Christmas Wishes

Time for another card for the

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 

I inked my AALL&Create embossed background 

lightly with Tim's Frayed Burlap.

Die cut the bottom and again in green.

Holly branch is from Kaisercraft 

using the same green and coloured

the berries with Ruby Red Liquid Pearls.

I seem to get a better result with them

over the Nuvo Drops.

Stamped my sentiment, added some

red cotton, attaching it to red card base.

Head over and see what The Team created

and join in with yours in The Gallery.

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'TIS THE SEASON

It's time for a New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 

For this Challenge I went with a Wintery Scene.

My background is a mix of Lindy's Magical's and

Iridescent Medium on the edges and

flicked for snowdrops.

Die cut my trees with metallic paper

and added in front of very lighly inked trees

from Tim's Great Outdoors.

Sentiment is also from the same set.

Punched a few shimmery stars and 

attached to navy card.

Head over and see what The Team created

and add yours to the Gallery.

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Another MerryChristmas Card

 It's time again for our New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

and again I have gone CAS and ideal for posting purposes.

Unfortunately the background stamping 

didn't come through enough on the photo.

(and that often happens)

I stamped numerous snowflakes

on red card stock with VersaMark Ink

then die cut my Spellbinder snowflakes

and sentiment with Metallic Galaxy Glitter paper

which doesn't show up here

adding Cool Diamonds around the sentiment

for a bit of sparkle and pearls on the snowflakes.

Attached to white card base.

Head over and see what the Team created

and join in by adding yours to our Gallery.

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Holly and Ivy Merry Christmas

The New Challenge for 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

is LIVE!

A very simple card using designer paper

embossing on red card which is a little hard to see

and ribbon to separate.

Die cut my Merry Christmas sentiment

and popped in front of gold ribbon.

Head over and see what the rest of the Team created

and come join in and add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Merry & Bright Christmas

 It's time for our New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

It's Anything Goes and easy to go with

whatever Christmas creations takes your fancy.

I love using kraft on Christmas cards.

I die cut an arch and covered it in snowflakes

to surround my little wintery scene.

Added the Merry and Bright sentiment 

finishing by adhering to kraft card base.

Sorry the bright is a little hard to see.

Head over and see what the Team created

and hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Hohoho and the Rest

 The First Challenge for 2022 at

 The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge is Live!

I know Christmas was just around the corner

but it is never too early to start your stash for the year ahead.

Easy peasy with our Anything Goes Challenge.

A simple card to start off with.

Background is from my bits box and is

an alcohol piece attached to metallic card base

 with the CUTplorations coverplate die

from the same metallic paper.

Pop over and see what the Designers created

and join us with the start of your 2022 Christmas collection.

Adding my card to the Newish Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge

Challenge #7

I didn't follow the mood board but 

I have lots of RED. 

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Jingle All the Way

It's time for another Anything Goes Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

and I made an easy card for posting purposes.

A simple heat embossed sentiment on

metallic card stock using Ranger Red Cinnabar,

die cut, heat embossed the backgrond to match

and attached to metallic card base.

Head over and see more Christmas makes

from the Team and add yours to our Gallery.

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Celebrate the Season

 'tis getting really close to Christmas isn't it and

How are you doing with creating your Christmas Cards?

Lucky for me I have been able to build up my supplies this year.

My card today is for the New Challenge over at 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

The beautiful Christmas Poinsettia stamp from

STAMPlorations came out to play on this card.

I chose to go with cool blue-ish tones,

heat embossed in navy

and colouring with Lindy's Magicals,

some iridescent medium and perfect pearls for shimmer.

Fussy cut and popped on to weathergrain paper

and navy card base.

Added liquid pearls and some fine glitter

to the centre of the flower while still wet.

Finished with a few gems.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for coming by.

Simply 'Merry Christmas'

It's time for our new Anything Goes Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

I went for CAS here using an unknown die cut

with gold paper adding my sentiment from Elizabeth Crafts

onto coloured card stock. Flicked some gold splatters.

