Poinsetta Card

I've made a couple of these cards for my Grandparents this year - I think they'll like the vintage look.

The decoupage poinsettas are from Anita's, and came in the doCrafts goody bag. I've used stickles glitter glue in green and platinum to highlight.

My husband's christmas card

This is the card I've made for my husband, Gary this Christmas.

I've made an aperture, which is backed with acetate for the window and the front also has a 3D window ledge. I've folded over the other side to hide all the 'workings'.

The image inside is 'Alex and Felicity with mistletoe' from Digistamp Boutique, which I've coloured with promarkers. The holly and robin stamps were free with a magazine recently.

I've used stickles on everything as usual!

My baby's first Christmas card!

I'm so excited to have made my baby's first ever Christmas card!

I've used stamps from Anita's Christmas range for the christmas tree, rocking horse, train, presents and sugar canes, which I stamped using pale brown and gold ink (except from the tree, with which I used three shades of green). I've coloured them all using promarkers. The papers are the Daisy and Dandelion ones (again!). I've used rather a lot of glitter - the borders are glitterations and I've also used stickles glitter glue for James' name and highlights.
James will be 11 months old this christmas, so I'm hoping that he's just about old enough to have some grasp of the excitement, even if he's more interested in the boxes rather than his presents!
Thanks for looking, Claire x

MAWTT Challenge (sketch)

I made this card for a friend who's mum to a toddler. I thought that this Jolly Nation rubber stamp ('Toddler with bowl') would be appropriate!

I've used promarkers to colour. The backing papers are 'Spring Burst' by Papermania. Sentiment is from Clare Curd's signature stamps. Ribbon and brads are also Papermania.

Not a layout that I would have come up on my own, but I'm pleased with the result. That's why I enjoy taking part in challenges so much - such a great way to get new ideas!

MAWTT Challenge - 'Remembrance'

I'll be honest and say that I made this card for another challenge a while ago, but it seemed pretty appropriate for this week's 'Moving along with the times' challenge. Hope you don't mind me entering it for this challenge too, ladies!

I've used the poppy stickers and gold card from the DoCrafts goody bag, along with ribbed pale gold card and gold brads.

Quickie Christmas Cards

I made these four very quick cards using the freebie papers and images in this month's Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine. I thought that they looked pretty naff in the pack, but actually, with a bit of glitter, decoupaging and ribbon, I was quite impressed with the finish. Not bad for a freebie and still loads of papers left in the pack.

Engagement Card

I've combined two challenges in making this Engagement card.

The Passion for Promarkers challenge this week is to use Grass and Canary promarker pens to create a card. I've used them in the main image (obviously!) but also to colour in white card on the punched flowers and leaves. I can't say that I would have thought to use these two colours for the main theme of a card myself, but I'm really pleased with the end result.

The Sketch and Stash challenge is to use their sketch and combine it with new and old stash. The image, which is new, is 'Alex and Felicity' from Digistamp Boutique. I love these cute little characters and have become a big fan of this online store. Everything else, the punch, papers, brads, stickles glitter glue, ribbon and peel-off sentiment are from my craft box.

Friday Sketchers Challenge

I've made this card for my Dad's birthday, using the sketch from the Friday Sketchers Challenge.

The main view is of Blencathra in the Lake District, my Dad's favourite mountain. The smaller one is of Sharp Edge, his favourite part of the mountain.

The papers are mainly from the Papermania 'A Christmas Carol' linen paper stack.

MAWTT Challenge (sketch + embossing)

I've made these two cards using this week's 'Moving along with the times' sketch. Hope you like them!

Papers are from 'My Mind's Eye', and I've used copper and turqoise papers from Dovecraft. The sentiments are stamped then embossed with copper embossing powder.

I made a third card whilst I was at it, although using a slightly different layout.