Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ P, Q is for ...

 Hello and welcome to this month's challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Our challenge this month is G, H is for ...

P is for ... Pinecone, Presents, Peppermint

Q is for ... Quilt (sorry, I could not find anymore for Q but look below at my second card😀)

Card no. 1 - P is for Penguins

I love the idea of these cuties having a snowball fight. What a fun way to spend time at Christmas!

I used the following to create this scene:

Festive Friends Delightful Die Cuts Pad - Hunkydory - penguins, igloo, snowballs

Winter Wonderland Paper Pad - The Paper Studio - snowflake background

Silhouette - snowy tree, snow banks

I created the Merry Christmas greeting die cut using the Silhouette.

Snowflakes are from the same die cuts pad as the rest of the images.

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Card no. 2 - Q is a for Quaint Village

It's hard to find a Christmas word beginning with the letter "Q", so this might be a bit of a stretch, but what do you all think?  It works, right?  It reminds me of all those quaint little villages you see on Christmas movies. The various layers of this card base were pulled from various designs from different Silhouette files.

The village is from Hearty Crafts 3D Toppers - Winter Villages collection.

The trees were cut using a die from Cottage Cutz called Fir Trees.

On this card, I used the 2mm foam squares, from Hunkydory, to adhered each layer to each other.  It looks beautiful, but it does add quite a bit of bulk to the card. I will either hand deliver it or mail it locally.

The Merry Christmas greeting was cut using the Silhouette. The tree was cut with the same die I used to cut the trees for the front of the card.  I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add the "snow".

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and to 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.

Hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ M, N, O is for ...

 Hello and welcome to this month's challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Our challenge this month is M, N, O is for ...

M is for ... Manger, Mary, Mistletoe

N is for ... North Pole, Nativity, Nutcracker

O is for ... Ornaments, One Horse Open Sleigh, O Holy Night

If you have been following my blog, then you know that I challenged myself at the beginning of the year to make a card for each letter, and so far so good! I did make 3 cards for this challenge 😀

Card no. 1 - M is for Moose

I don't have details about this gorgeous die or the stitching pattern as this was taken from a card kit that I received as a gift from The Netherlands.  The only thing I did to it was the stitching and adhered the punched gold stars.  Then instead of the image it came with, I used a Christmas Moose layered image from  Hearty Crafts 3D Toppers Christmas Mooses collection.

I used foam squares to adhere each layer to each other. There are 3 layers in total. I love the dimension it adds to the card and since I used the 1 mm foam squares, it doesn't add too much bulk.

On the inside, I used the Merry Christmas w/Shadow die from Karen Burniston and added a few left over gold stars.  These stars were cut using a border punch from Martha Stewart.

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Card no. 2 - N is for Nutcracker

This card is from the Stitch & Do Kit No. 159.

It came with a cutting sheet with various Nutcracker images.  I chose this one.  There are 3 layers to this image, even though you can't quite see it from the pic. They are adhered to each other with 1 mm foam squares from Hunkydory.

The greeting on the inside is from the Christmas Greetings stamp set from Great Impressions stamps.

Card no. 3 - O is for Ornament

I used the following crafty goodies to create this card:

Marianne Design - Merry Snowmen cutting sheet

Marianne Design - Open Christmas Bauble die set

Marianne Design - Twigs

I added a sprinkling of tiny gold stars to make it a little more festive 😊

On the inside I used a stamp from the 

Simon Says Stamps - Nutty & Bright stamp set

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and to 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.

Hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Reindeer/moose

    Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round. 

 

Our challenge this month is Reindeer/Deer/Moose

Here is our inspiration pic ...

I've been spending some time in the evenings doing a little bit of stitching on my cards.  I love it as I find it very relaxing, but just haven't had the time to stich as much as I wanted to. I had completed this card a few nights ago, and after rummaging through my stash of Crafty Heart 3D image sets, I chose this one to finish off my card and add it to this challenge.

The stitch pattern is from the Stitch & Do Kit No. 159.  This cute layered image made me smile.  Can't blame the greedy lil guy ... that apple does look delicious, doesn't it? You can see that momma moose is thinking that she taught him better, but kids will always be kids :-)  I think I'd be a little concerned for my nose, if I was that snowman, though.  That carrot probably looks very tasty too 😁  This image is from the Christmas Mooses set.

Or maybe he's just a good boy and is just being very friendly!

On the inside I used the Merry Christmas die and the Shadow die to create my greeting.  Both are from Karen Burniston.

And that is it for today folks.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  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.

Crafty hugs,

CCAYR ~ Seven Swans a Swimming

 Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's challenge  at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.  On our "The 12 days of Christmas" challenges, this month we have Seven Swans a Swimming. 

This is July's inspiration pic.

Our challenge this month is to have Seven of something or Mostly White.

Using a Lever Card fold, I created this card.

