ABC B is for .....

This week's ABC Christmas Challnege is B is for Bunting and Bears and is being hosted by Dorte

Fabulous Sponsors are
Our very own Lacey with Stamp and create
 
and a whopping prize
 

and Bugaboo

Challenge Blog: http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/
fabulous Prize
 

Yes, it's another hanging. It has tons of dry embossing using various embossing folders and Tim Holtz Coredinations sandable cardstock. I used my cricut machine and Sure Cuts A Lot software to create the large bunting shapes.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Penny Black Christmas Everyday

Cardstock: Tim Holz Coredinations: Pine Needles, Brushed Sage, Barn Door

Accessories: Metal spacers, pearl brads, Amerin Craft Letters

Here is a close up of the charm I made. I stamped the image on craft shrink plastic. I coloured it with copic markers. I punched a hole using a hole punch then I used my heat gun to shrink the piece.

On a sad note, I have decided to step down from the ABC Christmas Challenge Design Team. Too many of my other responsibilities need more focus! It has been a fabulous challenge. I will miss all of the creative talented ladies on the team!

Hugs

Heidi 

ABC Christmas Challenge.....A is for Anything Goes

What better way to start the New Year than to start building the stash of Christmas Cards. The first ABC Christmas challenge of the year is an easy one,
Anything Christmas Goes Challenge Hosted by Lacey

Fabulous Sponsors are
Simon Says Stamp with a fab $15 voucher excluding postage.

Stamp Fairy

$10 Gift Certificate

Ribbon Girl

Mini Christmas Ribbon Kit WOW! AWESOME prizes!!

Here is my card using Twinking Star by Lili of the Valley.

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Heidi

ABC Z is for Zingy Colours

 The final ABC Christmas Challenge of 2011is:

'Z is for Zingy Colours!'

Helen found this funny photo for some inspiration:

Lol...rainbow coloured turkeys!

We have two wonderful sposors for this challenge...firstly our lovely Lacey & her store, Stamp & Create:

The prize from Lacey is a $20 voucher to spend at Stamp & Create!

Our other sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps:

Bugaboo Challenge Blog 

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 of their fabulous digis!

Here is my creation!

I used the Bugaboo image

Knobby Knees Christmas -  Joy

The paper is Santa's Workshop by Doodlebug Design

The Ribbon is all from Michaels

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Heidi

ABC Y is for Yippee!

Over at the ABC Christmas Challenge we have the have the penultimate challenge of the alphabet !! Only one more left after this !! IF you had been joining us for all the challenges then you will have at least 24 cards ready to post !! Woo Hoo !! :-)
The challenge for the next 2 weeks is ,,,,
Y for YIPPEE !!! :-)
Christmas is just a few days away and we know that everyone is very busy with preparations,, trimming the tree, baking cakes and pies etc etc ,,, so this time we have made it very easy for you to join in,, Anything Christmassy Goes ! We have a few FABULOUS sponsors this week !!

The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky entrant A $15 voucher to spend in her store (excludes shipping)

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who will give one lucky entrant a choice of 3 digi images

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has a fantastic selection of designs, Digital and Rubber stamps Our winner will receive 3 digi stamps of their choice.

I decided to go Tim Holtz Tag Wild! I took a whole lot of time die cutting, glittering, inking, stamping to create various elements. Then I took a lot of time, matching, mismatching, moving to figure out what elements to put on various coloured tags. One truly does need to be in the creative zone to produce these massive tags. I still have loads of elements left over for many more tags. When all the work is done and I have an afternoon free, I will get my messy clothes on again and go wild!

You can get just about everything I used at Simon says Stamp. You are welsome to ask questions about any of the tags. 

Elements used on all three Tags
Tag Die
Limited Edition Christmas Colors Distress Inks
American Craft Pearl Brads
Crackle Paint Clear Rock Candy
Superfine Jewel Glitter Ritz Glitter in Stardust
Versamark Ink
SU Clear Embossing Powder


Iced Spruce Reindeer Tag
Grunge Snowflakes
Reindeer Flight Die
Pine Tree Die
Tim Holtz Mini Snowflakes Die
Sizzix Snowflakes #3 Die

Evergreen Bough Bright Green Tag
Mini Holidays 2 Stamp Set
Holiday Lamp post
Carved Ornaments #1
Peace Die
Black Soot Distress Ink

Festive Berries Red Tag
Impression Obsession Background Music Stamp
Vintage Noel Die
Pine Trees from the Core'dinations distress color cardstock pack
Holly Branch Die
Mini Rossettes Die
Bundled Sage Distress Ink
Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink


I am also going to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp Photomontage Inspiration Challenge.

