Friends and coffee

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle,

the challenge is to use "black and white"

and I got this fab image from Bugaboo, called 'Girlz Coffee'.

The flowery paper at the back, is a dovecrafts paper.

The frame is a nestie (I forgot I had!!) 

The little notepaper is a stamp I bought in the range recently

(with hand written sentiment on)

and the cat, bird and flowers are all diecuts by memorybox. 

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

Sister act - anything goes - 28 Feb

Crafty Catz - for a special lady - 27 Feb

Crafting for all season s- dies and or punches - -1 March

Fresh brewed designs - animals - 24 Feb

Whimsy stamps - use a sentiment - 15 March

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes with a die - 24 Feb

Creative card crew - birthday with sentiment - 1 March

Through the craft room door - anyhing goes - 23 Feb

Digi galore - anything goes - 1 March

Suzi bees - anything goes / monochrome - 26 Feb

Another 40th...

...This time, for a male friend, who enjoys beekeeping, 

running marathons and drinking coca-cola!

I tried to incorporate all his favourite things, and I also

wanted to remind him it's no ordinary birthday!

Hence, the big numbers!! hahah!

I made the 40 happy birthday myself on the pc, and VERY carefully,
cut the inside of the 40, out (with a teeny pair of scissors)
and used one piece of an old

dovecrafts paper pack for the backing. The 40 is stood

on foam squares, so is raised from the backing.
The llittle circle in the top corner is a digi image from crafty sentiments,
called birthday circles.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Scrappers delights - anything goes - 4 March

Wonderful wednesdays - anything goes - 25 Feb
Creative card crew - birthday with sentiment - 1 March
Cuttin and stampin - anything goes - 2 March
CCC digi creations - digi / stripes - 1 March
Digi Galore - anything goes - 1 March
Your scrapbook place - anything goes / masculine -1 March
Come and get it - birthdays - 23 Feb
Lacy Sunshine - things with wings - 28 Feb

My first Aurora wings image!

I was thrilled, this week, to get this adorable image -"cat in flowers"

by Aurora wings

for our 'glitter n gems' challenge, over at Glitter n Sparkle.

This card has been glittered around the edge, with glamour dust, giving it a little distressed feel, 

and I also hand glittered those teeny Martha Stewart punched butterflies! 

(fiddly little things!!)  lol...

I really enjoyed colouring this image, which i admit, did take quite a long time!
I used  my promarkers in all my fave colours ...blues and purples to pinks and lilacs. 

The gems part of the challenge have been

fit into the centre of the flowers. 

A dry embossed line and a craftwork cards sentiment finished this card.

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

Partytime tuesdays - anything goes - 28 Feb
Top tip tuesday - fave colours - 17 Feb
Sparkle n sprinkle - anything goes with  loose glitter - 25 Feb
Digi sketch - for the girls - 16 Feb
Crafting muskateers - cute - 1 March
Cards galore encore - use a digi - 28 Feb
Crafty gals corner - anything goes - 17 Feb
Just inspirational - any animal - 16 Feb
Scrappers delights - anything goes - 17 Feb
Simply create too - anything goes - 28 Feb
Sister act - anything goes - 20 Feb
Little miss muffet - anything goes - 24 Feb
Crafty calendar - anything goes - 1 March
Digi galore - anything goes - 1 March

Another comission

This time, I was asked to make a card for a colleagues daughter, who was about to turn 12

and loved "everything pink and girly!"

I set to work with Pink petticoat backing paper and alsorts

of pink things from my stash... 

ribbon, memory box border, docrafts flowers.

I twiddled and fiddled with the sentiment for ages to get it the way I wanted it.
It was a hit, though! (phew!)

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

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 17 Feb
Whoopsi daisy - pretty in pink - 1 March
Incy wincy designs - use punch or die cut - 16 Feb
Get creative - red white and pink -25 Feb
Digi sketch - for the girls - 16 Feb
Craft your passion - anything goes - 15 Feb
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 15 Feb
Bunny zoes - for the girls - 8 March
That craft place - anything goes - 15 Feb
Cupcake inspirations - inspired by picture - 15 Feb
We do doobadoo - hearts and flowers - 28 Feb

Love is in the air

What a great challenge this week, over at Glitter n Sparkle...

"Love is in the air."

I made this card using 2 Scribbles images... 'tea cup' and 'teabag'.

