Another Request

My daughter, Joanna, sent me a message a day or two ago to say could I come up with any ideas for her Guides to make Christmas cards on Monday.  Now my daughter is unlikely to have any card, glue, pens or crayons in her house, because if she did they would just be gathering dust.  She probably wouldn't even be able to put her hand on a pair of scissors! 😉 I tried really hard, when she was growing up, to pass on my love of being creative, but I think it skipped a generation!  What Joanna really meant was, "Help, I've no idea where to start!  Can you think of a design and what have you got in your stash that we could use?"  I came up with a few ideas, but then discovered, as they are taking the cards to a local nursing home when they go carol singing, the Guides will have about an hour to make 50 cards between them and write a message inside each one!  So, it was onto Plan B  to make a quick and easy design.  

I sent Joanna a photograph of a sample design and her response was "that's great, but how on earth did you you get all that 'writing' on the front?"  Out came my Big Shot and lots blue, red and green snippets from my snippets drawer.  I used a Cuttlebug's 'Season's Greetings' embossing folder to emboss 50 pieces (+ a few spares), trimmed the embossed card to size and attached DST to the backs.  Hopefully on Monday there will be time to take off the DST, attach the embossed card to the card blank, choose some peeloffs to embellish and write the messages.  Oh.... and although I live well over an hour away, she's invited me to run the session!!

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards

Christmas Friendship

The challenge today over in Beccy's Place nearly had me stumped because it's up to the letter 'X'.  I googled 'colours being with X' and discovered that Xanthic mean yellowish, so I gave my snowman a 'Xanthic' scarf!

The image and the sentiment are both digi stamps from Beccy's Place.  I coloured the image with Promarkers, layering on mats using 'Xanthic' and green to tie in with the main colours I used on the image.  The embossed background was done with an old Crafter's Companion e/f I picked up in a bargain bucket for £1 a few years ago.  A Memory Box 'Twilight Snowflake' white glitter die cut finished off my card. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge ~ X for Xanthic

That's Crafty Winter Wonderland Challenge

Stamping Sensations ~ Get Ready for Christmas

Artist Trading Coins

The Country View Challenge this month is Artist Trading Coins.  Having never made one before,  I thought I'd miss out on this month's challenge.  However, there's always a first time and as they are becoming more popular, I decided to have a go.  The standard size is 2 1/2" diameter, so I die cut three circles of this size using snippets of white card and thought about what I could fit in such a little space.

The backgrounds were made Adirondack inks applied with Ink Dusters, masking off the moon with a small circle of card.   For the sun, I used a circle aperture and inked it over with yellow.  All the stamps I used were from Lavina Stamps, stamped with Versafine 'Onyx Black'.  I added a few clear gems on the blue one for the stars and a little silver glitter to the purple one.  The glitter looks a lot more subtle IRL.

As Artist Trading Coins are made to give away, I hope they count for the Simon Says Monday Challenge where the theme is 'Gift It'.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Country View Crafts November Challenge ~ Artist Trading Coins

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Gift It

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #223 ~ Anything But a Card

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #340 ~ Use snippets

Warm Winter Wishes

I suddenly realised that it's the 25th today, the start of the last Rudolph Days Challenge for 2018 ( ....and one month until Christmas Day!).  The challenge runs until the the end of the month, so just six days to enter the challenge.  It's already Monday in Australia, so the November Christmas Card Challenge at Beccy's Place is now up to 'W'. I'm batch making this Christmas card design today, a quick and easy design on a little 4" x 4" card.  

The stamp is a Hero Arts one.  I bought it half price many years ago, but I don't think I've ever used it. I stamped the image with Versafine 'Onyx Black' and used a green Promarker to colour the scarf.  A little clear Wink of Stella glitter was added to the snow the penguin is stood on to add a little sparkle. The image is die cut with a Spellbinders circle die, layer on a red SB scalloped circle die cut.  The embossed background is matt silver, using a Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' e/f.  I corner rounded the embossed card and card blank.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days November Challenge

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge ~ W for Warm Winter Wishes

That's Crafty Winter Wonderland Challenge

Stamping Sensations Challenge ~ Get Ready for Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge ~ 'W for Wishes'
Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Let it Snow
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Baby It’s Cold Outside