Jingle All The Way

 

stamp: freebie from craft magazine

others: leaf dies, border punch, pastel, Copic, Spellbinder circle die, white gel pen

The santa clear stamp is a freebie from craft magazine. I stamped it onto a small piece of white cardstock, coloured with Copic and fussy cut out the image.

On another piece of white card stock, I coloured the background with lilac pastel and dotted with white gel pen to create snowy scene. Adhere to the back of the front panel card which was cut out with a circle die. I used foam tape to prop up the Santa image. 

Embellish the card with diecut leaves from the left over cardstock that was made for the background scene. Punch the border of a patterned paper and adhere to the bottom of the card. Stamped the sentiment with red ink pad to finish it off. 

Challenges:

1. We Love Stamping - anything stamped with the option of CAS
2. Ally's Angel - Challenge #53 anything goes
3. Craft-Alnika - Challenge #301 Any Holiday
4. Double 'D' Challenges - lots of white
5. CHNC Challenge #53
6. Christmas Craft Creations - December~make a scene
7. Allsorts Challenge -Week 655/6 Anything winter
8. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - December

Christmas is coming

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'Celebrate Friends'

embossing folder, Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop punch, Lifestyle Scallop Square Die, Copic

Stamped the image onto a snippet of white cardstock and then diecut with a scallop square frame die. Coloured the image with Copic and did the background using watercolour. Matted the image onto an embossed white card stock. Finish it off with tying a grossgrain ribbon over the folded top where the edge was punch with a scallop border punch. I stamped the sentiment on a snippet of white card stock and adhere to the folded top.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge- #355 anything goes
2. We Love Stamping - anything stamped with the option of CAS
3. Ally's Angel - Challenge #53 anything goes
4. Christmas Kickstart Challenge - #57 If It's Chrismasy, Link It Up
5. Double 'D' Challenges - lots of white
6. Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #418
7. Christmas Craft Creations - December~make a scene
8. Craft-Alnika - Challenge #301 Any Holiday

Christmas deer tag

deer die, clear sentiment stamp, patterned paper, Mijello watercolour

Easiest ever Christmas tag, using a deer die cut from white cardstock and colour with watercolour. Add on pattern paper and stamp the sentiment. 

Challenges:

1. Allsorts Challenge Week #653 use a die
2. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - December
3. Double D - word Joy
4. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #57 - anything Christmas 
5. Christmas Craft Creations - December~make a scene

 

Windmill Christmas Card

 

Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder, Christmas sentiment embossing folder freebie from craft magazine, scallop square punch, butterfly punch, star punch, snippet of patterned paper

I am playing in the Butterfly Challenge where there is element of using windmill on the card. There is a tutorial on making this windmill on the blog as well and I learned something new today. It's fun indeed to make the windmill,  especially using the scallop square punch and combining different patterned papers. The sentiment was embossed on a white card stock and cut it out, adhered to another piece of red cardstock. 

I am participating for the theme (windmill, word, butterfly) and colour (wine=dark red) in the Butterfly Challenge.

Challenges:

1. Butterfly Challenge #164 - W (for windmill, wine, word)
2. Rudolph Days Challenge - November
3. Pixie's Snippet Playground - November
4. Ally's Angel - challenge #52 anything goes 
5. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2021 challenge - anything with patterned paper

Pray

 

clear stamp, Mijello watercolour, Touch Raven markers, script text stamp

Coloured the background using Mijello watercolour pan. After dried, stamped the background script text and prayer sentiment on it. The girl image was stamped, coloured with Touch Raven markers and fussy cut before adhered to the bookmark.

Challenge:

1. Allsorts - One for the girls

Christmas Deer Tag

 

stamp: Magnolia Reeinder, Christmas tree freebie from Papercraft Inspiration magazine, sentiment from Penny Black The Wonder

others: Mijello watercolour, patterned paper

The little reindeer stamp from Magnolia was coloured with Mijello watercolour and fussy cut out the image. Christmas tree was stamped and cut out too. The background is a snowflake scene patterned paper, cut to replicate outside snow land. Adhere the images with foam pad for added interest.