I drew on the hearts myself, to help the card fit in more with our theme

 (and I glossy-accented the large heart).

The images were coloured with my promarkers and 

mirage pens - and I fussy cut the teabag and mounted it on 2mm foam. 

A pc generated sentiment and my new bargain ribbon finished this card.

(ribbon was from '99p stores'... 4 rolls of blue ribbon... 

36 metres in all, for a whopping 99p!

I  also bought pinks, and a white n black pack too.)

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

Basteltraum - anything goes - 15 Feb
Sisters of craft - anything goes - 28 Feb
Paper creators - love is in the air - 28 Feb
Natalie and amy - all about the love - 28 Feb
Emerald fairies - all you need is love - 28 Feb
Digistamps 4 joy - valentines/ love - 28 Feb
Digi galore - anything goes with a digi - 28 Feb
Crafts galore encore - use a digi - 28 Feb
Sister act - anything goes - 13 Feb
Simply create too - use hearts - 13 Feb
Patties creations - valentines love - 5 March
Crafts for eternity - with love - 13 Feb
Chocolate coffee and cards - love is in the air - 20 Feb
Brown sugar - anything goes - 12 Feb
Aud sentiments - valentine / love sentiment - 11 Feb
4 Crafty chicks - handcoloured image - 11 Feb
Paper shelter - be my valentine - 10 Feb
Fresh brewed designs - pink, love, or valentine - 10 Feb
Creative moments - anything goes / love - 17 Feb
Crafting by designs - anything goes - 26 Feb
Crafting for all seasons - have a heart - 26 Feb
Crafty sentiments - include a heart - 9 Feb
Clear it out - anything goes - 10 Feb
Crafty boots - hearts and valentines - 15 Feb
That craft place - anything goes - 15 Feb
Allsorts - love is all around - 13 Feb

Pile it on - use a bow - 15 Feb
Jelly park - love - 28 Feb
Come and get it - love is in the air - 14 Feb
AAA cards - love love love - 14 Feb

A commission for a doctor

I was asked by a colleague, to make a card for her doctor, who is retiring.

He has helped the family a lot over the years, 

and she wanted to give him a personal, heart-felt thankyou.

So she asked me to make him a  card.

I really enjoyed designing and making this card.

It just seemed to fall into place and fit together so quickly. 

I hand drew and cut the pieces ...the collar, the tie and the pocket. 

I coloured the tie with my promarkers and 

made the 'doctors' badge on my pc.

The clipboard is stamped with a new stamp I bought in 

The Range a couple of weeks ago, and I handwrote the sentiment straight on.

The final touch was a stethoscope.

I didn't even draw the shape...I just cut silver, black and white card pieces

and stuck them altogether. 

Altogether, once I had the idea in place, this card ended up being a quickie!

PS... my colleague was thrilled with it!!!  :)

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

Your scrapbook place - anything goes / masculine - 1 March

Bastletraum - anything goes - 15 Feb

Sisters of craft - anything goes - 28 Feb

Card mania - add a little red - 28 Feb

Sister act - anything goes - 13 Feb

Blog quick quotes - red and white - 27 Feb

Brown sugar - anything goes - 12 Feb

Scrappers delight - anything goes - 19 Feb

Inky impressions - red and white - 10 Feb

Crafting by designs - anything goes - 26 Feb

Passion for promarkers - one for the boys - 10 Feb

Cuttin and stampin - masculine - 17 Feb

Clear it out - anything goes - 10 Feb

Robyns fetish - anything goes - 7 FEb

That craft place - anything goes - 15 Feb

Corrosive challenge - splash of colour - 14 Feb

Our 40th year.

My friend turned 40 this week - oooh, its a big year for me and my friends. 

So, I picked Crafty Sentiments 'Birthday Circles' to use on her card...

The Birthday sentiments are actually a set of 4. 

This is one of them.

I cut the middle out so that I could fit the 40 inside. 

I didn't want to put a massive number on her card, but wanted it to blend in, subtley.

I found that cutting the middle from the circle, gave it a whole new look...and you could use

anything in the middle, as I also used a decoupaged duo of flowers from the backing paper.

The 4 candles symbolise her decades.

(I drew on the stripes and dots myself with a white sakura pen)

Her name looks white, but its actually pink in real life.

