''Christmas in July''

Hi there,

Wow what fantastic weather we are getting in my part of Scotland, been like this for 2 to 3 weeks with the odd bit of rain though still very warm. Hope it lasts a bit longer, though I'm not one to sit out in it!! Anyways, hoping this might help to keep us cool, I'm here to share with you another little bit of ''Christmas in July''. I've been loving Hunkydory's new Christmas ranges, so I just had to have another little spend to add to my ever growing stash! Lol...And here is what I created with my new goodies, hope you like it!

 

On a 7x7 scalloped card blank, I matt and layered tartan adorable scorable with gold mirri card for my base. The poinsettia is a new stamp from For the Love of Stamps called ''Perfect Poinsettia'' and is absolutely fabulous! I stamped the image 6 times on watercolour card then cut each in different sizes to be able to decoupage it. Before putting together, I coloured with my LuminArte Twinkling H2O's that I haven't used in a very long time and I must say I think it turned out brill!. I added some 'Ice Diamond' glitter to the edges of the leaves and petals for effect. I die cut holly leaves and berries from the same watercolour card and coloured with the H2O's too and adding pearl drops to complete the berries, then  die cut pine sprigs from gold mirri card. Finishing off with a die cut sentiment and some pearl gems.

Materials Used
Hunkydory 
  Adorable Scorable Festive Tartan Card 
Glamourous Gold Mirri Card 
For the Love of Stamps ''Perfect Poinsettia'' 
Moonstone ''Pretty Poinsettia'' & ''Poinsettia Corner'' Dies 
Watercolour Card
LuminArte 
Twinkling H2O's ''Moss Green, Olive Green, Golden Jade, Poppy Red, Sunflower & Cinnamon Brown''
Ranger 
Liquid Pearls ''Ruby Red''
Pinflair 
Glitter ''Ice Diamond''

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time

Donna

xxx

I am entering this in to the following challenges:

Worldwide Open DT Challenge - #07 Anything Goes 15Jul-12Aug

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - #64 Favourite Time of Year

Love to Craft Challenge - #60 July Anything Goes

Lets Create Challenges - #173 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges - #221 Christmas in July

Crafty Creations Challenges - #423 Anything Goes

Crafters Castle Challenge - #43 Christmas in July

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge - #7 Anything Goes 1-27Jul

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge - #July Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - #151 Christmas in July

Creative Crafters Challenge #42

 Hi there,

It's time again for a new challenge over at The Creative Crafters blog and I'm here to share with you my DT project. As always our challenge theme is ''Anything Goes'' and so for this month I chose to create a Christmas card with matching gift bag and here they are...hope you like them!

For the card, I created the topper by layering die-cut ribbled kraft card with matt-tastic card ''paper & Woods'' that I printed Christmas music image on to. Adding die-cut vellum poinsettia (created veins on the back for effect using ball tools), foliage, berry sprigs and pine cone, with gold mirri 'Merry Christmas' sentiment. I finished off with a ribbled kraft card border and die cut glitter paper stars with gems. The gift bag I did exactly the same but with die-cut 'Peace' sentiment. 

Materials Used 

Hunkydory
'Green, Brown & White Matt-tastic Card
'Midnight Black' Diamond Sparkle Glitter Card
Glamourous Gold Mirri Card 
Matt-tastic ''Paper&Woods'' Patterned Card
Red Vellum
Moonstone ''Layering Stars, Pretty Poinsettia, Lovely Leaves, Build a Poinsettia Corner ('Merry Christmas') & Combo ('Peace')'' Dies
'Gold' Sparkle Gems

Ranger 
'Ruby Red' Liquid Pearls

My Stash 
Ribbled Kraft Card
'Gold' Glitter Paper 
Christmas Music Image 

Please do stop by and join us for this months challenge, we'd love to see all your lovely creations.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time

Donna (DT)

xxx

I am entering this in to the following Challenges:-

Worldwide Open DT Challenge - #07 Anything Goes 15Jul-12Aug

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - #64 Favourite Time of the Year

Morgans Artworld Challenge - #7 Anything Goes 1-27Jul

Love to Craft Challenge - #60 July Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge - #221 Christmas in July

Crafty Creations Challenges - #423 Anything Goes 7Jul-2Aug

Crafters Castle Challenge - #43 Christmas in July

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge - #7 Anything Goes 1-27Jul

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge - #143 July Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - #151 Christimas in July

Cute Card Thursday Challenge - #690 Anything Goes 1Jul-4Aug

Lets Create Challenges - #173 Anything Goes

July CAAB Inspiration using Mary:African Mom

 Hi there

Today it's my turn to share some DT inspiration for Cute As A Button. Here I am using Mary:African Mom. Isn't she fabulous, here is what I created using her...

 The image I coloured using promarkers then added the geometric pattern (had found ages ago on the internet thought it very apt for paper piecing) after printing image on to it. In keeping with the colour theme of the pattern, I used a 5x7 black card blank, which I matt and layered green, gold and patterned paper onto, along with a multi coloured fabric ribbon border. To decorate I created gold vellum die cut flowers and green foliage which I placed as shown along ribbon border. Finishing off with glitter glue centres in flowers and gold pearl gems.

Materials Used 

Cute As A Button - 'Mary:African Mom' Image

Promarkers - Cinnamon; Mustard; Pastel Yellow; Shale; Cornflower; Pear Green; Peach & Ice Grey 1, 2 & 3

Limited Edition Promarkers - Morning Mist & March Hare

Hunkydory - Matt-tastic Green Card; Gold Vellum; Moonstone 'Lovely Leaves' & 'Fabulous Flowers' Dies

Ranger - 'Blueberry Ice' Stickles Glitter Glue

My Stash - Gold Linen Card; Patterned Paper; Fabric Ribbon & Gold Gems

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time

Donna (DT)

xxx

I am entering this into the following Challenges:-

Worldwide Open DT Challenge - #06 Anything Goes 15Jun-12Jul

Sparkles Challenges - #141 Floral Extravaganza 

Morgans Artworld Challenge - #7 Anything Goes 1-27Jul

Love to Craft Challenge - #60 July Anything Goes

Lets Create Challenges - #173 Anything Goes/Punch It 

Crafts Galore Challenges - #89 July Anything Goes

Crafters Castle Challenge - #43 July Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge - #7 July Anything Goes 1-27Jul

Cute Card Thursday Challenge - #690 Anything Goes 1Jul-4Aug

Cute as a Button - Challenge #70

 Hi there all, 
After a short break, I'm now back to doing what I have missed...crafting...It's been a roller coaster of a couple of months sadly with family bereavement and illness and also during that time I lost my crafty mojo too, but hope it's back for a good while now!!! 

It's the start of a new month so that means it's time for a new challenge over at Cute as a Button. As normal the theme is 'Anything Goes' but you could try our twist of 'Use a hand punch and/or die'. We would love for you to come and join us, sharing your fab creations! For my project I have used the image Wedding Day. Isn't it just gorgeous!!! I loved playing with this and here is what I created...

I just knew what I was going to do with this, as I had previously used this design before and love it. It is a fave of mine...can't you tell!! For the base I die cut lavender non-shed glitter card and layered with a lovely floral shimmer die cut. The image I printed in reverse and carefully cut out, I coloured using promarkers and added touches of glitter for effect. I created the floral border using die cut lavender parchment for the flowers and various green card for foliage and finished off with peel-off sentiment.

Materials Used 

Cute as a Button - 'Wedding Day' Image

ProMarkers - Vanilla; Blush; Ivory; Tulip Yellow; Sandstone; Caramel; Pear Green; Lavender; Lilac; Orchid; Amethyst; Purple and Turquoise

Hunkydory - 'Floral Shimmer' Paper; 'Purple Lavender' Diamond Sparkle Glitter Card; 'Various Green' Matt-tastic Card; Purple Parchment; Moonstone Scalloped & Straight Oval, Floral Fancy, Lovely Leaves and A Jar Full of Wildflowers Dies

Joy Craft - Stand Die

Ranger - 'Lavender' & 'Yellow' Stickles Glitter Glue

My Stash - Peel Offs

Don't forget to stop by and join us for this months challenge, we would love to see all your fab makes.Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and hope you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would love you to follow my blog if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time

Donna (DT)

xxx

I am entering this into the following challenges:- 

Worldwide Open DT Challenge - #06 Anything Goes 15Jun-12Jul

Morgans Artworld Challenge - #7 Anything Goes 1-27Jul

Love to Craft Challenge - #60 Anything Goes

Sparkles Challenge - #141 Floral Extravaganza

Crafts Galore Challenge - #89 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenges - #422 Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge - #7 July Anything Goes 1-27Jul

I Love Promarkers Challenge - #438 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge -#690 Anything Goes 1Jul-4Aug