Crafty Gals Corner #263 - Fill in the Blank - Snow_____

     Hello crafting friends and welcome to our January challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Our challenge for this month is ~ Fill in the Blank - Snow_____ ~

(man, flake, globe, buddy, etc.)

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Last Minute Manda

Prize ~ 3 Sets of Digis

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Ram Stamps

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

A note from Rachelle Anne Miller:

I am an artist & designer living in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia with my husband and three amazing children! I love to create and am especially drawn to all things cute. I've worked on children's books, greeting cards, craft supplies, children's room décor, tech accessories, and more. I love to bring out joy and imagination in my art and create something a little different to inspire and make you smile.

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I made two cards for this challenge, one from each of our wonderful sponsors.  So let's start with Last Minute Manda. 

I used the very sweet pre-coloured digi set called Snow Bears Christmas, and created four cards.  Each card uses one of the 4 digis that come in this set. Here is a close up of the 4 images ...

   

     

  I used "Snow Buddies" for my challenge theme.  Using the Silhouette, I print and cut the images twice, then used foam square to adhere the two layers together to add a little dimension to the card.

On the inside I used a leftover strip of  the patterned paper to add a little interest, and stamped my greeting.

  I also used the following materials to create these cards:

Recollections - 5.5" Square card base

Silhouette to print and cut.

Marianne Design - Snowflake Square

Spellbinders - Make it Merry Sentiments

DP - The Paper Studio - Foiled Snowflakes

For my second card, I used the adorable Woodland Snowman scene from RAM Stamps, and as you can see I also went with "Snow Buddies" as the theme for this card.

A close up of this sweet and adorable Winter scene.  

In addition to this lovely digi, I used the following products to create my card:

Silhouette - card base

Studio Light - Trees

Marianne Design - Slimline Icicles

Cottage Cutz - Merry Christmas w/Shadow

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 11 February 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ The Christmas Song

   Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.   Deanne, our team leader, has come up with awesome challenges for 2025.  It's all going to be about Christmas Songs and Christmas Carols.  

To kick off the year, our inspiration song for January's challenge is The Christmas Song.  That means that you can use any verse, phrase or word in the song to create your Christmas project.  Here are the lyrics of this song to inspire you ...

~ The Christmas Song ~

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir

Folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe

Helps to make the season bright

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow

Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way

He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh

And every mother's child is gonna spy

To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so I'm offering this simple phrase

To kids from one to ninety-two

Although it's been said many times, many ways

Merry Christmas to you

And so I'm offering this simple phrase

To kids from one to ninety-two

Although it's been said many times, many ways

Merry Christmas, have a Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you

For my card, I chose 🎵 Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ... 🎵 

These are the dies I used to create my card:

Marianne Design - Acorns & Chestnuts

Marianne Design - Stargate

Spellbinders - Christmas Cocktails

Image is from Google

Greeting is from the Noel Christmas Ornaments stamp set from JustRite Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Happy New Year! May 2025 bring you all that makes smile!

The Paper Shelter ~ Christmas Break 2024

    Hello friends! Welcome to our 2024 Christmas Break Challenge at

The Paper Shelter. 

Although this is our last challenge for the year, we do have lots of inspiration for you as both Team A and Team B are participating in this challenge.

   Our theme for this challenge is

~ Anything Goes ~

For this card, I used the Dear Santa digi set from The Paper Shelter. 

I have a few layers of this digi on this card.  First I print and cut two layers of the entire image and adhered them together with foam squares.  Then I printed just the Santa and adhered that to the other layers, also using foam squares. 

I used the Santa's Coat Rack die set and the Santa's Chair & Boots die set, both from Cottage Cutz, to create the coat rack with Santa's neatly pressed jacket and his shinny boots.

Here is a close up of Santa reading all his letters.  Love the little kitten keeping him company 😀

I used the background paper that comes in this digi set for my backgrounds, both on the front of the card and on the inside.  The greeting was cut in red and white cardstock using the Merry Christmas w/Shadow die set, also from Cottage Cutz.  The Santa hat was cut from the same Santa's Coat Rack die set that was used above.  Forgot to mention that I created the card base on the Silhouette, by welding two nested shapes together. I made this card to measure 5.5" square so it doesn't require extra postage.  

Our Christmas Break Challenge runs for 4 weeks, and although we are taking a break, there is still a chance to win a prize. Check out the details below ...