Framed in gold and attached to

metallic card base. 

A great card suitable for multiple makes.

Sorry this photo doesn't look the best.

You know how hard it is with glossy gold paper.

The sentiment also looks blurred because of the shine.

Pop over and see what my team mates created

and come join us in our Gallery.

Till next time - 

It's the Most Wonderful Time!

 Christmas really is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

and it is time for our New Challenge over at 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Once again I have gone with neutral colours.

I love kraft with a touch of red and white.

I cut out my tag adding some 

stamping and a strip of dp to the background.

Cut my Christmas tree with music dp

and inked the edges.

Added some Christmas ribbon, 

a die cut snowflake and some scrunched up binding.

Attached to  my background that has texture paste

snowflakes, sentiment and adhered to kraft card stock.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created and

love to have you join us in our Gallery

Thanks for dropping in and leaving your kind comments.

It's Merry & Bright

 Time for our New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

I have used the same lovely dp that was

in my card for August Here

but this time I embossed it with an old 

Cuttlebug Christmas  Folder

I got out my big Cuttlebug snowflake die

and cut with white card stock adding melted

Stampendous Chunky White Embossing Enamel.

Sentiment is fron STAMPlorations

and the big & is heat embossed with

Ranger Red Cinnabar.

(I know you saw one similar recently but I just love that set)

I found some Christmas washi tape and

adhered it behind my snowflake which has

a lovely sparklet added to the centre.

Finished with a backing of red cardstock

onto white card base.

Hope you like what you see and head over 

to see what my Team mates created

and add your to Our Gallery.

Popping this over to

Sweet Stampin' Challenge for their

Christmas in September

Scraps of Life Rudolph Days

Merry Little Christmas Challenge

September AG Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge for

Challenge #561 without the optional Joy Word

and at My Time to Craft theirs is #366 Embossing

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love reading your kind comments.

Christmas Wishes for The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

It's always Anything Goes and here is 

my make for our Latest Challenge.

I had a lot of fun with this card going a bit grungy. 

Used Tim's Speckles Stencil,

 designer papers from Echo Park

and stars from Hero Arts.

Around the edges is Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders.

Sentiment is unknown.

Adhered to coloured card base.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join in Our Gallery

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Another Merry Christmas card for The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

 It's that time again for a New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

and we have reached a Milestone #100 Challenges!

I had forgotten I had a lovely big snowflake die

from Cuttlebug and knew it would make a nice

CAS Christmas card. I die cut my topping

from some Christmas DP and again underneath

in blue to add a touch of colour.

This is when I rummaged through my embossing powders

as I knew I had one with a hint of blue and gold.

It's Wow Antlantic Seaspray -  perfect!

I die cut my snowflake twice and heat embossed

with the above powder. 

Just had to finish it off with a sentiment from

STAMPlorations inked and heat embossed clear,

 a big gem centred in the snowflake

and a few tiny heat embossed stars.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates

have in store for your pleasure.

Hope you are inspired to create

a Christmas card for our 100th Challenge.

Thanks for dropping in

Deck the Halls with 'Holly'

 It's time to show off my latest card for 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

 Anything Goes Christmas.

A CAS card using STAMPlorations Layered Holly

Inked with Tim's Rustic Winderness Oxide

and Festive Berries Distress

then heat embossed in black.

The berries were heat embossed with Ranger Red Cinnabar

which you can see has a touch of gold.

The splattered background is leftovers from

my last card for this challenge as it was still

on my glass mat and added some red.

 Made both cards the same week end.

Sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Always good to have CAS cards 

for no bulk posting.

That's it for now. I will have another Christmas card

to show you later in the month.

Don't forget to pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join in and add your Christmas creation to our Gallery.

 Cherrio from 

tis the Season - Christmas that is!

 We are back after after having a wee break at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.

