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Beat The Christmas Rush – February
Hard to believe that another month has passed already, but it’s time for our next installment of Beat The Christmas Rush over at the Creative Craft World blog. Every month on the 25th we are going to try and increase our Christmas card stash in advance so we have plenty ready for the big day!
Here’s a couple from me – not too much on them so they are nice and flat for posting! And of course, my old friend the Silhouette Cameo helped out with the greetings.
I’m also pleased to be hosting another Christmas card designer on my blog today – my mum!
Mum is also stocking up ready to beat the Christmas rush, and these were just a couple of the gorgeous cards she had already made.
Aren’t they fab?
If you would like to join in our Beat The Christmas Rush monthly challenge then all you have to do is make one or more Christmas cards, they can be all the same design or different, it doesn’t matter! Head over to the CCW challenge blog and add a link to your cards to the challenge post over there – simple!
We had some lovely cards in last months entries and it was hard to pick a favourite, but I think the cards below were my favourites from Wendy over at Scrapbooks and Cookbooks. Wendy said her cards were quick and easy to make – just what we need!
Celebrate!
No, I’m not actually celebrating anything (although almost all the snow has gone, yay!) but here’s a card anyway. Made entirely from things that were hanging about on my desk that I had cut out for other projects but they didn’t quite work. Don’t you just love it when that happens? And now, when I do have something to celebrate – well, I have a card all ready to celebrate it with!
Creative Craft World – October Mini Challenge
I must say, this months mini kit from Creative Craft World is just gorgeous! The papers are all from the Teresa Collins Tell Your Story range along with co-ordinating die cut flowers, gems and stickers. There was loads too – I made 5 cards but I probably could have managed another 1 or 2!
You can see what the rest of the design team made over at the Creative Craft World blog, and don’t forget to show us your mini projects to be in with a chance of winning!
Creative Craft World Birthday Blog Hop!
Happy Birthday Creative Craft World!
To celebrate the Design Team are having a rainbow themed Birthday Blog Hop, each day we have a different coloured project on one of the DT’s blogs for your inspiration. Todays colour is GREEN and I have a Birthday card to share with you (well it is a Birthday party after all!)
I used the Authentique Loyal 6×6 pad for my card – it makes it so much easier to match up co-ordinating papers for the rainbow effect across the top.
So, to take part in our Birthday Blog Hop and be in with a chance of winning the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow all you need to do is visit each blog and leave a comment. So far we have had Red, Orange and Yellow, and tomorrow you need to stop by Ali’s blog for her Blue project. It’s not too late to join in, see you at the end of the rainbow!
July Crafty Templates
Well, slightly later than I had planned, here are the cards I made with the July Crafty Templates. This little sunshine rosette has such a happy feel…
And this sweet watermelon slice would be just right for a summer birthday!
And last but not least, this bow is a great way to embellish a simple card. Thanks for looking!
Creative Craft World – July Mini Challenge
I’m a little bit late posting this month – I don’t even have a particularly good excuse apart from being extra busy at work!
Lou sent me one of the lovely mini kits this month, packed full of Studio Calico loveliness.
All I added was a few stamps…
A couple of teeny tiny sparkly gems…
And lots of Silhouette Cameo die cuts of course!
So now we want to see what you can do – your project needs to be smaller than 12×12 and this month’s theme is MONOCHROME.
Hop over to the Creative Craft World Challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with and add a link to your project for a chance to win a prize!
June Crafty Templates
I was looking through some pics on my computer last night and I realised that I hadn’t shared these pictures on my blog!
Loved the tie template! Such a great idea for a male card, doncha think?
And you can’t beat a happy, sunny hot air balloon for a feel good card….
52 Card Challenge – Weeks 22, 23 and 24
Here we go with the rest of the catch up! Week 22′s theme was monochrome, I went with a Kraft theme…
Week 23′s challenge was to make a Jubilee themed card. I went with a red, white and blue colour scheme and used a London themed stamp.
And last but not least, week 24 saw us revisiting the prompt jar. The prompts were peach, layers, flowers – I think I got all of those!
So that’s me up to date just in time for week 25′s prompt tomorrow….
52 Card Challenge – Weeks 19, 20 and 21
Time for a catch up! I’ve had a marathon card making session over the last few days and managed to catch up with the last few weeks of the 52 Card Challenge.
Here’s week 19 – Brads, Garden, Foam Pads. I definitely managed garden and popped the flower up on some foam pads but couldn’t think of a way of shoe horning a brad in there too!
Week 20 – Rainbow. I went for the obvious! All together now, red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue…I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too….
Week 21 – Use a recent technique you have learnt or admired. I was a bit stumped on this one but then remembered this fab layout and thought I would have a go at making a banner in a similar way. I was quite pleased with how it turned out!
May Crafty Templates
Thought I would share a couple of cards that I made with the Crafty Templates for this month. Thought this would be a great card for a fella (and goodness knows they are always the hardest to make for!)
I loved this little street party template! Have gone for some patriotic red, white and blue bunting for the little houses, of course 
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