Allsorts - Anything goes

 It's time for the first Allsorts challenge of the new - and hopefully much better - year, so we'll start with Anything goes. Feels appropriate to start fresh with that :)

I made a gift bag for some of my collegues - unfortunately I didn't get to give it to them due to the work from home-situation. It's a crumbled paper, distressed with Vintage Photo and decorated with a die cut lace, some die cut branches and sizzix flowers and a tag, also crumbled and distressed and a topper pop-out from a design paper. 

Sponsor this week is Chocolate Baroque with this lovely Fragrant Honeysuckle stamp - limited edition. Chocolate Baroque will be on Hochanda TV with a one day special at 6 pm UK-time on Monday, January 4. 

🍭Allsorts - 💎 Sparkle and Shine 🤩

 This challenge at Allsorts will run for two week, to give you time to Celebrate Christmas AND relax by the crafting table. Kath set the theme to 💎Sparkle and Shine 🤩so I took out my gorgeous golden ribbon roll and made a bow. It's so lovely in itself so I just added a die cut golden border on the embossed background. 

We have a £15 voucher from Stamp Addicts for a lucky winner. 

Allsorts - Got to be Christmas

 It's Saturday so it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and this week Wendy set the theme Got to be Christmas, and right she is :)

I made a clean and simple card with an embossing folder where I inked the inside before embossing the paper so that the lifted pattern still remained white. I stamped the holly in the corners and paper pieced the leaves to get the dimension, and then just a plain square with the sentiment. 

We have a lovely Woodware stamp for a lucky winner this week. 

Featured Designer for Chocolate Baroque 🍫

 I am very proud to have been chosen as Featured Designer for December at We love Chocolate Baroque. The theme is Anything goes so that made it fairly easy :)

I used a stamp from the set Mistletoe Script, stamped it with Versafine Clair Morning Mist and went over the entire image with Distress Ink Bundled Sage and some glimmer mist before I mounted it on kraft paper. I then coloured the leaves and stem with water colours and used a pearlescent white acrylic paint for the berries. The stamps from Chocolate Baroque are very detailed and the edges are sharp so they take ink perfectly. I really enjoy working with them cause it's easy to get a good result. 

And for my Swedish friends: Even though Chocolate Baroque is an English company and British Mail is struggling with deliveries during the pandemic, when I ordered some stamps recently I got them in my mail box in roughly a week. Not bad at all 💌

🍭Allsorts - Anything but a card 🍱 with A/G option 🎁

 This week it's Tracy setting the challenge at Allsorts and she chose Anything but a card 🍱 with A/G option. 

I made a gift box 🎁 using my Silhouette Cameo, cutting our the box in black cardstock. First I thought about putting acetate on the sides to make it look like windows but I settled on design paper. Die cut flowers using the same paper and then went overboard with the pearls :)

I found the cut file here.

 

Since we are sponsored this week by Chocolate Baroque I decided to make a gift tag as well, using a stamp from the rubber set Tall Trees.

Chocolate Baroque is a small independent art and craft company, based in the historic market town of Barnard Castle in County Durham in the North-East of England and is owned and run by Lesley Wharton. 

We design our own range of natural rubber art stamps from Sue's hand drawn originals, complemented by typography from Lesley.  The rubber stamps are made in house, by David, to our very exacting quality standards. And nothing gets past his eagle eye!

🍭Allsorts - Christmas Flowers 💮 and Wreaths with an Anything Christmas🎄 option

 This week Brenda set the theme at Allsorts to Christmas Flowers 💮 and Wreaths with an Anything Christmas🎄 option.

I made a gift tag with white poinsettas and a stamped sentiment on snowflake backing paper. I think this might be the worst photo I've ever taken, have no idea what happened there...

Sponsor this week:

Bee Crafty is a card making, rubber stamping and scrapbooking supplies shop. We specialise in card and papers, and all associated supplies, inkpads, adhesives, tools, 100’s of scrapbooking papers and 1000’s of other supplies for your card making, scrapbooking and craft projects. We have an extensive range of products with new ranges are arriving all the time which we will be adding to the new site everyday, including weekly special offers, craft classes and crops.

🍭Allsorts - Santa, elves, angels 🎅🧝‍♂️👼

 This week Mervi set the theme at Allsorts to Santa 🎅, elves 🧝‍♂️ and/or angels 👼. 

I made a card using a santa image I found online here. As backing I used red mirror card and white pearlescent paper. The sentiment die cut is from Nellie Snellen.

Our sponsor this week:

WOWVOW grew from a love of card making and a history of making wedding invitations. A family-owned business we supply carefully selected quality, card making and craft supplies but specialise in all the materials required to make your wedding stationery from ‘Save the Date’ cards and Wedding Invitations through to beautiful glitter guest books for the big day. From humble beginnings, our love of crafting has evolved into offices, a warehouse and a fabulous, dedicated team who not only offer amazing customer service but also pack every order with the utmost care.

Allsorts - Anything goes with a candle, light and all things bright option

 This week it is my turn to introduce our next challenge here at Allsorts. Since the days are getting shorter and it darkens quicker I thought it would be fitting to have the theme be: Anything goes with a Candle 🕯️, Light 🔦 and all things Bright 💡 option.

I made a gift bag, decorated with an image from Lili of the Valley, coloured with distress inks, and a stamped sentiment from E-bay. I really love the tiny brads but the jar I bought is almost empty now and it's Stampin´Up, which we don't have here in Sweden, so when they're gone they're gone...

Our sponsor this week is:

Stix 2 is the home of all your adhesive needs and much more as well. UK Industrial Tapes have over 30 years experience in the Specialist Adhesive Tape Industry. We have supplied a huge range of products to a variety of industries, including many bespoke products.

With this knowledge and experience we are now launching our new range of Stix 2 products to the Hobby, Craft, Greeting Card and Scrap Booking Market. With over 300 products in this new and exciting range, there is something to meet everyone's needs.