Our Challenges are always Anything Goes Christmas.

I so love Tim's Mini Holiday Green's Dies

and I have cut a few of them after inking up

my watercolour paper with a few Lindy's Magical

Sprays and Powders.

I also cut three different sized paper pieces

as a backing.

Found some cotton and attached that

adding coloured beads.

Flicked some splatters, added my sentiment,

corner rounded

and added to my card base.

The paper is Metallic Galaxy

which has a lovely silver shimmer.

That's another Christmas Card to add

to my growing stash.

So good to not be panicked late in the year

with NO Christmas cards ready to send.

How about you - Have you started yet?

Christmas in July is a great starting point.

Pop over and see what the Team have chosen

to share and add yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time it's Cherrio from

A Merry Christmas Shaker Tree

 Time again for our Anything Goes

Christmas Challenge at 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

and this time round I have made a CAS shaker card. 

Not one I do very often but I wanted to

try the ARTplorations Christmas Tree die 

that I got last year and a shaker was the perfect choice.

I used 'crazed' metallic card stock to cut out my tree

and as my base.

Filled with the blue shimmer shaker blend 

from CRAFTplorations and popped.

Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn

and inked with Lindy's Magical's.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join in with yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Merry Christmas Deer

Welcome to today's post for the 

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Our Challenge is always Anything Goes making it easy to

make your own choice of Christmas Card.

Those that know me can relate to my latest card

using Brusho's Magical's and Nuvo Powders.

Background die cut trees and sentiment 

are from the above powders.

Other trees are white card stock and gold paper as is my deer.

The snow is made from grit paste, acrylic paint and Crystal Snow

Punched some gold stars and added some splatters

then inked the edges with matching green ink

 adhering to white card base. 

That's it from me this time round.

Pop over and check what my Team Mates 

created and get those Christmas Goodies out

and add yours to the Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Be back again in a few weeks with another 

Chrissie card for you.

Thanks for dropping in and 

I love reading your comments so don't forget

 to leave one for me.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas

Hello and Welcome.

 I have been invited to join the Designers at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.

Below is my first card as part of the Team.

I started my background with soft blending of

Lindy's Oom Pah Pah Pink Powder

then heat embossed some text randomly.

Then to my 

STAMPlorations Large Christmas Flower

and coloured again with the Lindy's Powder.

Added Copper Penny Nuvo Drops to the centre 

and sprinkled with Stampendous Crystal Snow.

Sentiment is heat embossed in Gold

and Die cut from Hero Arts Merry Stamp & Cut.

Popped on to white card base to finish.

Pop over and see what lovely Christmas Cards

the Team created and  - it is never too early

to get a few Chrisssy cards into your stash.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Till next time Cherrio from

Season's Greetings

 Here we are at the end of April when saw the 

latest challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

that gave me the jolt I needed to get started on

making my Christmas Cards.

It's Anything Goes as long as it is Christmas.

The details are Here

I got caught out last year when I had my knee surgeries

and didn't want that to happen again.

I did say to myself that I would keep

part of the month dedicated to building my stash.

So here I go with my first Christmas card for the year.

I love the soft bluish tones for Christmas and my background

here is from my bits box using Lindy's Magical's then I did

some stenciling from TCW

with Tim's Salty Ocean Oxide Ink.

My deer head is a die from ARTplorations

(a favourite of mine)

smothered in Stampendous Copper Embossing Enamel,

Ranger Copper and Colour Blast Deep Water 

Embossing Powders.

Adding more texture with Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint

and adding more Copper Enamel.

I think he looks rather 'rugged'.

Inked  a couple of circles and the STAMPlorations Sentiment

in Ground Espresso Oxide 

 heat embossing with the Ranger Copper

Die cut my frame adding my deer with metallic paper behind it

then attaching to metallic card base.

Popping this card over to

The Watercooler Challenge for their

All About Occasions Challenge

Thanks for dropping in today.

Really love reading your encouraging comments.