(Cut with Sizzix Wingo Zingo font)

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

Digitally sweet - anything goes - 26 Feb

Crafts 4 eternity - no patterned paper - 6 Feb

4 Crafty girls - anything goes - 5 Feb

Kratin Kimmie - anything goes - 4 Feb

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 3 Feb

Creative moments - anything goes - 3 Feb
Allsorts - flowers 7 Feb

I'm a guest designer, over at...

Lacy Sunshine!!!!  .. I'm so excited! :)

I was thrilled when they asked me and I got this image "Rory spreading love"

to use for this challenge - 'Include a heart.'

I wanted to keep the card quite simple, 

as the image is so lovely, I really didn't think it needed much more.

So... I coloured it with my promarkers, 

added a little glossy accents, Martha Stewart punched butterflies, 

a little dry embossing round the edge and then matted onto a lovely blue backing paper

and to finish, I hand-drew and hand-cut the straight side into this fancy shape. 

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

Chocolate coffee and cards - colours - 6 Feb
Wags n whiskers - hearts - 6 Feb
Simply create too - use hearts - 12 Feb
QKR Stampede - hearts - 6 Feb
Fussy and fancy - wings and things - 5 Feb
Digitally sweet - anything goes - 26 Feb
Time out - valentines day / hearts - 5 Feb
Little miss muffet - all you need is love - 11 Feb
DRS Designs - so shapely - 5 Feb
C.R.A.F.T - valentines day - 4 Feb
Aud sentiment - valentine or love sentiment - 11 Feb
Crafting for all seasons - things with wings - 2 Feb
Scrappers delight - anything goes & fave colours - 4 Feb
Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 3 Feb
I love promarkers - purples and blues - 3 Feb
Creative moments - anything goes - 3 Feb
Crafty sentiments - love / valentines day -2 Feb
Digi choosday - cool blue - 5 Feb
Eureka - hearts - 1 Feb
We do doobadoo - Romance - 7 Feb
My sheri crafts - valentines day - 7 Feb
Little claires - bright and beautiful - 14 Feb
Di's digi designs - include a heart(s) - 14 Feb

If the shoe fits....

Oh, I love this weeks theme over at Glitter n Sparkle - Pearls and swirls.

I used "Pearls n leather" from Stitchy stamps.

I used my promarkers to colour the image - 

and I dotted on all those little teeny swirls...freehand!

Liquid pearls were used to fill the pearl necklace, which gave a lovely effect.

I made the sentiment on the pc

and backed it all on some paper I got, in a paper pack, in 'The Works'.

A few pearls here and there around the edge, finished this card.

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

Little claires - bright and beautiful - 13 Feb

Sister act - anything goes - 30 Jan

Jelly park - bling it up - 31 Jan
Scribble and scrap - anything goes - 31 Jan
Aud sentiments - anything goes - 27 Jan
Little miss muffet - anything goes - 28 Jan
Creative moments - anything goes - 2 Feb
Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 28 Jan
Eureka stamps - the colour red - 26 Jan

Summer's here...

Well, not weather-wise, but card-wise, I mean. :) 

I would say that most of the digi images over at Pink Gems are cute...

so was thrilled this week to find they were sponsoring our "cute!" challenge, over at 

Glitter n Sparkle... I chose "beach hut 2"

I could have gone for many, many other cute images, but I just loooove beach huts...

(they are one of my favourite things ever!)

and thought this was one of the cutest I have ever seen!

I didn't really plan the colours that I was going to use -

they just happened. 

I think I would use different colours next time.

The backing paper is from a sea themed dovecrafts set of 6 x 6 papers. 

A bit of twine finished the card, with a sentiment from Pink Petticoat.

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

Hiding in my craft room - colour it - 24 Jan

Little Claires - bright and beautiful - 13 Feb

Showcase - colours - 23 Jan

Chocolate coffee and cards - no circles - 23 Jan

Jo's scrap shack - anything goes - 23 Jan

Wags n whiskers - anything goes - 23 Jan

Sister act - anything goes - 23 Jan

Aud sentiments - anything goes - 27 Jan

Word art wednesday - anything goes - 22 Jan

Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 20 Jan

Fresh brewed designs - favourites - 31 Jan

Creative moments - anything goes - 20 Jan

Join the fun!

Just to make you all aware...Bugaboo are celebrating their 5th birthday this week - 

come and join in the celebrations!!

