Nostalgic Christmas

 Hi, I hope you’re doing ok.

I’m looking forward to Tuesday, when hopefully I can relax a bit!

A kind friend gave me a couple of old paper sets that can be combined to make a card.

I don’t know exactly where they’re from but I know they’re from an established company.

This was my favourite….

You get a thumbnail picture of a finished layout to copy.

I just distressed the layers a bit, and added extras like the gold stars.

The poinsettia Robin one is pretty too…

Very different style for me, but I enjoyed putting them together.

Challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown 

(December, pick a previous theme)

This is the previous theme I chose

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Winter Wonderland and a winter feast

This is another card inspired by a dear friend.

She designed the layout, I just tried to do it justice.

She brought a few stamps, I think from Cardio, and I added Santa from an old SU stamp.

Blended the background with ink, using a mask for the snow, made from torn paper.

The rising or setting sun looks more like a bonfire 😂

Added splats and snow on the branches.

We had a festive lunch with my sister and brother in law,

at a new Spanish Restaurant in our village.

It was our first visit, and will not be our last!

Look away if you don’t want to see delicious food!

I’m popping the card over to Stamping sensations December winter challenge

and Little red wagon #787

 Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Peaceful Cabin

 I’m still making Christmas cards, but these were made last month with a dear friend.

She is generous in so many ways, including with her talent and  craft stash!

The background paper was die cut (Chloe I think), partially cutting poinsettias.

I used SU Peaceful Cabin….stamped and diecut.

I had stamped direct and made a pigs ear of it!

I also stamped subtle snowflakes on the paper.

I’m taking this to the Peace On Earth challenge #78

I liked the look of the happy accident, so went with the trees from the same set next.

The poinsettias had tiny foam pads a under the petals to keep them raised,

and lots of glitter was added to both.

I’m taking this to the Allsorts Challenge #811, anything goes.

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Rudolph Tags

 Whooshing by to say Hi, as I have a couple of Challenges I need to enter  before I forget 😃

Quick Gift Tags were the order of the day, so I picked out a tag die ( mini pocket envelope SU),

and using SU paper Reindeer Days, and Reindeer Fun dies.

Also used an SU stitched rectangle die to pop inside.

I did add ribbon!

I used lots of snippets, and remembered to take a photo!

Weather as dull as dishwater….

Have a good weekend! 

Challenges…..

 Snippets Playground #495 must use snippets

Allsorts Challenge #810 It’s beginning to look like Christmas

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Puppy Kiss

 Hi there, hope your Christmas preparations are going well.

I’m having a short break from it to share this…

It’s a winter birthday card, using some SU paper background,

and a Penny Black wooden stamp Puppy Kiss.

As it’s for a birthday, I die cut some flowers, stamped and cut an extra paw,

to cover the mistletoe. I coloured the bobble hat to match the flowers.

Challenges….

We love stamping, Winter

Penny Black SaturdayChallenge, Winter Wonderland, or anything goes.

Allsorts Challenge #810, anything goes

 P.s. I did a software update on my tablet, and now Blogger is throwing up posts from years ago (average 6 to 9!),

Is it just me?!

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Winter Flora and Fauna

The new Allsorts Challenge #809 is up….

Winter flowers and fauna..

So today I’m sharing a birthday card using ( all SU ) paper,

card ribbon and dies.

It’s a fine fancy fold too, with a pop up inside (Cased from Kim Fee)

All the birds were fussy cut from the Designer Series Paper.

Have a great weekend,

and do hop over to the Allsorts challenge for lots of inspiration and fabulous prizes

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Gift cards with Reindeer fun

 Happy Rudolph Day! (a bit late)

Time to enter the Rudolph Day Challenge….

(A)

I used (SU) Reindeer Days paper again and fussy cut the Reindeer,

retired lush paper, and the snowy hill from the Greetery.

These are gift card/money holders.

(B)

I had to weight them closed to take a picture, but I tried to create a comical scene,

one is about to crash into the snowman, the other about to do the splits on the ice! 😂

You might notice the shiny foil…..

Entering A into the Rudolph’s Day November Challenge

and B into the Allsorts #808….anything goes

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Reindeer fun with Allsorts

 I can’t resist entering the Allsorts Challenge again,

this week the theme is Ribbon or Twine….