So now it's your turn !! Get out your glitter and glue, papers and crayons and join in :-) Happy Crafting !!
Hugs
Heidi

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACEY!

Over at Stamp and Create!!

Today is Lacey's birthday!!

She's the big 4-0!!

Which means...She thinks she is officially OLD!

So, to celebrate her "oldness", we're having a...

ONE-DAY SALE!!

Get 15% off your total order when you used discount code old (all lowercase).

The sale runs through midnight EST tonight.

It's the half way reminder for the ABC Christmas Challegne W = Winter Sports.

Lately, I have been totally obsessed with making easal cards. They make the cutest decorations.

This is the card I made for Lacey for her Birthday. I wanted to make her a card from a stamp that she doesn't carry in her store!

Thanks for visiting!
Hugs
Heidi

ABC Christmas W is for Winter Sports

Hello Everyone wow we are really dashing through the letters now! And we find ourselves at W this fortnight.  Samantha is your host this time and she has some Awesome inspiration for you! The Challenge theme she has chosen is W for Winter sports ie Skiing, Skating, Sledding,and as always our challenge is Christmas projects. 

We have 2 brilliant sponsors this week ,,, we have the fabulous Simon Says Stamp with a yummi $15 voucher

We also have the brilliant Stamp Fairy - with a great 3 digital images of the winner's choice.

Supplies Used

Stamps: LOTV, PTI Sentiment

Cardstock: SU Not Quite Navy, Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Paper: Bo Bunny Blitzen Collection

Accessories: American Crafts Pearl Brads, Diamond Stickles, SU Grosgrain Ribbon

So now its your turn and you have until the 22nd Nov 6pm GMT

Have fun!

ABC Christmas V is for....

Hello stamping friends!!

The awesome Lacey is hosting the new challenge and we are already on V!!

V is for:

Vintage Christmas

We have two lovely sponsors this week:

The Ribbon Reel

Vintage Christmas yummi ribbon and lace Prize
 
And...

The lovely Emma at Crafty Emma's Store who is offering a £10 voucher to spend in her store.

Here is my Vintage creation.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stampavie Rocking Horse by Tiny Wenke, PTI Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Paper: My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas

Cardstock: SU Bravo Burgandy

Accessories: Marianne D Designer Doily Die, KaiserCraft Pearls, SU Oval and Scallop Oval Punches, Lace from Joann Fabrics (I think)

I am also entering my card in these challenges:

Winter Wonderland  - A Vintage Christmas

Moving along with the Times Challenge #119 Vintage
Marianne Design Challenge Blog #41 - Vintage Christmas Challenge
Marianne's Design Divas: Dying to Diecut

Thanks for visiting!
Hugs
Heidi

ABC U is for....

Over at the ABC Christmas Challenge...Helen is hosting and she has a great theme for you this week:

'U is for Unused Stash'

We want to you use something that you haven't used before on your projects this time...it can be something you've been saving for a special card...you know...only taking it out occasionally to admire/stroke...or something you've just bought...there are lots of lovely new Christmas collections being released at the moment...or maybe there's something in your stash that you have for absolutely ages but have never got around to using...now is your chance!

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge...as it's our first challenge of the month, we have Simon Says Stamp:

The prize is a $15 gift certificate to spend in the amazing Simon Says Stamp store!

And...if that's not enough...we are excited to welcome a new sponsor to our challenges...Bugaboo Stamps!

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 free digis of the winner's choice...wowee!!!

Here is a picture of my unused stash. It's a metal gift tag I found in one of the Michael's Dollar bins, but I got it for $0.30 I think!

I made a sparkly Tag using a small High Hopes Santa

Thanks for visiting!
Hugs
Heidi

 

ABC Christmas - T is for ...

Hello all! This is Delphine here:-)! Thank you so much for joining Miria's Shaped Card challenge, we had a great time visiting you! Please scroll down to the post below to see if you are one of our lucky winners! Now the letter this week is...

