Saved my favourite till last.

Of all the cards I made this year this one has to be my favoutite - I love the pale pink poinsettia and the beautiful patterned papers - so I'll leave you with this card and wish all my blogging buddies and crafty friends a very

 Happy Christmas and a Wonderful Crafty New Year!

I hope my hand will be recovered enough to let me start crafting again in the new year so watch out - I'll be back lol!

Linda

Another few quick cards...

..one for a teacher who loves hockey and the other for a special little boy. The images from google.

Linda

Fizzy Moon Kids Christmas

A couple of kiddie cards using  Fizzy Moon images and some fab download papers from Echo Park.

I am entering this into the following challenge

My Time to craft - Winter pals

Linda

K&Co Christmas

Another few cards made before my op - I'm going this afternoon to have my plaster removed and a lighter splint put on and then maybe I'll be able to get my hand moving again - can't wait - am missing my crafting .A couple of quick Christmas cards using K&Co images and this wonderful Cosmo cricket paper. The dotty green is the backside of the floral paper. I added some red and green cardstock and some glitter glue. The sentiments are made on the computer. The holly leaves were cut from another paper and some red gems added for berries.

This one I used a piece of music paper and some red and green striped paper from my stash.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas

Kaboodle doodles - Christmas tree

Make it Monday - anything goes

Linda

Snow is falling.....

The third boxed trifold card - I used an image from LOTV and some fab papers from Echo Park - sentiments made on computer - lots of glitter glue for some sparkle - snowflake die from Marianne die.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Allsorts - brown and blue

Craft your days away - Snowmen

My Sheri Crafts - snowflakes

Linda

Santa Claus is coming to town...

Another boxed trifold using a fab stamp which I have tried to give the Tim Holtz treatment to lol and some great DCWV papers. The stamp was stamped out using distress inks and then I sponged some ink over it to give a bit of colour. I added some red gems for the holly berries and a pearl on his hat. I then liberally sprinkled with glamour dust and used some stickles glitter glues to add some sparkle.  Sentiments made on the computer.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Inkspirations - Anything Christmas

Stampin for the weekend - Christmas

Christmas crafting - Santa Claus is comimg to town

I brake for challenges - Vintage

Linda

Christmas Flowers for Mum

I was asked to make 10 boxed trifold cards for an order but unfortunately due to my stay in hosp I only managed to get 3 made. This is one for a special Mum - and aren't all Mum's special - using my spellbinders layered Poinsettia die. I have used more contempory colours for this one - pale pinks and bluey greens - I love the colour of it. The papers and music paper are all Raspberry Road downloads. I used lots of stickles glitter glue and some lovely white pearly beads for the centers of the flowers. Sentiments made on the computer and ribbon from my stash.

I am entering this into the following challenges

ABC Challenge - anything Christmas

Crafting for all Seasons - Anything goes

Crafts and Me - Christmas

Friendship's garden - no stamped images + Christmas

Tuesday throwdown - For someone special

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Christmas wishes

Linda

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer

Well I'm back in the land of living after having my operation on my hand - had a longer stay in hospital than anitcipated but I'm on the mend now. I have to keep my plaster splint on till the 21st December and then get it swapped for a lighter one so no crafting till after Christmas:(  This is a card I made before going into hospital when I only had a few days to get all my orders sorted - it was manic but I managed to get the majority of them made with only a few disappointed customers.
This is the fab Rudolf stamp again stamped in black ink and then I used an embossing pen to colour his shades and added some black sparkling embossing powder - it worked really well! The holly and berries were glittered and I used this lovely Echo park paper.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Cupcake Challenge - glitters - glistens - sparkles anything shiny  

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Outlines rubber stamp - Shiny and Bright

Pollycraft - Christmas fun

Linda

Christmas is coming!!

Another card from my card class - this time more contempory colourway - spellbinders poinsettia die Echo Park papers - sentiment made on computer -organza ribbon - stickles glitter glue -gold beads. We made this in several colourways - a lovely pale pink one but I haven't the card at the moment as someone has borrowed it to copy it lol - but will post when I get it back.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Creative card Crew - Tis the Season

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Celebrate the Season

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Linda

Traditional Christmas

I don't think you can get much more traditional than this Christmas card - I used my new Spellbinders layered poinsettia - this is one of the cards we made at my class last week - my daughter had my camera so I couldn't get pics taken until now. I used white linen card, red cardstock for the base card - cut an oval ring with my nesties - a gold embossed border - the sentiment was printed on the card and then cut out - and a few red gems. This was my first sample and on the rest we used gold coloured balls for the centre of the poinsettias.

I am entering this into the following challenges

The Crazy Challenge - anything goes

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Truly Madly crafty  Challenge - Christmas image and colours
Come and get it Challenge - anything Christmas

Linda

Birthday Celebrations!

A 40th birthday card for a shopoholic lol  The image of the lady shopper is from Charmed cards and crafts - the shop name is a joke which only those in the know would understand lol.

I am entering this into the following challenges

4Crafty Chicks - Birthday

Samuel Taylor - Anything goes

Divas by Design - anything goes

Linda

Baby Boy Keepsake

A cute boxed keepsake card for a new born - the image is a stamp from papermania I think - it's one of my favourite teddy bear stamps - embossed some white linen card -some  patterned paper from my stash - ribbon and gems from my stash - a few embellishments I've had for ages - not sure where they came from.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Crafty Boots - anything goes

Get Hippity with Ippity - embossing

Stamps R us - emboss

The Ribbon Wheel - anything goes

Linda

Baby Boy

A cute little card for the birth of a Baby Boy.  I have had the little embellishment for a while so decided to use colours from it to design the card. The patterned paper is Doodlebug,- buttermilk and white bazzil cardstock - ribbon from stash - sentitment made on computer.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Craftyourdaysaway - buttons or bows

InspiremeFridays - anything

Lilypad - use buttons

Movingalongwiththetimes - ribbons and bows

Linda

Aqua and red Birthday card

Another card for my sister - this time from my Mum - used this lovely red/aqua combination of tilda papers some rolled flowers made using the paper -punched leaves - fab red ribbon - -beautiful lace from a recent swap - and a sentiment made on the computer.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Fab'n'Funky - Happy Birthday

MorethanfavorsWackyWednesday - Happy Birthday

Creativecraftchallenges - anything goes

Mycraftspot - handmade flower power

Linda

Sweet and Simple

This is the birthday card I made for my sister's birthday which was yesterday. I have had this cute little westie dog button for a while and she has a wee dog just like it so I wanted to use it. It is quite small so the card is quite simple -Echo park papers - pink Bazzil cardstock - flowers punched from the paper and a few gems.

I am entering this into the following challenges

MakeitMonday- anything goes

Craftingwhenwecan - Female Birthday

Lollipopcrafts - Anything goes

Linda