A Christmas Shaker Deer

 It's Saturday and time for my post for

Just Us Girls and for her first post 

Elizabeth has chosen

 Shakers for our Trend Week.

We all have cards that we tend to only do

on rare occasions and shaker cards are one of mine

but a challenge is good to get your creative juices

working in a different direction.

Thanks Elizabeth for doing just that.

I do love the ARTplorations Deer Die and 

thought he would be a good character here.

I adhered some tartan paper to my white card base.

Added acetate behind the white card front

and tan paper for the deer,

then laid out my STAMPlorations Shaker Blends

with other bits that seem to have disappeared

 adding mounting tape to seal. After adhering that 

I found I didn't have enough sequins but

luckily I managed to pull the bottom apart and

add more. Off course I had to add splatters,

 a few more sequins and finish with an eye

for my deer and sentiment from

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Joy.

Pop over and see how our September Guest Loll

and the Team had fun with and hopefully

you get to add yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

A Simply 'Cute' Taffy Teddy

 Time for our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

and choosing our Theme is

Sistah Aussie aNNie with a little twist to

Clean and Simple - it's Cute and Simple

so we need to see lots of 'cuties' on our simple cards.

I did have to look deep into my stamps and found

this tiny Taffy Teddy stamp that was a freebie a long long time ago.

Nice and simple with just a bit of blendng 

with watercolour pencils -  something I haven't used in ages.

Rummaged through to find some coloured and designer papers

to add as a background. 

The grey background has been embossed

with my good old Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and sanded.

Added some stamping/sentiment from the set

and I am done.

Pop over and see what 'cuties' my Sistah's created

and come have some fun with this super themed challenge.

Look forward to seeing you in the Gallery.

Till next time - 

'tis the Season

 It's time for our New Challenge over at

Christmas Craft Creations

We have a different theme each month

and it's a Sketch this time.

Here is my make.

and here is a close up of the trees and sparkly snow.

I have been playing with one of my favourite

 Screamin' Banshee Black  Magical's Powder

lately and knew it would be just right for

a bleak but snowy Christmas Creation.

Blended nicely with Lindy's Black Orchid Silver Spray

I created my background using acetate.

Added snow with distress grit paste for texture

and sparkle from Stampendous Crystal Snow.

 Tim's Great Outdoors stamp set is a festive favourite of mine 

and have used that for the background trees and stars.

Die cut the front trees from the same colours

as the background and popped for dimension.

Finished with my sentiment.

Die cut the frame, attached to black card stock and

onto white base. 

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come have some fun with us and

add yours to our Gallery.

Hope to see you there.