Christmas Card Club - Card 10/2019 - Children at Christmas

Morning Everyone

It was Kate's turn to pick the theme for the Christmas card club this fortnight and she picked Children at Christmas. After yet another rummage through old stash I discovered a pack of unused Cute Squares from Lili of the Valley. The images in the set are of very pretty little 'Christmas Girls' - the one I've used for this challenge is my favourite and, as there was three copies left, I've used them all and made three cards - all slightly different.

For this version I've used a Gelli plate print background, trimmed and edged with red (Fired Brick) distress ink. The image and dark green cardstock mat were cut with dyes from a stitched square set from The Works. The poinsettia and the greeting were made from leftover scraps of the background and green cardstock using Spellbinders Poinsettia set and Tonic Studios Mini Moments Modern Merry Christmas.

The robin patterned paper for the background in this version is from 'Festive Frolics' by Papermania (more old stash) trimmed and matted on to a layer of dark green cardstock. The image is also matted onto the green card, as is the red ribbon which provides the greeting. The holly leaves were cut with a Tattered Lace mini die - I've used a red glass gem for embellishment.

And finally this version is made almost entirely from snippets of patterned paper and cardstock - the exceptions are the image and the Kraft card base. The patterned papers are scraps from a Holly Hobby patterned paper pack - a magazine freebie - and the star patterned  ribbon was just long enough to adhere to the card and have a bit left for the bow. The greeting is another Tattered Lace mini die. I cut it three times from snippets of red card and glued them together to give the greeting more dimension. 

I'm submitting the last card to Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #352 - Di's challenge is always for any subject as long as snippets are used so I hope she will forgive that it's yet another Christmas card. 

That's it for CCC today but I hope you will pop over to see what my teammates have created for Kate's challenge today - you'll find a list of their names and links on my right sidebar - they are always so much more creative than mine. 

Hope the weather has been kind to you and you're enjoying your weekend.

Penguin Parcel Carrier - CHNC 110

Evening Everyone

Just popping in with a card for Hazel's weekly challenge over at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Week 110. This time she has asked us to pick up a p-p-p penguin or anything else that begins with P.

This cute little LOTV topper fitted the bill perfectly. The card was quick and easy to make - it had to be as my crafting time is a tad limited at the moment :( The topper is edged with an aqua Promarker - still aiming for cards that will be posted to be as skinny as possible! There's a little iridescent glitter dotted around the sky and snow.

The aqua polka-dotted card and the strip of embossed pearlescent card used for the belly band came from the snippets boxes.

Itsy-bitsy leftover strips were used to decorate the inside ...

... and back.  Nothing fancy, just strips edged with the aqua marker.

Materials used:
Base - white square shaped card
Cardstock - Kanban foiled background card, Teal Polka Dots, white pearlescent card embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder - an oldie but a goody, a gift from Lisa a couple of years ago and it's still a favourite :)
Topper - LOTV Cute Squares, Christmas Animals - Decorations edged with a Cool Aqua ProMarker
Embellishments -aqua polka dotted ribbon from the American Crafts Dear Lizzy collection, turquoise gems from an Anita's gem wheel.

I'm also going to submit this card to the following:

Hazel's other challenge over at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - Anything Goes

and 

Di's snippet challenge over at Pixies Crafty Snippets Playground - Week 58

I've been submitting to this challenge for getting on for two years, so you would think I would have bottomed the snippet pile by now ... not a chance!

I have some photos for a Friday Smile post so I'll be back later with that. In the meantime, I'm off to watch the second part of this week's Silent Witness ... it's edge of the seat stuff - something for my friend, Maureen, over at Scraps of Life by ScrappyMo, to look forward to. Maureen tells me she follows the series too :)

Take care everyone and happy crafting,

Snowman - A Challenge Card

Hi Everyone,

Well, it's been a lovely day here in the west of Scotland, I hope it has been as nice for all of you. We made the most of it by going for a drive along the coast.

Which is why I'm so late in sharing this card.

This week, Hazel has chosen snowmen as her CHNC Challenge 80 theme ... I'm not sure that this LOTV character qualifies ... I think that it's not a snowman but a snowbear :)

Like many of you I suspect, I have plenty of 6"x6" paper stacks in my stash, which is all very well if I want to make a card of measuring that size or smaller. However, it's not so good when planning a larger card like this one which measures 7¾" x 5½".

 To overcome this wee disadvantage I added a decorative trim, made up of strips of the DP, down the left side, and I think it worked quite well, especially as all the papers coordinate beautifully even though I've chosen them from two different stacks.

I recycled the back of one of the cards we received at Christmas to make a base mat for the front of the card ... figuring that, as it isn't going to be seen when the card is completed, it doesn't matter that it's not new card I'm working with.

The sentiment is on one of the design papers, I just punched it out using an oval punch and matted it on to a scalloped oval punched from a contrasting paper. All the edges are distressed with TH's vintage photo.

The double bow ... seam binding spritzed with water and scrunched ... was added separately, using glue gel to stick it down.

Materials used:

- Smooth white card trimmed to measure 7¾" x 11" - scored and folded in half to form the card
- A piece of white card, recycled, measuring 7¾" x 5½" - this is the base mat for front of the card
- Design Papers: Memory Box's Mistletoe 6"x6" paper stack; Paper Cellar's Traditional Christmas 6"x6" paper stack
- Ink pad: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Vintage Photo
- Lili of the Valley (LOTV) Cute Squares, Christmas Animals - Decorations
- Tools: Oval punches - scalloped and straight edged
- Embellishments (all from stash): Flowersoft, Polar White; White Iridescent Glitter; Ribbon Carousel's white bobble trim; Wild Orchid Craft's seam binding, Camel Hair, red button (Dovecraft), red pearls (Kanban) gold cord (Meiflower)

I've completed the first ATC using the inky messes I made earlier this week - scroll down to the WOYWW post to see what I'm talking about. I'll do a post sometime tomorrow to let you see how it came out.

I'll also be back tomorrow with some fabulous photos of today's outing - we did visit somewhere pretty amazing!

It's late and I'm off to bed now. In the meantime, I hope you are all well and I wish you a lovely day tomorrow.

Happy crafting,