Another Card

This one`s for Marie at Pernickety`s...

She wanted layers & a Christmas bauble effect... It`s hard to tell from the scan, but I`ve put my "baubles" up on foam tape, & layered over some crinkled cs which I then inked using my Encore metallic ink. The baubles have been threaded with wire & beads (I really like the look of this) & I`ve also inked the edges of the black card base, adding some fibres. :) I had to go back & add some BLING, as I forgot that was one of the requirements, so I`ve added some KG to the edges of the baubles, & some tiny rhinestones to the lower corners... You can see more detail if you click on the photo :) B4N

DRD Stamps.

If you own a set of the beautiful DarkRoom Door Chrismas stamps, read on... Rachel has organized a great competition in her blog, so go & have a look, & you could win yourself a set of stamps of your choice :)

I had a chance to play today, & finished some ATCs for Marie, over at Artilicious so they are on their way to you Marie...

I also got another 2 Christmas cards done for Sandie`s "12 Days of Christmas"challenges over at her blog, I just have to have a go with day # 12 challenge & I`ll be all done, thanks Sandie for the great inspiration, now I`ll just have to duplicate a couple of the design, & my cards for this year will actually be finished on time LOL. So here are day # 10 (using a cb frame of some kind), I used a Collections frame coloured with a brown Sharpie & covered with DM, & I again used an image from the Stamp It plate, some cs scraps, a rhinestone & some beautiful ribbon (sorry about the ribbon being squashed by the scanner) & for day # 11 we had to use some scallops somewhere...I cut some DCWV mettalic cs with some scissors, & used an image (from the Stamp It plate) which I had stamped & embossed with gold EP, I also inked the edges with gold ink, & added 3 rhinestones...

I`ll be back later with another card...but don`t hold your breath, dinner is calling (DH kindly offered to cook tonight) so I better go...as always, thanks for stopping by, & whether it`s in English, or Spanish, I do appreciate your comments :) I need to practice my Spanish, so Cuchy, keep it comin` :)

Part 2 of Part 2

LOL, can you tell I`m in a hurry, I couldn`t think of a witty title for my post, so that`s the best I can do ATM. Last night I finished my LO for week #5 of the "8 weeks to Christmas" challenge over at SBT50, the criteria was to use lots of stamping, & though I have LOTS of stamps, I don`t use them so much in my scrapbooking. Well, this particular LO had me thinking about all the stamps I could use in LOs, & I`m happy to report that there`s lots of ideas taking up residence in my brain ATM, I just have to write them all down before I forget them all...

Sunday happens to be my favourite day of the week, as we have the full day to our selves, it`s our "Family Sunday", just the 3 of us exploring , discovering, & enjoying each other`s company...DH, DD, & I. I sometimes look at DD (she`s almost 11) & I`d like to stop time...we all know that soon enough our children will begin a life of their own, doing their own thing, making their own discoveries, but I hope she`ll still find it fun to share time with us, as we enjoy sharing our time with her... Anyway, enough sentimentality, the photos were taken by DH on one of our Sundays, at the Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens, in Olinda, in the Dandenong Ranges. It`s a beautiful place, & one of our favourite spots to visit. & this morning I found out my humble LO had been picked as the winner for the week, so I`m very happy (thank you Victoria) & I`ll have to thank my DH, as he was the one who took the gorgeous photos...

Lots To Share Part 2

First up, I`m happy to say I`ve caught up with Sandie`s challenges...Day #6 involved using a star/ stars (I`ve used a Penny Black image as well as a star-shaped brad), day #7 was ric-rac/ribbon (I`ve used an image from an UM red rubber Stamp-It set that I got just this morning from here), Day #8 & the challenge was to use fabric (I`ve used some red fabric as a partial background for another image from the Stamp-It plate, which I heat-embossed with gold EP) & today`s challenge (day #9) was to use wire & beads, so I stamped one of the trees from an AL clear stamp set, embossed it with gold EP, & threaded some wire through strategically placed holes. So there you go Sandie, just for you :) BTW, I had to put a black piece of card behind the cards to be able to scan them, all my base cards were white :)

Lots To Share

Are you sitting comfortably? If you are stuck for Christmas card ideas, why not have a look at Sandie`s blog, she`s having a "12 Days of Christmas" challenge, & everyone`s welcome to take part. As an extra incentive, if you complete all 12 days/challenges you will go in a draw to win a RAK from her (she`s also providing extra time at the end of the 12 days to catch up, just in case you (like me LOL) happen to fall behind. Give it a go, if nothing else, you`ll have 12 Christmas cards done IN TIME :)

On another note, do you like laser-cut images? If you do, and you want the chance to win some for yourself, pay Cindy`s blog a visit...I actually saw a post about it in Sandie`s blog a few days back, but being the scatter-brain that I am at times, I forgot all about it...thanks Cindy for the reminder :) I think Cindy has some fabulous designs (check out her fairies)

Moving right along, I finally had a chance to do Sarah`s challenge over at Inkurable Stampers. I actually got it finished Friday night, but was only able to take some photos yesterday, as we`ve been having some lovely rain down here :) I`ve never thought of using a bottle top in any crafty way, so this was a REAL challenge for me.

There are so many beautiful entries, it always amazes me to see how differently we all interpret the same theme...There`s still a few days left to enter this challenge, so why not try something a little different, don`t forget Inkurable Stampers has some very generous sponsors too, so you might just win something for your efforts...Now I`m off to do a LO for week # 5 over at SBT50

Mail Art

Marie over at Pernickety`s wanted to see some mail art, so here`s my contribution... I`ve used a couple of Tim Holtz stamps, & the one on the bottom right-hand side is a mini set by Fancy Pants. I hope all`s well in your part of this big wide world, & thank you for visiting, now go forth & CR8 :)

3rd, 4th,& 5th Days of Christmas

Sandie is running a great challenge if you want to get some Christmas cards done...here are my efforts for the 3rd, 4th, & 5th days, all done this morning, & I`m really happy with how they`ve turned out :)

For day 3, we had to use 3 trees, for day 4 we had to use 4 squares, & day 5 we had to use 5 gold brads.