Silver Plaid

A masculine card today for a friend's birthday.

I used the SU 'Best Plaid Builder Dies' with silver mirror card and white card.  I offset the die cuts to create the plaid pattern and layered them on a black rectangle, before attaching them to a white card blank.  The sentiment is a stamp from the SU 'Humming Along' set, stamped with Versafine 'Onyx Black', punched out and layered on a handcut black mat. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Fun With Dies

The Male Room Challenge #145 ~ Tartan & Plaid

Friendship

One last Christmas card.... for this month anyway!  It's the last day of Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, so I thought I'd use one on Beccy's lovely images and sentiments on my Double Z Fold card.

The image and sentiment are both from the 'Snowman' set of digi stamps and I coloured the image with Promarkers, before covering the white of the snowman with a clear Wink of Stella glitter brush to add some sparkle. The patterned papers are from an old Lili of the Valley 'Frosty Christmas' paper pad.  The snowflake is a Memory Box 'Twilight Snowflake' die cut.  My white glitter card looked off white against the rest of the card, so I cut the snowflake with plain white card and glittered it with the Wink of Stella glitter brush.

The photo shows the card open, revealing the space to write the message.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #135 ~ Cute Christmas

Double 'D' Challenge ~ Winter Blues

I Love Promarkers Challenge #424 ~ Anything Goes + Option of Christmas

Passion For Promarkers Challenge - Week 570 ~ Glitter & Sparkle

Thinking of you at Christmas Time

A Christmas card today that has already arrived at its destination across the other side of the Atlantic.

I like this SU sentiment, especially for cards going to someone who will find celebrating Christmas difficult this year.  The poinsettias are made with Spellbinder dies, which cut and emboss.  I added tiny yellow pearls to the centres. The patterned paper is from a paper pad I bought in The Works.  It has a zigzig pattern on, so perfect for Beccy's Challenge for the last letter of the alphabet.

The top of the front of the card is cut off.  I added a strip of the patterned paper to the inside of the card.  Three tiny yellow pearls above the sentiment finished off my card.  

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Challenge ~ Day 29 - Z for Zigzag

Allsorts Challenge Week 600 ~ Christmas Flowers, Wreaths and Trees

Cut It Up Challenge #214 ~ Christmas

Moving Along With The Times Challenge #124 ~ Christmas Flowers

Love Cats

A change from Christmas cards today - an anniversary card I made for friends of ours.

I started by sticking a red mat to the scalloped card base and added a second, slightly smaller mat of mottled, pale blue card.  The cats were die cut with a Marianne 'French Cats' die.   The hearts were the waste from Memory Box 'Heart of Hearts' die cut.  I die cut the lampost from matt silver card, using a Poppystamps 'Antique Lamppost' die.  I used a MFT 'Fresh Cut Grass' die with plain green card and added a strip of green and white dotty patterned paper. Everything, apart from the card blank and two mats, was snippets so I'll be sharing my card over in the Snippets Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #391 ~ Use Snippets

Krafty Chicks Challenge #535 ~ All Occasions

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge ~ Include a Cat

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November Challenge