Green, Red, Brown.......

and Vanilla this is the challenge from 52CCCT.
This was so hard being such a pastel person myself. 

I much admire people who can work with harder brighter colours.

The green, red and vanilla were OK but that brown.

I tell you there was much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair going on

but here is the end result which I have to admit I don't mind at all which was a surprise.

Being as the paper is patterned and I also embossed the snowflakes 

I kept the rest of the card very simple with just a LOTV greeting.

Am entering this in:

52CCCT - Green, Red, Vanilla and Brown

CHNC 2 - Anything goes.

Make it Monday - Anything goes linky party.

Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.

Margaret M 

Look what we woke to this morning

Yes Snow on the mountain.

I took this through the kitchen window the sun was shining but it was very cold.

At least the days are beginning to lengthen though.

Well onto my card. I have followed the sketch on 52CCCT which was a very simple one

but very effective.

I have embossed the background with a baubles die but the camera does not pick it up very well.

and then doodled around the edge with a red pen.

As you can see though I am not a very good doodler.

Tried one or two images but Snowy was best and have covered

the fur with flower soft which I mixed with glitter.

did I have trouble with this as my glue had gone gluggy and would not spread

then the container had gone hard and cracked so there was glue everywhere.

just finished it off with the rhinestones.

Am entering this in:

52CCCT - Sketch

Simply Create Too - Christmas in July

Shelly's Images - Anything goes with a Christmas theme

CHNC 2 - Anything goes

CHNC - Christmas card for a child

Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.

Margaret M

House of Cards

Their first ever challenge here is Cute and Fun,

and if I don't get a wriggle on I shall be too late to be included.

This as easy for me although it took sometime to decide just which of my 

cute little critters to choose.

A lot got stamped some not to my satisfaction until

I found this one just sitting in a drawer waiting to be coloured in.

I saw the colour palette as turquoise which is what I used 

although it has come up as blue in the photo.

Sorry that the little butterfly does not show up too well,

that too is better in real life.

Put it down to the dismal day here snow right down the mountain and we 

have not gotten into double figures here today.

ROLL on SPRING

Am entering this in 

House of Cards - Cute and Fun
Divas by design - Cute
Make it Monday - Anything goes


Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.


Margaret M

Sparkling

It is a dark dismal winters day here typical of July

I just want to hibernate.

At least I have my Internet back so can post a new card for you today.

This is for 52CCCT who gave us a sketch challenge.

We were spoilt for choice which made it harder.

I went for Sketch 1.

The background paper is from Art Stamps Australia and is very sparkly,

as it is also very busy I wanted to keep my image rather plain.

It is ages since I coloured up a Tilda and this one is so sweet.

Went around the edges with Shabby shutters and then with glitter.

Well you can never have too much can you?

Am entering this in:

52 CCCT - Choose a sketch

Make it Monday - Anything goes

CHNC 2 - Anything goes.

Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.

Margaret M

Pearly Christmas

This week 52CCT want to see sequins and or pearls.

I don't have any sequins so pearls it is.

It is a little hard to see from this but I have

embossed snowflakes on the white card and added the pearls on them

I started with red pearls but they just didn't look right so off they came.

The gorgeous stamp is of course a Penny Black a new one that I had been itching 

to use, just think he is so cute.

Finished off with lots of glitter of course.

Am entering this in:

52CCT- sequins and or pearls
Make it Monday - Anything goes.


I have about 10 days of super slow internet now as I have used my allowance all up
so blog hopping will take a back seat.
Of course I should increase my internet allowance
but I have such a good deal it would mean paying more than triple per month to do so.

Thanks for dropping in.


Margaret M

Wow.......

................It's not a Christmas card bet that was a bit of a shock to you all

Felt like a bit of a change today so went looking for something to do

and found The Lollypop Ladies who are wanting Musks with spots.

Didn't think I had anything near the colour and nothing spotty but look what I found.

and just enough of the orchid card to use as a mount.

The flower stamp is a Victoria's secret and I have no idea of the sentiment.

The card is very CAS because I followed the sketch at

CAS{E} this sketch.

Am entering this in:

Cas[e] this sketch

The Lollypop Ladies - Musks and spots

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.

Margaret M

Christmas lights

I have dug out another old favorite stamp this time a Hero Arts
to light up my Chrissy card.
I stamped this with black Fabrico and used psychedelic embossing powder.
They really catch the light, but you can only glimpse it right at the top
the camera did not reproduce it well.

 The smallest of my oblong dies was just the right width to cut out a frame

but not long enough so I had to move it down.

The greeting was a Lucy stamp from years ago too and this I stamped 

with the Fabrico but used clear embossing this time.

