It's Christmas - oh in JULY that is for Challenge #83 at Send a Smile 4 Kids.

 

Funny how time flies! Hard to believe we are on the downhill run to

CHRISTMAS!

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Sorry if I scared you into thinking it was December and not July

but I really enjoy making a few early ones and it is a nice change

from what we do the rest of the year.

Also it is so busy by December

it is good to have a few up your sleeve in ready.

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Now that you are relaxed I will fill you in on our challenge over at

SEND A SMILE4 KIDS

 

It is as you have guessed

CHRISTMAS IN JULY... for KIDS

 

 

 

This adorable little girl is from Whoopsie Daisy

and is a pre coloured one (my favourite kind)

which made this card so easy to make.

I used red card stock and the backing papers were

a freebie from a magazine - lucky me.

The white card stock is embossed with a Cuttlebug Folder

I cut out the image from Spellbinder Ovals

The snowflakes I inked to match.

Added a bit of shimmer with Iridescent Medium

and the candle with a gold gel pen.

 

 

Here I have used basic white card stock

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Scrapbook Christmas Paper and from Doodle Panty

My Stately Nutcracker Image (popped) is from

 Doodle Pantry again a pre coloured image -

I am so lucky this month with being supplied with

2 pre coloured images from our generous sponsors.

The large snowflake is cut from Jac Paper from a

Cuttlebug die and  glittered.

Finished with a button, twine and sentiment from Gina K Designs.

 

Our Generous Sponsors are

Whoopsie Daisy - 2 Sheets of winners choice

Doodle Pantry - $10 gift certificate

 Sassy Studio Designs - 4 images of winners choice

 

Don't forget to stop by the other Team SAS blogs

to see what they made.

Hope you can get along and enter in our

Christmas in July Card Challenge for Kids.

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by



A Trend and Colour Challenge.

 

I have made a card for 2 challenges

They are for the

 Woodgrain Challenge over at Just Us Girls

and the Colour Challenge at The Paper Players

 

 

For the Jugs Challenge we are to use Woodgrain.

 

 

I recently bought the Hexagon die from Stampin' Up

and have been itching to try it out.

I saw a card recently that had embossing on it

so I used Tim Holtz wood grain textile embossing folder

but unfortunately it isn't as noticeable as I liked so inked it

so it stood out a little better.

 

For the second challenge at the Paper Players

 it is a Colour Challenge

 

 

I got out my favourite Stampin' Up stamp set

Vintage Vogue as I knew it would be perfect

 to attach to the popped cut out die.

I started off with white card stock and followed up by randomly

stamping the flowers and leaves from this set in the colours

to match the above.

I used Rich Razzleberry from SU

and various coloured Memento and Tim Holtz distress inks

on the background.

I fussy cut the flowers popped them after distressing them

 to give them depth.

Added some Kaisercraft pearls to the centres

and a sentiment from GinaK Designs

cut from Spellbinders Circles.

 

So that is it for me for now.

Thank you for stopping by and till next time

Cherrio from

 



JUGS Challenge #249 Trend - Woodgrain



I have been playing with a stamp set I purchased recently

called Feeling Sentimental from Stampin' Up

and saw the new Challenge over at JUGS HERE

and thought I could use one of the stamps

for this wood grain challenge.

It is a CAS card and one you could make into a gift pack.

I also thought this card suitable for the current challenge at

A Creative Need

 Their Challenge #21  is Vacation/Travel.

Now this image reminds me of my trip to Great Britain

with my sister where we saw and experienced

 the London Wheel.

 

 

I used brown red and white card stock

Image and sentiment from Feeling Sentimental by SU

Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder inked with

Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap

Sentiment is inked in Tim Holtz Festive Berries 

Image is popped and distressed.

Cotton trim brad and red twine.

 

And there you have it...

 

I'm off to play with this stamp set some more.

 

Thanks for stopping by so

Cherrio till next time