Quickie Christmas cards

Thought I would share with you some Christmas cards I made this year...

I loved this clean look...

I used my snowflakes embossing folder and a digi stamp i had.. 

no idea where I got this one from- sorry!

I edged some in gold... using Martha Stewart punched snowflakes and

daubing a bit of gold stickles in the middle....

and I edged some in silver, using (cuttlebug) diecut snowflakes,

with a daub of diamond stickles on them.

I would like to enter these cards into the following challenges...

Crafty calendar - let it snow - 28 Dec

Crafty friends - atg - 1 Jan

Crafty hazelnuts christmas - atg christmas - 2 Jan

Di's digi designs - atg christmas - 1 Jan

Brown sugar - christmas - 1 Jan

QKRStampede - snowmen or snowflakes - 1 Jan

Crafty girl creations - atg - 4 Jan

Creative moments - atg / traditional christmas - 4 Jan

Whimsy stamps - atg winter / snowflakes - 10 Jan

Christmas cards all year round - K.I.S.- 29 Dec

Crafting muskateers - use a sentiment - 5 Jan

Husbands Christmas card

Well, I've finally got round to making my Hubbys Christmas card...

This card is based on one of our cats - Lily. 

Lily is a little monkey when we get the tree up...she's up inside, 

jangling all the baubles as soon as our backs are turned.

She had a bad spell in October and 

we didn't think she would be up to her tricks this year with the tree...she has proved us wrong!

We KNOW she is feeling better for sure, now! 

This card fits right in with our challenge this week at 

Glittter n Sparkle - it's the "glittery, sparkly Christmas" challenge. 

This adorable image is from Sami Stamps

and is called "ornament kitty"

and I coloured her to look like Lily.

I coloured the bauble with my promarkers

and then added some lines of glitter on the red stripe. 

After is was backed onto the backing paper, I added diecut snowflakes

which all have a little glittered heart in the middle, and then I finished off 

with a precious heart diecut, also glittered with glamour dust.

I made the sentiment on the pc and the 

"meowy christmas" came as a freebie from desert divas.

(I also glittered the little hat there, and the little snowballs.)

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

Pink gems - anything christmas - Jan 9

Crafty friends - atg - Jan 2

Crafty hazlenuts christmas - atg christmas - Dec 26

Dis digi designs - anything Christnas - Jan 1

Brown sugar - atg - Dec 25

QKR Stampede - christmas -Dec 24

Crafty girl creations - atg - Jan 2

Moving along with the times - to someone special at christmas - 24 Dec

Crafty creations - happy holidays - Dec 22

The male room - seasonal greetings - Dec 31

Cuttlebug mania - christmas animals - 22 Dec

Passion for promarkers - lets celebrate - Jan 5

Card mania - Christmas - Dec  25 

Crafting muskateers - use a sentiment - Dec 29

Natalie and Amy - atg christmas - Dec 28

Sparkles Christmas - diecuts for christmas - Dec 29

Christmas fireplace.

I was lucky enough this week, to get another image 

from Patties Creations to play with

for our Traditional / non traditional colours challenge

over at Glitter n Sparkle this week.

This one is "The night before Christmas"

I coloured it all with promarkers and

decoupaged the stockings and fire. 

Glossy accents picks out the flames - hard to see. 

I used my precious hearts die - just the ribbon part, 

and added a diecut star to the end

as i would love precious stars die, but dont have it.

(thought I would try to make my own! )

The sentiment is a freebie from Desert divas.. a great blog to visit.

I would like to enter the following challenges...
Fussy n fancy - happy holidays - 14 Jan

Jos scrap shack - atg - 19 Dec
Polkadoodles - traditional christmas - 19 Dec
Simply papercrafts - atg - 17 Dec
Cards galore encore - merry christmas atg - 1 Jan
Crafty girl creations - atg - 17 Dec
Crafting from the heart -atg - 13 Dec
Get creative - holidays - 14 Dec
Melonheadz friends - winter holidays - 23 Dec

Another christmas card

Our challenge this week at Glitter n Sparkle is to use 

"Tradional / non traditional Christmas colours"...

This card is one I made for my sister and her family...

I used "Holiday Topiary" from Patties Creations. (twice!)

I printed off one topiary tree and carefully flipped the image

 in publisher, to print off the other one. 

The backing paper is from an old Docrafts set of papers

and it is embossed with the swiss dots folder.

The holly is a small punch I have, with a little red gem. 

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

Fussy n fancy - happy holidays -  14 Jan

Jo's scrap shack - atg - 19 Dec

Polkadoodles - traditional christmas - 19 Dec

Simply papercrafts - atg - 17 Dec

Cards galore encore - merry christmas atg - 1 Jan

Crafty girl creations - atg - 17 Dec

Crafting from the heart - atg - 13 Dec

Get creative - holidays - 14 Dec

Melonheadz friends - winter holidays - 23 Dec

Blue Christmas

I was thrilled to recieve this gorgeous image for this weeks challenge

at Glitter n Sparkle -

it's called "Winter Fae" from Morgans Artworld....

I knew I wanted to use this image to make a Christmas card for our 12 year old niece.

I coloured her coat, hair and skin with my promarkers and

her cuffs and hood were filled with docrafts glitter.

I used a free sentiment I found on t'internet

and embossed an edge around it.

(I feel it gives a professional finish.)

After matting the image I added a precious hearts memory box die

and a Martha Stewart punched snowflake border. 

The backing paper - I think - is from DCWV 

and I carefully ripped the edges to soften the look.

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

Fresh brewed designs - atg christmas - 29 Dec

A snowflakes promise - Winter / christmas - 14 Dec

Papertake weekly - atg - 31 Dec

Bunny zoes crafts - sparkle - 10 Jan

Melonheadz friends - use a digi - 7 Dec

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 19 Dec
Pile it on - anything Christmas / winter - 11 Jan
Robyns Fetish - christmas cards - 17 Dec
That craft place - Christmas - 20 Dec
Corrosive challenge - merry Christmas - 20 Dec

Poinsettias

At Patties Creations this month, 

we are asking you to join our challenge with a 

"Christmas" theme...

I used Patties image - Poinsettias in Flowerpot.

It was lovely to colour with my promarkers. 

I decoupaged some of the flowers, to give some depth to the card.

I embossed a simple line around the edge of a dovecrafts backing paper

...and I love the little hearts  in the centre of the snowflakes.

I finished with a grosgrain ribbon and a craftwork cards sentment.

My Grandma LOVES poinsettias, so this card will be perfect for her. 

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

Crafting by designs - atg - 25 Dec
Fresh brewed designs - atg Christmas - 29 Dec
Inky impressions - traditional christmas colours - 8 Dec
Digi choosday - traditional christmas - 15 Dec
Papertake weekly - atg - 31 Dec
Melonheadz friends - use a dgi - 7 Dec