 

Team A will be kicking off the New Year on the 15th of January 2025, with a "Winter Blues" challenge.  Unfortunately, I will no longer be a part of the DT.  I have family coming and going till the 16 August, so I thought I would take a break from DT commitments to focus my time on my family.  I'm really going to miss this fabulous DT but I'm also very excited about having family over.

So dear friends, take care, stay safe and have a very Merry Christmas! 🎄

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #262 ~ 10th Anniversary Blog Hop

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to our December challenge and our 10th Anniversary Blog Hop at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge #262 ~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Make it Merry!

Our sponsor for this challenge is 

Beccy's Place

Prize ~  $10 Gift Certificate

I created my card using the Cardinal digi from Beccy's Place, and the Stitch & Do No. 159 from Amy Design

If you're one of my followers, you're probably thinking that you've seen me use this gorgeous Cardinal before and you would be right.  I just love this pre-coloured digi and have used it in the past to make several other cards as well as a bunch of gift tags.  It is one of my go-to digis when in a time pinch.

On the inside, I printed a sentiment from Silhouette and added a reduced in size version of the same Cardinal digi.  And that was it for this card, my friends.

In addition to our regular challenge, we are also hosting a Blogiversary Blog Hop! This marks 10 years that Samantha got challenges, sponsors and some WONDERFUL ladies together, to inspire you with beautiful crafty creations.

Now this would not be a celebration without some prizes, right? Well, we do have some wonderful prizes offered by Crafty Gals Corner and also from some of our wonderful sponsors, for this blog hop.  All you have to do for a chance to be win a prize is to leave some love on our teammies' blogs.  So come hop along with us, have fun, and good luck!
Please follow the blog hop schedule below,  and if you get lost you can just hop on back here :)

Crafty Gals Corner Anniversary Blog Hop

Billie
Cathie
Christopher
Jeanie
Judy V.
Judy Mc.
Kim
Lena (you are here)
Rae Ann

Our AMAZING sponsors for this blog hop are:

     

Colour of Love

Prize ~ 1 Digi of your choice

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Prize ~ 1 Digi of your choice

Mirtillamente Craft Shop

Prize:  1 Digi of your choice

Moondrea Designs

Prize ~ 1 Digi of your choice

Pattie's Creations

Prize: 1 Digi of your choice

The Paper Shelter

Prize: 1 Digi of your choice

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you join in the fun and hop along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 7 January 2025, to link your project to our challenge, to leave a comment on each DT member's posts, or both 😀

Crafty hugs,

The Paper Shelter ~ Tribute Challenge

   Hello crafting friends and welcome to this week's challenge

at the The Paper Shelter. 

This week and next, rather than running our usual Anniversary Blog Hop, the Design Teams at The Paper Shelter are honouring our beautiful co-founder Veronica, who tragically left us on the 25th of September 2024.

Veronica was a kind, supportive, beautiful soul, who alongside her co-founder Pedro, produced the images we all know and love to create with.

There is a vacuum in the world today, where Veronica used to be, and we will miss her terribly.

I used one of the angels from the Angelic Grace Coloring Book. The frame is a file from Silhouette. I embellished it using a little paper piecing for the leaves, and added a few flowers and pearls.  Pale grey and Fog grey cardstocks are from Recollections.  The green and white cardstocks are from scraps stash.

Here is a close up of this gorgeous angel.  

On the inside, I stamped my sentiment using the Thinking of You - Inside and Out stamp set from Cardz TV. 

We would love for you to join our Tribute Challenge HERE. The winner will win one of the following prizes listed below.  Take a look ...

Crafty hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Bows, Gifts, Decorations

     Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round. 

 

Our challenge this month is Bows, Gifts, Decorations

Here is our inspiration pic ...

I created this slimline card using the All Occasion Bow from Spellbinders.  

The background was embossed using the Modern Stripe Embossing Folder

by Teresa Collins.

 I made it in red and white and finagled some gold in there too so it looks like there is a gold layer.

For the centre of the bow, I used a small decoupage image of pinecones and berries.  I thought this would add a little festive touch.

 On the inside I used the Merry Christmas w/Shadow die set by Karen Burniston.

And that is a wrap for our Christmas crafts for 2024.  We have fun challenges for you beginning in January 2025, so I hope you come back and visit.

 

Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project, that falls within our challenge theme, and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Be Merry, have Fun, and stay Safe!

Crafty hugs,