Under the Mistletoe

Good morning lovely bloggers. A warm welcome to my lovely new followers and a big thank you to those of you who have left me some wonderful comments, I really do appreciate you all :))
It's soo cold, I plan to stay indoors today dressed in cosy clothes (pj's and dressing gown!!) and my heating on. I might even attempt to put my tree up, although I still haven't found the clear lights I want for it, so I might have to pop out to The Range, (just for the lights of course!)

I received my new Copics in the post and have been following Bev Rochester's fab colouring video tutorial here. Bev makes it look soo easy, but I persevered and am pleased with what I did :) I also finished my colouring off with my Prismacolor pencils. This is the first time I've combined the two and the result is here:

I stamped up one of my lovely LOTV Christmas stamps called Under the Mistletoe, this cute stamp is one of many that have been waiting to see the light of day, I told myself I wouldn't order any more new ones, until I'd used all the others I have, at least once, but I keep seeing all these beautiful images and before I know it, they're in my shopping basket and on their way to me!! I think it's called addiction - lol.

I did a PATP with Martha Stewarts Aspen Snowflakes punches and used papers from my stash (something else I have far too much of - but never the right ones of course!!) I used my new Marianne Poinsettia Die on some voile shimmer paper for the flower and added a pre-cut sentiment mounted onto the same backing card that I used behind my image, that I think I bought from Little Clare. I've bought so much stuff recently, that I'm not sure what I bought from where!! I also added some lovely green sparkling trim by Papermania for some texture and some snowflakes, then finished off with lots of sparkle. I even made a box for it as these PATP edged cards won't fit into their envelopes! Speaking of envelopes, I have ordered some box envelopes for any 6" x 6" cards that have raised details such as flowers on them, from Tracey at Craftezee, they are very reasonably priced and you can get yours here

I've just noticed that my pictures look a bit blurred and have realised that I have a fingerprint or something right in the middle of my lens, I want to get this posted so will try and post a clearer picture at some point when I'm not in a rush.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

http://sukkersott.blogspot.com/ #148 Glitter
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ #51 Photo Inspiration

http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/ Holiday Card

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Photo Inspiration

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ #146 Photo Inspiration

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ #85 Red, White & Green

http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/ #141 Sketch - Simon Says Stamp

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ #95 Let it Snow
http://mariannedesigndivas.blogspot.com/ Sparkle and Shine
http://cutie-sunday.blogspot.com/ #155 Packaging - Christmas
http://madformarkerschallenges.blogspot.com/ Christmas Challenge
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ Winter Wonderland
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ #49 Snowflakes & Sparkle
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything with a P
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/ GL30 Christmas and Winter
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ #66 Anything Goes
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ #15 Happy Holidays

http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/ Christmas
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com/ Christmas Wishes
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ Christmas - Make sure it Sparkles
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com Any Winter Holiday Sentiment
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ Let it Snow

That's it for now. Many thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment (they let me know you've been) and I can visit you too. Whatever you're doing today, have a happy day and keep warm!

Bye for now

Hugs

Vicki x

No Peeking!

Good morning, I'm up far too early today, adjusting the clocks this weekend seems to have put my body clock out. Before I post my picture, I want to say thank you and welcome to my new followers, am so pleased that some people think that my work is worth following. Here is a simple card made using a Little Clare stamp an LOTV sentiment, papers and brads from my stash.

Having just uploaded my photo, I realise I've forgotten to add my sparkle - I thought there was something missing!

I've been seeing personalised stamps on other blogs and eventually discovered you can have these made at Bunny Zoes Crafts, so I ordered myself one and was so excited when it arrived. I used it on the back of this card:

I'm entering this card into
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ with a flourish;
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ Challenge #19 Anything Goes
http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Challenge #136 Borders and Frames

That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by and have a happy Monday.

Hugs, Vicki x

Walkies!

Hello again. Have been looking through lots of lovely blogs and am amazed at some of the talent out there. I came across the http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/ on my blog visits and thought I'd enter this card I've made for my future son-in-laws birthday into their challenge this week, the theme is animals. I used a KennyK digi stamp for the image and my EK punch for the borders, the sentiment is from a male themed stamp set from Little Clare. I finished off with 3 small brads - as there's not much in the way of embellies that can be used on a man's card!!
Thanks to those of you who have left me your kind comments, they are very much appreciated.
Bye for now, Vicki x

Cheers!

I've made a very quick card for my Uncle John's birthday. Ideas for mens cards don't come easily to me, but I'm pleased with this! and I don't normally do such simple cards...

and the inside

Apologies for the darkness of the pics, just not enough light and the card look much better in real life!

I'm entering this into:

Karen's Doodles - Anything goes
Allsorts - Anything but a square
Frosted Designs - Brads
Fairy Tale - Birthday
Addicted to stamps - Happy birthday
Totally Stampalicious! - Anything goes