Altenew Year in Review

 Hello there! And so ends another wonderful Christmas in Australia as other parts of the world are just beginning celebrations. I hope the day is/was magical for you all.

I made this card months ago for the April challenge, but forgot to post it, so here it is for the Altenew Year in Review challenge. 

I used a few different Altenew stamp sets, Altenew Inks and Zig Markers.

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PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE DEC '21 REMINDER

 Well I'm amazed that it's only a week till Christmas! It's my last Design Team card for the year and I just want to remind you about this month's PBSC. 

The theme is always Anything Goes with an optional twist. The twist this month of course is 'CHRISTMAS'. 

I've paired the gorgeous PB Christmas Trees (Tannenbaum Trio) with a non Christmas critter stamp (PB Love-tail), masking some flowers and adding a snowball. 

You can see more inspiration from our talented  DT at our blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor:

Prize - $20 voucher!

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

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Inspired By...

 Hi there.  I only discovered Inspired By Challenge this year and have enjoyed joining in when I could. They're celebrating their 200th challenge! Congrats!

So the theme is to choose one of their 2021  winner's and 'CASE' their card. I chose Caroline's card from November.

As it happens, Time Out Challenge also have 'Inspiration' as their theme, so I'm sharing there as well.

I haven't used this gorgeous stamp set from WPlus 9 for a while, so Caroline's card inspired me to get it out and create this card. 

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

Caroline' Card

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CAS COLOURS & SKETCHES #450

 Hello there Crafty Friends. It's time for the last challenge of 2021 for CC&S and the prompt is to choose any challenge from this year and make a Seasonal Card. It's our 450th challenge so we are celebrating and have a couple of prizes up for grabs!

I chose a Colour Challenge and used an cute adorable stamp to create my card.

I stamped the cute critter, coloured with Zig Markers and Copic Markers and then fussy-cut, placing him in the 'Snow globe' with some sequins for added sparkle. 

Stamps: MFT SY Christmas Cheer

Die: discontinued

I would love for you to visit our blog to see what the rest of the team have created and will feel inspired to join us in the challenge.

Sadly, I've decided to step down from the DT, because I need to cut back on my commitments in 2022. 

CAS Colours & Sketches is a fabulous challenge and the Design Team inspire me. I'll be back to play in the challenge. 

We have some fantastic new additions to the Design Team, so pop on over to check it out!  Thanks again to Patricia and the rest of the team:)

I'm also sharing at the following challenges:-

Wings &/or Tails

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CAS COLOURS & SKETCHES #449 (Colour)

Hi there Crafty Friends. I'm here with a card for the second last CC&S Challenge for 2021.  Patricia is hosting and gave us some pretty colours, which I've used for a Christmas card.

I stamped and clear embossed. the Gnome, colouring with Zig Markers. 

I then stamped the trees for a CAS background, adding a bit of grey wash. to anchor the images. To finish I stamped the sentiment. 

Stamps: Apple Blossom Gnome for Christmas; WPlus9 sentiment

sorry I forget name of tree stamps 

I would love for you to visit our blog to see what the rest of the team have created and will feel inspired to join us in the challenge.

I'm also sharing at the following challenges:-

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A Christmas Gift

 Here's a card inspired by the photo inspiration at Less is More Challenge...

A very CAS card using mostly dies.  I used a MFT die to emboss the frame and I've forgotten the brand for the gift and bow.

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

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AAA Birthday (Easel Card)

 I'm so delighted to be Guest Designer at AAA Birthday Challenge and they have a fun challenge for us.

This is only my 2nd ever Easel card. I'm not sure why, because they really are very pretty. 

I die-cut the wreath from the watercolour paper and then coloured with with Karin Markers. 

Then I placed it back in the paper from which it was die-cut. It was then backed with Vellum paper. 

Just for fun, I then turned it in to a shaker by adding some sequins and backing again with Vellum. 

Next I stamped the little bird and placed at the base of the wreath. 

This panel was then matted with Kraft card and adhered to the card base. 

(I wont explain how I made the easel as there are lots of tutorials on Youtube and other search engines.)

I made a small panel to sit on the inside of the card, matting again with Kraft card. I then stamped the sentiment with the co-ordinating markers, blending with a wet brush on the stamp and card. 

To finish, I  added some cut-offs from to match the wreath.

Die: Poppy Stamps Adriana Wreath

Stamp: Penny Black Tweet Wreath; W&W The Big, the Bold & You

I hope you'll visit the AAA Birthday Challenge see what the Design Team have created and will be inspired to join in the challenge.

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Christmas Baubles, Snowflakes and Sweater

Hey there Crafty Friends! 

 I was very excited to get this Concord & 9th bauble stamp and inked it up as soon as possible. I also played with some die-cuts to make some other cards.  I'm sharing them all in the same post to save you from having to make too many comments!

I stamped all the elements with white ink and embossed with Liquid Platinum EP.

I coloured the bauble with Altenew Metallic Paints.

Stamps: Concord & 9th Yuletide Ornament

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:-

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Here's another card just for fun...

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and now for a Snowflake card ........

I painted the die-cut with Altenew Metallic Paint and whilst it was still wet, I sprinkled it with

Wow Sparkling Snow Embossing Glitter. 

Stamp: Newton's Nook Whispering Pines

Die: Kaisercraft Snowflake Border

I'm sharing this card at the following challenges:-

Snowflakes, Free (Embossing), Winter

Theme: It's Snowtime

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Finally a Christmas Sweater card inspired by Festive Friday Challenge...

I embossed the sweater on white card with the die and trimmed. Then I die-cut  in red and layered over the embossed white sweater. 

Dies: Kaisercraft Christmas Sweater, Penny Black Rectangle

Stamp: Uniquely Creative O' Christmas Tree

Paper: DCWV

I'm sharing my card at the following:- 

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Another CASE

 Just popping in to share a card for Global Design Project. This week was a CASE the Designer challenge and this is my card...

I used patterned papers for my background, distressing the edges to echo the frayed linen. 

I stamped some background script and embossed with Liquid Platinum. 

Then I layered some die-cut leaves and wildflowers with a butterfly stamped on vellum.

I stamped the sentiment on a strip of fabric. and stapled it to the card.

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CASE ME A CHRISTMAS CARD WITH MICHELLE 2021

  I am so happy to be joining my friend Michelle Lupton again this year in her Christmas Card series. 

This is the how it works this year;  Michelle  will CASE one of her guest's cards, and we will CASE one of hers! CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything - but it's not about just copying a card. It's about getting inspiration from card-making friends and making a new card with our own twist.  And, of course, the card has to be a Christmas card!

I chose a floral watercolour card of Michelle's. I loved the layout, the gorgeous wash around the flowers and of course the splatter! Here is my card...

I used Karin Markers, Distress Ink and Delicata Gold to finish. I began with the full image stamped with Antique Linen and painting the lighter colours. When dry,  I went on to the deeper colours, blending on the page. I let it dry over night and then inked up with gold ink and then embossed with Distress Embossing Glaze (Antique Linen), which allows some of the gold glitter to show through.

Next I painted around the bloom with Altenew Metallic Paint and splattered some of the burgundy.

The sentiment was stamped with Karin Marker.

Stamps: Altenew Festive Poinsettia

Now here is Michelle's gorgeous card. I hope you can see how I've cased her card and made it my own! 

I hope you'll pop over to Michelle's blog and see which of my cards she's 'CASE-d' and also check out her other creations as she is so talented!

I would like to share my card at the following challenges:-

I chose January for the gorgeous colours

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