It's beginning to look a lot like...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Card Challenge time! 

Both cards are created using Memory Box Country Scenery die cut paired with Winnie and Walter Peace sentiment. 

Card 1 is a shaker card, complete with Winnie and Walter Snow Mask in texture paste background, with Snowflake and Moonbeam sequins.

Winter Wonderland Snow Much Fun (Card 1)

 The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything Goes

Card 2 is diecut and coloured then the diecuts are inlaid flat in the diecut background a la Jennifer McGuire. Distress Oxides used were Faded Jeans, Black Soot and Squeezed Lemon, then added a star diecut from MFT Shining Stars in black cardstock already heat embossed in Hero Arts Gold.

Muse Christmas Club inspired by colours and snow theme (Card 2)

The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything Goes

Simon Says Anything Goes

Doing a Happy Dance!!!

FUSION Striped Wreath

Super fun FUSION this fortnight! As we do not traditionally celebrate Halloween here in Australia, I decided to create a Christmas card, (especially as it is only 10 weeks til Christmas - eek!). I combined the fabulously versatile FUSION sketch and the lime green and striped wreath inspiration, using Winnie and Walters Seasons Tweetings stamps and Heidi Swapp patterned papers. Pop dotted to emphasise the layers.

Hop along and see the fabulous Design Team for more gorgeous inspiration!

You can find some more fabulous inspiration from the Design Team blogs:

Becca Cruger - Betty J. - Carol Mayne - Jeanne Jachna - Karren Johnson

Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone - Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams

Hope you can join in the fun this fortnight @ FUSION.

Can't wait to see what you create!

Created on...

Also playing along with Winnie and Walters Lovely Layers challenge,
 Muse Christmas Visions 86 (I think you can guess the inspiration!)
and Winter Wonderland's Anything Christmas Goes.

Christmas Joy @ FUSION...

Time for more fun @ FUSION this fortnight! 

With inspiration from the fabulously versatile FUSION sketch and the colours (with an added pop of red!) and Christmas theme from the super Joyful inspiration photo, I combined this gorgeous poinsettia stamp from Uniko Studio, stamped heat embossed, fussy cut and layered, with this scripty sentiment from Mama Elephant, and a few rhinestones for a bit of extra Christmas sparkle. Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I used rhinestones on a card - can you?

Love to see how you are inspired by FUSION photo, sketch or both!

Hope you get a chance to play along!

Hop on over to FUSION to see some more fabulously joyful inspiration from

 our amazing Design Team too:

Becca Cruger - Betty J. - Carol Mayne - Jeanne Jachna - Karren Johnson

Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone - Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams

Also playing along with Winter Wonderland Christmas Flowers

Merry Monday Grey White and Red and

Little Red Wagon It's Embossable

Uniko Christmas

 

CAS(E) this Sketch on a Merry Monday...

Stamped these gorgeous Mama Elephant deer and bird silhouette images in Momento ink onto Lawn Fawn patterned paper, only to find you could still see the background through the image. Not wanting to see my patterned paper go to waste, I stamped onto plain paper in Watermark ink and heat embossed with Copper for the deer, and clear over red Momento ink for the bird, fussy cut and adhered the heat embossed images over my original stamping - patterned paper crisis averted!

The circular shaker box was created using Lil Inkers Stitched Circle and Dienamics Circle diecuts, to create a sandwich of foam sheet, clear acetate, and inserting "snow" glitter before adhering to the stamped pattern paper base. Added snow drift created using Mama Elephant diecut, and topped with Simon Says Stamp "Merry" sentiment.

So glad you could stop by!

Playing along with this versatile CAS(E) this Sketch, Merry Monday Birds, 

52 Christmas Cards Embossing (Heat), Winter Wonderland Frosty and 

Less is More Acetate or Vellum challenges.

Joy to the World...

I really love this Memory Box die cut deer trio, which I turned into a very simple shaker card, paired with Bo Bunny paper and Ali Edwards sentiment by Technique Tuesday.

That's about three Christmas cards down, and many more to go!!!

Playing along with

52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown, Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland Tic-Tac-Toe (Snowflake, Pattern Paper, White)

Peace & Joy...

A simple Christmas card created using scraps of paper, stamped with this gorgeous Christmas bell image and fussy cut, then pop dotted over Christmas text embossing folder on a Basic Grey background paper. Playing along with Inkspirational Text Challenge and Winter Wonderland Add a Ribbon and a Bow.

Inkspirational Text Challenge

Winter Wonderland - Add a Ribbon and a Bow

Mojo Merry Christmas...

In an attempt to beat the mojo blues, this was the first card I created on my crafty Sunday. I revisited a couple of pieces from my stash which I had created when I went crafting for the weekend about a year ago. This gorgeous vintage Santa stamp had been embossed with Red Tinsel, and the Christmas Carol stamped in Brushed Corduroy Distressed Ink. I paired these with some gorgeous self-patterned velvet ribbon and some tiny pearl beads, then added this gorgeous Winnie and Walter "Merry" die cut and "Christmas" sentiment stamped in Momento Luxe Olive Grove Ink - a perfect match to the Basic Grey paper, inked the edges with more Brushed Corduroy Distressed Ink and voila - the mojo is back :)

Playing along with Simon Says Anything Goes,

Addicted to Stamps Anything Goes,

Winter Wonderland Christmas Pearls and Ribbon Challenge

 

Jingle Belles Banish the Holiday Blues (No Blue)

and Pile it On Tic-Tac-Toe Emboss/Image/Die Cut

World Card Making Day with Winnie & Walter & Hop to Stop...

