A Little Surprise

It's that time of year when I'm kicking my Christmas crafting up a notch.  I have managed to make a few cards over the months, but as usual I leave most of it until this month. 

I've made a ton of cards lately, having had a couple of orders for them, so I thought I'd change things up and make some tags.  I had fun doing something a little different from what I normally do and made two tags together....the back one hides a surprise!!  The front tag features 'Wryn's Baubles' from Tiddly Inks.

Products used:

• Kraft card
• Black card
• MME Sleigh Bells Ring designer paper
• Merry Christmas die
• Tag Die
• Eyelet
• Corner rounder punch
• Twine
• Liquid Pearls - Brass & White Opal
• Stickles -Red
• Sakura Gelly Roll - Gold & White
• ProMarkers - Cinnamon, Tan, Dusky Pink, Satin, Cocoa, Saddle Brown, Raw Sienna, Crimson, Poppy Red, Holly, Lush Green, Gold, Sunflower, Yellow, Black, Cool Grey 5, Burgundy, Cardinal, Ruby, Lemon, Soft Lime, Apple, Meadow Green & Warm Grey 1-4
• Prismacolor - Dark Green, Dark Brown, Blush Pink & Crimson Red 

I added a bit of fun to the image with some polka dots

I continued the polka dot theme on the second tag

The second tag has a pocket for a gift card

I am entering my tags into the following challenges:

1. Tiddly Inks - #231 Gift Tag Goodness
2. The Corrosive Challenge - #11 ATG
3. CRAFT Challenge - #535 Christmas
4. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #1946 ATG
5. Your Scrapbook Place - November ATG
6. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #456 ATG

Merry Berries

I don't usually make Christmas cards until November but then I'm in a crazy rush, so this year I'm trying to get at least a few made early. 

I couldn't resist having a little play for Power Poppy's latest challenge and I have taken inspiration from Julie Koerber's Word Play post. I'm so used to just printing off images that I don't think about playing around with them too much.

I have taken two images 'Merriest Berries' and 'Candy Cane' and merged them behind the word Merry.  It took a little fiddling around to get them looking how I wanted and it took referring back to the full images to work out what was what when colouring!

Products used:

• Kraft card blank
• Black cardstock
• My Mind's Eye 'Sleigh Bells Ring' designer paper
• Recollections ribbon
• ProMarkers - Berry, Red, Lipstick, Crimson, Ruby, Cool Grey 1 & 2, Holly, Lush Green, Forest Green, Cardinal, Olive, Moss, Pear Green, Aegean, Sky Blue & Black
• White Sakura Gelly Roll

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Power Poppy - Go Ahead.... Inspire Me!
2. Crafts Galore Encore - July AG
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - July AG
4. Colour Crazy - WK28 AG
5. I♥Promarkers - #363 AG/Christmas in July

November Challenge at Crafts Galore Encore

It's time for our new challenge at Crafts Galore Encore.  This month we are sponsored by Lemon Shortbread and as always our theme is Anything Goes.

The team had a couple of images to use, so I chose 'Christmas Poinsettia Girl' and made a card using these products:

• Cream card blank
• My Mind's Eye paper from the 'Sleigh Bells Ring' collection
• Green cardstock
• Frame die
• Sakura Gelly Roll - Gold and White
• Anita's outline stickers
• ProMarkers - Burnt Sienna, Caramel, Dusky Pink, Satin, Rose Pink, Walnut, Cocoa, Raw Sienna, Cinnamon, Cool Grey 1 & 2, Cardinal, Ruby, Lipstick, Sunflower, Holly, Lush Green, Mint Green, Apricot, Burgundy, Gold & Mustard

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Your Scrapbook Place - November AG
2. Lemon Shortbread - #53 Anything Goes
3. A Bit More Time To Craft - #55 AG
4. Crafting By Designs - November AG
5. Inspiration Destination - #137 AG

Poinsettia Joy

Eek I'm doing Christmas in July again!  When it comes to Christmas cards I really like to keep things simple. It's the time of year when I'm making more cards and spending a lot on postage, so a million embellishments just isn't cost effective to me. 
For this card I have used the gorgeous Conie Fong image 'Holly Poinsettia' and a lovely focal paper from My Mind's Eye. 

Product list:

• Kraft card blank
• MME 'Sleigh Bells Ring' designer paper
• 3D foam pads
• ProMarkers - Umber, Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan, Pastel Pink, Black, Warm Grey 4 & 5, Burgundy, Cardinal, Ruby, Lipstick, Holly, Pine, Lush Green, Sunflower, Cocoa, Raw Sienna, Apricot, Walnut, Henna, French Navy, Aegean, Sky Blue, Amber, Tulip, Indigo, True Blue, Cobalt, Burnt Orange, Pumpkin, Gold & Ginger
• Sakura Gelly Roll, White
• Wink of Stella, Clear

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Conie Fong (FB) - Anything Goes/Christmas In July
2. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - #343 AG
3. Crafty Awesomeness - July AG
4. A Gem of A Challenge - #199 Christmas In July
5. ABC Christmas Challenge - N is for New, O is for Old (new image, old card blank & paper)
6. Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - July AG

December Challenge at Crafts Galore Encore

Well it's our last challenge of 2016 over at Crafts Galore Encore.  I hope you have fun joining in and will continue to support us in 2017.  We have some exciting new sponsors coming up next year and we will be changing to ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES!

Back to the current challenge though.  We are being sponsored by My Besties this time and our theme is Anything Goes.  The winner will receive the 3 images as used by the design team.

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I am using the Gingerbread Bestie as thought she would make a great gift tag. I have used the following products to create my tag:

• Cardstock, twine, eyelet & snowflake confetti from my stash
• Designer Paper from MME 'Sleigh Bells Ring' paper pad
• ProMarkers - Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Ginger, Cardinal, Ruby, Lipstick, Black, Pine, Forest, Apple & Canary
• White Sakura Gelly Roll

I am entering my tag into the following challenges:

1. Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Christmas/Holiday
2. Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes December
3. Card Mania - #87 Anything Goes
4. My Sheri Crafts - #195 Winter
5. Allsorts Challenge - #391 Anything Christmas