Winter Wonderland and a winter feast

This is another card inspired by a dear friend.

She designed the layout, I just tried to do it justice.

She brought a few stamps, I think from Cardio, and I added Santa from an old SU stamp.

Blended the background with ink, using a mask for the snow, made from torn paper.

The rising or setting sun looks more like a bonfire 😂

Added splats and snow on the branches.

We had a festive lunch with my sister and brother in law,

at a new Spanish Restaurant in our village.

It was our first visit, and will not be our last!

Look away if you don’t want to see delicious food!

I’m popping the card over to Stamping sensations December winter challenge

and Little red wagon #787

 Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Rudolph Day Yay

 I’m so happy that Helen has taken up Rudolph’s reins, so that we can continue to be inspired to make our Christmas cards throughout the year.

The new site Rudolph Days Challenge is HERE

Maureen did a fabulous job of running this challenge for so long, for which we are all so grateful.

So here’s my card

This was meant to be a relatively quick and simple make 🙄

The technique challenge from 52 Christmas card Throwdown, which gave me this idea was….

I still had the Uniko stencil out, which I thought would give the effect without too much masking.

I’m trying to use up neglected stash and had some card blanks with a slight texture.🙄🙄

This did not help with the stamping, but I persevered, getting numerous stamp sets out to fit my sections.

Stamps now piled up on my desk from SU, Clarity, Cardio 🙄🙄🙄

I still had to mask off bits, and wipe ink off the stencil after stamping,

 to prevent it transferring.🙄🙄🙄🙄

My final challenge was getting a decent photo in this dim and dismal light! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

This was my first photo attempt, before trying numerous positions and lights.

Do visit these challenges for lots of inspiration and without the eye rolls 😂

Rudolph Days February Challenge

52 Christmas card Throwdown,

The holly and ivy Christmas challenge #156 anything goes

Addicted to stamps and more #462 Christmas 

Roll on spring!

Have a good week

Lesley

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Cats and dogs

 I needed a quick card for a dog lover…

Similar idea to this one…..(8th October)…..

More cats, when I was making baubles….

This came about because of accidents….

I messed up inking the stencil, so added another,

and the sentiment hid a smudge too.

I quite liked it though, so maybe I should mess up more!

Entering the Allsorts challenge (mood board top left, dogs)

Have a great day 

Lesley

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Bridge fold snowmie

 Today is a bridge fold with that lovely paper…..

Do make sure you visit SU and look up Online Exclusives.

Even if you get/look at a catalogue, there’s more online, including the Clearance Rack.

It gets constantly updated, and there’s new kits too.

This bridge fold uses almost the whole 6x6 sheet.

I added a die cut from PPCrafts for the snow hill.

And a cute snow person , which I ended up partly fussing cutting (long story 😂🙄).

Glittered a few bits, and used a gifted sentiment from a Clarity sheet.

I’m taking this over to the Christmas Kickstart Challenge #78

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

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Peace in the forest x 2

Hello crafty people, I’m back with some more of those papers.

Sometimes it feels like cheating, using a background paper,

but it is gorgeous, and I do try to add to it 😃

I like the rich brown colours in the paper, so stamped my wee animals,

and sentiment  in Early Espresso ink.

I did add a touch of white posca to the bunny tail

and some glitter on the snow…(please excuse my shadow on the photo 🙄)

The next one was a bit of a disaster……

Some more Cardio stamps…so stamped the fence and sentiment in the Espresso,

and the bunnies in crumb cake…..

The bunnies blurred , so had to stamp again and fussy cut, so as to not waste the paper….😩

…..the wreath was on the fence , and the only way to make it stand out was….

to stamp again and fussy cut , including gutting the centre 🙄…….and…even the tiny ribbon! 😳

Then…..added some old liquid pearls snow…..maybe my blobs were too big,

or the product was past it’s best?……but it’s a tad sticky 😱….

I’d used a couple of strips of the paper for another card, so it didn’t fit 🤕…...

so I pretended I designed it centred, leaving visible strips either side. 🤫

Any advice welcome!

Hopefully it made you smile, because I’m sure it’s never happened to you?!

Have a great Sunday…..I may sneak into the craft room, while my better half watches the football.

I so hope our girls win, but I can’t take the stress, so I’ll be able to hear if he groans or cheers!

Entering the following:

Allsorts challenge 741/2 animals

Addicted to stamps and more #452 Christmas 

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Lesley 

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Christmas Tree scene

 I have some NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff! )

So, having got all my cards done, I found some time for this…

I wanted to practice some scene building, so kept the colours quite soft

I did an envelope to match, something I often forget…

I’m entering the following challenges 

http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-2022-christmas.html

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2022/12/nbus-challenge-45.html

Lesley

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It’s beginning to look….

 Allsorts Challenge Blog have a theme

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"

I’d been wanting to use some Cardio stamps I’d been gifted…..

I do think I need more practice at making these scenes, but enjoyed having a go.

I hope you can see the fireflies sparkle, but I added some snowflake sequins too.

Do take a look at the inspiration on the Allsorts blog.

Lesley

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Autumn Hare

 Hi there

I'm having a go at entering the Allsorts Challenge

where the theme is: Anything Autumn

I'm using a never-before-used stamp kindly given to me by a friend

so I'm also entering the NBUS challenge

The tree doesn't have a top.........it certainly wasn't me who chopped it off!....

....it comes with roots instead, which I found challenging.......

So, I stamped the tree and the hare......so far so good.....

stamped falling leaves  that I'd inked with different coloured marker pens.

Then I hunted for some little leaf-looking stamps.....tried a few and thought nah,

so ended up using the marker pens to make dots all over the ground.

Looked a bit messy by then, so I gently went over with wink of stella......hmmm

Then there's the "hollow" in the tree....should I?....eventually wimped out by gently winking the brown ink to fill in the white space.........I'm tempted to colour it with pencils?..............advice gratefully received.....!!

Don't look too close, it is a bit messy......I

 like the idea, not sure about my execution!

I think the hare is looking up at whatever disturbed the branches,

and there must be fairies living in the glittery fairy dusted hollow....

in my world anyway :)

I made a square card blank, and added a couple of coordinating cardstock layers.

Take care

Lesley

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