Puppy Kiss with Paper Strips ……

 

…….and a whole lot more….

This old PB wooden stamp is called “Puppy Kiss”. He’s holding some mistletoe in anticipation 😃

Two things I love about wooden stamps,

 you don’t need a block, and it has the name and maker printed on it, 

so you don’t need to find out, if you mislaid the packaging.

This background is perfect for using up your papers strips that get left from all that cutting.

Take a piece of card, slightly bigger than you need, and start gluing them in the middle at an angle,

letting them overhang the edges.

(These are old SU papers)

Fill the page, alternating the colours and patterns, then trim to suit.

Hence I’ll be entering the above puppy into the new Snippets Challenge #531

Here’s what I made with the others….

PB “Naughty or Nice”

Allsorts Challenge #848 wants shaped cards or Anything Goes.

PB “Chill Day”

Taking this to Sweet Stampin’ for “Christmas” theme

It’s also “Rudolph Days” challenge, which I don’t often do these days, but this timing is 😊 good.

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Lesley

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Rudolph Day January 2025

 I’m just in time to enter this months Rudolph Day Challenge,

the first for 2025, and a reminder to crack on with this year’s Christmas cards.

I’m using a new to me AALL and Create stamp oh christmas tree.

It’s tiny, and super cute.

I stamped and coloured the tree, then stamped part of the trunk of the other tree, 

and it’s star, and fussy cut, mounting it on some paper.

It’s a simple layout, but at least that’s one for the box.

I had to photograph it on my dirty door mat, to catch the light….

yes, the sun shone today!

I’m taking this to MY NBUS, as it’s this stamps first inking

NBUS Challenge #70 (MyNBUS.blogspot.com), and 

Rudolphdayschallenges for January

Rudolph Day Challenge

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Time to hang up your stockings….

 ……..well, it will be in five months time eeek!

It’s also Rudolph Days Challenge being 25th of the month.

I’m trying to get ahead by making a few a month, and I’m also trying to use up all those bits we save because we can’t bear to throw them away! I know I’m not alone in that 😂😂😂

So, here’s some die cut stockings, gifted by a friend,  ready to go….

all they needed was a base card, some plaid paper (love), and a white oval. Not even a sentiment!

I reduced my paper mountain too, and even decorated some envelopes!

There’s only one more thing to do……

dash off to the Rudolph Days Challenge!

Do join in if you can, it’s a great way to get ahead, and great fun too 😃

Lesley

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June Rudolph Day

 It’s the 25th of the month again….Rudolph Challenge Day!

In a bid to get ahead I’m using up some SU foiled card blanks.

This one uses a Gummiapan die from last years advent calendar.

I added some colour and stamped and die cut a sentiment for the truck to drive on 😃.

Another one for the box, and time to enter the Rudolph Days Challenge!

Lesley

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May Rudolph Day

 I can’t keep up with some of the challenges I like, by the time I get around to it, they’re closed 😂,

but as many of you know, I hate to miss this one, started by a lovely friend, 

and subsequently carried on by other lovely people.

I’m revisiting old stamps, and old stash that I’m determined to clear (eventually 😂) to make some space.

So the stamp is an elegant deer, that I framed with a border stamp,

backed it with red glitter and a plaid paper.

I’m a couple of months behind my target already, so expect to see more 😂

Happy Rudolph Day!

Do visit Rudolph Days Challenge and check out the gallery with fab creations 

Visit the challenge HERE

Lesley

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Rudolph Day for April

 Rudolph Day is here!

25th of the month means it’s time to add some cards to our Christmas stash.

So, here goes using up some more backgrounds I’ve have for a few years, from a batch make 🙄

I layered that lovely tree die over my sparkly pasted trees,

added the truck from Gummiapan, loaded up with the tree and gifts 

I used pens to make it shabby (perhaps too much 😂)

Next up that cool Santa, sat on a wall, cut from yet another pasted background 

(I did make quite a few, so it’s my challenge to use them all 😉)

Santa was cut from card, snipped and layered.

Above I coloured the gifts with pens,

below I just did the “ribbon”

A piece of embossed white for the snowflake background.

This Santa was also cut from card, but I cut his trousers short and coloured his pink legs 😃

I also used up some old tea bag folding card blanks.

You can just about see the teapot.

It’s amazing how you can use up old stuff in a different way.

The bits from the aperture were used for sentiments etc.

Happy Rudolph Day!

Challenges:

Rudolph Day

Peace on Earth

Christmas Kickstart #85

NBUS #61 (truck and tree)

Lesley

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Rudolph Day Yay

 I’m so happy that Helen has taken up Rudolph’s reins, so that we can continue to be inspired to make our Christmas cards throughout the year.

The new site Rudolph Days Challenge is HERE

Maureen did a fabulous job of running this challenge for so long, for which we are all so grateful.

So here’s my card

This was meant to be a relatively quick and simple make 🙄

The technique challenge from 52 Christmas card Throwdown, which gave me this idea was….

I still had the Uniko stencil out, which I thought would give the effect without too much masking.

I’m trying to use up neglected stash and had some card blanks with a slight texture.🙄🙄

This did not help with the stamping, but I persevered, getting numerous stamp sets out to fit my sections.

Stamps now piled up on my desk from SU, Clarity, Cardio 🙄🙄🙄

I still had to mask off bits, and wipe ink off the stencil after stamping,

 to prevent it transferring.🙄🙄🙄🙄

My final challenge was getting a decent photo in this dim and dismal light! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

This was my first photo attempt, before trying numerous positions and lights.

Do visit these challenges for lots of inspiration and without the eye rolls 😂

Rudolph Days February Challenge

52 Christmas card Throwdown,

The holly and ivy Christmas challenge #156 anything goes

Addicted to stamps and more #462 Christmas 

Roll on spring!

Have a good week

Lesley

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October Rudolph Day

 I’m glad you popped by today, because, would you believe it,

it’s two months to Christmas Day! Eeek!

So I’ve a few to share from some old wooden Forever Friends stamps…

Some lovely sparkly new SU paper, and coloured with blend pens.

Two crumb cake cards coloured with pencils..

Love the teeny snowflakes from an old SU set, added some snow with a posca pen

Had to add some wink here and there, you have to have sparkle eh?

Snow I know which is my favourite (pun intended), which is yours?

Happy Rudolph Day

entering

Rudolph Day Challenge

52 Christmas card challenge, Xmas cup

Inkspirational, code word cold

Happy little stampers, anything goes

Lesley

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Rudolph Day

 Hello, another Christmas card, sorry!

It has to be done on Rudolph Day especially though.

This is a second post with this stamp, I do find it 😄 funny

A bit of snow stamped in the background

And some decoupage for interest

I’m entering the following challenges:

Rudolph Day Challenge

Penny black  (anything goes)

Christmas craft creations

(hoping it’s clean enough)

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

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