I have many images from this fresh and fun store...and would be in my element to win some more!!!!

Pink for a girl...

The card I made recently, is using a really cute image from 

Di's digi downloads - called 'Mouse on the moon.'

Its just perfect for baby cards...and I made it for some friends - 

who are (very soon!) due to have their little girl.

(I will personalise it when the time comes, with her name, date and weight.)

As a handy coincidence, the challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle, this week

is to "use some pink."  :)

I coloured the very sweet image with my promarkers

and mat and layered it a few times, inking the edges in a soft pink each time.

The paper was from my stash... no idea what pack it came from...sorry.

The super cute hanging hearts are diecut from a memory box die.

The new, swirly heart border strip ,ready-punched , was from a car boot sale, recently.

2 Dovecraft pink flowers and some pearls finished this sweet card.

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

Allsorts - new and cute - 16 Jan

Little claires - special card - 14 Jan

Fussy and fancy - pearls and swirls - 16 Jan

Simply create too - lets celebrate! - 16 Jan

Sister act - anything goes - 16 Jan

Wags n Whiskers - anything goes - 22 Jan

Cute card Thursday - whats new? - 14 Jan

In the pink - anything goes - 21 Jan

Crafting Cafe - lots of layers - 30 Jan

Cards galore encore - anything goes - 30 Jan

Creative cottage - anything goes - 21 Jan

Ccc digi creations - digi / embellish - 15 Jan

Die cute divas - anything goes - 31 Jan

Creative card crew - for a child - 18 Jan

Partytime tuesdays - anything goes - 31 Jan
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 11 Jan
Whoopsi daisy - anything goes - 31 Jan

Card for a friend

The challenge over at Glitter and Sparkle this week, is

"Anything goes"

and I  just got this super cute image form Lucy Sunshine, called "Jillian."

The first thing I chose to go with this image, was the sentiment. 

Then I embossed a piece of pick card with my newest embossing folder,
which I absolutely love!

The border is my new one - well. I rediscovered the memory box "charlotte" border die 

which I got for a couple of pounds on a car boot sale over summer -

and I completely forgot I had it! 

(It cuts beautifully)

I finished off with a thin organza ribbon, and some MS punched butterflies.... punched from white sparkly card - that is very difficult to photograph! ;) 

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

Crafty Catz - anything goes - 8 Jan

QKR Stampede - anything goes - 8 Jan

Crafters cafe - anything goes - 7 Jan

 I love promarkers - anything goes - 6 Jan

Inspiration destination - anything goes - 6 Jan

The paper shelter - anything goes - 6 Jan

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 6 Jan

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 6 Jan

Crazy challenge - anything goes - 5 Jan
Cards galore encore - anything goes - 30 Jan
CC Digi - digi / embellish - 15 Jan
Die cut divas - anything goes - 31 Jan
Lia stampz - anything goes - 15 Jan
Seemacrafts - anything goes - 31 Jan
Sisters of craft - anything goes - 1 Feb
Sparkles forum - anything goes - 14 Jan
Catch the bug - anything goes - 10 Jan
Hiding in my craft room - pinks - 10 Jan
Lacy sunshine - sparkly and new -17 Jan

January birthdays...

I have a few coming up! 

I haven't done any crafting  this week - what with Christmas 

and decorating the kitchen!

Must be mad to do it at this time of the year, but we go out for Christmas lunch, 

Christmas evening buffet, and boxing day dinner, so we haven't needed to cook for a few days.

 We are entertaining tomorrow evening, but are back up and running 

... even though there is plenty left to paint - and "create!"

Anyway - here's my card the this weeks challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle -

a lovely, easy challenge, "anything goes"...

and my card, using - Cupcake Wreath - from Eureka.

I coloured the image with my promarkers -

it took a while, as all those little teeny confetti pieces were so fiddly to colour! Lol..

The candles are finished with glossy accents, although that hasn't shown up on the pic.

The sentiment in the middle is from Pink Petticoat - although

I think the set might now be retired... it's called Girly Curly sentiments.

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

Thats crafty - anything goes - 2 Jan

C.R.A.F.T - anything goes - 1 Jan

Little miss muffet - anything goes -31 Dec

I love promarkers - anything goes - 6 Jan 

The paper shelter - anything goes - 6 Jan

Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 6 Jan

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 30 Dec

Just realised....

