Homespun Christmas

Well it's beginning to feel a lot like an Australian Christmas today! Temperatures in the 30*s! So glad I'm going to be in the Northern Hemisphere for Christmas!

I was inspired by the challenge at Festive Friday to make this rustic Christmas card. The die cuts are from our WCMD weekend away (thanks Lyndal!). I'm doing a good job of using up all my bits and pieces from my unfinished projects box - yay!  The DP is all from Kaisercraft.
And yes ... SHOCK, horror - no stamping!!!!

Oh and I have a tree in my card, so I can enter the Moxie Fab Tree-mendous Challenge!
ETA: I'm entering this card in the Scrapbook boutique Challenge.

A Quick Christmas Tag

A quick post and a quick tag!

I stamped this cute deer when we were away for WCMD and I found it in my un-finished stash. So I coloured it with copics,  stamped the sentiment,  die cut the tag and added the ribbon - voila!

I was wondering where the red glow in the photo was coming from and as I am typing, I've just realised I'm wearing a red top - doh!!

I'm entering this in the  Addicted to CAS challenge - code word *Tags*.

Christmas Bauble

What a productive day I've had today! This is my 3rd post! This time I would like to share a card I have made inspired by this amazing water colour print I saw on Pinterest.

I used a Winnie & Walter circle stamp from  A Tree for all Seasons and distress inks to stamp the bauble (ornament).
When it was dry, I stamped some bling from W&W Big Bang Bling on the bauble and used sticky powder to add the glitter.
The foliage is from an Inkadinkado Branches cling stamp set. The top of the bauble is from a Spellbinders set. The sentiment is die cut from a foil sheet. 
I'm entering this card in the Craft Stamper Take it, Make it challenge, Virginia;s View and Simon Monday Challenge, which is to use  an *Ornament*.

Another Christmas Tag - Mixed Media

I am really enjoying all the wonderful inspiration from Loll and her friends over at Stamping with Loll. She has a 12 tags of christmas event and a challenge to go with it! So I've made another tag with a wooden deer that's been lying around in my stash for a year or so! In fact it got broken, but I'm hoping you won't notice, which of course you will now that I've told you!

I used a stencil and memento Luxe ink for the red dots and 2 background stamps with Hero Arts black ink for the script.
I coloured the deer with a Posca Gold Paint pen, but wasn't happy, so then added Pan Pastel.
I'm entering this in Loll's challenge and Virginia's View Challenge#9 All Things Metallic.

ETA: I'm adding this to the Premium Craft challenge #26 PanPastel Add some Bling.

Scribbly Bird Christmas

I pulled out one of my favourite bird stamps to make a another card for the Craft Stamper Take it, Make it Challenge which is to make a Christmas card using non-Christmas stamps.

The bird is from Dina Wakely's Scribbly Birds set - I REALLY love this bird! I coloured it with watercolour pencils, Big Brush markers and Copics.  I used Enamel Accents for the eye.  I cut the holly from green card and coloured it with Big Brush marker and then added the berries with glossy accents.  The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter The Big, the Bold and the Happy.

ETA: I would also like to enter the Addicted to CAS challenge code word *Tag*.

Christmas card with Non Christmas Stamps

 Hi there - another Sunday is upon us! Today I'm feeling a bit strange, because my 14 yo son has just departed for a 3 weeks trip with School to Cambodia and Laos. I'm very excited for him, but it will hard not being able to have contact him. They do have a trip blog, but if I know Lochie, he is not one to get caught in a photo!

This morning I've made a card for the Take it, Make it challenge at 

the Craft Stamper blog. The challenge is to make a Christmas card with non Christmas stamps.

So as you can see I went for an artsy look. I used Hero Arts Brush Strokes stamps and distress inks for the tree. The star is From Winnie & Walter It's a wonderful Pennant. The sentiment is made with a WPLUS9 die. The baubles are made with Liquid Pearls. The red panel was stamped with an old Hero Arts stamp and then I went over the stamping with Pan Pastel.
The base card was embossed with my new favourite folder from We R Memory Keepers.

I'm also entering this in the Hero arts Holiday Cards challenge - Anything Goes and the Moxie Fab Tree-mendous Trees Challenge.

A Christmas Tag

A quick post to share another tag for Loll's 12 Tags of Christmas Event. If you haven't seen it, you should pop over because there is so much beautiful inspiration from Loll and her guest designers!

the tag was out of my unfinished stash that I made on WCMD. I used a WPLUS9 background stamp and various distress inks. The deer is made with a WPLUS9 die. The sentiment is an oldie from Kaisercraft and I stamped in black and clear embossed.