Dots and/or Stripes - Winter Wonderland Challenge for the 1st of September, 2017

Well I'm a bit late this week, as I have been travelling for work this week and when I finally arrived home, I could not really get up!

But for this fortnight's challenge we are hosted by Cindy, who chose the theme:

DOTS AND/OR STRIPES!

Please remember that it is Christmas Projects only.

So I am following on from a previous post and making easy tags!

This time I have used a stamp from our sponsor - Crafty Sentiments Designs - called the Joy of Christmas.

The image has been digitally printed on to X-Press It paper, fussy cut out with my Silhouette Cameo and then coloured with the following Copics markers:

• hat - C3, C5, C7, C10, black Wink of Stella marker, clear Wink of Stella marker
• snowman - colourless blender, C00, C0, C1
• carrot nose - YR09
• cheeks - R20
• mouth - RV17
• scarf - R35, R37, white gel pen
• stick arms - E74, E37
• bird - E74, E37, R35
• star - Y28, gold Wink of Stella marker
• tree - YG06, YG09, G05, G17, G29, E37
• snow - colourless blender, C00, C0, C1, BV0000, clear Wink of Stella
• background sky - B000, B00 (outline)

I have then adhered the coloured image to a green tag from my stash (bought long ago!) using foam squares.

The spotted evergreen ribbon tied in a bow is from Anita's Everyday Ribbons, also from my stash.

We have Crafty Sentiments Designs as our sponsor for this challenge.

Website - http://craftysentimentsdesigns.co.uk

They are giving a prize of 3 digi images of the winner's choice.

"Crafty Sentiments Designs was started back in 2009 by myself, Suzette, the owner. My artist and I bring you cute, whimsical and fun characters, to create unique and exciting hand made gifts and projects. We also carry our own brand of exclusive rubber stamps, digital stamps, cutting dies, sentiments and CD roms that are perfect for all your scrapbooking and card making needs. There is always something new each month as we release new images monthly. Crafty Sentiments Designs is also now hosting live shows on Hochanda, a UK based craft channel."

I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - For Someone Special

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #WWC134 - Anything Goes

Christmas with the Cuties #9 - Cutie Couples

Christmas At Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - Anything Christmas Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra - September - anything goes as long as its Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge CHNC#349 - anything goes as long as its Christmas plus the optional theme of Add some sparkle

There is inspiration from the Snowflakes DT over on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card stash.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. Remember that it is Christmas projects only! We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous Christmas creations.
Please be sure to post a link back to the Winter Wonderland blog in your blog post in order to be eligible for a prize!

Have fun and remember that you can enter up to 3 times. This challenge will end on Thursday the 14th of September and our next challenge will start the following day.

Please check back on Monday at the Winter Wonderland blog to find out the winners of the Embossing - Wet or Dry Challenge. 

Thanks for looking!

Use White and one other colour or A little bird told me - Winter Wonderland Challenge for the 26th of August

So today it is my turn to host the challenge at Winter Wonderland.

The theme I have chosen is:

"White with one other colour"

or

"a little birdie told me"

This means that you can make a Christmas project with white and one other colour, or something with a little birdie, or both.

I have used a digital stamp that I have used before that has a snowman and a little birdie and I have coloured this with a few other colours, as it is hard to stick to one colour!

So my card fits the "A little birdie told me" theme.

Here it is:

I printed the stamp "Joy of Christmas" by Crafty Sentiments Designs on to X-Press It paper, cut it out with my Silhouette Cameo, then coloured it using the following Copics pens:

• hat: C3, C5, C7, C10, black Wink of Stella, clear Wink of Stella
• snowman: C00, C0, C1, C2
• snowman's cheeks: R20
• snowman's nose: YR09
• snowman's mouth: RV17
• snowman's stick arms: E37
• snowman's scarf: R35, R37, R29, clear Wink of Stella
• little bird: R27, R37, E74, YR09
• tree: YG06, YG09, G05, G17, G29
• star: Y28, gold Wink of Stella
• snow: C00, C0, C1, BV0000
• background: B000

I then adhered a piece of paper from Holly Bright by Kaisercraft to a Kraft card from Envelope Solutions. I also adhered a red snowflake ribbon and "merry christmas" ribbon, both from American Crafts "Father Christmas" double-sided ribbon.

The snowman and little birdie were adhered using pop dots.

For the layout, I used the ABC Christmas Challenge - Q is for Quick Layout.
Also I'll enter this card into the August Rudolph Days Challenge.

We have two sponsors this week:

Crafty Sentiments, who are offering the winner their choice of 3 digis

and The Craft Barn, who are giving the winner a 10 pound voucher.

Please remember that to be in with a chance of winning a prize that it is Christmas Projects only.

There is inspiration from the Snowflakes DT over on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :)

You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your Christmas Card stash.

Thanks for looking!

Baubles - Winter Wonderland Card Challenge for 8th of April 2016

The challenge this week at Winter Wonderland chosen by Carol is 

"Baubles".

This means that you must include a bauble somewhere on your card, or make the card the shape of a bauble.

The sponsor this week is Crafty Sentiments.

They are offering the winner a choice of three digis from their online store.

To be in with a chance of winning a prize, please remember that it is Christmas projects only.

Here is my card:

The image I used this week is Joy of Christmas, a cute snowman next to a Christmas tree with a bird on one of his arms. I added some baubles to the tree and one on his arm.

I printed the image on X-Press It paper and coloured with the following Copic pens:

• snowman - C0, C1, C2
• scarf - YG13, G05, G17
• hat - C3, C5, C7, C10, black Wink of Stella, clear Wink of Stella
• carrot nose - YR09
• mouth - RV17
• arms - E39
• bird - R27, R37, E74, YR09
• Christmas tree - E39, YG06, YG09, G05, G17, G29
• star on Christmas tree - Y28, gold Wink of Stella
• baubles - purple Wink of Stella, silver Wink of Stella
• snow - BV0000, C0, C1, clear Wink of Stella
• clouds - B60, E93, BG0000
• sky - YR14, Y17, Y15, Y00, BG000, B00

The idea for the clouds and sky came from Alyce's Sunset Scene from Kit and Clowder's latest class - Elements of Nature.

I have stamped the sentiment "May Your Days Be Merry & Bright" from the clear stamp set "Poinsettia" from Power Poppy in Bamboo Leaves Memento ink on to a white card from Envelope Solutions.

I cut and adhered a piece of green paper from Holly Bright from KaiserCraft. Then I adhered my coloured Joy of Christmas Snowman on top using pop dots.

I have sort of used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches from this week.

Also I have used both green and gold which is the ABC Christmas Challenge for this week.

My card also fits in with the sketch challenge #67 on Always Playing with Paper.

There is inspiration from the Snowflakes DT on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) Also you can find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you ideas.

Thanks for looking!