Merry Monday Again

Evening all.

I hope I can get through this post without crashing as t'internet is playing up. It's the cost of living in the sticks!

I know its just a few days from the longest day but hey it's never too early to start your Christmas cards. After my foray into Merry Monday I thought I would join in again when time and theme permitted. Well today their new challenge is -

OK, not your usual Christmas colours but I quite like them so a quick make while Al is out playing and there's nowt on the telly!

Just a small square base card with a layer of white card inked with Picked Raspberry DI and another piece of white out of which I cut a Memory Box Starry Wreath then put a silver one in the space and mounted on pads. I left the center out and stamped a LOTV circular greeting, which I punched out and mounted on pads in the middle.

OK I said it was quick so I'll say nite nite.

LIM

Evening folks.

What a gorgeous day it has been around these parts today, positively tropical!

Cut the grass with the new mower and Al and I cut back the grass around the small copice that he planted about 5-6 years ago. Hopefully once the trees get a good canopy it will help keep the nettles at bay.

Anyway not much time for crafting til now.

I always try to enter the Less is More challenge but this week has been taxing me as it is a sketch and what I first thought of didn't work out. Anyway I kept at it and produced this little effort to honor Chrissie's sketch.

I played around with my Memory Box Starry Wreath and some black and gold mirror card I had lying around. In the end it turned out as a Christmas design but what ho! The greeting is from Go Kreate cut in the same gold mirror card. The ribbon was from the stash as were the Crafty Notions rainbow drops. I cut the two wreaths out then fit the gold one inside the black negative space. I mounted the final square on pads on a small black square base card.

OK that's a wrap for tonight, just time for a little TV with hubby after he takes the dog out!

Humphrey and his reindeer

Good evening everyone. The nights are certainly drawing in now. One minute you are doing something in daylight then next its black as pitch, 

Today's card is one I've been working on for ages. I got the stamp free with a magazine last year sometime but didn't know what to do with it. Then I saw a sketch on a web site last week that I thought would be ideal, but choosing the correct papers was equally problematic. I eventually went with the LOTV Frosty Christmas with some red paper to lift the feel.  

I used Copics to colour the image as follows:-

Humphrey Elephant - C5,3,2,1

Slicker - Y11,15,17

Scarf etc - R32,35,37 B24,28,29

Reindeer - E11,15,25,29,Y28,38, C7,5,3,1

Snow -C0,1,2

The snow was made using Cosmic Shimmer white glue, with a few more dots than the stamp had marked.

Snowflakes from various punches and self adhesive gem stones. The new Starry Wreath makes another appearance.

I think I will enter this card in the following challenges;-

Copic Marker Norge- Christmas and a sketch

ABC Christmas  - V is for Vixen

Christmas Cards All Year - Winter Wonderland

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge - Anything so long as its Christmas

Cheers and see you soon.

Magnolia Christmas

Afternoon all. Its a foul day outside, let's hope its not going to be like this for all of November. Anyway, other than walking (more likely dragging) the dog I can carry on crafting!

Craft class was cancelled this week 'cos Karen who keeps us in order has a bad back. Get well soon Karen. Well not to let an opportunity pass, Di and I had a trip out to the ladies at LOTV in Farsley. Far too many reasons to spend but I did reign myself in and limited  myself to some stamps, paper and a couple of dies. Couldn't wait to use the wonderful 'Starry Wreath' from Memory Box. Here is my latest effort.

I used the same Papermania word stamp to make the main paper, heat embossed with white then inked with Tim Holz 'Faded Jeans' and 'Tumbled Glass' I cut a hole to show the background which was inked around the edges with the same 'Faded Jeans' and an embossed circle of pale blue using a holiday words folder. The image 'Tilda with Holy baby' was coloured with Copics as follows:- 

Hair- Y21,26, YR24, E25

Skin- E000,00,11,R11

Clothes- B23,24,28,29 veil B00,02,05 blanket C0,01

Halo- Y02,15,17

The wreath was cut in white then highlighted with silver glitter. Ribbon from the stash. 

I will enter it in the following challenges

Ribbon Girl - Magnolia only

Midweek Magnolias - Lots of Layers

Heck of a challenge - In the frame

Thanks for dropping by.