Challenges:

1. Double ' D' Challenges - Tree
2. Ally's Angel - challenge #52 anything goes 
3. We Love Stamping - Nov challenge 'Christmas'
4. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2021 challenge - anything with patterned paper
5. CHNC challenge 268 - anything Christmas theme

Christmas

 

        Stamp: Christmas Tree from Hot Off The Press, a freebie from Simply Cards & Papercraft 102, poinsettia die, MS Snowflake punch, soft pastel, Spellbinder Classic Oval die, Cuttlebug embossing folder

I die-cut an oval shape from white cardstock and then embossed it. Coloured the background using soft pastel on another piece of cardstock and adhered to the back of the embossed cardstock. Stamped the tree stamp and added poinsettia flower and the sentiment which was stamped on snippet of leftover white cardstock.

I am inspired by Judy's (of Double D Challenges DT) card, a technique which I have never tried before. Love the outcome.

Challenges:

1. Double ' D' Challenges - Tree
2. Ally's Angel - challenge #52 anything goes 
3. We Love Stamping - Nov challenge 'Christmas'
4. Pixies Snippet Playground - Challenge#446

Autumn Hello

 

Stamp: Inkadinkado maple leaf rubber stamp, 

sentiment: CC Design

others: multi-tone green and orange colour ink pad, soft pastel

    Today I pull out one of my very much less 'loved' rubber stamp from my craft cabinet (out of sight, out of mind, lol!). I inked the stamp with multi-tone orange dye ink pad and also a multi-tone green ink pad. Fussy cut the leaves. 

    The background was coloured with yellow and orange soft pastel using Nagomi technique, which is using our fingers instead of brush to colour. Stamped the sentiment on snippet of white cardstock and layered onto black cardstock to highlight it before adhering to the slimline card.

Challenges:

1. We Love Chocolate Baroque - Autumn
2. Ally's Angel - Challenge #50 anything goes

Have A Furry Christmas

 

printable from Papercraft Inspirations 'Festive Pets', Sizzix-Basic Grey Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 'Evergreen', Martha Stewart Frond punch, flower (medium & small) punch, bling

Printed this festive pets image, a freebie from Papercraft Inspirations, fussy cut, embossed the back of the image to give a wee bit of dimension, adhered onto card with foam tape. Background patterned paper resemble the snow scene, embossed a white card stock with Sizzix 'Evergreen' embossing folder. 

  The flowers was handmade, using 3 different sizes punch and red & green cardstock.

Challenges:

1. Ally's Angel - Challenge #50 anything goes
2. Allsorts - Week #645 Embellished it
3. ABC Christmas Challenge - 'U' for under the tree
4. Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 562
5. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #55 - make for your loved one
6. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - October anything goes

Christmas Card

 

Using printable image from My Craft Studio 'Christmas Teddies', I fussy cut it with scissors. The sentiment was from my stash. Made the poinsettia using the die and the snowflake was from Martha Stewart snowflake punch. Matted 2 pieces of patterned paper and added scallop edge cardstock before adhering onto the base of black cardstock. 

Challenges:

1. Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 562
2. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #55 - make for your loved one
3. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - October anything goes

Get Well Soon

sentiment stamp 'Get well soon', Marianne Design LR0412 Labels Cotton Lace, MD LR0200 Anja's Corner, MD COL1466 Eline's Butterflies, soft pastel, embossing folder

I started with die-cut corner of pink cardstock with Marianne Design corner die and inked the background with soft pastel. Stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and diecut with a MD label die. I also coloured the background with soft pastel using Nagomi technique. Finish it off with a butterfly die-cut as embellishment to the card.

Challenges:

1. Marianne Design Challenge 279 - Get Well Soon 
2. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - October anything goes

 

Trio Balloon Fun

 

Stamp: House Mouse Designs 'Balloon Fun'

others: Faber Castell watercolour pencils,  I Am Roses flowers (R4-15, R1-503, R2-426B), Martha Stewart Frond leaf punch, patterned papers, small flower punch,

The cute mice image was coloured with Faber Castell watercolour pencils and then blended it using baby oil and stick cotton swabs. For added interest, I added grass on the background to ground the image. I love colouring image! Such fun.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse And Friends Challenge - October anything goes
2. I Am Roses October Challenge - anything goes
3. Allsorts Challenge Week#644 'I Love...' (I love colouring image)
4. Butterfly Challenge #162 T for Tower Flap card (I applied both Theme & Colour - 2 patterned papers + tea rose/thistle/twilight lavender)
5. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - October anything goes

Sweet Friends

 

digital template:Akizo  'Keep Out' 

digital papers : Studio Flergs 'Pretty Little Things'

elements: Just Jaime -  Friends, You Make Me Happy, More or Less, Blingbits

Made this digital layout using Akizo template and patterned papers from Studio Flergs and elements from Just Jaime. 

Challenges:

• Challenge YOUself -#93 October 'Friends' 

Christmas Card

 

stamp: candycane and sentiment clear stamp and  freebie from magazine

others: patterned paper, edge punch, twine, soft pastel

The candy cane image was with light magenta ink pad, fussy cut and adhere onto a cut-out tag which was embossed with Sizzix  embossing folder. Punch out from white cardstock with pine edge punch and the bottom white layered was fussy cut to emulate snow landscape. I coloured the background of the 2 white cardstock layers using light blue soft pastel.

Challenges:

1. Rudolph Days Challenge - September anything goes with Christmas theme
2. CHNC Challenge #561 - anything goes with patterned paper +Christmas
3. Craft-Alnica - Challenge #295 something sweet
4. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Sept anything with patterned paper

Happy Anniversary

Stamp: Clearly Bessotted 'Snowdrop'

others: patterned paper, Mijello Mission Gold watercolour, 

Stamped the image on white cardstock and coloured with Mijello watercolour pan using aqua brush. It is easier and more convenient using the pan and aqua brush. 

I did the slide and lock card technique for the first time. This is part of the technique introduced in Butterfly Challenge #161 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with S for Slide and Lock Card. Have fun learning this technique. 

The sentiment was from stamped on snippet of white cardstock (I keep all leftover in a ziplock bag). Added a tiny heart embellishment too. 

 Challenges:

1. Butterfly Challenge #161 - s for slide and lock card (I use all the elements)
2. We Love Chocolate Baroque - September anything goes
3. Word Art Wednesday Challenge #509-510 anything goes
4. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Sept anything goes

Hope we meet again

stamp: TPC Studio 'Transportation' clear stamp

circles mask, TH Mustard Seed and Broken China distress inkpad

Another stamp from TPC Studio that I am using for the first time after keeping inside (out of sight, out of mind) craft cabinet for 10 years or so. 

The stamp was inked onto white cardstock and fussy cut out. I inked the background of the bookmark size white cardstock with distress ink and blending brush. The bubble like background was inked using a circle or dots mask.

Sentiment was stamped directly onto the bookmark.

Challenges:

Challenges:

CRAFT-alnica: transportation

Ally's Angel - Challenge #50 anything goes

 

Hope your day is amazing

 stamp: TPC Studio Transportation

stars and stripes embossing folder, soft pastel

Had a play with my stamp which was bought more than 10 years ago and never use it. Inked the stamp on a snippet of white cardstock. Fussy cut the image with scissors. Pull out another piece of white cardstock and embossed it with stars and stripes embossing folder. I inked the background using soft pastel. I love using them because it is therapeutic and easy to blend the colours.

Challenges:

CRAFT-alnica: transportation

Ally's Angel - Challenge #50 anything goes

Sailing boat

 

Stamp: TPC Studio 'Transportation'

soft pastel, circle stencil, TH Mustard Seed distress ink

Inked the background using Tim Holz Mustard Seed distress ink with a blending brush. Added magenta and blue colour soft pastel on the background too. The sailing boat stamp was stamped on a snippet of white cardstock and fussy cut out. Sentiment was bought from a local store.

Challenges:

CRAFT-alnica: transportation

Pixie's Snippet Playground Challenge#412

Ally's Angel - Challenge #50 anything goes

Yum popsicle

 

Stamp:House Mouse Designs

others:patterned paper, Prismacolor pencils, Memory Box Alphabet dies

This cute image wad coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I burnished the colour with Daler Rowney thinner. Die cut the word Yum from black cardstock with Memory Box dies. 

Challenges :

1. House Mouse Monday Challenge #348 anything goes
2. Double D Challenge- anything with tails
3. Memory Box Challenge #76 Stripes
4. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challange 2021 September anything goes 

For You Tag

 

Memory Box 94249 Daisy Silhoutte, border punch, TH Distress Ink,

 floral embossing folder

I distressed a piece of yellow cardstock using TH distress ink pad before embossed it with a floral embossing folder. The daisy was a Memory Box die Daisy Sillhoutte, cut out from a snippet of white cardstock. Adhered all onto a white cardstock which has been punch with border punch for added interest.

