onsdag 11 juni 2025

🎄ABC Christmas - L 🕯️and M🎵


Morning, I'm hosting the June challenge at ABC Christmas and the theme is:

'L is for Lights' 🕯️

&

'M is for Music' 🎵

I chose L for Lights and used this adorable House Mouse stamp, simple but very effective. 

We have a couple of clearstamps for a lucky winner:


so hurry over and join the fun.


Other challenges:

Holly and Ivy - A/G Christmas
Stamping sensations - Furry friends
Christmas kickstart - Christmas critter
Allsorts - What makes you happy (Well, Christmas does 😄)

onsdag 14 maj 2025

🎄ABC Christmas - J and K 🔔

 This month at ABC Christmas we have J for Jingle and K for Kraft. I chose K and made a card with a kraft paper background and som die cut birches. I added a bauble topper and drew the string to "fasten" it on a branch.




onsdag 9 april 2025

ABC Christmas - H 🎅and I 🥶

 This month Carol is hosting the challenge at ABC Christmas and the theme is
H for ho,ho,ho and I for Ice. 

I made a tag for Ice, using image and die cut from My Favourite Things Polar Bear Pals. 


There's a lovely prize up for a lucky winner

So do join us for a chance to win.



onsdag 12 mars 2025

🎄ABC Christmas - E, F and G 🎁

 This month Fabiola is hosting the challenge at ABC Christmas and the theme is E for Embossing, F for Focal sentiment and G for Girls. Lots to choose from!

I opted for the focal sentiment. The wreath is made with a Lavinia stamp, the sentiment is from a clear stamp set from Amazon somewhere. 



Up for grabs is a $30 gift voucher 🎁so hurry over and enter for your chance to win!


Other challenges:
Crafty Catz - A/G Add a sentiment
Merry little Christmas - A/G Christmas
Shopping our stash - Think ink
Allsorts - CAS

onsdag 12 februari 2025

ABC Christmas - C and D

 Morning,

it's time for a new challenge at ABC Christmas and it's C for Cute and D for Die cuts. I dug out an old Magnolia stamp and coloured it with distress inks. The backing paper is from a very old Tim Holtz paper pack and I used one die cut to make the image backing and another to make the corners of the card. It's a very long time since I coloured a Magnolia image but I really enjoyed it. 

Other challenges:
Everybody art - Die cuts and punches
Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas goes
Creative crafters - Anything goes
Papercraft challenge - Winter wonder
GirlzcreativeChristmas - lace, ribbon, twine
Stampingsensations - Anything goes
Avenue 613 - Anything goes
Allys angels - Anything goes



onsdag 8 januari 2025

ABC Christmas - A and B

 It's time for the first challenge of this year at ABC Christmas and it is A for Anything Christmas and B for buildings.

I went for Anything Christmas and made a card using a napkin as backing paper, yes a napkin. I wanted the texture and frayed edges you get when ripping napkins, so I painted it with watercolors and ripped the edges while the paper was wet. Then I added the diecut reindeer and trees and embossed the stars in white. 


This is the prize on offer for a lucky winner so good luck to you all!






onsdag 18 december 2024

ABC Christmas reminder

 The current challenge at ABC Christmas is Y for Your favourite colours and Z for Zoo animals. This card is for Y for your favourite colours. The blue winter sky combined with the bright red berries is such a great effect and I love it.


I used a circle stencil to do the moon and used Stormy Sky and Blueprint Sketch distress inks to create the winter sky. The berry stamp is Lavinia, coloured with Candid Apple distress ink and I made snow using a white posca pen. And then I took out my precious silver glitter paper that I've just admired and loved for so long, held my breath and cut a piece for backing. 

Other challenges:

Little red wagon - Merry Christmas
Shopping out stash - My precious
Sweet Stampin - Christmas Creations
Allsorts - Lots of white or Anything goes
Christmas Kickstart - Anything goes Christmas
Creatalicious - Anything goes Christmas
Inkspirational - use stencils
My time to craft - something snow-related
Alphabet challenge - S for silent night

onsdag 11 december 2024

ABC Christmas - Y and Z

 It is time for the last challenge of this year at ABC Christmas. It is Y for Your favourite colours and Z for Zoo animals. 

I went for zoo animals in creating this card with stamped animals from Lili of the Valley and a brick stencil where I used grey and green acrylic paint. 


I'll return before Christmas with my take on the Y for Your favourite colour :)