The 25 Tags of Christmas - Tag #2

Ok, so I'm never going to make it to #25, but I'm enjoying following Tracey and the gang's gorgeous daily posts AND I've managed to make my 2nd Christmas tag of the year!

 I always love this little alpaca.

If I ever have to choose which stamps to include in my desert island crafting kit, al always paca this alpaca.

You can find The 25 Tags of Christmas by clicking here.

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #123 - H is for Home

Another brilliant graphic from Sistah Lee ushers in another fun challenge over at SoSS.

  

I struggled for ages with this theme, but then I had a light-bulb moment and this deceptively sweet little card was the result.

I'll make the inside when I know who I'm sending it to, but hopefully you can read the 'punchline' on this temporary mock-up.

The cute little house is part of a larger stamp from Crafty Individuals. I've just searched for this image, but I don't think they sell it now. The papers are from my stash of bits and pieces.

Please come and join us for this challenge, as always, my sistahs (and HRH Queen Donna) have created some brilliantly snarky cards to inspire and entertain you!

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags - Tag #1

I'm delighted to have finally found time to make a little tag to play along with Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags. I've got quite a bit of catching up to do as Tracey and the team have reached Day #11.

My tag is pretty simple. It was made with leftover papers and with stamps and dies received as gifts from two lovely blogging buddies. The string is recycled so you could say that this tag was virtually free to make!

I've really struggled to get into a festive frame of mind this year, but making this tag seems to have kick-started my Christmas creativity. Hopefully now I'll be able to make a start on some Christmas cards.... but first, more tags!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Challenge #122 - F is for Fantasy

The lovely Edna certainly can rock witchy gear!

Our new challenge at SoSS is F is for Fantasy. Our graphics goddess, Sister Lee, has gone for witches and fairies, but as you can see I've gone for fantasies of a different kind!

The image is from VLVS and I love her somewhat wistful expression as she contemplates her birthday fantasy.

The gals have worked their magic with this challenge, so why not head over and take a look. We're a little short on snark these days, so would love you to play along and be as naughty as you like with this theme!

Card Chain Challenge Reveal - October 2018

It's the final 'Reveal' for 2018 over at Card Chain Challenge as we always take a little break for December, but don't despair if you want to play along the January sign-up starts on December 7th!

This month we had a truly love combo of sketch and colours on offer:

 and our challenge themes were clocks, mermaids and friendship.

My 'make' for this month was very, very CAS.

I did want to use the challenge colours, but just couldn't make the card work with the shades that I had so decided to swap things around a little. My recipient this month was the lovely Hilary.

My October sender was Marga in Spain, and I was delighted to receive this lovely creation from her. I especially like how Marga has used the texture of the water colour paper to add texture and interest to her card.

Here's a close-up of my card to Hilary. I doubt if you can see the subtle Wink of Stella on the flowers, but hopefully the Diamond Glaze effect is visible on the vase.

You can see the whole reveal in all it's glory by heading over to The Card Chain Challenge blog here.