First Christmas Card 2009...

Oh my goodness can you believe it? I'm not sure I can!!

The three crowns I've used are from a company called Stamptivity, who do some really amazing stamp designs. They also have their own group at http://www.papercraftplanet.com/ and just this week have started a weekly challenge. The theme this week is glitter which led to my crowns mounted on gold and embellished with gems.

My card is also for the 'open themed' challenge at http://wednesdaystamper.wordpress.com/.

Materials used:

• Stamptivity stamp set
• gold mirri card
• cream hammer card
• gold sentiment and corner peel offs
• gems from stash

Thank you...

Another 'Thank you' card. This one is for the challenge of saying 'Thank you' at http://www.daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/. Some of you may have noticed a fair amount of blue and matching papers in my last few cards. I've been using an amazing little DCWV card making pad I bought in one of the sales at Arty Miss. They had been reduced from £9.99 to just a pound and have both card, co-ordinating papers and stickers like the 'you are great' one on this card in them. Lovely collections and well worth a pound.

Once you start sanding cuttlebug embossing you can't stop so although I have already done a card for the challenge at http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/ this one counts too. Infact I got a little carried away when sanding this and lost half the design as I went through the card stock. Perhaps the craft tip for this week should be sand gently!!

The 'thank you' stamp is by Inkadinkado and I added a couple of gems from my stash.

Spoil yourself again...

At http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/ this week the challenge was to use cuttlebug embossing folders and then sand the embossing to reveal the core of the cardstock. I used the 'tiny bubbles' folder as I thought it provided an appropriate background for this particular image.

My cardstock and matching papers are from DCWV and the blue card is textured with a white core. After checking out the work of the other talented bloggers who join in this challenge I have seen some amazing cardstock where the core is different colours. I believe it's called 'Black Magic' I must investigate further and maybe treat myself.

If I weren't 'all Christmassed out' I think I would have used this embossed and sanded blue card to do a snowman scene as the bubbles so remind me of snowballs.

Maybe next year!