Warmest Wishes

I love making Christmas cards, especially if I can do my own thing. That is exactly what I have been doing lately. I have not bothered with any challenges or contests, I just wanted to decide for myself.
I have used Making Memories papers. Nothing Christmassy about it? I do disagree, just love the unusual combination of it.

The blue background is actually K&Co Que Sera Sera paper, then some ledger paper from Making Memories and papers from the Just Chillin' range of MM. The bauble border is from the Doodlecharms cart and cut with the Gypsy to get the correct length and size for the card. I am getting more used to the gypsy and using it a lot more. The flowers are sprayed with Glimmer Mist and the spruce is a Marianne die, which I coloured.

 The image is stamped on cotton rag from Paperchase and coloured with watercolour pencils and some Sakura white gel pen. I love colouring with pencils, ever since I was a little child and my all-time favourite brand is Caran d'Ache. When I was 6, I had a little box with the Matterhorn in Zermatt on it and I am so happy they still sell them like this. Best pencils ever. I have tried Staedler and Derwent, but they don't feel the same even.

The stamps are ofcourse Penny Black Jolly Friends and Hero Arts.
A sentimental note to end with, Christmas is coming.

Penny Black Christmas window cards

I love Penny Black stamps, so funny and cute.
I have made 2 window cards, by cutting out a part of the front of the card with  Nestabilities.

The cat is from the PB The Wonder set and the sentiments are Hero Arts Holiday Sayings. I kept the cream card base and decorated inside and outside with snowflakes. This time I coloured with pencils. The DP is from My Minds Eye Wonderful Winter.
Next up is the little snowman from the Jolly friends set.

 The sentiment and snowflake stamps are from Stampers Anonymous Tim Holz collection and I used Distress embossing powder and Distress Ink.

 The Snowflakes are from Spellbinders. Ribbons are American Crafts.

The DP is Making Memories and October Afternoon. This image is coloured with Copics.

A gift for you

Short and sweet as I 'm off to do some Christmas shopping.
This is another Elisabeth Bell stamp and she is so cute. I used a bauble cut from the Christmas cartridge and embellished it with lots of sparkle.

Some unusual colours for a Christmas card, he? The DP is October Afternoon, some Viva gold pearl pen and  hurray.... for Stickles.

Little nurse

Another card to share today. I found this cute little nurse stamp from Whiff of Joy.
I used October Afternoon papers and some cuts from the Home Décor cartridge. She is coloured with Copics.

She is stamped on watercolour paper, which allows a more vintage feel when colouring. The downside is that it soaks up a lot of the Copic ink. The little flowers are also Marianne design and the pearls are Papermania.

A special day

Oh dear, it is December 13 and I am too far behind in my posting.
I 've been making cards in my own time and not for any challenge, but still I like to post them as a souvenir for me in days to come.
I have used one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps for a very girlie card.
Hope you like it. I used Marianne papers and dies for this one and coloured with Copics, the butterflies are Joy! dies.

Joy

I had to make a batch of Cricut Christmas cards. I usually make a few, but this year I made a dozen.
It just happened that 12 Rudolphs could be cut in 3" on a 12x12 piece of cardstock with the auto fill feature.
And I just was itching to use the Create a Critter cart again.

I cut the cards with Plantin Schoolbook on DCWV Mariposa glittercard in soft green and cream, I also used the DCWV Holiday Collection for the other cuts. And then their wasn't much else to it than glueing and assembling. These cards fit the small brown wage envelopes from Ryan. My way of considering the environment... On the inside I stamped a Hero Arts sentiment and that is it, 12 in total.
Not so long anymore and it will be Christmas...

Merry, merry, merry

Last weekend, we went to the NEC in Birmingham for the first time since we 've been living in England.
It wasn't really what I expected, but I was very pleased to be able to buy some Lili of the Valley stamps - and I do mean some-.
I also got 1 Whiff of Joy nurse stamp and some Spellbinders Nesties on a good deal and Hero Arts stamps on special offer.

DP: Making Memories, Paperchase cotton rag paper for the stamped images and white flower.
Embellishments: organza ribbon, sprig punch, Stickles, Prima flower, pearls.
This little card is entered on The Lili of the Valley Challenge blog "anything goes" and you can find it here.

Kindness feeds the heart

I got quite a few new goodies, -so called for Christmas-, but I 'm already using them.
No, I couldn't wait...
I got 2 new Penny Black slapstick stamps. This little cutie is one of them.
I made 2 cards with it but in 2 different color settings.

The flower is made with a Marianne Design Creatables and cut in white felt and then distressed. The paper is My Minds Eye and the self adhesive ribbon is from K&Co.

 The papers on this one are from Basic Grey and the brad too.

I love this stamp, although it is quite big. It might become a challenge if I want to use it for my usual 5 x 5 cards.

Stylin' chic

Hello,
I 'm a bit behind on my posting. I promise I will make a few today.
The first one is a mixture of stamping and the Cricut. I used The Greetings Farm stamp and the Paisley cartridge for the umbrella and sentiment. On the inside of the card I used  K&Co rub-ons.

Supplies:
DP: Whoop De Doo by g.c.d studios
Embellishments: Spellbinders photocorners, Cuttlebug emboss folder, lace and Stickles.

Some people...

...add such joy to life.
I had so much fun making this card and made more effort of it. I used Websters Pages, such lovely papers.
I made a removable tag that sits behind the card. It's my interpretation on Laura's sketch 64. It was about time I entered in a challenge and '2sketches 4you' always have lovely ideas.
I used 3 different collections of stamps; Whiff of Joy, Crafty Secrets and Papermania.

Supplies:
Latte Adirondack ink, Marianne Design dies, Making Memories brad, Petaloo silk flower, Prima flower, Hero Arts, Creative Imaginations metal flower, pearl paper.

Little Monsters

A final Halloween post.
We don't really celebrate this at all, but it's becoming more and more of fashion here. Some kids in the neighbourhood might dress up and ring our bell, so we always keep sweets at the ready.
The next 2 cards fit with my previous one and make a set of 3 Halloween cards.
The first card is colored with Copics.

 The next card is colored with watercolors.

Supplies:
BG Eerie paper
Crafty Secrets Stamps
American Crafts flowers

Spook-tacular

I just adore Crafty Secret stamps. I love the vintage images of the children.
It is almost Halloween and it's getting bigger and bigger in the UK. So I make a few seasonal cards each year and it gives me a reason to dig out my favourite stamps.
The frame is cut with the Cricut and I think I used Accent Essentials, not sure anymore...

Supplies:

DP: Basic Grey Eerie paper pad
Glimmer Mist
Cuttlebug roses embossing folder
Tsukineko ink
Copics
Stamps: Crafty Secrets

Gobble Gobble

I know we don't have Thanksgiving in the UK, but it doesn't mean I can't make a turkey card...
Mr. Turkey turned out rather large, so I put him on one of my larger cards.
Got to love the paper as it 's Basic Grey again.

The inside of the card with embossed background.

Supplies:
DP: Basic Grey Indian Summer
Coredinations Cauldron cardstock
American Crafts white card
Martha Stewart border punch
vintage buttons
Cricut Create A Critter

Sweet

Finally a Cricut card. It has been a while, I know and I have all these lovely carts just lying here.
This card was made with Create A Critter and the images are just so cute.

 Supplies:

DP: We R Memory Keepers Tiffany's pad

Coredinations cardstock

Papermania pearls

Stickles Stardust

Tilda with present

I have been quite busy today. At least I got some useful things done, besides just crafting, which is also useful... The downstairs has been cleaned, laundry done and hanging outside to dry and my lamb stew is gently simmering for tonight's supper. This is my last post for today and if you like Tilda, well...

DP: Eline's Vintage Christmas

Stamps: Magnolia, Sei snowflakes, Woodware Retro words

Trees cut with the Christmas Cricut cartridge

Little one

Hi, A quick baby card to share, made with the Cricut Stamping Cartridge.

I used a pink cardbase with vellum as the background paper. I cut the elements out of pink Coordinations cardstock and changed the color slightly with Copics. I stamped black polka dot flowers on the sentiment. The pram is cut in Making Memories polka dot vinyl. I 'm not sure if the whole layout works, but at least I got my Cricut in action again. It has been a while...

Wishes in pink and blue

I 'm in the mood. It is so hard to resist Eline's Vintage papers.
I had to use them again. They are just so lovely.
When my DH saw this card. he said:" You're again using the same stamps." I replied that these are my winter/Christmas stamps. Then he said:" Ah, well then I need to get you some different ones this weekend." Isn't he sweet, the supporter of my hobby? So funny.

Here she comes... coloured with watercolors, one of my artworks that I prepared when on holiday.
Spellbinders Create a Flake 1, a button and some Viva pearl pen.
More posts should be following, but first some breakfast: hot coffee and a peanutbutter and chocolate cookie, home made, yummie! I found some Reese's peanutbutter cups and pulled a recipe of the web. Not good for my wasteline, but who cares right now?