That I didn't get round to sharing the family Christmas cards I made this year...

I used the same theme. 

I haven't used my Memory box frostyville border, very much and I do love it,

and with my new ( well, bought earlier in the year and never used)

poinsettia die - and some old papers that I have had for years...

Oh, and I have just realised that there is a couple I missed taking pics of... oh well. 

They are similar to these, but using other backing papers. 

Seeing as they are all so similar and all red / green / poinsettia / snowy border themed,

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

Pink gem designs - anything christmas - 2 Jan

Crafty hazelnuts christmas - christmas I didn't blog yet - 2 Jan

A crafty mess - anything goes / traditional christmas colours  - 1 Jan

Wags n whiskers - merry christmas - 9 Jan

Cute card Thursday - Merry Christmas - 2 Jan

Fresh brewed designs - christmas anything goes - 31 Dec

Holly jolly christmas - anything goes christmas - 1 Jan
Crafty cardmakers - christmas - 28 Dec
Melonheadz friends - christmas - 4 Jan
My besties UK - anything goes and poinsettias - 29 Dec

Traditional christmas

"Traditional Christmas colours"

is the challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week 

and I got another gorgeous image from the wonderful

'A Day for Daisies'...called The Mistletoe.

I knew straight away, that I would make my Hubbys Christmas card with this image.

I spent ages trying to come up with a suitable sentiment to put with it...

he knows this is just the kind of thing I would say to him :)

Lol:)

But then I had the task of making it 'not too girly.'

So, the traditional colours theme was good for this card...

I used my promarkers to colour the image

 and a snowflake embossing folder for the background,

along with  DCWV green backing paper.

I simply cut the mistletoe myself, from green card, with my tiny scissors.

The HUSBAND was cut on my die cutter - sizzix wingo zingo font. 

The holly was punched with a 50p holly punch I bought on a car boot sale over summer. 

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

Wags n whiskers - merry christmas - 8 Jan

A crafty mess - anything goes / traditional colours - 1 Jan
Chocolate coffee and cards - christmas- 25 Dec
Graph it markers - festive wishes - 1 Jan
The east wind - christmas - 26 Dec
The craft garden - christmas - 1 Jan
Seemacrafts - christmas - 1 Jan
Emerald fairies - christmas, red and green - 1 Jan
Doodle pantry - any digi goes - 22 Dec

A glittery christmas!

Over at  the Glitter n Sparkle blog this week, the
challenge is to "glittery sparkly christmas"
and I got this gorgeous image....

'Christmas frame' from Floppy Latte at Stitchy Stamps.
All this gorgeous image needed was colouring, a bit of glitter and a sentiment.
I love the sentiment - I got it quite a while go, as  a free digi,
but I'm sorry - I don't remember where it was from.
I dragged out my fine, multicoloured glitters and glamour dust for this one. the house rooftops,
stars, bow and candy-cane are all glittered.
Everything else is coloured with my promarkers and mirage pens.

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

A crafty mess - anything goes - traditional colours - 2 Jan

Chocolate coffee and cards - christmas - 25 Dec 

Craft for the craic - fave christmas colours - 2 Jan

Crafts 4 eternity - christmas - 19 Dec

Crafty catz - last minute christmas - 19 Dec

Graph it colour - festive wishes - 1 Jan

Jos scrap shack - happy holidays - 22 Dec

Patties creations - christmas - 19 Dec

Thats crafty - anything goes - 3 Jan

4 crafty chicks - one layer - 17 Dec

Creative moments - anything goes / winter - 16 Dec

Crafters cafe - christmas / holiday season - 17 Dec

Fresh brewed designs - anything goes / christmas - 2 Jan

Crafty sentiments - christmas - 16 Dec

Fantastic tuesday - piece of fruit - 16 Dec

Tuesday throwdown - family christmas - 16 Dec

A creative romance - anything goes - 21 Dec
Sparkle and sprinkle - use loose glitter - 25 Dec
The crazy challenge - christmas - 21 Dec
Come and get it - christmas  - 31 Dec
Christmas card challenges - CAS - 20 Dec
Robyns fetish - winter with glitter -  20 Dec
Sentimental sundays - anything goes - 21 Dec
That craft place - christmas - 15 Dec

A little bit of christmas magic...

Such a lovely image, 

'Sugar Plum' from Ditzie designs,

I knew straight away it wouldn't need too much ....

So I coloured her with my purple and pink promarkers,

 as this weeks challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle is to use modern christmas colours 

(on a christmas image, obviously).

I edged her in my pastel beige promarker to make her stand off the page a bit,

and added plenty of sparkle...

Glamour dust is sprinkled around her and also 

a whole thin border around the card too.

A simple sentiment, which I created in Publisher, finished this card.

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

Open minded crafting - unusual christmas - 19 Dec
We do doobadoo - get festive - 13 Dec
Delicious doodles - non traditional christmas - 12 Dec
Kitty bee designs - unusual coloured christmas - 19 Dec
C.R.A.F.T - christmas - 12 Dec
Delightful sketches - twinkle twinkle - 12 Dec
DRS designs - glitter - 12 Dec
Sassy studios - all that glitters - 12 Dec
Addicted to stamps - CAS - 11 Dec
Scrappers delights - non traditional christmas colours - 17 Dec

Little christmas robins

I got such a cute image, this week!

Hootie Christmas Carol from Crafty sentiments...

Love it! (The challenge is to "use some snow)

The image also has some little musical notes above the birds, but for this card,

I knew I wanted to fussy cut the birds,... but fussy cutting around

the notes would be going a bit too far! lol.  

The challenge, this week, is to "use some snow"

I coloured the cuties with my promarkers

and sat them on a gorgeous snowflake embossed frame, from craftwork cards.

I have had these frames for a few years and this is the first time I have got round to using one!

They are really lovely.

Its hard to see it, but I also used glamour dust on this card...

on the robins hats, making a little sprinkling of glittery snow on the branch and holly leaves

and also on the big snowflake in the bottom corner.

The sentiment came from a little set of stamps I bought cheaply on a car boot sale, during summer.

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

A creative romance - something old - 4 Dec

Brown sugar - anything goes - 4 Dec

Crafty Catz - anything goes - 4 Dec

Digitally sweet - anything goes - 25 Dec

Fairy tale  - christmas with animals - 5 Dec

Fussy n fancy - happy holidays - 11 Dec

The stamping boutique - sparkle - 5 Dec

Crafting for all seasons - tis the season - 8 Dec
Crafty creations - embossing - 8 Dec
Creative moments - make it sparkle - 29 Nov
Digistamps 4 joy - christmas 8 Dec
Nutcrafters - all that glitters - 9 Dec
Paper pretties - snow much fun - 3 Dec
Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 3 Dec
Scrappers delights - anything goes (twist, traditional christmas) -16 Dec
Clear it out - winter wishes - use a snowflake - 2 Dec
Just inspirational - winter - 2 Dec
Part time tuesday - anything goes - 1 Dec
Bunny zoe's crafts - snow - 7 Dec
Cutie pie  - festive furry friends - 1 Dec

Santa Claus is comin' to town!

For my second and final step-sister appearance over at 

The Sisterhood of Crafters this week, the theme is...

'Santa Claus is coming to town'

This gorgeous stamp is from 'Little Claires' and it's called 'Christmas Eve'.

I love it! It's a new stamp for me and I have made a few cards with it already.

I coloured it with my promarkers and added some icicle stickles.
I matted and layered the image on dark blue, then silver mirror card - which seems
to look lilac on this pic!
A simple embossed line around the image finished this card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Fantastic tuesday - add a tree or trees - 2 Dec
Just inspirational - winter - 1 Dec
Tuesday taggers - christmas is coming - 10 Dec
Craft your passion - baby its cold outside - 1 Dec
Oh la la creations - christmas - 4 Jan
Pink elephant - anything goes - 1 Dec
Part time tuesdays - anything goes - 1 Dec
Come and get it - winter - 30 Nov
Allsorts - no designer papers - 29 Nov
Hiding in my craft room- any holidays - 30 Nov
Christmas cards all year round - no patterned paper - 1 Dec
Oddball stamps - any winter holiday - 15 Dec
One crazy stamper - anything goes - 29 Nov
Paradise of stamps - winter - 1 Dec
Sparkles forum - the big guy (Santa) - 14 Dec
Chocolate coffee and cards - your favourite holiday - 28 Nov
Delicious doodles - traditional christmas - 27 Nov