 T for Tiny!
We would like you to make a set of 4 Tiny cards or 4 Tags!
We have a fabulous sponsor, our very own Lacey from Stamp and Create! And check out the prize...

http://www.stampandcreate.com/ Yes, a $25 gift certificate! How fab is that?!

Here is my set of cards!

Now it's your turn!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for visiting!
Heidi

ABC Christmas S is for .....

Time for another ABC Christmas Challenge! This weeks challenge is to make a Shaped card and include one of these Swirls, Spots or Stripes.

The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp are offering one lucky entrant A $15 voucher to spend in her store 

Karen's doodles has a fantastic selection of designs, Digital and Rubber stamps Our winner will receive 3 digis from Karen's doodles of their choice. 

I created a Shaped card and used Swirls, Stripes, AND Spots!

I designed and then cut out my card using Sure Cuts A Lot and my Cricut Machine.

The Paper is from American Crafts, the Swirls is from a Tim Holtz Sizzix Die. I used my build a brad tool to create the spotted brad. I used some glitter paint I got from Michaels for the shimmer. It looks A TON better in real life!

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Heidi

Thanks for visiting!
Hugs
Heidi

ABC Christmas R....

Hello, the very talented Carissa is hosting this weeks ABC Christmas Challenge.

 

The new challenge is

R for Recycling and Ribbons or Rhinestones

You must create a Christmas project using at least on recycled item and it must also include either ribbons or rhinestomes. You may use both if you desire.

We are lucky to be sponsored this week by Digital Delights They have an awesome selection of digital stamps, papers & more,

and our Winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice.

To get you started we have compiled a list of recycling Hints and Tips to get you started.

Some ideas that you might include on your projects are:

Alter it - give an old item a new purpose and a new lease on life.

Die cut plastic or chipboard packaging to create one of a kind embellishments.

Re-use buttons, ribbons and lace from old clothing.

Re-use Christmas cards and wrapping paper.

Run flat plastic packaging through an embossing folder to make a gorgeous textured window or overlay.

Use corregated cardboard and other textured items as a one of a kind background stamp.

On my project, the white snowflake on the ribbon is actually off of an old sweater.

I airbrushed the background with my Hardly Used Copic Air Brushing System.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio Pickles Skating, WRS Sentiment-Christmas Circles

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: SU Real Red, Basic Black

Paper: Teresa Collins

Accessories: May Arts Red Ribbon, Petite Oval and Petite Scallop Oval Nestabilities, SU Red Rhinestone Brads, Xmas Red  and SIlver Stickles, White Liquid Applique.

Recycled Snowflake Button

Thanks for visiting!

Heidi

 

ABC P is for Presents

This week's ABC Christmas Challenge is being hosted by the lovely Samantha. The theme she chose is  P is for Presents, Packaging & Photo Inspiration!

ABC Photo Inspiration Make a gift, gift box/bag or tags

We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week Simon Says Stamp A $15 voucher

Stamp Fairy -3 digital images of the winner's choice.

Do you like how my image is a collection of photos?....Just like Samantha's photo inspiration! Quite clever in my opinion!

I used images from stamps sold by Simon Says Stamp

Red Tag Cat: Fluffles Sweater

Green Tag Hedgy: Penny Black Holly Jolly Hedgy Christmas Critters

Blue Tag Snowman: Inkadinkado Christmas Characters

Aqua Tag Mouse: Penny Black Christmas Critters

 

Christmas will be here before you know it! I hope you will have all your cards ready just like I will!

 

Thanks for visiting

Heidi

 

ABC Christmas Challenge O is for Old!

Jayne is hosting this weeks challenge. We are on letter O and the theme is to use and old stamp/digi that is more than a 1 year old!  Our sponsor for this challenge is Wild Rose Studio who will be offering the winner a choice of 2 stamps from their fantastic store.

Wild Rose Studios

We are using images from Wild Rose Studio that are a year or more old.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Sam with Stocking, Papertrey Ink Sentiment

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black, Copic Markers, SU Black Craft Ink (For Sentiment),PTI Vintage Touch

Paper: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding (Also more than a year old!)

Cardstock: SU Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Copics X-Press It Blending Card

Accessories: Silver Stickles. Fillable Frames and Parisian Doily from PTI, Beaded Circle Nestabilites, Whimsy Penant Die, SU Silver Cord, SU Silver Embossing Powder, White May Arts Ribbon.

Thanks for visiting!

Heidi