CCAYR ~ March Christmas Challenge

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's 

Christmas Cake Challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

March Christmas Cake Inspiration

Holly & Berries &/or Stars, with Brown as the main colour!

Brown is not a colour I typically associate with Christmas, so this really was a challenge for me, but I think I managed. What do you all think?

I started by looking through my Christmas papers, and chose this patterned paper from the Woodland Winter Paper Pad by Studio Light.  Next I cut out the brown paper mats and Petra's Botanical Star, from Marianne Designs, both in brown and in white. I decided to use the white for the front with the brown inlay in order to make my little squirrel multi layered image stand out a little more.  The squirrel is from the Holly Jolly Christmas cutting sheet by Yvonne Creations.   I used pop dots in between each layer to add dimension. The stamped greeting is from the Vintage Christmas stamp set by Whimsy Stamps and was stamped using Brilliance's Coffee Bean ink.

On the inside, I the brown star with the white inlay so that I could stamp my sentiment.  This  sentiment is from Great Impression Stamps, and was also stamped using the Brilliance Coffee Bean ink.  I added my favourite little holly stamp, from Stampabilities, and coloured it using copic markers.

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,

Dies R Us #170 ~ Congrats Grad

   Hello everyone, and welcome to our latest challenge at Dies R Us.

Challenge #170 ~ Anything Goes! 

(As long as you use a die sold at the Dies R Us store)

And just like that we are halfway through 2021 and many young men and woman are beginning a new chapter in their lives.  I made this card for a very sweet young lady who will be off to college in the Fall.

The school colours are maroon, black and white but I wanted something a little more feminine, so I settled for just using a little of the maroon (although in the pics, it shows more red and maroon).

I began with a piece of pattern paper from the English Garden Paper Pad from StudioLight. Next I die cut all my elements and assembled them on the card. I cut the stack of books in the various colours and then paper pieced so that I would have the different coloured books.

 On the inside, I used another pattern paper from the same paper pad and cut out the sentiment.  Again, I paper pieced a few accents in maroon to bring in some of the school colours. 

Now for the list of supplies I used, all linked to the Dies R Us store, for your convenience.

ScrapMan Dies - Globe

Tutti Designs - Congrats Grad (on the inside)

Marianne Designs - Vines (Special Order Event)

Marianne Designs - Butterfly Border (Special Order Event)

Studio Light English Garden Paper Pad

Did y'all catch the latest European dies sales, Dies R Us had recently? I did and as always, I got a few new goodies to play with. It was through one of these sales that I got the Marianne Designs dies that I used on this card.  The best way to know about these International dies sales is to subscribe to the newsletter. You will find the subscription box on the home page at Dies R Us.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope I was able to inspire you to create a project, and  play along with us at the Dies R Us Challenges for your chance to win a gift certificate to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the 1st and 15th of each month. Visit our challenge blog, where my team mates showcase their creations to give you a little more inspiration.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest too.

Till next time,

stay safe and healthy!