Created by first cutting a background panel of watercolour paper with Winnie and Walter Essentials: Katherine Cutaways and washing with watercoloured Gelatos, stamped with Winnie and Walter Winter Wonderland pine branches and heat embossed in Silver Tinsel, added snowfall using Metallic Silver embossing paste and Winnie and Walter Scenery: Big Bang Circle Creative Screenings, then stamping in Wedding White with Winnie and Walter Scenery: Big Bang Confetti. Partially cut a second panel piece to create the snow drift, stamped the Winnie and Walter Winter Wonderland reindeer twice, once on the watercolour panel, and once on a scrap piece of cardstock and heat embossed with Silver Tinsel, as was the fabulous sentiment then diecut with Winnie and Walter Winter Wonderland. Sentiment, snowdrift and reindeer are pop dotted. Playing along with:

Sketched with Gayatri

Watercolour with Vanessa

Gold/Metallic with Lydia

Make it Masculine with Julie
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Muse - Christmas Visions (see Kimberley's gorgeous card below)

 

Created using watercolour Gelatos for the background ombre wash, stamped with Winnie and Walter Sparkle stamps heat embossed in gold, Winnie and Walter Essentials: Katherine Cutaways die cut tag and background panel, and added purple gemstones and gold ribbon, to promote the HOP to STOP National Domestic Violence Awareness of which Winnie and Walter are sponsors (see my first HOP to STOP post here too).  Playing along with:

Background Building with Shay

Watercolour with Vanessa

Gold/Metallic with Lydia
Less is More Jewel Colours

HOP to STOP National Domestic Violence Awareness 

of which Winnie and Walter are sponsors!

Had fabulous fun on World Cardmaking Day (so much so we actually spent a weekend away crafting). That's us there...

 

A CAS(E) of Merry Winnie and Walter...

Playing along with the Winnie and Walter 1st Birthday Bash, inspired by this fabulous Collage Challenge with Laura, Shaker Challenge with Julie, CAS(E) this Sketch, Merry Monday Christmas Critters, The Pink Elephant Shaker Challenge and Darnell's NBUS #3.

This gorgeous background paper is by Kaisercraft, overstamped in white ink and Zing White embossing powder using Winnie and Walter Mini Scenery (NBUS), the stag outline is from Winnie and Walter Winter Wonderland, also stamped in white ink and Zing White embossing powder, then overstamped in Momento Luxe Rich Cocoa, to give the impression of a stag in a snowstorm. The snow glitter inside the shaker element is by Ruby Rockit. The sentiment is created using Winnie and Walter Christmas Cutaways, and Winter Wonderland sentiment, stamped in Hero Arts Mint Julep.

 

PS I'd LOVE if YOU could link up a post highlighting your favourite creations for 2014

on Our Favourite Things linky party on my blog here!

FUSION - Gingham Christmas

I do hope you can squeeze in a little pre-Christmas crafting time to play along with the final FUSION for 2014, and it's a fabulous one! Inspired by the natural elements, and gingham bows, this card was created using MFT Wreath die cuts, including the cute gingham bow die cut from Kaisercraft paper, and a die cut Papertrey Ink Peace sentiment, against a Simple Stories distressed wooden background.

The Design Team have some FABULOUS creations to inspire you!

Amy Tsura - Betty J - Deepti 

Jeanne Jachna - Julia Aston - Katie Brooks

Kelly Griglione - Kimberly Wiener - Lynn Mangan

Michelle Folland - Michelle Lupton - Stephanie Severin

Please check the linky for the days left to play with us.

Hope to see you playing along, can't wait to see what you create!

Remember you can play along by being inspired by the photo, the sketch or BOTH 

Using CAS(E) this Sketch, Winter Wonderland Dies and Punches and
Kylie's Christmas Card Challenge, Virginia's View All Things Distressed!

Mixed Media Card Challenge - Home (Lace Optional)

Mixed Media Card Challenge Home (Lace optional)

I love this sentiment stamp from MFT, and knew I wanted to use it as soon as I saw this months theme for the Mixed Media Card Challenge was "Home". The shaker box card was created using white cardstock oversprayed with Heidi Swapp Gold, filled with a combination of Ruby Rock-It Snow White coarse glitter and red hearts inside the shaker. I love that when you stand the card upright, all the little hearst and snow disappears behind the Memory Box Countryside die cut, so all the hearts do come "home" for Christmas! The MFT sentiment is stamped in gold and embossed in gold, and I love the little detail the Lil Inkers Stitched Circle die-cuts add.

Hope you get to play along, I can't wait to see what you create!

The Design Team have some FABULOUS creations to inspire you!

Julia Aston - Shirley Bampton - Charlene Cundy

Maria Fischer - Jan Jenitis - Kripa Koushik

Maria Levine - Sanna Lippert - Deepti Malik

Jenny Martin - Shery Russ - Elina Stromberg - Loll Thompson

Play along til December 25th, Christmas Day!!!

Also playing along with 
Adicted to CAS Dots (with their FABULOUS DT call too) 
Kylie's Christmas Card Challenge
City Crafter Techniques Challenge - 
with my Shaker - a favourite technique at the moment!

Inkspirational Christmas, Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes, 
CAS(E) this Sketch, and Winter Wonderland Dies and Punches.