Christmas in July

 Christmas in July is a popular challenge theme, personally I love to make Christmas cards and projects all year round :). Today I have a snowman card in red and white. Stamp is Penny Black, the doily and the letters are die cuts and to make the letters pop I traced the edges with a black pen. 

challenges:

Christmas kickstart - show us your snowfolk
Happy little stampers - July Christmas A/G
The holly and Ivy - A/G
Unicorn challenge - Christmas in July
PBSC - A/G or spots/stripes
Corrosive challenges - A/G
Love to craft - A/G
The creative crafters - A/G
DoubleTrouble - Christmas in July

Summer cards

 Got two cards today:

A paper pieced image from Chocolate Baroque on a printed paper background, coloured with distress inks

Challenges:

The flower challenge - CAS

Lilpatchofcraftyfriends - A/G

Stamping sensations - Summer flowers

Allsorts - Flora
ColorCrazy - A/G
CraftyCatz - flowers

Aud sentiments - flowers + sentiment

And a bright and sunny card using stamps from Lavinia. 

Challenges:

We love stamping - Hot sunny colors
Polkadoodles - A/G
Taylormade Cards4U - A/G
The fairy and the unicorn - Fantasy
TTCRD - A/G

Cool card

 Today I have a card using Penguins in Paradise by My Favourite Things. Both backgrounds and images are coloured with shimmering watercolors.

Challenges:

Little Red Wagon - Sea creatures
MFT Stamps - sketch
Kraftin' Kimmie - Two or more layers
The paper shelter - under the sea
Double D - beach time
Fab´n´Funky - summer colours

ABC Christmas reminder

 A short post to remind you of the challenge at ABC Christmas. The theme is L for little or M for music.

Here is a card I'll be using as a book cover front, using a stencil and stamps from Lavinia, and coloured with distress inks. 

Other challenges:

Crafty Calendar - A/G
Fairy and Unicorn - A/G
Allsorts - So girly
Critter Crazy - A/G
A perfect time to craft - A/G
Happy little stampers Watercolor - A/G
Creatalicous - Use a stencil
Sparkles forum - Things with wings
We love stamping - A/G
Daring cardmakers - Midsummer

🎄ABC Christmas 🎅 - L and M

 At ABC Christmas this month the letters are L for Little and M for Music.

I chose M for music - of course :) -  made a slimline card using images from Lili of the Valley and some diecut notes. 

Julie is offering a prize for a lucky winner:

Other challenges:

Christmas kickstart challenge: Pawfectly Pawsome christmas
Simon says stamp - bright and cheerful
Addicted to stamps and more - make your mark
TTCRD - A/G
The holly and ivy - A/G

Christmas calories don't count

 Here is a reminder for you that the challenge at ABC Christmas is still open, it's J for joke and K for kraft. I chose J for joke and made this apple green tag. Background and candy coloured with distress inks, sentiment computer generated. 

Challenges:

Little red wagon - sentiment as focus

Cards4Galz - sentiment as focal point

Colour crazy - A/G

Fab´n´Funky - anything but square

Polkadoodle - A/G

Lilpatchofcraftyfriends - A/G

Craftycatz - A/G

And then I have a gift bag, background stamp coloured with distress inks and the congratulations sentiment die cut. 

Challenges:

Allsorts - Anything for birthday

Through the purple haze - CAS

Addicted to stamps and more - Die cuts and/or stencils

Slimline fox card

 Here's a slimline Christmas card for a couple of challenges. Background is made with masks and distress oxides, the fox and the embossed stars are Lavinia, the grass is Chocolate baroque and the tree is Nellie Snellen

Jingle belles - pink, silver and white
Crafty Catz - A/G, option masculine
Colorcrazy - A/G
Creative Fingers - A/G
Winter Wonderland - use three colours
Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas goes
Allsorts - Add some sparkle
Happy little stampers - A/G Christmas

And don't forget our challenge at ABC Christmas for May: J for Joke and K for Kraft

🎄ABC Christmas - J and K 🎅

 It's time for a new challenge at ABC Christmas and this time it's 

J - joke

K - kraft

I made a slimline card with a kraftcard background, images are fussy cut snowglobe stamps that are freebies from craftstarters.com

There will be a prize for a lucky winner, so hurry over and join in!