My Five Favourite Christmas Cards

Well that's it Christmas over for another year and what a lovely time I have had with the family.  Hope everyone out there in blog land has also had a wonderful Christmas.

Not had chance to post much over the last few weeks, what with the patio being built, getting ready for Christmas, work, life etc blogging had to take a bit of a back seat.  I did however make quite a few Christmas cards but as yet not blogged any of them. So when I saw Debby's post to show your five favourite Christmas cards I thought here's my chance to show you at least five :)

I didn't buy any new Christmas stamps this year as I still hadn't used half the LOTV ones I brought last year, so I stamped them all up selected some pens and coloured them all in.

Some of them still haven't been made into cards and I know there are blogs out there where you can make a Christmas card a week/month, if anyone knows of one point me in the right direction, as I really want to get ahead of myself this year :)

Anyway here are my five...........................

Pop over to Debbys blog and show off your top five xmas cards, there is also some very nice candy to be won :)

This may be my final post of the year depending on what time I get, so if it is I wish you all a very lovely NEW YEAR!

Less is More - One Layer

Well I feel like I have been a bad blogger of late, but as I think I said in my last post I have been having the garden done, which has taken nearly five weeks!  My craft room is in the back garden and I had to walk across the mud to get to it so the motivation I'm afraid was just not there but as you can see in the final picture I now have a patio and life can start returning to normal.

 

I have made a few cards, which I will post another time but as I haven't played along with Less is More for a few weeks I was determined to join in this week specially as it's one layer week  ;)

This weeks one layer challenge is In a Row.  I have used an embossing folder I got free with a magazine and the sentiment is from a free Molly Blooms set, which has been embossed with WOW powder and wow am I impressed with these.  Only have silver and white at the mo but will definitely be getting more.  I was going to use gems in the centre of the snowflakes but wasnt sure if these were allowed on one layer so went with glitter instead.  The card I used is also pearly but as many of you know trying to photograph the sparkly is soooo difficult.  This was a lovely simple card to make so think I will be making a few of these :)

Hope everyone is having a fab weekend and thank you for popping by :)

Kenny K - Traditional Christmas Colours

I must apologies for the late posting this week and for not being around much recently, but I am having a patio and conservatory built and at the moment it is like a mud bath outside my back door and also my route to my craft room. The weather we have been having in the Midlands is really holding the builders up and the mess is just unbelievable.

 

Anyway back to this weeks challenge, fortunately I had made this card a while ago for the Kenny K Traditional Christmas Colours, using Bow (adult) from the latest Kenny K release.  The papers were a freebie with a magazine and the flowers I have had for ever.

Kenny K has also released some new images this week called Kid Nation and they are all boys on skateboards and my gosh you should see what the DT have come up with using these, I can't wait to give them a try when I can get back into my craft room properly

Do pop over to the Kenny K challenege and join in, there are some great prizes up for grabs.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend and haven't been affected to much by the weather.

Kenny K - Monochrome

Time for another fabby Kenny K challenge which this week is Monochrome and is sponsored by Marianne Design

I have used the very gorgeous Socilate for this card, coloured with promarkers and added a bit of sparkle. Used some flowers that I think I have had for ever and added a few pearls. Papers are from Docrafts called Happy Days and a LOTV sentiment.

Why not pop on over and join in with the challenge and use a Kenny K image to be in with a chance of winning a great prize.

Have a great weekend :)

Found another challenge to enter this card in to, which I have only just found and very nice blog it is as well called Fussy and Fancy and the challenge is Pearls and Flowers

Less is More - One Layer Houses

My gosh what a long week, so glad it is the weekend.  Had a fabulous day yesterday at the NEC with one of my friends and thankfully didn't spend to much money.  Saw the marvelous Barbara Gray and the Create & Craft team and chatted to the very lovelly Michael Powell, love his images and didn't realise they started out as cross stitches.  Brought a couple of his stamps as I haven't managed to buy them from anywhere else.

Anyway on to this weeks Less is More challenge, one layer with a houses theme, not scared of these anymore, infact more and more of my cards are now just one layer. The very talanted Jen has stepped up to help Chrissie while Mandi continues the set up of her new business venture. Look forward to seeing lots of her fab creations :)

Used some kraft card that I treated myself to yesterday, not really used this card before so am stepping into new territory. Used white ink to create a bit of a snow and used Clarity stamps to make the rest of the scene.  Used a white gel pen and some diamond sticklers but can't really show the sparkle on the photo.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend :)

Kenny K - Anything but a card



Another Sunday and time for another Kenny K challenge and some fantastic new Kenny K images!

 

This week we were challenged to make anything but a card and I have been meaning to make one of these book marks for a long time.  Would have been perfect for one of my boys but they all have Kindles lol

This new image is called Skater Boy and with seven nephews I can see him being used alot.  He is coloured with promarkers, paper is printed from a cd, I think a Wellington one and the rest of the bits are from my stash.

Don't forget to pop over to Kenny K's and see the other fab creations made by the rest of the design team and join in yourself with the challenge, there are some fab prizes up for grabs :)

Less is More - Sketch

Back again, thought I would have another go at this weeks Less is More sketch. 

Really like his design and will probably play some more with this one.  Thought I would make a start on some Christmas cards.  I used a stencil with some glitter snow and a precut border all of these I have had forever so about time they got used.

 Anyway nearly the end of X-Factor and then bed as I have to work tomorrow :(

Enjoy the rest of the weekend :)