Tag You're It - Christmas Tree

I stayed very simple with this one, and used some glittery handmade paper. The tree is my own drawing cut out. I added some red peel-off words and a red ribbon to finish.

Cute Card Thursday - Stars

This was a bit difficult for me until I remembered my cute snowman family stamp. They are lovely! I stamped them on white paper and coloured them with Distress Inks, then cut them out. I placed them on a background created with Distress Inks, and then added some peel-off stars. I matted the picture onto some silver and purple iridescent paper.

A New Stamp

I bought a set of three of these head stamps from Scrapz. They are by Zettiology and I think they're great. The word stamps are by Catslife Press and the tiny dragonfly is from a Paper Artsy Wings plate. The bow is from a set of gold German scrap from Paper Artsy.

House Mouse Challenge - Anything But A Card!

A BIA notebook. I used mountboard for the covers. I'm afraid I don't know who made the flowery paper. This stamp is called 'Piece Corps' and this is the first time I've used it.

MTTC - Personalisation

This theme gave me the chance to make a Bind-It-All notebook. I haven't used my BIA for some time. This is a notebook with a friend's name on it. I used mountboard for the covers, and used some paper and chipboard letters from a QVC scrapbook kit. The dog is a Penny Black image and I painted him with Distress Inks.

TMTA - Hallowe'en

This is one of my favourite themes so I made three ATCs! I coloured them all with Distress Inks, and then stamped using images from Cherry Pie's Gothic Hallowe'en set. The bats on the first ATC are from a bag of Hallowe'en confetti.

Make a Moo or Two

This theme required some thought and then I remembered one of my favourite sets of Paper Artsy stamps. I masked off the house after stamping it on a blank Moo. This is done by stamping the image again on a piece of scrap paper, cutting it out and placing it over the original image to avoid getting colour on it. I applied some Distress Inks to the Moo, removed the mask and stamped the arrows. I added some 3d gloss to the arrows.

Witches' Hat

This project has been in the pipeline for a while. A few years ago I had some chocolates at Hallowe'en time in a witches' hat shaped box. I kept the box and this year made a template for it. This was quite easy - open the box out and draw round it. This could probably be done with almost any box you wanted to make your own version of. I coloured my hat with Distress Inks and then stamped various images onto it. The main image on the front is from Cherry Pie's Gothic Hallowe'en set, which is fabulous and available from Scrapz.

Gothic Arches - Paper Patchwork

I used textured and flat papers from a K & Co McKenna pad for this project. Then I stamped three Queen's Dresser Drawers images and added them to the arch. I put some Prima flowers and old buttons on as a final touch. I am always on the look out for old buttons. The ones on the flowers on the right of the arch are covered in cloth and can be coloured with inks and chalks. They are quite old - not sure what they were used for.

Penny Black Challenge - ATC

I got a new embossing folder for my Cuttlebug this week and it is wonderful. I used it for this ATC, then added this so-cute image of the three little mice. I coloured them with Distress Inks. I put some Stickles Frosted Lace glitter glue on the bun icing, then added a Prima flower and an old button to the corner.

Sketch Saturday

I found some packs of 7 Gypsies papers in a drawer and decided to use some of them for this challenge. I love the dark red colour. The lady is from a Paper Artsy Wings plate. If anyone knows of challenge blogs for Paper Artsy, please let me know!

Tag You're It - Pink, Green and Brown

What a great colour combination! I used papers from K & Co to create this tag. The lady is a Catslife Press stamp. I added some 3d gloss to her crown, pearls and dress. I used a piece of brown bias binding on the right, with some rick-rack braid on top. The flowers are small Primas. Really enjoyed creating this tag.

Cute Card Thursday - Autumn

I didn't have any autumnal cute images, so decided to place a cute image in an autumnal setting. I think this cute Catslife Press kitty is just longing to play in these fallen leaves. I stamped the leaves individually and cut them out, applying some of them with 3d foam dots for more dimension.

My Time To Craft Challenge - Doodling

I like doing little drawings, so this was a good challenge theme for me. I drew the little house and trees in pencil first, then coloured them with Whispers pens, and then outlined them in black pen. I made the ATC background using a cute little Paper Artsy swirl stamp, and added some Prima flowers in colours to match the drawing.