I used red and white twine for this, using the SU set Reindeer Fun.

I stamped the snowflake background with SU Snowflake Sky, 

die cut the aperture into shimmery white card,

added Greetery hills in white and glitter card, fussy cut the deer from the SU paper,

and added the embellishments.

The weather has been quite dull recently, and whilst writing this post I noticed something odd.

I must have taken pics of this card in two positions, trying to get the best light.

The thumbnail photos showed a distinct difference in the white/irridescent glitter paper..

the first set of photos looks blue and the second pink !🧐

Anyway, I’m taking this to the Allsorts Challenge #808 (twine),

and the Snippets Playground Challenge #494, 

I used snippets for the snowy hills and embellishments.

Both have fabulous prizes 😉

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Magical village

 Another card for Stamping Sensations November Challenge

This time using SU Yuletide Village.

I coloured with blend pens and fussy cut the village,

after I’d stamped it in a pale blue, for the snow,

so I didn’t have to cut that part.

This will probably be in the anything goes theme,

although I think this stamp set is magical 😃

Stampingsensations.uk

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Magical Christmas

 Hello, another Christmas card, with the

Stamping Sensations Challenge in mind….

For a cat loving friend…..

Trees Gummiapan, cat die Cheery Lynn Designs,

and an old SU Santa, from Hearts come home.

I simply used a stencil for the background.

Take a look at the wonderful inspiration at

Stamping Sensations.uk

I hope I’ll qualify for the “magical theme” or anything goes 😃

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Two weddings….

 I can’t remember making a wedding card…..although that could just be the grey cells 🙄,

but I happened to know two couples getting wed after being together many years,

so set about making these….

I had the blank cards on my desk for some time, inspiration sparked by Kim Fee.

Stamped the car from an old SU set Driving By,

 used wink of Stella for sparkle, die cut a heart border “road”

and gold heat embossed “congratulations” .

I used a stitched rectangle nesting die to cut it the white layer out, backed by a larger gold one.

I decided to add two gold hearts on top of the cut outs,

to signify the joining of two hearts in a subtle non slushy way 😂.

The gold and white layers were Snippets, and the die cut hearts, so I’m going to the

Snippets Playground #493 for a hot chocolate,

Allsorts Challenge #807 has a food and drink theme, but this is for the Anything Goes option,

although there was a lot of food and drink at the weddings!😂

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Allsorts Christmas

 Hey there I’m sharing this one with the

Allsorts Challenge #806

Theme is Christmas, and this fits the bill as it uses some Lavinia stamps.

The words stamp was a gift from a friend, the tree has tiny fairies decorating it.

I can’t remember what possessed me to use lemon lime twist card,

but hey, it’s nice and bright! 

I splattered snow using watered down white craft ink, somewhat heavy hand,

It became a blizzard 😂

I stamped and heat embossed in black and white, (black has irridescent powder )

then coloured the tree lights with some really old Sakura pens that still work!

I love their pens, they’ve never let me down.

Photos are worse than usual due to the very dull days.

See you  over at the Allsorts blog…

Lesley

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Snowy and Hedgy

 Hello again, for today’s I used a Penny Black wooden stamp,

coloured in and fussy cut.

I then placed them on some SU background paper, for a quick card,

adding some wink of stella sparkle

Just a quick tip before I go, do check your blogger comments occasionally,

as I’m often finding the odd one here and there that goes into spam or gets lost.

Lesley

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Justine Hovey inspired

 Two more cards for the box, inspired by Justine Hovey,

showing things can be quick and simple, although I’m not so good at the quick!

Using SU In Colour cardstock, die cut pine leaves and letters

Same but different…..

Quite like the fresh colours and modern feel……what do you think?

Lesley

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Christmas wreaths with Santa

 Today I have another couple of  Christmas cards,

both using a wreath die from SU, but completely different.

Love the Gummiapan Santa, sitting on a pine branch,

having a well deserved rest 😃., before he rushes off to join the Allsorts Challenge #804,

where the theme is cute and/or cuddly…..I think Santa is both don’t you?….

If not, there’s the anything goes category.

This one uses poinsettia flowers,SU, and also the SU wreath.

I’m taking this one to the Snippets Playground #492 ….

I remembered to take a picture of my Snippets too…..

die cut from small pieces of cardstock and bagged up.

Lesley

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