ABC Christmas - A and B

 I'm a day late with my first post of the year for ABC Christmas, not exactly starting on top, but I'll blame the fact that it was my birthday yesterday so I had lots on my plate.

So, we have A for Anything Christmas and B for Berries.

I used a Stamping bella image and wintery watercolours for Anything Christmas.

And a mistletoe wreath with lots of sparkling berries.

Helen, our host, is offering this great prize for a lucky winner. 

Other challenges:

Card A

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Crafty Gals - Winter fun

Paper minutes - Birds

Welovestamping - something new (the image and the watercolour palette are new)

Allsorts - moodboard (inspired by the squirrel and the bird)

sweet stampin - What's new with you (image and watercolours)

Card B

Christmas Craft creations - glitter and sparkle 

The Holly and Ivy - A/G

613 Avenue - A/G

crafty calendar - A/G

As you like it - favourite paper. My favourite paper is the silver backing paper that is actually a Christmas wrapping paper, it's sooo sparkly and still soft and easy to use and glue on. 

ABC Christmas - Y and Z

 Not the easiest letters to end the year with, but we came up with Y for Your choice and Z for Zebra (or black and white) at ABC Christmas. 

For Y as Your choice I made a winter scene, using a small circle stencil for the moon, a large circle stencil for the scene and some paper strips for the mountains. The deer and trees are die cut. 

For Z as Zebra or black and white I used a stencil for the moon and distressed the card with Black Soot and added a forest stamp and a sentiment. 

Other challenges:

Pink card with reindeer:

Happy little stampers stencil - A/G

Inkspirational - Add glitter

CAS on Sunday - black, white and one

Double D - Christmas animals

Christmas kickstart - Christmassy

Sweet stampin - Christmas

Black forestcard:

Allsorts - Something beginning with B (black)

MTTCC - things on S (snow, stars)

Ally's angels - A/G

Make my Monday - Forest trees

ABC Christmas reminder

 There is still time left to join our current challenge at ABC Christmas, theme is
W for wreath and/or X for xoxo.

Here's another wreath stamp that is a joy to colour.  The leaf stamp I put on the inside of the card is from the same set, so are the sentiments. I think they are bought on Temu which is a place I am careful with since they have a lot of stamps copied from originals but I got this as a gift so it is what it is. Nevertheless, I absolutely love the stamp set and I will probably use it a lot!

Other challenges:

Stamping sensations - Get ready for Christmas
Lil patch of crafty friends - A/G
Holly and Ivy - Christmas A/G
Craft Challenge - Christmas
MTTC - Got to be Christmas
Crafty Catz - A/G
Creative Fingers - A/G
Krafty Chicks - CAS
Less is More - CAS
613 Avenue - A/G

Winter cabin

Got a new stamp in the mail today and just had to ink it up. It's quite large so it stands for itself, I just added the sentiment at the bottom. I used huge amounts of glitter and stickles for the snow but as usual I'm crap at taking pictures of sparklies...

Challenges:

I spy - Sparkle and/or Shine
Daring cardmakers - Cosy
Polkadoodle - A/G
Less is More - A/G
HLS Christmas - A/G
Creative moments - Winter
Cards4Guyz - winter scene
Try it on Tuesday - Baby it's cold outside
Holly and Ivy - Christmas A/G
Stamping sensations - Get ready for Christmas
Creative crafters - A/G
Little red wagon - Home sweet home

 

ABC Christmas - W and X

Time for the November challenge at ABC Christmas and we have reached the letters W and X. It is Lynda's turn to host and the letters stand for

W for wreath and/or X for xoxo.

I chose a wreath stamp from Powerpoppy stamps, coloured with distress inks. Those digistamps are such a delight to colour, I just have to make sure I wait until the printer ink has fully dried so it doesn't bleed.

The prize for a lucky winner is: 

Other challenges:

cardz4guyz - circle card

Digi chooseday - A/G

The holly and ivy - A/G Christmas

Unicorn challenge - Christmas

Happy little stampers - Christmas

We love stamping - since a wreath is not really a character I'll opt for A/G

Stamping sensations - Get ready for Christmas

Through the purple haze - A/G

Peace on earth - A/G Christmas

Allsorts - A/G

Avenue 613 - A/G

Crafty calendar - A/G

ABC Christmas reminder

 There is still time to enter our U for Use it up or V for Vertical - challenge at ABC Christmas. I used up some glitter paper that has been lying in a drawer for way too long, making a couple of snowman lanterns for tea lights. The white paper (and the black) is a regular paper from a kids' drawing pad, cut on my Silhouette Cameo. Pattern is from Jennifer Maker. 

Other challenges:

Little red wagon - patterned paper or not

As you like it - favourite snowmen (cause these ones are sooo much fun to make and they shine so pretty with their little tea light inside)

The Holly and Ivy - A/G Christmas

613 Avenue - A/G

Polkadoodles - A/G

MAWTT - A/G

ABC Christmas - U and V

New month, new challenge at ABC Christmas and we have reached U and V.

U is for Use it up and V is for Vertical. 

I made a tag that is vertical in itself and the window adds to that I hope. I cut out the insides of the window to show the distressed colour of the tag to get a feel of a night time view. Sentiment is computer generated. 

                            Prize for a lucky winner is a paper pad and a lovely snowflake die set. 

                                

Other challenges:

Fab N Funky - show us some colouring

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - A/G 

Paper minutes - Selfmade background

Holly & Ivy - Christmas A/G

Dream valley - occasions other than birthday

Crafting from the heart - A/G no cards

Allsorts - vintage or A/G

Stamping sensations - Autumn colours or A/G

Happy little stampers - Christmas A/G

Merry little Christmas challenge - Christmas A/G

🎄 ABC Christmas - S for snowmen ☃️ and T for three

 The autumn is upon us and here we are again with a new opportunity for you to get your Christmas creations done ahead of time by entering our challenge at ABC Christmas challenge

We have reached S for Snowmen and T for three.

I used some penguins from Digistamp boutique, a brand that seems to be discontinued. Not a lot of colouring going on so the card was finished in no time at all. Sentiment is computer generated using a font called Botton Love Sans. 

Other challenges:

613 Avenue - A/G

Crafty calendar - A/G

Less is more - A/G