Materials used to make this card:

Lever fold - Silhouette

3D Layered Picture - Hearty Crafts

Text Banners - Marianne Design Dies

Embossing folder - Let it Snow - Embossalicious

Greeting stamp -  Deck the Halls stamp set from JustRite Stamps

Sentiment - Merry & Bright stamp set from JustRite Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 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.

Crafty hugs,

KS ~ Easter Card - Mint

 Hello crafting friends. As promised I have another Easter card, made with the Rainbow Egg die from Kat Scrappiness, to share with you today. 

For this card, I used the same pearlescent cardstock by Sara Davis. To make it a little different, I embossed the front of the card using the Dry Stonewall embossing folder from Crafter's Companion. I added the topper, a few pearls and a couple of butterflies.  If you would like to see the other card I made using almost the same supplies, please click HERE.

On the inside I took a strip of the mint pearlescent cardstock. embossed it using the same embossing folder and added a couple of butterflies.  The sentiment is from the Easter Bunnies stamp set by Art Impression Stamps.

That is it for today.   Don't forget to stop by the Kat Scrappiness store, where you'll find not only beautiful dies and stamps, but also crafty tools and the most beautiful variety of sequins and sprinkles. Take a look and be pleasantly inspired, especially while these two wonderful offers are under way!

I'm playing along at:

Can you Handle the Pressure

Happy Easter!

KS ~ Easter Card - Dusty Rose

Hello crafting friends. I have an Easter card to share with you today.

When I saw this Rainbow Egg die set from Kat Scrappiness, I knew that I would have to have it 😀  I not only love its design, but also its size.  I tend to make 5.5" x 5.5" or 6.5" x 5" cards.  There are some gorgeous dies for Easter out there, but I find that a lot of them are geared towards the mostly used A2 size card, here in the US.  As you can see this beautiful Easter egg fits perfectly in this 5.5" square card.

I cut it out of pearlescent white and pearlescent dusty rose cardstocks, by Sara Davies. Next I did a little paper piecing as I adhered the egg to the backing cardstock.  Although, beautiful on its own, I added an Easter egg topper from Hearty Crafts called Easter Chicks.  As you know by now, I don't do CAS cards very well, and all that white space was just screaming at me for some pearls 😀, which I dotted here and there in little clusters.  I must admit that I love the way this card came out.  So much so, that I'm busy with a second one and will share it with you tomorrow.

On the inside, I kept it fairly simple.  I was going to cut another egg, mat it and stamp the sentiment on it, but unfortunately, I ran out of the dusty pink pearlescent cardstock.  That's what happens when you use scraps 😀 So I took one of the little strips that was left and using a StampinUp! punch, I cut a decorative border.  The sentiment and butterfly are from the Easter Bunnies stamp set from Art Impressions.

 Before I leave you, I would like to invite you to take a look at Kat Scrappiness store, where you'll find not only beautiful dies and stamps, but also crafty tools and the most beautiful array of sequins and sprinkles. Stop by and be pleasantly inspired.

Till tomorrow,

CCAYR ~ February Christmas Challenge

 Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's 

Christmas Challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

February Christmas Cake Inspiration Pic & Challenge Theme is

Cabin or Cottage with something Pink

For my DT project, I stitched this card and used a cottage layered image from Hearty Crafts.

The stitch pattern is from the Stitch & Do Kit #116.  I just changed the colours to go with the challenge theme and the colours of the cottage.  The small poinsettia is from Poppy Stamps. The holly leaves and pine branches are from Lea'bilities.

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Sayings stamp set by Creative Expressions.

Although it came out a very different colour in the photo above, I used the Currant shade of  Adirondack inks, which is more like the dark shade of the mat of the cardstock and the stitching thread.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 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.

Crafty hugs,

CCAYR ~ Decorating the Tree

  Welcome to our monthly challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

 

This month our challenge is to create a project with something beginning with the letters C or D.

Using the letter "D" for Decorating the Tree, I made this card.

It's been a while since I stitched a card and as always I really enjoyed it.  The image is a 3D Topper from Hearty Crafts. The greeting die on the inside is from Cottage Cutz.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 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.

Till next time,

stay safe and well.

Merry Christmas Mooses :-)

 Hello and welcome to December's challenge at
 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round

December Challenge ~ Santa, Mrs. Claus or Elves

Here is my DT project. I stitched the frame using a pattern from my stash.

The image is from the Hearty Crafts 3D Toppers set called Christmas Mooses.
These are super cute and very easy to put together because they're already cut out for you, so no fussy cutting 😀

I added a greeting sticker, and a glitter dot to each corner.

On the inside I stamp a sentiment from Great Impressions Stamps and a couple of small hollies from Stampabilities.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and spending a little of your time with me.  I hope you  make a Christmas project using Santa, Mrs. Claus or Elves and come play along with us.  You have till the end of December 2019 to link your project to our blog at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round!

Till next time,