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

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 :)

Lavinia winter witches

 There is still a couple of days left to enter the current challenge at ABC Christmas where the theme is W for Watercolor and X for Xylophone (inspirational colors). 

I am posting a winter scene featuring the adorable witches from Lavinia stamps. I used black cardstock and made the moon with a circle stencil and white pan pastels.

Challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes/Winter holiday
Pinspirational - Anything goes
Inkspirational - Mood board - the chalk board obviously ;)
Allsorts - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Creative moments - Winter
Sisterhood of crafters - Anything goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything goes/Winter
We love stamping - Winter

🎄ABC Christmas - W and X

 I am back from a wonderful adventure to Kansas City, Missouri, and the International competition in barbershop. My chorus came in on a 17th place and we are so very proud of our debut in the world championship.

And it is time for the November challenge at ABC Christmas where Fabiola will host the theme 

W for watercolor and X for xylophone. 

And to avoid any confusion we are aiming for the bright colours of the xylophone for kids, there's a photo inspiration for you over at the challenge blog.

I made a card coloured with my distress inks for W. I cannot remember where the stamp with the carolling children comes from but at least I remember that the embossed stars/snowflakes are Lavinia :)

And as X for xylophone I made a bright background with watercolours and I´m quite sure the image is a Lili of the Valley. Gosh, I'm really bad at keeping track of where my stamps come from. 

🎄ABC Christmas - U and V

 It's time for a new challenge at ABC Christmas, we have reached
U for Unusual Christmas colors and V for Velvet. 

I chose teal, a favourite color of mine and an unusual Christmas color. Raindeers and trees are die cut from black cardstock, the background is done using a circle stencil and distress inks. 

ABC Christmas - S and T

 It is time for a new challenge at ABC Christmas and we have come to S and T.

S for Stencils and T for Traditional Christmas Colors. I chose Traditional Christmas colours in red, green and gold and used a wreath from Poppy Stamps. 

Other challenges:

Holly and Ivy - A/G Christmas

Addicted to stamps and more - Make your mark (using my distress inks)

Allsorts - Autumn Colours or A/G

Polkadoodles - A/G

Inkspirational - Make your mark (using my distress inks)

🎄ABC Christmas - P, Q and R

 It's time for the August challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge and we have arrived at P, Q and R. I'm hosting this challenge and the letters represent P for Pink, Q for quartet (four of something) and R for Rudolph. So many possibilities! 

I chose R for Rudolph and made a soft grey card using Lavinia stamps and distress inks. Sentiment is computer generated. 

A lucky winner will receive two Fizzy Moon stamps, I figured that after Christmas you might need to send some Happy New Year cards and then these will come in handy 🥂

🎄ABC Christmas - N and O

 This month at ABC Christmas Fabiola has set the theme to N for No stamping or O for Off the edge.

I made a gift tag using a stencil and some gold acrylic paint and decorated it with a circle topper surrounded by some die cut lace. No stamping in sight 👀