I used liquid pearls for the stars and the sparkle.

The lights were coloured with my copics

From this photo you can have a peek inside and see that
I mounted the frame.
Some bakers twine completes the card.
Not the usual Christmas colours.

Am entering this in:
52CCT - Baubles
Christmas stamping AYL - I used heat embossing, Twine and Copic markers
CHNC - Window or frame
CHNC 2-Anything goes

Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.

Margaret M

Shades of green

I am not going to tell you my first card got filed in the waste bin.
 I have only scraps of green card left so have put it on my shopping list
but don't know when I will get to shop.
We do have a Quilt and craft fair coming up in Hobart
at the end of the month but doubt there will be much in the way of
paper craft there.
However I found these trees cut from an old Sizzix die in a box marked Xmas things.
Amazing I am not usually so well organised.

Now am quite happy with this very CAS card

Am entering this in:
 52CCT - Shades of green
CHNC - Used die cut or Punches
CHNC 2 - Anything goes 
Make it Monday - Anything goes

Lots of Holly

Glad to say my recovery is going well now have begun driving again and
that is fine until I have to back out of a parking spot so looking for lots of easy parking.
It is good to be feeling human again.

This is the week 52CCT have a sketch to follow.
However I am never sure whether I will follow closely or go off on a tangent
I just go where my card takes me.

As you see have used lots of Holly today.  The stamp is an old PSX one from 1999

and one of my favorites though it hasn't been used for a long time now.

It always stamps up so beautifully, have coloured with copics and then

used dimensional magic. 

 The very tiny holly stamp was from

Amazing creations don't think the company still exsists.

I coloured that with gel pens as without colour they were lost

The greeting is from LOTV.

Don't know where the holly paper came from but have been saving

this up for a while, now only have scraps left. 

Am entering this in 

52CCT - Sketch

ABC Christmas challenge - Keep safe

Christmas stamping AYL - Anything goes

Make it Monday - anything goes

CHNC 2 - Anything goes

Thank you for dropping by and for all your kind comments.

Margaret M

It's been a long time...

.........a long time between cards.
I found myself back in hospital on a drip suffering from Viral Vertigo.
This is something that I would not wish on anyone a miserable complaint
it has taken so long to begin to feel normal again
and even now I struggled a bit to come up with this card.

Just a simple card.  I cut out the circle in the front made a border to go around it and
attached the Santa inside the circle.
The Santa was cut from some paper by Raspberry Road and makes a lovely topper.
It is finished with some bakers twine and a sentiment tag from LOTV.

Am entering this in :
52 CCCT - Use Bakers twine
Make it Monday - Anything goes

I really can't think any more.

Margaret M

What a week

Yes that was the week that was.

 

Last weekend my husband complained of a sore mouth and throat.

On Sunday I woke to find he looked as if he had had a smack in the face.

Honest  I never touched him.  He had the biggest fat lip you ever did see.

Monday we went to the Dr who diagnosed shingles.

Poor love he is in such a state.  The rash is in his mouth down his throat and now coming out on his face as if he doesn't have enough ill health to put up with.

Finding him things to eat has been the worse part as he cannot chew

and it is painful to swallow.

 

So this week has not been one for getting much crafting done

and I had a lovely parcel of goodies arrive too

but no time to play much. 

 

However I have managed this.

 

Following the sketch on 52 CCT  and using Snowy one of my new Penny black stamps.

 

I paper pieced his hat and scarf with left overs from the background paper

so he is snug and warm

Haven't any idea what the dotty paper is just a scrap from my box of bits.

The lace is my new crochet border from Memory box.

 

Am entering this in:

52 CCT - Sketch

CHNC - Use the word Christmas

CHNC extra - Anything goes

 

Now I must get back to the patient.

 

Margaret M

Christmas Box

This week 52 CCT want something other than a card etc

so I have made a little box.

What I put in it we will have to wait and see nearer the time.

I made this little box and then found I had not saved the site for the instructions

which is really very naughty of me as one should give credit where credit is due.

So if anyone knows where the pizza box instructions are

please let me know so that I can add the link.

It is very cute just 4x4 inches { I didn't convert to centimetres} 

I have made it very plain just dry embossed snowflakes.

I had forgotten I had that embossing folder. Then I have added some red rhinestones.

I punched a border around the outside and added some white grossgrain ribbon

and a bow.

I am entering this in:

52 CCT - Anything but a card tag or label.

Make it Monday -  Anything goes

CHNC Extra - Anything goes.
Christmas Stamping all year long- Gift packaging

Thank you for dropping in you are most welcome.

Margaret M