones which I use on a lot of my cards for just a wee bit of sparkle 

Penny Black Saturday November - anything goes 

Word Art Wednesday #724/725 - anything goes 

Cards for Sandra, Betty and Ryan

 Hi all, I've been missing in action again ... but I've been flat out making an order for 50 Christmas cards. Thankfully I'm on the homeward stretch now, so hopefully I'll be sharing them soon.  (And then I need to get a shift on with my own Christmas cards!!) I've also squeezed in a few birthday cards too so I apologise for not having any blogging time!!... 

This one is for my friend in work, my buddy for almost 35 years! I've used this tasty looking image from Lili of the Valley, coloured with polychromos and clear gloss added to the cherries.  I got my gold metallic paint out for the splatters in the background, spots on the wrapper and then touched up my die cut flowers too. 

Word Art Wednesday #724/725 - anything goes 

Seize the Birthday #316 - birthday+ fall treat (well a cupcake is a treat any time of the year LOL)

Just Us Girls #800 - anything goes 

This one is for my sister in law with this Gina K stamp - I love it, but it does take me an absolute age to colour...

This one is for my nephew (who works for an aerospace company) - I would have liked a more grown up image but this was all I had LOL 

Think Pink!

 We've had a wild couple of days with Storm Amy passing by, but thankfully it wasn't as bad as Storm Eowyn earlier this year - still plenty of trees down and flooding in parts but I think the worst of the rain missed us.  i love how storms are named nowadays, it certainly makes them more memorable!

I'm back with another one of my little carolers, this time in pink. I hadn't intended to add the tag in the corner but it's covering an oops from my ink pad and the snowflakes are covering a splodge from my sparkle pen too!  They do kinda hide the circular stencil I used though. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - think Pink

Simon Says Stamp Monday - trees

Addicted to Stamps #502 - Christmas 

As You Like It - square or not - I used to make A6 sized cards but always struggled to cut my base layers straight, so getting some square dies and going down the square card size was a godsend for me! 

Sparkles Christmas challenge #177 - non traditional Christmas colours

Here's a wee pic of Molly post-walk, not looking too impressed with getting caught in the rain! 

First Christmas card

 I am sooooo behind with my Christmas cards, but hoping this sweet set from Penny Black will give me the oomph to get going!  I reckon you'll be seeing a lot more of these carolers! 

I had a good root round my stash and found this old holly die and a wee sentiment to match.  Coloured with polychromos; clear gloss and glitter added to the bauble on her hat and the bells (?) on her top. A few red gems on the holly to finish. I used a snowfall stencil for my blue card and just coloured through the holes with a white gel pen.

Addicted to Stamps #502 - Christmas 

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes 

Just Us Girls #794 - use a stencil 

Layout inspired by AAA Cards #300

Penny Black Saturday September - spots or stripes 

Autumnal mushroom

 I'm back! Can't believe the end of September is in sight - we had a lovely dry summer (not much sun though!) and are not long back from a fab holiday to Spain with day trips to Barcelona and Gerona.

 I've had a bit of time off from blogging and haven't made too many cards this past couple of months but the darker evenings are here and it's time to knuckle down!  With the damp run of weather here there are lots of wild mushrooms sprouting up everywhere, so I thought I'd colour up this cutie from Creative Depot... I did have an unfortunate placement of my sentiment when it had a run in with a splatter of metallic paint! 

Layout inspired by CAS on Friday #318

Stamping Sensations September - CAS or anything goes

Make My Monday #261 - autumnal fall

Here's a wee pic of me on my jollies in Malgrat de Mar - my sister says this mural looks like it would belong on one of my cards!  There's even a Molly dog lying in front of the fire! 

And one of us in Barcelona, just off Las Ramblas...