Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

Yep, he is on his way! Checking that list and packing his sleigh!

I love this bauble stamp from Waltzingmouse Stamps, Santa's Coming to Town set and I'm loving the icy blues that I've been using so much of recently! My favourite shades in the Distress Inks range are Tumbled Glass and Faded jeans.


The snowflake background and ribbons are stamped in Weathered Wood, and I've applied some glue strips and added some Glamour dust for some sparkle.


I'm entering this into the following challenges:


DYSU Challenge

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

Paperplay Challenge

Totally Gorjuss

Papercrafting Journey

Papertake Weekly


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Tuesday Throwdown Guest Designer

Hi all, today is my second posting as a Guest Designer for Tuesday Throwdown.
This week we are being sponsored by My Grafico, and I have chosen this beautiful Poinsettia image to play with.


I have coloured the poinsettias with Promarkers, and decoupaged both flowers.



The patterned paper is by Graphic 45, stitched and layered onto some red Bazzill Bling card, and mounted onto a Mountain Fold card.

The sentiment is by Waltzingmouse Stamps.


The ribbon and lace is from a christmas pack of ribbons, and the little black gems are by Kars, as are the little red gems on the sentiment oval, and the little gold gems in the flower centres. The little green leaves are from The Ribbon Reel.




On the back I stamped the sentiment by Waltzingmouse Stamps, from Very Vintage Christmas.


I am entering this into the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers

Cupcake Inspirations

Do You Stack Up

Party Time Tuesdays

One Stop Craft Challenge


Supplies Used:

Stamps: Very Vintage Christmas , Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy - Waltzingmouse Stamps; Poinsettia - My Grafico

Paper: Mountain fold card base; Neenah Solar White Card - Crafter's Companion;
Christmas Emporium - Graphic 45; Red Bazzill Bling

Ink: Brilliance Cottage Ivy and Berry Red;

Other: Sewing Machine; Gems from stash; Promarkers; Lace and ribbon pack; Green leaves - The Ribbon Reel; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals Small

Do stop by the rest of the DT to see their wonderful creations today!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

The Ribbon Reel Challenge #17

Morning all, today brings us another challenge from The Ribbon Reel Challenge, and this week it's a theme of Shabby Chic Christmas, using the pictorial inspiration below.




I've made a wine bottle tag, always a handy tag to have at this time of year!




I have silver embossed the bauble from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and distressed with Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans distress inks.



I have mounted the bauble onto some veluum which has been embossed with a Santa and snowflake image, in pearly white, you can just about see peeks of it in the picture above.



The lace, and Peacock Blue seam binding are from The Ribbon reel as is the little Christmas Rose and grey velvet ribbon, which I threaded through the lace.

I am entering this into the following Challenges:

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge

Do You Stack Up

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

Stamptacular Sunday

Crafty Catz

Totally Gorjuss

Crafty Emmas Challenge

Craft Your Passions


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge

Hi all, Here's my entry for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.




Lots of embossing and distressing, but I've got to cut the chat as I'm off out to meet the friend this is destined for, I'll update all the details later :-)



Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Anything but a Card Week!

Morning all, today brings us another challenge from Charisma Cardz, and this week we would like to see Anything but a Card!

This week, we are being sposored by Bunny Zoes Crafts.., Whiff of Joy and The Stamping Boutique.



I made a Christmas Garland to hang on my mantelpiece, using images from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and the snowflake die cut by Marianne Creatables, I just love the shape of this pretty snowflake, and have used it intensively this week!


I created the detachable ornaments by cutting 3 snowflakes, scoring gently through the middle, and using some tiny glue dots to attach them together to make a 3D shape. I repeated this 5 times, and then the real fun began!



I stamped the sweet images by Waltzingmouse Stamps, from their Sewing Box Hugs - Christmas set.



I decoupaged all the images, and used some papers from the Nitwit Heavenly Collections papers, and all the images were stamped with Versamark, and embossed with Platinum glitter powder from WOW!. And it really is WOW! It's a beautiful powder, that embosses to a sparkly finish, but, it did get EVERY where lol! I had to vacuum a few times after creating this lol!



I threaded some translucent beads onto some Oyster Bakers Twine from The Ribbon Reel, (that took a while and a lot of patience!) and rubbed some Opal Dust by Jo Sonjas over all the snowflakes.

I did have to let them dry overnight before attaching the images, but it was worth the wait as they now shimmer and sparkle beautifully. The Opal Dust is a gluey cloudy consistency when applied, but dries to a clear finish revealing the beautiful glitter.



A couple of shots to show them on the tree :-)



This is the back of the ornaments, I tried to capture the glimmer from the opal dust.



I finally added some turquoise gems to the snowflakes, and treaded some seam binding through the tops tied with some bakers twine for a little bow.

I added some seam binding that had been scrunched up and spritzed with some Glimmer Mist to the silver hanging twine, and attached the ornaments using some little silver pegs.

