Winter Wonderland Challenge blog - theme Fuzzy Wuzzy Christmas

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Today there will be two posts from me. I am only on four challenge design teams now and today two of them coincide.

The new challenge starts today at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog the sponsor is Sheepski Designs and the theme is Fuzzy Wuzzy Christmas. This means  create something that is furry, frizzy, fluffy, puffy or fuzzy wuzzy!! Think furry animals, fluffy hats or mitts, puffy coats, frizzy beards (like Santa's).  Have fun with this one. 

I cut a frame for the image with the Double Pierced Square dies from Creative Expressions. I do use these basic shape dies a lot. The backing paper was in my stash. 

There are many wonderful images in our sponsors store click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

The image I used is called Mindy and is available HERE, I printed the image onto Neenah card stock and it was coloured with Promakers. I added a Happy Christmas cut with some John Next Door dies. I do like small sentiment dies they are easier to fit on to projects. 

I made a bow to go under the image with the Classice 3d Bow Die set from Creative Expressions. 

Have a great weekend.

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

I would like to enter Week 8 at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge

Challenge 179 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 426 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 44 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 8 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 24 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 24 at the Crafty Animals Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Black and White

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Welcome to my second post of the day. Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Black and White. The sponsor is Crafty Sentiments Designs. This time the Design Team used their own images.

I decided to make an anniversary card for our friends who love to dance. I used the Heart Lattice embossing folder to make the background. The ribbon including the big bow were in my stash. 

There are many wonderful images in the store click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This is a Signature die called First Dance. 

The sentiment was also cut with a Signature die. 

I hope you have a great weekend. Our neighbours are away which means that we can do into their garden to attempt to get more of the ivy off our garage roof. They did say that this would be okay. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - Sunshine Colours

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

When this post goes live we will be just getting off the cruise ship and heading home to prepare for our daughter's rabbits to be dropped off  after lunch.

It is time for the new challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog the theme this time is Sunshine Colours.

I love sunflowers they just say Summer to me. I also wanted to try some masking. 

The stamp set I used is the Do-crafts Build a Sunflower set ( I don't think it is available anymore I have had the set for a long time). I made three masks from Post-it notes so that I could get the layered effect with the stamping. I coloured the images with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I use them so often now I really like the results I get with them and a bit of water on a brush. 

This bow was created with a Sue Wilson die set. 

The sentiment is from one of John Lockwood's sets. 

I will catch up with all I have missed this evening when things should be a bit quieter. 

If you check back on the Fantasy Stamper Challenge blog tomorrow the winners will be announced.

Enjoy the weekend.  

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas Bling

Hi Bloggers

Here I am back today on a busy Saturday.We have already been out to the shops and got back. Most of the Christmas shopping is done now. My husband is doing lots of Christmas jobs and I have just found a little bit of time to myself.

This card started with the topper. I was lucky enough to win some Kanban toppers in a draw on Bev Lowe's blog - thank you. It was such a beautiful topper it inspired the rest of the card. I thought it would be good to enter the Crafty Musketeers Challenge 20 Use Bling and Delicious Doodles Non Traditional Christmas Challenge.

The finished card is 8" x 8". The background was created by stamping different sized snowflake stamps with CS Perfect Medium and heat embossing, one at a time, with silver glitter, clear and white embossing powder. 

I made the frame with a Spellbinder corner die cut four times in silver mirror card (which is really difficult to photograph). 

The final touch was to add a bow made with the My Craft Studio bow maker which I must say is very easy to use. I decorated the knot of the bow with snowflake made with two Spellbinders dies and i placed  a dazzler in the centre. 

As something a little different I thought I would share the chocolate vanilla marble cupcakes my daughter made earlier this week. We didn't get to try any as they were for a friend's birthday. We did get to lick the icing bowls (role reversal) which tasted delicious. 

Well that is all for today. Present wrapping is beckoning me as I 

type. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie