Guesting for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

 I'm very excited and honoured to be a Guest Designer for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and I love the theme!

I chose to use this beautiful  Polar Bear Stamp and made a whimsical background for him! 

I made the background with Distress Oxide Inks, a touch of Brushos and Nuvo Glacier Paste for shimmer.

I stamped and white embossed the trees and snowflakes. The bear was coloured with Copic Markers. 

Stamps: Lesia Zgharda Polar Bear Stamp; Kaisercraft Just Believe; Papertrey Ink  Joyful Christmas

Dies: Uniquely Creative Stitched Rolling Hills

Embossing Folder: Stampin Up Falling Snow

I hope you'll pop over to the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog to see what the Design Team have created and will be inspired to take your fave Polar Bear &/or Penguin and join in the fun. 

I'm also sharing at following challenges:-

Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge (Anything Goes)

Winter Wonderland (Snowmen & Snow)

Christmas Crafts All Year Round (At least 2 things starting with 'S')

(Snow, Snowflakes & sentiment)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge (Anything Goes)

ABC Christmas Challenge (S for Snow)
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A whale of a birthday!

Hi there. It's my birthday today and I've been celebrating by making cards! Again! My Husband has been busy cleaning the bathrooms - not a bad pressie:)

I decided to combine 2 of my favourite Lesia Zgharda stamps to make a masculine card, because it's my Nephew's birthday in a few days. 

I coloured the images with Zig Markers and an Aquabrush. It isn't watercolour paper, so I didn't use much water.  The sentiment is from The Ton Stamps.

I'm sharing my card at the following challenges and in a Design Team call at Perfectly CAS.

Here is another card I made for my daughter to give her boyfriend. 

I sponged the background with Distress Inks & Distress Oxides, using a stencil for the 'sea'. The dies are from Penny Black . Sorry I've forgotten which stamp I used. 

I'm sharing this card at the following:-

CAS on Friday : Summer

DOUBLE D Challenge

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A Rose and Sea Urchins

Taking a break from Christmas cards, I made a couple of CAS cards, one of them using a NBUS stamp.

I stamped and coloured the image with Zig Markers and then fussy cut. The background was made with a dotty background stamp, which has recently become a favourite. 

Stamps: Lesia Zghardia 'Coral'; Kaisercraft  'Dotty Background'; The Greetery 'Lemon Blossom'.

Again I stamped the image and coloured with Zig Markers and fussy cut. I stamped the same background stamp and added some splatter. 

Stamps: Stamplorations 'Blossom Overture'; Kaisercraft 'Dotty Background'

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

Stamplorations Summer Challenge

Theme: Summer

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Platypus

This is one of a collection of stamps I recently purchased from Lesia Zgharda Stamps. The stencil was a surprise gift from a my generous friend Loll. 

I stamped the image and clear embossed with Zig Markers. The embossing added a bit of texture. 

I used Distress Oxide Inks with the stencils. 

I'm sharing at the following:-

****All Creatures Great and Small****

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