Challenge:

• Memory Box Challenge 2021 August - #75 white focal point

Mouse wishing on strawberry

 

Stamp: House Mouse Designs-Strawberry Wish

others: patterned  paper, Faber Castell watercolour pencils, Martha Stewart punch

The image was coloured with Faber Castell watercolour pencils. It has been a year since I last used these pencils. Been using alcohol markers and Mijello watercolour pan. The patterned paper was distressed at the edges. Birthday sentiment was stamped and punch out the edges with Martha Stewart punch.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse Monday Challenge #348 anything goes
2. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - 2021 August

Merry Christmas Card

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'Celebrate Friends'

patterned paper, TouchNew markers, leaves die, poinsettia die, ribbon, Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frame 8 dies

Coloured the image with Touch New markers and then die-cut with Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frame 8 die. Sentiment was a magazine freebie, added poinsettia flowers and ribbon to give a festive look.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse Designs Challenge #347 anything goes
2. CHNC Challenge #557 August 2021
3. ABC Christmas Challenge - P,Q,R (R for Ribbon)

Friends Forever

 

stamp: House Mouse Designs

others: Touch New markers, sakura punch, rectangle die,patterned paper

The image was coloured using Touch New markers and diecut with a rectangle dies. Flowers were handmade, using sakura and flower punch, punch out from watercolour paper. Coloured the petals with watercolour and shaped using a stylus. Added glittered foam ball to the flower.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse Challenge - #346
2. Word Art Wednesday - #503-504 anything goes
3. Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - August 2021

LO: Better Together

 

Done this digital layout using material from mixed designer. The base is a QP freebie from Akizo but I added elements from Gingerbread Happy Life Collab.

Challenge:

• Challenge YOUrself #91 using shapes

Sakura and mouse tag

stamp: House-Mouse & Friends

others: sakura punch, oil pastel, Copic

Coloured the image with Copic and the background was coloured using oil pastel in 3 orange shades. Tiny sakura flowers were punch out, coloured and shaped.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #344 

 

Bookmark

 

Stamp: House Mouse Design

others: Martha Stewart pinking scallop punch, Mijello watercolour , snippet of 2 pattern papers, Marianne Design label dies

The image was stamped and coloured with Mijello watercolour.  Cut out the image and a glitter patterned paper using Marianne Design label dies. Added punch out scallop border onto the bottom of the bookmark.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse And Friends Monday Challenge #343 anything goes
2. Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #406
3. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper July 2021 challenge

Cat stamp bookmark

 

stamp image & sentiments: Tim Holtz Snarky Cats

others: Mijello Mission Gold watercolour, TH distress ink pad (Broken China, Mustard Seed), stencil, stencil blending brush

Stamped the image on watercolour paper, coloured it with Mijello watercolour and then fussy cut the image and adhered to the bookmark.

On a piece of cardstock, I use honeycomb stencil and inked the background using distress ink pad with blending brush tool. It was therapeutic for me, able to create such background with simple tools. 

Challenges:

1. Ally's Angel - Challenge #45 anything goes
2. We Love Chocolate Baroque - June hand coloured or paper pieced image
3. Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge #67 FURRYTHING GOES

Friends Forever Card

 

stamp: House Mouse Design - Celebrate Friends

snippet of polka dot blue patterned paper, soft pastel, Prismacolor pencils, oval die

The image was coloured with Prismacolor pencils and die-cut with oval die. The base white cardstock was coloured with soft pastel before adhered with patterned paper.

Challenges:

1. HMFC #342 Anything Goes + the option of Matching Envelope
2. Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #405
3. Ally's Angel - Challenge #45 anything goes
4. We Love Chocolate Baroque - June hand coloured or paper pieced image
5. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper June 2021 challenge

Hello Snowdrop Flower

 

stamp : Cleary Besotted 'Snowdrops', Basic Grey measurement tape stamp, others:hexagon stencil, doily lace stencil, Titi soft pastel, Tim Holtz distress ink pad 'mustard seed', Mijello Mission Gold watercolour, butterfly punch, snippet of blue patterned paper (for the butterfly) 

First I stenciled the background of white cardstock with hexagon stencil using Titi soft pastel and after that, added doily lace stencil on the top edge using TH distress ink pad. 

Stamped the snowdrop flower on 300gsm watercolour paper and coloured it with Mijello watercolour pan using aquabrush. Love the watercolour, vibrant pigment. Fussy cut the image and adhered on the card. Finish it off with sentiment and tiny punch out butterfly.

