CR84FN 68

Good morning all, the rush is on now for Christmas, and I'm still behind in getting my cards made!
This week for our new colour challenge at CR84FN, we have a festive combination of Burgundy, Grey and Cream. Perfect!

Here's the wonderful graphic, using photos by Kate Macpherson, created by Mona's husband Scott - every fortnight we get these beautiful new graphics to inspire us, complete with the wonderful quotes. Thank you Scott!

I have used the fabulous Ornament stamp from Serendipity Stamps, stamped with cherry Cobbler ink onto some Very Vanilla card.

 

I embossed some Sahara Sand card with the Square lattice embossing folder, and wrapped some pretty cream lace and burgundy grosgrain ribbon around the base. Finally I added some silver jingle bells and some natural button twine.

I couldn't resist adding a little sparkly gem to the middle.

Do stop by the rest of the design team, thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

DYSU 99 - Numbers

Hi all, today i have a card for this week's new challenge over at DYSU! This week, the team would like to see some nu,mbers somewhere on your creations!

I have used an image from one of our sponsors, Christmas Bells by Digi Darla.

I have coloured this image with Promarkers, and cut with a Go-Create die, layered onto a spellbinders decorative rectangle. 

 

I then created an easel card shape base using Very Vanilla card stock, and lined the inside with some Poppy parade, and some patterned christmas papers from Kaisercraft.

Finally I added a sentiment, and the special Date using some Waltzingmouse Stamps, cut with some nesties. I added some red and green pearls for some shine.

Here are our generous sponsors for this week.

Crafty Sentiments

* Winner's Choice of 4 Images

The Paper Shelter

*$20 gift certificate

Digi Darla

*Winner's Choice of 5 Digis

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Serendipity Stamps - One Layer

Hi all, I have a couple of cards to share for this fortnight's Serendipity Stamps Blog hop. The Theme is One layer with ink.

I have made two cards, one with wet embossing, and one with a dry embossing technique with a die.

For my first card I used the stamp Midnight Clear, and used Versamark Dazzle ink, and clear embossed. There is a slight sheen to this ink, under the light, so very reminiscent of a frosty night.

The sentiment 'Merry Christmas' is stamped in Brilliance silver, and clear embossed.

My next card has been dry embossed with the Ornament Bauble die, then traced around the pattern with my glue stick and glittered with some glamour dust.

I added a little Peppermint baker's twine bow and silver jingle bells. The sentiment 'Tis The Season' is stamped in Memento Rhubarb Stalk.

The sale of the week at serendipity Stamps is for 20% off all the stamps in the Thanksgiving category - sale ends November 28!

Do visit the rest of the Serendipity Stamps Design Team for some more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

CR84FN #67 Wk 2

Hi all, it's the second week of our colour challenge over at CR84FN, with the regal combination of Plum, Gold and Tan. Yum!

I saw this beautiful Purple flocked wrapping paper in a stationers called Paperchase, I had to have it! I want it on my wall lol!

The paper is so gorgeous, I let it do all the work, and kept embellishments to a minimum.

The damask design had purple flocking, and gold embossed detailing, so rich and beautiful!

I layered a cut piece onto some tan card and gold mirri card, and wrapped some gold satin ribbon and plum twine around it, topped with a gorgeous plum rose topped with some gold stickles from my friend and CR84FN teamie Sue.

I finished off with a couple of Tiny Tags stamped in Colorbox Frosted Plum and gold gems.

Do stop by the CR84FN blog, and see the rest of the beautiful creations from the Design Team!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

DYSU 98 - Rainbows

Hi all, today i have a couple of cards for this week's DYSU challenge, which is for rainbows!
We have two very generous sponsors this week:

The Alley Way Stamps

* $20 Gift Certificate

Uniko Stamps

*£15 gift certificate

 

 I have used 'Monster Mash' from The Alley Way Stamps, these are super fun images, and perfect for a couple of cards for two little boy's birthdays I have coming up!

 

I have used an array of different coloured Baker's Twine, buttons, and the fluffy monster image from the set, stamped onto some rainbow grid paper.

The great thing with this fun set is that you can mix and match the different faces, eyes and noses to create very different characters!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

CR84FN #67

 Good morning all! It's time for another new challenge at CR84FN, and this week we have one of my favourite combinations - Plum, Gold and Tan!  Oooh, lovely! I had this beautiful Saturated Canary image already coloured, and I was just waiting to use her for something special! Isn't she just gorgeous?!

I coloured her with Promarkers, and cut using a Nestabilities Labels 18 die. I then stitched around the edge some purple patterned paper from Wild Rose Studios Bella stack onto some purple Bazzill Bling, and layered on top some gold glittered mulberry paper from my stash. I then edged this with some beautiful Dovecraft cream lace and Plum Pleated Ribbon from The Ribbon Reel.

 I then cut some pretty decorative corners using Cheery Lynn Lace Corner Deco B die in plum Bazzill Bling. I layered them all together, and cut a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish in kraft card, and layered underneath a plum paper bloom and some pearly pins.

Finally I added some gold Stickles to the bloom, flourish and the decorative corners and mounted onto a kraft card base.

Today at CR84FN we are welcoming the new Designers to our team! Please give a warm welcome to these talented ladies, I'm so thrilled to be sharing a D.T. experience with such talented crafters!


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

WMSC #123

Happy Saturday all! I'm here this morning with a card for this week's new Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. I was thrilled to find that I was a Top Mouse for my entry last week, so thank you ladies so much!

Here's the fun sketch, and I chose to make a Christmas card again! I'm so behind with them, so I better get a move on!

 I have used a card base of Crumb Cake, and stamped the wonderful Very Vintage Background in Versamark and Gold embossed - it's gorgeous!

I then made a mat from some Poppy parade, and distressed with inks and my Tim Holtz distressing tool. Then onto a smaller mat of the red card, I stamped some script from Text It, overlayed by some scrolls from Season's of Love.

I then stamped and gold embossed the tag frame from Very Vintage Christmas and cut out, removing the oval from the middle. Again, I inked around the edges of the tag in Pumice Stone Distress Ink. I then added a little Opera Tag, stamped with a sentiment from Candy Jar Fillers.

Finally, I added some beautiful Gold satin ribbon and some Button Twine from The Ribbon Reel, over some gorgeous ruffled lace that was a gift from my friend Helen.

I added some little blossoms, and some buttons, for a bit of extra interest.

House work is calling my name, thanks for stopping by,

Pauline