CCT Colour Challenge

Hello! We have a colour challenge for you at Christmas Card Throwdown and I love this particular colour combo!

 

 

Please do check out the inspirational cards from the rest of the design team. We look forward to seeing your cards!

 

I made a version of this card before Christmas and I thought it would work well in a different colourway. Here is my earlier card made with SU's Santa's Sleigh bundle -

 

 

 

 

I swapped a few things around and for my aqua and brown shades I chose Pool Party and Chocolate Chip. The card is actually Very Vanilla in real life, although it looks a bit washed out here! I've also added some Bermuda Bay sequins. I hope you like it! Happy crafting! April x



Christmas Card Making

Hello! As you probably already know if you read my blog, I make a Christmas card every week of the year as a proud member of the DT for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. Some are planned and carefully made, more are rushed panic-jobs at 4 o'clock on the Friday! Then I make more Christmas cards (if that makes any sense) just like all those normal card-makers! Here is one of those cards.

I was inspired by a lovely card my friend Fanny had made with a very similar background to this one. Her card had a beribboned sleigh, but I have just gone for one reindeer here instead. I made it with the wonderful Santa's Sleigh bundle which I love!

He is off to proudly show his smart ribbon collar to Di and Parsnip at Pixie's Snippets Playground! Hope you are feeling on the mend, Di!
Happy Christmas crafting! April x

The Wilderness Awaits

I love this handsome guy! This is my first card made with SU's The Wilderness Awaits. There's a wonderful fox, dog and duck too. They are next on my list. I stamped the stag with Chocolate Chip ink and used Dazzling Details to highlight the rock. It is clear and glittery in real life - I have no idea why it looks green in this photo, but we can pretend it's moss! I added a left-over snippet of vellum and backed everything on a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock that I had embossed with the Boho Chic embossing folder. The sentiment is from Endless Birthday Wishes and was stamped on a piece of Bermuda Bay card.

Don't chase this stag Parsnip! I'm sending my card to Di and Sarn over at Pixie's Snippets Playground. Happy crafting! April x

52 CCT Sketch Challenge

We are back for another year of 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! We are welcoming two new DT members - Kaja and Jacqueline (who make beautiful cards) and we have a whole twelve months of new challenges ahead! Deborah is this month's hostess and we are starting off with a sketch challenge:

I have used a stamp from Tim Holtz's Mini Holidays that I have coloured with Copics. I've added some glittery Pool Party ribbon and sequins and backed everything on to a piece of Island Indigo dsp and a Chocolate Chip card base.

We can't wait to see your interpretations of the sketch. Having a pile of cards ready to go at Christmas made me a tiny bit more organised than usual!!

See you over at 52CCT! April x

52 CCT Theme Challenge

This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown we have a theme challenge for you. Our hostess Gill has chosen the theme of Silent Night. I'm sure that we will see some amazing interpretations of this wonderful festive theme!

 

I've gone with quite a literal take! The Silent Night music and sentiment are both digis from Kim MacFarlane. I have combined them with Primrose Petal stars, stamped with the Many Merry Stars set and then clear embossed. The scroll work in Chocolate Chip was cut using the Sissix Winter Greenery die and I've added a few extra stars punched from scrap dsp and Glimmer Paper. Happy Crafting! April x

I'm also entering my card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge which this week has the theme of singing and Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge Extra for March.

Another Valentine Card

Here is another Valentine card - this time for Addicted to Stamps challenge #130. I felt inspired by their choice of colours, so have used Regal Rose, Strawberry Slush and Chocolate Chip. I made the background by adding ink to a chevron embossing folder, spritzing with Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist and making a print with a piece of watercolour paper. The heart stamp is one I carved myself using the Stampin' Up Undefined set and the sentiment is from Good Greetings.

 

Some Spring Creations

I have been so taken up with making Christmas cards recently that I thought some springy creations may be an idea. This card has an attachment made using the scallop tag topper punch. I got the instructions from HERE. I have used the Petal Potpourri set from the new SU Spring catalogue to stamp the flowers and then used the co-ordinating Flower Medallion punch. The leaves are from the Choose Happiness stamp set and the colours used are Daffodil Delight, Sahara Sand and Chocolate Chip. I have entered this card into the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge.

Here's a mini flip album I've made using Best Year Ever dsp. You can get this lovely set of papers free with any order of £45, as part of Sale-a-bration.

Finally, here's the new Mini Treat Bag die, also from the Spring catalogue. I've used the Best Year Ever dsp again here. Happy Crafting! April x

Autumn Colours

This is my entry for the SUO Challenge 106 Autumn Colours. I have used the Four Feathers stamp set with Petite Petals and a mixture of Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Crisp Cantaloupe and gold foil. All blinged up with a few In-Colour sequins. Great fun to make, and as the mild temperature is predicted to drop by six degrees tomorrow, I am definitely getting in the mood for Autumn card-making. April x