Our sponsors this week at Charisma Cardz Challenge are:

Bunny Zoe
Whiff of joy
The Stamping Boutique

Do stop by my fellow team mates for some wonderful inspiration!


Team Gemma

♥ Allison ♥
♥ Joanne ♥
♥ Gemma ♥
♥ Christel ♥
♥ Denise ♥
♥ Joyce ♥
♥ Natalie ♥
♥ Jenni ♥
♥ Debbie ♥
♥ Nina ♥
♥ Catherine ♥
♥ Pauline ♥ - That's Me!


Team Carlyann

♥ Clare ♥
♥ Jan ♥
♥ Carlyann ♥
♥ Leah ♥
♥ Emma ♥
♥ Michelle ♥
♥ Vee ♥
♥ Shannon ♥
♥ Lisa ♥
♥ Laney ♥
♥ Allison (XTGL) ♥
♥ Brandi ♥


Supplies Used:

Stamps: Sewing Box - Christmas, Compliments of the Season , Holiday Labels 14 - Waltzingmouse Stamps

Inks: Versamark

Papers: Nitwit Heavenly Collection; Neenah Solar Crest White Card - Crafter's Companion

Ribbon: Oyster Bakers Twine, Aqua Seam binding - The Ribbon Reel

Other: Opal Dust - Jo Sonjas; WOW! Metallic Platinum Sparkle Embossing Glitter - WOW! ; Turquoise gems; Beads from stash; Silver pegs from stash; White Vellum from stash; Marianne Creatables snowflake die.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

The City Crafter - Home for the Holidays - A home decor piece or anything with a house.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Snow

One Stop Craft Challenge - Let it Snow

Top Tip Tuesday - Snow

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Christmas with a Bow


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More

Morning all, I have a couple of cards to share for this week's Less is More challenge, which want's to see some green. So suitably festive, and I'm behind on my cards too, so I haa bit of a think. I need to make a few to send overseas with minimal embellishments, so decided to make a card where embossing was the focus of the design.

My first card is a small 4x4 card, and I have embossed the little holly leaf design in clear embossing powder onto some pale green card from a Martha Stewart pack.



I then stamped the little holly bewrries separately and used Whit Pearls embossing powder for a subtle transluscent shimmery effect.



I also stamped the quirky little frame and sentiment in the White Pearls too, and added some tiny green gems. Finally added a thin piece of cream ribbon to the side.



My next card was stamped with a different holly leaf stamp, embossed with clear powder around a 4x4 darker green card panel, and the sentiment embossed in white.


Finally added some tiny green gems for a little glitter.


I'm so pleased with how they turned out, and I'm going to make a batch of these today for posting overseas.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Less is More - Green

Cupcake Inspirations

Crafty Catz Challenge

Party Time Tuesdays

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy, Very Vintage Christmas - Waltzingmouse Stamps

Ink: Versamark

Paper/Card: Martha Stewart Paper Stack

Other: White Embossing Powder, White Pearls E.P, Clear E.P; Green Gems from stash



Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back shortly with my DT card for this week's new challenge at Charisma Cardz!

Pauline

Guest Design for Tuesday Throwdown

Hi all, today I am very excited to share with you my first card as a Guest Designer for December for Tuesday Throwdown! I was honoured when Davi Reid at Alstromeria's Artistry asked me, and of course I said Yes!

This week the theme is Celebrate The Season, and we are being sponsored by Robyns Fetish digital stamp company, and I was given a lovely wintery image to play with.

I have used a white petal point card from Craftftwork Cards, and layered the stitched together backing papers on the base.


This little scene is called 'In the Cold' from Robyn's Fetish.



As it was such a wintery image, I just had to colour him in with icy blues and khaki browns. I then cut out with Nestabilities Circles large, and added some Glamour Dust for some sparkle.



The backing papers are from Nitwit Heavenly Collections, and the seam binding and Christmas rose are from The Ribbon Reel.


The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps, cut using a Nestabilities fancy tag.


Do drop by Tuesday Throwdown and see what gorgeous creations the Design Team have made!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: In the Cold - Robyn's Fetish; Compliments of the Season - Waltzingmouse Stamps

Ink: Frayed Burlap Distress Ink; Aspen Mist - Versamagic

Paper: Nitwits Heavenly Collection; Craftwork Cards Petal-point Card Base

Spellbinders: S4-116 Spellbinders Nestabilities Circles Small; S4-235 Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags

Other: Sewing Machine; Glamour Dust; Gems; Flat Backed Pearls

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

DYSU Challenge - Ribbon or anything you can tie

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Christmas with a Bow

CardmadFairy's Digi Challenge - Winter Wonderland

Top Tip Tuesday - Snow

Stamptacular Sunday - Colour challenge

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Let it Snow

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Anything Snow

I Did It Creations Challenge - Flowers

Party Time Tuesdays - Christmas Sentiment


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline