christmas was a whirlwind

Hi

So in a whirlwind of activity Christmas has been and gone! That went so fast.

I hope you had an amazing time with your friends and families.

Today I would love to share with you one of my Christmas cards.

I have made a few versions of this to give to family and friends so I have kept

the card relatively simple as the topic colouring was time consuming.

Don't forget to stop in at Bizzy Becs as you still have a couple of days to join our anything goes challenge.

Supplies used:

Whipper Snapper Winter Get Together stamp

Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Ovals

Thanks for stopping by

Mandy

Joy To The World

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Louise here to share some Christmas Love
Today is the day of celebrating Christmas with your families and loved ones and it is really one of my most favourite days of the year.

The BBQ, the ham, the pool, Love Actually.

It really is the BEST day.

I am here to share the Christmas love with 2 cards made with the Penny Black stamp set, Joy to the world.

This first card feature the gorgeous little hedgie that comes in so many of the Penny Black sets, and  I just love him.  He is coloured up with alcohol markers.

My second card uses the Santa and reindeer images from the set.

I have added hills using Stitched Hillside Borders from Lawn Fawn

Thanks loads for joining me today - I will let you get back to enjoying your Christmas day.

Wedding Card

Who doesn't love a wedding?

My friend had two granddaughters getting married within weeks of each other 

and she wanted hand made cards for them.

This is one of them:

You can't see it in the photo but I had bought a beautiful pearl embossed

cream card stock so I kept it reasonably plain.

Sue Wilson - Shadow Boxes - Mr & Mrs

Frantic Stamper Die - With this Kiss Couple

(I cut three colours out and joined them accordingly)

The flowers were:

Heartfelt Creations - Arianna Blooms

(with pearls in centre)

Cheery Lynn - Baby's Breath

Cheery Lynn - Flourish Leaf Strip

Added a little bit of cream and gold trim ribbon.

Inside I did a 3d heart with gold embossed words:

(Forgot to take a photo of inside)

Happy Crafting everyone.  Don't forget your entry for this month's anything goes.

Have a Happy Holy Christmas 

Crafty Hugs, Carol.

Masking with Darkroom Door Gum Trees Stamp Set

Hi everyone, Shaz here.
it's time again for my mid-month post on Bizzy Bec's Design team, and today I'm revisiting a great stamp set from Darkroom Door - Gum Trees.
I love this set it has two great tree stamps - used both of them over on this post here.

So today I am using different style - previous one was a brayered scene, and this is ink duster scene, with larger of tree simply embossed in front of a masked scene.
On right is the first one I did, but I stamped the "Remember your roots" slightly crooked by 2mm or so (card for family not living in Oz). I cant handle crooked. So started again!

Mask with paper and repositonable tape - two masked pieces top and bottom (on the second one I stamped the tree first, but decided it looks better stamped afterwards, just looks stamped fresher).
I always lay down a base layer of ink when doing any sort of inking whether blending or brayer work - use neutral shade like Distress Ink - Antique linen here.
TIP: If you lay a base layer, the following layers blend more smoothly.

Brushed on ink, however you can use blending tool too. Used some Memento Bahama Blue, Grape seed.

Then added some hills, with a torn piece of scrap paper to give rough shape of hill and inked this up twice with archival Black ink. Stamped the trees and text in Versafine Black Onyx, my favourite black ink and clear embossed.

So here are the two cards, didn't waste the first one, I merely covered the offending crooked sentiment with a free digi. Die cut it with Memory Box Pinpoint circles, and the Spellbinders scallop circles, love how them MB dies fit the SB circle dies.

  I really loved these cards, the Darkroom door stamps were so great to stamp with.
The "Remember your roots " word stamp is part of the Darkroom Door – Gum Trees set.

Thanks so much everyone for popping over and saying hi!

...and dont forget to pop over and join in Bec's Anything Goes December challenge .. you might win the prize :D 

Shaz in Oz.x

Retro Masculine....

Hi everyone, 

just popping in today to share with you a card I made for my Dads Birthday last week.

I have used the following:

(these are available to preorder via store)

Avery Elle die - Wonky Stitches

Impression Obsession Die - Retro Masculine

Impression Obsession Die - Greetings Top Edgers

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Spiced Marmalade, Weathered Wood, Broken China, Old Paper, Frayed Burlap

The other items used are from my own stash and are listed on my blog.

Thanks for looking have a wonderful week.

Karen

December Challenge....

"This year has really flown by so quickly, hard to believe that in a few weeks it will be Christmas.  Thank you to all who have played along with our Anything Goes Challenges in 2016 , we have enjoyed seeing your fabulous creations. 

 On behalf of Bec and all the Design Team Gals, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe a Happy New Year.  Enjoy the festive season with your Family, Friends and Loved Ones and we look forward to you joining  us again next year."

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And now to our new challenge for this month.

Bizzy Becs Challenge for December

with the theme being.....

"ANYTHING GOES"

The winner of this months challenge will receive:

A MYSTERY PRIZE

(being a die or stamp)

Donated from Bizzy Becs Online Store- a fabulous range of Various Stamps, Dies and Embellishments for all your crafty needs and wants. and must haves!

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 Here is this months gorgeous inspiration from our Design Team gals

Shaz

Nellie Snellen Straight Eastern Oval dies

Darkroom Door Splatter stamp

Other variations for use of positive + negative die cuts on blog post.

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Louise

Lawn Fawn - Baah Humbug Stamp Set

Lawn Fawn -Baah Humbug Lawncuts

Lawn Fawn Stitched borders lawncuts

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CAROL

Items Used:

Memory Box - Cross Stitch Frame

 Frantic Stamper - Scallop Boarders

Memory Box - Stitched Circles

Dee's Distinctively - With Love (on the back)

Wild Rose Studio Stamps - Panda with Flowers

More details and photos on my blog.

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Jackie

Darkroom Door Stamp Collection- Seashells

Memento Ink- Rich Cocoa (contact Bec for availability)

More details on my blog

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Mandy

Supplies Used:

Wild Rose Studio Stamp: Robins on a Branch

Memory Box Die: Poinsettia Bloom Trio

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Karen

Supplies used

Memory Box Die - Shaker Circle Framers

Memory Box Die - Poinsettia Bloom Trio

Mini Prills - I'm Amazed

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HOW TO JOIN BIZZY BEC'S CHALLENGES...

 Here at Bizzy Bec's Challenges you are more than Welcome to Enter as many of your card creations that you like into our challenges,

 BUT..... We do have a few " RULES" we would like you to follow please......

 1. "Your card must not be entered into any more then 5  challenges"

 2.You must add your link in Mr.Linky 

3. You MUST add a link to your **direct blog post*** .

4. You must have a link back to the challenge blog in your post mentioning Bizzy Bec's Challenge.

5. PLEASE DO NOT link your entry to an old card, your entry must be new. "Unfortunately those entries that do not follow the RULES will be ineligible for the prize". 

Bye for now...Bec, Annie, Carol, Jackie,  Jennie,  Karen, Lou,  Mandy  and Shaz.

An InLinkz Link-up

November Winners...

          

            November Anything Goes Challenge

               Bizzy Becs would like to congratulate:

                                         #6      Cebelica

"We love your card a fun and fabulous  camera shaker card. Such a clever idea"

Congratulations 

you have won

A MYSTERY STAMP OR DIE

donated from Bizzy Becs Online Store- 

fabulous range of Various Stamps, Dies and Embellishments for all your crafty needs and wants.

We are sure you will have lots of crafty fun creating with your  prize....

**** please contact Bec  HERE to claim your prize and don't forget to grab your Winners Badge from the sidebar to display proudly on your blog. ****

OUR TOP 3 October Awards go to :

(please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar)

  #3- Anet

#10 - Christine Smith

#12 - Megan

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" Top 3 have been  listed in numerical order  and all winners have been chosen using Random Org "

 We'd like to congratulate this months Winner and Top 3 and to thank everyone that entered this months challenge  - outstanding creations everyone....

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Don't forget to come back here tomorrow to see the NEW CHALLENGE and fabulous Inspiration from the wonderful Design Team Girls.

Cheers for now.....

 Bizzy Bec’s DT team.