Reindeer cheer!

 Happy new year!

I made this card recently, using Patties "Silly Reindeer" 

as a first Christmas card for 2025. ..

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and fussy cut round it. 

I glittered all the little light bulbs on the image and his nose!

Snowflake covered vellum was popped behind the image,

with a stamoed greeting and a paper edge, which was edged in gold ink. 

Passion for markers - atg - Jan 7

Simon says Stamps - cold and frosty - Jan 7

Creative inspirations - atg - Feb 1

Crafty gals corner - atg / make it merry - Jan 8

Cards galore encore - atg - Feb 1

Crazy Critter challenge - atg with crazy critter - Jan 25

Cute Christmas

Pattie's Creations has a new image in her shop..

"Christmas Cactus Trio"

I printed off the image and fussy cut along the bulb string. 

I stamped a sentiment, edged the sides in a thin gold pen and 

added an embossed piece of card at the bottom.

I used alcohol markers and a white pen to colour the image,

along with some fine, coloured glitters. 

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - atg - 27 Dec

Creative Knockouts - time to be merry - 19 Dec

Krafty Chicks - use stamps - 12 Dec

Addicted to stamps - Christmas  - 12 Dec

Digi Choosday - atg - 17 Dec

The sisterhood of crafters - atg - 10 Dec

Snow couple

 This month I have used Patties Creations image: Snow couple.

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and used some fine glitter

 on the hat, scarf and gloves.

I inked the edges of the back paper and used some stickles

on the snowflakes for extra sparkle.

The lantern and the greeting are diecut.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

 

Sparkle all the way...

Patties Creations image: Christmas baubles 2023

is the focal point for my card this month...

There are actually 3 baubles that come in the image, but this shaped one is my favourite.

I coloured it with my promarkers,

added a strip of paper behind the image,

with a thin slice of gold border. 

After dry embossing the edge of the card, I hand stamped 

the sentiment - and glittered the word "Sparkle". 

(It is really difficult to photograph that part! 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges..

Creative inspirations - atg - 1 Nov 

ABC Christmas - traditional colours - 6 Oct

I love promarkers - atg - 9 Oct 

 

My first Christmas card this year!

I got this gorgeous image from Patties Creations, called 

Front Door set 2024. 

(I am very pleased that I managed to make a Christmas card in August!)

There are 2 images in the set but I chose to use this one for my 

mum and dad's Christmas card this year.

(The other image has summertime trees in front of the door - perfect for a "new home" card.)

I used alcohol pens to colour the image so it's like my parents door. 

I paper-pieced the doormat, stamped on the wording and 

added a few diecuts to enhance the image. 

I fussy cut around the trees added some inking around the edges, 

before popping the image onto the backing paper. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 15 Sept

C.R.A.F.T - Christmas - 12 Sept

Creative Inspirations - atg - 27 Sept

Creative Knockouts - ATG - 12 Sept

Digi Choosday - atg - 17 Sept

The Holly and the Ivy -  Christmas - 11 Sept

Merry Little Christmas - Christmas - 15 Oct

Fussy-cut wreath

At Pattie's Creations this month, I have used one of her newer images...

Hummingbird floral wreath, to create this card. 

 I coloured the image with my promarkers and other alcohol pens, 

then fussy-cut all around the image. 

I added some sparkle to the hummingbird (which is hard to photograph well)

and traced a shape which I cut out of the spotty backing paper, so the #wreath would look like it is framing the spotty paper. 

An inked, dry embossed edge and some punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bathing beauties

One of Patties newer images is the star of the show on this card - "Bathing beauties."

 

 I love this image - Bathing Beauties.

(There is another version of this image in her etsy store, too!)

I fussy-cut the image, after colouring with my alcohol pens and 

paper-piecing the girls swimming costumes!)

I used my alcohol pens to literally "dot" on the sand 

and used one of my favourite of-the-moment paper packs for the water4...

I ripped the edge carefully, to make it looks like waves coming onto the beach.

The "happy" is a diecut and the birthday has been stamped. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative knockouts - summer fun - 18 July

I love promarkers - pink blue and yellow - 9 July

The paper shelter = 3 of something - 9 July 

Fab n Funky - summertime - 18 July

Crafts Galore Encore - atg - 1 Aug

Di's digi challenge - hand coloured image - 21st July

Polkadoodles - atg - 20 July