ABC Christmas - E, F, G

 Hi all, 

time for a new challenge at ABC Christmas, this time it's:

E for Elves
F for Food
G for Gold

Lots of great options and I'll probably do more than one this month. But I'll start with G for Gold.

A gorgeous poinsetta from Power Poppy, coloured with distress inks and some gold watercolor for the berries. The gold backing is an adhesive paper meant for kitchen tiles :)

Lynda is hosting the March challenge so hurry over and see what's on offer. 

ABC Christmas - C and D

 For February the theme at ABC Christmas is C for Checks and D for Die Cuts and is hosted by Lynda.

I used only die cuts to create my contribution; the red mirror background, the poinsetta and the leaves. 

So hop on over to our challenge site and join in. 

ABC Christmas - A and B

 I've had a little "meh"-moment cause this was supposed to be posted a couple of days ago but obviously that post disappeared into the great unknown. 

So here it comes - the first challenge for ABC Christmas this year is A for anything goes and B for bear. This is my contribution to it. 

Other challenges:

creatalicious challenges - A/G
mmm challenge - #182 Friendship
sparklesforum challenge - friendship
allsorts challenge - A/G winter blues
crafty catz - A/G, add an animal
as you like it challenge - fav reason to send a card (cause I love making them and I love how happy it makes the recipient)

2022 year in review

 Realizing that I haven't posted more than a couple of crafts per month this entire year I decided to make a top 5 instead of a favourite per month. And I'm participating in Ellibelle's Year in Review 2022 blog hop. 

So, my top 5 for 2022 is:

It has been a good crafting year, but I have used the sewing maching a lot more than the paper crafting table, let's see what kind of mojo 2023 brings...

I will send a surprise gift to one of the people hopping by, so don't forget to leave a comment on my post to be included in the prize draw. 

And here are the other talented crafters joining in the blog hop:

1. Bonnie from Stamping in the Light
2. Brenda from Floral Fantasies
3. Debbie from Secrets to Stamping
4. Diane from Nellies Nest
5. Ellie from Ellibelle’s Corner
6. Helene from Mummylade
7. Hilary from Fiddling About
8. Joanne from My Slices of Life
9. Melissa from The Stamping Ninja
10. Rachel from Slow Down, Enjoy and Create
11. Sara from Sassy’s Cards and Gifts
12. Sue from Just Peachy Stamping

If you want to link up your own Year in review, you can do so here:

CAS gift bag

 Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got exactly what you wished for. I wished for my children and grandchildren to be healthy, happy and home for Christmas and I got all my wishes granted 💕.

Today I have a small gift bag, using just a cherry blossom branch coloured with distress inks, clean and simple. I really like giving gifts in hand made gift bags, then the receiver can give the gift bag on to someone else, a sort of "pay it forward-situation" 😊

Challenges:

Allsorts - CAS
Dare2Bartzy - CAS
Lilpatchofcraftyfriends - A/G
CAS on Friday - Christmas
AAAcards - non traditional Christmas colors

ABC Christmas - Y and Z

 This last challenge for 2022 at ABC Christmas we have reached Y and Z. Tricky letters but my brilliant team mates came up with Y for Youngsters and Z for Zoom. 

I actually managed to combine them with a LOTV-image of youngsters zooming down the snowy hill :), coloured with distress inks.

The sentiment is computer generated. 

The prize for a lucky winner is provided by Wendy: 

Other challenges:

As you like it - Anything Christmas
Happy little stampers Watercolor - A/G
Ellibelles crafty Wednesday - A/G
Christmas kickstart - A/G
We love stamping - I love (Lili of the Valley images and distress inks)
Stamping sensations - Anything stamped and Winter Wonderland
Taylormadecards4u - Christmas
Crafty calendar - A/G
Crafty Catz - A/G
Sweet Stampin - Christmas creations
Allsorts - A/G, optional Let it snow
Fab´n´Funky - last minute Christmas

Digital kalender 2023

 Jag har gjort en kalender till min iPad och tänkte att jag kan gärna dela med mig av den om någon känner att de har användning av den.

På startsidan - och dit kommer man från alla sidor genom att klicka på det lilla huset - finns flikar för årets alla månader. Dessa flikar är länkar till en månadsöversikt och i högerkanten finns den månadens veckor. Så om jag väljer fliken maj och vill till den 3 maj så väljer jag att klicka på vecka 18 i högerkanten och kommer då till bladet för den veckan. 

Formatet är pdf så du behöver bara hämta den på din iPad - eller maila den till dig själv om du sitter vid en dator eller telefon, och öppna den i det anteckningsprogram du använder. Jag använder appen Goodnotes så jag väljer bara alternativet Öppna med Goodnotes. 

Länk för nedladdning

ABC Christmas - W/X

 This month at ABC Christmas the theme is 

W for white or X for X-tra special. 

I have long thought about making a shadow box and decided that I would give it a go for this challenge. I used my Silhouette cameo for cutting out the pieces and then I mounted them together. I must say I'm really pleased with the result. 

This is the box with an electrical tea-light behind it.

Other challenges:

Crafty Catz - 3 or more layers
Happy little stampers - Christmas 
Crafty Calender - A/G
Stamping sensations - Christmas celebrations
We love stamping - Christmas
Dare 2B Artzy - non birthday
Peace on earth Christmas - A/G Christmas
613 Avenue - Fancy cuts
Holly & the Ivy  - A/G Christmas
Corrosive challenge - A/G
Little red wagon - winter