 

Challenges:

1. Butterfly Challenge # 157 theme+butterfly (butterfly, number, navy blue, naples yellow)
2. Allsorts Challenge #652 anything with happy,bright and sunny colours
3. We Love Chocolate Baroque - May bright sunny colours

Love you chocolate

 

Stamp: House-Mouse Designs 'Celebrate Friends'

others: Tiki soft pastel, Copic, floral embossing folder, Lifestyle scallop square die

The image was coloured with Copic and the blue background was done using soft pastel. Diecut it with a scallop square die. Embossed the white cardstock with floral embossing folder and matted on purple cardstock. The sentiment is a freebie from craft magazine years ago. Love how it matches perfectly with the image.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse And Friends Monday Challenge #340 Anything Goes

Something to celebrate

 

                                    Stamp: House-Mouse Designs 'Celebrate Friends' 

others: Tiki soft pastel, Copic, Mijello Mission Gold watercolour, embossing folder, oval die, bow die

Stamped the image and coloured with Copic. Background was coloured with watercolour and after that, diecut it using oval die. Embossed the white cardstock and then coloured it with soft pastel.

Challenges:

House Mouse And Friends Monday Challenge #340 Anything Goes

Hello Spring

                            Stamp: House-Mouse Designs SSCM5007 Birthday Splash

others: honeycomb embossing folder, Copic, Mijello Mission Gold watercolour, Memory Box Daisy Silhouette die

The flowers were die-cut from Memory Box Daisy Silhouette dies and coloured with watercolour. The image was stamped and coloured with Copic. I embossed the white cardstock with honeycomb embossing folder.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse And Friends Monday Challenge #340 Anything Goes
2. We Love Chocolate Baroque - Bright Sunny Colours 

 

Teacher's Day Flower Pot Card

 

Tools: Daisy punch, butterfly punch, MS Frond punch, MS Pinking Scallop punch, Sizzix-Basic Grey 'Dots on a Line' embossing folder, snippet of patterned paper, pearl

Made this flower pot shape card and made the flowers using daisy flower punch. Use a stylus ball and shape the petals before multi-layered them. After I cut-out the flower pot shape white cardstock, I embossed it with Sizzix embossing folder. Added butterfly, ribbon and snippet of patterned paper to embellish it. 

Challenges:

1. Double D - flowers of the month January-June (I use gerber daisy)
2. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - May anything goes
3. Art-Piaskownisca- flowerpot card

You and Me

Stamp: House Mouse Designs 'Celebrate Friends',
Sentiment: you&me clear stamp, 
others: Mijello Mission Gold watercolour, MS Pinking Scallop punch, EK Success circle punch, patterned paper, black and cream cardstock

Coloured with Mijello Mission Gold watercolour, and fussy cut it with scissors. Stamp the sentiment on cream cardstock with brown ink and punch out with small circle punch. Took out snippet of leftover patterned paper and punched with pinking scallop punch before adhere on the black cardstock.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse Design Challenge #338
2. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - April, anything with patterned paper

 

Swinging by for a Christmas hi

 

Stamp: House Mouse Designs 'Celebrate Friends'

others: poinsettia dies, sentiment clear stamp, corner die, patterned paper

The image was coloured with Copic. Fussy with using Cutterbee scissors. I diecut a corner from white cardstock with corner die. Made the poinsettia flower using diecuts. Added the stamped sentiment and snippet of patterned paper to tie up everything.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse Design Challenge #338
2. CHNC #538 
3. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - April, anything with patterned paper

Christmas Tag

stamp:House Mouse Designs 'Birthday Splash'

others: Copic, Snowflake punch, star punch, bling

Coloured the image with Copic and fussy cut  it out with Cutterbee scissors.  Add on some stars punched out from glitter paper and snowflakes,

Challenges:

1. House Mouse Design Challenge #338
2. CHNC #538 
3. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - April, anything with patterned paper

 

Corner Bookmark

 

stamp: House Mouse Designs 'Birthday Splash'

Copic, flower punch, leaf die

It's been awhile since I last made the corner bookmark. The image was from House Mouse Design, coloured with Copic. Die-cut a label from cream cardstock and matted on the patterned paper bookmark. The mice are having strawberry flavour cream cake, which means it's a short break from reading and time for some refreshment...lol!

Challenges:

1. House Mouse Design Challenge #338
2. Nordsalten Hobbyklubb - #194 use stamp
3. Craftthazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - April, anything with patterned paper