Noel Christmas Card

I'm well and truly into Christmas card making mode, and I am loving the is The Season Paper Packet for all of my backgrounds.

I've been trying to use challenges for inspiration, and so this week I made a card based on the following challenges:

Craft Rocket- Christmas is Coming
Happy Little Stampers- Anything Goes With Dies
Double Trouble- Christmas with Tic-Tac-Tuesday


I chose the bottom Tic-Tac-Tuesday line and went with stamping, red and plaid plus I used a die and made a Christmas themed card.



The Noel sentiment is die cut from my Cricut machine, and I stamped the holly leaves and fussy cut, then added the berries directly onto the cardstock.

This card was then blinged up a bit, and now it is ready for sending!

Products used:
Cardstock: Candy Apple, White Daisy
Cricut Collection: Season of Joy
Embellishments: Grey Gems
Ink: Candy Apple, New England Ivy
Paper Packet: 'Tis The Season
Stamp set: Christmas Countdown

May Your Season Be Merry

I know, you probably think it's too early to be thinking about Christmas cards but I'm loving using up some of my old stash before my new Christmas goodies arrive!

I'm joining in today with the Happy Little Stampers challenge.

I had been experimenting with some circular Christmas scrapbook layouts and so I had a negative circle cut out that I thought would look good on a card, and the rest fitted together seamlessly!


I wanted to focus on the bold sentiment but I also added some bling with the shimmer trim at the bottom and a banner of sequins at the top.

Have you made a start on your Christmas cards yet?

Christmas in July

I always love a chance to pull out old stamp sets and papers, and the Christmas in July challenges that are live at the moment make this the perfect opportunity to look through my Christmas stash!

I decided to do a fancy fold card, keeping it rather simple. I used these instructions and embossed the top triangle with a Candy Cane embossing folder.

I then stamped the inside of the card with a simple Santa face.

I am linking up with the following challenges:

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

AAA Cards- Christmas in July
H2H Challenges-Christmas in July

Double Trouble- Fancy Fold and Nice List

21st with Stargazer

When I first saw the Stargazer pack I loved the space theme, but it is also awesome for masculine projects in general.

I am heading to a 21st tomorrow night (I'm getting to the age where my friends' children are adults now too!) and I decided to make the birthday boy a special card.

I used some scraps from the Stargazer paper plus a die cut 21 to put this card together. I added some yellow sequins to add an extra touch of embellishment- I felt like this card had enough going on and so I did not add a stamped sentiment.



I hope this young man likes his card- it's a bit of a different style for me as I usually need to stamp somewhere but I'm very happy with the finished look.

I'm linking up this card with Seize The Birthday-Sequins and the Happy Little Stampers diecut challenge.

Stampaganza Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stampaganza Blog Hop!  We will be featuring July's special- Stampaganza!

If you have come here from Vickie's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog.

This month we have 13 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's promotional stamps and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I love using stamps to make a fun watercolour background pop- it's a very quick and effective way of making an eye catching colourful card!

For this first card, I used blues, greens and browns to create a feel of dirt, grass and sky. I then stamped three houses from the Central Park Cardmaking Stamp Set in Toffee ink and added a glitter heart to the stamped sentiment.



he second car uses exactly the same concept but I used Eggplant ink and the Documented Cardmaking Stamp Set to create a floral friendship card.



Now "Hop" on over to Gina's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the July Stampaganza special is only available until 31st July!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

I am linking my house card up to the HLS Watercolor Challenge.

A rainbow reminder

So many of my friends are going through difficult times at the moments, and I wanted to remind them not to give up.

Since we have the Create The Rainbow special on this month, I decided to create my own rainbow card using a rainbow die-cut and some of the beautiful coloured cardstocks.

I layered up each colour of cardstock to create a beautiful rainbow, and added some stamped rain to the bottom of each cloud.



I tried to get a rainbow effect with the sentiment by stamping in three different inks- I think it turned out rather cute!

I'm linking this card up with the Addicted to CAS and Happy Little Stampers challenges this week.